| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Configuration | Comments | 
                
                                                            | control_path 
                    -
                                                                 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]control_path = VALUE
env:ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH var: ansible_control_path | This is the location to save ssh's ControlPath sockets, it uses ssh's variable substitution. Since 2.3, if null, ansible will generate a unique hash. Use `%(directory)s` to indicate where to use the control dir path setting. | 
                            
                                                            | control_path_dir 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "~/.ansible/cp" |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]control_path_dir = ~/.ansible/cp
env:ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH_DIR var: ansible_control_path_dir | This sets the directory to use for ssh control path if the control path setting is null. Also, provides the `%(directory)s` variable for the control path setting. | 
                            
                                                            | host 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "inventory_hostname" | var: ansible_host var: ansible_ssh_host | Hostname/ip to connect to. | 
                            
                                                            | host_key_checking 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [defaults]host_key_checking = VALUE
 [ssh_connection]host_key_checking = VALUE
env:ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING env:ANSIBLE_SSH_HOST_KEY_CHECKING var: ansible_host_key_checking var: ansible_ssh_host_key_checking | Determines if ssh should check host keys | 
                            
                                                            | password 
                    -
                                                                 |  | var: ansible_password var: ansible_ssh_pass var: ansible_ssh_password | Authentication password for the remote_user. Can be supplied as CLI option. | 
                            
                                                            | pipelining 
                    boolean
                                                                 | Default: 
 "ANSIBLE_PIPELINING" |  ini entries:
                                                                 [defaults]pipelining = ANSIBLE_PIPELINING
env:ANSIBLE_PIPELINING var: ansible_pipelining var: ansible_ssh_pipelining | Pipelining reduces the number of SSH operations required to execute a module on the remote server, by executing many Ansible modules without actual file transfer. This can result in a very significant performance improvement when enabled. However this conflicts with privilege escalation (become). For example, when using sudo operations you must first disable 'requiretty' in the sudoers file for the target hosts, which is why this feature is disabled by default. | 
                            
                                                            | port 
                    integer
                                                                 | Default: 
 22 |  ini entries:
                                                                 [defaults]remote_port = 22
env:ANSIBLE_REMOTE_PORT var: ansible_port var: ansible_ssh_port | Remote port to connect to. | 
                            
                                                            | private_key_file 
                    -
                                                                 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [defaults]private_key_file = VALUE
env:ANSIBLE_PRIVATE_KEY_FILE var: ansible_private_key_file var: ansible_ssh_private_key_file | Path to private key file to use for authentication | 
                            
                                                            | remote_user 
                    -
                                                                 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [defaults]remote_user = VALUE
env:ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER var: ansible_user var: ansible_ssh_user | User name with which to login to the remote server, normally set by the remote_user keyword. If no user is supplied, Ansible will let the ssh client binary choose the user as it normally | 
                            
                                                            | retries 
                    integer
                                                                 | Default: 
 3 |  ini entries:
                                                                 [connection]retries = 3
 [ssh_connection]retries = 3
env:ANSIBLE_SSH_RETRIES var: ansible_ssh_retries | Number of attempts to connect. | 
                            
                                                            | scp_executable 
                    -
                                                                 added in 2.6 | Default: 
 "scp" |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]scp_executable = scp
env:ANSIBLE_SCP_EXECUTABLE var: ansible_scp_executable | This defines the location of the scp binary. It defaults to `scp` which will use the first binary available in $PATH. | 
                            
                                                            | scp_extra_args 
                    -
                                                                 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]scp_extra_args = VALUE
env:ANSIBLE_SCP_EXTRA_ARGS var: ansible_scp_extra_args | Extra exclusive to the ``scp`` CLI | 
                            
                                                            | scp_if_ssh 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "smart" |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]scp_if_ssh = smart
env:ANSIBLE_SCP_IF_SSH var: ansible_scp_if_ssh | Prefered method to use when transfering files over ssh When set to smart, Ansible will try them until one succeeds or they all fail If set to True, it will force 'scp', if False it will use 'sftp' | 
                            
                                                            | sftp_batch_mode 
                    boolean
                                                                 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]sftp_batch_mode = yes
env:ANSIBLE_SFTP_BATCH_MODE var: ansible_sftp_batch_mode | TODO: write it | 
                            
                                                            | sftp_executable 
                    -
                                                                 added in 2.6 | Default: 
 "sftp" |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]sftp_executable = sftp
env:ANSIBLE_SFTP_EXECUTABLE var: ansible_sftp_executable | This defines the location of the sftp binary. It defaults to ``sftp`` which will use the first binary available in $PATH. | 
                            
                                                            | sftp_extra_args 
                    -
                                                                 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]sftp_extra_args = VALUE
env:ANSIBLE_SFTP_EXTRA_ARGS var: ansible_sftp_extra_args | Extra exclusive to the ``sftp`` CLI | 
                            
                                                            | ssh_args 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "-C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s" |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]ssh_args = -C -o ControlMaster=auto -o ControlPersist=60s
env:ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS var: ansible_ssh_args | Arguments to pass to all ssh cli tools | 
                            
                                                            | ssh_common_args 
                    -
                                                                 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]ssh_common_args = VALUE
env:ANSIBLE_SSH_COMMON_ARGS var: ansible_ssh_common_args | Common extra args for all ssh CLI tools | 
                            
                                                            | ssh_executable 
                    -
                                                                 | Default: 
 "ssh" |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]ssh_executable = ssh
env:ANSIBLE_SSH_EXECUTABLE var: ansible_ssh_executable | This defines the location of the ssh binary. It defaults to ``ssh`` which will use the first ssh binary available in $PATH. This option is usually not required, it might be useful when access to system ssh is restricted, or when using ssh wrappers to connect to remote hosts. | 
                            
                                                            | ssh_extra_args 
                    -
                                                                 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]ssh_extra_args = VALUE
env:ANSIBLE_SSH_EXTRA_ARGS var: ansible_ssh_extra_args | Extra exclusive to the 'ssh' CLI | 
                            
                                                            | use_tty 
                    boolean
                                                                 added in 2.5 |  |  ini entries:
                                                                 [ssh_connection]usetty = yes
env:ANSIBLE_SSH_USETTY var: ansible_ssh_use_tty | add -tt to ssh commands to force tty allocation |