cant connect to legacy host using ssh-rsa /ssh-dss hostkey algorithm

[dberardo-com]

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Bug Summary

adding to ansible_ssh_common_args -oHostKeyAlgorithms=ssh-rsa results in this error:

[ssh_dispatch_run_fatal: Connection to UNKNOWN port 65535: error in libcrypto](kex: host key algorithm: (no match))

AWX version

24.3.1

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Installation method

kubernetes

Modifications

no

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Steps to reproduce

add the run var ansible_ssh_common_args -oHostKeyAlgorithms=ssh-rsa

Expected results

smooth connection

Actual results

it does not get a key match

Additional information

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[TheRealHaoLiu]

does this work with any of our previous awx-ee images? can you help pin point when this stop working.

[dberardo-com]

i didnt play around the versions , but i am sure it works with an older one. check this out : https://www.reddit.com/r/ansible/comments/1443kd8/comment/l3vkq11/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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Technical-Tax1578
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3d ago
seems an openssl issue, perhaps too high of a version. try to use another execution environment, 21.11.0 worked for me, perhaps you can try higher ones and let me know which is the last one to work. https://quay.io/repository/ansible/awx-ee?tab=tags&tag=latest