Answer Posted / Israr Ahmad

To configure a jump host in Ansible, you can use the 'ansible_ssh_common_args' and 'ansible_ssh_extra_args' options. Here's an example playbook that demonstrates this:nn---
hosts: all            # Define inventory with servers behind a jump host
children:
bastionhost:n hosts:n - bastionhost.example.com    # Jump host configuration goes here servers:n vars:n ansible_ssh_common_args:    - "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no"    # Common ssh args for all servers behind the jump host hosts:n - server1.example.com    # List of servers to be accessed through the jump host - server2.example.com    # Additional servers, if any
tasks:
- name: Test connection to servers    # Test SSH connectivity to each server through the jump host

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