Drag and drop each Ansible connection type on the left to its matching protocol on the right.
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SSH-based connection for Cisco IOS/IOS-XE CLI
SSH-based connection for NETCONF protocol
HTTP/HTTPS-based connection for REST APIs
Runs modules on the control node, not on the target
Pure Python SSH implementation for legacy devices
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
network_cli: SSH-based connection for Cisco IOS/IOS-XE CLI
network_cli uses SSH for CLI-based devices; netconf uses SSH for NETCONF-based devices; httpapi uses HTTP/HTTPS for REST APIs like NX-API or IOS-XE RESTCONF.
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