diff --git a/tasks/ssh.yml b/tasks/ssh.yml

index 1573e90..172fd5b 100644

--- a/tasks/ssh.yml

+++ b/tasks/ssh.yml

@@ -15,3 +15,15 @@

     key: "{{ keydata.stdout }}"

     state: present

   delegate_to: "{{ kdump_ssh_server }}"

+

+- name: fetch the servers public key

+  slurp:

+    src: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub

+  register: serverpubkey

+  delegate_to: "{{ kdump_ssh_server }}"

+

+- name:

+  known_hosts:

+    key:  "{{ kdump_ssh_server_location }} {{ serverpubkey.content | b64decode }}"

+    name: "{{ kdump_ssh_server_location }}"

+    path: /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts

diff --git a/templates/kdump.conf.j2 b/templates/kdump.conf.j2

index bf24210..504ff34 100644

--- a/templates/kdump.conf.j2

+++ b/templates/kdump.conf.j2

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@

 # {{ ansible_managed }}

 {% if kdump_target %}

-{{ kdump_target.type }} {{ kdump_target.location }}

-{% endif %}

+{% if kdump_target.type == "ssh" %}

+ssh {{ kdump_target.location | d(kdump_ssh_user ~ '@' ~ kdump_ssh_server) }}

-{% if kdump_target and kdump_target.type == "ssh" and kdump_sshkey != '/root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa' %}

+{% if kdump_sshkey != '/root/.ssh/kdump_id_rsa' %}

 sshkey {{ kdump_sshkey }}

 {% endif %}

+{% else %}

+{{ kdump_target.type }} {{ kdump_target.location  }}

+

+{% endif %}

+{% endif %}

 path {{ kdump_path }}

 {% if kdump_core_collector %}

diff --git a/tests/tests_ssh.yml b/tests/tests_ssh.yml

index 679148e..bcd1795 100644

--- a/tests/tests_ssh.yml

+++ b/tests/tests_ssh.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@

     # known and ansible is supposed to be configured to be able to

     # connect to it (via inventory).

     kdump_ssh_server_outside: localhost

+    kdump_ssh_source: "{{ ansible_env['SSH_CONNECTION'].split()[0] }}"

+

+    # this is the address at which the ssh dump server can be reached

+    # from the managed host. Dumps will be uploaded there.

+    kdump_ssh_server_inside: "{{ kdump_ssh_source if kdump_ssh_source in hostvars[kdump_ssh_server_outside]['ansible_all_ipv4_addresses'] + hostvars[kdump_ssh_server_outside]['ansible_all_ipv6_addresses']  else hostvars[kdump_ssh_server_outside]['ansible_default_ipv4']['address'] }}"

   tasks:

     - name: gather facts from {{ kdump_ssh_server_outside }}

@@ -13,6 +18,18 @@

       delegate_to: "{{ kdump_ssh_server_outside }}"

       delegate_facts: True

+    - name: debug kdump_ssh_server_inside

+      debug:

+        var: kdump_ssh_server_inside

+

+    - name: debug ansible_ssh_private_key_file

+      debug:

+        var: ansible_ssh_private_key_file

+

+    - name: debug {{ kdump_ssh_server_outside }}

+      debug:

+        msg: "{{ kdump_ssh_server_outside }}: {{ hostvars[kdump_ssh_server_outside]['ansible_host'] |d('') }}, {{ hostvars[kdump_ssh_server_outside]['ansible_ssh_host'] |d('') }}"

+

     - include_role:

         name: kdump

       vars:

@@ -25,8 +42,5 @@

           type: ssh

           # This is the ssh dump server address visible from inside

           # the machine being configured. Dumps are to be copied

-          # there. We make here the assumption that this machine is

-          # being run as a VM and the dump server is the VM host

-          # (i.e. for ansible this is localhost). From the VM its

-          # address is then identical to the default route.

-          location: "{{ kdump_ssh_user }}@{{ ansible_default_ipv4.gateway }}"

+          # there.

+          location: "{{ kdump_ssh_user }}@{{ kdump_ssh_server_inside }}"

diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml

new file mode 100644

index 0000000..34d2d62

--- /dev/null

+++ b/vars/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@

+# determine the managed node facing ssh server address

+kdump_ssh_server_location: "{{ kdump_target.location | regex_replace('.*@(.*)$', '\\1') if kdump_target.location is defined else kdump_ssh_server }}"