Winrm basic: the specified credentials were rejected by the server error - ansible

Question

Trying to connect to a windows host from a Linux Zorin control Host by using Ansible.
Installed winrm in the windows machine and set all the required authentication methods to True.
Configuration of winrm in the Window Host
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> winrm get winrm/config
Config
MaxEnvelopeSizekb = 500
MaxTimeoutms = 60000
MaxBatchItems = 32000
MaxProviderRequests = 4294967295
Client
NetworkDelayms = 5000
URLPrefix = wsman
AllowUnencrypted = true
Auth
Basic = true
Digest = true
Kerberos = true
Negotiate = true
Certificate = true
CredSSP = false
DefaultPorts
HTTP = 5985
HTTPS = 5986
TrustedHosts
Service
RootSDDL = O:NSG:BAD:P(A;;GA;;;BA)(A;;GXGR;;;S-1-5-21-2039588290-1060779563-2652726705-1011)(A;;GR;;;IU)S:P(AU;FA;GA;;;WD)(AU;SA;GXGW;;;WD)
MaxConcurrentOperations = 4294967295
MaxConcurrentOperationsPerUser = 1500
EnumerationTimeoutms = 240000
MaxConnections = 300
MaxPacketRetrievalTimeSeconds = 120
AllowUnencrypted = false
Auth
Basic = true
Kerberos = true
Negotiate = true
Certificate = false
CredSSP = false
CbtHardeningLevel = Relaxed
DefaultPorts
HTTP = 5985
HTTPS = 5986
IPv4Filter = *
IPv6Filter = *
EnableCompatibilityHttpListener = false
EnableCompatibilityHttpsListener = false
CertificateThumbprint
AllowRemoteAccess = true
Winrs
AllowRemoteShellAccess = true
IdleTimeout = 7200000
MaxConcurrentUsers = 2147483647
MaxShellRunTime = 2147483647
MaxProcessesPerShell = 2147483647
MaxMemoryPerShellMB = 2147483647
MaxShellsPerUser = 2147483647
Even after setting the Basic = true, getting the specified creds were rejected error. Tried making AllowUnencrypted = true, but it is showing following error message:
WSManFault
Message
ProviderFault
WSManFault
Message = WinRM firewall exception will not work since one of the network connection types on this machine is set to Public. Change the network connection type to either Domain or Private and try again.
Tried changing the network connection type to private. And tried making AllowUnencrypted = true, getting the same error again as above(WinRM firewall exception will not work since one of the network connection types on this machine is set to Public. Change the network connection type to either Domain or Private and try again.)
Tried adding a firewall exception rule to the port 5985 too on the windows host.
Tried giving the permissions of Read and Execute to the user by winrm configsddl default also. Even though not working.
Giving the right credentials. The hosts file of ansible is as follows:
[win]
<IP>
[win:vars]
ansible_user=<username>
ansible_password=<password>
ansible_connection=winrm
ansible_winrm_scheme=http
ansible_winrm_transport=basic
ansible_winrm_port=5985
ansible_winrm_server_cert_validation=ignore
Trying the following ansible command:
ansible win -i hosts -m win_ping
I tried everything i found in the internet, but not able to establish the connection through winrm.
I will be thankful to anyone who provides the solution. My eyes are bleeding red from watching the error on the screen from 4 days.

Answer 1

I changed the ansible_winrm_transport from basic to ntlm. It resolved my issue.