Questions tagged [ansible-tower]
For questions regarding Ansible Tower - a visual dashboard, role-based access control, and job scheduling system for Ansible deployments.
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HostAlias being ignored in AWX-operator PODs
I recently had to move my K3 cluster running AWX-operator. The IP addresses of my nodes had to change from 10.0.3.51, 10.0.3.52, 10.0.3.53 to 10.6.3.44, 10.6.3.45, 10.6.3.71.
I updated hostAlias in my ...
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How to troubleshoot API requests sent by Ansible module?
Here's the context :
The following playbook (simplified to one task for this stackoverflow topic and for ease of use) got different results depends on where I launch it. It uses the nutanix.ncp galaxy ...
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AWX error X509 using custom EE image with pyopenssl
I'm currently setting up an AWX platform hosted on K8s cluster to get a proper UI + features for multi-user purpose.
Context :
I created an EE image pushed on a Nexus repository that AWX use in order ...
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Where is the /runner/artifacts directory in awx on kubernetes cluster?
I've setup a basic awx instance on kubernetes named awx-demo. All runs smooth so far, I can run templates with projects and inventories sourced from a git repository.
In the successful job log of a ...
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Passing variable to next playbook in awx workflow
I'm having difficulties with the following setup:
AWX deployed in a self hosted k8s cluster
Playbooks are using the AWX-EE
Playbooks are executed in a workflow template as follows:
START -> 1. ...
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How to import all projects defined in a metadata.yml file?
This is my first foray into anything AWX/Ansible, so please be gentle :)
I've set up a new AWX instance in Kubernetes (using the AWX Operator), and am trying to import our existing job-templates from ...
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How to validate ssh keys in AWX running in Kubernetes?
Background
We use Ansible/AWX running in Kubernetes (awx-operator) to manage workstations with dynamic hostnames. Authentication is handled by Red Hat IDM (FreeIPA) and the same credentials are used ...
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For AWX, is it possible to authenticate at the reverse-proxy layer?
I have an AWX set up with an Apache reverse proxy for SSL reasons.
I know AWX supports SAML/SSO natively. However, we have a standard SAML set up that we use with multiple other applications, where ...
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AWX SSH connection not establishing when running playbook
I am trying to run my first playbook. Running AWX on CentOS8,trying to connect to remote device using SSH. On my remote device I have run ssh-genkey on my device and added the .pub key to ...
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AWX can't find host during provisioning callback
I have recently set up RHEL Satellite and I'm now integrating with our AWX/Ansible Tower implementation. The curl request I'm using is as follows:
/usr/bin/curl -k -s --data "host_config_key={...
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How to write Ansible playbook to commit and push my new updates on gitlab repository
How to write Ansible playbook to commit and push a gitlab repository?
I have Ansible tower template to launch my playbook, then playbook must do commit and push on different git repo. This git repo on ...
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AWX: prevent access from outside organizations
After setting up login via Azure AD in AWX, we find that people from other organizations are able to log in, too.
After creating an organization map according to https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/...
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AWX execution environment pip error ResolutionTooDeep: 2000000
I've been building an execution environment for my awx for a while now and never got any kind of problem, but now I am trying to recreate the same EE I created 1 month ago, and it does not work ...
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Why is my Windows 11 host sending connection reset packets to AWX using certificate authentication?
Here is what I have done so far.
Installed AWX 2.9 using docker on CentOS.
Successfully managing Windows nodes (8,10) through AWX and WinRM using certificate authentication. (No problem here)
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ansible.posix.synchronize fails with unknown rsync option
I am running an ansible playbook with the following task:
- name: Yada Yada Yada
ansible.posix.synchronize:
src: ../foo/bar/
dest: /home/tada/tokio
When i run this using AWX i get the ...
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Ansible Ad-Hoc command - raw module not working on Cisco IOS devices
trying to use Ad Hoc commands on both my Cisco ios Router and Switch with the -m raw Module. But getting the following error instead.
$ansible -i inventory_file02.ini netgrp -m raw -a "show ...
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Load vars based on env in ansible
Team, I have two vars that map to two environments. I want to use them in playbook but only one value should be applied based on env playbook runs on.
ex:
var = test1 > should be loaded when env1
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Ansible | conditional statements should not include jinja2 templating | when group_name variable
I have a simple ansible main_task.yml file which is looped from a main.yml .
inventory.ini
[port_22]
192.168.0.189
192.168.0.199
[port_222]
192.168.0.199
[port_888]
192.168.0.200
main_task.yml
---
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Ansible Automation Platform - Changing 'Control Plane Execution Environment'
I have a Ansible Automation Platform 2.1.0 installation on RHEL8.
I have some jobs failing due to an incorrect Registry/image entry for the 'Control Plane Execution Environment'. I am able to replace ...
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AWX: Unable to SSH as root into target host only when using a specific Ansible role
In our AWX environment we have an Ansible role "Nessus Applicaiton" for RHEL 7/RHEL 8. It deploys the Nessus agent application just fine for new RHEL 7 servers, but not for RHEL 8.5 servers ...
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Pass 'ansible_failed_result' variable to Tower Notification
I'm trying to find a way to use the native Ansible and Tower failure variables and notifications respectively to send an email with the result of a job's execution output.
So I have a playbook that ...
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Ansible Tower tasks logs and job views
I am evaluating Ansible Tower. The key aspect I am focusing on is the logging: ansible output traces are difficult to check, Ansible Tower should bring among other things a nice view of green spots ...
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why my tasks is skipping when i run ansible playbook
- name: get user list from centOs
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: cat /etc/passwd
when: ansible_distribution == "CentOs"
register: ...
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loading additional modules with ansible tower
I'm trying to run a playbook on ansible tower but I'm having issues loading extra modules. I checked the playbook is configured right but it still fails with the message below...
[WARNING]: Invalid ...
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Assert working in Ansible but not in AWX
I've switched to AWX for my playbooks management and I can't seem to figure out this issue with assert. Here is a role that I've prepared:
- name: Run testing environment
docker_compose:
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Loop through var_files variables in ansible
I have a playbook that calls a role and is supposed to import apache vars for websites. The issue is that when I look into ports.conf I only see the line for website1. Website2 is never called. Any ...
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How to increase the awx cli result limit of 25
I'm working with the awx cli (19.1.0) and awx (13.0.0) in an environment with over 100 servers
When (e.g.) querying failed or changed results with:
awx --conf.host https://my.awx --conf.username ...
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Run a remote playbook
I have a situation where I have the AWX repo cloned into the /tmp/ folder on a remote docker swarm container and I am already using ansible playbooks. What I am trying to do is run the playbook I have ...
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How to cache Ansible group and host variables throughout a play
I have a playbook for some hosts which have group variables and host variables that use a custom lookup plugin to extract values from an API endpoint.
ansible_user: "{{ lookup(...
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How to configure multiple interface for cloud_init_nics using variables in ansible
i need some help on configure multiple cloud_init_nics using variable files.
Here is my variable files for example:
files/dict
vm:
all:
- name: rhel7
hostname: rhel7
dns: "8.8.8....
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Ansible playbook starting with large forked host list, but spawning serial tasks for smaller subsets of hosts
I'm using Ansible 2.9 and AWX 11. I have a fleet of servers, some of which can be logically segmented by a tag that follows a pattern like GUID_1234567890. There is an arbitrary number of servers ...
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Using if else statement inside shell module in ansible playbook
I am trying to run if else statement inside shell module in ansible playbook but looks like my else statement is not executing in any case.
- name: verify application/database processes are not ...
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Store AWX/Ansible Tower Database password is HashiCorp Vault
With AWX and Ansible Tower, I know you can use HashiCorp Vault to manage the passwords that you use inside your playbooks. For instance if you want to configure some network devices, the credentials ...
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Is it possible to copy data from one Ansible Tower to another?
I am attempting to copy all the data (templates, credentials, inventories, etc) from my Ansible Tower production instance to my newly created dev instance. Is there a way to do this automatically ...
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How does everyone manage a multi server environment and their credentials with ansible?
I'm trying to figure out the cleanest and/or most secure way to manage a multi server (linux) environment in AWX/Tower/Ansible.
I've seen a few posts around this topic, but there doesn't seem to be a ...
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dependency loop : to deploy gitlab using awx ansible i need a repository
I want to deploy gitlab using awx and ansible ( or with puppet and rundeck ) and to do it i need a repository ( SCM : gitlab ) , the thing is i want to deploy gitlab but i need a gitlab , i can't find ...
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Unable to get part of a play to run locally on AWX
This is all running within AWX which is hosted on-prem. I'm trying to manage some EC2 instances within AWS. I've setup the bastion jump and can get all my other plays to work correctly.
However there ...
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Converting string to integer in Ansible Playbook
I am getting a count from powershell command and registering it on variable. I have to use that count in when condition. I have changed it to int before using it in when condition too.
Still that task ...
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How to assign array_name dynamically to with_items in Ansible
I have a json file (server.json) with the content like this:
servers_groupA: [{server_name: server1abc.net, start_file: w.bat, stop_file: d.bat},
{server_name: server2.abc.net,...
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Save survey variables into host variables|facts?
I have several AWX job templates/playbooks all based off this one ansible script:
https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
The initial script I use to deploy a server has the ...
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How to install AWX on RHEL 7 without Docker?
When I follow this guide to install AWX on RHEL without docker: http://yallalabs.com/devops/how-to-install-ansible-awx-without-docker-centos-7-rhel-7/
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/mrmeee/...
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How to check if network is available from a AWX running container to a LDAP server?
I want to connect to a LDAP server from an AWX installed server.
Used docker-compose installed AWX. So it's running inside container.
I can ping LDAP server IP from the server running AWX container. ...
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How to send password with special characters from ansible to Python script?
I am invoking a python script from ansible playbook. While invoking I am passing the credentials to the python script as arguments. The password has some special characters.
But in Python script, I ...
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Invoking Python Script through Ansible Playbook and running it in background- Through Ansible Tower
Here I am trying to invoke a python script through ansible playbook. When I run the playbook containing below mentioned code, it is successfully invoking the script. But ansible script continues to ...
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What is the default user when running job/playbook from AWX?
I am running a job/playbook (git source) from AWX GUI, but it keeps connecting over ssh to managed hosts as a root user.
In credentials I filled SSH PRIVATE KEY, USERNAME is blank and the default ...
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Install Ansible Tower in specific directory
Can you mount a second drive at /opt/ansible and tell Tower to install there instead so it won't affect a boot partition? What are some considerations if you can?
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installtion failure when setting up the Ansible Tower in centos 7
I am setting up an Ansible Tower in a CentOS 7 machine. I proceed through the installation as per instructions from
this document
But when I do the installation i get the following error
TASK [...
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How to use ansible private roles from existing project?
For my initial ansible-awx setup i took my roles, inventories and playbooks and put them into one GIT-repository secured by ssh key authentication.
HTTPS seems to be broken in Ansible-AWX 7.0
I ...
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Why does AWX expect to see files in /etc/tower when inventory file specifies docker_compose_dir=/tmp/awxcompose?
I have been using the official install guide for AWX found at github
The web interface says only "Internal Server Error".
The docker log contains,
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/...
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AWX doesn't work with External DB
Trying to make AWX use External postgres DB,
Changed the inventory database details
pg_hostname=localhost
pg_username=postgres
pg_password=postgres
pg_database=postgres
pg_port=5432
# pg_sslmode=...
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