# AWX Project

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## [Announcing AWX 17.1.0](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-awx-17-1-0/34752)

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**Author:** [@Christian\_Adams](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christian_Adams)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcing-awx-17-1-0/34752 "2021-03-10T19:41:41Z")

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Hey everyone, We’re excited to announce a new version of AWX, 17.1.0. Here are some of the notable changes from the official changelog (https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CHANGELOG.md): Addressed a security is…

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## ["Platform linux on host #### is using the discovered Python interpreter at /usr/bin/python,](https://forum.ansible.com/t/platform-linux-on-host-is-using-the-discovered-python-interpreter-at-usr-bin-python/34749)

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**Author:** [@Akshay\_Bora](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Akshay_Bora)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/platform-linux-on-host-is-using-the-discovered-python-interpreter-at-usr-bin-python/34749 "2021-03-10T18:29:09Z")

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Hi People, I am running the ansible playbook through AWX and its getting failed with the subjected error. But the same playbook is running on other server successfully. Kindly help to resolve the issue. { “ansible\_fac…

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## [Variables requested via survey always overwrite template defaults](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-requested-via-survey-always-overwrite-template-defaults/34725)

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**Author:** [@Kdu\_Bonalume](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kdu_Bonalume)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/variables-requested-via-survey-always-overwrite-template-defaults/34725 "2021-03-09T09:31:27Z")

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Hi there, I’m running AWX 17.0.1, recently upgraded from 15.x. Now, suppose you have a template whose default extra\_vars are foo: bar username: "{{ awx\_user\_name }}" Now consider that this template has a survey to re…

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## [Use http\_proxy for collections download](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-http-proxy-for-collections-download/34748)

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**Author:** [@Sinan\_Polat](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sinan_Polat)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-http-proxy-for-collections-download/34748 "2021-03-09T08:31:22Z")

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I don’t want to set a http\_proxy system wide, but I want to use a http proxy for collection download. Is this somehow possible?

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## [AWX 17 (and now AWX 13)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-17-and-now-awx-13/34743)

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**Author:** [@Bill\_Biker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bill_Biker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-17-and-now-awx-13/34743 "2021-03-08T20:11:55Z")

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Hello All, I had a working verions of AWX 13 - I was using port 8000 to access the web site: http:my-awx.com:8000. This worked fine. I wanted to upgrade/install AWX 17. I use a virtual machine for the AWX web server. B…

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## [Limit AWX project to only use specific branches?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/limit-awx-project-to-only-use-specific-branches/34718)

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**Author:** [@Daniel2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Daniel2)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/limit-awx-project-to-only-use-specific-branches/34718 "2021-03-05T20:34:43Z")

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We have Ansible AWX in DEV and PROD. I would like to use the Development branch for DEV and Master branch for PROD. Is there a way to keep users of AWX from changing the branch drop-down in the GUI to use another branch …

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## [docker-compose](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-compose/34712)

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**Author:** [@guhilling](https://forum.ansible.com/u/guhilling)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/docker-compose/34712 "2021-03-05T10:33:49Z")

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From the latest documentation it looks like docker-compose is no longer supported. Is this correct? That would be a problem for users (like some of my customers) who do not (yet) have a k8s cluster. Could we at least…

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## [Json To string store in a variable in ansible issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/json-to-string-store-in-a-variable-in-ansible-issue/34706)

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**Author:** [@Shradha\_Bhatia](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Shradha_Bhatia)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/json-to-string-store-in-a-variable-in-ansible-issue/34706 "2021-03-02T05:32:25Z")

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Can anyone suggest on how to convert the json file content to a string inside a variable in ansible. The method i used is to “cat xyz.json” and set\_facts to a variable and converting output to to\_json or to\_yaml. The u…

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## [Ansible Playbooks/Roles](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbooks-roles/34689)

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**Author:** [@Keith\_Mills](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Keith_Mills)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-playbooks-roles/34689 "2021-02-26T16:03:11Z")

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Good morning Family, I have a question that I can’t seem to come up with an answer for. I am working on an Ansible project and I have to look into vetting our existing playbooks/roles. My question is, how do I determine…

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## [No inventory was parsed, please check your configuration and options](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-please-check-your-configuration-and-options/34667)

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**Author:** [@Florian\_Bellencontre](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Florian_Bellencontre)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-inventory-was-parsed-please-check-your-configuration-and-options/34667 "2021-02-26T14:45:02Z")

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SUMMARY I’ve just started installing Ansible AWX and I’ve imported a fairly simple playbook that I’ll join you later. Once all my configuration was done, I tried to launch this playbook in check mode. But it returned an …

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## [help configuring python dynamic inventory from git](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-configuring-python-dynamic-inventory-from-git/34683)

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**Author:** [@Kevin\_Hoyt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kevin_Hoyt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-configuring-python-dynamic-inventory-from-git/34683 "2021-02-26T14:00:45Z")

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Hi, I’m new to this and I’m struggling a bit. I have a dyn inv script that was originally used in “Inventory Scripts” in an older version of awx. However I’ve recently installed 17.0.1 and I’m having trouble figuring ou…

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## [The 'inventory file' dropdown on awx 17 doesn't let you enter a path other than /(project root)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-inventory-file-dropdown-on-awx-17-doesnt-let-you-enter-a-path-other-than-project-root/34662)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Seeland](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dan_Seeland)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-inventory-file-dropdown-on-awx-17-doesnt-let-you-enter-a-path-other-than-project-root/34662 "2021-02-26T08:54:19Z")

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I’m testing a very simple dynamic inventory project that syncs to a github repo. The repo contains two folders: collections and inventories. Under inventories, is the folder awx. In the awx folder, is the file aws\_ec2.ym…

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## [Notification Template is not working on AWX Version AWX 17.0.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/notification-template-is-not-working-on-awx-version-awx-17-0-1/34684)

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**Author:** [@anish\_anil](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anish_anil)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/notification-template-is-not-working-on-awx-version-awx-17-0-1/34684 "2021-02-25T18:06:34Z")

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Hello AWX Tower Experts, We are currently evaluating the newest version of Tower and we happen to install it. AWX Installed as docker Containers and has an external Postgress Server. I configured the Notification Temp…

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## [Intrance groups nolonger in tech preview in 17.0.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/intrance-groups-nolonger-in-tech-preview-in-17-0-1/34648)

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**Author:** [@iamroddo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iamroddo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/intrance-groups-nolonger-in-tech-preview-in-17-0-1/34648 "2021-02-24T13:57:30Z")

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Hi All, We are weighing up migrating from AWX 15.0.1 to 17.0.1. We use AWX instance groups for job execution. In 15.0.1 this feature is marked in “tech preview” while in 17.0.1 it is not. I cannot find anything in relea…

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## [AWX job stuck at Waiting when executed on an Isolated Node](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-job-stuck-at-waiting-when-executed-on-an-isolated-node/34671)

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**Author:** [@AWX\_Member](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AWX_Member)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-job-stuck-at-waiting-when-executed-on-an-isolated-node/34671 "2021-02-24T08:22:50Z")

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Hello, I have an AWX installation under the version 17.0.1 and I added an isolated node this my AWX installation. This node on is on a seperate network and the configuration of it looks fine. I execute from the AWX con…

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## [Trouble with copy module](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trouble-with-copy-module/34669)

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**Author:** [@Oleg\_Kunitsyn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oleg_Kunitsyn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/trouble-with-copy-module/34669 "2021-02-23T17:15:21Z")

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Hello all, please i need some help with AWX. (Sorry for my bad English) My ENVIRONMENT: AWX version: 17.0.1 AWX install method: docker on linux Ansible version(on host VM): ansible 2.9.17 Operating System: Centos 7 …

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## [New to awx opensource (few questions)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-awx-opensource-few-questions/34674)

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**Author:** [@Nagasai\_Vosetti](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nagasai_Vosetti)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-to-awx-opensource-few-questions/34674 "2021-02-23T17:15:02Z")

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Hi All, I am new to awx opensource tower use, I was having few questions on below. Do we have instance groups and if we have to create instance groups/isolated networks on opensource awx do we have any documentation f…

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## [Can AWX Web and AWX Task containers be run as non root user?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-awx-web-and-awx-task-containers-be-run-as-non-root-user/34654)

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**Author:** [@jesty\_sam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jesty_sam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-awx-web-and-awx-task-containers-be-run-as-non-root-user/34654 "2021-02-21T17:40:52Z")

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Hi All I need to run awx web and awx task containers as non root user, as my org’s direction to ensure container best practices. However, i only see that both containers come up only as root user. I have git cloned 15.0…

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## [Ansible tower stucked on hostkey checking despite accepted manually](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-stucked-on-hostkey-checking-despite-accepted-manually/34660)

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**Author:** [@sloweriang](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sloweriang)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-stucked-on-hostkey-checking-despite-accepted-manually/34660 "2021-02-20T18:44:41Z")

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my playbook: name: get output shell: ssh {{ user }}@{{ storage }} some command Then I run the command below: su - awx ssh user@storage Accept the fingerprint manually. result: able to ssh passwordless to user@sto…

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## [Ansible vault best practice with AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-best-practice-with-awx/34655)

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**Author:** [@Ted\_Underhill](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ted_Underhill)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-vault-best-practice-with-awx/34655 "2021-02-19T21:30:57Z")

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Hi I currently have existing playbooks which use vault files in group\_vars (ie. group\_vars/dev/vault-all.yml). I’ve been having problems integrating my existing playbooks into AWX. When adding a source to my inventory v…

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## [AWX upgarde](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-upgarde/34651)

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**Author:** [@Yan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-upgarde/34651 "2021-02-19T15:48:26Z")

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Hello, I’m quite sure to ask for something that has already been discussed many times, but is there an easy way to upgrade my AWX installation to the latest one ? Thx in advance. Regards Yan

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## [AD authentification](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ad-authentification/34607)

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**Author:** [@Yan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Yan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ad-authentification/34607 "2021-02-19T12:30:51Z")

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Hi, I do not manage to connect to our AD. I 've got this in our LDAP conf (See screenshot). Is there anything else to do to connect our AD users on AWX ? When I do this: $\> ldapsearch -H ldap://our\_AD:389 -x -D “adm…

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## [awx 17.0.1 image build fail missing dependency @patternfly/react-table](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-17-0-1-image-build-fail-missing-dependency-patternfly-react-table/34653)

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**Author:** [@sebastien\_chanson](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sebastien_chanson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-17-0-1-image-build-fail-missing-dependency-patternfly-react-table/34653 "2021-02-19T12:18:26Z")

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Hi, Before creating a bug on AWX github I wanted to make sure I am not doing somethign stupid. I build awx tag 17.0.1 using docker. I do not use prebuilt image as I have an ssl certificate to setup. When building the …

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## [AWX API limit ??](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-api-limit/34630)

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**Author:** [@Newbie1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Newbie1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-api-limit/34630 "2021-02-16T14:14:58Z")

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Hi Group When running curl/invoke-restmethod on Linux/windows GET request to inventory inventory I get only 50 hosts from 160 listed in inventory https://HOSTNAME/api/v2/inventories/2/hosts/ Also lines in output json …

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## [Help Log in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-log-in-awx/34608)

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**Author:** [@Alvaro\_Saavedra\_de\_l](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alvaro_Saavedra_de_l)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/help-log-in-awx/34608 "2021-02-12T21:43:21Z")

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Hello, When i have already installed AWX when i go to make log in in i write “admin” and passwd “password” and it doesn\`t enter. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Álvaro (attachments)

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## [Ansible Roles testing](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-roles-testing/34611)

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**Author:** [@Keith\_Mills](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Keith_Mills)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-roles-testing/34611 "2021-02-12T15:52:44Z")

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Hello All, I am looking for information on testing Ansible Roles with Molecule on Ansible Tower. Can anyone point me to documentation that will help me? Regards, Keith

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## [ImportError: cannot import name '\_psutil\_linux'](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-psutil-linux/34616)

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**Author:** [@donotos](https://forum.ansible.com/u/donotos)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/importerror-cannot-import-name-psutil-linux/34616 "2021-02-12T15:01:14Z")

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Hello there. I’ve created a new venv to install the necessary dependency required by: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.vmware when i execute my template in this venv i got this error. Here is the comp…

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## [How to avoid AWX starting from boot?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-avoid-awx-starting-from-boot/34615)

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**Author:** [@Oliver\_Schiinke](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oliver_Schiinke)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-avoid-awx-starting-from-boot/34615 "2021-02-12T13:40:31Z")

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Please, I have installed AWX (16.0.0) for lab purposes in my Laptop and I would like to know how to disable its docker compose instances starting from boot. I would like to handle it manually via start & stop scripts. T…

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## [Cannot get latest changes for the UI](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-latest-changes-for-the-ui/34609)

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**Author:** [@Tobias\_B](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tobias_B)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-get-latest-changes-for-the-ui/34609 "2021-02-11T16:30:01Z")

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pulled in latest devel, executed installation playbook, still not a type ahead field. And there is nothing else explained in https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/INSTALL.md#upgrading-from-previous-versions so what a…

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## [AWX Monitoring (prometheus, Grafana...)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-monitoring-prometheus-grafana/34601)

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**Author:** [@driCs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/driCs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-monitoring-prometheus-grafana/34601 "2021-02-11T12:17:32Z")

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Hello, I would like to know if there is a stack containing Prometheus, Grafana, Traefik ready to use for AWX monitoring (or another solution?) ? Or do we have to install these different tools one by one ? The objectiv…

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