# AWX Project

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## [How to run ansible cli in awx](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-ansible-cli-in-awx/32395)

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**Author:** [@Francois\_Nature](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Francois_Nature)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-ansible-cli-in-awx/32395 "2020-03-10T12:57:31Z")

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Hi, I don’t seem to find the answer anywhere, I've just started to deploy and use ansible AWX. There are lots of tutos on ansible CLI. So when I run in the awx\_task container for example ansible-inventory --graph it …

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## [AWX and ADFS (SAML)](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-and-adfs-saml/32415)

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**Author:** [@Ansible\_Madness](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ansible_Madness)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-and-adfs-saml/32415 "2020-03-10T12:56:57Z")

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Bit of a vague question but I am messing around on some test servers and thought it would be cool to see if AWX can authenticate via AD & ADFS using SAML. Quite honestly I am still learning SAML (and things like ADFS), …

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## [Which user/org is a dynamic AWX inventory script running for?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/which-user-org-is-a-dynamic-awx-inventory-script-running-for/32429)

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**Author:** [@jpmens1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jpmens1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/which-user-org-is-a-dynamic-awx-inventory-script-running-for/32429 "2020-03-10T12:35:21Z")

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When a dynamic inventory script is run on AWX, would it be possible to determine for which user or organization the script is running for? I’ve checked and there are no args or environment variables which provide the inf…

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## [Can I get json output for jobs?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-get-json-output-for-jobs/32427)

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**Author:** [@kurrent93](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kurrent93)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2020, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-get-json-output-for-jobs/32427 "2020-03-10T07:19:02Z")

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Hello I’m hoping that I can use the AWX api to get data back from a job. I can call /api/v2/jobs/2704/stdout/?format=json, for example, but - while the result is technically json - its justs not particularly usable. I…

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## [Can't start AWX web, connection rabbitmq, postgres timeout](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-start-awx-web-connection-rabbitmq-postgres-timeout/32169)

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**Author:** [@Tat\_Dat\_Pham](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tat_Dat_Pham)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-start-awx-web-connection-rabbitmq-postgres-timeout/32169 "2020-03-06T18:10:51Z")

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ISSUE TYPE- Bug Report SUMMARY##### ENVIRONMENT- AWX version: 9.1.1 AWX install method: docker on centos8 Ansible version: 2.9.3 Operating System: Centos 8 Web Browser: Chrome latest STEPS TO REPRODUCE Install awx foll…

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## [Including a playbook that usually has a survey in front of it](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-a-playbook-that-usually-has-a-survey-in-front-of-it/32410)

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**Author:** [@Dave\_York](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave_York)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/including-a-playbook-that-usually-has-a-survey-in-front-of-it/32410 "2020-03-06T17:41:53Z")

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Hi AWX Team - I have a “Build a VM” playbook that typically has a survey in front of it in Ansible Tower. When the user launches it, it asks for hostname and IP address. If I want to include this play in another playbo…

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## [Can't get NGINX HTTPS reverse proxy to work with AWS](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-get-nginx-https-reverse-proxy-to-work-with-aws/32393)

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**Author:** [@Pierre\_Bardou](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pierre_Bardou)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cant-get-nginx-https-reverse-proxy-to-work-with-aws/32393 "2020-03-06T09:26:08Z")

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Hello, I set up a NGINX HTTPS reverse proxy to securely access AWX. I can’t login : the UI says invalid username/password Environment: - AWX version: 9.1.1 AWX install method: docker on linux Ansible version: 2.8.5 O…

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## [I'm trying to find a way to get variables from AWX API](https://forum.ansible.com/t/im-trying-to-find-a-way-to-get-variables-from-awx-api/32391)

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**Author:** [@DeLoVaN](https://forum.ansible.com/u/DeLoVaN)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/im-trying-to-find-a-way-to-get-variables-from-awx-api/32391 "2020-03-05T13:32:13Z")

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Hi there, I use Gitlab-CI to build my products and they need a bunch of parameters to be built. I centralized them to Ansible (since many projects share the sames variables) and I am currently getting them by ssh-ing in…

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## [AWX-manage failed inventory import](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-manage-failed-inventory-import/28448)

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**Author:** [@Alan\_Fraser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alan_Fraser)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-manage-failed-inventory-import/28448 "2020-03-04T10:37:26Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to import a static inventory file into AWX for use with an openshift installation. This is failing when ran from AWX Web UI (or playbook present in UI) but the same command imports successfully when run di…

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## [endless circulation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/endless-circulation/32367)

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**Author:** [@YiCheng\_Song](https://forum.ansible.com/u/YiCheng_Song)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/endless-circulation/32367 "2020-03-02T19:38:48Z")

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## [Contributing problem](https://forum.ansible.com/t/contributing-problem/32366)

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**Author:** [@YiCheng\_Song](https://forum.ansible.com/u/YiCheng_Song)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/contributing-problem/32366 "2020-03-02T19:29:36Z")

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I want to add some features on AWX. I have installed https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md. but I can not access the AWX web interface. regards

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## [Cannot run playbook inside AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-run-playbook-inside-awx/32269)

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**Author:** [@A\_Constantin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/A_Constantin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-run-playbook-inside-awx/32269 "2020-03-02T16:29:49Z")

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SUMMARY I am running AWX Docker setup and I just try to run a simple playbook: https://galaxy.ansible.com/dapiced/patch\_update\_yum/patch\_update\_yum Which from the command line it runs perfectly, it does what it should, …

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## [AWX Install on Minishift fails creating the ansible-tower-management container](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-on-minishift-fails-creating-the-ansible-tower-management-container/31630)

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**Author:** [@Cesar\_Sanchez](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cesar_Sanchez)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-on-minishift-fails-creating-the-ansible-tower-management-container/31630 "2020-02-29T15:05:17Z")

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Hi Guys, I’m back to AWX after an absence of 1 year and I want to install it using openshift. I tried the minishift approach which works great, but I’m having an issue when the installer creates the ansible-tower-manag…

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## [I want to add reporting capabilities for tasks completed. but I don't know how to develop.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-want-to-add-reporting-capabilities-for-tasks-completed-but-i-dont-know-how-to-develop/32353)

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**Author:** [@YiCheng\_Song](https://forum.ansible.com/u/YiCheng_Song)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/i-want-to-add-reporting-capabilities-for-tasks-completed-but-i-dont-know-how-to-develop/32353 "2020-02-29T11:23:27Z")

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I have already installed AWX. but where do I have to start from? from open source code or only using GUI? I am a developer but not experienced such field. I am looking forward to your reply.

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## [No warning or notification displayed while changing the admin user privilege from admin to normal.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-warning-or-notification-displayed-while-changing-the-admin-user-privilege-from-admin-to-normal/32349)

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**Author:** [@Soniya\_panwar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Soniya_panwar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-warning-or-notification-displayed-while-changing-the-admin-user-privilege-from-admin-to-normal/32349 "2020-02-29T11:20:03Z")

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Hello, While changing the admin user privileges from “Administrator” to any other type we didn’t get any warning or notification. Also, while investigating the bug I found that the default admin user can be deleted and…

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## [Network credential - How is the Provider dict injection done?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-credential-how-is-the-provider-dict-injection-done/32351)

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**Author:** [@Don\_Patzone](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Don_Patzone)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/network-credential-how-is-the-provider-dict-injection-done/32351 "2020-02-28T12:39:52Z")

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Hi all, I am currently building job templates for network automation. The module I am using is the aireos\_command module. This module requires the use of a provider dict since it does not support network\_cli via Ansibl…

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## [API Authorization questions](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-authorization-questions/32347)

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**Author:** [@Sami\_M\_Barek](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sami_M_Barek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-authorization-questions/32347 "2020-02-27T21:59:42Z")

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Hi, I’m struggling to understand how the authorization works in the API from the documentation. It seems I have a couple of different options where as I feel like I have tried them all (client\_id and client\_secret have…

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## [How to associate hosts to group with the new 'awx' Command Line Interface](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-associate-hosts-to-group-with-the-new-awx-command-line-interface/32325)

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**Author:** [@Big\_Daddy](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Big_Daddy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-associate-hosts-to-group-with-the-new-awx-command-line-interface/32325 "2020-02-26T20:33:12Z")

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‘tower-cli’ is the legacy command line tool for Ansible Tower. ‘tower-cli host’ can associate/disassociate a group to/from a host https://tower-cli.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api\_ref/resources/host.html But now tower-cl…

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## [How to run plays on all hosts in a group using localhost](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-plays-on-all-hosts-in-a-group-using-localhost/32215)

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**Author:** [@shane.do](https://forum.ansible.com/u/shane.do)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-run-plays-on-all-hosts-in-a-group-using-localhost/32215 "2020-02-26T00:34:48Z")

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I’m trying to create a playbook that creates EC2 snapshots of some AWS Windows servers. I’m having a lot of trouble understanding how to get the correct directives in place to make sure things are running as they can. Wh…

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## [how to return additional variables as a part of job status get request](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-return-additional-variables-as-a-part-of-job-status-get-request/32316)

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**Author:** [@Punit\_Jain](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Punit_Jain)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-return-additional-variables-as-a-part-of-job-status-get-request/32316 "2020-02-25T15:07:02Z")

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Hi, I am using ansible AWX for issuing REST calls for calling playbook. Playbook connects to downstream servers and provisions storage using underlying storage API’s and registers o/p of rest call. My requirement is to …

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## [How to integrate AWX to Windows Active directory.](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-integrate-awx-to-windows-active-directory/32263)

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**Author:** [@Anburaj\_Palraj](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Anburaj_Palraj)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-integrate-awx-to-windows-active-directory/32263 "2020-02-24T13:07:56Z")

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Hi team, I would like to integrate AWX to Windows Active directory. So kindly share if there is any good documentation to refer to.

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## [AWX installation](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation/32188)

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**Author:** [@Pushparaj\_Gothandam](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Pushparaj_Gothandam)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation/32188 "2020-02-22T17:21:16Z")

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Hello, I am newbie for awx installation, Can I install AWX containers on windows Docker environment ? which one is best Linux Docker env or Windows Docker env? Thanks Raj

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## [AWX install failed](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-failed/32156)

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**Author:** [@Oxs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oxs)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-failed/32156 "2020-02-22T16:57:01Z")

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Guys, I try to install AWX but it failed at this step: TASK \[local\_docker : Create Docker Compose Configuration\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [Failed to import docker or docker-py - cannot import name constants” when installing AWX on Ubuntu 19.04](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-import-docker-or-docker-py-cannot-import-name-constants-when-installing-awx-on-ubuntu-19-04/31219)

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**Author:** [@Moussa\_Balla](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Moussa_Balla)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/failed-to-import-docker-or-docker-py-cannot-import-name-constants-when-installing-awx-on-ubuntu-19-04/31219 "2020-02-22T16:52:39Z")

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TASK \[local\_docker : Start the containers\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: \[localhost\]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Fail…

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## [How to access any other executable like java, sdkman installed within the awx\_task container?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-access-any-other-executable-like-java-sdkman-installed-within-the-awx-task-container/32303)

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**Author:** [@Blacksensei](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Blacksensei)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-access-any-other-executable-like-java-sdkman-installed-within-the-awx-task-container/32303 "2020-02-22T16:42:53Z")

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Hello Team, I have been trying to move my team from ansible core and would like to do that with little change into what we have already so the contribution from team can still happen. I need a way to sync AWX as closely…

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## [Ansible 2.6.2: playbook works when executed in CLI but not in AWX 1.0.7.2](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-6-2-playbook-works-when-executed-in-cli-but-not-in-awx-1-0-7-2/32286)

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**Author:** [@nicolas](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nicolas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-2-6-2-playbook-works-when-executed-in-cli-but-not-in-awx-1-0-7-2/32286 "2020-02-20T16:14:54Z")

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Saisissez le code ici... Hello, I’m trying to import into AWX 1.0.7.2 a couple of ansible projects, after I have tested them with CLI. My inventory file is as follows: \` ... \[jenkins-nodes\] jenkins-master ansible-hos…

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## [Set VAULT\_TOKEN environment variable in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-vault-token-environment-variable-in-awx/32254)

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**Author:** [@Jan\_Stenvall](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jan_Stenvall)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/set-vault-token-environment-variable-in-awx/32254 "2020-02-20T12:22:26Z")

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Hello, In my playbook I’m using the hashi\_vault lookup. According to the specification of the plugin, one way to authenticate against vault is to use the VAULT\_TOKEN environment variable (see https://docs.ansible.com/an…

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## [AWX Installation Failing!](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-failing/28047)

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**Author:** [@Ram\_V](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ram_V)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-failing/28047 "2020-02-19T17:25:10Z")

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Hi, I installed docker, docker-py, ansible and cloned AWX. When i try to install AWX, I am getting below error. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you. TASK \[local\_docker : Activate postgres container\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [AWX Install in Openshift Failing: "msg": "template error while templating string: no test named 'version'. String: {{ 'apps/v1' if kube\_api\_version is version('1.9', '\>=') else 'apps/v1beta1' }}"](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-in-openshift-failing-msg-template-error-while-templating-string-no-test-named-version-string-apps-v1-if-kube-api-version-is-version-1-9-else-apps-v1beta1/32238)

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**Author:** [@Parashar\_Singh](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Parashar_Singh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-install-in-openshift-failing-msg-template-error-while-templating-string-no-test-named-version-string-apps-v1-if-kube-api-version-is-version-1-9-else-apps-v1beta1/32238 "2020-02-19T15:10:01Z")

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Can someone please advise, how to fix this issue while installing AWX in Openshift 3.9? I’m getting following error: TASK \[kubernetes : Determine StatefulSet api version\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*…

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## [retrieving the inventory name from the job template](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieving-the-inventory-name-from-the-job-template/32264)

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**Author:** [@Dave\_York](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dave_York)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/retrieving-the-inventory-name-from-the-job-template/32264 "2020-02-19T13:24:22Z")

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Hi Ansible/AWX Community! I’m working on a project that builds an on-premesis virtual machine then adds it to a tower inventory. I have a job template that runs against “Inventory X”. How can I retrieve the name of the…

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