# AWX Project **URL:** https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/awx-project/28.md?page=78 [Latest](https://forum.ansible.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.ansible.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.ansible.com/tags.md) **Page:** 79 --- ## [Inventory "Source from project" does not import vars](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-source-from-project-does-not-import-vars/29746)
**Author:** [@Darkhan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Darkhan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inventory-source-from-project-does-not-import-vars/29746 "2019-02-22T16:17:51Z")
If I have group\_vars and host\_vars directories, is it possible that an inventory with a source from project configuration pick up the vars as well? I see I can only chose the host file and it only imports the hosts. --- ## [OpenLDAP Configuration issue with AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/openldap-configuration-issue-with-awx/29719)
**Author:** [@Mithun\_lal](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Mithun_lal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/openldap-configuration-issue-with-awx/29719 "2019-02-22T05:19:34Z")
Hi Team, I am trying to implement OpenLDAP configuration onto AWX. Even after making all the correct changes LDAP users are unable to login to AWX. Below are my configuration pages. User: awx I created a new user in … --- ## [AWX Installation issue](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-issue/29728)
**Author:** [@Bachu\_Prathap](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bachu_Prathap)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-issue/29728 "2019-02-21T16:15:18Z")
Hello Team I am new to AWX, after installation, I see that awx page says “Server Error” and below exceptions, I see on awx\_tasks. Can someone help me on this issue? 2019-02-20 16:22:51,741 INFO exited: dispatcher (exit… --- ## [New LDAP error in AWX 3.0.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ldap-error-in-awx-3-0-1/29669)
**Author:** [@kristopher.d.ayala](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kristopher.d.ayala)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/new-ldap-error-in-awx-3-0-1/29669 "2019-02-21T09:46:16Z")
Hi All, After building the images for AWX 3.0.1 I am seeing a new LDAP error. 2019-02-13 14:54:15,180 WARNING django\_auth\_ldap Caught LDAPError while authenticating : SERVER\_DOWN({‘desc’: “Can’t contact LDAP server”, ‘… --- ## [AWX on top of existing ansible host](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-on-top-of-existing-ansible-host/29700)
**Author:** [@adpavlov](https://forum.ansible.com/u/adpavlov)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-on-top-of-existing-ansible-host/29700 "2019-02-21T08:34:02Z")
Dear colleagues, I recently started exploring AWX and deployed it on the same host where ansible is already installed. I mounted my /home/ansible folder on physical server to AWX’s /var/lib/awx/projects and can access … --- ## [issues with tasks after upgrade](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-tasks-after-upgrade/29726)
**Author:** [@Frank\_Dias](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Frank_Dias)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-tasks-after-upgrade/29726 "2019-02-21T00:29:52Z")
Work task before upgrade: TASK \[config-seeding : Clean build directory\] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Using module file /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/files/file.py \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH LOCAL C… --- ## [Dynamic and smart inventories](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-and-smart-inventories/29723)
**Author:** [@Igor\_Turovsky](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Igor_Turovsky)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/dynamic-and-smart-inventories/29723 "2019-02-20T18:00:50Z")
Hello, I have Dynamic inventory populated by inventory script. The hosts in this inventory are Windows machines and related connection variables are set on all group level. There are also child groups. This part work… --- ## [AWX docker containers running as non-root](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-docker-containers-running-as-non-root/29701)
**Author:** [@aeiffel970](https://forum.ansible.com/u/aeiffel970)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-docker-containers-running-as-non-root/29701 "2019-02-20T15:50:06Z")
Having followed the docker install instructions, I notice that although the postgres and memcached containers are running as non-root, the awx\_web and awx\_task containers are running as root. I am pretty new to docker b… --- ## [awx external logging to graylog](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-external-logging-to-graylog/29720)
**Author:** [@Ansible\_Madness](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ansible_Madness)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-external-logging-to-graylog/29720 "2019-02-20T13:52:08Z")
Has anyone managed to get AWX to log externally to graylog (2.4 - will upgrade to 3.x soon)? If so could you advise on which logging aggregator type to use in AWX as well as what listener type to use on graylog side? I… --- ## [AWX 3.0.1 virtual env bugs?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-3-0-1-virtual-env-bugs/29710)
**Author:** [@Darkhan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Darkhan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-3-0-1-virtual-env-bugs/29710 "2019-02-19T22:13:41Z")
\*\*@\*\*Matthew Jones, some feedback would be appreciated on this. I think the virtual environments in 3.0.1 introduced some big bugs. I need to run some tasks on the awx\_celery container. I use host:127.0.0.1 and connect… --- ## [Any change concerning the stdout callback in AWX?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-change-concerning-the-stdout-callback-in-awx/29716)
**Author:** [@wutufubapoobah](https://forum.ansible.com/u/wutufubapoobah)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/any-change-concerning-the-stdout-callback-in-awx/29716 "2019-02-19T22:08:25Z")
Nearly a year ago, MarcG posted to this forum the message titled “How to change the stdout callback in AWX”. In it, he asked how can we change the stdout callback that determines how text from stdout appears under the A… --- ## [SSH ProxyCommand on AWX without writing SSH key in plain text to awx\_task container?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-proxycommand-on-awx-without-writing-ssh-key-in-plain-text-to-awx-task-container/29691)
**Author:** [@iamroddo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/iamroddo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ssh-proxycommand-on-awx-without-writing-ssh-key-in-plain-text-to-awx-task-container/29691 "2019-02-18T17:45:20Z")
In order to support SSH ProxyCommand, awx\_task container needs to have the SSH key of the jump host. I don’t know a way to make the SSH key usable with a passphrase, so I need to pass to AWX a cleartext SSH key to a secu… --- ## [API Help](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-help/29688)
**Author:** [@callmeshawn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/callmeshawn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-help/29688 "2019-02-15T17:45:33Z")
Hello, While back I wrote some code just trying to learn how to interact with the REST API to do things like clean up groups/inventories, create inventories, etc. To this I’d acquire a token then use that token in subs… --- ## [Inject credentials to playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inject-credentials-to-playbook/29672)
**Author:** [@laya.guerinw](https://forum.ansible.com/u/laya.guerinw)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/inject-credentials-to-playbook/29672 "2019-02-14T16:49:55Z")
Hi All I have followed the instructions here: https://www.ansible.com/blog/ansible-tower-feature-spotlight-custom-credentials on my template I have added the extra vars: extra\_vars: AD\_Admin\_password: ‘{{ password }}… --- ## [API: proper way to launch a job and collect its results (variables)?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-proper-way-to-launch-a-job-and-collect-its-results-variables/29644)
**Author:** [@os1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/os1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/api-proper-way-to-launch-a-job-and-collect-its-results-variables/29644 "2019-02-12T13:20:12Z")
I am trying to automate some tasks using AWX jobs via API. The playbook has set\_fact or debug with some JSON data. I want to get it after the job finishes. I do: POST to launch the job and get job URL GET in a loop to… --- ## [AWX 3.0.1](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-3-0-1/29649)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Meyers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Christopher_Meyers)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-3-0-1/29649 "2019-02-11T15:28:33Z")
Hello everyone. Today we are happy to announce the release of AWX 3.0.1. Below are some highlights of what are included in this release: Support arbitrary become plugins Exposed execution node & virtual env path to the… --- ## [Creating API endpoints with AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-api-endpoints-with-awx/27668)
**Author:** [@dufusk](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dufusk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/creating-api-endpoints-with-awx/27668 "2019-02-11T14:16:44Z")
I’m posting this here because searching for this topic on google always returns the Ansible Tower API reference guide, and that’s not what i’m looking for. We are using AWX for quite a few projects, one of them being au… --- ## [Email Module Failure on Ansible](https://forum.ansible.com/t/email-module-failure-on-ansible/29627)
**Author:** [@CK\_LZEM7](https://forum.ansible.com/u/CK_LZEM7)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/email-module-failure-on-ansible/29627 "2019-02-11T07:35:36Z")
I have set up an ansible tower using the following docker image \*\*ybalt/ansible-tower:\*\*\*\*latest\*\* After setting up I have upgraded the applications inside the container by \*\*apt-get upgrade\*\* After that following a… --- ## [Ansible Tower - Unable To Remove Host From Inventory During A Scoped Job Template Run](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-unable-to-remove-host-from-inventory-during-a-scoped-job-template-run/29632)
**Author:** [@mlturnbow1s](https://forum.ansible.com/u/mlturnbow1s)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-unable-to-remove-host-from-inventory-during-a-scoped-job-template-run/29632 "2019-02-08T14:08:40Z")
Rundown of issue: I have a test inventory. I have a job template that has limit as prompt on launch so that I can scope to a single node/host. I can run the job against a single host in the test inventory by using the … --- ## [Delete hosts from Dynamic Inventory in AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/delete-hosts-from-dynamic-inventory-in-awx/29628)
**Author:** [@Ankit2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ankit2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/delete-hosts-from-dynamic-inventory-in-awx/29628 "2019-02-06T15:00:29Z")
Can someone please suggest if there is a way to delete specific hosts after the Dynamic Inventory for VMWare completes updating the list of hosts? I want to create a separate job template where the playbook will target … --- ## [ansible hosts and user](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hosts-and-user/29619)
**Author:** [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-hosts-and-user/29619 "2019-02-05T13:51:28Z")
Hy, How to make that when one executes a playbook with a host parameter, ansible only recovers part of the host name as user. Example: ansible-playbook playbook.yml -l “hostuser1” i want ansible to dynamically use us… --- ## [Ansible service not work](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-service-not-work/29611)
**Author:** [@ryad9200000](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ryad9200000)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-service-not-work/29611 "2019-02-05T13:51:02Z")
Hy, I want start one service with next command in ansible : - name: Start service httpd, if not started service: name: httpd state: started This task not work even with line command become: yes ! on the othe… --- ## [Limit forks per organization AWX 1.0.6.8](https://forum.ansible.com/t/limit-forks-per-organization-awx-1-0-6-8/29529)
**Author:** [@Tomas\_Piantanida](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tomas_Piantanida)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/limit-forks-per-organization-awx-1-0-6-8/29529 "2019-02-05T13:39:03Z")
Hi all, In my team we are trying to limit the amount of forks that a given organization would be able to use when running a job. Our main goal is to share AWX with other teams. The problem is that whenever a job is bei… --- ## [Groups in Tower](https://forum.ansible.com/t/groups-in-tower/29591)
**Author:** [@Spiro\_Mitsialis](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Spiro_Mitsialis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/groups-in-tower/29591 "2019-02-01T18:25:22Z")
Hi, When I’m running Ansible Engine (CLI), I can have multiple groups in the inventory file. \[switch\] … \[router\] … Each of these groups uses different credentials. In CLI, I can have a different variable file under… --- ## [Confused about architecture: awx-web, aws-task, rabbitmq and memcached](https://forum.ansible.com/t/confused-about-architecture-awx-web-aws-task-rabbitmq-and-memcached/29589)
**Author:** [@Juan\_A\_S](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Juan_A_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/confused-about-architecture-awx-web-aws-task-rabbitmq-and-memcached/29589 "2019-02-01T11:21:19Z")
Hi all, after some local docker testing, using the docker-compose file located in https://github.com/geerlingguy/awx-container, I am going to deploy a “real” environment, but I have some questions about the installation,… --- ## [build an older version of awx](https://forum.ansible.com/t/build-an-older-version-of-awx/29406)
**Author:** [@Me\_Mo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Me_Mo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/build-an-older-version-of-awx/29406 "2019-02-01T09:23:50Z")
hi i don want to build the actual awx version. (2.1.2) i want e.g. 2.1.0. is it possible to set the version number in the inventory? this sounds like it is possible, but there is no variable Remove these lines if y… --- ## [Use inventory script to get dynamic inventory at job runtime ?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-inventory-script-to-get-dynamic-inventory-at-job-runtime/29571)
**Author:** [@Jean-Francois\_van\_Ae](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jean-Francois_van_Ae)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-inventory-script-to-get-dynamic-inventory-at-job-runtime/29571 "2019-01-30T15:24:18Z")
Hello, I would like to run one template to be able to install mutliple similar applications with different components in different environments. for exemple: application1 has a batch and a web module that runs on 2 d… --- ## [nmap dynamic inventory on AWX](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nmap-dynamic-inventory-on-awx/29560)
**Author:** [@sdmorel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sdmorel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nmap-dynamic-inventory-on-awx/29560 "2019-01-29T14:44:15Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to use the nmap inventory plugin to include all hosts from a specific network in the inventory. This is the ansible.cfg \[defaults\] inventory = inventory.yml \[inventory\] enable\_plugins = yaml, nm… --- ## [Use AWX Credential inside playbook](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-awx-credential-inside-playbook/29539)
**Author:** [@innatenew](https://forum.ansible.com/u/innatenew)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/use-awx-credential-inside-playbook/29539 "2019-01-29T04:20:25Z")
Hello all, I have a use case where I am making a SOAP call via a custom ansible module. The call needs credentials to authenticate . I wanted to know if there was a way to create Credential on AWX and then call them i… --- ## [Running AWX Web and Task on AWS Fargate](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-awx-web-and-task-on-aws-fargate/29538)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Bomar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Bomar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/running-awx-web-and-task-on-aws-fargate/29538 "2019-01-27T00:41:27Z")
I have awx running on AWS Fargate, but when I try to create a new project, I receive a 500 error and the error in the logs is " RuntimeError: No instance found with the current cluster host id" I think the problem is t… [Previous page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/awx-project/28.md?page=77) [Next page](https://forum.ansible.com/c/archives/awx-project/28.md?page=79)