# ansible tower modules - use awx cli instead of deprecated tower\_cli?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-modules-use-awx-cli-instead-of-deprecated-tower-cli/32958>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-modules-use-awx-cli-instead-of-deprecated-tower-cli/32958 "2020-05-18T04:28:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![senorsmile](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/senorsmile/32/9024_2.png) [@senorsmile](https://forum.ansible.com/u/senorsmile)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-modules-use-awx-cli-instead-of-deprecated-tower-cli/32958/1 "2020-05-18T04:28:35Z")

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As announced here:  
[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/awx-project/tower\_cli|sort:date/awx-project/ZAlhpLMBzVw/D7h8MSgbBQAJ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/awx-project/tower_cli%7Csort:date/awx-project/ZAlhpLMBzVw/D7h8MSgbBQAJ)

and specified in the readme for the tower\_cli:  
[https://github.com/ansible/tower-cli](https://github.com/ansible/tower-cli)

the original tower\_cli is deprecated .

However, all of the ansible modules for configuring awx/tower appear to still only use the deprecated tower\_cli.  
E.g. [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/tower\_organization\_module.html#tower-organization-module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/tower_organization_module.html#tower-organization-module)

Is it recommended to use the new cli in conjunction with these modules? Is there a newer collection somewhere with newer versions of the modules that use the new cli?

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**Author:** ![AlanCoding](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/alancoding/32/301_2.png) [@AlanCoding](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AlanCoding)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-tower-modules-use-awx-cli-instead-of-deprecated-tower-cli/32958/2 "2020-05-18T12:26:34Z")

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> Is there a newer collection somewhere with newer versions of the modules that use the new cli?

Yes, it is distributed at: [https://galaxy.ansible.com/awx/awx](https://galaxy.ansible.com/awx/awx)

It does not require the old tower-cli. It doesn’t require the current AWX CLI either, but some modules will in the future.

You can also read this article on the Ansible blog: [https://www.ansible.com/blog/introducing-the-awx-collection](https://www.ansible.com/blog/introducing-the-awx-collection)

Alan  
github: AlanCoding