# AWX 19.0.0 root inside a docker container

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-19-0-0-root-inside-a-docker-container/35108>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** kubernetes, awx, ee\
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-19-0-0-root-inside-a-docker-container/35108 "2021-05-04T12:32:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Vladimir\_Shchepkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ecae2f/32.png) [@Vladimir\_Shchepkin](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Vladimir_Shchepkin)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-19-0-0-root-inside-a-docker-container/35108/1 "2021-05-04T12:32:26Z")

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Hello,

after installing AWX 19.0.0 I have kubernetes pod with 4 docker containers - redis, awx-task, awx-web and awx-ee.

I have awx user inside container awx-web:

bash-4.4$ cat /etc/passwd  
awx:x:1000:0:,:/var/lib/awx:/bin/bash

But I can’t get root privilidge for this user, because I don’t know the password.

Can someone tell me where to find the password?

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Rivera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e495f1/32.png) [@Alex\_Rivera](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Alex_Rivera)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-19-0-0-root-inside-a-docker-container/35108/2 "2022-03-14T19:56:39Z")

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Try this from a Kubernetes worker/master or any workstation with kubectl and docker installed and that has access to your cluster:

Connect to the container as root in Kubernetes, just change the id according to yours ( **docker ls | grep awx** )

docker exec -it -u 0 /bin/bash

Regards