# /awx\_devel is not a valid repository

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-devel-is-not-a-valid-repository/32212>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [February 12, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-devel-is-not-a-valid-repository/32212 "2020-02-12T14:07:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Oxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ebca7d/32.png) [@Oxs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oxs)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-devel-is-not-a-valid-repository/32212/1 "2020-02-12T14:07:26Z")

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Hi guys…

idea about this error?b awx pulling is in error status…

docker-compose -f /u01/awx/tools/docker-compose.yml pull

WARNING: The CURRENT\_UID variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.  
WARNING: The DEV\_DOCKER\_TAG\_BASE variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.  
WARNING: The TAG variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.  
Pulling postgres … done  
Pulling memcached … done  
Pulling rabbitmq … done  
**Pulling awx … error**  
ERROR: for awx b’Error parsing reference: " **/awx\_devel" is not a valid repository/tag** : invalid reference format’  
ERROR: Error parsing reference: “/awx\_devel” is not a valid repository/tag: invalid reference format  
root@vmansmde01:/u01/awx/installer#

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**Author:** ![Oxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ebca7d/32.png) [@Oxs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oxs)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-devel-is-not-a-valid-repository/32212/2 "2020-02-12T14:13:44Z")

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Should works \>\>\> able to bypass the problem by doing the following :

```auto
cd /root/awx/tools/
docker pull ansible/awx_task:latest
cd /root/awx/installer
ansible-playbook -i inventory install.yml

```

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**Author:** ![Oxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ebca7d/32.png) [@Oxs](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Oxs)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-devel-is-not-a-valid-repository/32212/3 "2020-02-12T14:36:07Z")

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but still same problem…

root@host01:/u01/awx/installer# docker-compose -f /u01/awx/tools/docker-compose.yml pull  
WARNING: The CURRENT\_UID variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.  
WARNING: The DEV\_DOCKER\_TAG\_BASE variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.  
WARNING: The TAG variable is not set. Defaulting to a blank string.  
Pulling postgres … done  
Pulling memcached … done  
Pulling rabbitmq … done  
Pulling awx … error