# AWX Installation fails with "Error connecting: Error while fetching server API version: ('Connection aborted.', FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory'))

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-with-error-connecting-error-while-fetching-server-api-version-connection-aborted-filenotfounderror-2-no-such-file-or-directory/34277>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** rhel, awx\
**Created:** [December 3, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-with-error-connecting-error-while-fetching-server-api-version-connection-aborted-filenotfounderror-2-no-such-file-or-directory/34277 "2020-12-03T08:42:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![JK11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@JK11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JK11)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-with-error-connecting-error-while-fetching-server-api-version-connection-aborted-filenotfounderror-2-no-such-file-or-directory/34277/1 "2020-12-03T08:42:17Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I"m facing an issue during AWX Installation:  
OS: RHEL 7.9  
AWX Version: 14.1 & 15.0 (Tried both, both fail with same error)  
Performing installation as: Tried with root and awx user; both fail with same error

TASK [local\_docker : Start the containers] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Error connecting: Error while fetching server API version: (‘Connection aborted.’, FileNotFoundError(2, ‘No such file or directory’))”}

Appreciate any help over this.  
thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![ffirg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ffirg/32/10029_2.png) [@ffirg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ffirg)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-with-error-connecting-error-while-fetching-server-api-version-connection-aborted-filenotfounderror-2-no-such-file-or-directory/34277/2 "2020-12-04T12:16:48Z")

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Hi JK

Is the docker daemon running? Also have you added the user to the docker group?  
see [https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/)

Regards  
Phil.

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**Author:** ![JK11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@JK11](https://forum.ansible.com/u/JK11)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/awx-installation-fails-with-error-connecting-error-while-fetching-server-api-version-connection-aborted-filenotfounderror-2-no-such-file-or-directory/34277/3 "2020-12-04T12:34:51Z")

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Thanks for replying, Phil. The issue was rectified, but you touched the exact issue. The docker engine was down and installation is complete once it was up.

Appreciate your help, Phil.