# Can I SSH to AWX Docker Container?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-ssh-to-awx-docker-container/27469>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [May 7, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-ssh-to-awx-docker-container/27469 "2018-05-07T10:54:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dinesh\_Vashisht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Dinesh\_Vashisht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dinesh_Vashisht)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-ssh-to-awx-docker-container/27469/1 "2018-05-07T10:54:49Z")

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Can I SSH to AWX Docker Container?

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**Author:** ![Sujith\_A\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Sujith\_A\_R](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sujith_A_R)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-ssh-to-awx-docker-container/27469/2 "2018-05-07T11:00:11Z")

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Of course you could.

Find the container name

docker container ls -a

Then get into ssh via exec functionality

docker container exec -it {{awx container name}} bash

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Hickok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Matt\_Hickok](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Matt_Hickok)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-i-ssh-to-awx-docker-container/27469/3 "2018-05-25T13:26:11Z")

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You can exec into it, or you can make your own dockerfile based on their’s and enable it (if it’s not already, I’ve never tried)