# Cannot access /var/lib/awx/projects

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-access-var-lib-awx-projects/32992>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu, awx\
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-access-var-lib-awx-projects/32992 "2020-05-20T23:29:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Bill\_Biker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/bill_biker/32/8087_2.png) [@Bill\_Biker](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bill_Biker)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-access-var-lib-awx-projects/32992/1 "2020-05-20T23:29:29Z")

</div>

Hello All,

I am new (3 days) to attempting to use AWX. I know this is most likely a duplicate post,  
but have not really found the answer yet. Forgive the duplicate post.

Environment: Ubuntu 19.10, docker, docker-compose, and docker engine.  
I cloned AWX from github.

The problem that I have is that this system cannot be connected to the internet.  
I created a special vpn to allow the server to connect to the internet so I could run the install.yml file.  
I did modify the inventory file for the above project\_data\_folder.

I was able to get the containers started running the install playbook.  
Then I take the system off the internet - and it is configured for lan only.

apt runs fine

The demo hello world project runs fine.  
The only thing I cannot do is connect to the /var/lib/awx/projects folder. I have yet to understand how  
I might mount /var/lib/awx/projects to the awx\_task container.

I am missing something here - I did think it would work out of the box, but no dice.  
does AWX require a full-time internet connection to function?

I have no problem running ansible playbooks from the command line.

Suggestions are appreciated,

thanks

ewholz

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![john.westcott.iv](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/john.westcott.iv/32/95_2.png) [@john.westcott.iv](https://forum.ansible.com/u/john.westcott.iv)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-access-var-lib-awx-projects/32992/2 "2020-05-22T12:08:59Z")

</div>

Without an internet connection your obviously won’t be able to perform a project sync using an external git source.  
However, job templates from manual projects should work without internet connection.

One common mistake people make is trying to use /var/lib/awx/pojects from their local machine rather than the one from the container running AWX.If you want to be able to use a directory on the local machine then you need to use the following setting to map the containers /var/lib/awx/projects to somewhere on your local machine:

# AWX project data folder. If you need access to the location where AWX stores the projects

# it manages from the docker host, you can set this to turn it into a volume for the container.

#project\_data\_dir=/var/lib/awx/projects

-John