# ee pull secret

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ee-pull-secret/38469>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx, ee\
**Created:** [September 26, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ee-pull-secret/38469 "2023-09-26T16:47:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lbrigman124](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lbrigman124](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lbrigman124)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ee-pull-secret/38469/1 "2023-09-26T16:47:42Z")

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In the awx operator docs it says that if you are pulling an ee environment from  
a private registry, you need a pull secret.  
If you don’t have a password or need one on the registry it seems that it still is required.

The question is about docs and naming.  
Reference here: [https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/blob/devel/docs/user-guide/advanced-configuration/default-execution-environments-from-private-registries.md](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/blob/devel/docs/user-guide/advanced-configuration/default-execution-environments-from-private-registries.md)

It says -ee then gives an example of a control plane which doesn’t seem to exist in the docs.

So what is the relationship between the -ee secret and the  
ee image names to pull?

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**Author:** ![lbrigman124](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lbrigman124](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lbrigman124)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ee-pull-secret/38469/2 "2023-09-26T19:20:38Z")

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I changed my awx deployment file to include no\_log: false  
where then I found that I had a syntax error in my deployment file.  
Nowhere was that being checked or output except when no\_log: false was enabled.

As such my question is mute and the pull secret is not needed.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Scudamore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@Peter\_Scudamore](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Peter_Scudamore)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ee-pull-secret/38469/3 "2023-09-27T16:32:06Z")

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Larry,

I have shied away from changing the default EE. I will certainly look at the possibilities. Thank you for the documentation link. I am also looking for a way to mount an external directory inside the execution environment. e.g., a directory containing large OVA or ISO files I do not want to put in the GIT repository due to size, but are required for deployment via playbook to vCenter.

Thanks,  
pete

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**Author:** ![lbrigman124](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lbrigman124](https://forum.ansible.com/u/lbrigman124)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ee-pull-secret/38469/4 "2023-09-28T17:55:16Z")

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I’m not changing the default ee image.  
I have a requirement to be able to install in an air-gapped environment.  
Installing with a locally copied version of the default image.