# Error while installing AWX

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-installing-awx/28453>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-installing-awx/28453 "2018-08-29T04:10:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![arnab\_sen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@arnab\_sen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arnab_sen)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-installing-awx/28453/1 "2018-08-29T04:10:57Z")

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HI,

I am getting an error while installing AWX in my local machine.  
I am following the instruction given in “[https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/INSTALL.md#postgresql-1](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/INSTALL.md#postgresql-1)”  
I am using docker/docker-compose to unstall.

TASK [local\_docker : Activate postgres container] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Failed to import docker-py - No module named requests.exceptions. Try `pip install docker-py`”}

to retry, use: --limit @/Users/arnab/Documents/Ansible/trialPlaybooks/AWX/AnsibleAWXRepo/awx/installer/install.retry

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Lozada_De_L)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-installing-awx/28453/2 "2018-08-29T11:48:50Z")

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Amab,

How did you install docker-py? did you use a virtualvenv ?

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**Author:** ![arnab\_sen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@arnab\_sen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arnab_sen)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-installing-awx/28453/3 "2018-08-29T15:21:16Z")

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I used the below:

pip install docker-py

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-installing-awx/28453/4 "2018-08-29T15:29:52Z")

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You may also need to:

pip uninstall -y requests  
pip install requests

Sounds like you may have a broken `requests` installation.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Lozada\_De\_L](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Jonathan_Lozada_De_L)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-installing-awx/28453/5 "2018-08-29T15:50:08Z")

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but, did you use a virtualenv/pipenv or pip install --user or at the root level ?

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**Author:** ![arnab\_sen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@arnab\_sen](https://forum.ansible.com/u/arnab_sen)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-while-installing-awx/28453/6 "2018-08-29T15:51:43Z")

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Used the install command at root level !!