# How to change awx's PROJECT\_ROOT?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-change-awxs-project-root/34907>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx\
**Created:** [April 2, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-change-awxs-project-root/34907 "2021-04-02T01:04:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![user47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/edb3f5/32.png) [@user47](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user47)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-change-awxs-project-root/34907/1 "2021-04-02T01:04:03Z")

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How to change awx’s PROJECT\_ROOT?

I know it’s in **/etc/tower/settings.py**  **.**

The default directory is **/var/lib/awx/projects** , and I want to change this to a different directory.

However, there is an issue because I installed it with kubernates like the guide following.

**[https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/INSTALL.md](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/INSTALL.md)**

Even though I enter the container with root privileges, I can not edit **settings.py** because **settings.py** is READ ONLY.

When I see **kubectl describe pod** , I guess it is because the following files are mounted.

**/etc/tower/settings.py from awx-settings (ro,path=“settings.py”)**

Is there any other way? Please help me solve it.

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**Author:** ![L\_Jankok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@L\_Jankok](https://forum.ansible.com/u/L_Jankok)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-to-change-awxs-project-root/34907/2 "2021-06-12T20:58:58Z")

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I would like to know that too.