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I am playing around with AWX and want to load a role (or “project” I suppose is the new term) that has some custom libraries and filter_plugins. The problem is that these python scripts require py libs that were never installed in the docker image.

Is there a way to configure an additional PYTHONPATH?

I think I should be able to mount a volume (e.g. /opt/custom-python/libs) into the container and install my python there, then make sure that ever custom role adds sys.path.append(custom_py_path) before the imports.
But … I’d prefer to not have to do that.

any ideas?

thanks,

-MikeB

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You could also modify the python requirements files for the image. requirements_ansible is what controls what gets loaded into the ansible virtualenv for use during playbook runs.

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Is the “python requirements file” the list of python packages that are installed when the docker image is created? I’m trying not to have a role change to trigger a manual modification and upgrade of AWX.

I assume you’re talking about the ./requirements/requirements_ansible.txt file.

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Yep, the very same

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sigh. I’m trying really hard to not have to maintain a local custom branch of awx just to set some of these options.

e.g. if I add a project with a playbook that uses the Juniper.junos module, it won’t work unless I also install junos-eznc, meaning I have to either

  1. Modify the container directly: docker exec -it awx_task /bin/pip install junos-eznc. (which may not actually work – haven’t tried)

or

  1. Modify the ./requirements/requirements_ansible.txt file, then remove my awx_task container and re-install it.

Unless there’s something I’m missing.

fwiw, even if #1 worked, modifying non-persistent parts of a running container is also something I am trying to avoid.

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where does one find the
/requirements/requirements_ansible.txt ?

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In the root of the repo.
https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/requirements/requirements_ansible.txt