# Installation times using the awx-Operator

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-times-using-the-awx-operator/43645>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** kubernetes, awx-operator, awx\
**Created:** [June 30, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-times-using-the-awx-operator/43645 "2025-06-30T17:10:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Arsalan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/arsalan/32/9134_2.png) [@Arsalan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arsalan)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-times-using-the-awx-operator/43645/1 "2025-06-30T17:10:01Z")

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**I’ve been installing AWX using the AWX Operator on multiple servers with good resources and high speed internet, and the process consistently takes around 3 to 4 hours to complete. Is this expected behavior? If not, could someone please share how long the installation typically takes under normal conditions? If I’m doing something incorrectly during the process, I would appreciate any guidance or corrections.**

I follow the installation instruction from the awx page on readthedocs:

> **[Basic Install - Ansible AWX Operator Documentation](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/awx-operator/en/latest/installation/basic-install.html)**

Here are the steps I take:

1. git clone [GitHub - ansible/awx-operator: An Ansible AWX operator for Kubernetes built with Operator SDK and Ansible. 🤖](https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator.git)

2. cd awx-operator/

3. git checkout tags/2.19.1

4. export VERSION=2.19.1

5. make deploy

6. nano awx-demo.yml

```auto
---
apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
kind: AWX
metadata:
  name: awx-server
spec:
  service_type: nodeport

```

1. kustomization.yaml

```auto
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
resources:
  # Find the latest tag here: https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases
  - github.com/ansible/awx-operator/config/default?ref=2.19.1

# Set the image tags to match the git version from above
images:
  - name: quay.io/ansible/awx-operator
    newTag: 2.19.1

# Specify a custom namespace in which to install AWX
namespace: awx

```

Also I’ve tried with this kustomization.yaml

```auto
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
resources:
  - ./config/default
  - awx-demo.yml

# Set the image tags to match the git version from above
images:
  - name: quay.io/ansible/awx-operator
    newTag: 2.19.1

# Specify a custom namespace in which to install AWX
namespace: awx

```

1. nano awxmeshingress-demo.yml

```auto
---
apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1alpha1
kind: AWXMeshIngress
metadata:
  name: awx-mesh-ingress-server
spec:
  deployment_name: awx-server

```

1. kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=awx
2. kubectl apply -k .

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**Author:** ![Arsalan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/arsalan/32/9134_2.png) [@Arsalan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arsalan)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-times-using-the-awx-operator/43645/2 "2025-07-24T16:01:24Z")

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I’d appreciate it if someone could tell me how long it typically takes you to install AWX using the AWX Operator.

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**Author:** ![vampyreapocalypse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e7dd6/32.png) [@vampyreapocalypse](https://forum.ansible.com/u/vampyreapocalypse)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-times-using-the-awx-operator/43645/3 "2025-07-24T20:03:27Z")

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is the operator working as expected after the install completes? If so then you must be doing it right. Congratulations!

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**Author:** ![Arsalan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/arsalan/32/9134_2.png) [@Arsalan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Arsalan)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-times-using-the-awx-operator/43645/4 "2025-07-25T04:39:19Z")

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Any idea how long it usually takes to install?

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**Author:** ![ildjarn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@ildjarn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ildjarn)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installation-times-using-the-awx-operator/43645/5 "2025-07-25T05:58:26Z")

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On AKS, it took about 30 to 45 minutes I think, but that was with an external Postgres database, no idea how much installing the database adds.

You can follow the installation in another screen with

```bash
kubectl -n awx logs -f deployments/awx-operator-controller-manager

```