# Installing AWX 17 on K8s without cluster admin and root

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-awx-17-on-k8s-without-cluster-admin-and-root/36804>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** kubernetes, awx\
**Created:** [July 5, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-awx-17-on-k8s-without-cluster-admin-and-root/36804 "2022-07-05T20:03:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![semmelbroesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@semmelbroesel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/semmelbroesel)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/installing-awx-17-on-k8s-without-cluster-admin-and-root/36804/1 "2022-07-05T20:03:12Z")

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Hi.

I’m trying to install AWX 17 in Kubernetes without root pod access and clusterroles (which is why I’m not using a newer version because the operator won’t run without cluster permissions).

I keep running into Permission Denied issues, e.g. log folders with “drwxrwxr-x” permissions and me using user id 1000 or 1001 which doesn’t exist in “/etc/passwd”.

Can you give me some options?

Do I have to create a custom Dockerfile with updated folder permissions, or do I have to create “emptyDir{}” entries for every folder in question?

Or are there better options?

If there is a way to use awx-operator without cluster rights and root, I’d be happy to try that, too.

Thanks!