# Issues with cloning into /var/lib/awx/ directory on awx 19.0.0

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-cloning-into-var-lib-awx-directory-on-awx-19-0-0/35041>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx, ee, kubernetes\
**Created:** [April 23, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-cloning-into-var-lib-awx-directory-on-awx-19-0-0/35041 "2021-04-23T09:24:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bruno\_Masuda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@Bruno\_Masuda](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bruno_Masuda)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/issues-with-cloning-into-var-lib-awx-directory-on-awx-19-0-0/35041/1 "2021-04-23T09:24:08Z")

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Hey there.

I have updated my AWX to version 19.0.0 with a kubernetes awx-operator installation, although i am receiving errors on syncing projects.

{  
“cmd”: “/usr/bin/git clone --origin origin ‘’ /var/lib/awx/projects/\_14\_\_bods\_backup”,  
“rc”: 1,  
“stdout”: “”,  
“stderr”: “Cloning into ‘/var/lib/awx/projects/\_14\_\_bods\_backup’…\n/var/lib/awx/projects/\_14\_\_bods\_backup/.git: Permission denied\n”,  
“msg”: “Cloning into ‘/var/lib/awx/projects/\_14\_\_bods\_backup’…\n/var/lib/awx/projects/\_14\_\_bods\_backup/.git: Permission denied”,  
“invocation”: {  
“module\_args”: {  
“dest”: “/var/lib/awx/projects/\_14\_\_bods\_backup”,  
“repo”: “my-git-repo”,  
“version”: “HEAD”,  
“force”: true,  
“accept\_hostkey”: true,  
“remote”: “origin”,  
“clone”: true,  
“update”: true,  
“verify\_commit”: false,  
“gpg\_whitelist”: ,  
“bare”: false,  
“recursive”: true,  
“single\_branch”: false,  
“track\_submodules”: false,  
“refspec”: null,  
“reference”: null,  
“depth”: null,  
“key\_file”: null,  
“ssh\_opts”: null,  
“executable”: null,  
“umask”: null,  
“archive”: null,  
“archive\_prefix”: null,  
“separate\_git\_dir”: null  
}  
},  
“stdout\_lines”: ,  
“stderr\_lines”: [  
“Cloning into ‘/var/lib/awx/projects/\_14\_\_bods\_backup’…”,  
“/var/lib/awx/projects/\_14\_\_bods\_backup/.git: Permission denied”  
],  
“\_ansible\_no\_log”: false,  
“changed”: false  
}

It seems that the EE container doesn’t has write permissions on /var/lib/awx directory.

Would appreciate some help, thanks in advance 😃