# nginx: \[emerg\] getpwnam("nginx") failed **URL:** \ **Category:** AWX Project\ **Tags:** awx\ **Created:** [March 3, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814 "2019-03-03T22:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AFAHOUNKO\_Danny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@AFAHOUNKO\_Danny](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AFAHOUNKO_Danny)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/1 "2019-03-03T22:00:53Z")
Hello, Build awx project is failing with nginx error. I have pulled the lasted version of the code. awx\_1 | (changed: True) awx\_1 | 2019-03-03 21:57:18,845 DEBUG awx.main.dispatch publish awx.main.tasks.apply\_cluster\_membership\_policies(dd4a973d-9f25-40c5-bf97-5ac4a8dd0105, queue=awx\_private\_queue) awx\_1 | 2019-03-03 21:57:18,871 DEBUG awx.main.dispatch publish awx.main.tasks.apply\_cluster\_membership\_policies(f4776581-043d-4706-b7cc-5b1bcf61cdf0, queue=awx\_private\_queue) awx\_1 | Creating instance group tower awx\_1 | (changed: True) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | daphne.1 started (pid=249) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | runworker.1 started (pid=247) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | nginx.1 started (pid=245) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | receiver.1 started (pid=256) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | dispatcher.1 started (pid=253) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | uwsgi.1 started (pid=262) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | jupyter.1 started (pid=265) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 nginx.1 | nginx -g “daemon off;” awx\_1 | 21:57:19 nginx.1 | nginx: [emerg] getpwnam(“nginx”) failed awx\_1 | 21:57:19 nginx.1 | make: \*\*\* [nginx] Error 1 awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | nginx.1 stopped (rc=2) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | sending SIGTERM to runworker.1 (pid 247) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | sending SIGTERM to daphne.1 (pid 249) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | sending SIGTERM to dispatcher.1 (pid 253) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | sending SIGTERM to receiver.1 (pid 256) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | sending SIGTERM to uwsgi.1 (pid 262) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | sending SIGTERM to jupyter.1 (pid 265) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 runworker.1 | make: \*\*\* wait: No child processes. Stop. awx\_1 | 21:57:19 runworker.1 | make: \*\*\* Waiting for unfinished jobs… awx\_1 | 21:57:19 runworker.1 | make: \*\*\* wait: No child processes. Stop. awx\_1 | 21:57:19 dispatcher.1 | make: \*\*\* [dispatcher] Terminated awx\_1 | 21:57:19 jupyter.1 | make: \*\*\* [jupyter] Terminated awx\_1 | 21:57:19 receiver.1 | make: \*\*\* [receiver] Terminated awx\_1 | 21:57:19 daphne.1 | make: \*\*\* [daphne] Terminated awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | runworker.1 stopped (rc=2) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | dispatcher.1 stopped (rc=-15) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | jupyter.1 stopped (rc=-15) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 uwsgi.1 | make: \*\*\* [collectstatic] Terminated awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | uwsgi.1 stopped (rc=-15) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | receiver.1 stopped (rc=-15) awx\_1 | 21:57:19 system | daphne.1 stopped (rc=-15) tools\_awx\_1 exited with code 2 ---
**Author:** ![James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_D_Ladd_Jr)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/2 "2019-03-04T17:11:35Z")
Hi Danny, I feel like I've seen this before. If I remember correctly, this error: > nginx: [emerg] getpwnam("nginx") was due to the fact that my user wasn't a member of the docker group. Can you tell us what command you're calling to get this output? Also, can you run `id` to determine if your user is a member of the docker group? ---
**Author:** ![AFAHOUNKO\_Danny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@AFAHOUNKO\_Danny](https://forum.ansible.com/u/AFAHOUNKO_Danny)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/3 "2019-03-04T20:17:57Z")
Hello Jim, Thanks for your inputs. I was doing the awx building # make docker-compose-build # make docker-compose This is where the error occurred. Best regards. ---
**Author:** ![James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_D_Ladd_Jr)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/4 "2019-03-05T01:43:32Z")
Okay, can you confirm whether or not you're a member of the docker group? (Again, `id` will show you this). -Jim ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Alexander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Michael\_Alexander](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Alexander)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/5 "2019-03-07T19:02:43Z")
Hello friends, I have the same problem and my user root is member of the docker group. $id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),994(docker) context=unconfined\_u:unconfined\_r:unconfined\_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 ---
**Author:** ![James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_D_Ladd_Jr)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/6 "2019-03-07T21:37:00Z")
It's been a while since I've run into this, but I think that in order to get things to work I both needed to be a regular user and needed the regular user to be a member of the docker group. Can you try running this as a regular user? -Jim ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Alexander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Michael\_Alexander](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Alexander)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/7 "2019-03-08T18:59:06Z")
Hello Jim Thanks for yor help. I got it but I have a doubt, When I try to enter to localhost:8043 as the contributing page said [https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md) I get a 400 bad request but I could get the web interface in the port 8013. Why I doing bad? - Michael ---
**Author:** ![James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_D_Ladd_Jr)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/8 "2019-03-08T19:13:47Z")
Have you created the superuser? (See [1]). The username / password will be whatever you enter when you run `awx-manage createsuperuser` [1] [https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md#create-an-admin-user](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/CONTRIBUTING.md#create-an-admin-user) ---
**Author:** ![James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_D_Ladd_Jr)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/9 "2019-03-08T19:28:14Z")
> Thanks for your help. I tried it using a regular user and I finally got > it. Great! > But I'm not sure why when I enter to localhost:8043 I get a 400 bad > request and when I enter to localhost:8013 I get the awx login screen but > the credentials are not admin/password. 8043 maps to a secure connection, while 8013 maps to an insecure connection. When specifying a port, you have to make sure that you use the correct protocol as well. So, the two options are: [https://localhost:8043](https://localhost:8043) (secure) [http://localhost:8013](http://localhost:8013) (insecure) Both are supported: [https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/tools/docker-compose/nginx.vh.default.conf#L17](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/tools/docker-compose/nginx.vh.default.conf#L17) [https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/tools/docker-compose/nginx.vh.default.conf#L65](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/tools/docker-compose/nginx.vh.default.conf#L65) I just confirmed that I'm able to use both in my environment. -Jim ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Alexander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Michael\_Alexander](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Alexander)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/10 "2019-03-08T20:05:39Z")
Hello Jim, Thanks a lot.I forgot to create the admin user. And you are right the port 8043 is for secure connection. Finally I could get a development awx. -Michael ---
**Author:** ![James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@James\_D\_Ladd\_Jr](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_D_Ladd_Jr)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/nginx-emerg-getpwnam-nginx-failed/29814/11 "2019-03-08T20:14:37Z")
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