# Seeking Guidance for Offline AWX Installation and Execution Environment Setup

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-guidance-for-offline-awx-installation-and-execution-environment-setup/3995>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** install, playbook, awx, howto, ee\
**Created:** [February 22, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-guidance-for-offline-awx-installation-and-execution-environment-setup/3995 "2024-02-22T14:38:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/seeking-guidance-for-offline-awx-installation-and-execution-environment-setup/3995/11 "2024-02-26T05:04:37Z")

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> [@DaneialSingh](#):
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> To achieve this, I have followed the documentation provided in the official AWX GitHub repository, specifically the instructions outlined for Docker Compose deployment. Here is the direct link to the documentation I referred to: [AWX Docker Compose Setup](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/tools/docker-compose/README.md).

Note, that method is for only recommended for development or testing, not for production use.

> AWX can also alternatively be installed and [run in Docker](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/tools/docker-compose/README.md), but this install path is only recommended for development/test-oriented deployments, and has no official published release.  
> [awx/INSTALL.md at devel · ansible/awx · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/INSTALL.md)

> [@DaneialSingh](#):
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> - The execution environment image is stored locally in a private Docker registry on the same VM as AWX.
> - When a job is run, AWX seems to seek the execution environment image over the internet instead of using the local version, despite being configured to use the local Docker registry.
> - This VM does not have internet access, leading to job execution failure.

How did you configure your Execution Environment and Job Templates to achieve “being configured to use the local Docker registry”?

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