# What does this error message mean when using a custom EE?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-this-error-message-mean-when-using-a-custom-ee/35265>\
**Category:** AWX Project\
**Tags:** awx, ee\
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-this-error-message-mean-when-using-a-custom-ee/35265 "2021-06-01T15:32:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Buyongo\_Phiri1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@Buyongo\_Phiri1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Buyongo_Phiri1)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-this-error-message-mean-when-using-a-custom-ee/35265/1 "2021-06-01T15:32:31Z")

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I followed the instructions here [Ansible Execution Environments](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ansible-execution-environments-phil-griffiths?trk=pulse-article_more-articles_related-content-card)  
I created the EE and runs fine with the give examples however once I add more collections and try run jobs on AWX, I get the error in the image.

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**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-this-error-message-mean-when-using-a-custom-ee/35265/2 "2021-06-01T15:36:42Z")

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Went through this exact same issue.

Solved it here

[https://weiyentan.github.io/2021/creating-execution-environments/](https://weiyentan.github.io/2021/creating-execution-environments/)

More specifically I added this

```auto
RUN alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3
 - RUN pip3 uninstall --yes ansible-runner && pip3 install ansible-runner==2.0.0a1

```

It is explained more fully there

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**Author:** ![Buyongo\_Phiri1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f0a364/32.png) [@Buyongo\_Phiri1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Buyongo_Phiri1)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-this-error-message-mean-when-using-a-custom-ee/35265/3 "2021-06-02T07:16:16Z")

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Thank you. That seems to have solved my issue.

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**Author:** ![ffirg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ffirg/32/10029_2.png) [@ffirg](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ffirg)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-this-error-message-mean-when-using-a-custom-ee/35265/4 "2021-06-03T09:55:10Z")

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Bear in mind that pip3 install ansible-runner==2.0.0a1 is pinning to an ALPHA release and is likely to need changing in the future.

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**Author:** ![Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/wei-yen_tan/32/4111_2.png) [@Wei-Yen\_Tan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Wei-Yen_Tan)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-does-this-error-message-mean-when-using-a-custom-ee/35265/5 "2021-06-03T10:00:20Z")

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We can keep testing and changing as necessary. When the releases are stable then we can stick with that and move up accordingly.