Why does the AWX HTTP user-agent string contain "(open)"?

jpmens · April 10, 2024, 1:54pm

I’m ~~toying~~ writing some slides about AWX Webhook notifications, and notice the transmitted user-agent string contains:

User-Agent: AWX 23.8.1 (open)

I know curiousity killed the cow, but what does the “open” mean?

Klaas · April 10, 2024, 2:10pm

github.com

ansible/awx/blob/cc5d4dd119e0210d0a978a15b90c088df4ce869c/awx/main/utils/common.py#L236


      
          
                  return pkg_resources.require('awx')[0].version
              except Exception:
                  return __version__
          
          
          def get_awx_http_client_headers():
              license = get_license().get('license_type', 'UNLICENSED')
              headers = {
                  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                  'User-Agent': '{} {} ({})'.format('AWX' if license == 'open' else 'Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform', get_awx_version(), license),
              }
              return headers
          
          
          def update_scm_url(scm_type, url, username=True, password=True, check_special_cases=True, scp_format=False):
              """
              Update the given SCM URL to add/replace/remove the username/password. When
              username/password is True, preserve existing username/password, when
              False (None, '', etc.), remove any existing username/password, otherwise
              replace username/password. Also validates the given URL.

I’d guess it’s based on the fact that redhat includes the license there But go ahead and PR it to something better

Denney-tech · April 10, 2024, 3:03pm

Yeah, it’s definitely related to the licensing. You can actually trick AWX into running in AAP mode, even though the UI and other stuff will be completely broken, by creating an empty license file where the official one would get installed. I imagine the header would change to reflect that mode switch.

system · May 10, 2024, 3:03pm

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