How to Run and Stop Ansible AWX in Docker container?
I’m going to show you how to start and stop the Ansible AWX in Docker containers. You can take advantage of the AWX modern web-UI and API interface. Running in Docker containers is recommended only for experienced users and developers. I’m Luca Berton and welcome to today’s episode of Ansible Pilot.
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How to Run and Stop Ansible AWX in Docker containers. This requires Building from scratch Ansible AWX for Docker containers in a previous lesson.
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Once you have a successful build of Ansible AWX for Docker containers, you can run the AWX container using the following command. The process is also spinning the requirements of PostgreSQL and Redis containers.
$ make docker-compose
Your session will be attached to the AWX container, and start watching for log messages and events in real-time when the container was launched.
The first time you start the environment, database migrations run in order to build the PostgreSQL initial database schema and data.
By default, six Docker containers are running on your machine: tools_awx_1, tools_postgres_1, tools_redis_1, tools_receptor_hop, tools_receptor_1, tools_receptor_2.
You can verify the containers running in your system using the docker ps command:
[lberton@ansible awx]$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
bce34be76a94 ghcr.io/ansible/awx_devel:HEAD "/entrypoint.sh rece…" 14 hours ago Up 2 minutes 22/tcp, 8013/tcp, 8043/tcp, 8080/tcp tools_receptor_2
c11c7c1114f1 ghcr.io/ansible/awx_devel:HEAD "/entrypoint.sh rece…" 14 hours ago Up 2 minutes 22/tcp, 8013/tcp, 8043/tcp, 8080/tcp tools_receptor_1
05589a6b6185 quay.io/ansible/receptor:devel "/usr/local/bin/dumb…" 14 hours ago Up 3 minutes 0.0.0.0:5555->5555/tcp, :::5555->5555/tcp, 7323/tcp tools_receptor_hop
d9570e9d9027 ghcr.io/ansible/awx_devel:HEAD "/entrypoint.sh laun…" 14 hours ago Up 3 minutes 0.0.0.0:2222->2222/tcp, :::2222->2222/tcp, 0.0.0.0:6899->6899/tcp, :::6899->6899/tcp, 0.0.0.0:7899-7999->7899-7999/tcp, :::7899-7999->7899-7999/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8013->8013/tcp, :::8013->8013/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8043->8043/tcp, :::8043->8043/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8080->8080/tcp, :::8080->8080/tcp, 22/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8888->8888/tcp, :::8888->8888/tcp, 0.0.0.0:3000->3001/tcp, :::3000->3001/tcp tools_awx_1
c39fe279ecb2 postgres:12 "docker-entrypoint.s…" 14 hours ago Up 3 minutes 5432/tcp tools_postgres_1
820ebdc15a10 redis:latest "redis-server /usr/l…" 14 hours ago Up 3 minutes 6379/tcp tools_redis_1
[lberton@ansible awx]$
Access the Ansible AWX Web UI
The Ansible AWX Web-UI is available at the URL https://localhost:8043/. A successful connection with your browser is going to show you the following login screen ( https://localhost:8043/#/login ).
Access the Ansible AWX Web API
The Ansible AWX API is available at the URL https://localhost:8043/api/. A successful connection with your browser is going to show you the following API endpoint ( https://localhost:8043/api/ ). The Ansible AWX API is a Browsable API so easy to navigate via the browser. Please note that some API endpoints require authentication.
Conclusion
Now you know how to Run and Stop Ansible AWX in Docker containers.
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