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Ansible AWX

  1. Deployment
  2. Removal
  3. Testing
    1. Create a demo instance
  4. Further readings
    1. Sources

Deployment

Incomplete ARM64 image collection

Consider using only AMD64 nodes to host the containers for AWX.

As of 2024-04-11, AWX does not appear to provide ARM64 images for all its containers.
One'll need to build their own missing ARM64 images and specify those during deployment. Good luck!

Starting from version 18.0, the AWX Operator is the preferred way to install AWX.
It is meant to provide a Kubernetes-native installation method for AWX via an AWX Custom Resource Definition (CRD).

The operator will use an Ansible role to create all the AWX resources under its hood.
See Iterating on the installer without deploying the operator.

Using kustomize 
$ mkdir -p '/tmp/awx'
$ cd '/tmp/awx'

# Specify the tag to use.
/tmp/awx$ cat <<EOF > 'kustomization.yaml'
---
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
namespace: awx
resources:
  - github.com/ansible/awx-operator/config/default?ref=2.14.0
    # https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases
EOF

# Start the operator.
/tmp/awx$ kubectl apply -k '.'
namespace/awx created
…
deployment.apps/awx-operator-controller-manager created
/tmp/awx$ kubectl -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                              READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
awx-operator-controller-manager-8b7dfcb58-k7jt8   2/2     Running   0          10m
Using helm 
# Add the operator's repository.
$ helm repo add 'awx-operator' 'https://ansible.github.io/awx-operator/'
"awx-operator" has been added to your repositories
$ helm repo update 'awx-operator'
Hang tight while we grab the latest from your chart repositories...
...Successfully got an update from the "awx-operator" chart repository
Update Complete. ⎈Happy Helming!⎈

$ helm search repo 'awx-operator'
NAME                            CHART VERSION   APP VERSION     DESCRIPTION
awx-operator/awx-operator       2.14.0          2.14.0          A Helm chart for the AWX Operator

# Install the operator.
$ helm -n 'awx' upgrade -i --create-namespace 'my-awx-operator' 'awx-operator/awx-operator' --version '2.14.0'
Release "my-awx-operator" does not exist. Installing it now.
NAME: my-awx-operator
LAST DEPLOYED: Mon Apr  8 15:34:00 2024
NAMESPACE: awx
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
AWX Operator installed with Helm Chart version 2.14.0
$ kubectl -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                               READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
awx-operator-controller-manager-75b667b745-g9g9c   2/2     Running     0          17m

Once the operator is installed, AWX instances can be created by leveraging the AWX CRD.
The basic definition for a quick testing instance is as follows:

---
# file: 'awx-demo.yaml'
apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
kind: AWX
metadata:
  name: awx-demo
spec:
  no_log: false
  service_type: nodeport
  node_selector: |
    kubernetes.io/arch: amd64

Due to the operator being the one creating its resources, one's control is limited to what one can define in the AWX resource's spec key.
See the installer role's defaults and any page under the Advanced configuration section in the operator's documentation for details.

Useful specs:

Spec Description Reason
no_log: false See resource creation tasks' output in the operators'logs Debug
node_selector: … Select nodes to run on Use only specific nodes (see warning at the beginning)
Using kubectl 
$ cd '/tmp/awx'
/tmp/awx$ kubectl apply -f 'awx-demo.yaml'
Using kustomize 
$ cd '/tmp/awx'

/tmp/awx$ yq -iy '.resources+=["awx-demo.yaml"]' 'kustomization.yaml'
/tmp/awx$ kubectl apply -k '.'
Using the helm chart's integrated definition 
# Update the operator by telling it to also deploy the AWX instance.
$ helm -n 'awx' upgrade -i --create-namespace 'my-awx-operator' 'awx-operator/awx-operator' --version '2.14.0' \
  --set 'AWX.enabled=true' --set 'AWX.name=awx-demo'
Release "my-awx-operator" has been upgraded. Happy Helming!
NAME: my-awx-operator
LAST DEPLOYED: Mon Apr  8 15:37:47 2024
NAMESPACE: awx
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 2
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
AWX Operator installed with Helm Chart version 2.14.0
$ kubectl -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                               READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
awx-demo-migration-24.1.0-qhbq2                    0/1     Completed   0          12m
awx-demo-postgres-15-0                             1/1     Running     0          13m
awx-demo-task-87756dfbc-chx9t                      4/4     Running     0          12m
awx-demo-web-69d6d5d6c-wdxlv                       3/3     Running     0          12m
awx-operator-controller-manager-75b667b745-g9g9c   2/2     Running     0          17m

The default user is admin.
Get the password from the {instance}-admin-password secret:

$ kubectl -n 'awx' get secret 'awx-demo-admin-password' -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 --decode
L2ZUgNTwtswVW3gtficG1Hd443l3Kicq

Connection:

kubectl -n 'awx' port-forward 'service/awx-service' '8080:http'
open 'http://localhost:8080'

Removal

Remove the AWX resource associated to the instance to delete it:

$ kubectl delete awx 'awx-demo'
awx.awx.ansible.com "awx-demo" deleted

Remove the operator if not needed anymore:

# Using `kustomize`.
kubectl delete -k '/tmp/awx'

# Using `helm`.
helm -n 'awx' uninstall 'my-awx-operator'

Eventually, remove the namespace too to clean all things up:

kubectl delete ns 'awx'

Testing

Create a demo instance

Run: follow the basic installation guide

Guide

1. ARM, Mac OS X, minikube, kustomize: failed: ARM images for AWX not available 
$ minikube start --cpus=4 --memory=6g --addons=ingress
…
🌟  Enabled addons: storage-provisioner, default-storageclass, ingress
🏄  Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace by default

$ mkdir -p '/tmp/awx'
$ cd '/tmp/awx'

$ # There was no ARM version of the 'kube-rbac-proxy' image upstream, so it was impossible to just use the `make deploy`
$ # command as explained in the basic install.
$ # Defaulting to use 'quay.io' as repository as the ARM version of that image is available there.
$ cat <<EOF > 'kustomization.yaml'
---
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
namespace: awx
resources:
  - github.com/ansible/awx-operator/config/default?ref=2.14.0
    # https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases
images:
  - name: quay.io/ansible/awx-operator
    newTag: 2.14.0   # same as awx-operator in resources
  - name: gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy
    # no ARM version upstream, defaulting to quay.io
    newName: quay.io/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy
    newTag: v0.16.0-arm64
EOF
$ kubectl apply -k '.'
namespace/awx created
…
deployment.apps/awx-operator-controller-manager created
$ kubectl -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                              READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
awx-operator-controller-manager-8b7dfcb58-k7jt8   2/2     Running   0          3m42s

$ cat <<EOF > 'awx-demo.yaml'
---
apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
kind: AWX
metadata:
  name: awx-demo
spec:
  service_type: nodeport
EOF
$ yq -iy '.resources+=["awx-demo.yaml"]' 'kustomization.yaml'
$ kubectl apply -k '.'  # this failed because awx has no ARM images yet

$ # Fine. I'll do it myself.
$ git clone 'https://github.com/ansible/awx.git'
$ cd 'awx'
$ make awx-kube-build
…
ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c make sdist && /var/lib/awx/venv/awx/bin/pip install dist/awx.tar.gz" did not complete successfully: exit code: 2
make: *** [awx-kube-build] Error 1
$ # (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
2. AMD64, OpenSUSE Leap 15.5, minikube, kustomize 
$ minikube start --cpus=4 --memory=6g --addons=ingress
😄  minikube v1.29.0 on Opensuse-Leap 15.5
…
🌟  Enabled addons: storage-provisioner, default-storageclass, ingress
🏄  Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace by default

$ mkdir -p '/tmp/awx'
$ cd '/tmp/awx'

$ # Simulating the need to use a custom repository for the sake of testing, so I cannot just use the `make deploy`
$ # command as explained in the basic install.
$ # In this case, the repository will be 'quay.io'.
$ cat <<EOF > 'kustomization.yaml'
---
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
namespace: awx
resources:
  - github.com/ansible/awx-operator/config/default?ref=2.14.0
    # https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases
images:
  - name: quay.io/ansible/awx-operator
    newTag: 2.14.0   # same as awx-operator in resources
EOF
$ minikube kubectl -- apply -k '.'
namespace/awx created
…
deployment.apps/awx-operator-controller-manager created
$ minikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                               READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
awx-operator-controller-manager-75b667b745-hjfc7   2/2     Running   0          3m43s

$ cat <<EOF > 'awx-demo.yaml'
---
apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
kind: AWX
metadata:
  name: awx-demo
spec:
  service_type: nodeport
EOF
$ yq -iy '.resources+=["awx-demo.yaml"]' 'kustomization.yaml'
$ minikube kubectl -- apply -k '.'
serviceaccount/awx-operator-controller-manager unchanged
…
deployment.apps/awx-operator-controller-manager unchanged
awx.awx.ansible.com/awx-demo created
$ minikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get podsminikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                               READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
awx-demo-migration-24.1.0-kqxcj                    0/1     Completed   0          9s
awx-demo-postgres-15-0                             1/1     Running     0          61s
awx-demo-task-7fcbb46c5d-ckf9d                     4/4     Running     0          48s
awx-demo-web-58668794c8-rfd7d                      3/3     Running     0          49s
awx-operator-controller-manager-75b667b745-hjfc7   2/2     Running     0          93s

$ # Default user is 'admin'.
$ minikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get secret 'awx-demo-admin-password' -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 --decode
L2ZUgNTwtswVW3gtficG1Hd443l3Kicq
$ xdg-open $(minikube service -n 'awx' 'awx-demo-service' --url)

$ minikube kubectl -- delete -k '.'

Run: follow the helm installation guide

Guide

1. AMD64, OpenSUSE Leap 15.5, minikube, helm 
$ minikube start --cpus=4 --memory=6g --addons=ingress
😄  minikube v1.29.0 on Opensuse-Leap 15.5
…
🌟  Enabled addons: storage-provisioner, default-storageclass, ingress
🏄  Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace by default

$ helm repo add 'awx-operator' 'https://ansible.github.io/awx-operator/'
"awx-operator" has been added to your repositories
$ helm repo update 'awx-operator'
Hang tight while we grab the latest from your chart repositories...
...Successfully got an update from the "awx-operator" chart repository
Update Complete. ⎈Happy Helming!⎈

$ helm search repo 'awx-operator'
NAME                            CHART VERSION   APP VERSION     DESCRIPTION
awx-operator/awx-operator       2.14.0          2.14.0          A Helm chart for the AWX Operator

$ helm -n 'awx' upgrade -i --create-namespace 'my-awx-operator' 'awx-operator/awx-operator' --version '2.14.0'
Release "my-awx-operator" does not exist. Installing it now.
NAME: my-awx-operator
LAST DEPLOYED: Mon Apr  8 15:34:00 2024
NAMESPACE: awx
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
AWX Operator installed with Helm Chart version 2.14.0
$ minikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                              READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
awx-operator-controller-manager-8b7dfcb58-k7jt8   2/2     Running   0          3m

$ helm -n 'awx' upgrade -i --create-namespace 'my-awx-operator' 'awx-operator/awx-operator' --version '2.14.0' \
  --set 'AWX.enabled=true' --set 'AWX.name=awx-demo'
Release "my-awx-operator" has been upgraded. Happy Helming!
NAME: my-awx-operator
LAST DEPLOYED: Mon Apr  8 15:37:47 2024
NAMESPACE: awx
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 2
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
AWX Operator installed with Helm Chart version 2.14.0
$ minikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                              READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
awx-demo-migration-24.1.0-qhbq2                   0/1     Completed   0          12m
awx-demo-postgres-15-0                            1/1     Running     0          13m
awx-demo-task-87756dfbc-chx9t                     4/4     Running     0          12m
awx-demo-web-69d6d5d6c-wdxlv                      3/3     Running     0          12m
awx-operator-controller-manager-8b7dfcb58-k7jt8   2/2     Running     0          17m

$ # Default user is 'admin'.
$ minikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get secret 'awx-demo-admin-password' -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 --decode
PoU9pFR2J5oFqymgX9I3I8swFgfZVkam
$ xdg-open $(minikube service -n 'awx' 'awx-demo-service' --url)

$ helm -n 'awx' uninstall 'my-awx-operator'
$ minikube kubectl -- delete ns 'awx'

Run: kustomized helm chart
1. AMD64, OpenSUSE Leap 15.5, minikube
Warning

Mind including the CRDs from the helm chart.

$ minikube start --cpus=4 --memory=6g --addons=ingress
😄  minikube v1.29.0 on Opensuse-Leap 15.5
…
🌟  Enabled addons: storage-provisioner, default-storageclass, ingress
🏄  Done! kubectl is now configured to use "minikube" cluster and "default" namespace by default

$ mkdir -p '/tmp/awx'
$ cd '/tmp/awx'

$ cat <<EOF > 'namespace.yaml'
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: awx
EOF
$ cat <<EOF > 'kustomization.yaml'
---
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
namespace: awx
resources:
  - namespace.yaml
helmCharts:
  - name: awx-operator
    repo: https://ansible.github.io/awx-operator/
    version: 2.14.0
    releaseName: awx-operator
    includeCRDs: true
EOF
$ minikube kubectl -- apply -f <(minikube kubectl -- kustomize --enable-helm)
namespace/awx created
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/awxbackups.awx.ansible.com created
…
deployment.apps/awx-operator-controller-manager created
$ minikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                               READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
awx-operator-controller-manager-787d4945fb-fdffx   2/2     Running   0          3m36s

$ cat <<EOF > 'awx-demo.yaml'
---
apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
kind: AWX
metadata:
  name: awx-demo
spec:
  service_type: nodeport
EOF
$ yq -iy '.resources+=["awx-demo.yaml"]' 'kustomization.yaml'
$ minikube kubectl -- apply -f <(minikube kubectl -- kustomize --enable-helm)
namespace/awx unchanged
…
deployment.apps/awx-operator-controller-manager unchanged
awx.awx.ansible.com/awx-demo created
$ minikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get pods
NAME                                               READY   STATUS      RESTARTS   AGE
awx-demo-migration-24.1.0-zwv8w                    0/1     Completed   0          115s
awx-demo-postgres-15-0                             1/1     Running     0          10m
awx-demo-task-9c4655cb9-cmz87                      4/4     Running     0          8m3s
awx-demo-web-77f65cc65f-qhqrm                      3/3     Running     0          8m4s
awx-operator-controller-manager-787d4945fb-fdffx   2/2     Running     0          14m

$ # Default user is 'admin'.
$ minikube kubectl -- -n 'awx' get secret 'awx-demo-admin-password' -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 --decode
DgHIaA9onZj106osEmvECigzsBqutHqI
$ xdg-open $(minikube service -n 'awx' 'awx-demo-service' --url)

$ minikube kubectl -- delete -f <(minikube kubectl -- kustomize --enable-helm)

Further readings

Sources