Installing AWX on kubernetes cluster using Helm and Ansible

[calm329]

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Bug Summary

I am trying to install AWX on kubernetes cluster using Helm and Ansible
I tried to follow https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-ansible-awx-on-kubernetes-cluster/.
But still getting errors
My helm version is 1.27.1

AWX Operator version

not sure

AWX version

not sure

Kubernetes platform

kubernetes

Kubernetes/Platform version

1.30

Modifications

no

Steps to reproduce

This is my current Ansible playbook file

• name: Prepare directories for PostgreSQL
  hosts: all
  become: yes
  tasks:

  • name: Ensure postgres user exists
    user:
    name: postgres
    state: present

  • name: Create /mnt/storage directory
    file:
    path: /mnt/storage
    state: directory
    mode: "0755"
    owner: postgres
    group: postgres

• name: Install AWX on Kubernetes using Helm
  hosts: master_node
  become: yes
  collections:

  • kubernetes.core
    vars:
    helm_repo: "https://ansible-community.github.io/awx-operator-helm/"
    helm_chart: "awx-operator"
    k8s_namespace: "awx"
    awx_cr: |
    apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
    kind: AWX
    metadata:
    name: awx
    namespace: awx
    spec:
    service_type: nodeport
    postgres_storage_class: local-storage # Specify the storage class for PostgreSQL
    pv_config: |
    apiVersion: v1
    kind: PersistentVolume
    metadata:
    name: postgres-15-pv
    namespace: awx
    spec:
    capacity:
    storage: 10Gi
    accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
    local:
    path: /mnt/storage # Ensure this path exists on the node
    storageClassName: local-storage
    nodeAffinity:
    required:
    nodeSelectorTerms:
    - matchExpressions:
    - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
    operator: In
    values:
    - ubuntu-4gb-nbg1-2
    pvc_config: |
    apiVersion: v1
    kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
    metadata:
    name: postgres-15-awx-postgres-15-0
    namespace: awx
    spec:
    accessModes:
    - ReadWriteOnce
    resources:
    requests:
    storage: 10Gi
    storageClassName: local-storage
    local_storage_config: |
    apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
    kind: StorageClass
    metadata:
    name: local-storage
    namespace: awx
    provisioner: kubernetes.io/no-provisioner
    volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
    tasks:

  • name: Add AWX Helm repository
    command: helm repo add awx-operator "{{ helm_repo }}"

  • name: Update Helm repositories
    command: helm repo update

  • name: Create AWX namespace if it doesn't exist
    kubernetes.core.k8s:
    state: present
    definition:
    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Namespace
    metadata:
    name: "{{ k8s_namespace }}"

  • name: Create Local Storage class
    kubernetes.core.k8s:
    state: present
    definition: "{{ local_storage_config }}"

  • name: Create Persistent Volume if it doesn't exist
    kubernetes.core.k8s:
    state: present
    definition: "{{ pv_config }}"

  • name: Create Persistent Volume Claim if it doesn't exist
    kubernetes.core.k8s:
    state: present
    definition: "{{ pvc_config }}"

  • name: Install AWX Operator using Helm
    command: helm install awx-operator awx-operator/"{{ helm_chart }}" --namespace "{{ k8s_namespace }}" --create-namespace

  • name: Deploy AWX using custom resource
    copy:
    content: "{{ awx_cr }}"
    dest: /tmp/awx-cr.yml

  • name: Apply AWX custom resource
    shell: kubectl apply -f /tmp/awx-cr.yml

  • name: Verify Kubernetes config permissions
    command: chmod 600 /root/.kube/config
    when: ansible_facts['user_id'] == 0 # Only run this when the user is root

  • name: Clean up temporary Helm GPG key
    file:
    path: /tmp/helm-signing.asc
    state: absent

Expected results

Actual results

Additional information

My helm version is 2.19.1

Operator Logs

My OS is ubuntu 24.04

[sc-yan]

you claimed you are following the guide to install awx, but you pasted a ansible playbook to install awx. is there any particular reason? I think the guide is using k8s manifest/helm charts to manage awx.

My helm version is 1.27.1
My helm version is 2.19.1

also, whichever your version is, try helm v3 first. v2 is deprecated long ago.