# Troubleshooting Guide Some hints and guides for when you got stuck during deployment and daily use of AWX. ## Table of Contents - [Troubles during Deployment](#troubles-during-deployment) - [First Step: Investigate your Situation](#first-step-investigate-your-situation) - [Investigate Status and Events of the Pods](#investigate-status-and-events-of-the-pods) - [Investigate Logs of the Containers inside the Pods](#investigate-logs-of-the-containers-inside-the-pods) - [Reveal "censored" output in the AWX Operator's log](#reveal-censored-output-in-the-awx-operators-log) - [The Pod is `ErrImagePull` with "429 Too Many Requests"](#the-pod-is-errimagepull-with-429-too-many-requests) - [The Pod is `Pending` with "1 Insufficient cpu, 1 Insufficient memory." event](#the-pod-is-pending-with-1-insufficient-cpu-1-insufficient-memory-event) - [The Pod is `Pending` with "1 pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims." event](#the-pod-is-pending-with-1-pod-has-unbound-immediate-persistentvolumeclaims-event) - [The Pod is `Running` but stucked with "wait-for-migrations" message](#the-pod-is-running-but-stucked-with-wait-for-migrations-message) - [The Pod for PostgreSQL is in `CrashLoopBackOff` state and shows "Permission denied" log](#the-pod-for-postgresql-is-in-crashloopbackoff-state-and-shows-permission-denied-log) - [Troubles during Daily Use](#troubles-during-daily-use) - [Job failed with no output](#job-failed-with-no-output) - [Provisioning Callback does not work](#provisioning-callback-does-not-work) - [The job failed and I got "ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action" or "Failed to import the required Python library" message](#the-job-failed-and-i-got-error-couldnt-resolve-moduleaction-or-failed-to-import-the-required-python-library-message) ## Troubles during Deployment ### First Step: Investigate your Situation You can start investigating troubles during deployment with following two things. - **Status** and **Events** of the Pods - **Logs** of the Containers inside the Pods #### Investigate Status and Events of the Pods First, check the `STATUS` for the Pods by this command. ```bash kubectl -n awx get pod ``` If the Pods are working properly, its `STATUS` are `Running`. If your Pods are not in `Running` state e.g. `Pending`, `ImagePullBackOff` or `CrashLoopBackOff` etc., the Pods might have some problems. In the following example, the Pod `awx-84d5c45999-h7xm4` is in `Pending` state. ```bash $ kubectl -n awx get pod NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE awx-operator-controller-manager-57867569c4-ggl29 2/2 Running 0 8m20s awx-postgres-15-0 1/1 Running 0 7m26s awx-task-5d8cd9b6b9-8ptjt 0/4 Pending 0 6m55s awx-web-66f89bc9cf-6zck5 0/3 Pending 0 6m9s ``` If you have the Pods which has the unexpected state instead of `Running`, the next step is checking `Events` for the Pod. The command to get `Events` for the pod is: ```bash kubectl -n awx describe pod ``` By this command, you can get the `Events` for the Pod you specified at the end of the output. ```bash $ kubectl -n awx describe pod awx-task-5d8cd9b6b9-8ptjt ... Events: Type Reason Age From Message ---- ------ ---- ---- ------- Warning FailedScheduling 106s default-scheduler 0/1 nodes are available: 1 Insufficient cpu, 1 Insufficient memory. 👈👈👈 Warning FailedScheduling 105s default-scheduler 0/1 nodes are available: 1 Insufficient cpu, 1 Insufficient memory. 👈👈👈 ``` In most cases, you can find the reason why the Pod is not `Running` from `Events`. In the example above, I can see that it is due to lack of CPU or memory. #### Investigate Logs of the Containers inside the Pods The logs also helpful to get the reason why something went wrong. In particular, if the status of the Pod is `Running` but the Pod does not works as expected, you should check the logs. The commands to get the logs are following. `-f` is optional, useful to watch the logs as well as get the logs. ```bash # Get the logs of specific Pod. # If the Pod includes multiple containers, container name has to be specified. kubectl -n awx logs -f kubectl -n awx logs -f -c # Get the logs of specific Pod which is handled by Deployment resource. # If the Pod includes multiple containers, container name has to be specified. kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/ kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/ -c # Get the logs of specific Pod which is handled by StatefulSet resource # If the Pod includes multiple containers, container name has to be specified. kubectl -n awx logs -f statefulset/ kubectl -n awx logs -f statefulset/ -c ``` For AWX Operator and AWX, specifically, the following commands are helpful. - Logs of AWX Operator - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-operator-controller-manager` - Logs of AWX related init containers - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-task -c init` - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-task -c init-projects` - Logs of AWX related containers - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-web -c awx-web` - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-web -c awx-rsyslog` - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-web -c redis` - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-task -c awx-task` - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-task -c awx-ee` - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-task -c awx-rsyslog` - `kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-task -c redis` - Logs of PostgreSQL - `kubectl -n awx logs -f statefulset/awx-postgres-15` ### Reveal "censored" output in the AWX Operator's log If you've found the `FAILED` tasks while investigating AWX Operator's log, sadly sometimes it's marked as `censored` and you can't get actual log. ```bash $ kubectl -n awx logs -f deployments/awx-operator-controller-manager ... TASK [Restore database dump to the new postgresql container] ******************************** fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"censored": "the output has been hidden due to the fact that 'no_log: true' was specified for this result", "changed": true} ... ``` AWX Operator 0.23.0 or later supports making this revealed. To achieve this, you can uncomment `no_log: false` manually under `spec` for your `awx.yaml`, `awxbackup.yaml`, or `awxrestore.yaml`, and then re-run your deployment, backup, or restoration. ```yaml ... spec: ... # Uncomment to reveal "censored" logs no_log: false 👈👈👈 ... ``` ### The Pod is `ErrImagePull` with "429 Too Many Requests" If your Pod for PostgreSQL is in `ErrImagePull` and its `Events` shows following events, this is due to [the rate limit on Docker Hub](https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/download-rate-limit/). ```bash $ kubectl -n awx describe pod awx-postgres-13-0 ... Events: Type Reason Age From Message ---- ------ ---- ---- ------- Normal Pulling 9s kubelet Pulling image "postgres:13" Warning Failed 2s kubelet Failed to pull image "postgres:13": rpc error: code = Unknown desc = failed to pull and unpack image "docker.io/library/postgres:13": failed to copy: httpReadSeeker: failed open: unexpected status code https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/library/postgres/manifests/sha256:...: 429 Too Many Requests - Server message: toomanyrequests: You have reached your pull rate limit. You may increase the limit by authenticating and upgrading: https://www.docker.com/increase-rate-limit Warning Failed 2s kubelet Error: ErrImagePull Normal BackOff 1s kubelet Back-off pulling image "postgres:13" Warning Failed 1s kubelet Error: ImagePullBackOff ``` If you follow the steps in this repository to deploy you AWX, your pull request to Docker Hub will be identified as a free, anonymous account. Therefore, you will be limited to 200 requests in 6 hours. The message "429 Too Many Requests" indicates that it has been exceeded. To solve this, you can simply wait until the limit is freed up, or [consider giving your Docker Hub credentials to K3s by following the guide on this page](dockerhub-rate-limit.md). ### The Pod is `Pending` with "1 Insufficient cpu, 1 Insufficient memory." event If your Pod is in `Pending` state and its `Events` shows following events, the reason is that the node does not have enough CPU and memory to start the Pod. By default AWX requires at least 2 CPUs and 4 GB RAM. In addition more resources are required to run K3s and the OS itself. ```bash $ kubectl -n awx describe pod awx-task-5d8cd9b6b9-8ptjt ... Events: Type Reason Age From Message ---- ------ ---- ---- ------- Warning FailedScheduling 106s default-scheduler 0/1 nodes are available: 1 Insufficient cpu, 1 Insufficient memory. 👈👈👈 Warning FailedScheduling 105s default-scheduler 0/1 nodes are available: 1 Insufficient cpu, 1 Insufficient memory. 👈👈👈 ``` Typical solutions are one of the following: - **Add more CPUs or memory to your K3s node.** - If you have at least 3 CPUs and 5 GB RAM, AWX may work. - **Reduce resource requests for the containers.** - The minimum resource requirements can be ignored by adding three lines in `base/awx.yml`. ```yaml ... spec: ... web_resource_requirements: {} 👈👈👈 task_resource_requirements: {} 👈👈👈 ee_resource_requirements: {} 👈👈👈 ``` - You can specify more specific value for each containers. Refer [official documentation](https://ansible.readthedocs.io/projects/awx-operator/en/latest/user-guide/advanced-configuration/containers-resource-requirements.html) for details. - In this way you can run AWX with fewer resources, but you may encounter performance issues. ### The Pod is `Pending` with "1 pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims." event If your Pod is in `Pending` state and its `Events` shows following events, the reason is that no usable Persistent Volumes are available. ```bash $ kubectl -n awx describe pod awx-task-5d8cd9b6b9-8ptjt ... Events: Type Reason Age From Message ---- ------ ---- ---- ------- Warning FailedScheduling 24s default-scheduler 0/1 nodes are available: 1 pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims. 👈👈👈 ``` Check the `STATUS` of your PVs and ensure your PVs doesn't have `Available` or `Bound` state. ```bash $ kubectl get pv NAME CAPACITY ACCESS MODES RECLAIM POLICY STATUS CLAIM STORAGECLASS REASON AGE awx-projects-volume 2Gi RWO Retain Released awx/awx-projects-claim awx-projects-volume 17h awx-postgres-15-volume 8Gi RWO Retain Released awx/postgres-15-awx-postgres-15-0 awx-postgres-volume 17h ``` Probably this is the second (or more) time to deploy AWX for you. These PVs which have `Released` state are tied to your old (and probably no longer exists now) PVCs you created in the past. There are a few things you should to know about the PVs in Kubernetes. - Once a PV is bound from a PVC, it keeps the PVC name in its `claimRef` entry. This will be shown in the `CLAIM` column in the result of the command `kubectl get pv`. - The `Released` state of the PV means that the PV was bound by PVC in the `claimRef` entry in the past but now the PVC does not exist. **The PV in this state cannot be bound by any PVC other than the one recorded in `claimRef`.** - To allow the PV to bind from a PVC other than the one recorded in `claimRef`, the `claimRef` entry must be empty and the PV must has `Available` state. To solve this, typical solutions are one of the following: - **Patch the PV to empty `claimRef` entry for the PV.** - Invoke following commands: ```bash kubectl patch pv -p '{"spec":{"claimRef": null}}' ``` - **Delete the PV and recreate it.** - Invoke following commands: ```bash # Delete the PV kubectl delete pv # Recreate the PV kubectl apply -k base ``` ### The Pod is `Running` but stucked with "wait-for-migrations" message Sometimes your AWX pod is `Running` state correctly but not functional at all, and its log shows following message repeatedly. ```bash kubectl -n awx logs -f deployment/awx-web -c awx-web [wait-for-migrations] Waiting for database migrations... [wait-for-migrations] Attempt 1 of 30 [wait-for-migrations] Waiting 0.5 seconds before next attempt [wait-for-migrations] Attempt 2 of 30 [wait-for-migrations] Waiting 1 seconds before next attempt [wait-for-migrations] Attempt 3 of 30 [wait-for-migrations] Waiting 2 seconds before next attempt [wait-for-migrations] Attempt 4 of 30 [wait-for-migrations] Waiting 4 seconds before next attempt ... [wait-for-migrations] Attempt 28 of 30 [wait-for-migrations] Waiting 30 seconds before next attempt [wait-for-migrations] Attempt 29 of 30 [wait-for-migrations] Waiting 30 seconds before next attempt ... ``` This problem occurs when the AWX pod and the PostgreSQL pod cannot communicate properly. In most cases, the cause of this is the network on your K3s. To solve this, check or try the following: - Ensure your PostgreSQL (typically the Pod named `awx-postgres-0`, `awx-postgres-13-0`, or `awx-postgres-15-0`) is in `Running` state. - Ensure `host` under `awx-postgres-configuration` in `base/kustomization.yaml` has correct value. - Specify `awx-postgres` for AWX Operator 0.25.0 or earlier, `awx-postgres-13` for `0.26.0` to `2.12.2`, `awx-postgres-15` for newer versions. - Ensure your `firewalld`, `ufw` or any kind of firewall has been disabled on your K3s host. - Ensure your `nm-cloud-setup` service on your K3s host is disabled if exists. - Ensure your `awx-postgres-configuration` has correct values, especially if you're using external PostgreSQL. - Uninstall K3s and install it again. ### The Pod for PostgreSQL is in `CrashLoopBackOff` state and shows "Permission denied" log In this situation, your Pod for PostgreSQL is in `CrashLoopBackOff` state and its log shows following error message. ```bash $ kubectl -n awx get pod NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE awx-operator-controller-manager-57867569c4-ggl29 2/2 Running 0 8m20s awx-postgres-13-0 1/1 CrashLoopBackOff 5 7m26s awx-task-5d8cd9b6b9-8ptjt 0/4 Running 0 6m55s awx-web-66f89bc9cf-6zck5 0/3 Running 0 6m9s $ kubectl -n awx logs statefulset/awx-postgres mkdir: cannot create directory '/var/lib/postgresql/data': Permission denied ``` You should check the permissions and the owner of directories where used as PV on your K3s host. For the PostgreSQL that deployed by **AWX Operator 2.12.2 or earlier**, if you followed my guide, it would be `/data/postgres-13`. There is additional `data` directory created by K3s under `/data/postgres-13`. ```bash $ ls -ld /data/postgres-13 /data/postgres-13/data drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 18 Aug 20 10:09 /data/postgres-13 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 20 Aug 20 10:09 /data/postgres-13/data ``` In my environment, `755` and `root:root` (`0:0`) works correctly. So you can try: ```bash sudo chmod 755 /data/postgres-13 /data/postgres-13/data sudo chown 0:0 /data/postgres-13 /data/postgres-13/data ``` Or, you can also try `` as owner/group for the directory. ```bash sudo chmod 755 /data/postgres-13 /data/postgres-13/data sudo chown 999:0 /data/postgres-13 /data/postgres-13/data ``` `999` is [the UID of the `postgres` user which used in the container](https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/blob/master/13/bullseye/Dockerfile#L13). For the PostgreSQL that deployed by **AWX Operator 2.13.0 or later**, if you followed my guide, it would be `/data/postgres-15`. There is additional `data` directory created by K3s under `/data/postgres-15`. ```bash $ ls -ld /data/postgres-15 /data/postgres-15/data drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 18 Aug 20 10:09 /data/postgres-15 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 20 Aug 20 10:09 /data/postgres-15/data ``` In my environment, `755` and `26:0` works correctly. So you can try: ```bash sudo chmod 755 /data/postgres-15 /data/postgres-15/data sudo chown 26:0 /data/postgres-15 /data/postgres-15/data ``` `26` is [the UID of the user which used in the container](https://github.com/sclorg/postgresql-container/blob/master/15/Dockerfile.c9s#L86). ## Troubles during Daily Use ### Job failed with no output If the job is invoked to a large number of hosts or is running long time, sometimes the job is marked as failed and no log will be displayed in the Output tab. This is a problem caused by log rotation on Kubernetes. Refer [ansible/awx#10366](https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/10366) for details. In the case of K3s, you can reduce the possibility of this issue by changing the configuration as follows. ```bash # Change configuration using script: $ curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | sh -s - --write-kubeconfig-mode 644 --kubelet-arg "container-log-max-files=4" --kubelet-arg "container-log-max-size=50Mi" # If you don't want to use the script, modify /etc/systemd/system/k3s.service manually: $ cat /etc/systemd/system/k3s.service ... ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/k3s \ server \ '--write-kubeconfig-mode' \ '644' \ '--kubelet-arg' \ 👈👈👈 'container-log-max-files=4' \ 👈👈👈 '--kubelet-arg' \ 👈👈👈 'container-log-max-size=50Mi' \ 👈👈👈 ``` Then restart K3s. The K3s service can be safely restarted without affecting the running resources. ```bash sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl restart k3s ``` ### Provisioning Callback does not work If you use Traefik which is K3s' Ingress controller as completely default, the Pod may not be able to get the client's IP address (see [k3s-io/k3s#2997](https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/discussions/2997) for details). Therefore, the feature called Provisioning Callback in AWX does not work properly since AWX can't determine actual IP address of the remote host who request callback. For this reason, you should fix the Traefik configuration. For a single node like doing in this repository, reconfiguring your Traefik by creating YAML file is the easy way. ```bash sudo tee /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/traefik-config.yaml < `Miscellaneous System settings` > `Edit` page, then and put following JSON strings as `Remote Host Headers`. ```json [ "HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR", "REMOTE_ADDR", "REMOTE_HOST" ] ``` Now your Provisioning Callback should work. In my environment, the name of the host in the inventory have to be defined using IP address instead of DNS hostname. ### The job failed and I got "ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action" or "Failed to import the required Python library" message When you launch the Job Template, it may fail and you will see an error like the following: ```text ERROR! couldn't resolve module/action 'community.postgresql.postgresql_info'. This often indicates a misspelling, missing collection, or incorrect module path. The error appears to be in '/runner/project/site.yml': line 6, column 7, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: tasks: - community.postgresql.postgresql_info: ^ here ``` Alternatively, the import of Python modules may fail. ```text ... TASK [community.postgresql.postgresql_info] ************************************ fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "Failed to import the required Python library (psycopg2) on automation-job-12-v2gvf's Python /usr/bin/python3. Please read the module documentation and install it in the appropriate location. If the required library is installed, but Ansible is using the wrong Python interpreter, please consult the documentation on ansible_python_interpreter"} ... ``` To solve this, you can build your own Execution Image, or place `requirements.yml` on the specific path in your project. Refer to [the guide about Execution Environment on this repository](../builder) for details.