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Create "Manual" type project
The Git repository is the most preferred place to store your playbooks, and the guides and resources to deploy Private Git Repository on K3s are also provided in this repository.
However, if you don't need such a rich version control system, or need to make frequent iterations of trial and error to develop new playbooks, creating a project with Manual type is very helpful.
Concepts
The project directories have to exist under /var/lib/awx/projects of AWX, and if you have deployed AWX following the steps described in the main guide on this repository, /data/projects on your K3s host is mounted as /var/lib/awx/projects in AWX.
So, to add project directories, simply, just placing it under /data/projects on your K3s host.
Procedure
Create new directory under /data/projects on your K3s host, and place your playbooks under the directory you created. Note that this directory and files under the directory must be readable by the user with UID 1000.
$ tree /data/projects/
/data/projects/
`-- my-first-manual-project 👈👈👈
`-- my-playbook.yaml 👈👈👈
Go to Resources > Projects > Add in AWX Web UI, fill Name field and select Manual as Source Control Type.
Now you can select your project directory (my-first-manual-project in this example) as Playbook Directory.
After Save the project, your playbooks can be selected in the Job Templates.
Troubleshooting
If you got following warning while selecting Playbook Directory, try super-reloading your browser (Shift + F5 or Ctrl (Cmd) + Shift + R) to refresh the page without using the cache stored in the browser.
⚠️WARNING: There are no available playbook directories in /var/lib/awx/projects
If super-reloading does not help you, ensure your playbooks are visible under project directory on /var/lib/awx/projects in awx-web pod.
- Ensure your project directory is visible
kubectl -n awx exec -it deployment/awx-web -c awx-web -- ls -l /var/lib/awx/projects
- Ensure your project directory contains at least one playbook
kubectl -n awx exec -it deployment/awx-web -c awx-web -- ls -l /var/lib/awx/projects/<YOUR_PROJECT_DIRECTORY>
Important
Any empty project directories and the directories that don't contain any valid playbooks will not be listed in UI. Also all playbooks have to be placed under project directory (means sub directory) on
/var/lib/awx/projects, not directly under/var/lib/awx/projects.