Unlocking Automation: Setting Up AWX on CentOS

AWX is an open-source automation platform that provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It offers features such as job scheduling, multi-tenancy, role-based access control, and more. AWX is the upstream project for Red Hat Ansible Tower and provides a flexible and scalable solution for automating IT tasks.

Prerequisites

• A server or virtual machine

• Sufficient resources (CPU, RAM, disk space) for running AWX

• Root access or sudo privileges on the server

Download the bash script and execute:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinkusaini13/DevOps-SRE-Platform-Tool-Setup/main/Ansible-AWX-Setup.sh?token=GHSAT0AAAAAACNZ5CCSYTKRLGV4LZELE3YOZQL6XWA

chmod +x Ansible-AWX-Setup.sh

./Ansible-AWX-Setup.sh

Access the AWX web interface:

http://<your-server-ip>

Configure inventories, credentials, and projects within AWX to start automating your tasks.

Using AWX Once AWX is configured, you can use its web interface to:

• Create and manage inventories of hosts

• Define credentials for accessing hosts and external systems

• Define projects containing Ansible playbooks and roles

• Create job templates to execute tasks and playbooks

• Schedule recurring jobs and monitor job status