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**//These steps were taken mostly from the upstream installation doc found here://**

https://github.com/ansible/awx/blob/devel/INSTALL.md

==== Install Docker and AWX deps ====

<code>
# sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
# echo 'deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu xenial stable' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
# sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install docker-ce python-virtualenv python python-dev build-essential git
</code>

==== Clone AWX ====

<code>
# git clone https://github.com/ansible/awx.git
# cd awx
# git checkout -b 1.0.6 1.0.6
</code>

==== Create a virtualenv and install ansible ====

<code>
# virtualenv -p `which python2` venv
# source venv/bin/activate
# pip install ansible docker-py
</code>

==== Configure AWX installation ====

<code>
# cd installer
# vim inventory
</code>

**//Set the postgres variables and optionally set pg_hostname if an external database is desired, otherwise if left commented out a new postgres database will be created locally in a separate container.//**

<code>
# pg_hostname=postgresql
pg_username=awx
pg_password=<secret>
pg_database=awx
pg_port=5432
</code>

**//Set the default admin username and password//**

<code>
default_admin_user=admin
default_admin_password=<secret>
</code>

**//Also set the secret_key to something unique//**

<code>
secret_key=<secret_key>
</code>

==== Install AWX ====

<code>
# ansible-playbook -i inventory install.yml
</code>

==== Add/Import inventory ====

**//Login to the awx_web container//**

<code>
# docker exec -it awx_web bash
</code>

**//Create the following directory/file structure (or use your existing inventory structure...)//**

<code>
inventory/               <- directory
├── group_vars           <- directory
│   ├── all              <- file
│   └── production       <- file
├── host_vars            <- directory
│   └── 172.17.0.1       <- file
└── production           <- file
</code>

**//Use //**''awx-manage''**// to import the inventory//**

<code>
# cd inventory
# awx-manage inventory_import --source=./ --inventory-id=1 --overwrite
</code>

**//Browse to the following URL to view.//**

http://localhost/#/inventories/inventory/1
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