Chapter 15. Automation controller variables

admin_password

The password for an administration user to access the UI upon install completion.

automationcontroller_main_url

For an alternative front end URL needed for SSO configuration with automation services catalog, provide the URL.

Automation services catalog requires either Controller to be installed with automation controller, or a URL to an active and routable Controller server must be provided with this variable

automationcontroller_password

Password for your automation controller instance.

automationcontroller_username

Username for your automation controller instance.

node_state

Optional

The status of a node or group of nodes. Valid options are active, deprovision to remove a node from a cluster or iso_migrate to migrate a legacy isolated node to an execution node.

Default = active.

node_type

For [automationcontroller] group.

Two valid node_types can be assigned for this group.

A node_type=control implies that the node only runs project and inventory updates, but not regular jobs.

A node_type=hybrid has the ability to run everything.

Default for this group = hybrid.

For [execution_nodes] group

Two valid node_types can be assigned for this group.

A node_type=hop implies that the node forwards jobs to an execution node.

A node_type=execution implies that the node can run jobs.

Default for this group = execution.

peers

Optional

Peer relationships define node-to-node connections.

This variable is used to add tcp-peer entries in the receptor.conf file used for establishing network connections with other nodes. See Peering

The peers variable can be a comma-separated list of hosts and/or groups from the inventory. This is resolved into a set of hosts that is used to construct the receptor.conf file.

pg_database

The name of the postgres database.

Default = awx.

pg_host

The postgreSQL host, which can be an externally managed database.

pg_password

The password for the postgreSQL database.

Do not use special characters for pg_password. They can cause the password to fail.

NOTE

You no longer need to provide a pg_hashed_password in your inventory file at the time of installation because PostgreSQL 13 can now store user passwords more securely.

When you supply pg_password in the inventory file for the installer, PostgreSQL uses the SCRAM-SHA-256 hash to secure that password as part of the installation process.

pg_port

The postgreSQL port to use.

Default = 5432

pg_ssl_mode

One of prefer or verify-full.

Set to verify-full for client-side enforced SSL.

Default = prefer.

pg_username

Your postgres database username.

Default = awx.

postgres_ssl_cert

location of postgres ssl certificate.

/path/to/pgsql_ssl.cert

`postgres_ssl_key

location of postgres ssl key.

/path/to/pgsql_ssl.key

postgres_use_cert

Location of postgres user certificate.

/path/to/pgsql.crt

postgres_use_key

Location of postgres user key.

/path/to/pgsql.key

postgres_use_ssl

If postgres is to use SSL.

receptor_listener_port

Port to use for recptor connection.

Default = 27199.

web_server_ssl_cert

Optional

/path/to/webserver.cert

Same as automationhub_ssl_cert but for web server UI and API.

web_server_ssl_key

Optional

/path/to/webserver.key

Same as automationhub_server_ssl_key but for web server UI and API.