Add Exectution or Hop node to AWX

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This runbook details what to do to add exectution or hop node to AWX.

Assumptions

• You have Access within AWX to add instances.

Workflow

1. Navigate to Administration -> Instances

2. Click Add

3. Complete the following fields

   • Name preferable to use the site name the node is to be installed in

   • Description Optional. give it a good description

   • Instance Type

     • execution Select this type if you wish to run jobs on the node.

     • hop Select this type if its expected that other hop or execution nodes will be connecting to it

   • Peers from control nodes Only Select this if the control node has network connectivity to the node to be created

   • Managed by Policy Only Applicable to execution node

     • Checked AWX can auto-magically assign jobs to the execution node

     • Un-Checked AWX can't auto-magically assign jobs to this node

   Info

   For a node to be installed on a remote site where AWX does not have network connectivity too, Peers from control nodes and Managed by Policy must be false/un-checked

4. click save.

5. Click on the Peers tab

6. click associate

7. click the check-box next to the peer that is accessible to the node to be installed. This will generally be a DNS name

8. click save.

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Date Created: 2024-03-14
Date Edited: 2024-03-14

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