Ansible Tower server

Docker image for Ansible Tower.

This image provides easy deployment of an Ansible Tower server in a Docker environment and can be used for product testing (license required).

Running this image with docker-compose

Create docker-compose.yml file as following:

version: '3'

volumes:
  tower_data:
  tower_projects:

services:

  database:
    image: postgres:10-alpine
    volumes:
      - tower_data:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    environment:
        - "POSTGRES_DB=tower"
        - "POSTGRES_USER=tower"
        - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=tower"

  server:
    image: upshift/ansible-tower:latest
    privileged: true
    depends_on:
        - database
    ports:
        - "8080:80"
        - "8443:443"
    volumes:
        - tower_projects:/var/lib/awx/projects
    environment:
        - "ANSIBLE_TOWER_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password"
        - "ANSIBLE_TOWER_PG_HOST=database"
        - "ANSIBLE_TOWER_PG_PORT=5432"
        - "ANSIBLE_TOWER_PG_DATABASE=tower"
        - "ANSIBLE_TOWER_PG_USERNAME=tower"
        - "ANSIBLE_TOWER_PG_PASSWORD=tower"

Then run all services docker-compose up -d. Wait until initialization is complete and go to http://localhost/ to access the Tower web ui.

Persistent data

To make your data persistent to upgrading, you should mount named docker volumes or host folders.

Tower server:

• /var/lib/awx/projects/ ansible projects storage directory
• /var/lib/awx/job_status/ job outputs directory
• /var/log/tower/ Ansible Tower logs directory

Database server:

• /var/lib/postgresql/data/ PostgreSQL database files

Auto configuration via environment variables

This image supports customization via environment variables.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_ADMIN_USERNAME

Default value: admin

Administrator user name.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_ADMIN_PASSWORD

Default value: redhat

Administrator password.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_ADMIN_EMAIL

Default value: [email protected]

Administrator email.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_PG_HOST

Default value: db

PostgreSQL database server host name.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_PG_PORT

Default value: 5432

PostgreSQL database server port.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_PG_DATABASE

Default value: tower

PostgreSQL database name.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_PG_USERNAME

Default value: tower

PostgreSQL database username.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_RABBITMQ_USERNAME

Default value: tower

Internal rabbitmq server username.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_RABBITMQ_PASSWORD

Default value: tower

Internal rabbitmq user password.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_RABBITMQ_COOKIE

Default value: tower

Internal rabbitmq erlang cookie.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_CREATE_PRELOAD_DATA

Default value: no

Initialize database with sample data.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_DISABLE_HTTPS

Default value: no

Disable SSL configuration when Tower is behind a reverse proxy.

ANSIBLE_TOWER_REMOVE_TRANSLATIONS

Default value: no

Disable web ui translations, force using english regardless of accept-language sent by the browser.