Create Ansible AWX Superuser in Docker: Admin Account Setup (Guide)

$ docker exec -ti tools_awx_1 awx-manage createsuperuser

[lberton@ansible awx]$ docker exec -ti tools_awx_1 awx-manage createsuperuser
Username: example
Email address: example@example.com
Password: 
Password (again): 
Superuser created successfully.
[lberton@ansible awx]$

docker ps | grep awx

docker exec -it awx_web awx-manage createsuperuser

docker exec -it awx_web bash -c "DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME=admin \
  DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL=admin@example.com \
  DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=SecurePass123 \
  awx-manage createsuperuser --noinput"

docker exec -it awx_web awx-manage changepassword admin

# Find the AWX web pod
kubectl get pods -n awx | grep awx-web

# Create superuser
kubectl exec -it awx-web-xxxxx -n awx -- awx-manage createsuperuser

# Get default admin password (AWX Operator)
kubectl get secret awx-admin-password -n awx -o jsonpath='{.data.password}' | base64 -d

- name: Create AWX superuser via Docker
  hosts: awx_host
  tasks:
    - name: Create admin user
      community.docker.docker_container_exec:
        container: awx_web
        command: >
          bash -c "DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME={{ awx_admin_user }}
          DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL={{ awx_admin_email }}
          DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD={{ awx_admin_password }}
          awx-manage createsuperuser --noinput"
      register: result
      failed_when:
        - result.rc != 0
        - "'already taken' not in result.stderr"
      no_log: true

docker exec -it awx_web bash -c "echo 'from django.contrib.auth.models import User; \
[print(f\"{u.username} - superuser:{u.is_superuser}\") for u in User.objects.all()]' | awx-manage shell"

docker logs awx_web --tail 50
docker port awx_web