Update Your System

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade -y

Reboot the server

Install k3s

Install curl if not installed 

sudo apt install curl

curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | sh

Give Non-root User Access to K3s Config

sudo chown $USER:$USER /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml

export KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml

Verify Kubernetes Cluster

kubectl version

kubectl get nodes

kubectl get pods -A

Install Kustomize 

curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh" | bashsudo mv kustomize /usr/local/bin

Create Kustomization Directory

mkdir awx-deploy && cd awx-deploy

Create kustomization.yaml

nano kustomization.yaml

Add below to the file

apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1

kind: Kustomization

resources:

      - github.com/ansible/awx-operator/config/default?ref=2.19.1

images:

      - name: quay.io/ansible/awx-operator newTag: 2.19.1

namespace: awx

Apply Kustomize Configuration

==kubectl apply -k .

OR

kustomize build . | kubectl apply -f -

If you get an error check if GIT is installed and if not install.

sudo apt install git

Verify Operator is Running

kubectl get pods -n awx

Create AWX Instance.

Create a file named awx-demo.yaml

nano awx-demo.yaml

Add below to the file

---apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1

kind: AWX

metadata:

name: awx-demo

spec: service_type: nodeport

nodeport_port: 32000

Add Instance to Kustomization

Update your kustomization.yaml to include awx-demo.yaml

edit file nano kustomization.yaml

add - awx-demo.yaml under resources

resources: - github.com/ansible/awx-operator/config/default?ref=2.19.1

- awx-demo.yaml

images: - name: quay.io/ansible/awx-operator newTag: 2.19.1

namespace: awx == 12. Reapply Kustomize Configuration ==kubectl apply -k .

Check POD Status

kubectl get pods -n awx

 View Logs

kubectl logs -f deployment/awx-operator-controller-manager -c awx-manager -n awx

Retrieve Admin Password 

kubectl get secret awx-demo-admin-password -n awx -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 --decode ; echo

 Access the AWX Dashboard

http://<your-server-ip>:32000

Username: admin

Password: (from previous step)