# AWX Operator on Minikube Cluster
Minikube Cluster based deployment of Ansible AWX. (Ansible Tower)
:::note Prerequisites
This document assumes you are running **Ubuntu Server 20.04** or later.
:::

## Install Minikube Cluster
### Update the Ubuntu Server
```
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt autoremove -y
```

### Download and Install Minikube (Ubuntu Server)
Additional Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/
```
curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube_latest_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i minikube_latest_amd64.deb

# Download Docker and Common Tools
sudo apt install docker.io nfs-common iptables nano htop -y

# Configure Docker User
sudo usermod -aG docker nicole
```
:::caution
Be sure to change the `nicole` username in the `sudo usermod -aG docker nicole` command to whatever your local username is.
:::
### Fully Logout then sign back in to the server
```
exit
```
### Validate that permissions allow you to run docker commands while non-root
```
docker ps
```

### Initialize Minikube Cluster
Additional Documentation: https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator
```
minikube start --driver=docker
minikube kubectl -- get nodes
minikube kubectl -- get pods -A
```

### Make sure Minikube Cluster Automatically Starts on Boot
```jsx title="/etc/systemd/system/minikube.service"
[Unit]
Description=Minikube service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
RemainAfterExit=yes
User=nicole
ExecStart=/usr/bin/minikube start --driver=docker
ExecStop=/usr/bin/minikube stop

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
:::caution
Be sure to change the `nicole` username in the `User=nicole` line of the config to whatever your local username is.
:::
:::info
You can remove the `--addons=ingress` if you plan on running AWX behind an existing reverse proxy using a "**NodePort**" connection.
:::
### Restart Service Daemon and Enable/Start Minikube Automatic Startup
```
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable minikube
sudo systemctl start minikube
```

### Make command alias for `kubectl`
Be sure to add the following to the bottom of your existing profile file noted below.
```jsx title="~/.bashrc"
...
alias kubectl="minikube kubectl --"
```
:::tip
If this is a virtual machine, now would be the best time to take a checkpoint / snapshot of the VM before moving forward, in case you need to perform rollbacks of the server(s) if you accidentally misconfigure something.
:::

## Make AWX Operator Kustomization File:
Find the latest tag version here: https://github.com/ansible/awx-operator/releases
```jsx title="kustomization.yml"
apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
resources:
  - github.com/ansible/awx-operator/config/default?ref=2.4.0
  - awx.yml
images:
  - name: quay.io/ansible/awx-operator
    newTag: 2.4.0
namespace: awx
```
```jsx title="awx.yml"
apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
kind: AWX
metadata:
  name: awx

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: awx-service
  namespace: awx
spec:
  type: NodePort
  ports:
    - port: 80
      targetPort: 80
      nodePort: 30080  # Choose an available port in the range of 30000-32767
  selector:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: awx-web
```
### Apply Configuration File
Run from the same directory as the `awx-operator.yaml` file.
```
kubectl apply -k .
```
:::info
If you get any errors, especially ones relating to "CRD"s, wait 30 seconds, and try re-running the `kubectl apply -k .` command to fully apply the `awx.yml` configuration file to bootstrap the awx deployment.
:::

### View Logs / Track Deployment Progress
```
kubectl logs -n awx awx-operator-controller-manager -c awx-manager
```
### Get AWX WebUI Address
```
minikube service -n awx awx-service --url
```
### Get WebUI Password: 
```
kubectl get secret awx-demo-admin-password -o jsonpath="{.data.password}" | base64 --decode ; echo
```