Common Installation Issues

Elevated Privileges

  • override the ansible_become_method var depending on the host system
  • ex: ansible_become_method=sudo for linux hosts

Locale utf-8

  • Check /etc/locale
  • Use the localectl to set the locale system-wide
  • localectl set-locale

Inventory FQDNs

  • make sure inventory in the installation bundle uses FQDN

Custom Certs

Controller (formerly Tower)

arg purpose
web_server_ssl_cert Path on the installer node to custom cert the tower web server will serve (it will be copied as /etc/tower/tower.cert)
web_server_ssl_key Path on the installer node to private key the certificate has been generated with (it will be copied as /etc/tower/tower.key)
custom_ca_cert Custom CA to add as trustworthy in the system bundle
  • restart nginx to copy changes to custom certs into tower.cert / tower.key
  • Reference

Automation Hub

arg purpose
automationhub_ssl_cert same as web_server_ssl_cert but for Automation Hub
automationhub_ssl_key same as web_server_ssl_key but for Automation Hub