Role Name

The purpose of this role is to create a backup of your AWX deployment. This includes:

backup of the postgresql database
secret_key
custom user config files
manual projects

Requirements

This role assumes you are authenticated with an Openshift or Kubernetes cluster which:

The awx-operator has been deployed to
AWX is deployed to via the operator

Usage

Then create a file named backup-awx.yml with the following contents:

---
apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
kind: AWXBackup
metadata:
  name: awxbackup
  namespace: my-namespace
spec:
  tower_name: mytower

Note that the tower_name above is the name of the AWX deployment you intend to backup from.

Finally, use kubectl to create the backup object in your cluster:

#> kubectl apply -f backup-awx.yml

The resulting pvc will contain a backup tar that can be used to restore to a new deployment. Future backups will also be stored in separate tars on the same pvc.

Role Variables

A custom, pre-created pvc can be used by setting the following variables.

tower_backup_pvc: 'awx-backup-volume-claim'

If no pvc or storage class is provided, the cluster's default storage class will be used to create the pvc.

This role will automatically create a pvc using a Storage Class if provided:

tower_backup_storage_class: 'standard'
tower_backup_size: '20Gi'

If a custom postgres configuration secret was used when deploying AWX, it must be set:

tower_postgres_configuration_secret: 'awx-postgres-configuration'

Testing

You can test this role directly by creating and running the following playbook with the appropriate variables:

---
- name: Backup Tower
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  roles:
    - backup

License

MIT