awx-operator/docs/migration.md

Migrating data from an old AWX instance

To migrate data from an older AWX installation, you must provide some information via Secrets.

Creating Secrets for Migration

Secret Key

You can find your old secret key in the inventory file you used to deploy AWX in releases prior to version 18.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: <resourcename>-secret-key
  namespace: <target namespace>
stringData:
  secret_key: <old-secret-key>
type: Opaque

Note: <resourcename> must match the name of the AWX object you are creating. In our example below, it is awx.

Old Database Credentials

The secret should be formatted as follows:

---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: <resourcename>-old-postgres-configuration
  namespace: <target namespace>
stringData:
  host: <external ip or url resolvable by the cluster>
  port: <external port, this usually defaults to 5432>
  database: <desired database name>
  username: <username to connect as>
  password: <password to connect with>
type: Opaque

For host, a URL resolvable by the cluster could look something like postgresql.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local, where <namespace> is filled in with the namespace of the AWX deployment you are migrating data from.

If your AWX deployment is already using an external database server or its database is otherwise not managed by the AWX deployment, you can instead create the same secret as above but omit the -old- from the name. In the next section pass it in through tower_postgres_configuration_secret instead, omitting the _old_ from the key and ensuring the value matches the name of the secret. This will make AWX pick up on the existing database and apply any pending migrations. It is strongly recommended to backup your database beforehand.

Deploy AWX

When you apply your AWX object, you must specify the name to the database secret you created above:

apiVersion: awx.ansible.com/v1beta1
kind: AWX
metadata:
  name: awx
spec:
  tower_old_postgres_configuration_secret: <resourcename>-old-postgres-configuration
  ...