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AWX Command Line Interface

awx is the official command-line client for AWX and Red Hat Ansible Tower. It:

  • Uses naming and structure consistent with the AWX HTTP API

  • Provides consistent output formats with optional machine-parsable formats

  • To the extent possible, auto-detects API versions, available endpoints, and feature support across multiple versions of AWX and Red Hat Ansible Tower.

Potential uses include:

  • Configuring and launching jobs/playbooks

  • Checking on the status and output of job runs

  • Managing objects like organizations, users, teams, etc…

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