ansible/awx

Non descriptive error when podman is missing

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#14,341 opened on Aug 15, 2023

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Description

SUMMARY

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This is the error message we get when running a job against a remote node that doesn't have podman installed

here is the stdout file of the receptor work unit in the awx-ee container

bash-5.1$ cat stdout
Unable to find process isolation executable: podman

So receptor has the right error message, but this does not bubble up to awx

ISSUE TYPE
  • Bug, Docs Fix or other nominal change
COMPONENT NAME
  • API
ENVIRONMENT
  • AWX install method: operator
  • AWX deployment target: kubernetes (kind)
STEPS TO REPRODUCE

setup a remote execution node on a k8s based awx deployment. Make sure podman is not installed on that node. The health check will still succeed because ansible-runner worker doesn't use podman.

Run a job against this execution node.

EXPECTED RESULTS

hoping for an error message that points out missing podman

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Research direction
Trace the error propagation path from receptor to AWX when podman is missing. Identify where the error message is lost and propose a fix to bubble it up.
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python
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backendapi
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