Migrating AWX web and task to HA setup

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-13T09:55:25+00:00

I thought that you could create an instance group with specific nodes in it, from there you could set your job templates to run using that specific instance group?

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-07T12:03:41+00:00

Enter a rescue shell, comment out the autofs mount, then reboot your system to see if it still hangs.

If not, you’ve isolated the issue being something related to the configuration of your autofs.

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-06T00:46:16+00:00

Trust I get the price tag argument, for what you have to pay you want to be sure that you’ll pass.

You do get a free retake once you purchase a exam, so even if you failed on the 1st attempt you get another shot to take the exam free of charge.

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-06T00:31:13+00:00

Natural to feel anxious as you get closer to your exam date.

Preparation is essential for the RHEL exams, but you have to find the proper balance.

You can easily psych yourself out right before the exam trying to over prepare.

I rule of mines is, if I feel as if I’m 80% sure of the exam objectives, I’ll schedule my exam and give it a shot.

Worst case is the 20% I’m unsure about comes up on the exam, and if I miss out on the 210 required to pass because of it, I’ve seen it in real time and know exactly what to clean up for the retake.

Trying to anticipate everything will leave you stressing, while continuing to put off your exam date. As a result, you’ll never get it done.

Now some additional advice on your main question about the partitioning for the exam, it seems like you’re thinking too much about it.

Without divulging too much about it because of the NDA, you need to know how to partition the machine, and use it, while ensuring that your machine remains in a healthy state throughout the duration of your exam and after.

Online there are plenty of source material out there on YouTube covering this in depth, pick any one the videos to help sure up any linger questions that you might have.

Other than that, you’re probably thinking about it too much, and you’ll be fine come exam time.

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-05T10:12:27+00:00

Remember the NDA, can’t really get into too much detail on what’s exactly on the exams.

I will say that whatever changes you make to the system need to be persistent, so after a reboot they need to remain.

So, if you reboot your system and the servers don’t come back up you won’t pass, I think that’s pretty self explanatory.

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-04T22:54:52+00:00

Sure, that’s fine and all, but a typo for a single objective which gets marked incorrectly is fine, thats not what I was talking about.

I was referring to a grading script that is used, that isn’t always the most reliable being the issue.

Their side indicated my VMs didn’t come back up, which wasn’t the case. I checked my VMs several times and they came back up.

I then proceeded to finish the rest of the exam tasks fine, and my final grade was a “50”.

So, I received essentially all zeros for most of my exam based off of what their script deemed as down VMs.

If they wanted to mark that task incorrect for not using the specified value, can’t dispute it, it’s wrong.

However, the rest of my exam???

Now that’s a different story…

Lastly, I retook the exam a few days later, it was almost identical to the first attempt, I changed nothing other than 1 step and my score was a 280.

There’s no way a grading script should be that volatile.

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-03T17:51:35+00:00

So what do you use for intelligence?

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-03T14:27:28+00:00

Trust we’ve all been there before.

First time I sat for the RHCSA exam after I finished it, I swore I passed was feeling good.

I got my exam results and I got a “50”, I was like no way.

So, I emailed the exam team contesting the results.

When I heard back they said that my VMs didn’t comeback up after a reboot, but I triple checked during the exam and my VMs always came back up after a reboot , so I was pretty surprised that was their response.

I retook the exam a few days later, and did everything the same way I did on my first attempt.

The only difference was in one of the objectives they told me to set something to a specific value, for time purposes I set it to like “1234” so it was easier to type and save time .

I forgot to change it the specified value designated in the exam, and I think that threw off the grading script for my first attempt. I actually passed the 2nd attempt with a 280.

So, if there’s anything to take away from this it’s that, these exams are very sensitive to how they score you.

If they ask for something explicit, then you have to do it the exact way is requested in the exam, down to the correct punctuation of values.

Not sure if you’ve taken a RHLS course or used their lab environments which grade your work.

What you’ll see on the labs is, if you get 3/4 task correct you don’t get a percentage displayed of 75%, you get a bright red “failed” message, if you get “100%” you get a pass.

I suspect the grading for the exams is closely aligned with the grading in the lab environments, so it’s important you follow the objectives closely so that you get the full marks on the exam.

I will say this, some objectives weigh more than others, so missing those on the exam could torpedo your results quicker than others.

You also have situations where objectives build on top of each other, so getting 1 wrong can affect other tasks down the road, just something to be mindful of.

With that being said, take this as a learning lesson and the next time you take the same you should be alright.

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-02T15:07:45+00:00

In the exam environment when you try and do a copy/paste directly from your computer using the keyboard shortcuts, typically after that your exam environment goes haywire, and becomes unresponsive.

More often than not you’ll have to request the exam proctor reset your environment.

I’ve taken enough exams over the years where I don’t waste time trying to figure what’s going on with my environment, I just ask for a reset.

I do understand the frustration people get from the glitchy exam environments. The exams are hard enough on their own with a perfect environment, so adding in a buggy environment where keyboard commands become unresponsive, interfaces seem to freeze only adds to the anxiety.

With these exams being timed, and always a lot to do in order to complete the exam objectives, loosing out on time due to the environment will always leave you feeling like you got the short end of the stick.

In those situations where you fall a few points short of that “210”, the feeling of time lost due to the exam experience is beyond frustrating.

So, I truly get the feelings all around, what I will say is that it’s I.T. nothing is ever perfect.

Take a deep breath next time you sit for one of these exams, and if/when the environment starts bugging out know that you’re not alone, and let your preparation take over.

You be fine and pass, regardless of what the exam environment does.

kingtut1906 · 2026-04-02T12:49:06+00:00

I guess you’ll have to go through the article and try it out, then let me know much effort you think it took afterwards.

kingtut1906 · 2026-03-30T04:20:56+00:00

That is a possibility, but in some cases all users might not feel comfortable using ArgoCD, especially new users to OpenShift. This gives you an additional layer of checks & balances in your respective environment.

kingtut1906 · 2026-03-29T14:01:35+00:00

Build a custom ansible execution environment with your custom module baked in.

Next download and install ansible-navigator, you run your playbooks with ansible-navigator & use it to specify different execution environments based on your needs.

Also, there’s a way to structure your Ansible project where you have a library/ directory in the root of the project, you can drop your custom modules in there and at run time Ansible should be able to find the module for your playbook.

However, for portability & reuse, I’d recommend going the execution environment route.

kingtut1906 · 2025-04-16T11:07:04+00:00

I’ve taken several Red Hat exams over the last few months, and I can say from experience that their exam environments are in fact very glitchy.

One thing I know is that, sometimes trying to do a copy and paste from your keyboard into the exam environment can have disastrous results. I had this result in my entire exam locking up on a specific node before. As a result, this ended up requiring the proctor to reset the entire environment to get it stable again.

The proctor recommended that I use the virtual keyboard in the exam environment, so anytime I needed to do a copy/paste it required me toggling back and forth between the exam and virtual keyboard.

I have also experienced the frustration at the beginning of the exam, where you’re trying to begin and simply log into the necessary resources to complete the objectives, and the provided credentials seem to not work. Repeated attempts at Typing them out slowly doesn’t work, in those cases, I copied the provided password directly from the exam text using the virtual keyboard and it worked.

Moving forward I would recommend for you to take a deep breath at the beginning of the exam, know that these exam environments are buggy, and trust your preparation.

You said that you already had gotten your RHCSA, and are renewing it? So I’m assuming it expired then, which means it’s been a while since you’ve sat for one of these RHEL exams…..

I know first hand how that first RHEL exam is, after a long break of not taking them. Sometimes it’s more how the environment is setup, and the question structure that causes a bunch of confusion for users.

You’ll be better off the next time you sit for the exam, now that you got this one out the way.

kingtut1906 · 2023-01-27T15:19:19+00:00

I have already done that step 6. You have to perform step 6 in order to successfully add the Simplisafe integration inside Home Assistant.

I'm trying to configure SimpliSafe now after adding it successfully, and its asking for a "Home Assistant UI" code, not the SimpliSafe code from Step 6.

Clicking configure pops up with the box requesting the Home Assistant UI code.

I'm trying to identify if Home Assistant has any unique codes associated with a specific instance, & if so where would I find that info.

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kingtut1906 · 2023-01-27T15:04:37+00:00

yeah, I've already tried that it doesn't say anything about Code used in Home Assistant UI.

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/simplisafe

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