Dockerfile for standalone Ansible Tower 3.x+
docker build --no-cache --squash -t ansible-tower:${TOWER_VERSION} .
Run Ansible Tower with a random port:
docker run -d -P --name tower lardos/ansible-tower
or map to exposed port 443:
docker run -d -p 443:443 --name tower lardos/ansible-tower
To include certificate and license on container creation:
docker run -t -d -v ~/certs:/certs -p 443:443 -e SERVER_NAME=localhost ansible-tower
To persist Ansible Tower database, create a data container:
docker create -v /var/lib/postgresql/9.4/main --name tower-data lardos/ansible-tower /bin/true
docker run -d -p 443:443 --name tower --volumes-from tower-data lardos/ansible-tower
or use create a Docker Volume on the host:
docker run -d -p 443:443 -v pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/9.4/main --name ansible-tower lardos/ansible-tower
The ansible-tower Docker image uses a generic certificate generated for www.ansible.com by the Ansible Tower setup program. If you generate your own certificate, it will be copied into /etc/tower by the entrypoint script if a volume is mapped to /certs in the container, e.g:
- /certs/tower.cert -> /etc/tower/tower.cert
- /certs/tower.key -> /etc/tower/tower.key
The environment variable SERVER_NAME should match the common name of the generated certificate and will be used to update the nginx configuration file.
A license file can also be included similar to the certificates by renaming your Ansible Tower license file to license and placing it in your local, mapped volume. The entrypoint script checks for the license file seperately and does not depend on the certificates.
- /certs/license -> /etc/tower/license
The license file can also be uploaded on first login to the Ansible Tower web interface.
- URL: https://localhost
- Username: admin
- Password: password