Networking BROKE. "Socket path does not exist: /var/run/awx-receptor/receptor.sock" about awx

[blotto69]

Hello,
Same problem on my side using the same deployment method as you on releases 24.6.0 and 24.6.1 on Rocky Linux 9.4 and 9.3. I was able to build and run AWX until a few days ago. Now, I get the same error message as you:

tools_awx_1 | 2024-08-03 00:11:47,925 INFO [-] awx.main.dispatch Running worker dispatcher listening to queues ['tower_broadcast_all', 'tower_settings_change', 'awx-1']
tools_awx_1 | 2024-08-03 00:11:47,926 INFO spawned: 'awx-receptor' with pid 621
tools_awx_1 | empty receptor config, skipping...
tools_awx_1 | 2024-08-03 00:11:47,936 WARN exited: awx-receptor (exit status 0; not expected)
tools_awx_1 | 2024-08-03 00:11:47,962 ERROR [-] awx.main.dispatch Encountered unhandled error in dispatcher main loop
tools_awx_1 | Traceback (most recent call last):
tools_awx_1 | File "/awx_devel/awx/main/dispatch/worker/base.py", line 237, in run
tools_awx_1 | self.worker.on_start()
tools_awx_1 | File "/awx_devel/awx/main/dispatch/worker/task.py", line 141, in on_start
tools_awx_1 | dispatch_startup()
tools_awx_1 | File "/awx_devel/awx/main/tasks/system.py", line 117, in dispatch_startup
tools_awx_1 | cluster_node_heartbeat()
tools_awx_1 | File "/awx_devel/awx/main/tasks/system.py", line 575, in cluster_node_heartbeat
tools_awx_1 | inspect_execution_and_hop_nodes(instance_list)
tools_awx_1 | File "/awx_devel/awx/main/tasks/system.py", line 514, in inspect_execution_and_hop_nodes
tools_awx_1 | mesh_status = ctl.simple_command('status')
tools_awx_1 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
tools_awx_1 | File "/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/receptorctl/socket_interface.py", line 81, in simple_command
tools_awx_1 | self.connect()
tools_awx_1 | File "/var/lib/awx/venv/awx/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/receptorctl/socket_interface.py", line 99, in connect
tools_awx_1 | raise ValueError(f"Socket path does not exist: {path}")
tools_awx_1 | ValueError: Socket path does not exist: /var/run/awx-receptor/receptor.sock

Available if additional testing is needed

- name: Git checkout
  ansible.builtin.git:
    repo: "https://github.com/ansible/awx.git"
    dest: "{{ apps_dir }}/awx"
    version: 24.6.1
  become: false

- name: Run docker-compose-build
  community.general.make:
    chdir: "{{ apps_dir }}/awx"
    target: docker-compose-build
  become: false

- name: Run docker-compose -d
  community.general.make:
    chdir: "{{ apps_dir }}/awx"
    target: docker-compose
    params:
      COMPOSE_UP_OPTS: -d
  become: false

- name: Clean and build the UI
  community.docker.docker_container_exec:
    container: tools_awx_1
    command: make clean-ui ui-devel
  become: false

Update :

I just tried on CentOS 9 Stream and got the same result.

[rabindangol]

Not sure if this is related (I have older version) but I am getting similar error. #15421

[fs30000]

I also tried with Rocky 9.2. Same result.

[fs30000]

Ok, managed to make it work with 23.9.0. Because with 24.6.1, this would happen: https://github.com/ansible/awx/issues/15404

Commands:

git clone -b 23.9.0 https://github.com/ansible/awx.git
cd awx/

export RECEPTOR_IMAGE=quay.io/ansible/receptor:v1.4.8   COMPOSE_UP_OPTS=-d
make docker-compose-build
make docker-compose

docker update --restart always tools_awx_1
docker update --restart always tools_postgres_1
docker update --restart always tools_redis_1

docker exec  tools_awx_1 make clean-ui ui-devel
docker exec  -it tools_awx_1  awx-manage changepassword admin

So far so good.