Non descriptive error when podman is missing
Author: fostersethCreated Aug 15, 2023Updated Sep 18, 2026
Labelstype:bugcomponent:apigood first issue
SUMMARY
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
Source: ansible/awx