Creating an inventory

As with Ansible Core, to make AWX aware of the machines present in your environment, we use inventories. Inventories, in the AWX world, are not that different from their equivalents in Ansible Core. Let's see how to create your first inventory in AWX by following these steps:

  1. Click on the Inventory option in the left-hand side menu bar. You will be redirected to the Inventory window, where you can create your first inventory by clicking on the button with a white plus sign on a green background on the top-left section of the screen. This is different from when we created a new project as this button does not immediately open the creation form, but will first ask you if you want to create an inventory or a smart inventory. ...

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