3.4.3 Organization management

In Organization management, automation (AWX) organizations can be created and deleted, and roles in the organization (roles used in AWX) can be assigned to users. This allows the automatic execution of playbooks from Ops I and the confirmation of those execution results.

This section describes the following items.

(1) Outline

To use AWX, assign one of the following Ops I roles.

  • automation_manager
  • automation_auditor
  • automation_user

If either “automation_manager” or “automation_auditor” is assigned, the role of “System Auditor” will automatically be assigned within the organization, and it will be possible to create and read some resources in AWX. In addition, roles within the organization are assigned separately for each organization according to the operating permissions of the user.
If the “admin” user is assigned a role within the organization,the “admin” user must access the automation at least once and display the “Automation” window.
The typical roles within organizations are listed in “(Table) Main roles within organizations used in Ops I automation”.

(Table) Main roles within organizations used in Ops I automation

Role Description
Admin Has the permissions of all roles within the organization.
Only this role can link an execution instance group to a job template.
Project Admin Creation of projects and job templates
Credential Admin Creation and changing of authentication information for this organization
Job Template Admin Creation and changing of job templates for this organization
Inventory Admin Creation and changing of inventory for this organization
Execute Execution of executable resources for this organization
Execute Environment Admin Creation and changing of the execution environment for this organization

For details of the roles within organizations, see the AWX manual. For information on the AWX manuals, versions and editions, see “OSS version/edition and reference manuals” in the Appendix.

Organizations can be added and roles within organizations can be assigned in the “Organization management” window. The “Organization management” window can be opened by using a “Selection” button to click “Organization Management” in the “System management” window.

(Table) Operation buttons in the “Organization management” window

Item Description
Add Adds an organization.
Becomes inactive when the checkbox is selected.
Delete Deletes an organization.
Becomes inactive when the checkbox is not selected.

(2) Adding organizations

Organizations can be added in the “Add organization” window. The “Add organization” window can be opened by clicking the “Add” button in the “Organization management” window.

Details of the “Add organization” window are shown below. For information on the characters allowed for each item, see “Notes on characters that can be entered”.

(Table) Types of content displayed in the “Add organization” window

Item Required Description
Name Yes Organization name
Description No Free space

(Table) Types of operation buttons in the “Add organization” window

Item Description
Save Saves the entered organization information.
Becomes inactive when the required item has not been entered.
Cancel Cancels without registering the organization information.

(3) Editing organizations

The information for registered organizations can be viewed and edited from the “Organization details” window and “Edit organization” window.
Click on a link for an organization name displayed in the organization list in the “Organization management” window to display the “Organization details” window. Also, the “Edit organization” window can be opened by clicking the “Edit” button in the “Organization details” window.

Details of the “Organization details” window and “Edit organization” window are shown below.

(Table) Organization information in the “Organization details” window and “Edit organization” window

Item Required Description
Name Yes Organization name
Description No Free space

(Table) Types of operation buttons in the “Organization details” window

Item Description
Edit The "Edit organization" window appears, enabling organization information to be edited. Always active.
Delete Deletes the displayed organization. Always active.

(Table) Types of operation buttons in the “Edit organization” window

Item Description
Save Saves the edited organization information.
Becomes inactive when the required item has not been entered.
Cancel Cancels without registering the edited organization information.
Add Sets the related resources.
For details, see "Assigning roles within organizations".


(4) Assigning roles within organizations

Clicking the “Add” button on the lower right of the related resource area in the “Edit organization” window will display the “Select Users” window and “Select Organization Roles” window in turn, where the related resources can be set.
Check the appropriate boxes in the “Select Users” window for users who will receive access to the new organization, and for the role to be applied to the selected users in the “Select Organization Roles” window. Clicking the “Next” button on the “Select Users” window will take you to the “Select Organization Roles” window. Click the “OK” button on the “Select Organization Roles” window to return to the “Edit organization” window.
To delete the role within the organization that has been set for each user in the related resources, click the “⊗” icon to the right of each role name in the “Edit organization” window.