Missing /var/lib/awx/venv directory causes build failure in Dockerfile.dev

[maryam4s26]

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Bug Summary

When building AWX using make docker-compose-build with the provided Dockerfile.dev, the build fails because the directory /var/lib/awx/venv does not exist before attempting to create the Python virtual environment.

Error log:

mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/var/lib/awx/venv’: No such file or directory
pip install failed
make: *** [requirements_awx] Error 1

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Installation method

docker development environment

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Steps to reproduce

1. Clone the AWX repository
2. Run make docker-compose-build
3. Build fails with the error above

Expected results

The Docker build should complete successfully without errors, and the Python virtual environment should be created at /var/lib/awx/venv.

Actual results

The Docker build fails with:
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/var/lib/awx/venv’: No such file or directory
pip install failed
make: *** [requirements_awx] Error 1

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[maryam4s26]

We fixed the Docker build issue by ensuring the /var/lib/awx/venv directory exists before creating the virtual environment.
In tools/ansible/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2, we added:

RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/awx/venv
just before:
RUN cd /tmp && make requirements_awx
This prevents the No such file or directory error during the make requirements_awx step.

[thedoubl3j]

hey @maryam4s26 I was unable to reproduce this locally with the latest devel pull. Looking at your error, I am seeing a pip issue in those logs that you shared. The step it failed on was making our requirements. Can you try running make awx_requirements to see if you are able to resolve the pip issue?