map in a global collections path

awx/settings/defaults.py

@@ -1187,6 +1187,9 @@ AWX_REQUEST_PROFILE = False
 # Delete temporary directories created to store playbook run-time
 AWX_CLEANUP_PATHS = True
 
+# Expose collections to Ansible playbooks
+AWX_ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS = ['/var/lib/awx/collections']
+
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'awx.main.middleware.TimingMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',

awx/settings/local_settings.py.docker_compose

@@ -276,3 +276,5 @@ TEST_OPENSTACK_PROJECT = ''
 # Azure credentials.
 TEST_AZURE_USERNAME = ''
 TEST_AZURE_KEY_DATA = ''
+
+AWX_ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS = ['/tmp/collections']