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+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ansible, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+import os
+import logging
+from awx import __version__ as tower_version
+
+# Prepare the AWX environment.
+from awx import prepare_env, MODE
+prepare_env()
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application  # NOQA
+
+"""
+ASGI config for AWX project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``channel_layer``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://channels.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deploying.html
+"""
+
+if MODE == 'production':
+    logger = logging.getLogger('awx.main.models.jobs')
+    try:
+        fd = open("/var/lib/awx/.tower_version", "r")
+        if fd.read().strip() != tower_version:
+            raise Exception()
+    except Exception:
+        logger.error("Missing or incorrect metadata for Tower version.  Ensure Tower was installed using the setup playbook.")
+        raise Exception("Missing or incorrect metadata for Tower version.  Ensure Tower was installed using the setup playbook.")
+
+from channels.asgi import get_channel_layer
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "awx.settings")
+
+
+channel_layer = get_channel_layer()