{"id":6442,"date":"2019-09-10T12:38:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T12:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2021-11-16T10:16:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T10:16:50","slug":"how-to-pass-http-proxy-to-ansible-using-environment-variables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/how-to-pass-http-proxy-to-ansible-using-environment-variables\/","title":{"rendered":"How to pass http proxy to ansible using environment variables?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is quite possible that you may need to get package updates through a proxy, or even get some package updates through a proxy and access other packages not through a proxy. Or maybe a script you might wish to call may also need certain environment variables set to run properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ansible makes it easy for you to configure the remote execution environment by using the \u2018environment\u2019 keyword. Here is an example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">- hosts: all\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">remote_user<\/span>: root\n\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">tasks<\/span>:\n\n    - name: Install cobbler\n      <span class=\"hljs-attr\">package<\/span>:\n        name: cobbler\n        <span class=\"hljs-attr\">state<\/span>: present\n      <span class=\"hljs-attr\">environment<\/span>:\n        http_proxy: http:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/proxy.example.com:8080<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>The environment can also be stored in a variable, and accessed like so:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">- hosts: all\n  remote_user: root\n\n  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># here we make a variable named \"proxy_env\" that is a dictionary<\/span>\n  vars:\n    proxy_env:\n      http_proxy: http:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/proxy.example.com:8080<\/span>\n\n  tasks:\n\n    - name: Install cobbler\n      package:\n        name: cobbler\n        state: present\n      environment: <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"{{proxy_env}}\"<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>You can also use it at a play level:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">- hosts: testhost\n\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">roles<\/span>:\n     - php\n     - nginx\n\n  <span class=\"hljs-attr\">environment<\/span>:\n    http_proxy: http:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/proxy.example.com:8080<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>While just proxy settings were shown above, any number of settings can be supplied. The most logical place to define an environment hash might be a group_vars file, like so:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">---\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># file: group_vars\/boston<\/span>\n\nntp_server: ntp.bos.example.com\nbackup: bak.bos.example.com\nproxy_env:\n  http_proxy: http:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/proxy.bos.example.com:8080<\/span>\n  https_proxy: http:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/proxy.bos.example.com:8080<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>How to pass http_proxy to Ansible Adhoc Command?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"JavaScript\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"javascript\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-javascript\">\nansible localhost -m yum -a <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"state=present name=httpd\"<\/span> -e http_proxy: http:<span class=\"hljs-comment\">\/\/proxy.bos.example.com:8080 -e https_proxy: https:\/\/proxy.bos.example.com:8080<\/span>\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">JavaScript<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">javascript<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><strong>How to pass http proxy in ansible in inventory as a BEHAVIOURAL Parameter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>[atlanta]<\/strong>\nhost1\nhost2\n\n<strong>[atlanta:vars]<\/strong>\nntp_server<strong>=<\/strong>ntp.atlanta.example.com\nproxy<strong>=<\/strong>proxy.atlanta.example.com<\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"epyt-gallery\" data-currpage=\"1\" id=\"epyt_gallery_78537\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_82364\"  width=\"760\" height=\"427\"  data-origwidth=\"760\" data-origheight=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  data-epytgalleryid=\"epyt_gallery_78537\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"epyt-gallery-list\"><div>Sorry, there was a YouTube error.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is quite possible that you may need to get package updates through a proxy, or even get some package updates through a proxy and access other packages not through a proxy. 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