Execute eval from shell module to set up environment variables

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Is it possible to execute eval command from a shell module to set up environment variables ?

This is a snippet from a playbook which tries to set up environment variables by executing eval command

`
eval $(docker-machine env DEV-MACHINE)

`

This is the result of the eval command

`

export DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY=“1”
export DOCKER_HOST=“tcp://192.168.99.100:2376”
export DOCKER_CERT_PATH=“/home/user/.docker/machine/machines/DEV-MACHINE”
export DOCKER_MACHINE_NAME=“DEV-MACHINE”

`

When this is executed from an ansible playbook environment variables are not set

Best Regards to the team !

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You need to put those export commands in the shell initialization files. Running export will set it just for the current session, which will close when the playbook ends.

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You need to put those export commands in the shell initialization files. Running export will set it just for the current session, which will close when the playbook ends.

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Adrian could you be more specific what do we call shell initialization files.