# How set 2 environment (PATH and proxy\_env ) in ansible-playbook? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Developer\ **Tags:** kubernetes\ **Created:** [November 4, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-set-2-environment-path-and-proxy-env-in-ansible-playbook/28938 "2018-11-04T13:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![user91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a8b319/32.png) [@user91](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user91)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/how-set-2-environment-path-and-proxy-env-in-ansible-playbook/28938/1 "2018-11-04T13:18:17Z")
Hello! Trying to install run ansible-playbook (kubespray) through a proxy. Here specify the proxy server: [https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kubespray/blob/master/inventory/sample/group\_vars/all/all.yml#L52](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kubespray/blob/master/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/all.yml#L52) Added to the longing Install packages requirements for bootstrap `environment: "{{proxy_env}}"` [https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kubespray/blob/master/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-centos.yml#L24](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kubespray/blob/master/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-centos.yml#L24) Throws an error ` Trying other mirror. ` If a yaml file to do this task ` - name: echo Variables shell: “echo $http\_proxy $https\_proxy” register: shell\_echo\_proxy environment: “{{proxy\_env}}” - debug: var: shell\_echo\_proxy.stdout ` The will here is such a mistake: ` The field ‘environment’ has an invalid value, which includes an undefined variable. The error was: ‘ansible.vars.hostvars.HostVarsVars object’ has no attribute ‘ansible\_default\_ipv4’ The error appears to have been in ‘/home/user/kubespray/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-centos.yml’: line 17, column 3, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: - name: echo Variables ^ here ` Try other code ` - name: echo Variables shell: “echo $http\_proxy $https\_proxy” register: shell\_echo\_proxy environment: - PATH: “/sbin:/usr/sbin:{{ ansible\_env.PATH }}” “{{proxy\_env}}” - debug: var: shell\_echo\_proxy.stdout TASK [bootstrap-os : include\_tasks] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Sunday 04 November 2018 19:11:37 +0600 (0:00:00.185) 0:00:08.531 \*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [kuber1]: FAILED! =\> {“reason”: “Syntax Error while loading YAML.\n expected , but found ‘?’\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘/home/user/kubespray/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-centos.yml’: line 22, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n - PATH: "/sbin:/usr/sbin:{{ ansible\_env.PATH }}"\n proxy\_env: "{{proxy\_env}}"\n ^ here\nWe could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with\nmissing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they\nstart a value. For instance:\n\n with\_items:\n - {{ foo }}\n\nShould be written as:\n\n with\_items:\n - "{{ foo }}"\n”} ` Try other code ` - name: echo Variables shell: “echo $http\_proxy $https\_proxy” register: shell\_echo\_proxy environment: - PATH: “/sbin:/usr/sbin:{{ ansible\_env.PATH }}” - proxy\_env: “{{proxy\_env}}” - debug: var: shell\_echo\_proxy.stdout TASK [bootstrap-os : debug] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Sunday 04 November 2018 19:09:05 +0600 (0:00:02.309) 0:00:15.026 \*\*\*\*\*\*\* ok: [kuber3] =\> { “shell\_echo\_proxy.stdout”: “” } ok: [kuber1] =\> { “shell\_echo\_proxy.stdout”: “” } ok: [kuber2] =\> { “shell\_echo\_proxy.stdout”: “” } ` Try other code ` - name: echo Variables shell: “echo $http\_proxy $https\_proxy” register: shell\_echo\_proxy environment: {PATH: “{{ ansible\_env.PATH }}:{{ bin\_dir }}”,“{{proxy\_env}}”} - debug: var: shell\_echo\_proxy.stdout TASK [bootstrap-os : echo Variables] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Sunday 04 November 2018 19:13:39 +0600 (0:00:01.830) 0:00:12.664 \*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [kuber1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “Shared connection to 172.16.149.93 closed.\r\n”, “module\_stdout”: “/bin/sh: {{proxy\_env}}=None: command not found\r\n”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE”, “rc”: 127} ` Try other code ` - name: echo Variables shell: “echo $http\_proxy $https\_proxy” register: shell\_echo\_proxy vars: “{{proxy\_env}}” environment: - PATH: “/sbin:/usr/sbin:{{ ansible\_env.PATH }}” - debug: var: shell\_echo\_proxy.stdout TASK [bootstrap-os : include\_tasks] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Sunday 04 November 2018 19:16:49 +0600 (0:00:00.192) 0:00:08.732 \*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [kuber1]: FAILED! =\> {“reason”: “Vars in a Task must be specified as a dictionary, or a list of dictionaries\n\nThe error appears to have been in ‘/home/user/kubespray/roles/bootstrap-os/tasks/bootstrap-centos.yml’: line 21, column 5, but may\nbe elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem.\n\nThe offending line appears to be:\n\n vars:\n "{{proxy\_env}}"\n ^ here\nWe could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with\nmissing quotes. Always quote template expression brackets when they\nstart a value. For instance:\n\n with\_items:\n - {{ foo }}\n\nShould be written as:\n\n with\_items:\n - "{{ foo }}"\n”} fatal: [kuber2]: FAILED! =\> {“reason”: "Vars in a Task must be specified as a dictionary, or a li `