# Configuring Environment Variables in Ansible

DevFeed: [Configuring Environment Variables in Ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/configuring-environment-variables-in-ansible-4531.md>)

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Author: Burak Gökmen

Published: 2025-09-20T03:03:21Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Baeldung - Ops](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/baeldung-ops.md>)

Topics: [Ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ansible.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debug.md>)

Tags: [ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ansible.md>), [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debug.md>), [deployment-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment-tools.md>), [deployment-tools-ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment-tools-ansible.md>), [examples](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/examples.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [learn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learn.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to configure temporary and permanent environment variables in Ansible. It demonstrates play-level and task-level variables, showing that a task-level value overrides a play-level value with the same name, and uses the debug module to display captured command output.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to set both temporary and permanent environment variables using Ansible. Related Stories Run Docker Commands With Ansible Introduction to GoCD Using a Package Manager in GitHub Actions