Ansible environment variable not visible from host

Question

When I set an env variable from an ansible playbook like this:

- name: Setting variable
  shell: echo $URL
  environment:
    URL: "{{ URL }}"

I would like this variable to be seen from the localhost but it's not the case:

echo $URL

gives nothing.

How can I make URL visible to the host OS ?

EDIT:

I used register but it's not working as I expected
I don't only want to verify if the variable is set, I want to use this environment variable from any other application in my host.

did you use `register` to check if `echo $URL` worked as expected or not? — ilias-sp, Jun 27 '18 at 12:24
Yes I used ``` register: API_PUBLIC_URL ``` but it's not working as expected — 4m1nh4j1, Jun 27 '18 at 12:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '18 at 13:25

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Crude workaround -

- name: Setting variable
  shell: |
    export URL={{ URL }}
    echo $URL

Yeah, I don't like it either, but if you're using shell, it should get you moving.

answered Jun 27 '18 at 13:25

Paul Hodges

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