# Setting Host specific environment variables for a container

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/setting-host-specific-environment-variables-for-a-container/9098>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 5, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/setting-host-specific-environment-variables-for-a-container/9098 "2018-02-05T21:30:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Todd\_Spurlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Todd\_Spurlock](https://forums.suse.com/u/Todd_Spurlock)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/setting-host-specific-environment-variables-for-a-container/9098/1 "2018-02-05T21:30:06Z")

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I am using rancher 1.6 and I need to have the host provide certain environment variables to any containers running on it.

How is this done? Documentation seems a bit sparse in this area.