# Setting Environmental Variables

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-environmental-variables/117701>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 19, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-environmental-variables/117701 "2007-10-19T15:28:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ace](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@ace](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ace)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-environmental-variables/117701/1 "2007-10-19T15:28:41Z")

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Dear All,

I want to use ENV[‘MY\_ENV\_VARIABLE’] in my ruby scripts. In a rails  
app where/how should I specify a value to this?

is it okay to put that in application.rb (in app/controller folder)

thanks and regards,

J

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**Author:** ![ace](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@ace](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ace)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-environmental-variables/117701/2 "2007-10-19T17:57:59Z")

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ace wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I want to use ENV[‘MY\_ENV\_VARIABLE’] in my ruby scripts. In a rails  
> app where/how should I specify a value to this?
> 
> is it okay to put that in application.rb (in app/controller folder)
> 
> thanks and regards,
> 
> J

put the environment variable in environment.rb