# Setting SSI variables from configuration

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-ssi-variables-from-configuration/222586>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [September 3, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-ssi-variables-from-configuration/222586 "2012-09-03T08:33:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 8:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-ssi-variables-from-configuration/222586/1 "2012-09-03T08:33:34Z")

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Hi,

I have an SSI page with the following in it:

  

I would like to set CRAN\_HOST to a given value, but I couldn’t find any  
ways of doing this with nginx.  
Any ideas?

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Attila\_Nagy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@Attila\_Nagy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Attila_Nagy)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 1:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/setting-ssi-variables-from-configuration/222586/2 "2012-09-03T13:04:15Z")

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On 09/03/12 08:33, Attila Nagy wrote:

> I have an SSI page with the following in it:
> 
>   
> 
> I would like to set CRAN\_HOST to a given value, but I couldn’t find  
> any ways of doing this with nginx.  
> Any ideas?  
> Just for the archive:  
> set $CRAN\_HOST ‘text’;  
> works.  
> (10x Leki 🙂