# How to globally configure the ansible provisioner?

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/how-to-globally-configure-the-ansible-provisioner/29708>\
**Category:** Packer\
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/how-to-globally-configure-the-ansible-provisioner/29708 "2021-09-20T22:13:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/how-to-globally-configure-the-ansible-provisioner/29708/1 "2021-09-20T22:13:29Z")

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I want to set this ansible config option globally:  
`scp_if_ssh=True`

I know that I can set it every place I call an ansible provisioner with something like:  
`"ansible_env_vars": ["scp_if_ssh=True"],`

…but then my build files will be littered with that configuration. How can I set that config globally? I tried putting it in the global ansible config file: `~/.ansible.cfg` - but that doesn’t appear to have any effect.