Node Server on Ubuntu can't access environment variables as sudo

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I'm running a Node/Express web server on an AWS EC2 box with Ubuntu server 12.04, and I set 4 environment variables in the .bashrc file to access my database. If I run the server as a normal user, it works fine. However, if I run node as sudo, the environment variables are undefined.

Any idea why it's not working?

possible duplicate of [How to keep Environment Variables when Using SUDO](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8633461/how-to-keep-environment-variables-when-using-sudo) — Uri Agassi, Mar 27 '14 at 14:38

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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Environment variables are not passed to sudo: How to keep Environment Variables when Using SUDO

the trick is to add enviroment variables to sudoers config:
sudo visudo
add these lines
Defaults env_keep +="http_proxy"
Defaults env_keep +="https_proxy"
form ArchLinux wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sudo#Environment_variables_.28Outdated.3F.29

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Mar 27 '14 at 14:38

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Thanks, I wasn't using the right language to search successfully. – EmptyArsenal Mar 27 '14 at 17:13

Node Server on Ubuntu can't access environment variables as sudo

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