# \[20180524143822\] Shared Environment and Local Rack Fixes

**URL:** <https://community.convox.com/t/20180524143822-shared-environment-and-local-rack-fixes/166>\
**Category:** Releases\
**Created:** [May 24, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/20180524143822-shared-environment-and-local-rack-fixes/166 "2018-05-24T14:38:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![ddollar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/ddollar/32/3_2.png) [@ddollar](https://community.convox.com/u/ddollar)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/20180524143822-shared-environment-and-local-rack-fixes/166/1 "2018-05-24T14:38:04Z")

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You can now specify a global `environment:` section which will apply to all services:

```auto
environment:
  - REQUIRED
  - DEFAULT=value
services:
  web:
    environment:
      - REQUIRED=override
      - DEFAULT=override

```

- [#2688](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2688) pass through proper host header [[@ddollar](https://github.com/ddollar)]
- [#2689](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2689) fix linux install paths [[@ddollar](https://github.com/ddollar)]
- [#2690](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2690) use router dns in local rack containers [[@ddollar](https://github.com/ddollar)]
- [#2691](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2691) add shared environment section to manifest [[@ddollar](https://github.com/ddollar)]
- [#2693](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2693) better handling of the case of no local racks installed [[@ddollar](https://github.com/ddollar)]