# RASA\_HOME env variable **URL:** \ **Category:** \[Deprecated\] Rasa X Community Edition\ **Created:** [July 24, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/rasa-home-env-variable/13477 "2019-07-24T16:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stephens](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/stephens/32/1632_2.png) [@stephens](https://forum.rasa.com/u/stephens)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/rasa-home-env-variable/13477/1 "2019-07-24T16:34:00Z")
I’ve installed version 0.19.5 on a couple of systems using the [server deploy](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa-x/deploy/) instructions and the installation is not picking up my RASA\_HOME setting as the install dir. The release notes for [0.19.3](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa-x/rasa-x-changelog/#id4) state that this should work. Has anyone else found RASA\_HOME to work with the server deployment method? ---
**Author:** ![ricwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@ricwo](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ricwo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/rasa-home-env-variable/13477/2 "2019-07-30T18:32:44Z")
Hi @stephens, how are you setting the `RASA_HOME` variable before installing? Would you mind trying this again with `0.20` which was released a few days ago? ---
**Author:** ![stephens](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/stephens/32/1632_2.png) [@stephens](https://forum.rasa.com/u/stephens)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/rasa-home-env-variable/13477/3 "2019-07-31T02:00:17Z")
I’m running under the bash shell on Ubuntu 16.04. ```auto export RASA_HOME=/home/rasa curl -sSL -o install.sh https://storage.googleapis.com/rasa-x-releases/stable/install.sh sudo bash ./install.sh ``` I’ll give the new release a try. ---
**Author:** ![ricwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@ricwo](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ricwo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/rasa-home-env-variable/13477/4 "2019-07-31T15:23:13Z")
@stephens since you’re running as `sudo` the existing env var won’t be propagated into the command. You need to run `sudo` with the `-E` flag, i.e. ```bash export RASA_HOME=/home/rasa curl -sSL -o install.sh https://storage.googleapis.com/rasa-x-releases/stable/install.sh sudo -E bash ./install.sh ``` ---
**Author:** ![ZyrianovS](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/zyrianovs/32/6617_2.png) [@ZyrianovS](https://forum.rasa.com/u/ZyrianovS)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/rasa-home-env-variable/13477/5 "2020-01-19T23:48:05Z")
@ricwo thanks for the solution. Just a quick note that in the current tutorial [Docker-Compose Quick Install](https://rasa.com/docs/rasa-x/installation-and-setup/docker-compose-script/) there is a small confusion in the command (it’s `sudo bash -E ./install.sh` instead of `sudo -E bash ./install.sh`). It might seem quite trivial but someone could spend a lot of time figuring out why the first command does not work and where that rasa x installation folder actually is. ---
**Author:** ![stephens](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/stephens/32/1632_2.png) [@stephens](https://forum.rasa.com/u/stephens)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/rasa-home-env-variable/13477/6 "2020-01-20T17:30:22Z")
Thanks for reporting this. A [PR](https://github.com/RasaHQ/rasa-x/pull/1841) has been submitted. ---
**Author:** ![Rishabhh17](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.rasa.com/rishabhh17/32/16105_2.png) [@Rishabhh17](https://forum.rasa.com/u/Rishabhh17)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2021, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/rasa-home-env-variable/13477/7 "2021-07-29T08:28:50Z")
I am already running a bot ,but i want to deploy another bot using same instance is it possible? First bot was in root, now i want to change the folder and tried this and nothing happened. ```auto azureuser@instance-3:~$ export RASA_HOME=/home/rasa/dir azureuser@instance-3:~$ sudo -E bash ./install.sh # -E will preserve the environment variable you set Installing pip and ansible Hit:1 https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal InRelease Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease Hit:3 http://us-west4.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease Hit:4 http://us-west4.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease Hit:5 http://us-west4.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease Reading package lists... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done python3 is already the newest version (3.8.2-0ubuntu2). The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libnuma1 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done python3-distutils is already the newest version (3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04). The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libnuma1 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done wget is already the newest version (1.20.3-1ubuntu1). The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libnuma1 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded. % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 1892k 100 1892k 0 0 6525k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 6525k Collecting pip Using cached pip-21.2.1-py3-none-any.whl (1.6 MB) Installing collected packages: pip Attempting uninstall: pip Found existing installation: pip 21.2.1 Uninstalling pip-21.2.1: Successfully uninstalled pip-21.2.1 Successfully installed pip-21.2.1 WARNING: Running pip as the 'root' user can result in broken permissions and conflicting behaviour with the system package manager. It is recommended to use a virtual environment instead: https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/venv WARNING: Value for scheme.platlib does not match. Please report this to distutils: /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages sysconfig: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages WARNING: Value for scheme.purelib does not match. Please report this to distutils: /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages sysconfig: /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages WARNING: Value for scheme.headers does not match. Please report this to distutils: /usr/local/include/python3.8/UNKNOWN sysconfig: /usr/include/python3.8/UNKNOWN WARNING: Value for scheme.scripts does not match. Please report this to distutils: /usr/local/bin sysconfig: /usr/bin WARNING: Value for scheme.data does not match. Please report this to distutils: /usr/local sysconfig: /usr WARNING: Additional context: user = False home = None root = None prefix = None Requirement already satisfied: ansible<2.10,>-2.9 in /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages (2.8.20) Requirement already satisfied: jinja2 in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (from ansible<2.10,>-2.9) (2.10.1) Requirement already satisfied: cryptography in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (from ansible<2.10,>-2.9) (2.8) Requirement already satisfied: PyYAML in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (from ansible<2.10,>-2.9) (5.3.1) WARNING: Running pip as the 'root' user can result in broken permissions and conflicting behaviour with the system package manager. It is recommended to use a virtual environment instead: https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/venv Installing docker role [WARNING]: - geerlingguy.docker (4.0.0) is already installed - use --force to change version to unspecified Docker role for ansible has been installed Downloading Rasa X playbook Running playbook PLAY [Install Rasa X] ************************************************************************************************************************************************** TASK [Gathering Facts] ************************************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : include_tasks] ****************************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : include_tasks] ****************************************************************************************************************************** included: /root/.ansible/roles/geerlingguy.docker/tasks/setup-Debian.yml for localhost TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Ensure old versions of Docker are not installed.] ******************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Ensure dependencies are installed.] ********************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Ensure additional dependencies are installed (on Ubuntu < 20.04 and any other systems).] **************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Ensure additional dependencies are installed (on Ubuntu >= 20.04).] ************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Add Docker apt key.] ************************************************************************************************************************ ok: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Ensure curl is present (on older systems without SNI).] ************************************************************************************* skipping: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Add Docker apt key (alternative for older systems without SNI).] **************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Add Docker repository.] ********************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Install Docker.] **************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Ensure /etc/docker/ directory exists.] ****************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Configure Docker daemon options.] *********************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Ensure Docker is started and enabled at boot.] ********************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] [WARNING]: flush_handlers task does not support when conditional TASK [geerlingguy.docker : include_tasks] ****************************************************************************************************************************** included: /root/.ansible/roles/geerlingguy.docker/tasks/docker-compose.yml for localhost TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Check current docker-compose version.] ****************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Delete existing docker-compose version if it's different.] ********************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : Install Docker Compose (if configured).] **************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [geerlingguy.docker : include_tasks] ****************************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of Rasa Enterprise license file] ************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Check if a license exists] *************************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] => { "msg": "There is no Rasa Enterprise license file. We will install Rasa X (Community Edition)." } TASK [Load configuration file of the customer (includes e.g. the license)] ********************************************************************************************* skipping: [localhost] TASK [Telemetry status] ************************************************************************************************************************************************ ok: [localhost] => { "msg": "Telemetry, RASA_TELEMETRY_ENABLED=true" } TASK [Create Rasa X root directory] ************************************************************************************************************************************ ok: [localhost] TASK [Create Rasa X log directory] ************************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [Create Rasa X scripts directory] ********************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [Create the directory for the database persistence] *************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create the directory to store the models] ************************************************************************************************************************ ok: [localhost] TASK [Create the directory to store the rasa global configuration] ***************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create the directory for the authentication] ********************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [Create the directory for the credentials] ************************************************************************************************************************ ok: [localhost] TASK [Create the directory to store the certificate files] ************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [Create the directory for the nginx config files] ***************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Download rasax.nginx.template] *********************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Download nginx.conf] ********************************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [Download nginx ssl.conf] ***************************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [stat user credentials] ******************************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [backwards compatible credentials] ******************************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of Rasa X credentials folder] ***************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Status of Rasa X env file] *************************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Ensure we do not overwrite the env if we do not have the credentials] ******************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] => { "changed": false, "msg": "All assertions passed" } TASK [Create the environment for the docker compose runner] ************************************************************************************************************ skipping: [localhost] TASK [Update Rasa X version in `.env` file if `.env` file already existed] ********************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [Check if Rasa Open Source telemetry has been configured via `.env`] ********************************************************************************************** changed: [localhost] TASK [Create Rasa Open Source telemetry config if it wasn't present (Enterprise only)] ********************************************************************************* skipping: [localhost] TASK [Update Rasa version in `.env` file if `.env` file already existed] *********************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Update RASA X demo version in `.env` file if `.env` file already existed] **************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Read the the content of the .env file] *************************************************************************************************************************** changed: [localhost] TASK [Status of deployment environments file] ************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create deployment environments file if not present] ************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of Redis credentials file] ******************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create Redis credentials if not present] ************************************************************************************************************************* skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of RabbitMQ credentials file] ***************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create RabbitMQ credentials if not present] ********************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of RASA_X_TOKEN credentials file] ************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [Create RASA_X_TOKEN credentials if not present] ****************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of JWT_SECRET credentials file] *************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create JWT_SECRET credentials if not present] ******************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of RASA_TOKEN credentials file] *************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create RASA_TOKEN if not present] ******************************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of db password credentials file] ************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create DB_PASSWORD if not present] ******************************************************************************************************************************* skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of channel credentials file] ****************************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create the environment for the docker compose runner] ************************************************************************************************************ skipping: [localhost] TASK [Status of the Rasa endpoint configuration file] ****************************************************************************************************************** ok: [localhost] TASK [Create the endpoints configuration file for Rasa] **************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [Retrieve docker compose to run Rasa Enterprise] ****************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] TASK [Retrieve docker compose to run Rasa X (Community Edition)] ******************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [Retrieve the Rasa X commands file] ******************************************************************************************************************************* ok: [localhost] TASK [Dump gcr license to separate file] ******************************************************************************************************************************* skipping: [localhost] TASK [Log in to google cloud registry (gcr)] *************************************************************************************************************************** skipping: [localhost] PLAY RECAP ************************************************************************************************************************************************************* localhost : ok=47 changed=2 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=25 rescued=0 ignored=0 azureuser@instance-3:~$ cd /home/rasa -bash: cd: /home/rasa: No such file or directory azureuser@instance-3:~$ cd ${RASA_HOME} -bash: cd: /home/rasa/dir: No such file or directory azureuser@instance-3:~$ cd RASA_HOME -bash: cd: RASA_HOME: No such file or directory azureuser@instance-3:~$ cd /home/rasa/dir -bash: cd: /home/rasa/dir: No such file or directory azureuser@instance-3:~$ ```