# IP Address as a variable

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ip-address-as-a-variable/53225>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [4 November 2021 18:11 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ip-address-as-a-variable/53225 "2021-11-04T18:11:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [8 November 2021 14:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ip-address-as-a-variable/53225/3 "2021-11-08T14:09:24Z")

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For this to work you will need to set the system environment variable and then restart node red.

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