# Possibility of "global" volumes?

**URL:** <https://drone.discourse.group/t/possibility-of-global-volumes/5325>\
**Category:** Drone Support\
**Created:** [March 16, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/possibility-of-global-volumes/5325 "2018-03-16T13:58:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![frebib](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/frebib/32/2454_2.png) [@frebib](https://drone.discourse.group/u/frebib)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/possibility-of-global-volumes/5325/1 "2018-03-16T13:58:49Z")

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I’ve scoured the documentation, github issues and the discourse so forgive me if this has been requested before. Afaik, this isn’t an enterprise feature but correct me if I’m wrong.

It would be useful to be able to define a host-volume per `.drone.yml` instead of for each stage, roughly as follows:

```auto
workspace:
  volumes:
    - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

pipeline:
  build:
    image: docker
    commands:
      - docker build -t <tag> .

  test:
    image: docker
    commands:
      - docker run ..

```

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**Author:** ![bradrydzewski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/bradrydzewski/32/3513_2.png) [@bradrydzewski](https://drone.discourse.group/u/bradrydzewski)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/possibility-of-global-volumes/5325/2 "2018-03-16T15:22:10Z")

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There is a DRONE\_VOLUME variable that you can pass to your server, for example:

```auto
DRONE_VOLUME=/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

```

The above volume would then be applied to every pipeline

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**Author:** ![frebib](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/frebib/32/2454_2.png) [@frebib](https://drone.discourse.group/u/frebib)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/possibility-of-global-volumes/5325/3 "2018-03-26T15:23:12Z")

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Does this apply to _every_ container or only those running in privileged mode?

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**Author:** ![bradrydzewski](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/bradrydzewski/32/3513_2.png) [@bradrydzewski](https://drone.discourse.group/u/bradrydzewski)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/possibility-of-global-volumes/5325/4 "2018-03-26T15:24:20Z")

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It applies to every container.

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**Author:** ![frebib](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/frebib/32/2454_2.png) [@frebib](https://drone.discourse.group/u/frebib)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/possibility-of-global-volumes/5325/5 "2018-03-26T15:24:32Z")

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Good to know, thanks