# /etc/ood/config/apps/shell/env missing?
**URL:** https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/etc-ood-config-apps-shell-env-missing/2379
**Category:** Get Help
**Created:** [November 18, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/etc-ood-config-apps-shell-env-missing/2379 "2022-11-18T13:30:26Z")
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### Author:  [@Nico](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/Nico)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/etc-ood-config-apps-shell-env-missing/2379/1 "2022-11-18T13:30:26Z")
Hey hey I’m back with another question.
After “mostly” getting everything to run just fine I wanted to open a terminal window but got the websocket connection error. (First to try it just for localhost (I know its not a good idea but its a test VM) and after that for ssh-terminal connection to our cluster)
After looking through the doc and some of the forum posts I learned that you’re supposed to set the env variable in
> /etc/ood/config/apps/shell/env
But apparently it (My search stops at `/etc/ood/config`) is not there. Am I supposed to create it myself? Because the way it sounded in the doc and the forum it should be there already?
Thanks again for the help!
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### Author:  [@jeff.ohrstrom](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/jeff.ohrstrom)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/etc-ood-config-apps-shell-env-missing/2379/2 "2022-11-18T15:33:50Z")
> [@Nico](#):
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> But apparently it (My search stops at `/etc/ood/config`) is not there. Am I supposed to create it myself?
Yea you should create it yourself (or use some automation like our puppet module or ansible role).
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.openondemand.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2023, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.openondemand.org/t/etc-ood-config-apps-shell-env-missing/2379/4 "2023-05-19T21:00:41Z")
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