diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 93f5eeb..e5f6644 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
----
 kind: pipeline
 type: docker
 name: CentOS_9-Ansible-Pipeline
 
+global-variables:
+  ansible_image     : &ansible_image     "gitea.thezengarden.net/podman/ansible-dev/centos9:release"
+  ansible_inventory : &ansible_inventory "-i 127.0.0.1, --connection=local"
+  ansible_playbook  : &ansible_playbook  "baseos.yml"
+
 
 environment:
   ANSIBLE_IMAGE     : "gitea.thezengarden.net/podman/ansible-dev/centos9:release"
@@ -26,7 +30,7 @@ steps:
 
 
   - name: "another_ansible_environment_verify"
-    image: "${ANSIBLE_IMAGE}"
+    image: *ansible_image
     commands:
       - echo $ANSIBLE_IMAGE
       - echo $ANSIBLE_INVENTORY