diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 73f451c..c6120dd 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for apigee-opdk-setup-os-common-extra
 os_packages:
+- https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
 - lsof
 - nc
 - dos2unix
 - tcpdump
 - telnet
 - vim
-- tree
\ No newline at end of file
+- tree
diff --git a/tasks/with_proxy.yml b/tasks/with_proxy.yml
index a2635ae..8056ccc 100644
--- a/tasks/with_proxy.yml
+++ b/tasks/with_proxy.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     environment:
       http_proxy: "{{ http_proxy }}"
       https_proxy: "{{ https_proxy }}"
+      no_proxy: "{{ no_proxy }}"
 
   rescue:
 
@@ -45,3 +46,4 @@
       environment:
         http_proxy: "{{ http_proxy }}"
         https_proxy: "{{ https_proxy }}"
+        no_proxy: "{{ no_proxy }}"