diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 2910349..05ad7b4 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,33 @@
 # Default value to limit swap file use
 vm_swappiness: 60
 
-# Default epel repo for OracleLinux 6
-epel_rhel6: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
-
-# Default epel repo for RHEL 7
-epel_rhel7: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
-
-# Default epel repo for RHEL 6
-#epel_rhel6: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
-
 qpid_client: ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/epel/7/x86_64/q/qpid-cpp-client-1.35.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
-
 qpid_server: ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/epel/7/x86_64/q/qpid-cpp-server-1.35.0-3.el7.x86_64.rpm
+
+pip_packages:
+- httplib2
+- pexpect
+- passlib
+- requests
+- kazoo
+
+yum_os_minimum_packages:
+- bind-utils
+- chkconfig
+- curl
+- tar
+- wget
+- yum-utils
+- unzip
+- rsync
+- which
+- libselinux-python
+- nss
+- openssh-clients
+- openssh-server
+- grep
+- rpm
+- rng-tools
+- sed
+- unzip
+
diff --git a/tasks/with_proxy.yml b/tasks/with_proxy.yml
index 39ae42f..00dff9f 100644
--- a/tasks/with_proxy.yml
+++ b/tasks/with_proxy.yml
@@ -1,33 +1,25 @@
 ---
-- name: Update basic yum os packages
+- name: Yum update with proxy
+  yum:
+    name: '*'
+    state: latest
+  environment:
+    http_proxy: "{{ http_proxy }}"
+    https_proxy: "{{ https_proxy }}"
+    no_proxy: "{{ no_proxy }}"
+
+- name: Update basic yum os packages with proxy
   become: yes
   yum:
     name: "{{ item }}"
     state: present
-  with_items:
-  - bind-utils
-  - chkconfig
-  - curl
-  - tar
-  - wget
-  - yum-utils
-  - unzip
-  - rsync
-  - which
-  - libselinux-python
-  - nss
-  - openssh-clients
-  - openssh-server
-  - grep
-  - rpm
-  - rng-tools
-  - sed
-  - unzip
+  with_items: "{{ yum_os_minimum_packages }}"
   environment:
     http_proxy: "{{ http_proxy }}"
     https_proxy: "{{ https_proxy }}"
+    no_proxy: "{{ no_proxy }}"
 
-- name: Download pip package manager
+- name: Download pip package manager with proxy
   become: yes
   tags: ['pip-manager']
   get_url:
@@ -37,8 +29,9 @@
   environment:
     http_proxy: "{{ http_proxy }}"
     https_proxy: "{{ https_proxy }}"
+    no_proxy: "{{ no_proxy }}"
 
-- name: Install pip package manager
+- name: Install pip package manager with proxy
   become: yes
   tags: ['pip-manager']
   shell: python /tmp/get-pip.py
@@ -46,18 +39,25 @@
   environment:
     http_proxy: "{{ http_proxy }}"
     https_proxy: "{{ https_proxy }}"
+    no_proxy: "{{ no_proxy }}"
 
-- name: Update python packages
+- name: Update pip
+  become: yes
+  pip:
+    name: pip
+    state: latest
+  environment:
+    http_proxy: "{{ http_proxy }}"
+    https_proxy: "{{ https_proxy }}"
+    no_proxy: "{{ no_proxy }}"
+
+- name: Update python packages with no proxy
   become: yes
   pip:
     name: '{{ item }}'
     state: present
-  with_items:
-  - httplib2
-  - pexpect
-  - passlib
-  - requests
-  - kazoo
+  with_items: "{{ pip_packages }}"
   environment:
     http_proxy: "{{ http_proxy }}"
     https_proxy: "{{ https_proxy }}"
+    no_proxy: "{{ no_proxy }}"