diff --git a/environment b/environment
index 106c4d6..1f443ea 100644
--- a/environment
+++ b/environment
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
+# configure directory for pass
 PASSWORD_STORE_DIR=`pwd`/password-store; export PASSWORD_STORE_DIR
+
+# configure http(s) proxy (create a dynamic socks proxy via ssh on port 8888)
+http_proxy=socks5://127.0.0.1:8888
+export HTTP_PROXY=$http_proxy
+export HTTPS_PROXY=$http_proxy
+cat << EOF
+configured HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY to use a local socks proxy on port 8888
+start with: ssh -D 8888 gw-core01
+EOF
+
+# enter python virtualenv
+. ansible-environment/bin/activate