MOLECULE_EPHEMERAL_DIRECTORY is a route inside /tmp directory

[morenod]

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I cannot create relative routes for MOLECULE_EPHEMERAL_DIRECTORY because its is forced to be inside /tmp dir

[wilmardo]

You can set the value of MOLECULE_EPHEMERAL_DIRECTORY by specifying ephemeral_directory under scenario in the molecule.yml file. (I use this to move persistence out of my Docker container)
Like this:

scenario:
  name: default
  ephemeral_directory: /win-test-role/molecule/default/.molecule

This changes the environment variable MOLECULE_EPHEMERAL_DIRECTORY to /win-test-role/molecule/default/.molecule but for the default scenario only.

Does this help you along? If not please give some more information, describe what you want to accomplish with creating relative routes.

[retr0h]

I cannot create relative routes for MOLECULE_EPHEMERAL_DIRECTORY because its is forced to be inside /tmp dir

Doesn't really describe the problem too well. Either way, you can do what @wilmardo suggested. Other than that, you're right you can't change it.