[FIXED] How to access Elastic Beanstalk env var in springboot application

Issue

We have a springboot/Tomcat server running on Elastic Beanstalk. We want to use the Env vars set in beanstalk in our springboot code. Currently we have something like

Private string getvar = System.getenv("ENV_VAR");
//and have also tried
Private string getvar = System.getProperty("ENV_VAR");

Locally this works just fine. When it's on aws, it can't find the variables. We have them set in our EB Instance -> Configuration -> Software -> Environment Variables:

Key = ENV_VAR     
Value = valueWeExpect

and I confirmed they are set via cloudShell.

Does anyone know if we are missing a dependency or referencing the variables incorrectly? Is there anything we have to add?

Solution

I get my via

@Autowired
private Environment _env;

_env.getProperty("ENV_VAR")

Environment is org.springframework.core.env.Environment

Answered By - denov

Answer Checked By - Clifford M. (PHPFixing Volunteer)