Using envionment variables for database connection string

Question

Hi All,

I have currently java application which has the database.properties file for storing the connection string, user & password.

Instead of storing these details in the bitbucket repository i would like to use the environment variables.

How would i do this using the Bitbucket pipeline or Bamboo ?

regards,

Sushil

Sushil Nembhani · Answer

Thanks Daniel. I will check in bamboo as per the steps provided by you.

Daniel Santos_157bm4 · Answer

Hi @Sushil Nembhani

If you are running Pipelines builds you need to use Bitbucket variables, if you are using Bamboo builds you need to use Bamboo variables. You need to have the variables set in the same build environment running. You cannot use Bamboo variables in Bitbucket Pipelines or vice-versa.

Regarding the way to read the variables, as I shared before, that is a matter of JAVA or .net technology that is not related to Bamboo or Bitbucket. You will need to research this specifically on other channels. I've just run a search for this and found a thread in stack overflow for the JAVA case: Can we read the OS environment variables in Java? - Stack Overflow.

The variables will be available in the build environment when the application is running or when the compilation is running. You will need to seek methods to read them that will be handled by the tool you are using at that moment. For instance, anything that works in the OS terminal should work under Bamboo as well.

Sushil Nembhani · Answer

Thanks for providing the details.

I am currently using both bitbucket & bamboo for the entire devops CI/CD.

I would like to know for my case if i need to use the environment variables within Bitbucket or Bamboo for the storing the connection string details.

Also how would my application (Java or .net) read the bamboo/bitbucket environment variables, i could not find any sample case studies or sample code showing the same.

Regards,

Sushil Nembhani