AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment variables in ASP.NET Core 1.0

Question

How do I get environment variables from elastic beanstalk into an asp.net core mvc application? I have added a .ebextensions folder with app.config file in it with the follo

Answer 1

This can definitely be done in an .ebextensions folder. Simply create a new file in your .ebextensions folder (I used a name of "options.config"), mark it as "copy if newer" or "copy always" and make sure you use the option_settings header with a aws:elasticbeanstalk:application:environment namespace:

option_settings:
  aws:elasticbeanstalk:application:environment:
    MyEnvVar: SomeValue

EDIT: I forgot to include a link to the docs! https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/environments-cfg-softwaresettings.html