How to access linux environment variables from maven pom?

Question

I want to access linux environment variables from pom.xml

I have added WAS_LOCAL_HOST='http://localhost:9081' to

~/.bashrc and ~/.zsh/rc/env.rc

Now I want to access it from maven's pom.xml. I have tried ${env.WAS_LOCAL_HOST} and ${WAS_LOCAL_HOST}, but my IntelliJ still marks it as Cannot resolve symbol env.WAS_LOCAL_HOST

How to properly access this variable from maven?

Answer 1

In the pom, refer the environment variable, say MY_VALUE as ${env.MY_VALUE}. Check this link for more information.

Answer 2

I'm not sure this applies but you could give it a go.

When you add a variable to ~/.bashrc you just add it as a variable you can use in your shell. If you want to use the variable system wide I'd try to put in /etc/profile.

On the other hand where to declare these system wide variables sometimes depends on the Linux distribution you use. /etc/profile is the place the go when you're for example using a Red Hat distribution but when you're using let's say Ubuntu the user guide recommends to declare them in /etc/environment. you should probably look it up for your distribution.

Also, after declaring them don't forget to log out and in again.