access the variable in kernel memory

Author: Priyanka-Microsoft

App/kernel-memory/Helpers/AppGlobals.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
+
+namespace Helpers
+{
+    public static class AppGlobals
+    {
+        public static IConfiguration Configuration { get; private set; }
+
+        public static void Init(IConfiguration configuration)
+        {
+            Configuration = configuration;
+        }
+    }
+}

App/kernel-memory/Helpers/azure_credential_utils.cs

@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ public class azure_credential_utils
 {
     public static TokenCredential GetAzureCredential(string clientId = null)
     {
-        var env = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT") ?? "Production";
+        //var env = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT") ?? "Production";
+        var appEnv = AppGlobals.Configuration["KernelMemory:Services:APP_ENV"] ?? "prod";
 
-        if (string.Equals(env, "Development", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        if (string.Equals(appEnv, "dev", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
             return new DefaultAzureCredential(); // For local development
         }

App/kernel-memory/service/Service/Program.cs

@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ public static void Main(string[] args)
         KernelMemoryConfig config = appBuilder.Configuration.GetSection("KernelMemory").Get<KernelMemoryConfig>()
                                     ?? throw new ConfigurationException("Unable to load configuration");
 
+        AppGlobals.Init(appBuilder.Configuration);
         // Some OpenAPI Explorer/Swagger dependencies
         appBuilder.ConfigureSwagger(config);