# Best Way to Handle Environment Variables Across Multiple Racks?

**URL:** <https://community.convox.com/t/best-way-to-handle-environment-variables-across-multiple-racks/974>\
**Category:** Configuration\
**Created:** [April 25, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/best-way-to-handle-environment-variables-across-multiple-racks/974 "2025-04-25T09:54:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/best-way-to-handle-environment-variables-across-multiple-racks/974/1 "2025-04-25T09:54:40Z")

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Hi all,  
I’ve recently started managing multiple Convox racks for different environments (staging, production, etc.), and I’m running into a bit of a workflow challenge. I’m trying to figure out the cleanest and most efficient way to manage environment variables across them without manually updating each one every time there’s a change.

Right now, I’ve just been setting them via the CLI (convox env set) per rack, but it’s starting to get tedious and a little error-prone. Is there a better way to automate or sync env vars across racks? Maybe through CI/CD or a version-controlled .env file?

I’d love to know how more [cissp certification](https://www.igmguru.com/cyber-security/cissp-certification-training) experienced users are addressing this. I want to make sure that I am doing things in the best possible way while keeping it secure and maintainable.

Any recommendations or feedback would be much appreciated.  
Thanks in advance!