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Env Var Vault πŸ”: Can You Pick the Right Deployment Variables?

Env Var Vault πŸ”: Can You Pick the Right Deployment Variables?

Environment variables are the glue that hold together modern applications β€” from local dev configurations to container secrets, cloud functions, and CI/CD pipelines. But do you really know your $PORT from your $GITHUB_REPOSITORY? 🧠

Env Var Vault is an interactive quiz game where you’ll guess (and learn) the right environment variables for a variety of technical scenarios. Whether it’s a Dockerfile for Node apps or a Lambda function, each question challenges your devops brain 🧩.

🎯 What You’ll Learn

  • Key environment variables used in Docker, AWS, GitHub Actions, and Linux
  • How and why config is passed via env vars
  • Best practices for keeping secrets out of code

πŸ” Real-Time Feedback and Scoring

As you play, each response gives instant visual feedback: green means correct βœ…, red means try harder 🚫. You’ll see your score update in real-time, and can go back anytime to replay or revisit.

πŸŒ“ Built-In Dark Mode

Click the moon/sun icon to toggle light or dark themes β€” your eyes will thank you.

Ready to lock in your env var powers?

Launch Env Var Vault Now πŸ”

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My name is Skylar Pearce, I have been working as a System Administror since 2013 as well some side consulting work. During my career I have worked with everything from Active Directory and vCenter to configuring routers and switches and phone systems, documenting and scripting my way through the whole thing. I have a Security+ certification and am currently working on my PenTest+. Throughout my career I have gained almost all of my knowledge from blogs like this. It is now time for me to pay it back. Over time I have gathered scripts and tricks over the years that I will share on this site. A lot of the posts here will be mainly reference posts, some will be full on how to’s. I am happy to go into more depth on any other topics I go over here, just make a comment on a post. I will do my best to post once a day on weekdays but as I run out of ideas it may slow down. My WordPress skills are still growing so the site will likely get better over time as I learn. You can reach me at contact@allthesystems.com or on LinkedIn