diff --git a/deployment/www/go.sh b/deployment/www/go.sh
index b4abac6..335a8f1 100755
--- a/deployment/www/go.sh
+++ b/deployment/www/go.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ fi
 bash -c ./stub/nginx_yml.sh
 bash -c ./stub/ghost_yml.sh
 
+bash -c ./stub/gitea_yml.sh
+
+
 # # start a browser session; point it to port 80 to ensure HTTPS redirect.
 # wait-for-it -t 320 "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN:80"
 # wait-for-it -t 320 "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN:443"
diff --git a/deployment/www/stub/ghost_yml.sh b/deployment/www/stub/ghost_yml.sh
index 9bb7fbb..40648b4 100755
--- a/deployment/www/stub/ghost_yml.sh
+++ b/deployment/www/stub/ghost_yml.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     # for each language specified in the site_definition, we spawn a separate ghost container
     # at https://www.domain.com/$LANGUAGE_CODE
     for LANGUAGE_CODE in ${SITE_LANGUAGE_CODES//,/ }; do
+
         STACK_NAME="$DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX-$LANGUAGE_CODE"
 
         # ensure directories on remote host exist so we can mount them into the containers.
@@ -81,22 +82,25 @@ EOL
 networks:
 EOL
 
-        if [ "$DEPLOY_GHOST" = true ]; then
-            GHOSTNET_NAME="ghostnet-$DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX-$LANGUAGE_CODE"
-            GHOSTDBNET_NAME="ghostdbnet-$DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX-$LANGUAGE_CODE"
+            if [ "$DEPLOY_GHOST" = true ]; then
+                GHOSTNET_NAME="ghostnet-$DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX-$LANGUAGE_CODE"
+                GHOSTDBNET_NAME="ghostdbnet-$DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX-$LANGUAGE_CODE"
 
-            cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
+                cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
     ${GHOSTNET_NAME}:
       name: "reverse-proxy_ghostnet-$DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX-$LANGUAGE_CODE"
       external: true
 
     ${GHOSTDBNET_NAME}:
 EOL
-        fi
+            fi
 
         docker stack deploy -c "$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" "$DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX-$LANGUAGE_CODE"
-        sleep 1
-    done
-    
-    domain_number=$((domain_number+1))
-done
+
+        sleep 2
+
+        domain_number=$((domain_number+1))
+
+    done # language code
+
+done # domain list
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deployment/www/stub/gitea_yml.sh b/deployment/www/stub/gitea_yml.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4df3215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/www/stub/gitea_yml.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -exu
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+domain_number=0
+for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
+    export DOMAIN_NAME="$DOMAIN_NAME"
+    export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
+
+    # source the site path so we know what features it has.
+    source ../../reset_env.sh
+    source "$SITE_PATH/site_definition"
+    source ../../domain_env.sh
+
+    
+    if [ "$DEPLOY_GITEA" = true ]; then
+
+        STACK_NAME="$DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX-$LANGUAGE_CODE"
+
+        # ensure directories on remote host exist so we can mount them into the containers.
+        ssh "$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN" mkdir -p "$REMOTE_HOME/gitea/$DOMAIN_NAME/en/gitea"
+
+        export STACK_TAG="gitea-$STACK_NAME"
+        export DB_STACK_TAG="giteadb-$STACK_NAME"
+
+        # todo append domain number or port number.
+        WEBSTACK_PATH="$SITE_PATH/webstack"
+        mkdir -p "$WEBSTACK_PATH"
+        export DOCKER_YAML_PATH="$WEBSTACK_PATH/gitea-en.yml"
+
+        # here's the NGINX config. We support ghost and nextcloud.
+        echo "" > "$DOCKER_YAML_PATH"
+        cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
+version: "3.8"
+services:
+
+  ${STACK_TAG}:
+    image: ${GITEA_IMAGE}
+    volumes:
+      - ${REMOTE_GITEA_PATH}/data:/data
+      - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
+      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
+    environment:
+      - USER_UID=1000
+      - USER_GID=1000
+      - ROOT_URL=https://${GITEA_FQDN}
+      - GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=mysql
+      - GITEA__database__HOST=${DB_STACK_TAG}:3306
+      - GITEA__database__NAME=gitea
+      - GITEA__database__USER=gitea
+      - GITEA__PASSWD=\${GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD}
+    networks:
+      - giteanet-${DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX}
+      - giteadbnet-${DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX}
+    deploy:
+      restart_policy:
+        condition: on-failure
+
+  ${DB_STACK_TAG}:
+    image: ${GITEA_DB_IMAGE}
+    networks:
+      - giteadbnet-${DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX}
+    volumes:
+      - ${REMOTE_GITEA_PATH}/db:/var/lib/mysql
+    environment:
+      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=\${GITEA_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
+      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=\${GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD}
+      - MYSQL_DATABASE=gitea
+      - MYSQL_USER=gitea
+    deploy:
+      restart_policy:
+        condition: on-failure
+EOL
+    fi
+
+
+
+
+#     if [ "$DEPLOY_GITEA" = true ]; then
+#         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
+#   gitea-net:
+#   giteadb-net:
+# EOL
+#     fi
+
+        cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
+networks:
+EOL
+
+        docker stack deploy -c "$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" "$DOCKER_STACK_SUFFIX-$LANGUAGE_CODE"
+        sleep 1
+    done
+    
+    
+
+    fi
+
+    domain_number=$((domain_number+1))
+done
diff --git a/deployment/www/stub/gittea_yml.sh b/deployment/www/stub/gittea_yml.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 9943e4e..0000000
--- a/deployment/www/stub/gittea_yml.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-
-    if [ "$DEPLOY_GITEA" = true ]; then
-        cat >>"$NGINX_CONF_PATH" <<EOL
-    # TLS listener for ${GITEA_FQDN}
-    server {
-        listen 443 ssl http2;
-        listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
-    
-        server_name ${GITEA_FQDN};
-        
-        location / {
-            proxy_headers_hash_max_size 512;
-            proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size 64;
-            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP \$remote_addr;
-            proxy_set_header Host \$host;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For \$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
-            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto \$scheme;
-            proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
-            
-            proxy_pass http://gitea:3000;
-        }
-    }
-EOL
-    fi
diff --git a/deployment/www/stub/nginx_config.sh b/deployment/www/stub/nginx_config.sh
index f25385b..6ffa41c 100755
--- a/deployment/www/stub/nginx_config.sh
+++ b/deployment/www/stub/nginx_config.sh
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ EOL
 
     # SERVER block for BTCPAY Server
     if [ "$VPS_HOSTING_TARGET" = lxd ]; then
-        # gitea http to https redirect.
         if [ "$DEPLOY_BTCPAY_SERVER" = true ]; then
         
             cat >>"$NGINX_CONF_PATH" <<EOL
@@ -361,6 +360,29 @@ EOL
             proxy_cache_use_stale error timeout invalid_header updating http_500 http_502 http_503 http_504;
         }
 
+EOL
+
+
+        cat >>"$NGINX_CONF_PATH" <<EOL
+    # TLS listener for ${GITEA_FQDN}
+    server {
+        listen 443 ssl http2;
+        listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
+    
+        server_name ${GITEA_FQDN};
+        
+        location / {
+            proxy_headers_hash_max_size 512;
+            proxy_headers_hash_bucket_size 64;
+            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP \$remote_addr;
+            proxy_set_header Host \$host;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For \$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto \$scheme;
+            proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
+            
+            proxy_pass http://gitea:3000;
+        }
+        
 EOL
 
     done
diff --git a/deployment/www/stub_docker_yml.sh b/deployment/www/stub_docker_yml.sh
index 876ed32..ddbd22d 100755
--- a/deployment/www/stub_docker_yml.sh
+++ b/deployment/www/stub_docker_yml.sh
@@ -47,47 +47,6 @@
 # EOL
 #     fi
 
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_GITEA" = true ]; then
-#         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#   gitea:
-#     image: ${GITEA_IMAGE}
-#     volumes:
-#       - ${REMOTE_GITEA_PATH}/data:/data
-#       - /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
-#       - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
-#     environment:
-#       - USER_UID=1000
-#       - USER_GID=1000
-#       - ROOT_URL=https://${GITEA_FQDN}
-#       - GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=mysql
-#       - GITEA__database__HOST=gitea-db:3306
-#       - GITEA__database__NAME=gitea
-#       - GITEA__database__USER=gitea
-#       - GITEA__PASSWD=\${GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-#     networks:
-#       - gitea-net
-#       - giteadb-net
-#     deploy:
-#       restart_policy:
-#         condition: on-failure
-
-#   gitea-db:
-#     image: ${GITEA_DB_IMAGE}
-#     networks:
-#       - giteadb-net
-#     volumes:
-#       - ${REMOTE_GITEA_PATH}/db:/var/lib/mysql
-#     environment:
-#       - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=\${GITEA_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
-#       - MYSQL_PASSWORD=\${GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-#       - MYSQL_DATABASE=gitea
-#       - MYSQL_USER=gitea
-#     deploy:
-#       restart_policy:
-#         condition: on-failure
-# EOL
-#     fi
-
 
 
 #     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
@@ -144,11 +103,6 @@
 # EOL
 #     fi
 
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_GITEA" = true ]; then
-# cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#       - gitea-net
-# EOL
-#     fi
 
 #     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
 # cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
@@ -176,12 +130,6 @@
 # EOL
 #     fi
 
-#     if [ "$DEPLOY_GITEA" = true ]; then
-#         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-#   gitea-net:
-#   giteadb-net:
-# EOL
-#     fi
 
 #     if [ "$DEPLOY_ONION_SITE" = true ]; then
 #         cat >>"$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL