diff --git a/create_lxc_base.sh b/create_lxc_base.sh
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--- a/create_lxc_base.sh
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@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eu
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-
-bash -c "./stub_lxc_profile.sh --lxd-hostname=$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
-
-if lxc list -q --project default | grep -q "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" ; then
-    lxc delete -f "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --project=default
-fi
-
-# let's download our base image.
-if ! lxc image list --format csv --columns l | grep -q "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME"; then
-    # if the image if cached locally, import it from disk, otherwise download it from ubuntu
-    IMAGE_IDENTIFIER=$(find "$SS_JAMMY_PATH" | grep ".qcow2" | head -n1 | cut -d "." -f1)
-    METADATA_FILE="$SS_JAMMY_PATH/meta-$IMAGE_IDENTIFIER.tar.xz"
-    IMAGE_FILE="$SS_JAMMY_PATH/$IMAGE_IDENTIFIER.qcow2"
-    if [ -d "$SS_JAMMY_PATH" ] && [ -f "$METADATA_FILE" ] && [ -f "$IMAGE_FILE" ]; then
-        lxc image import "$METADATA_FILE" "$IMAGE_FILE" --alias "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME"
-    else
-        # copy the image down from canonical.
-        lxc image copy "images:$BASE_LXC_IMAGE" "$REMOTE_NAME": --alias "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" --public --vm --auto-update
-    fi
-fi
-
-# If the lxc VM does exist, then we will delete it (so we can start fresh) 
-if lxc list --format csv -q | grep -q "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME"; then
-    # if there's no snapshot, we dispense with the old image and try again.
-    if ! lxc info "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" | grep -q "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME"; then
-        lxc delete "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --force
-        ssh-keygen -f "$SSH_HOME/known_hosts" -R "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
-    fi
-else
-    # the base image is ubuntu:22.04.
-    lxc init --profile="$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --vm --project=default
-
-    # TODO move this sovereign-stack-base construction VM to separate dedicated IP
-    lxc config set "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --project=default
-
-    # for CHAIN in mainnet testnet; do
-    #     for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
-    #         lxc storage volume attach ss-base "$CHAIN-$DATA" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "/home/ubuntu/bitcoin/$DATA"
-    #     done
-    # done
-
-    lxc start "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --project=default
-
-    sleep 15
-    while lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --project=default -- [ ! -f /var/lib/cloud/instance/boot-finished ]; do
-        sleep 1
-    done
-
-    # ensure the ssh service is listening at localhost
-    lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --project=default -- wait-for-it -t 100 127.0.0.1:22
-
-    # # If we have any chaninstate or blocks in our SSME, let's push them to the
-    # # remote host as a zfs volume that way deployments can share a common history
-    # # of chainstate/blocks.
-    # for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
-    #     for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
-    #         # if the storage snapshot doesn't yet exist, create it.
-    #         if ! lxc storage volume list ss-base -q --format csv -c n | grep -q "$CHAIN-$DATA/snap0"; then
-    #             DATA_PATH="/home/ubuntu/.ss/cache/bitcoin/$CHAIN/$DATA"
-    #             if [ -d "$DATA_PATH" ]; then
-    #                 COMPLETE_FILE_PATH="$DATA_PATH/complete"
-    #                 if lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- [ ! -f "$COMPLETE_FILE_PATH" ]; then
-    #                     lxc file push --recursive --project=default "$DATA_PATH/" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME""$DATA_PATH/"
-    #                     lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- su ubuntu - bash -c "echo $(date) > $COMPLETE_FILE_PATH"
-    #                     lxc exec "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" -- chown -R 999:999 "$DATA_PATH/$DATA"
-    #                 else
-    #                     echo "INFO: it appears as though $CHAIN/$DATA has already been initialized. Continuing."
-    #                 fi
-    #             fi
-    #         fi
-    #     done
-    # done
-
-    # stop the VM and get a snapshot.
-    lxc stop "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --project=default
-    lxc snapshot "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" --project=default
-
-fi
-
-echo "INFO: Publishing '$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME' as image '$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME'. Please wait."
-lxc publish --public "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME/$UBUNTU_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" --project=default --alias="$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" --compression none
-
-echo "INFO: Success creating the base image. Deleting artifacts from the build process."
-lxc delete -f "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" --project=default
-
-# # now let's get a snapshot of each of the blocks/chainstate directories.
-# for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
-#     for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
-#         if ! lxc storage volume list ss-base -q --format csv -c n | grep -q "$CHAIN-$DATA/snap0"; then
-#             echo "INFO: Creating a snapshot 'ss-base/$CHAIN-$DATA/snap0'."
-#             lxc storage volume snapshot ss-base --project=default "$CHAIN-$DATA"
-#         fi
-#     done
-# done
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
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--- a/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,441 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-
-LATEST_GIT_COMMIT="$(cat ./.git/refs/heads/main)"
-export LATEST_GIT_COMMIT="$LATEST_GIT_COMMIT"
-
-# check to ensure dependencies are met.
-for cmd in wait-for-it dig rsync sshfs lxc; do
-    if ! command -v "$cmd" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "This script requires \"${cmd}\" to be installed. Please run 'install.sh'."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-done
-
-# do a spot check; if we are on production warn.
-if lxc remote get-default | grep -q "production"; then
-    echo "WARNING: You are running command against a production system!"
-    echo ""
-
-    # check if there are any uncommited changes. It's dangerous to 
-    # alter production systems when you have commits to make or changes to stash.
-    if git update-index --refresh | grep -q "needs update"; then
-        echo "ERROR: You have uncommited changes! You MUST commit or stash all changes to continue."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    RESPONSE=
-    read -r -p "         Are you sure you want to continue (y)  ": RESPONSE
-    if [ "$RESPONSE" != "y" ]; then
-        echo "STOPPING."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-fi
-
-PRIMARY_DOMAIN=
-RUN_CERT_RENEWAL=true
-SKIP_WWW=false
-RESTORE_WWW=false
-RESTORE_CERTS=false
-BACKUP_CERTS=false
-BACKUP_BTCPAY=false
-BACKUP_CERTS=false
-BACKUP_APPS=false
-BACKUP_BTCPAY=false
-BACKUP_BTCPAY_ARCHIVE_PATH=
-RESTORE_BTCPAY=false
-SKIP_BTCPAY=false
-UPDATE_BTCPAY=false
-REMOTE_NAME="$(lxc remote get-default)"
-STOP_SERVICES=false
-USER_SAYS_YES=false
-RESTART_FRONT_END=true
-
-# grab any modifications from the command line.
-for i in "$@"; do
-    case $i in
-        --restore-certs)
-            RESTORE_CERTS=true
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --restore-www)
-            RESTORE_WWW=true
-            RESTORE_CERTS=true
-
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --restore-btcpay)
-            RESTORE_BTCPAY=true
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --backup-www)
-            BACKUP_CERTS=true
-            BACKUP_APPS=true
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --backup-btcpayserver)
-            BACKUP_BTCPAY=true
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --stop)
-            STOP_SERVICES=true
-            RESTART_FRONT_END=false
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --backup-archive-path=*)
-            BACKUP_BTCPAY_ARCHIVE_PATH="${i#*=}"
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --update-btcpay)
-            UPDATE_BTCPAY=true
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --skip-www)
-            SKIP_WWW=true
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --skip-btcpayserver)
-            SKIP_BTCPAY=true
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --no-cert-renew)
-            RUN_CERT_RENEWAL=false
-            shift
-        ;;
-        -y)
-            USER_SAYS_YES=true
-            shift
-        ;;
-        *)
-        echo "Unexpected option: $1"
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-if [ "$RESTORE_BTCPAY" = true ] && [ -z "$BACKUP_BTCPAY_ARCHIVE_PATH" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: Use the '--backup-archive-path=/path/to/btcpay/archive.tar.gz' option when restoring btcpay server."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ "$RESTORE_BTCPAY" = true ] && [ ! -f "$BACKUP_BTCPAY_ARCHIVE_PATH" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: The backup archive path you specified DOES NOT exist!"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# set up our default paths.
-source ../../defaults.sh
-
-. ../remote_env.sh
-
-export REGISTRY_DOCKER_IMAGE="registry:2"
-export RESTORE_WWW="$RESTORE_WWW"
-export STOP_SERVICES="$STOP_SERVICES"
-export BACKUP_CERTS="$BACKUP_CERTS"
-export BACKUP_APPS="$BACKUP_APPS"
-export RESTORE_BTCPAY="$RESTORE_BTCPAY"
-export BACKUP_BTCPAY="$BACKUP_BTCPAY"
-export RUN_CERT_RENEWAL="$RUN_CERT_RENEWAL"
-export REMOTE_NAME="$REMOTE_NAME"
-export REMOTE_PATH="$REMOTES_PATH/$REMOTE_NAME"
-export USER_SAYS_YES="$USER_SAYS_YES"
-export BACKUP_BTCPAY_ARCHIVE_PATH="$BACKUP_BTCPAY_ARCHIVE_PATH"
-export RESTART_FRONT_END="$RESTART_FRONT_END"
-export RESTORE_CERTS="$RESTORE_CERTS"
-
-
-# todo convert this to Trezor-T
-SSH_PUBKEY_PATH="$SSH_HOME/id_rsa.pub"
-export SSH_PUBKEY_PATH="$SSH_PUBKEY_PATH"
-if [ ! -f "$SSH_PUBKEY_PATH" ]; then
-    # generate a new SSH key for the base vm image.
-    ssh-keygen -f "$SSH_HOME/id_rsa" -t ecdsa -b 521 -N ""
-fi
-
-# ensure our remote path is created.
-mkdir -p "$REMOTE_PATH"
-
-REMOTE_DEFINITION="$REMOTE_PATH/remote.conf"
-if [ ! -f "$REMOTE_DEFINITION" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: The remote definition could not be found. You may need to re-run 'ss-remote'."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-export REMOTE_DEFINITION="$REMOTE_DEFINITION"
-source "$REMOTE_DEFINITION"
-export LXD_REMOTE_PASSWORD="$LXD_REMOTE_PASSWORD"
-export DEPLOYMENT_STRING="$DEPLOYMENT_STRING"
-
-# this is our password generation mechanism. Relying on GPG for secure password generation
-function new_pass {
-    gpg --gen-random --armor 1 25
-}
-
-
-function stub_site_definition {
-    mkdir -p "$SITE_PATH" "$PROJECT_PATH/sites"
-
-    # create a symlink from the PROJECT_PATH/sites/DOMAIN_NAME to the ss-sites/domain name
-    DOMAIN_SYMLINK_PATH="$PROJECT_PATH/sites/$DOMAIN_NAME"
-    if [ ! -L "$DOMAIN_SYMLINK_PATH" ]; then
-        ln -r -s "$SITE_PATH" "$DOMAIN_SYMLINK_PATH"
-    fi
-
-    if [ ! -f "$SITE_PATH/site.conf" ]; then
-        # check to see if the enf file exists. exist if not.
-        SITE_DEFINITION_PATH="$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
-        if [ ! -f "$SITE_DEFINITION_PATH" ]; then
-
-            # stub out a site.conf with new passwords.
-            cat >"$SITE_DEFINITION_PATH" <<EOL
-# https://www.sovereign-stack.org/ss-deploy/#siteconf
-
-DOMAIN_NAME="${DOMAIN_NAME}"
-# BTCPAY_ALT_NAMES="tip,store,pay,send"
-SITE_LANGUAGE_CODES="en"
-DUPLICITY_BACKUP_PASSPHRASE="$(new_pass)"
-DEPLOY_GHOST=true
-DEPLOY_CLAMS=false
-DEPLOY_NEXTCLOUD=false
-DEPLOY_NOSTR=false
-NOSTR_ACCOUNT_PUBKEY=
-DEPLOY_GITEA=false
-GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD="$(new_pass)"
-GHOST_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="$(new_pass)"
-NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD="$(new_pass)"
-NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="$(new_pass)"
-GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD="$(new_pass)"
-GITEA_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="$(new_pass)"
-
-EOL
-
-            chmod 0744 "$SITE_DEFINITION_PATH"
-            echo "INFO: we stubbed a new site.conf for you at '$SITE_DEFINITION_PATH'. Go update it!"
-            exit 1
-
-        fi
-    fi
-
-}
-
-PROJECT_NAME="$(lxc info | grep "project:" | awk '{print $2}')"
-export PROJECT_NAME="$PROJECT_NAME"
-export PROJECT_PATH="$PROJECTS_PATH/$PROJECT_NAME"
-
-mkdir -p "$PROJECT_PATH" "$REMOTE_PATH/projects"
-
-# create a symlink from ./remotepath/projects/project
-PROJECT_SYMLINK="$REMOTE_PATH/projects/$PROJECT_NAME"
-if [ ! -L "$PROJECT_SYMLINK" ]; then
-    ln -r -s "$PROJECT_PATH" "$PROJECT_SYMLINK"
-fi
-
-# check to see if the enf file exists. exist if not.
-PROJECT_DEFINITION_PATH="$PROJECT_PATH/project.conf"
-if [ ! -f "$PROJECT_DEFINITION_PATH" ]; then
-
-        # stub out a project.conf
-    cat >"$PROJECT_DEFINITION_PATH" <<EOL
-# see https://www.sovereign-stack.org/ss-deploy/#projectconf for more info.
-
-PRIMARY_DOMAIN="domain0.tld"
-# OTHER_SITES_LIST="domain1.tld,domain2.tld,domain3.tld"
-
-WWW_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS=
-# WWW_SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB=100
-# WWW_SERVER_CPU_COUNT="6"
-# WWW_SERVER_MEMORY_MB="4096"
-
-BTCPAYSERVER_MAC_ADDRESS=
-# BTCPAY_SERVER_CPU_COUNT="4"
-# BTCPAY_SERVER_MEMORY_MB="4096"
-
-EOL
-
-    chmod 0744 "$PROJECT_DEFINITION_PATH"
-    echo "INFO: we stubbed a new project.conf for you at '$PROJECT_DEFINITION_PATH'. Go update it!"
-    echo "INFO: Learn more at https://www.sovereign-stack.org/ss-deploy/"
-
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-. ../project_env.sh
-
-if [ -z "$PRIMARY_DOMAIN" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: The PRIMARY_DOMAIN is not specified. Check your project.conf."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$WWW_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: the WWW_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS is not specified. Check your project.conf."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-
-if [ -z "$BTCPAYSERVER_MAC_ADDRESS" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: the BTCPAYSERVER_MAC_ADDRESS is not specified. Check your project.conf."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# the DOMAIN_LIST is a complete list of all our domains. We often iterate over this list.
-DOMAIN_LIST="${PRIMARY_DOMAIN}"
-if [ -n "$OTHER_SITES_LIST" ]; then
-    DOMAIN_LIST="${DOMAIN_LIST},${OTHER_SITES_LIST}"
-fi
-
-export DOMAIN_LIST="$DOMAIN_LIST"
-export DOMAIN_COUNT=$(("$(echo "$DOMAIN_LIST" | tr -cd , | wc -c)"+1))
-
-# let's provision our primary domain first.
-export DOMAIN_NAME="$PRIMARY_DOMAIN"
-export PRIMARY_DOMAIN="$PRIMARY_DOMAIN"
-export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
-export PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN="$WWW_HOSTNAME.$DOMAIN_NAME"
-
-
-
-
-stub_site_definition
-
-# bring the VMs up under the primary domain name.
-
-export UPDATE_BTCPAY="$UPDATE_BTCPAY"
-
-# iterate over all our server endpoints and provision them if needed.
-# www
-VPS_HOSTNAME=
-
-if ! lxc image list --format csv | grep -q "$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME"; then
-    # create the lxd base image.
-    ./create_lxc_base.sh
-fi
-
-for VIRTUAL_MACHINE in www btcpayserver; do
-
-    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ] && [ "$SKIP_BTCPAY" = true ]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = www ] && [ "$SKIP_WWW" = true ]; then
-        continue
-    fi
-
-
-    export VIRTUAL_MACHINE="$VIRTUAL_MACHINE"
-    FQDN=
-
-    export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
-
-    source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
-    source ./domain_env.sh
-
-    # VALIDATE THE INPUT from the ENVFILE
-    if [ -z "$DOMAIN_NAME" ]; then
-        echo "ERROR: DOMAIN_NAME not specified in your site.conf."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    # Goal is to get the macvlan interface.
-    LXD_SS_CONFIG_LINE=
-    if lxc network list --format csv --project=default | grep lxdbr0 | grep -q "ss-config"; then
-        LXD_SS_CONFIG_LINE="$(lxc network list --format csv --project=default | grep lxdbr0 | grep ss-config)"
-    fi
-
-    if [ -z "$LXD_SS_CONFIG_LINE" ]; then
-        echo "ERROR: the MACVLAN interface has not been specified. You may need to run 'ss-remote' again."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    CONFIG_ITEMS="$(echo "$LXD_SS_CONFIG_LINE" | awk -F'"' '{print $2}')"
-    DATA_PLANE_MACVLAN_INTERFACE="$(echo "$CONFIG_ITEMS" | cut -d ',' -f2)"
-    export DATA_PLANE_MACVLAN_INTERFACE="$DATA_PLANE_MACVLAN_INTERFACE"
-
-
-    # Now let's switch to the new project to ensure new resources are created under the project scope.
-    if ! lxc info | grep "project:" | grep -q "$PROJECT_NAME"; then
-        lxc project switch "$PROJECT_NAME"
-    fi
-
-    # check if the OVN network exists in this project.
-    if ! lxc network list | grep -q "ss-ovn"; then
-        lxc network create ss-ovn --type=ovn network=lxdbr1 ipv6.address=none
-    fi
-
-    export MAC_ADDRESS_TO_PROVISION=
-    export VPS_HOSTNAME="$VPS_HOSTNAME"
-    export FQDN="$VPS_HOSTNAME.$DOMAIN_NAME"
-
-    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = www ]; then
-        if [ "$SKIP_WWW" = true ]; then
-            echo "INFO: Skipping WWW due to command line argument."
-            continue
-        fi
-        
-        FQDN="$WWW_HOSTNAME.$DOMAIN_NAME"
-        VPS_HOSTNAME="$WWW_HOSTNAME"
-        MAC_ADDRESS_TO_PROVISION="$WWW_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS"
-
-    elif [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ] || [ "$SKIP_BTCPAY" = true ]; then
-        FQDN="$BTCPAY_HOSTNAME.$DOMAIN_NAME"
-        VPS_HOSTNAME="$BTCPAY_HOSTNAME"
-        MAC_ADDRESS_TO_PROVISION="$BTCPAYSERVER_MAC_ADDRESS"
-
-    elif [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" ]; then
-        export FQDN="$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME"
-    else
-        echo "ERROR: VIRTUAL_MACHINE not within allowable bounds."
-        exit
-    fi
-
-
-
-
-    export FQDN="$FQDN"
-    export LXD_VM_NAME="${FQDN//./-}"
-    export MAC_ADDRESS_TO_PROVISION="$MAC_ADDRESS_TO_PROVISION"
-    export PROJECT_PATH="$PROJECT_PATH"
-
-    ./deploy_vm.sh
-
-    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = www ]; then
-        # this tells our local docker client to target the remote endpoint via SSH
-        export DOCKER_HOST="ssh://ubuntu@$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN"
-
-        # enable docker swarm mode so we can support docker stacks.
-        if docker info | grep -q "Swarm: inactive"; then
-            docker swarm init --advertise-addr enp6s0
-        fi
-    fi
-    
-done
-
-# let's stub out the rest of our site definitions, if any.
-for DOMAIN_NAME in ${OTHER_SITES_LIST//,/ }; do
-    export DOMAIN_NAME="$DOMAIN_NAME"
-    export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
-
-    # stub out the site_defition if it's doesn't exist.
-    stub_site_definition
-done
-
-
-# now let's run the www and btcpay-specific provisioning scripts.
-if [ "$SKIP_WWW" = false ]; then
-    ./www/go.sh
-    ssh ubuntu@"$PRIMARY_WWW_FQDN" "echo $LATEST_GIT_COMMIT > /home/ubuntu/.ss-githead"
-else
-    echo "INFO: Skipping www VM."
-fi
-
-export DOMAIN_NAME="$PRIMARY_DOMAIN"
-export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
-if [ "$SKIP_BTCPAY" = false ]; then
-    ./btcpayserver/go.sh
-
-    ssh ubuntu@"$BTCPAY_FQDN" "echo $LATEST_GIT_COMMIT > /home/ubuntu/.ss-githead"
-else
-    echo "INFO: Skipping the btcpayserver VM."
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy_vm.sh b/deploy_vm.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 697a2f7..0000000
--- a/deploy_vm.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eu
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-
-## This is a weird if clause since we need to LEFT-ALIGN the statement below.
-SSH_STRING="Host ${FQDN}"
-if ! grep -q "$SSH_STRING" "$SSH_HOME/config"; then
-
-########## BEGIN
-cat >> "$SSH_HOME/config" <<-EOF
-
-${SSH_STRING}
-    HostName ${FQDN}
-    User ubuntu
-EOF
-###
-
-fi
-
-ssh-keygen -f "$SSH_HOME/known_hosts" -R "$FQDN"
-
-# if the machine doesn't exist, we create it.
-if ! lxc list --format csv | grep -q "$LXD_VM_NAME"; then
-
-    # create a base image if needed and instantiate a VM.
-    if [ -z "$MAC_ADDRESS_TO_PROVISION" ]; then
-        echo "ERROR: You MUST define a MAC Address for all your machines by setting WWW_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS, BTCPAYSERVER_MAC_ADDRESS in your site definition."
-        echo "INFO: IMPORTANT! You MUST have DHCP Reservations for these MAC addresses. You also need records established the DNS."
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    # TODO ensure we are only GROWING the volume--never shrinking per zfs volume docs.
-    VM_ID=
-    BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB=
-    SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB=
-    DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB=
-    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = www ]; then
-        VM_ID="w"
-        BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB="$WWW_BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB"
-        SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB="$WWW_SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB"
-        DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB="$WWW_DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB"
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ]; then
-        VM_ID="b"
-        BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB="$BTCPAYSERVER_BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB"
-        SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB="$BTCPAYSERVER_SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB"
-        DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB="$BTCPAYSERVER_DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB"
-    fi
-    
-    DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME="$PRIMARY_DOMAIN_IDENTIFIER-$VM_ID""d"
-    if ! lxc storage volume list ss-base | grep -q "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME"; then
-        lxc storage volume create ss-base "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME" --type=block
-    fi
-
-    # TODO ensure we are only GROWING the volume--never shrinking
-    lxc storage volume set ss-base "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME" size="${DOCKER_DISK_SIZE_GB}GB"
-
-    SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME="$PRIMARY_DOMAIN_IDENTIFIER-$VM_ID""s"
-    if ! lxc storage volume list ss-base | grep -q "$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME"; then
-        lxc storage volume create ss-base "$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME" --type=filesystem
-    fi
-
-    # TODO ensure we are only GROWING the volume--never shrinking per zfs volume docs.
-    lxc storage volume set ss-base "$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME" size="${SSDATA_DISK_SIZE_GB}GB"
-
-
-    BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME="$PRIMARY_DOMAIN_IDENTIFIER-$VM_ID""b"
-    if ! lxc storage volume list ss-base | grep -q "$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME"; then
-        lxc storage volume create ss-base "$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME" --type=filesystem
-    fi
-
-    lxc storage volume set ss-base "$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME" size="${BACKUP_DISK_SIZE_GB}GB"
-
-
-    bash -c "./stub_lxc_profile.sh --vm=$VIRTUAL_MACHINE --lxd-hostname=$LXD_VM_NAME --ss-volume-name=$SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME --backup-volume-name=$BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME"
-
-    # now let's create a new VM to work with.
-    #lxc init --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME" "$BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME" --vm
-    lxc init "$DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME" --vm --profile="$LXD_VM_NAME"
-
-    # let's PIN the HW address for now so we don't exhaust IP
-    # and so we can set DNS internally.
-    lxc config set "$LXD_VM_NAME" "volatile.enp5s0.hwaddr=$MAC_ADDRESS_TO_PROVISION"
-
-    # attack the docker block device.
-    lxc storage volume attach ss-base "$DOCKER_VOLUME_NAME" "$LXD_VM_NAME"
-
-    # if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ]; then
-    #     # attach any volumes
-    #     for CHAIN in testnet mainnet; do
-    #         for DATA in blocks chainstate; do
-    #             MOUNT_PATH="/$CHAIN-$DATA"
-    #             lxc config device add "$LXD_VM_NAME" "$CHAIN-$DATA" disk pool=ss-base source="$CHAIN-$DATA" path="$MOUNT_PATH"
-    #         done
-    #     done
-    # fi
-
-    lxc start "$LXD_VM_NAME"
-    sleep 10
-
-    bash -c "./wait_for_lxc_ip.sh --lxd-name=$LXD_VM_NAME"
-
-    # scan the remote machine and install it's identity in our SSH known_hosts file.
-    ssh-keyscan -H -t ecdsa "$FQDN" >> "$SSH_HOME/known_hosts"
-
-    ssh "$FQDN" "sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu $REMOTE_DATA_PATH"
-    ssh "$FQDN" "sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu $REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH"
-
-    if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ]; then
-        # send an updated ~/.bashrc so we have quicker access to cli tools
-        scp ./btcpayserver/bashrc.txt "ubuntu@$FQDN:$REMOTE_HOME/.bashrc"
-        ssh "$BTCPAY_FQDN" "chown ubuntu:ubuntu $REMOTE_HOME/.bashrc"
-        ssh "$BTCPAY_FQDN" "chmod 0664 $REMOTE_HOME/.bashrc"
-    fi
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/domain_env.sh b/domain_env.sh
index a96d1ab..8d992df 100755
--- a/domain_env.sh
+++ b/domain_env.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ export NOSTR_FQDN="$NOSTR_HOSTNAME.$DOMAIN_NAME"
 export CLAMS_FQDN="$CLAMS_HOSTNAME.$DOMAIN_NAME"
 export ADMIN_ACCOUNT_USERNAME="info"
 export CERTIFICATE_EMAIL_ADDRESS="$ADMIN_ACCOUNT_USERNAME@$DOMAIN_NAME"
+
+
 export REMOTE_GHOST_PATH="$REMOTE_DATA_PATH/ghost"
 export REMOTE_NEXTCLOUD_PATH="$REMOTE_DATA_PATH/nextcloud"
 export REMOTE_GITEA_PATH="$REMOTE_DATA_PATH/gitea"
diff --git a/project_defaults.sh b/project_defaults.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..512e7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project_defaults.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+export DEPLOY_GHOST=true
+export DEPLOY_CLAMS=false
+export DEPLOY_NOSTR=false
+export DEPLOY_NEXTCLOUD=false
+export DEPLOY_GITEA=false
+
+
+
+export SITE_LANGUAGE_CODES="en"
+export LANGUAGE_CODE="en"
+export NOSTR_ACCOUNT_PUBKEY=
+
+
+# this is where the html is sourced from.
+export SITE_HTML_PATH=
+export BTCPAY_ADDITIONAL_HOSTNAMES=
+
+export GHOST_MYSQL_PASSWORD=
+export GHOST_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
+export NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_PASSWORD=
+export GITEA_MYSQL_PASSWORD=
+export NEXTCLOUD_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
+export GITEA_MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
+export DUPLICITY_BACKUP_PASSPHRASE=
+
+
+export BTCPAY_SERVER_CPU_COUNT="4"
+export BTCPAY_SERVER_MEMORY_MB="4096"
+export WWW_SERVER_CPU_COUNT="4"
+export WWW_SERVER_MEMORY_MB="4096"
+export DOCKER_IMAGE_CACHE_FQDN="registry-1.docker.io"
+
+
+DEFAULT_DB_IMAGE="mariadb:10.11.2-jammy"
+
+
+
+# run the docker stack.
+export GHOST_IMAGE="ghost:5.38.0"
+
+# TODO switch to mysql. May require intricate export work for existing sites. 
+# THIS MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE v1 RELEASE
+#https://forum.ghost.org/t/how-to-migrate-from-mariadb-10-to-mysql-8/29575
+export GHOST_DB_IMAGE="mysql:8.0.32"
+
+
+export NGINX_IMAGE="nginx:1.23.3"
+
+# version of backup is 24.0.3
+export NEXTCLOUD_IMAGE="nextcloud:25.0.4"
+export NEXTCLOUD_DB_IMAGE="$DEFAULT_DB_IMAGE"
+
+# TODO PIN the gitea version number.
+export GITEA_IMAGE="gitea/gitea:latest"
+export GITEA_DB_IMAGE="$DEFAULT_DB_IMAGE"
+
+export NOSTR_RELAY_IMAGE="scsibug/nostr-rs-relay"
+
+export WWW_SERVER_MAC_ADDRESS=
+export BTCPAYSERVER_MAC_ADDRESS=
+
+export OTHER_SITES_LIST=
+export BTCPAY_ALT_NAMES=
+
+export REMOTE_HOME="/home/ubuntu"
+export REMOTE_DATA_PATH="$REMOTE_HOME/ss-data"
+export REMOTE_DATA_PATH_LETSENCRYPT="$REMOTE_DATA_PATH/letsencrypt"
+export REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH="$REMOTE_HOME/backups"
+export BTCPAY_SERVER_APPPATH="$REMOTE_DATA_PATH/btcpayserver-docker"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stub_lxc_profile.sh b/stub_lxc_profile.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c4c1be4..0000000
--- a/stub_lxc_profile.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,286 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eu
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-
-VIRTUAL_MACHINE=base
-LXD_HOSTNAME=
-SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME=
-BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME=
-
-# grab any modifications from the command line.
-for i in "$@"; do
-    case $i in
-        --lxd-hostname=*)
-            LXD_HOSTNAME="${i#*=}"
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --vm=*)
-            VIRTUAL_MACHINE="${i#*=}"
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --ss-volume-name=*)
-            SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME="${i#*=}"
-            shift
-        ;;
-        --backup-volume-name=*)
-            BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME="${i#*=}"
-            shift
-        ;;
-        *)
-        echo "Unexpected option: $1"
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-# generate the custom cloud-init file. Cloud init installs and configures sshd
-SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEY=$(<"$SSH_PUBKEY_PATH")
-eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
-ssh-add "$SSH_HOME/id_rsa"
-export SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEY="$SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEY"
-
-export FILENAME="$LXD_HOSTNAME.yml"
-mkdir -p "$PROJECT_PATH/cloud-init"
-YAML_PATH="$PROJECT_PATH/cloud-init/$FILENAME"
-
-# If we are deploying the www, we attach the vm to the underlay via macvlan.
-cat > "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-config:
-EOF
-
-
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = base ]; then
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-  limits.cpu: 4
-  limits.memory: 4096MB
-
-EOF
-fi
-
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = www ]; then
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-  limits.cpu: "${WWW_SERVER_CPU_COUNT}"
-  limits.memory: "${WWW_SERVER_MEMORY_MB}MB"
-
-EOF
-fi
-
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = btcpayserver ]; then
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-  limits.cpu: "${BTCPAY_SERVER_CPU_COUNT}"
-  limits.memory: "${BTCPAY_SERVER_MEMORY_MB}MB"
-
-EOF
-
-fi
-
-# if VIRTUAL_MACHINE=base, then we doing the base image.
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = base ]; then
-    # this is for the base image only...
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-  user.vendor-data: |
-    #cloud-config
-    package_update: true
-    package_upgrade: false
-    package_reboot_if_required: false
-
-    preserve_hostname: false
-    fqdn: ${BASE_IMAGE_VM_NAME}
-
-    packages:
-      - curl
-      - ssh-askpass
-      - apt-transport-https
-      - ca-certificates
-      - gnupg-agent
-      - software-properties-common
-      - lsb-release
-      - net-tools
-      - htop
-      - rsync
-      - duplicity
-      - sshfs
-      - fswatch
-      - jq
-      - git
-      - nano
-      - wait-for-it
-      - dnsutils
-      - wget
-
-    groups:
-      - docker
-
-    users:
-      - name: ubuntu
-        groups: docker
-        shell: /bin/bash
-        lock_passwd: false
-        sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
-        ssh_authorized_keys:
-          - ${SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEY}
-
-EOF
-
-    if [ "$REGISTRY_URL" != "https://index.docker.io/v1" ]; then
-        cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-    write_files:
-      - path: /etc/docker/daemon.json
-        permissions: 0644
-        owner: root
-        content: |
-            {
-                "registry-mirrors": [
-                  "${REGISTRY_URL}"
-                ]
-            }
-
-
-EOF
-
-    fi
-
-fi
-
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = base ]; then
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-    runcmd:
-      - sudo mkdir -m 0755 -p /etc/apt/keyrings
-      - curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
-      - echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
-      - sudo apt-get update
-      - sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
-      - sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y openssh-server
-
-EOF
-
-fi
-
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" != base ]; then
-    # all other machines that are not the base image
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-  user.vendor-data: |
-    #cloud-config
-    apt_mirror: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
-    package_update: false
-    package_upgrade: false
-    package_reboot_if_required: false
-
-    preserve_hostname: true
-    fqdn: ${FQDN}
-
-    resize_rootfs: false
-
-    disk_setup:
-      /dev/sdb:
-        table_type: 'gpt'
-        layout: true
-        overwrite: false
-
-    fs_setup:
-      - label: docker-data
-        filesystem: 'ext4'
-        device: '/dev/sdb1'
-        overwrite: false
-
-    mounts:
-      - [ sdb, /var/lib/docker ]
-
-    mount_default_fields: [ None, None, "auto", "defaults,nofail", "0", "2" ]
-
-EOF
-fi
-
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" != base ]; then
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-  user.network-config: |
-    version: 2
-    ethernets:
-      enp5s0:
-        dhcp4: true
-        dhcp4-overrides:
-          route-metric: 50
-        match:
-          macaddress: ${MAC_ADDRESS_TO_PROVISION}
-        set-name: enp5s0
-
-      enp6s0:
-        dhcp4: true
-
-EOF
-
-fi
-
-# All profiles get a root disk and cloud-init config.
-cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-description: Default LXD profile for ${FILENAME}
-devices:
-  root:
-    path: /
-    pool: ss-base
-    type: disk
-  config:
-    source: cloud-init:config
-    type: disk
-EOF
-
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" != base ]; then
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-  ss-data:
-    path: ${REMOTE_DATA_PATH}
-    pool: ss-base
-    source: ${SSDATA_VOLUME_NAME}
-    type: disk
-  ss-backup:
-    path: ${REMOTE_BACKUP_PATH}
-    pool: ss-base
-    source: ${BACKUP_VOLUME_NAME}
-    type: disk
-EOF
-fi
-
-# Stub out the network piece for the base image.
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = base ]; then
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-  enp6s0:
-    name: enp6s0
-    network: lxdbr0
-    type: nic
-name: ${FILENAME}
-EOF
-
-else
-# If we are deploying a VM that attaches to the network underlay.
-    cat >> "$YAML_PATH" <<EOF
-  enp5s0:
-    nictype: macvlan
-    parent: ${DATA_PLANE_MACVLAN_INTERFACE}
-    type: nic
-  enp6s0:
-    name: enp6s0
-    network: ss-ovn
-    type: nic
-
-name: ${PRIMARY_DOMAIN}
-EOF
-
-fi
-
-# let's create a profile for the BCM TYPE-1 VMs. This is per VM.
-if [ "$VIRTUAL_MACHINE" = base ]; then
-    if ! lxc profile list --format csv --project default | grep -q "$LXD_HOSTNAME"; then
-        lxc profile create "$LXD_HOSTNAME" --project default
-    fi
-
-    # configure the profile with our generated cloud-init.yml file.
-    cat "$YAML_PATH" | lxc profile edit "$LXD_HOSTNAME" --project default
-else
-    if ! lxc profile list --format csv | grep -q "$LXD_HOSTNAME"; then
-        lxc profile create "$LXD_HOSTNAME"
-    fi
-
-    # configure the profile with our generated cloud-init.yml file.
-    cat "$YAML_PATH" | lxc profile edit "$LXD_HOSTNAME"
-fi
-
diff --git a/www/generate_certs.sh b/www/generate_certs.sh
index e7ead6e..a488261 100755
--- a/www/generate_certs.sh
+++ b/www/generate_certs.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../domain_env.sh
 
diff --git a/www/go.sh b/www/go.sh
index a9e9231..1276458 100755
--- a/www/go.sh
+++ b/www/go.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -eu
+set -exu
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 # redirect all docker commands to the remote host.
 DOCKER_HOST="ssh://ubuntu@$WWW_FQDN"
 export DOCKER_HOST="$DOCKER_HOST"
 
+
 # Create the nginx config file which covers all domainys.
 bash -c ./stub/nginx_config.sh
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../domain_env.sh
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ if [ "$RESTART_FRONT_END" = true ]; then
         export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
         # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-        source ../../../defaults.sh
+        source ../project_defaults.sh
         source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
         source ../domain_env.sh
 
diff --git a/www/stop_docker_stacks.sh b/www/stop_docker_stacks.sh
index 2fc62e2..5a4610e 100755
--- a/www/stop_docker_stacks.sh
+++ b/www/stop_docker_stacks.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -eu
+set -exu
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 # bring down ghost instances.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../domain_env.sh
 
diff --git a/www/stub/ghost_yml.sh b/www/stub/ghost_yml.sh
index bdc19c3..9403263 100755
--- a/www/stub/ghost_yml.sh
+++ b/www/stub/ghost_yml.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../../domain_env.sh
 
diff --git a/www/stub/gitea_yml.sh b/www/stub/gitea_yml.sh
index 2922902..05b3bf4 100755
--- a/www/stub/gitea_yml.sh
+++ b/www/stub/gitea_yml.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../../domain_env.sh
 
diff --git a/www/stub/nextcloud_yml.sh b/www/stub/nextcloud_yml.sh
index 5011030..c8c6d6f 100755
--- a/www/stub/nextcloud_yml.sh
+++ b/www/stub/nextcloud_yml.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../../domain_env.sh
 
diff --git a/www/stub/nginx_config.sh b/www/stub/nginx_config.sh
index bd01eb8..b6f2f21 100755
--- a/www/stub/nginx_config.sh
+++ b/www/stub/nginx_config.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export CONTAINER_TLS_PATH="/etc/letsencrypt/${DOMAIN_NAME}/live/${DOMAIN_NAME}"
     
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../../domain_env.sh
 
diff --git a/www/stub/nginx_yml.sh b/www/stub/nginx_yml.sh
index 730f4ad..16af14d 100755
--- a/www/stub/nginx_yml.sh
+++ b/www/stub/nginx_yml.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../../domain_env.sh
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../../domain_env.sh
 
diff --git a/www/stub/nostr_yml.sh b/www/stub/nostr_yml.sh
index 5ae0851..7da5ff3 100755
--- a/www/stub/nostr_yml.sh
+++ b/www/stub/nostr_yml.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
     export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
 
     # source the site path so we know what features it has.
-    source ../../../../defaults.sh
+    source ../../project_defaults.sh
     source "$SITE_PATH/site.conf"
     source ../../domain_env.sh