From f7e20cb684e1ff7383c2c8c947c8a32c1231df92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 13:55:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 01/13] root_start_command fixes for launchpad

---
 ci-cd automation/Proxmox-Launchpad         |  2 +-
 ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh |  8 +++----
 ci-cd automation/update-container.sh       | 26 ++++++++++++++--------
 container creation/create-container.sh     |  9 ++++----
 container creation/start_services.sh       | 10 +++++++--
 5 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci-cd automation/Proxmox-Launchpad b/ci-cd automation/Proxmox-Launchpad
index 038aff5a..4a77ef7f 160000
--- a/ci-cd automation/Proxmox-Launchpad	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/Proxmox-Launchpad	
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 038aff5ad0eacd9f77935ae8819ab59da13fc981
+Subproject commit 4a77ef7f87efddceaaeaf6dd00915e8718c67417
diff --git a/ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh b/ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh
index 77c8fd8f..791b24ee 100644
--- a/ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 outputError() {
 	echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
-	echo -e "${BOLD}${MAGENTA}❌ Script Failed. Exiting... ${RESET}"
+	echo -e "${BOLD}${MAGENTA} Script Failed. Exiting... ${RESET}"
 	echo -e "$2"
 	echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
   exit $1
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ REPO_BASE_NAME=$(basename -s .git "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY")
 
 # Check if repository folder is present.
 if [ "$PVE1" == "true" ]; then
-    if pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -f /root/container-updates.log; then
+    if [ ! -z $CONTAINER_ID ] && pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -f /root/container-updates.log; then
         exit 2; # Update Repository
     else
         exit 0; # Clone Repository
     fi
 else
-    if ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -f /root/container-updates.log"; then
+    if [ ! -z $CONTAINER_ID ] && ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -f /root/container-updates.log" ; then
         exit 2; # Update Repository
     else
         exit 0; # Clone Repository
     fi
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh
index 484f4996..c8522e6c 100644
--- a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Last Modified on August 5th, 2025 by Maxwell Klema
 # ----------------------------------------
 
+set -x
+
 RESET="\033[0m"
 BOLD="\033[1m"
 MAGENTA='\033[35m'
@@ -148,15 +150,15 @@ startComponentPVE1() {
     INSTALL_CMD="$5"
 
     if [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "NODEJS" ]; then
-        pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 4096 --swap 0 --cores 4 
+        pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 4096 --swap 0 --cores 4
         pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/ && git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/$PROJECT_BRANCH && git pull" > /dev/null 2>&1
         pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && $INSTALL_CMD && $BUILD_CMD" > /dev/null 2>&1
-        pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 2048 --swap 0 --cores 2  
+        pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 2048 --swap 0 --cores 2
     elif [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "PYTHON" ]; then
-        pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 4096 --swap 0 --cores 4 
+        pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 4096 --swap 0 --cores 4
         pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/ && git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/$PROJECT_BRANCH && git pull" > /dev/null 2>&1
         pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && source venv/bin/activate && $INSTALL_CMD && $BUILD_CMD" > /dev/null 2>&1
-        pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 2048 --swap 0 --cores 2 
+        pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 2048 --swap 0 --cores 2
     fi
 }
 
@@ -174,14 +176,14 @@ startComponentPVE2() {
             pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/ && git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/$PROJECT_BRANCH && git pull' > /dev/null 2>&1
             pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && $INSTALL_CMD' && '$BUILD_CMD' > /dev/null 2>&1
             pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 2048 --swap 0 --cores 2
-        " 
+        "
     elif [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "PYTHON" ]; then
         ssh root@10.15.0.5 "
             pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 4096 --swap 0 --cores 4 &&
             pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && git fetch origin && git reset --hard origin/$PROJECT_BRANCH && git pull' > /dev/null 2>&1
             pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && source venv/bin/activate && $INSTALL_CMD' && '$BUILD_CMD' > /dev/null 2>&1
             pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 2048 --swap 0 --cores 2
-        " 
+        "
     fi
 }
 
@@ -208,17 +210,23 @@ if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENT^^}" == "Y" ]; then
     done
     if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
         if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0 )); then
-            ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND'" 
+            ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND'"
         else
-            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND" 
+            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND"
         fi
     fi
     # startComponent "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$BUILD_COMMAND" "$START_COMMAND" "."
 else
     if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0 )); then
         startComponentPVE2 "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$BUILD_COMMAND" "$START_COMMAND" "." "$INSTALL_COMMAND"
+        if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
+			ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND'" > /dev/null 2>&1
+		fi
     else
         startComponentPVE1 "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$BUILD_COMMAND" "$START_COMMAND" "." "$INSTALL_COMMAND"
+        if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
+			ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND'" > /dev/null 2>&1
+		fi
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -262,5 +270,5 @@ QUOTED_CMD=$(printf ' %q' "${CMD[@]}")
 
 tmux new-session -d -s "$CONTAINER_NAME" "$QUOTED_CMD"
 echo "✅ Container $CONTAINER_ID has been updated with new contents from branch \"$PROJECT_BRANCH\" on repository \"$PROJECT_REPOSITORY\"."
+echo "Wait a few minutes for all background processes to complete before accessing the container."
 exit 0
-
diff --git a/container creation/create-container.sh b/container creation/create-container.sh
index 16013e6e..66ac88c2 100644
--- a/container creation/create-container.sh	
+++ b/container creation/create-container.sh	
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ echoContainerDetails() {
 	echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
 	echo -e "${BOLD}${BLUE}Still not working? Contact Max K. at maxklema@gmail.com${RESET}"
 	echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
-	
+
 }
 
 trap cleanup SIGINT SIGTERM SIGHUP
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ SERVICES_BASE_FILE="${16}"
 LINUX_DISTRO="${17}"
 MULTI_COMPONENTS="${18}"
 ROOT_START_COMMAND="${19}"
+SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER="${20}"
 
 # Pick the correct template to clone =====
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ fi
 
 # Create the Container Clone ====
 
-if [ "${GH_ACTION^^}" != "Y" ]; then
+if [ "${GH_ACTION^^}" != "Y" ] || [ "${SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER^^}" == "N" ]; then
 	CONTAINER_ID=$(pvesh get /cluster/nextid) #Get the next available LXC ID
 
 	echo "⏳ Cloning Container..."
@@ -178,10 +179,10 @@ pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root && touch container-updates.log"
 # Run Contianer Provision Script to add container to port_map.json
 echo "⏳ Running Container Provision Script..."
 if [ -f "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-port-maps/$PROTOCOL_FILE" ]; then
-    /var/lib/vz/snippets/register-container.sh $CONTAINER_ID $HTTP_PORT /var/lib/vz/snippets/container-port-maps/$PROTOCOL_FILE "$USERNAME_ONLY" "$ROOT_PSWD"
+    /var/lib/vz/snippets/register-container.sh $CONTAINER_ID $HTTP_PORT /var/lib/vz/snippets/container-port-maps/$PROTOCOL_FILE "$USERNAME_ONLY"
     rm -rf /var/lib/vz/snippets/container-port-maps/$PROTOCOL_FILE > /dev/null 2>&1
 else
-    /var/lib/vz/snippets/register-container.sh $CONTAINER_ID $HTTP_PORT "" "$PROXMOX_USERNAME" "$ROOT_PSWD"
+    /var/lib/vz/snippets/register-container.sh $CONTAINER_ID $HTTP_PORT "" "$PROXMOX_USERNAME"
 fi
 
 SSH_PORT=$(iptables -t nat -S PREROUTING | grep "to-destination $CONTAINER_IP:22" | awk -F'--dport ' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 || true)
diff --git a/container creation/start_services.sh b/container creation/start_services.sh
index 7942ad02..46ccfc50 100644
--- a/container creation/start_services.sh	
+++ b/container creation/start_services.sh	
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0 )); then
 
 	if [ "${GH_ACTION^^}" == "Y" ]; then
 		ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- systemctl start github-runner"
-	fi 
+	fi
 
 	startProject() {
 
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0 )); then
 			fi
 		else
 			startProject "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$BUILD_COMMAND" "$START_COMMAND" "."
+			if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
+				ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND'" > /dev/null 2>&1
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ else
 	sleep 5
 	if [ "${GH_ACTION^^}" == "Y" ]; then
 		pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "systemctl start github-runner"
-	fi 
+	fi
 
 	startComponent() {
 
@@ -131,5 +134,8 @@ else
 		fi
 	else
 		startComponent "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$BUILD_COMMAND" "$START_COMMAND" "."
+		if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
+			pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND" > /dev/null 2>&1
+		fi
 	fi
 fi

From 99b7d85b2e87ad7be226b5f712b5f9b8d231b846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:45:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 02/13] single component env variable are appended on each push

---
 ci-cd automation/update-container.sh | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh
index c8522e6c..535ac3ea 100644
--- a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if [ "$REPOSITORY_BRANCH_EXISTS" != "200" ]; then
 fi
 
 
-# # Get Project Root Directroy
+# Get Project Root Directroy
 
 if [ "$PROJECT_ROOT" == "." ] || [ -z "$PROJECT_ROOT" ]; then
     PROJECT_ROOT="/"
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ if [ ! -z "$HTTP_PORT" ]; then
     && mv -f /tmp/port_map.json.new /etc/nginx/port_map.json "
 fi
 
-
 # Clone repository if needed ====
 
 if (( "$CONTAINER_ID" % 2 == 0 )); then
@@ -139,6 +138,60 @@ fi
 EOF
 fi
 
+# Update Environment Variables
+
+# Helper Function to write environment variables to a file inside container
+writeEnvToFile() {
+    env_file_path="$1"
+    component_path="$2"
+    env_vars=$(cat "$env_file_path")
+    if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0)); then
+         ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'touch \"$component_path/.env\" && echo \"$env_vars\" > \"$component_path/.env\"'"
+    else
+        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "touch \"$component_path/.env\" && echo \"$env_vars\" > \"$component_path/.env\""
+    fi
+}
+
+# Check If there are environment variables
+if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_ENV_VARS" ]; then
+    # generate random temp .env folder to store all env files for different components
+    RANDOM_NUM=$(shuf -i 100000-999999 -n 1)
+    ENV_FOLDER="env_$RANDOM_NUM"
+    ENV_FOLDER_PATH="/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-env-vars/$ENV_FOLDER"
+    mkdir -p "$ENV_FOLDER_PATH"
+
+    if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENT^^}" == "Y" ]; then # Multi-Component
+        if echo "$CONTAINER_ENV_VARS" | jq -e > /dev/null 2>&1; then #if exit status of jq is 0 (valid JSON) // success
+            for key in $(echo "$CONTAINER_ENV_VARS" | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
+                COMPONENT_PATH="/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$key"
+                ENV_FILE_NAME=$(echo "$COMPONENT_PATH" | tr '/' '_')
+                ENV_FILE_NAME="$ENV_FILE_NAME.txt"
+                ENV_FILE_PATH="$ENV_FOLDER_PATH/$ENV_FILE_NAME"
+                touch "$ENV_FILE_PATH"
+                echo "$CONTAINER_ENV_VARS" | jq -r --arg key "$key" '.[$key] | to_entries[] | "\(.key)=\(.value)"' > "$ENV_FILE_PATH"
+                writeEnvToFile "$ENV_FILE_PATH" "$COMPONENT_PATH"
+            done
+        else
+            outputError "Your \"CONTAINER_ENV_VARS\" is not valid JSON. Please re-format and try again."
+            writeLog "Invalid JSON in CONTAINER_ENV_VARS (GH_ACTION mode)"
+            exit 16
+        fi
+    else # Single Component
+        ENV_FILE="env_$RANDOM_NUM.txt"
+        ENV_FILE_PATH="$ENV_FOLDER_PATH/$ENV_FILE"
+        touch "$ENV_FILE_PATH"
+        if echo "$CONTAINER_ENV_VARS" | jq -e > /dev/null 2>&1; then #if exit status of jq is 0 (valid JSON) // success
+            COMPONENT_PATH="/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT"
+            echo "$CONTAINER_ENV_VARS " | jq -r 'to_entries[] | "\(.key)=\(.value)"' > "$ENV_FILE_PATH" #k=v pairs
+            writeEnvToFile "$ENV_FILE_PATH" "$COMPONENT_PATH"
+        else
+            outputError "Your \"CONTAINER_ENV_VARS\" is not valid JSON. Please re-format and try again."
+            writeLog "Invalid JSON in CONTAINER_ENV_VARS for single component (GH_ACTION mode)"
+            exit 16
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
 # Update Container with New Contents from repository =====
 
 startComponentPVE1() {

From 19b8af9c7a092bd775050a4b3e7e26add3f716f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:48:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 03/13] update container script updating env variabless

---
 ci-cd automation/update-container.sh | 44 +++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh
index 535ac3ea..edd3af54 100644
--- a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # Last Modified on August 5th, 2025 by Maxwell Klema
 # ----------------------------------------
 
-set -x
-
 RESET="\033[0m"
 BOLD="\033[1m"
 MAGENTA='\033[35m'
@@ -88,23 +86,23 @@ fi
 
 # Install Services ====
 
-echo "🛎️ Installing Services..."
+# echo "🛎️ Installing Services..."
 
-if [ -z "$LINUX_DISTRIBUTION" ]; then
-    LINUX_DISTRIBUTION="debian"
-fi
+# if [ -z "$LINUX_DISTRIBUTION" ]; then
+#     LINUX_DISTRIBUTION="debian"
+# fi
 
-if [ ! -z "$SERVICES" ] || [ ! -z "$CUSTOM_SERVICES" ]; then
-    REQUIRE_SERVICES="y"
-fi
+# if [ ! -z "$SERVICES" ] || [ ! -z "$CUSTOM_SERVICES" ]; then
+#     REQUIRE_SERVICES="y"
+# fi
 
-SERVICE_COMMANDS=$(ssh -o SendEnv="LINUX_DISTRIBUTION SERVICES CUSTOM_SERVICES REQUIRE_SERVICES" \
-    root@10.15.234.122 \
-   "/root/bin/deployment-scripts/gatherServices.sh true")
+# SERVICE_COMMANDS=$(ssh -o SendEnv="LINUX_DISTRIBUTION SERVICES CUSTOM_SERVICES REQUIRE_SERVICES" \
+#     root@10.15.234.122 \
+#    "/root/bin/deployment-scripts/gatherServices.sh true")
 
-echo "$SERVICE_COMMANDS" | while read -r line; do
-    pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "$line | true" > /dev/null 2>&1
-done
+# echo "$SERVICE_COMMANDS" | while read -r line; do
+#     pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "$line | true" > /dev/null 2>&1
+# done
 
 # Change HTTP port if necessary ====
 
@@ -140,15 +138,19 @@ fi
 
 # Update Environment Variables
 
+if [ ! -z "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" ] && echo "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then # If RUNTIME_LANGUAGE is set and is valid JSON
+    MULTI_COMPONENT="Y"
+fi
+
 # Helper Function to write environment variables to a file inside container
 writeEnvToFile() {
     env_file_path="$1"
     component_path="$2"
     env_vars=$(cat "$env_file_path")
-    if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0)); then
-         ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'touch \"$component_path/.env\" && echo \"$env_vars\" > \"$component_path/.env\"'"
+    if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0 )); then
+        ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'if [ -f \"$component_path/.env\" ]; then touch \"$component_path/.env\"; fi; echo \"$env_vars\" >> \"$component_path/.env\"'"
     else
-        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "touch \"$component_path/.env\" && echo \"$env_vars\" > \"$component_path/.env\""
+        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ -f \"$component_path/.env\" ]; then touch \"$component_path/.env\"; fi; echo \"$env_vars\" >> \"$component_path/.env\""
     fi
 }
 
@@ -192,6 +194,7 @@ if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_ENV_VARS" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+exit 0
 # Update Container with New Contents from repository =====
 
 startComponentPVE1() {
@@ -240,11 +243,6 @@ startComponentPVE2() {
     fi
 }
 
-
-if [ ! -z "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" ] && echo "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | jq . >/dev/null 2>&1; then # If RUNTIME_LANGUAGE is set and is valid JSON
-    MULTI_COMPONENT="Y"
-fi
-
 if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENT^^}" == "Y" ]; then
     for COMPONENT in $(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
         START=$(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')

From 10114a954c96ea3cd65fbbe38bf61ea15a65e128 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 16:04:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 04/13] fixed deployOnStart bug that did not write env
 variables to container

---
 container creation/deployOnStart.sh | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/container creation/deployOnStart.sh b/container creation/deployOnStart.sh
index 82d01a62..519b0acf 100755
--- a/container creation/deployOnStart.sh	
+++ b/container creation/deployOnStart.sh	
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Automation Script for attempting to automatically deploy projects and services on a container
-# Last Modifided by Maxwell Klema on July 16th, 2025
+# Last Modifided by Maxwell Klema on August 16th, 2025
 # -----------------------------------------------------
 
 echo "🚀  Attempting Automatic Deployment"
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ echo "Repo base name: $REPO_BASE_NAME"
 pct enter $CONTAINER_ID <<EOF
 if [ ! -d '/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME' ]; then
 cd /root && \
-git clone $PROJECT_REPOSITORY && \
+git clone $PROJECT_REPOSITORY > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
 cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME && \
-git checkout $PROJECT_BRANCH > /dev/null
+git checkout $PROJECT_BRANCH > /dev/null 2>&1
 else
-cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME && git fetch && git pull && \
-git checkout $PROJECT_BRANCH
+cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME && git fetch > /dev/null 2>&1 && git pull > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+git checkout $PROJECT_BRANCH > /dev/null 2>&1
 fi
 EOF
 
@@ -28,20 +28,22 @@ pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "chmod 700 ~/.bashrc" # enable full R/W/X perm
 
 ENV_BASE_FOLDER="/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-env-vars/${ENV_BASE_FOLDER}"
 
-if [ ! -d "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER"]; then
+if [ -d "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER" ]; then
     if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENTS^^}" == "Y" ]; then
         for FILE in $ENV_BASE_FOLDER/*; do
             FILE_BASENAME=$(basename "$FILE")
             FILE_NAME="${FILE_BASENAME%.*}"
             ENV_ROUTE=$(echo "$FILE_NAME" | tr '_' '/') # acts as the route to the correct folder to place .env file in.
-            
+
             ENV_VARS=$(cat $ENV_BASE_FOLDER/$FILE_BASENAME)
-            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$ENV_ROUTE && echo "$ENV_VARS" > .env" > /dev/null 2>&1
+            COMPONENT_PATH="/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$ENV_ROUTE"
+            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ -f \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\" ]; then touch \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"; fi; echo \"$ENV_VARS\" > \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
         done
     else
         ENV_FOLDER_BASE_NAME=$(basename "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER")
         ENV_VARS=$(cat $ENV_BASE_FOLDER/$ENV_FOLDER_BASE_NAME.txt || true)
-        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && echo "$ENV_VARS" > .env" > /dev/null 2>&1
+        COMPONENT_PATH="/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT"
+        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ -f \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\" ]; then touch \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"; fi; echo \"$ENV_VARS\" > \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -83,4 +85,4 @@ if [ -f "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-services/$SERVICES_BASE_FILE" ]; then
 	while read line; do
 		pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "$line" > /dev/null 2>&1
 	done < "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-services/$SERVICES_BASE_FILE"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi

From f170754ffe13b6ce9d34c68aeacac1e2313a4095 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:27:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 05/13] updates for proxmox launchpad

---
 .../setup-runner.sh                           |  4 +--
 ci-cd automation/update-container.sh          | 29 +++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 rename {container creation => ci-cd automation}/setup-runner.sh (99%)

diff --git a/container creation/setup-runner.sh b/ci-cd automation/setup-runner.sh
similarity index 99%
rename from container creation/setup-runner.sh
rename to ci-cd automation/setup-runner.sh
index 382f4f87..ef2cda04 100644
--- a/container creation/setup-runner.sh	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/setup-runner.sh	
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ outputError() {
 	echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
 	echo -e "${BOLD}${MAGENTA}❌ Script Failed. Exiting... ${RESET}"
 	echo -e "$2"
-	echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"  
+	echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
   exit $1
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ source /var/lib/vz/snippets/helper-scripts/verify_container_ownership.sh #Ensure
 if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_OWNERSHIP" ]; then
     outputError 1 "You already own a container with name \"$CONTAINER_NAME\". Please delete it before creating a new one."
 fi
- 
+
 # Cloning Container Template and Setting it up =====
 
 REPO_BASE_NAME=$(basename -s .git "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY")
diff --git a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh
index edd3af54..562f72d1 100644
--- a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Script to automatically fetch new contents from a branch, push them to container, and restart intern
-# Last Modified on August 5th, 2025 by Maxwell Klema
+# Last Modified on August 17th, 2025 by Maxwell Klema
 # ----------------------------------------
 
 RESET="\033[0m"
@@ -86,23 +86,23 @@ fi
 
 # Install Services ====
 
-# echo "🛎️ Installing Services..."
+echo "🛎️ Installing Services..."
 
-# if [ -z "$LINUX_DISTRIBUTION" ]; then
-#     LINUX_DISTRIBUTION="debian"
-# fi
+if [ -z "$LINUX_DISTRIBUTION" ]; then
+    LINUX_DISTRIBUTION="debian"
+fi
 
-# if [ ! -z "$SERVICES" ] || [ ! -z "$CUSTOM_SERVICES" ]; then
-#     REQUIRE_SERVICES="y"
-# fi
+if [ ! -z "$SERVICES" ] || [ ! -z "$CUSTOM_SERVICES" ]; then
+    REQUIRE_SERVICES="y"
+fi
 
-# SERVICE_COMMANDS=$(ssh -o SendEnv="LINUX_DISTRIBUTION SERVICES CUSTOM_SERVICES REQUIRE_SERVICES" \
-#     root@10.15.234.122 \
-#    "/root/bin/deployment-scripts/gatherServices.sh true")
+SERVICE_COMMANDS=$(ssh -o SendEnv="LINUX_DISTRIBUTION SERVICES CUSTOM_SERVICES REQUIRE_SERVICES" \
+    root@10.15.234.122 \
+   "/root/bin/deployment-scripts/gatherServices.sh true")
 
-# echo "$SERVICE_COMMANDS" | while read -r line; do
-#     pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "$line | true" > /dev/null 2>&1
-# done
+echo "$SERVICE_COMMANDS" | while read -r line; do
+    pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "$line | true" > /dev/null 2>&1
+done
 
 # Change HTTP port if necessary ====
 
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_ENV_VARS" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-exit 0
 # Update Container with New Contents from repository =====
 
 startComponentPVE1() {

From 6857cba61628a5b08e68f04f23f0875f6b23778b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:40:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 06/13] scripts for scraping runtime environment version,
 verifying it, and installing it on the container if the user chose to install
 a specific version

---
 container creation/node_runtime_install.sh   | 10 +++++
 container creation/python_runtime_install.sh | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 container creation/node_runtime_install.sh
 create mode 100755 container creation/python_runtime_install.sh

diff --git a/container creation/node_runtime_install.sh b/container creation/node_runtime_install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21095418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container creation/node_runtime_install.sh	
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to install a specific Node.js runtime version
+# Last Modified by Maxwell Klema on August 18th, 2025
+# ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+pct enter "$CONTAINER_ID" -- <<EOF
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER remove nodejs && \
+curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_$MAJOR_VERSION.x | sudo -E bash - && \
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER install -y nodejs
+EOF
diff --git a/container creation/python_runtime_install.sh b/container creation/python_runtime_install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e7135ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container creation/python_runtime_install.sh	
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to install a specific Python runtime version
+# Last Modified by Maxwell Klema on August 18th, 2025
+# ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <os> <python_version>"
+    echo "Example: $0 debian 3.8.9"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+OS=$1
+PYTHON_VERSION=$2
+PYTHON_URL="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tgz"
+
+# Function to install dependencies based on OS
+install_dependencies() {
+    case "${OS,,}" in
+        debian)
+            pct enter "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev \
+                libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev wget"
+            ;;
+        rocky)
+            pct enter "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "sudo dnf update -y && sudo dnf install -y gcc zlib-devel ncurses-devel gdbm-devel \
+                nss-devel openssl-devel readline-devel wget libffi-devel"
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+# Function to install Python
+install_python() {
+    echo "⏳ Installing Python $PYTHON_VERSION... This may take a while."
+    pct enter "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "cd /usr/src && sudo wget $PYTHON_URL && sudo tar xzf Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tgz && \
+        cd Python-$PYTHON_VERSION && sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations && \
+        sudo make -j$(nproc) && sudo make altinstall && \
+        sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION%.*} /usr/local/bin/python3 && \
+        python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade && python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip"
+    echo "Python $PYTHON_VERSION installed successfully."
+}
+
+install_dependencies
+install_python

From 0db63c4922a034222de0735d75cbf894fc7cdb0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:48:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 07/13] adding custom runtime version installation

---
 container creation/deployOnStart.sh | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)

diff --git a/container creation/deployOnStart.sh b/container creation/deployOnStart.sh
index 519b0acf..2d5ee9c1 100755
--- a/container creation/deployOnStart.sh	
+++ b/container creation/deployOnStart.sh	
@@ -47,6 +47,59 @@ if [ -d "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+# Install Specific Runtime Versions (if Needed)
+
+
+# Function to handle runtime installation
+install_runtime() {
+    local runtime_language=$1
+    local version=$2
+
+    if [ "${runtime_language,,}" == "nodejs" ]; then
+        local major=$(echo "$version" | cut -d. -f1)
+        local node_version_exists=$(curl -s https://nodejs.org/dist/index.json | grep "version\":\"v$major")
+        if [ ! -z "$node_version_exists" ]; then
+            source "/var/lib/vz/snippets/helper_scripts/node_runtime_install.sh" "$major"
+        else
+            echo "Node.js version $version ($major) is not available. Please check the version number. Using latest version instead."
+        fi
+    elif [ "${runtime_language,,}" == "python" ]; then
+        IFS='.' read -r -a parts <<< "$version"
+
+        # Fill missing parts with 0
+        while [ "${#parts[@]}" -lt 3 ]; do
+            parts+=("0")
+        done
+
+        version="${parts[0]}.${parts[1]}.${parts[2]}"
+        local python_version_exists=$(curl -s https://www.python.org/ftp/python/ | grep "$version")
+        if [ ! -z "$python_version_exists" ]; then
+            source "/var/lib/vz/snippets/helper_scripts/python_runtime_install.sh" "${LINUX_DISTRO,,}" "$version"
+        else
+            echo "Python version $version is not available. Please check the version number. Using latest version instead."
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+for key in $(echo "$VERSIONS_DICT" | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
+    if [ "$key" == "default" ] && [ "${MULTI_COMPONENT^^}" != "Y" ]; then
+        version=$(echo "$VERSIONS_DICT" | jq --arg k "$key" '.[$k]')
+        if [ "$version" != "null" ]; then
+            version=$(echo "$version" | sed 's/"//g')
+            install_runtime "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$version"
+        fi
+    else
+        value=$(echo "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | jq --arg k "$key" '.[$k]')
+        value=$(echo "$value" | sed 's/"//g')
+        version=$(echo "$VERSIONS_DICT" | jq --arg k "$key" '.[$k]')
+        if [ "$version" != "null" ]; then
+            version=$(echo "$version" | sed 's/"//g')
+            install_runtime "$value" "$version"
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+
 # Run Installation Commands ====
 
 runInstallCommands() {

From 10cf3f293c51299c5ea66a6a7a32d11d6a2ea619 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:25:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 08/13] python version installation bug fixes

---
 container creation/python_runtime_install.sh | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/container creation/python_runtime_install.sh b/container creation/python_runtime_install.sh
index e7135ab1..362334aa 100755
--- a/container creation/python_runtime_install.sh	
+++ b/container creation/python_runtime_install.sh	
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@ PYTHON_URL="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VER
 install_dependencies() {
     case "${OS,,}" in
         debian)
-            pct enter "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev \
-                libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev wget"
+            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "sudo apt update -y && sudo apt install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev wget" > /dev/null 2>&1
             ;;
         rocky)
-            pct enter "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "sudo dnf update -y && sudo dnf install -y gcc zlib-devel ncurses-devel gdbm-devel \
-                nss-devel openssl-devel readline-devel wget libffi-devel"
+            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "sudo dnf update -y && sudo dnf install -y gcc zlib-devel ncurses-devel gdbm-devel nss-devel openssl-devel readline-devel wget libffi-devel" > /dev/null 2>&1
             ;;
     esac
 }
@@ -30,12 +28,12 @@ install_dependencies() {
 # Function to install Python
 install_python() {
     echo "⏳ Installing Python $PYTHON_VERSION... This may take a while."
-    pct enter "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "cd /usr/src && sudo wget $PYTHON_URL && sudo tar xzf Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tgz && \
+    pct exec "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "cd /usr/src && sudo wget $PYTHON_URL && sudo tar xzf Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tgz && \
         cd Python-$PYTHON_VERSION && sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations && \
         sudo make -j$(nproc) && sudo make altinstall && \
         sudo ln -sfn /usr/local/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION%.*} /usr/local/bin/python3 && \
         python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade && python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip"
-    echo "Python $PYTHON_VERSION installed successfully."
+    echo "Python $PYTHON_VERSION installed successfully." > /dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
 install_dependencies

From f55d02919396e8a512a6dea52975c8182c4746fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:12:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 09/13] invalid path fix

---
 container creation/deployOnStart.sh  |  29 +++--
 container creation/start_services.sh | 151 +++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-)

diff --git a/container creation/deployOnStart.sh b/container creation/deployOnStart.sh
index 2d5ee9c1..aea15dc2 100755
--- a/container creation/deployOnStart.sh	
+++ b/container creation/deployOnStart.sh	
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 echo "🚀  Attempting Automatic Deployment"
 REPO_BASE_NAME=$(basename -s .git "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY")
 
-# Clone github repository from correct branch ====
+# Helper function to normalize paths by removing duplicate slashes
+normalize_path() {
+    echo "$1" | sed 's#/\+#/#g'
+}
 
-echo "Repo base name: $REPO_BASE_NAME"
+# Clone github repository from correct branch ====
 
 pct enter $CONTAINER_ID <<EOF
 if [ ! -d '/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME' ]; then
@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@ pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "chmod 700 ~/.bashrc" # enable full R/W/X perm
 
 ENV_BASE_FOLDER="/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-env-vars/${ENV_BASE_FOLDER}"
 
+echo "$REPO_BASE_NAME"
+echo "$PROJECT_ROOT"
 if [ -d "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER" ]; then
     if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENTS^^}" == "Y" ]; then
         for FILE in $ENV_BASE_FOLDER/*; do
@@ -36,19 +41,23 @@ if [ -d "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER" ]; then
             ENV_ROUTE=$(echo "$FILE_NAME" | tr '_' '/') # acts as the route to the correct folder to place .env file in.
 
             ENV_VARS=$(cat $ENV_BASE_FOLDER/$FILE_BASENAME)
-            COMPONENT_PATH="/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$ENV_ROUTE"
+            COMPONENT_PATH=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$ENV_ROUTE")
             pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ -f \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\" ]; then touch \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"; fi; echo \"$ENV_VARS\" > \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
         done
     else
         ENV_FOLDER_BASE_NAME=$(basename "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER")
         ENV_VARS=$(cat $ENV_BASE_FOLDER/$ENV_FOLDER_BASE_NAME.txt || true)
-        COMPONENT_PATH="/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT"
+        COMPONENT_PATH=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT")
         pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ -f \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\" ]; then touch \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"; fi; echo \"$ENV_VARS\" > \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
     fi
 fi
 
 # Install Specific Runtime Versions (if Needed)
 
+echo "VERSIONS_DICT: $VERSIONS_DICT"
+echo "RUNTIME_LANGUAGE: $RUNTIME_LANGUAGE"
+
+pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 4096 --swap 0 --cores 8 > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 # Function to handle runtime installation
 install_runtime() {
@@ -59,7 +68,7 @@ install_runtime() {
         local major=$(echo "$version" | cut -d. -f1)
         local node_version_exists=$(curl -s https://nodejs.org/dist/index.json | grep "version\":\"v$major")
         if [ ! -z "$node_version_exists" ]; then
-            source "/var/lib/vz/snippets/helper_scripts/node_runtime_install.sh" "$major"
+            source /var/lib/vz/snippets/helper-scripts/node_runtime_install.sh "$major"
         else
             echo "Node.js version $version ($major) is not available. Please check the version number. Using latest version instead."
         fi
@@ -74,7 +83,7 @@ install_runtime() {
         version="${parts[0]}.${parts[1]}.${parts[2]}"
         local python_version_exists=$(curl -s https://www.python.org/ftp/python/ | grep "$version")
         if [ ! -z "$python_version_exists" ]; then
-            source "/var/lib/vz/snippets/helper_scripts/python_runtime_install.sh" "${LINUX_DISTRO,,}" "$version"
+            source /var/lib/vz/snippets/helper-scripts/python_runtime_install.sh "${LINUX_DISTRO,,}" "$version"
         else
             echo "Python version $version is not available. Please check the version number. Using latest version instead."
         fi
@@ -99,19 +108,21 @@ for key in $(echo "$VERSIONS_DICT" | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
     fi
 done
 
-
 # Run Installation Commands ====
 
 runInstallCommands() {
 
     RUNTIME="$1"
     COMP_DIR="$2"
+    
+    # Create normalized path
+    WORK_DIR=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR")
 
     if [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "NODEJS" ]; then
-        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && sudo $INSTALL_CMD" > /dev/null 2>&1
+        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd $WORK_DIR && sudo $INSTALL_CMD" > /dev/null 2>&1
     elif [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "PYTHON" ]; then
         pct enter $CONTAINER_ID <<EOF > /dev/null
-cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && \
+cd $WORK_DIR && \
 python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && \
 pip install --upgrade pip && \
 $INSTALL_CMD
diff --git a/container creation/start_services.sh b/container creation/start_services.sh
index 46ccfc50..10f9d651 100644
--- a/container creation/start_services.sh	
+++ b/container creation/start_services.sh	
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ PROJECT_BRANCH="${15}"
 UPDATE_CONTAINER="${16}"
 CONTAINER_NAME="${CONTAINER_NAME,,}"
 
+# Helper function to normalize paths by removing duplicate slashes
+normalize_path() {
+    echo "$1" | sed 's#/\+#/#g'
+}
+
 if [ "${GH_ACTION^^}" == "Y" ]; then
 	sleep 8 # Wait for Job to Complete
 fi
@@ -52,44 +57,49 @@ if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0 )); then
 
 	startProject() {
 
-		RUNTIME="$1"
-		BUILD_CMD="$2"
-		START_CMD="$3"
-		COMP_DIR="$4"
+        RUNTIME="$1"
+        BUILD_CMD="$2"
+        START_CMD="$3"
+        COMP_DIR="$4"
+        
+        # Create normalized path
+        WORK_DIR=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR")
 
-		if [ -z "$BUILD_CMD" ]; then
-			BUILD_CMD="true"
-		fi
+        if [ -z "$BUILD_CMD" ]; then
+            BUILD_CMD="true"
+        fi
 
-		if [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "NODEJS" ]; then
-			ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c \"mkdir -p /tmp && chmod 1777 /tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/tmux-0 && chmod 700 /tmp/tmux-0 && TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp tmux new-session -d 'export HOME=/root export PATH=\\\$PATH:/usr/local/bin && cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && $BUILD_CMD && $START_CMD'\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
-		elif [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "PYTHON" ]; then
-			ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c \"mkdir -p /tmp && chmod 1777 /tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/tmux-0 && chmod 700 /tmp/tmux-0 && TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp tmux new-session -d 'export HOME=/root export PATH=\\\$PATH:/usr/local/bin && cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && source venv/bin/activate $BUILD_CMD && $START_CMD'\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
-		fi
+        if [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "NODEJS" ]; then
+            ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c \"mkdir -p /tmp && chmod 1777 /tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/tmux-0 && chmod 700 /tmp/tmux-0 && TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp tmux new-session -d 'export HOME=/root export PATH=\\\$PATH:/usr/local/bin && cd $WORK_DIR && $BUILD_CMD && $START_CMD'\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
+        elif [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "PYTHON" ]; then
+            ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c \"mkdir -p /tmp && chmod 1777 /tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/tmux-0 && chmod 700 /tmp/tmux-0 && TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp tmux new-session -d 'export HOME=/root export PATH=\\\$PATH:/usr/local/bin && cd $WORK_DIR && source venv/bin/activate $BUILD_CMD && $START_CMD'\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
+        fi
 
-	}
+    }
 
 	if [ "${DEPLOY_ON_START^^}" == "Y" ]; then
-		if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENT^^}" == "Y" ]; then
-			for COMPONENT in $(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
-				START=$(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
-				RUNTIME=$(echo "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
-				BUILD=$(echo "$BUILD_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
-				if [ "$BUILD" == "null" ]; then
-					BUILD=""
-				fi
-				startProject "$RUNTIME" "$BUILD" "$START" "$COMPONENT"
-			done
-			if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
-				ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND'" > /dev/null 2>&1
-			fi
-		else
-			startProject "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$BUILD_COMMAND" "$START_COMMAND" "."
-			if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
-				ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND'" > /dev/null 2>&1
-			fi
-		fi
-	fi
+        if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENT^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+            for COMPONENT in $(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
+                START=$(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
+                RUNTIME=$(echo "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
+                BUILD=$(echo "$BUILD_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
+                if [ "$BUILD" == "null" ]; then
+                    BUILD=""
+                fi
+                startProject "$RUNTIME" "$BUILD" "$START" "$COMPONENT"
+            done
+            if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
+                ROOT_WORK_DIR=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT")
+                ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd $ROOT_WORK_DIR && $ROOT_START_COMMAND'" > /dev/null 2>&1
+            fi
+        else
+            startProject "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$BUILD_COMMAND" "$START_COMMAND" "."
+            if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
+                ROOT_WORK_DIR=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT")
+                ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'cd $ROOT_WORK_DIR && $ROOT_START_COMMAND'" > /dev/null 2>&1
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
 
 # PVE 1
 else
@@ -101,41 +111,46 @@ else
 
 	startComponent() {
 
-		RUNTIME="$1"
-		BUILD_CMD="$2"
-		START_CMD="$3"
-		COMP_DIR="$4"
-
-		if [ -z "$BUILD_CMD" ]; then
-			BUILD_CMD="true"
-		fi
-
-		if [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "NODEJS" ]; then
-			pct exec "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "mkdir -p /tmp && chmod 1777 /tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/tmux-0 && chmod 700 /tmp/tmux-0 && TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp/tmux-0 tmux new-session -d \"export HOME=/root && export PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/bin && cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && $BUILD_CMD && $START_CMD\""
-		elif [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "PYTHON" ]; then
-			pct exec "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "mkdir -p /tmp && chmod 1777 /tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/tmux-0 && chmod 700 /tmp/tmux-0 && TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp/tmux-0 tmux new-session -d \"export HOME=/root &&export PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/bin && cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR && source venv/bin/activate && $BUILD_CMD && $START_CMD\""
-		fi
-	}
+        RUNTIME="$1"
+        BUILD_CMD="$2"
+        START_CMD="$3"
+        COMP_DIR="$4"
+        
+        # Create normalized path
+        WORK_DIR=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$COMP_DIR")
+
+        if [ -z "$BUILD_CMD" ]; then
+            BUILD_CMD="true"
+        fi
+
+        if [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "NODEJS" ]; then
+            pct exec "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "mkdir -p /tmp && chmod 1777 /tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/tmux-0 && chmod 700 /tmp/tmux-0 && TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp/tmux-0 tmux new-session -d \"export HOME=/root && export PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/bin && cd $WORK_DIR && $BUILD_CMD && $START_CMD\""
+        elif [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "PYTHON" ]; then
+            pct exec "$CONTAINER_ID" -- bash -c "mkdir -p /tmp && chmod 1777 /tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/tmux-0 && chmod 700 /tmp/tmux-0 && TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp/tmux-0 tmux new-session -d \"export HOME=/root &&export PATH=\$PATH:/usr/local/bin && cd $WORK_DIR && source venv/bin/activate && $BUILD_CMD && $START_CMD\""
+        fi
+    }
 
 	pct set $CONTAINER_ID --memory 4096 --swap 0 --cores 4 > /dev/null #temporarily bump up container resources for computation hungry processes (e.g. meteor)
-	if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENT^^}" == "Y" ]; then
-		for COMPONENT in $(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
-			START=$(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
-			RUNTIME=$(echo "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
-			BUILD=$(echo "$BUILD_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
-			if [ "$BUILD" == "null" ]; then
-				BUILD=""
-			fi
-
-			startComponent "$RUNTIME" "$BUILD" "$START" "$COMPONENT"
-		done
-		if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
-			pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND" > /dev/null 2>&1
-		fi
-	else
-		startComponent "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$BUILD_COMMAND" "$START_COMMAND" "."
-		if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
-			pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT && $ROOT_START_COMMAND" > /dev/null 2>&1
-		fi
-	fi
+    if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENT^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        for COMPONENT in $(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
+            START=$(echo "$START_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
+            RUNTIME=$(echo "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
+            BUILD=$(echo "$BUILD_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]')
+            if [ "$BUILD" == "null" ]; then
+                BUILD=""
+            fi
+
+            startComponent "$RUNTIME" "$BUILD" "$START" "$COMPONENT"
+        done
+        if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
+            ROOT_WORK_DIR=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT")
+            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd $ROOT_WORK_DIR && $ROOT_START_COMMAND" > /dev/null 2>&1
+        fi
+    else
+        startComponent "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "$BUILD_COMMAND" "$START_COMMAND" "."
+        if [ ! -z "$ROOT_START_COMMAND" ]; then
+            ROOT_WORK_DIR=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT")
+            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "cd $ROOT_WORK_DIR && $ROOT_START_COMMAND" > /dev/null 2>&1
+        fi
+    fi
 fi

From ee30c3e008351f2ca094b7c6d43d5588ea52bd2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxwell Klema <80615123+maxklema@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:28:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 10/13] Add port-map-server.js for host key filtering

Implement a JSON server that filters and returns specific host keys from a JSON file.
---
 nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js

diff --git a/nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js b/nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aeee401a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js	
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// etc/nginx/port-map-server.js
+// JSON-server that returns all (filtered) hosts to the https://opensource.mieweb.org
+// Last modified on Aug 22, 2025 by Maxwell Klema
+
+
+const jsonServer = require('json-server');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const filePath = "/etc/nginx/port_map.json";
+
+const server = jsonServer.create();
+const router = jsonServer.router(path.join(__dirname, 'port_map.json'));
+const middlewares = jsonServer.defaults();
+server.use(middlewares);
+
+server.get('/keys', (req, res) => {
+  const db = router.db;
+  const keys = Object.keys(db.getState()).filter(key => !['container-creation', 'intern-dnsmasq', 'wazuh-server', 'wazuh-indexer', 'wazuh-dashboard', 'intern-nginx', 'mie-ldap-server', 'create-a-container', 'landing-page'].includes(key));
+  
+  // Filter out keys that are branches of a main/master for a repository
+
+  let content = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
+  let cachedMapping = JSON.parse(content);
+
+  all_hosts = [];
+  proxmox_launchpad_lxcs = [];
+  exclude = [];
+  for (const key of Object.keys(cachedMapping)) {
+      all_hosts.push(key);
+      if (key.endsWith("-main") || key.endsWith("master")) {
+          proxmox_launchpad_lxcs.push(key.substring(0, key.lastIndexOf("-")));
+      }
+  }
+
+  for (const entry of proxmox_launchpad_lxcs) {
+      hosts_to_filter = all_hosts.filter(key => {
+          return key.startsWith(entry) && (!key.endsWith("-main") || !key.startsWith(entry));
+      });
+      hosts_to_filter.forEach(host => exclude.push(host));
+  }
+  
+  const filteredKeys = keys.filter(key => !exclude.includes(key));
+  res.json(filteredKeys);
+})
+
+server.use(router);
+server.listen(3001, () => {
+   console.log("JSON Server Running on http://localhost:3001");
+})

From 8fcf3cd3334917cfc1a8decde4c0790418668422 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxwell Klema <80615123+maxklema@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 18:48:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 11/13] Add endpoint to retrieve specific key details

---
 nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js b/nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js
index aeee401a..a935eb27 100644
--- a/nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js	
+++ b/nginx reverse proxy/port-map-server.js	
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // JSON-server that returns all (filtered) hosts to the https://opensource.mieweb.org
 // Last modified on Aug 22, 2025 by Maxwell Klema
 
-
 const jsonServer = require('json-server');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -43,6 +42,25 @@ server.get('/keys', (req, res) => {
   res.json(filteredKeys);
 })
 
+server.get('/:key', (req, res) => {
+  const key = req.params.key;
+  const db = router.db;
+  const value = db.getState()[key];
+
+  const response = {
+    name: key,
+    owner: value.user,
+    description: value.description || "",
+    github_url: value.github_url || "",
+  };
+
+  if (value) {
+      res.json(response);
+  } else {
+      res.status(404).json({ error: 'Not found' });
+  }
+});
+
 server.use(router);
 server.listen(3001, () => {
    console.log("JSON Server Running on http://localhost:3001");

From 79ff66ba76f7ac36a6b5cc92e485d38df4476104 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:27:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 12/13] opensource documentation

---
 .gitmodules                      | 3 +++
 README.md                        | 7 +++++++
 ci-cd automation/setup-runner.sh | 2 --
 mie-opensource-landing           | 1 +
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 160000 mie-opensource-landing

diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d7c6479b..7d6d4b66 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "ci-cd automation/Proxmox-Launchpad"]
 	path = ci-cd automation/Proxmox-Launchpad
     url = https://github.com/maxklema/proxmox-launchpad.git
+[submodule "mie-opensource-landing"]
+	path = mie-opensource-landing
+	url = https://github.com/maxklema/mie-opensource-landing
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7fec6147..1c179d68 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Configuration storage for the [opensource.mieweb.org](https://opensource.mieweb.org:8006) Proxmox project.
 
+To learn everything there is about our cluster, see our documentation at [https://opensource.mieweb.org/docs/intro](https://opensource.mieweb.org/docs/intro).
+
 This repository contains configuration files and scripts for managing a Proxmox-based container hosting environment, including automated DNS, NGINX reverse proxy, dynamic port mapping, and the Proxmox LaunchPad GitHub Action for automated container deployment.
 
 ## Cluster Graph
@@ -99,6 +101,11 @@ If you have an account in the [opensource-mieweb](https://opensource.mieweb.org:
 - Use the Command Line: ssh create-container@opensource.mieweb.org (mie123!)
 - Use the Proxmox LaunchPad Github Action to automatically provision, update, and delete containers for you: [Proxmox LaunchPad](#proxmox-launchpad)
 
+## MIE Opensource Landing
+
+Contains all the source code for [https://opensource.mieweb.org's](https://opensource.mieweb.org) landing page, built with React + Docusaurus.
+- Documentation is located at [https://opensource.mieweb.org/docs/intro](https://opensource.mieweb.org/docs/intro).
+
 ## How It Works
 
 - **DNS**: All `*.opensource.mieweb.com` requests are routed to the NGINX proxy via Dnsmasq, providing automatic subdomain resolution for containers.
diff --git a/ci-cd automation/setup-runner.sh b/ci-cd automation/setup-runner.sh
index ef2cda04..aaf9fafe 100644
--- a/ci-cd automation/setup-runner.sh	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/setup-runner.sh	
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@ echo "$PUB_KEY" >> /home/update-container/.ssh/authorized_keys
 echo "$PUB_KEY" >> /home/delete-container/.ssh/authorized_keys
 echo "$PUB_KEY" >> /home/container-exists/.ssh/authorized_keys
 
-ssh root@10.15.234.122 "echo \"$PUB_KEY\" >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
-
 echo "🔑 Creating Service File..."
 pct exec $NEXT_ID -- bash -c "cat <<EOF > /etc/systemd/system/github-runner.service
 [Unit]
diff --git a/mie-opensource-landing b/mie-opensource-landing
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..31c40c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mie-opensource-landing
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 31c40c1717789132308c175a6961688edef221dd

From 12573cd347ec51ca09cddc9f49a65ba5bd5e083d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: maxklema <maxklema@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 18:40:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 13/13] addressing copilot fixes

---
 ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh | 8 ++++----
 ci-cd automation/update-container.sh       | 4 ++--
 container creation/deployOnStart.sh        | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh b/ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh
index 791b24ee..ba0b2c9a 100644
--- a/ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/check-container-exists.sh	
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 outputError() {
 	echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
-	echo -e "${BOLD}${MAGENTA} Script Failed. Exiting... ${RESET}"
+	echo -e "${BOLD}${MAGENTA}❌ Script Failed. Exiting... ${RESET}"
 	echo -e "$2"
 	echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
   exit $1
@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ REPO_BASE_NAME=$(basename -s .git "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY")
 
 # Check if repository folder is present.
 if [ "$PVE1" == "true" ]; then
-    if [ ! -z $CONTAINER_ID ] && pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -f /root/container-updates.log; then
+    if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_ID" ] && pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -f /root/container-updates.log; then
         exit 2; # Update Repository
     else
         exit 0; # Clone Repository
     fi
 else
-    if [ ! -z $CONTAINER_ID ] && ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -f /root/container-updates.log" ; then
+    if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_ID" ] && ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -f /root/container-updates.log" ; then
         exit 2; # Update Repository
     else
         exit 0; # Clone Repository
     fi
-fi
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh
index 562f72d1..0be5e739 100644
--- a/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
+++ b/ci-cd automation/update-container.sh	
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ writeEnvToFile() {
     component_path="$2"
     env_vars=$(cat "$env_file_path")
     if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0 )); then
-        ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'if [ -f \"$component_path/.env\" ]; then touch \"$component_path/.env\"; fi; echo \"$env_vars\" >> \"$component_path/.env\"'"
+        ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c 'if [ ! -f \"$component_path/.env\" ]; then touch \"$component_path/.env\"; fi; echo \"$env_vars\" >> \"$component_path/.env\"'"
     else
-        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ -f \"$component_path/.env\" ]; then touch \"$component_path/.env\"; fi; echo \"$env_vars\" >> \"$component_path/.env\""
+        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ ! -f \"$component_path/.env\" ]; then touch \"$component_path/.env\"; fi; echo \"$env_vars\" >> \"$component_path/.env\""
     fi
 }
 
diff --git a/container creation/deployOnStart.sh b/container creation/deployOnStart.sh
index aea15dc2..294dbd2c 100755
--- a/container creation/deployOnStart.sh	
+++ b/container creation/deployOnStart.sh	
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ if [ -d "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER" ]; then
 
             ENV_VARS=$(cat $ENV_BASE_FOLDER/$FILE_BASENAME)
             COMPONENT_PATH=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT/$ENV_ROUTE")
-            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ -f \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\" ]; then touch \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"; fi; echo \"$ENV_VARS\" > \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
+            pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ ! -f \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\" ]; then touch \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"; fi; echo \"$ENV_VARS\" >> \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
         done
     else
         ENV_FOLDER_BASE_NAME=$(basename "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER")
         ENV_VARS=$(cat $ENV_BASE_FOLDER/$ENV_FOLDER_BASE_NAME.txt || true)
         COMPONENT_PATH=$(normalize_path "/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME/$PROJECT_ROOT")
-        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ -f \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\" ]; then touch \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"; fi; echo \"$ENV_VARS\" > \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
+        pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "if [ ! -f \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\" ]; then touch \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"; fi; echo \"$ENV_VARS\" >> \"$COMPONENT_PATH/.env\"" > /dev/null 2>&1
     fi
 fi