diff --git a/container-creation/create-container-new.sh b/container-creation/create-container-new.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to create the pct container, run register container, and migrate container accordingly.
+# Last Modified by August 27th, 2025 by Carter Myers
+# -----------------------------------------------------
+
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+BLUE='\033[34m'
+MAGENTA='\033[35m'
+GREEN='\033[32m'
+RESET='\033[0m'
+
+cleanup() {
+        echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
+        echo "⚠️  Script was abruptly exited. Running cleanup tasks."
+        echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
+        pct_unlock $CTID_TEMPLATE
+        for file in \
+                "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-public-keys/$PUB_FILE" \
+                "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-port-maps/$PROTOCOL_FILE" \
+                "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-env-vars/$ENV_BASE_FOLDER" \
+                "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-services/$SERVICES_BASE_FILE"
+        do
+                [ -f "$file" ] && rm -rf "$file"
+        done
+        exit 1
+}
+
+echoContainerDetails() {
+        echo -e "📦  ${BLUE}Container ID        :${RESET} $CONTAINER_ID"
+        echo -e "🌐  ${MAGENTA}Internal IP         :${RESET} $CONTAINER_IP"
+        echo -e "🔗  ${GREEN}Domain Name         :${RESET} https://$CONTAINER_NAME.opensource.mieweb.org"
+        echo -e "🛠️  ${BLUE}SSH Access          :${RESET} ssh -p $SSH_PORT $PROXMOX_USERNAME@$CONTAINER_NAME.opensource.mieweb.org"
+        echo -e "🔑  ${BLUE}Container Password  :${RESET} Your proxmox account password"
+        echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${RESET}"
+        echo -e "${BOLD}${MAGENTA}NOTE: Additional background scripts are being ran in detached terminal sessions.${RESET}"
+        echo -e "${BOLD}${MAGENTA}Wait up to two minutes for all processes to complete.${RESET}"
+        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
+
+CONTAINER_NAME="$1"
+GH_ACTION="$2"
+HTTP_PORT="$3"
+PROXMOX_USERNAME="$4"
+USERNAME_ONLY="${PROXMOX_USERNAME%@*}"
+PUB_FILE="$5"
+PROTOCOL_FILE="$6"
+
+# Deployment ENVS
+DEPLOY_ON_START="$7"
+PROJECT_REPOSITORY="$8"
+PROJECT_BRANCH="$9"
+PROJECT_ROOT="${10}"
+INSTALL_COMMAND=$(echo "${11}" | base64 -d)
+BUILD_COMMAND=$(echo "${12}" | base64 -d)
+START_COMMAND=$(echo "${13}" | base64 -d)
+RUNTIME_LANGUAGE=$(echo "${14}" | base64 -d)
+ENV_BASE_FOLDER="${15}"
+SERVICES_BASE_FILE="${16}"
+LINUX_DISTRO="${17}"
+MULTI_COMPONENTS="${18}"
+ROOT_START_COMMAND="${19}"
+SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER="${20}"
+VERSIONS_DICT=$(echo "${21}" | base64 -d)
+AI_CONTAINER="${22}"   # new argument from HTML form
+
+echo "PROJECT ROOT: \"$PROJECT_ROOT\""
+
+# === Wrapper for pct exec (and optionally pct commands for AI) ===
+run_pct_exec() {
+    local ctid="$1"
+    shift
+    if [ "${AI_CONTAINER^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        ssh root@10.15.0.6 "pct exec $ctid -- $*"
+    else
+        pct exec "$ctid" -- "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+run_pct() {
+    # $@ = full pct command, e.g., clone, set, start, etc.
+    if [ "${AI_CONTAINER^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        ssh root@10.15.0.6 "pct $*"
+    else
+        pct "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+run_pveum() {
+    # Wrapper for pveum commands in AI case
+    if [ "${AI_CONTAINER^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        ssh root@10.15.0.6 "pveum $*"
+    else
+        pveum "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+run_pvesh() {
+    if [ "${AI_CONTAINER^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        ssh root@10.15.0.6 "pvesh $*"
+    else
+        pvesh "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+run_pct_push() {
+    local ctid="$1"
+    local src="$2"
+    local dest="$3"
+    if [ "${AI_CONTAINER^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        ssh root@10.15.0.6 "pct push $ctid $src $dest"
+    else
+        pct push "$ctid" "$src" "$dest"
+    fi
+}
+
+# === Template Selection ===
+if [ "${AI_CONTAINER^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+    echo "⏳ AI container requested. Using debian12-ai-template (CTID 150) on 10.15.0.6..."
+    CTID_TEMPLATE="163"
+    CONTAINER_ID=$(run_pvesh get /cluster/nextid)
+
+    run_pct clone $CTID_TEMPLATE $CONTAINER_ID \
+        --hostname $CONTAINER_NAME \
+        --full true
+
+    run_pct set $CONTAINER_ID \
+        --tags "$PROXMOX_USERNAME" \
+        --tags "$LINUX_DISTRO" \
+        --tags "AI" \
+        --onboot 1
+
+    run_pct start $CONTAINER_ID
+    run_pveum aclmod /vms/$CONTAINER_ID --user "$PROXMOX_USERNAME@pve" --role PVEVMUser
+else
+    REPO_BASE_NAME=$(basename -s .git "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY")
+    REPO_BASE_NAME_WITH_OWNER=$(echo "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY" | cut -d'/' -f4)
+
+    TEMPLATE_NAME="template-$REPO_BASE_NAME-$REPO_BASE_NAME_WITH_OWNER"
+    CTID_TEMPLATE=$( { pct list; ssh root@10.15.0.5 'pct list'; } | awk -v name="$TEMPLATE_NAME" '$3 == name {print $1}')
+
+    case "${LINUX_DISTRO^^}" in
+      DEBIAN) PACKAGE_MANAGER="apt-get" ;;
+      ROCKY)  PACKAGE_MANAGER="dnf" ;;
+    esac
+
+    if [ -z "$CTID_TEMPLATE" ]; then
+      case "${LINUX_DISTRO^^}" in
+        DEBIAN) CTID_TEMPLATE="160" ;;
+        ROCKY)  CTID_TEMPLATE="138" ;;
+      esac
+    fi
+
+    CONTAINER_ID=$(pvesh get /cluster/nextid)
+
+    echo "⏳ Cloning Container..."
+    run_pct clone $CTID_TEMPLATE $CONTAINER_ID \
+        --hostname $CONTAINER_NAME \
+        --full true
+
+    echo "⏳ Setting Container Properties..."
+    run_pct set $CONTAINER_ID \
+        --tags "$PROXMOX_USERNAME" \
+        --tags "$LINUX_DISTRO" \
+        --tags "LDAP" \
+        --onboot 1
+
+    run_pct start $CONTAINER_ID
+    run_pveum aclmod /vms/$CONTAINER_ID --user "$PROXMOX_USERNAME@pve" --role PVEVMUser
+fi
+
+# === Post-Provisioning (pct exec wrapped) ===
+if [ -f "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-public-keys/$PUB_FILE" ]; then
+        echo "⏳ Appending Public Key..."
+        run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID touch ~/.ssh/authorized_keys > /dev/null 2>&1
+        run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "cat > ~/.ssh/authorized_keys" < /var/lib/vz/snippets/container-public-keys/$PUB_FILE > /dev/null 2>&1
+        rm -rf /var/lib/vz/snippets/container-public-keys/$PUB_FILE > /dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
+ROOT_PSWD=$(tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9' </dev/urandom | head -c 20)
+run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "echo root:$ROOT_PSWD | chpasswd" > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+CONTAINER_IP=""
+attempts=0
+max_attempts=10
+
+while [[ -z "$CONTAINER_IP" && $attempts -lt $max_attempts ]]; do
+    CONTAINER_IP=$(run_pct_exec "$CONTAINER_ID" hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
+    [[ -z "$CONTAINER_IP" ]] && sleep 2 && ((attempts++))
+done
+
+if [[ -z "$CONTAINER_IP" ]]; then
+    echo "❌ Timed out waiting for container to get an IP address."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "⏳ Updatig container packages..."
+if [[ "${LINUX_DISTRO^^}" == "ROCKY" ]]; then
+    run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "dnf upgrade -y"
+else
+    run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y"
+fi
+
+echo "⏳ Configuring LDAP connection via SSSD..."
+export AI_CONTAINER="$AI_CONTAINER"
+source /var/lib/vz/snippets/helper-scripts/configureLDAP.sh
+
+echo "⏳ Setting up Wazuh-Agent..."
+source /var/lib/vz/snippets/Wazuh/register-agent.sh
+
+if [ "${DEPLOY_ON_START^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        source /var/lib/vz/snippets/helper-scripts/deployOnStart.sh
+        for file in \
+                "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-env-vars/$ENV_BASE_FOLDER" \
+                "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-services/$SERVICES_BASE_FILE"
+        do
+                [ -f "$file" ] && rm -rf "$file" > /dev/null 2>&1
+        done
+fi
+
+run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "cd /root && touch container-updates.log"
+
+echo "⏳ Running Container Provision Script..."
+if [ -f "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-port-maps/$PROTOCOL_FILE" ]; then
+    /var/lib/vz/snippets/register-container.sh $CONTAINER_ID $HTTP_PORT /var/lib/vz/snippets/container-port-maps/$PROTOCOL_FILE "$USERNAME_ONLY"
+    rm -rf /var/lib/vz/snippets/container-port-maps/$PROTOCOL_FILE > /dev/null 2>&1
+else
+    /var/lib/vz/snippets/register-container.sh $CONTAINER_ID $HTTP_PORT "" "$PROXMOX_USERNAME"
+fi
+
+SSH_PORT=$(iptables -t nat -S PREROUTING | grep "to-destination $CONTAINER_IP:22" | awk -F'--dport ' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 || true)
+
+echo "Adding container MOTD information..."
+scp 10.15.20.69:/etc/nginx/port_map.json /tmp/port_map.json
+CONTAINER_INFO=$(jq -r --arg hn "$CONTAINER_NAME" '.[$hn]' /tmp/port_map.json)
+
+if [ "$CONTAINER_INFO" != "null" ]; then
+    HOSTNAME="$CONTAINER_NAME"
+    IP=$(echo "$CONTAINER_INFO" | jq -r '.ip')
+    OWNER=$(echo "$CONTAINER_INFO" | jq -r '.user')
+    OS_RELEASE=$(echo "$CONTAINER_INFO" | jq -r '.os_release')
+    PORTS=$(echo "$CONTAINER_INFO" | jq -r '.ports | to_entries[] | "\(.key): \(.value)"' | paste -sd ", " -)
+    PROTOCOLS=$(echo "$CONTAINER_INFO" | jq -r '.ports | keys | join(", ")')
+
+    cat <<EOF > /tmp/container_motd
+Container Information:
+----------------------
+Hostname      : $HOSTNAME
+IP Address    : $IP
+Ports         : $PORTS
+Protocols     : $PROTOCOLS
+Primary Owner : $OWNER
+OS Release    : $OS_RELEASE
+EOF
+else
+    echo "No container info found for $CONTAINER_NAME" > /tmp/container_motd
+fi
+
+run_pct_push $CONTAINER_ID /tmp/container_motd /etc/motd
+
+echoContainerDetails
+
+BUILD_COMMAND_B64=$(echo -n "$BUILD_COMMAND" | base64)
+RUNTIME_LANGUAGE_B64=$(echo -n "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | base64)
+START_COMMAND_B64=$(echo -n "$START_COMMAND" | base64)
+
+if [[ "$AI" != "Y" ]]; then
+    CMD=(
+    bash /var/lib/vz/snippets/start_services.sh
+    "$CONTAINER_ID"
+    "$CONTAINER_NAME"
+    "$REPO_BASE_NAME"
+    "$REPO_BASE_NAME_WITH_OWNER"
+    "$SSH_PORT"
+    "$CONTAINER_IP"
+    "$PROJECT_ROOT"
+    "$ROOT_START_COMMAND"
+    "$DEPLOY_ON_START"
+    "$MULTI_COMPONENTS"
+    "$START_COMMAND_B64"
+    "$BUILD_COMMAND_B64"
+    "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE_B64"
+    "$GH_ACTION"
+    "$PROJECT_BRANCH"
+    )
+fi
+
+QUOTED_CMD=$(printf ' %q' "${CMD[@]}")
+
+tmux new-session -d -s "$CONTAINER_NAME" "$QUOTED_CMD"
+exit 0
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diff --git a/container-creation/helper-scripts/PVE_user_authentication.sh b/container-creation/helper-scripts/PVE_user_authentication.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..050d7b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-creation/helper-scripts/PVE_user_authentication.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script that checks if a user is authenticated in Proxmox PVE Realm @ opensource.mieweb.org 
+# Last Modified by Maxwell Klema on July 13th, 2025
+# -----------------------------------------------------
+
+# Authenticate User (Only Valid Users can Create Containers)
+
+if [ -z "$PROXMOX_USERNAME" ]; then
+        read -p  "Enter Proxmox Username →  " PROXMOX_USERNAME
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$PROXMOX_PASSWORD" ]; then
+        read -sp "Enter Proxmox Password →  " PROXMOX_PASSWORD
+        echo ""
+fi
+
+USER_AUTHENTICATED=$(ssh root@create-container "node /root/bin/js/runner.js authenticateUser \"$PROXMOX_USERNAME\" \"$PROXMOX_PASSWORD\"")
+
+if [ "$USER_AUTHENTICATED" == "false" ]; then
+        outputError 1 "Your Proxmox account, $PROXMOX_USERNAME@pve, was not authenticated. Retry with valid credentials."
+fi
+
+echo "🎉 Your proxmox account, $PROXMOX_USERNAME@pve, has been authenticated"
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diff --git a/container-creation/helper-scripts/configureLDAP.sh b/container-creation/helper-scripts/configureLDAP.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf8ec3fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-creation/helper-scripts/configureLDAP.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to connect a container to the LDAP server via SSSD
+# Last Modified by Carter Myers on Aug 28th, 2025
+# -----------------------------------------------------
+
+run_pct_exec() {
+    local ctid="$1"
+    shift
+    if [ "${AI_CONTAINER^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        # Use printf %q to safely quote all arguments for the remote shell
+        local remote_cmd
+        printf -v remote_cmd '%q ' "$@"
+        ssh root@10.15.0.6 "pct exec $ctid -- $remote_cmd"
+    else
+        pct exec "$ctid" -- "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+run_pct() {
+    # $@ = full pct command, e.g., clone, set, start, etc.
+    if [ "${AI_CONTAINER^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        ssh root@10.15.0.6 "pct $*"
+    else
+        pct "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Curl Pown.sh script to install SSSD and configure LDAP 
+run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "
+cd /root && \
+curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anishapant21/pown.sh/main/pown.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+chmod +x pown.sh
+"
+
+# Copy .env file to container (safe for SSH / AI_CONTAINER)
+ENV_FILE="/var/lib/vz/snippets/.env"
+ENV_CONTENT=$(<"$ENV_FILE" sed 's/["\$`]/\\&/g')  # Escape special characters
+run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "printf '%s\n' \"$ENV_CONTENT\" > /root/.env"
+
+# Run the pown.sh script to configure LDAP
+run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "cd /root && ./pown.sh" > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# Remove ldap_tls_cert from /etc/sssd/sssd.conf
+run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID sed -i '/ldap_tls_cacert/d' /etc/sssd/sssd.conf > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+# Add TLS_REQCERT to never in ROCKY
+if [ "${LINUX_DISTRO^^}" == "ROCKY" ]; then
+    run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "echo 'TLS_REQCERT never' >> /etc/openldap/ldap.conf" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "authselect select sssd --force" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    run_pct_exec $CONTAINER_ID bash -c "systemctl restart sssd" > /dev/null 2>&1
+fi
diff --git a/container-creation/helper-scripts/create-template.sh b/container-creation/helper-scripts/create-template.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54d5e1ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-creation/helper-scripts/create-template.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Creates a template of a LXC container
+# Last modified by Maxwell Klema on July 23rd, 2025.
+# --------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ "${DEPLOY_ON_START^^}" != "Y" ] || [ "${GH_ACTION^^}" != "Y" ]; then
+    return 0
+fi
+
+DEFAULT_BRANCH=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_BASE_NAME_WITH_OWNER/$REPO_BASE_NAME | jq -r '.default_branch')
+
+if [ "$DEFAULT_BRANCH" != "$PROJECT_BRANCH" ]; then
+    return 0
+fi
+
+echo "📝 Creating Container Template..."
+
+# Check if template already exists, and if it does, destroy it =====
+
+TEMPLATE_NAME="template-$REPO_BASE_NAME-$REPO_BASE_NAME_WITH_OWNER"
+TEMPLATE_CONTAINER_ID=$( { pct list; ssh root@10.15.0.5 'pct list'; } | awk -v name="$TEMPLATE_NAME" '$3 == name {print $1}')
+
+if [ ! -z "$TEMPLATE_CONTAINER_ID" ]; then
+    pct destroy $TEMPLATE_CONTAINER_ID | true
+fi
+
+# Clone LXC container and convert it into a template =====
+
+NEXT_ID=$(pvesh get /cluster/nextid)
+
+if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 101 )); then
+    ssh root@10.15.0.5 "
+    pct clone $CONTAINER_ID $NEXT_ID \
+        --hostname "$TEMPLATE_NAME" \
+        --full true
+    pct migrate $NEXT_ID intern-phxdc-pve1 --target-storage containers-pve1
+    " > /dev/null 2>&1
+else
+    pct clone $CONTAINER_ID $NEXT_ID \
+        --hostname "$TEMPLATE_NAME" \
+        --full true
+fi
+
+# AUTH_TOKEN_RESPONSE=$(curl --location --request POST https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_BASE_NAME_WITH_OWNER/$REPO_BASE_NAME/actions/runners/registration-token --header "Authorization: token $GITHUB_PAT")
+# TOKEN=$(echo "$AUTH_TOKEN_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.token')
+
+# Remove rsa keys ====
+pct start $NEXT_ID
+pct enter $NEXT_ID <<EOF
+rm -rf /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub && rm -rf /root/.ssh/id_rsa && \
+rm -rf /root/container-updates.log
+EOF
+
+pct stop $NEXT_ID
+pct set $NEXT_ID --tags "$PROXMOX_USERNAME"
+pct template $NEXT_ID
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diff --git a/container-creation/helper-scripts/delete-runner.sh b/container-creation/helper-scripts/delete-runner.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1d2241f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-creation/helper-scripts/delete-runner.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Remove Github Runner Associated with Container (and Container itself too)
+
+PROJECT_REPOSITORY="$1"
+GITHUB_PAT="$2"
+PROXMOX_USERNAME="$3"
+PROXMOX_PASSWORD="$4"
+CONTAINER_NAME="$5"
+
+set -x 
+sleep 2
+
+# Delete Container
+
+CONTAINER_ID=$( { pct list; ssh root@10.15.0.5 'pct list'; } | awk -v name="$CONTAINER_NAME" '$3 == name {print $1}')
+echo "echo $CONTAINER_ID"
+
+if (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0 )); then
+    if ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct status $CONTAINER_ID" | grep -q "status: running"; then
+        ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct stop $CONTAINER_ID || true && pct destroy $CONTAINER_ID" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    else
+        ssh root@10.15.0.5 "pct destroy $CONTAINER_ID" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    fi
+else
+    if pct status "$CONTAINER_ID" | grep -q "status: running"; then
+        pct stop "$CONTAINER_ID" && pct destroy "$CONTAINER_ID" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    else
+        pct destroy "$CONTAINER_ID" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    fi
+fi
+
+source /usr/local/bin/prune_iptables.sh
+
+REPO_BASE_NAME=$(basename -s .git "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY")
+REPO_BASE_NAME_WITH_OWNER=$(echo "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY" | cut -d'/' -f4)
+
+RUNNERS=$(curl --location https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_BASE_NAME_WITH_OWNER/$REPO_BASE_NAME/actions/runners --header "Authorization: token $GITHUB_PAT")
+
+while read -r RUNNER; do
+    RUNNER_NAME=$(echo "$RUNNER" | jq -r '.name')
+    if [ "$RUNNER_NAME" == "$CONTAINER_NAME" ]; then
+        RUNNER_ID=$(echo "$RUNNER" | jq -r '.id')
+        curl --location --request DELETE "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_BASE_NAME_WITH_OWNER/$REPO_BASE_NAME/actions/runners/$RUNNER_ID" \
+        --header "Authorization: token $GITHUB_PAT"
+    fi
+done < <(echo "$RUNNERS" | jq -c '.runners[]')
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diff --git a/container-creation/helper-scripts/deployOnStart.sh b/container-creation/helper-scripts/deployOnStart.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0c90586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-creation/helper-scripts/deployOnStart.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Automation Script for attempting to automatically deploy projects and services on a container
+# Last Modifided by Maxwell Klema on August 16th, 2025
+# -----------------------------------------------------
+
+echo "🚀  Attempting Automatic Deployment"
+REPO_BASE_NAME=$(basename -s .git "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY")
+
+# Helper function to normalize paths by removing duplicate slashes
+normalize_path() {
+    echo "$1" | sed 's#/\+#/#g'
+}
+
+# Clone github repository from correct branch ====
+
+pct enter $CONTAINER_ID <<EOF
+if [ ! -d '/root/$REPO_BASE_NAME' ]; then
+cd /root && \
+git clone $PROJECT_REPOSITORY > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+cd /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME && \
+git checkout $PROJECT_BRANCH > /dev/null 2>&1
+else
+cd /root/$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
+
+pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- bash -c "chmod 700 ~/.bashrc" # enable full R/W/X permissions
+
+# Copy over ENV variables ====
+
+ENV_BASE_FOLDER="/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-env-vars/${ENV_BASE_FOLDER}"
+
+echo "$REPO_BASE_NAME"
+echo "$PROJECT_ROOT"
+if [ -d "$ENV_BASE_FOLDER" ]; then
+    if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENTS^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+        for FILE in $ENV_BASE_FOLDER/*; do
+            FILE_BASENAME=$(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)
+            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=$(normalize_path "/root/$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() {
+    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() {
+
+    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 $WORK_DIR && sudo $INSTALL_CMD" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    elif [ "${RUNTIME^^}" == "PYTHON" ]; then
+        pct enter $CONTAINER_ID <<EOF > /dev/null
+cd $WORK_DIR && \
+python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && \
+pip install --upgrade pip && \
+$INSTALL_CMD
+EOF
+    fi
+}
+
+if [ "${MULTI_COMPONENTS^^}" == "Y" ]; then
+    for COMPONENT in $(echo "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | jq -r 'keys[]'); do
+        RUNTIME=$(echo "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]') #get runtime env
+        INSTALL_CMD=$(echo "$INSTALL_COMMAND" | jq -r --arg k "$COMPONENT" '.[$k]') #get install command
+        if [ "$INSTALL_CMD" != "null" ]; then
+            runInstallCommands "$RUNTIME" "$COMPONENT"
+        fi
+    done
+else
+    INSTALL_CMD=$INSTALL_COMMAND
+    runInstallCommands "$RUNTIME_LANGUAGE" "."
+fi
+
+# Install Services ====
+
+if [ -f "/var/lib/vz/snippets/container-services/$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
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diff --git a/container-creation/helper-scripts/node_runtime_install.sh b/container-creation/helper-scripts/node_runtime_install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc96cec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-creation/helper-scripts/node_runtime_install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to install a specific Node.js runtime version
+# Last Modified by Maxwell Klema on August 18th, 2025
+# ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+echo "⏳ installing Node.js runtime version $MAJOR_VERSION"
+MAJOR_VERSION=$1
+
+pct enter "$CONTAINER_ID" -- <<EOF > /dev/null
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER remove nodejs && \
+curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_$MAJOR_VERSION.x | sudo -E bash - && \
+$PACKAGE_MANAGER install -y nodejs
+EOF
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diff --git a/container-creation/helper-scripts/python_runtime_install.sh b/container-creation/helper-scripts/python_runtime_install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8680e573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-creation/helper-scripts/python_runtime_install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to install a specific Python runtime version
+# Last Modified by Maxwell Klema on August 18th, 2025
+# ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ "$#" -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 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 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
+}
+
+# Function to install Python
+install_python() {
+    echo "⏳ Installing Python $PYTHON_VERSION... This may take a while."
+    pct exec "$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 $PYTHON_VERSION installed successfully." > /dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+install_dependencies
+install_python
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diff --git a/container-creation/helper-scripts/repository_status.sh b/container-creation/helper-scripts/repository_status.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ec73b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-creation/helper-scripts/repository_status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Helper script to determine if container needs to clone repository or simply update it
+# Last Modified by Maxwell Klema on July 21st, 2025
+# -------------------------------------------------
+
+set +e
+TYPE_RUNNER="true"
+source /var/lib/vz/snippets/helper-scripts/PVE_user_authentication.sh
+source /var/lib/vz/snippets/helper-scripts/verify_container_ownership.sh
+
+STATUS=$?
+
+if [ "$STATUS" != 0 ]; then
+    exit 1;
+fi
+
+REPO_BASE_NAME=$(basename -s .git "$PROJECT_REPOSITORY")
+
+# Check if repository folder is present.
+
+if [ "$PVE1" == "true" ]; then
+    if pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -d /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME; then
+        echo "Update"
+        exit 2; # Update Repository
+    else
+        echo "Clone"
+        exit 0; # Clone Repository
+    fi
+else
+    if ssh 10.15.0.5 "pct exec $CONTAINER_ID -- test -d /root/$REPO_BASE_NAME"; then
+        echo "Update"
+        exit 2; # Update Repository
+    else
+        echo "Clone"
+        exit 0; # Clone Repository
+    fi
+fi
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diff --git a/container-creation/helper-scripts/verify_container_ownership.sh b/container-creation/helper-scripts/verify_container_ownership.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2fb215b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container-creation/helper-scripts/verify_container_ownership.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Script to verify container ownership based on name and CTID
+# Last Modified by Maxwell Klema on August 5th, 2025
+# -----------------------------------------------------
+
+CONTAINER_NAME="${CONTAINER_NAME,,}"
+CONTAINER_ID=$( { pct list; ssh root@10.15.0.5 'pct list'; } | awk -v name="$CONTAINER_NAME" '$3 == name {print $1}')
+
+if [ -z "$CONTAINER_ID" ]; then
+    echo "✅ Container with name \"$CONTAINER_NAME\" is available for use."
+    return 0
+fi
+
+CONTAINER_OWNERSHIP=$(ssh root@10.15.20.69 -- "jq '.\"$CONTAINER_NAME\".user' /etc/nginx/port_map.json")
+CONTAINER_OWNERSHIP="${CONTAINER_OWNERSHIP//\"/}"
+if [ "$TYPE_RUNNER" == "true" ] && (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 == 0 )); then
+    PVE1="false"
+elif [ "$TYPE_RUNNER" == "true" ] && (( $CONTAINER_ID % 2 != 0 )); then
+    PVE1="true"
+fi
+
+if [ "$CONTAINER_OWNERSHIP" != "$PROXMOX_USERNAME" ] && [ "$CONTAINER_OWNERSHIP" != "null" ]; then
+    echo "❌ You do not own the container with name \"$CONTAINER_NAME\"."
+    outputError 1 "You do not own the container with name \"$CONTAINER_NAME\"."
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diff --git a/container-creation/register-container.sh b/container-creation/register-container.sh
index 2a0ee4fb..85174216 100644
--- a/container-creation/register-container.sh
+++ b/container-creation/register-container.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-
 if [[ -z "${1-}" || -z "${2-}" || -z "${4-}" ]]; then
     echo "Usage: $0 <CTID> <HTTP PORT> <PROTOCOL FILE [OPTIONAL]> <username>"
     exit 1
@@ -13,6 +12,20 @@ http_port="$2"
 ADDITIONAL_PROTOCOLS="${3-}"
 proxmox_user="$4"
 
+# AI_CONTAINER environment variable should be exported if running on AI node
+AI_CONTAINER="${AI_CONTAINER:-N}"
+
+# run_pct_exec function to handle AI_CONTAINER
+run_pct_exec() {
+    local ctid="$1"
+    shift
+    if [[ "${AI_CONTAINER^^}" == "Y" ]]; then
+        ssh root@10.15.0.6 "pct exec $ctid -- $*"
+    else
+        pct exec "$ctid" -- "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
 # Redirect stdout and stderr to a log file
 LOGFILE="/var/log/pve-hook-$CTID.log"
 exec > >(tee -a "$LOGFILE") 2>&1
@@ -23,8 +36,8 @@ attempts=0
 max_attempts=5
 
 while [[ -z "$container_ip" && $attempts -lt $max_attempts ]]; do
-  container_ip=$(pct exec "$CTID" -- ip -4 addr show eth0 | awk '/inet / {print $2}' | cut -d'/' -f1)
-  [[ -z "$container_ip" ]] && sleep 2 && ((attempts++))
+    container_ip=$(run_pct_exec "$CTID" ip -4 addr show eth0 | awk '/inet / {print $2}' | cut -d'/' -f1)
+    [[ -z "$container_ip" ]] && sleep 2 && ((attempts++))
 done
 
 if [[ -z "$container_ip" ]]; then
@@ -32,8 +45,8 @@ if [[ -z "$container_ip" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-hostname=$(pct exec "$CTID" -- hostname)
-os_release=$(pct exec "$CTID" -- grep '^ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d "\"")
+hostname=$(run_pct_exec "$CTID" hostname)
+os_release=$(run_pct_exec "$CTID" grep '^ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '"')
 
 # Check if this container already has a SSH port assigned in PREROUTING
 existing_ssh_port=$(iptables -t nat -S PREROUTING | grep "to-destination $container_ip:22" | awk -F'--dport ' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 || true)
@@ -195,4 +208,4 @@ if [ ! -z "$ADDITIONAL_PROTOCOLS" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Bottom border
-echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+echo -e "${BOLD}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
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