diff --git a/deploy/dev-server-deploy b/deploy/dev-server-deploy
index 9897238..cc5409a 100755
--- a/deploy/dev-server-deploy
+++ b/deploy/dev-server-deploy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Must supply name"; exit 0; fi
 
-server="red"
+source ../config.hosts
+server=$M_HOST_DEV
 
 echo stopping...
 ssh $1@$server "cd deploy && ./shutdown"
diff --git a/deploy/dev-tomcat-restart b/deploy/dev-tomcat-restart
index a7489ca..10eed8a 100755
--- a/deploy/dev-tomcat-restart
+++ b/deploy/dev-tomcat-restart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
-server="red"
+source ../config.hosts
+server=$M_HOST_DEV 
 
 echo restarting...
 ssh tomcat@$server "cd deploy && ./restart"
diff --git a/deploy/dev-watch b/deploy/dev-watch
index 49d044b..e5fa021 100755
--- a/deploy/dev-watch
+++ b/deploy/dev-watch
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Must supply name"; exit 0; fi
 
-server="red"
+source ../config.hosts
+server=$M_HOST_DEV 
 
 ssh $1@$server "tail -n 100 -f run.log"
diff --git a/deploy/server-deploy b/deploy/server-deploy
index ca440a7..ea4d2ec 100755
--- a/deploy/server-deploy
+++ b/deploy/server-deploy
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Must supply name"; exit 0; fi
 
-server="blue"
+source ../config.hosts
+server=$M_HOST_PROD
 
 echo stopping...
 ssh $1@$server "cd deploy && ./shutdown"
diff --git a/deploy/server-restart b/deploy/server-restart
index 1f23982..2d354ab 100755
--- a/deploy/server-restart
+++ b/deploy/server-restart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Must supply name"; exit 0; fi
 
-server="blue"
+source ../config.hosts
+server=$M_HOST_PROD
 
 echo stopping...
 ssh $1@$server "cd deploy && ./shutdown"
diff --git a/deploy/server-shutdown b/deploy/server-shutdown
index d1a35c3..f618532 100755
--- a/deploy/server-shutdown
+++ b/deploy/server-shutdown
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Must supply name"; exit 0; fi
 
-server="blue"
+source ../config.hosts
+server=$M_HOST_PROD
 
 echo stopping...
 ssh $1@$server "cd deploy && ./shutdown"
diff --git a/deploy/tomcat-restart b/deploy/tomcat-restart
index b27ae35..1cd6017 100755
--- a/deploy/tomcat-restart
+++ b/deploy/tomcat-restart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
-server="blue"
+source ../config.hosts
+server=$M_HOST_PROD
 
 echo restarting...
 ssh tomcat@$server "cd deploy && ./restart"
diff --git a/host.config b/host.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..039cb2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host.config
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+M_ROOT="ubuntu"
+M_HOST_PROD="your-prod-host"
+M_HOST_DEV="your-dev-host"
diff --git a/install/README_FIRST_EVEN_IF_YOU_DONT_WANT_TO b/install/README_FIRST_EVEN_IF_YOU_DONT_WANT_TO
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15c9e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/README_FIRST_EVEN_IF_YOU_DONT_WANT_TO
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Things you must do for this to work out of the box:
+
+
+1.  You must have .ssh keys for this account..
+
+If you don't have them, generate them by googling "generate .ssh keys" and doing whatever it says.
+
+
+
+
+
+2.  You must go into the requirements directory and
+
+   a.  run "./get_rsa_pub"
+
+   b.  if you are going to install to an ec2 instance, 
+       you must create the prod and dev instance and copy the key.pem file into requirements.
+       and then soft link the ec2-key.pem to your file.
+
+   c.  and then, this is really important, you must 
+
+MUAHAHAHAHHAHAHA... just kidding, I'll write the rest soon.  
+
diff --git a/install/create-server-account-user.remote b/install/create-server-account-user.remote
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b6b7855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/create-server-account-user.remote
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+set -x
+
+USER=$1
+
+sudo useradd -m $USER
+sudo usermod -s /bin/bash $USER
+sudo mkdir ../$USER/.ssh
+sudo cp authorized_keys ../$USER/.ssh
+
+sudo chown $USER ../$USER/.ssh ../$USER/.ssh/*
+sudo chgrp $USER ../$USER/.ssh ../$USER/.ssh/*
+sudo chmod 0700 ../$USER/.ssh
+sudo chmod 0644 ../$USER/.ssh/authorized_keys
diff --git a/install/create-server-accounts b/install/create-server-accounts
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..199914d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/create-server-accounts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Must supply name"; exit 0; fi
+
+set -x
+source ../host.config
+
+M_HOST=$1
+
+scp -i requirements/ec2-key.pem requirements/id_rsa.pub $M_ROOT@$M_HOST:authorized_keys
+scp -i requirements/ec2-key.pem create-server-accounts.remote $M_ROOT@$M_HOST:
+scp -i requirements/ec2-key.pem create-server-account-user.remote $M_ROOT@$M_HOST:
+ssh -i requirements/ec2-key.pem $M_ROOT@$M_HOST ./create-server-accounts.remote
+
diff --git a/install/create-server-accounts.remote b/install/create-server-accounts.remote
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cd2397c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/create-server-accounts.remote
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+set -x
+
+./create-server-account-user.remote james
+./create-server-account-user.remote mail-user
+./create-server-account-user.remote mail-key
+./create-server-account-user.remote tomcat
+./create-server-account-user.remote tunnel
+./create-server-account-user.remote tools
diff --git a/install/requirements/ec2-key.pem b/install/requirements/ec2-key.pem
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..dfb6447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/requirements/ec2-key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+your-ec2-key.pem
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/install/requirements/get_rsa_pub b/install/requirements/get_rsa_pub
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f178af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/requirements/get_rsa_pub
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub .
diff --git a/install/setup-james b/install/setup-james
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..74cf22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/setup-james
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set -x
+
+M_HOST=$1
+
+scp setup-james.remote james@$M_HOST:
+ssh james@$M_HOST ./setup-james.remote
+
diff --git a/install/setup-james.remote b/install/setup-james.remote
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a5133f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/setup-james.remote
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+set -x
+
+wget http://apache.mirrors.pair.com//james/apache-james/3.0beta4/apache-james-3.0-beta4-app.tar.gz
+tar xzvf apache-james-3.0-beta4-app.tar.gz
+
+ln -s apache-james-3.0-beta4 apache-james
+cd apache-james
+mv conf conf-original
+ln -s ../apache-james-conf conf
+
+echo The final pieces will be installed during deploy
diff --git a/install/setup-servers b/install/setup-servers
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..12b10be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/setup-servers
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+set -x
+source ../host.config
+
+./create-server-accounts $M_HOST_PROD
+./create-server-accounts $M_HOST_DEV
+
+./setup-james $M_HOST_PROD
+./setup-james $M_HOST_DEV
+