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+# DEPLOY
+tools for deployment onto remote servers. assumes ssh-able connection to server. 
diff --git a/deploy/init-remote.sh b/deploy/init-remote.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# right now only use raspberry pi target
+rsync ./targets/init-raspi.sh $1:/tmp
+ssh $1 /tmp/init-raspi.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+docker --version > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then # we need to install docker
+	sudo apt-get update --quiet
+	sudo apt-get install --yes --quiet docker.io
+	sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}
+fi