+# i use faiserver as a dns alias, but ssh key is associated with
+# a canonical hostname and we will have ssh warning spam unless we
+# use it, so look it up just to avoid the warning spam.
+faiserver_host=$(chost faiserver) || faiserver_host=faiserver
+
+
+ssh root@$faiserver_host rm -rf /srv/fai/config
+scp -r fai/config root@$faiserver_host:/srv/fai
+
+
+scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub \
+ root@$faiserver_host:/srv/fai/config/files/home/ian/.ssh/authorized_keys/GRUB_PC
+# todo: automatically disable faiserver after a period so
+# these files are not exposed.
+s scp -r /q/root/luks /q/root/shadow \
+ root@$faiserver_host:/srv/fai/config/distro-install-common
+scp /a/bin/devbyid root@$faiserver_host:/srv/fai/nfsroot/usr/local/bin
+# built this with mk-basefile -J BELENOS64. it's stored in it's own repo which
+# is published alongside this one called fai-basefiles due
+# to being a large binary file.
+scp /a/bin/basefiles/BELENOS64.tar.xz root@$faiserver_host:/srv/fai/config/basefiles
+ssh root@$faiserver_host bash <<'EOF'
+set -eE -o pipefail
+set -x
+chmod 644 /srv/fai/config/files/home/ian/.ssh/authorized_keys/GRUB_PC
+chmod -R a+rX /srv/fai/config/distro-install-common
+cd /srv/fai/config/basefiles
+u=http://fai-project.org/download/basefiles/XENIAL64.tar.xz
+wget -nv -N $u
+EOF