diff --git a/gcloud/tf/doit.tf b/gcloud/tf/doit.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/gcloud/tf/k3s/forgejo/deployment.yaml b/gcloud/tf/k3s/forgejo/deployment.yaml
index cd3afdc..445ec2d 100644
--- a/gcloud/tf/k3s/forgejo/deployment.yaml
+++ b/gcloud/tf/k3s/forgejo/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ spec:
         - name: FORGEJO__repository__ENABLE_PUSH_CREATE_USER
           value: "true"
         - name: FORGEJO__server__ROOT_URL
-          value: "https://frg.headshed.dev/"
+          value: "https://frgdr.headshed.dev/"
         - name: FORGEJO__repository__DEFAULT_BRANCH
           value: "main"
         - name: FORGEJO__server__LFS_START_SERVER
diff --git a/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline-wait-dns.json b/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline-wait-dns.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeb5a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline-wait-dns.json
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+[
+    {
+        "name": "run pre-flight checks",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "./gcloud/tf/scripts/pre-flight-checks.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "list gcloud infrastructure",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "./gcloud/tf/scripts/list_gloud_infra.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "create tfvars",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "./gcloud/tf/scripts/create_tfvars.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "run tofu",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "./gcloud/tf/scripts/run_tofu.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "wait for user input to continue",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "./gcloud/tf/scripts/wait_for_user_input_dns.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "copy .env to k3s-vm-1",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "gcloud/tf/scripts/copy_env_to_first_node.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
+    }
+]
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diff --git a/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline.json b/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline.json
index 179282f..d1fd61b 100644
--- a/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline.json
+++ b/gcloud/tf/scripts/build-gcloud-k3s-pipeline.json
@@ -34,5 +34,14 @@
         ],
         "retryCount": 0,
         "shouldAbort": true
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "copy .env to k3s-vm-1",
+        "function": "RunCommand",
+        "params": [
+            "gcloud/tf/scripts/copy_env_to_first_node.sh"
+        ],
+        "retryCount": 0,
+        "shouldAbort": true
     }
 ]
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diff --git a/gcloud/tf/scripts/copy_env_to_first_node.sh b/gcloud/tf/scripts/copy_env_to_first_node.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5bce28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcloud/tf/scripts/copy_env_to_first_node.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source .env
+
+for i in {1..10}; do
+    # Check if the instance is running
+    INSTANCE_STATUS=$(gcloud compute instances describe k3s-vm-1 --zone=us-central1-a --project="$PROJECT_NAME" --format='get(status)')
+    if [[ "$INSTANCE_STATUS" != "RUNNING" ]]; then
+        echo "Instance k3s-vm-1 is not running. Attempt $i/10. Waiting 5 seconds..."
+        sleep 5
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    # Check if the directory exists on the remote host
+    if gcloud compute ssh k3s-vm-1 --zone=us-central1-a --project="$PROJECT_NAME" --command="test -d /opt/src/infctl-cli/"; then
+        echo "/opt/src/infctl-cli/ exists on k3s-vm-1."
+        break
+    else
+        echo "/opt/src/infctl-cli/ does not exist yet. Attempt $i/10. Waiting 5 seconds..."
+        sleep 5
+    fi
+done
+
+# Final check after loop
+if ! gcloud compute ssh k3s-vm-1 --zone=us-central1-a --project="$PROJECT_NAME" --command="test -d /opt/src/infctl-cli/"; then
+    echo "ERROR: /opt/src/infctl-cli/ does not exist on k3s-vm-1 after 10 attempts. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+gcloud compute scp .env  k3s-vm-1:/opt/src/infctl-cli/.env --zone=us-central1-a --project=$PROJECT_NAME
+
diff --git a/gcloud/tf/scripts/k3s-vm-startup.sh b/gcloud/tf/scripts/k3s-vm-startup.sh
index dd875fd..6e2fcf9 100644
--- a/gcloud/tf/scripts/k3s-vm-startup.sh
+++ b/gcloud/tf/scripts/k3s-vm-startup.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Redirect all output to a log file for reliability
+exec > /tmp/startup.log 2>&1
+
 INFCTL_GIT_REPO="https://codeberg.org/headshed/infctl-cli.git"
 INFCTL_GIT_REPO_BRANCH="main"
 INFCTL_INSTALL_DIR="/opt/src"
@@ -100,3 +103,31 @@ if [[ ! -d "$INFCTL_INSTALL_DIR" ]]; then
     chown -R user:user "$INFCTL_INSTALL_DIR"
 fi
 
+for i in {1..100}; do
+    if [[ -f /opt/src/infctl-cli/.env ]]; then
+        echo ".env file found."
+        break
+    else
+        echo ".env file not found. Attempt $i/100. Waiting 5 seconds..."
+        sleep 5
+    fi
+done
+
+# Final check after loop
+if [[ ! -f /opt/src/infctl-cli/.env ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: .env file not found after 10 attempts. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# load .env file
+source /opt/src/infctl-cli/.env
+
+# check to see if INSTALL_FORGEJO is set to "true"
+if [[ "$INSTALL_FORGEJO" == "true" ]]; then
+    # install forgejo using infctl
+    # ....
+    export KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml
+    LOG_FORMAT=none infctl -f "${INFCTL_INSTALL_DIR}/infctl-cli/gcloud/tf/scripts/install-forgejo-pipeline.json" 
+    touch /etc/forgejo_was_installed
+
+fi
diff --git a/gcloud/tf/scripts/wait_for_user_input_dns.sh b/gcloud/tf/scripts/wait_for_user_input_dns.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a356571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcloud/tf/scripts/wait_for_user_input_dns.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "Please configure DNS using the IP address from the previous stage."
+echo "you have 120 seconds."
+for i in {120..1}; do
+    echo -ne "Time remaining: $i seconds\r"
+    sleep 1
+done
+echo ""
+
+exit 0
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