diff --git a/.github/workflows/site_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/site_deploy.yml
index 62d1518bad..aa10a49234 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/site_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/site_deploy.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,17 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: '23'
       vcell_site:
-        description: 'rel or alpha'
+        description: 'rel or alpha or test'
         required: true
         default: 'alpha'
       server_only:
         description: 'Deploy only the server components?'
         required: true
         default: 'false'
+      deployment_type:
+        description: 'swarm or kubernetes (choose kubernetes for vcell_site="test")'
+        required: true
+        default: 'swarm'
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build client installers
@@ -195,29 +199,67 @@ jobs:
         singularity remote login -u ${{ secrets.ACTION_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.ACTION_TOKEN }} oras://ghcr.io
         singularity pull $BATCH_SINGULARITY_FILENAME oras://${VCELL_REPO_NAMESPACE}/vcell-batch-singularity:${{ github.event.inputs.vcell_version }}.${{ github.event.inputs.vcell_build }}
         singularity pull $OPT_SINGULARITY_FILENAME   oras://${VCELL_REPO_NAMESPACE}/vcell-opt-singularity:${{ github.event.inputs.vcell_version }}.${{ github.event.inputs.vcell_build }}
-    - name: deploy to site
+    - name: deploy to kubernetes site
+      if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deployment_type == 'kubernetes' }}
+      run: |
+        set -ux
+        cd docker/swarm
+        ssh -t ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }}@${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} sudo docker login -u ${{ secrets.ACTION_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.ACTION_TOKEN }} ghcr.io
+        if ${{ github.event.inputs.server_only != 'true' }}; then
+          # build and install the client installers and the singularity images (kubernetes cluster deployments are separate)
+          ./deploy-action-kubernetes.sh \
+              --ssh-user ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }} \
+              --install-singularity \
+              --build-installers \
+              --installer-deploy-dir $VCELL_INSTALLER_REMOTE_DIR \
+              ${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} \
+              ./${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME}
+          export VCELL_SITE_CAMEL=`cat $VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME | grep VCELL_SITE_CAMEL | cut -d"=" -f2`
+          ssh ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }}@${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} \
+            installer_deploy_dir=$VCELL_INSTALLER_REMOTE_DIR vcell_siteCamel=$VCELL_SITE_CAMEL vcell_version=$VCELL_VERSION vcell_build=$VCELL_BUILD \
+            'bash -s' < link-installers.sh
+        else
+          # build and install only the singularity images (kubernetes cluster deployments are separate)
+          ./deploy-action-kubernetes.sh \
+              --ssh-user ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }} \
+              --install-singularity  \
+              ${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} \
+              ./${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME}
+        fi
+    - name: deploy to swarm site
+      if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deployment_type == 'swarm' }}
       run: |
         set -ux
         cd docker/swarm
         ssh -t ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }}@${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} sudo docker login -u ${{ secrets.ACTION_USER }} -p ${{ secrets.ACTION_TOKEN }} ghcr.io
         if ${{ github.event.inputs.server_only != 'true' }}; then
-          ./deploy-action.sh \
-            --ssh-user ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }} --install-singularity --build-installers --installer-deploy-dir $VCELL_INSTALLER_REMOTE_DIR \
-            ${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} \
-            ./${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} ${VCELL_DEPLOY_REMOTE_DIR}/config/${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} \
-            ./docker-compose.yml        ${VCELL_DEPLOY_REMOTE_DIR}/config/docker-compose_${VCELL_TAG}.yml \
-            vcell${VCELL_SITE}
+          # build and install the client installers, singularity images, and docker swarm configuration
+          ./deploy-action-swarm.sh \
+              --ssh-user ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }} \
+              --install-singularity \
+              --build-installers \
+              --installer-deploy-dir $VCELL_INSTALLER_REMOTE_DIR \
+              ${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} \
+              ./${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} \
+              ${VCELL_DEPLOY_REMOTE_DIR}/config/${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} \
+              ./docker-compose.yml \
+              ${VCELL_DEPLOY_REMOTE_DIR}/config/docker-compose_${VCELL_TAG}.yml \
+              vcell${VCELL_SITE}
           export VCELL_SITE_CAMEL=`cat $VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME | grep VCELL_SITE_CAMEL | cut -d"=" -f2`
           ssh ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }}@${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} \
             installer_deploy_dir=$VCELL_INSTALLER_REMOTE_DIR vcell_siteCamel=$VCELL_SITE_CAMEL vcell_version=$VCELL_VERSION vcell_build=$VCELL_BUILD \
             'bash -s' < link-installers.sh
         else
-          ./deploy-action.sh \
-            --ssh-user ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }} --install-singularity  \
-            ${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} \
-            ./${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} ${VCELL_DEPLOY_REMOTE_DIR}/config/${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} \
-            ./docker-compose.yml        ${VCELL_DEPLOY_REMOTE_DIR}/config/docker-compose_${VCELL_TAG}.yml \
-            vcell${VCELL_SITE}        
+          # build and install only the singularity images and docker swarm configuration
+          ./deploy-action-swarm.sh \
+              --ssh-user ${{ secrets.CD_FULL_USER }} \
+              --install-singularity  \
+              ${VCELL_MANAGER_NODE} \
+              ./${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} \
+              ${VCELL_DEPLOY_REMOTE_DIR}/config/${VCELL_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} \
+              ./docker-compose.yml \
+              ${VCELL_DEPLOY_REMOTE_DIR}/config/docker-compose_${VCELL_TAG}.yml \
+              vcell${VCELL_SITE}        
         fi
     - name: Setup tmate session 3
       uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
diff --git a/docker/swarm/deploy-action-kubernetes.sh b/docker/swarm/deploy-action-kubernetes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..527a125578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/swarm/deploy-action-kubernetes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -ux
+
+show_help() {
+	echo "Deploys or updates a deployment of VCell on remote Kubernetes cluster"
+	echo ""
+	echo "usage: deploy-action-kubernetes.sh [OPTIONS] REQUIRED-ARGUMENTS"
+	echo ""
+	echo "  REQUIRED-ARGUMENTS"
+	echo "    manager-node          any node for ssh access ( vcellapi-test.cam.uchc.edu )"
+	echo ""
+	echo "    local-config-file     local config file for setting environment"
+	echo ""
+	echo "  [OPTIONS]"
+	echo "    -h | --help           show this message"
+	echo ""
+	echo "    --ssh-user user       user for ssh to node [defaults to current user id using whoami]"
+	echo "                          (user must have passwordless sudo for docker commands on manager-node)"
+	echo ""
+	echo "    --build-installers    optionally build client installers and place in ./generated_installers dir"
+	echo ""
+	echo "    --installer-deploy-dir /path/to/installer/dir"
+	echo "                          directory for installers accessible to users"
+	echo "                          typically a web-accessible location to download the client installers for each platform"
+	echo ""
+	echo "    --install-singularity  optionally install batch and opt singularity images on each compute node in 'vcell' SLURM partition"
+	echo ""
+	echo ""
+	echo "example:"
+	echo ""
+	echo "deploy-action-kubernetes.sh \\"
+	echo "   --ssh-user vcell \\"
+	echo "   --install_singularity \\"
+	echo "   --build_installers --installer_deploy_dir /share/apps/vcell3/apache_webroot/htdocs/webstart/Test \\"
+	echo "   vcellapi-test.cam.uchc.edu \\"
+	echo "   ./server.config"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+if [[ $# -lt 6 ]]; then
+    show_help
+fi
+
+ssh_user=$(whoami)
+installer_deploy_dir=
+build_installers=false
+install_singularity=false
+while :; do
+	case $1 in
+		-h|--help)
+			show_help
+			exit
+			;;
+		--ssh-user)
+			shift
+			ssh_user=$1
+			;;
+		--installer-deploy-dir)
+			shift
+			installer_deploy_dir=$1
+			;;
+		--install-singularity)
+			install_singularity=true
+			;;
+		--build-installers)
+			build_installers=true
+			;;
+		-?*)
+			printf 'ERROR: Unknown option: %s\n' "$1" >&2
+			echo ""
+			show_help
+			;;
+		*)               # Default case: No more options, so break out of the loop.
+			break
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
+if [[ $# -ne 6 ]] ; then
+    show_help
+fi
+
+manager_node=$1
+local_config_file=$2
+
+# get settings from config file
+vcell_siteCamel=$(grep VCELL_SITE_CAMEL "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
+vcell_version=$(grep VCELL_VERSION_NUMBER "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
+vcell_build=$(grep VCELL_BUILD_NUMBER "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
+batch_singularity_filename=$(grep VCELL_BATCH_SINGULARITY_FILENAME "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
+opt_singularity_filename=$(grep VCELL_OPT_SINGULARITY_FILENAME "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
+slurm_singularity_central_dir=$(grep VCELL_SLURM_CENTRAL_SINGULARITY_DIR "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
+
+
+#
+# install the singularity images on the cluster nodes
+#
+if [ "$install_singularity" == "true" ]; then
+
+	echo ""
+	pushd ../build/singularity-vm || (echo "pushd ../build/singularity-vm failed"; exit 1)
+	echo ""
+	echo "CURRENT DIRECTORY IS $PWD"
+
+	#
+	# get configuration from config file and load into current bash environment
+	#
+	echo ""
+
+	if [ ! -e "./${batch_singularity_filename}" ]; then
+		echo "failed to find local batch singularity image file $batch_singularity_filename in ./singularity-vm directory"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	if ! scp "./${batch_singularity_filename}" "$ssh_user@$manager_node:${slurm_singularity_central_dir}"; then
+    echo "failed to copy batch singularity image to server"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+	if [ ! -e "./${opt_singularity_filename}" ]; then
+		echo "failed to find local opt singularity image file $opt_singularity_filename in ./singularity-vm directory"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	if ! scp "./${opt_singularity_filename}" "$ssh_user@$manager_node:${slurm_singularity_central_dir}"; then
+	  echo "failed to copy opt singularity image to server"
+	  exit 1
+	fi
+
+	echo "popd"
+	popd || (echo "popd failed"; exit 1)
+fi
+
+
+#
+# if --build-installers, then generate client installers, placing then in ./generated_installers
+#    if --installer-deploy-dir, then also copy installers to $installer_deploy_dir
+#  *** unimplemented *** (if --link-installers, then also link installers to version independent installer names for each platform)
+#
+if [ "$build_installers" == "true" ]; then
+	#
+	# if --installer-deploy-dir, then copy the installers from ./generated_installers directory to the installer deploy directory
+	#
+	if [ ! -z "$installer_deploy_dir" ]; then
+		# vcell_siteCamel=Alpha
+		# vcell_version=7.0.0
+		# vcell_build=19
+		# version=7_0_0_19
+		version=$(echo "${vcell_version}_${vcell_build}" | tr '.' _)
+		if ! scp "./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_windows-x64_${version}_64bit.exe" \
+			"./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_unix_${version}_32bit.sh" \
+			"./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_macos_${version}_64bit.dmg" \
+			"./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_windows-x32_${version}_32bit.exe" \
+			"./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_unix_${version}_64bit.sh" \
+			"./generated_installers/updates.xml" \
+			"./generated_installers/updates_linux32.xml" \
+			"./generated_installers/updates_linux64.xml" \
+			"./generated_installers/updates_mac64.xml" \
+			"./generated_installers/updates_win32.xml" \
+			"./generated_installers/updates_win64.xml" \
+			"./generated_installers/output.txt" \
+			"./generated_installers/md5sums" \
+			"./generated_installers/sha256sums" \
+				"$ssh_user@$manager_node:${installer_deploy_dir}";
+		then
+			echo "failed to copy installers"; 
+			exit 1;
+		fi
+
+	fi
+fi
+
+
+echo "exited normally"
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/docker/swarm/deploy-action.sh b/docker/swarm/deploy-action-swarm.sh
similarity index 92%
rename from docker/swarm/deploy-action.sh
rename to docker/swarm/deploy-action-swarm.sh
index 5c9201a405..9764af92b9 100755
--- a/docker/swarm/deploy-action.sh
+++ b/docker/swarm/deploy-action-swarm.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -ux
 show_help() {
 	echo "Deploys or updates a deployment of VCell on remote Docker swarm cluster"
 	echo ""
-	echo "usage: deploy.sh [OPTIONS] REQUIRED-ARGUMENTS"
+	echo "usage: deploy-action-swarm.sh [OPTIONS] REQUIRED-ARGUMENTS"
 	echo ""
 	echo "  REQUIRED-ARGUMENTS"
 	echo "    manager-node          swarm node with manager role ( vcellapi.cam.uchc.edu or vcellapi-beta.cam.uchc.edu )"
@@ -36,23 +36,26 @@ show_help() {
 	echo ""
 	echo "    --build-installers    optionally build client installers and place in ./generated_installers dir"
 	echo ""
-	echo "    --installer-deploy-dir /path/to/intstaller/dir"
+	echo "    --installer-deploy-dir /path/to/installer/dir"
 	echo "                          directory for installers accessible to users"
 	echo "                          typically a web-accessible location to download the client installers for each platform"
 	echo ""
-#	echo "    --link-installers     optionally create symbolic links for newly created client installers"
-#	echo "                          for permanent 'latest' web links fr each platform"
-#	echo ""
 	echo "    --install-singularity  optionally install batch and opt singularity images on each compute node in 'vcell' SLURM partition"
 	echo ""
 	echo ""
 	echo "example:"
 	echo ""
-	echo "deploy.sh --ssh-user vcell --ssh-key ~/.ssh/schaff_rsa \\"
-	echo "  vcell-service.cam.uchc.edu \\"
-	echo "  ./server.config /usr/local/deploy/Test/server_01.config \\"
-	echo "  ./docker-compose.yml /usr/local/deploy/Test/docker-compose_01.yml \\"
-	echo "  vcelltest"
+	echo "deploy-action-swarm.sh \\"
+	echo "   --ssh-user vcell \\"
+	echo "   --ssh-key ~/.ssh/schaff_rsa \\"
+	echo "   --install_singularity \\"
+	echo "   --build_installers --installer_deploy_dir /share/apps/vcell3/apache_webroot/htdocs/webstart/Rel \\"
+	echo "   vcellapi.cam.uchc.edu \\"
+	echo "   ./server.config \\"
+	echo "   /usr/local/deploy/Test/server_01.config \\"
+	echo "   ./docker-compose.yml \\"
+	echo "   /usr/local/deploy/Test/docker-compose_01.yml \\"
+	echo "   vcellrel"
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -90,9 +93,6 @@ while :; do
 		--build-installers)
 			build_installers=true
 			;;
-#		--link-installers)
-#			link_installers=true
-#			;;
 		-?*)
 			printf 'ERROR: Unknown option: %s\n' "$1" >&2
 			echo ""
@@ -235,5 +235,3 @@ fi
 echo "exited normally"
 
 exit 0
-
-
diff --git a/docker/swarm/deploy.sh b/docker/swarm/deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5e68d061a7..0000000000
--- a/docker/swarm/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,264 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-shopt -s -o nounset
-
-show_help() {
-	echo "Deploys or updates a deployment of VCell on remote Docker swarm cluster"
-	echo ""
-	echo "usage: deploy.sh [OPTIONS] REQUIRED-ARGUMENTS"
-	echo ""
-	echo "  REQUIRED-ARGUMENTS"
-	echo "    manager-node          swarm node with manager role ( vcellapi.cam.uchc.edu or vcellapi-beta.cam.uchc.edu )"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    local-config-file     local config file for deployment, copied to manager-node including:"
-	echo "                              VCELL_REPO_NAMESPACE=(repo/namespace | namespace)"
-	echo "                                  (e.g. schaff or vcell-docker.cam.uchc.edu:5000/schaff )"
-	echo "                                  (must be reachable from swarm nodes and include namespace)"
-	echo "                              VCELL_TAG=tag (e.g. dev | 7.0.0-alpha.4 | f98dfe3)" 
-	echo ""
-	echo "    remote-config-file    absolute path of target config file on remote manager-node"
-	echo "                          WARNING: will overwrite remote file"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    local-compose-file    local docker-compose.yml file for deployment, copied to manager-node"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    remote-compose-file   absolute path of target docker-compose.yml file on remote manager-node"
-	echo "                          WARNING: will overwrite remote file"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    stack-name            name of Docker swarm stack"
-	echo ""
-	echo "  [OPTIONS]"
-	echo "    -h | --help           show this message"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    --ssh-user user       user for ssh to node [defaults to current user id using whoami]"
-	echo "                          (user must have passwordless sudo for docker commands on manager-node)"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    --ssh-key  keyfile    ssh key for passwordless ssh to node"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    --build-installers    optionally build client installers and place in ./generated_installers dir"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    --installer-deploy-dir /path/to/intstaller/dir"
-	echo "                          directory for installers accessible to users"
-	echo "                          typically a web-accessible location to download the client installers for each platform"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    --link-installers     optionally create symbolic links for newly created client installers"
-	echo "                          for permanent 'latest' web links fr each platform"
-	echo ""
-	echo "    --install-singularity  optionally install singularity image on each compute node in 'vcell' SLURM partition"
-	echo ""
-	echo ""
-	echo "example:"
-	echo ""
-	echo "deploy.sh --ssh-user vcell --ssh-key ~/.ssh/schaff_rsa \\"
-	echo "  vcell-service.cam.uchc.edu \\"
-	echo "  ./server.config /usr/local/deploy/Test/server_01.config \\"
-	echo "  ./docker-compose.yml /usr/local/deploy/Test/docker-compose_01.yml \\"
-	echo "  vcelltest"
-	exit 1
-}
-
-if [[ $# -lt 6 ]]; then
-    show_help
-fi
-
-ssh_user=$(whoami)
-ssh_key=
-installer_deploy_dir=
-build_installers=false
-link_installers=false
-install_singularity=false
-while :; do
-	case $1 in
-		-h|--help)
-			show_help
-			exit
-			;;
-		--ssh-user)
-			shift
-			ssh_user=$1
-			;;
-		--ssh-key)
-			shift
-			ssh_key="-i $1"
-			;;
-		--installer-deploy-dir)
-			shift
-			installer_deploy_dir=$1
-			;;
-		--install-singularity)
-			install_singularity=true
-			;;
-		--build-installers)
-			build_installers=true
-			;;
-		--link-installers)
-			link_installers=true
-			;;
-		-?*)
-			printf 'ERROR: Unknown option: %s\n' "$1" >&2
-			echo ""
-			show_help
-			;;
-		*)               # Default case: No more options, so break out of the loop.
-			break
-	esac
-	shift
-done
-
-if [[ $# -ne 6 ]] ; then
-    show_help
-fi
-
-manager_node=$1
-local_config_file=$2
-remote_config_file=$3
-local_compose_file=$4
-remote_compose_file=$5
-stack_name=$6
-
-# get settings from config file
-vcell_siteCamel=$(grep VCELL_SITE_CAMEL "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
-vcell_version=$(grep VCELL_VERSION_NUMBER "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
-vcell_build=$(grep VCELL_BUILD_NUMBER "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
-batch_singularity_filename=$(grep VCELL_BATCH_SINGULARITY_FILENAME "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
-batch_singularity_image_external=$(grep VCELL_BATCH_SINGULARITY_IMAGE_EXTERNAL "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
-opt_singularity_filename=$(grep VCELL_OPT_SINGULARITY_FILENAME "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
-opt_singularity_image_external=$(grep VCELL_OPT_SINGULARITY_IMAGE_EXTERNAL "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
-#partitionName=$(grep VCELL_SLURM_PARTITION "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
-batchHost=$(grep VCELL_BATCH_HOST $local_config_file | cut -d"=" -f2)
-slurm_singularity_central_dir=$(grep VCELL_SLURM_CENTRAL_SINGULARITY_DIR "$local_config_file" | cut -d"=" -f2)
-
-
-echo ""
-echo "coping $local_config_file to $manager_node:$remote_config_file as user $ssh_user"
-cmd="scp $ssh_key $local_config_file $ssh_user@$manager_node:$remote_config_file"
-echo $cmd
-($cmd) || (echo "failed to upload config file" && exit 1)
-
-echo ""
-echo "coping $local_compose_file to $manager_node:$remote_compose_file as user $ssh_user"
-cmd="scp $ssh_key $local_compose_file $ssh_user@$manager_node:$remote_compose_file"
-echo "$cmd"
-($cmd) || (echo "failed to upload docker-compose file" && exit 1)
-
-
-#
-# install the singularity image on the cluster nodes
-#
-if [ "$install_singularity" == "true" ]; then
-
-	echo ""
-	cmd="pushd ../build/singularity-vm"
-	pushd ../build/singularity-vm || (echo "failed to pushd to ../build/singularity-vm"; exit 1)
-	echo ""
-	echo "CURRENT DIRECTORY IS $PWD"
-
-	#
-	# get configuration from config file and load into current bash environment
-	#
-	echo ""
-
-	if [ ! -e "./${batch_singularity_filename}" ]; then
-		echo "failed to find batch local singularity image file $batch_singularity_filename in ./singularity-vm directory"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	if [ ! -e "./${opt_singularity_filename}" ]; then
-		echo "failed to find opt local singularity image file $opt_singularity_filename in ./singularity-vm directory"
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	echo "mkdir -p ${slurm_singularity_central_dir}"
-	mkdir -p "${slurm_singularity_central_dir}"
-	echo "cp ./${batch_singularity_filename} ${slurm_singularity_central_dir}"
-	cp "./${batch_singularity_filename}" "${slurm_singularity_central_dir}"
-	echo "cp ./${opt_singularity_filename} ${slurm_singularity_central_dir}"
-	cp "./${opt_singularity_filename}" "${slurm_singularity_central_dir}"
-
-	echo "popd"
-	popd || (echo "popd failed"; exit 1)
-fi
-
-
-#
-# deploy the stack on remote cluster
-#
-echo ""
-echo "deploying stack $stack_name to $manager_node using config in $manager_node:$remote_config_file"
-localmachine=$(hostname)
-if [ "$localmachine" == "$manager_node" ]; then
-	echo "env \$(cat $remote_config_file | xargs) docker stack deploy -c $remote_compose_file $stack_name"
-	if ! env $(xargs < "$remote_config_file") docker stack deploy -c "$remote_compose_file" "$stack_name";
-	then echo "failed to deploy stack" && exit 1; fi
-else
-	cmd="ssh $ssh_key -t $ssh_user@$manager_node sudo env \$(cat $remote_config_file | xargs) docker stack deploy -c $remote_compose_file $stack_name"
-	echo "$cmd"
-	($cmd) || (echo "failed to deploy stack" && exit 1)
-fi
-
-#
-# if --build-installers, then generate client installers, placing then in ./generated_installers
-#    if --installer-deploy-dir, then also copy installers to $installer_deploy_dir
-#        if --link-installers, then also link installers to version independent installer names for each platform
-#
-if [ "$build_installers" == "true" ]; then
-	#
-	# if --installer-deploy-dir, then copy the installers from ./generated_installers directory to the installer deploy directory
-	#
-	if [ ! -z "$installer_deploy_dir" ]; then
-		# vcell_siteCamel=Alpha
-		# vcell_version=7.0.0
-		# vcell_build=19
-		# version=7_0_0_19
-		version=$(echo "${vcell_version}_${vcell_build}" | tr '.' _)
-		if ! cp "./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_windows-x64_${version}_64bit.exe" \
-			"./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_windows-x64_${version}_64bit.dat"/* \
-			"./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_unix_${version}_32bit.sh" \
-			"./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_macos_${version}_64bit.dmg" \
-			"./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_windows_${version}_32bit.exe" \
-			"./generated_installers/VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_unix_${version}_64bit.sh" \
-			"./generated_installers/updates.xml" \
-			"./generated_installers/output.txt" \
-			"./generated_installers/md5sums" \
-				"${installer_deploy_dir}";
-		then
-			echo "failed to copy installers"; 
-			exit 1;
-		fi
-
-		#
-		# if --link-installers, then create symbolic links from permanent paths to most recent installers (for durable web urls).
-		#
-		if [ "$link_installers" == "true" ]; then
-
-			pushd "${installer_deploy_dir}" || (echo "pushd to ${installer_deploy_dir} failed"; exit 1)
-
-			if ! ln -sf "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_windows-x64_${version}_64bit.exe" \
-				  "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_windows-x64_latest_64bit.exe";
-			then echo "failed to create symbolic link for Win64 installer"; exit 1; fi
-
-			if ! ln -sf "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_unix_${version}_32bit.sh" \
-				  "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_unix_latest_32bit.sh";
-			then echo "failed to create symbolic link for Linux32 installer"; exit 1; fi
-
-			if ! ln -sf "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_macos_${version}_64bit.dmg" \
-				  "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_macos_latest_64bit.dmg";
-			then echo "failed to create symbolic link for Macos installer"; exit 1; fi
-
-			if ! ln -sf "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_windows_${version}_32bit.exe" \
-				  "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_windows_latest_32bit.exe";
-			then echo "failed to create symbolic link for Win32 installer"; exit 1; fi
-
-			if ! ln -sf "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_unix_${version}_64bit.sh" \
-				  "VCell_${vcell_siteCamel}_unix_latest_64bit.sh";
-			then echo "failed to create symbolic link for Linux64 installer"; exit 1; fi
-
-			popd || (echo "popd failed"; exit 1)
-		fi
-	fi
-fi
-
-
-echo "exited normally"
-
-exit 0
-
-
diff --git a/docker/swarm/serverconfig-uch.sh b/docker/swarm/serverconfig-uch.sh
index 6f09306fd0..5b852ee94a 100755
--- a/docker/swarm/serverconfig-uch.sh
+++ b/docker/swarm/serverconfig-uch.sh
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ VCELL_SSH_CMD_RESTORE_TIMEOUT=5
 
 #
 # write out the environment file to be for:
-# 1. deployment actions (e.g. deploy-action.sh)
+# 1. deployment actions (e.g. deploy-action-swarm.sh or deploy-action-kubernetes.sh)
 # 2. runtime environment for the docker stack run command
 #
 cat <<EOF >"$_outputfile"