diff --git a/config/deploy/staging.rb b/config/deploy/staging.rb
index d3a425754..b6a56be37 100644
--- a/config/deploy/staging.rb
+++ b/config/deploy/staging.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ set :rails_env, "staging"
 server "testbooru.donmai.us", :roles => %w(web app db), :primary => true, :user => "danbooru"
 
 set :linked_files, fetch(:linked_files, []).push(".env.staging")
-set :rbenv_path, "/home/danbooru/.rbenv"
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+set :rbenv_path, "/home/danbooru/.rbenv"
+set :deploy_to, "/var/www/danbooru2"
diff --git a/script/install/app_server.sh b/script/install/app_server.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b5803593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/install/app_server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this is a version of the install script designed to be run on
+# app servers (that is, they won't install PostgreSQL server).
+#
+# Run: curl -L -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r888888888/danbooru/master/script/install/app_server.sh | sh
+
+export RUBY_VERSION=2.5.1
+export GITHUB_INSTALL_SCRIPTS=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r888888888/danbooru/master/script/install
+export VIPS_VERSION=8.7.0
+
+if [[ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]] ; then
+  echo "You must run this script as root"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "* DANBOORU INSTALLATION SCRIPT"
+echo "*"
+echo "* This script will install all the necessary packages to run Danbooru on an"
+echo "* Ubuntu server."
+echo
+
+echo -n "* Enter the VLAN IP address for this server: "
+read VLAN_IP_ADDR
+
+# Install packages
+echo "* Installing packages..."
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get -y install libssl-dev build-essential automake libxml2-dev libxslt-dev ncurses-dev sudo libreadline-dev flex bison ragel memcached libmemcached-dev git curl libcurl4-openssl-dev sendmail-bin sendmail nginx ssh coreutils ffmpeg mkvtoolnix
+apt-get -y install libpq-dev postgresql-client
+apt-get -y install liblcms2-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libexpat1-dev libgif-dev libpng-dev libexif-dev
+
+# vrack specific stuff
+apt-get -y install vlan
+modprobe 8021q
+echo "8021q" >> /etc/modules
+vconfig add eno2 99
+ip addr add $VLAN_IP_ADDR/24 dev eno2.99
+ip link set up eno2.99
+curl -L -s $GITHUB_INSTALL_SCRIPTS/vrack-cfg.yaml -o /etc/netplan/01-netcfg.yaml
+
+curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | apt-key add -
+echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
+curl -sSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
+apt-get update
+apt-get -y install nodejs yarn
+apt-get remove cmdtest
+
+# compile and install libvips (the version in apt is too old)
+cd /tmp
+wget -q https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases/download/v$VIPS_VERSION/vips-$VIPS_VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xzf vips-$VIPS_VERSION.tar.gz
+cd vips-$VIPS_VERSION
+./configure --prefix=/usr
+make install
+ldconfig
+
+# Create user account
+useradd -m danbooru
+chsh -s /bin/bash danbooru
+usermod -G danbooru,sudo danbooru
+
+# Set up Postgres
+git clone https://github.com/r888888888/test_parser.git /tmp/test_parser
+cd /tmp/test_parser
+make install
+
+# Install rbenv
+echo "* Installing rbenv..."
+cd /tmp
+sudo -u danbooru git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git ~danbooru/.rbenv
+sudo -u danbooru touch ~danbooru/.bash_profile
+echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~danbooru/.bash_profile
+echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~danbooru/.bash_profile
+sudo -u danbooru mkdir -p ~danbooru/.rbenv/plugins
+sudo -u danbooru git clone git://github.com/sstephenson/ruby-build.git ~danbooru/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
+sudo -u danbooru bash -l -c "rbenv install $RUBY_VERSION"
+sudo -u danbooru bash -l -c "rbenv global $RUBY_VERSION"
+
+# Install gems
+echo "* Installing gems..."
+sudo -u danbooru bash -l -c 'gem install --no-ri --no-rdoc bundler'
+
+# Setup danbooru account
+echo "* Enter a new password for the danbooru account"
+passwd danbooru
+
+echo "* Setting up SSH keys for the danbooru account"
+sudo -u danbooru ssh-keygen
+sudo -u danbooru cat ~danbooru/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~danbooru/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+echo "* TODO:"
+echo "on kagamihara:"
+echo "script/install/distribute_new_pubkey.sh"
+echo
+echo "on this server:"
+echo "rsync -av kagamihara:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx"
+echo "rsync -av kagamihara:/etc/nginx/conf.d /etc/nginx"
+echo "rsync -av kagamihara:/etc/nginx/sites-enabled /etc/nginx"
+echo "rsync -av kagamihara:/etc/logrotate.d /etc/logrotate.d"
diff --git a/script/install/distribute_new_pubkey.sh b/script/install/distribute_new_pubkey.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52feaa245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/install/distribute_new_pubkey.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+HOSTS="kagamihara shima saitou"
+
+echo "Enter new SSH pubkey: "
+read $key
+
+for host in $HOSTS ; do
+  ssh danbooru@$host echo $key >> .ssh/authorized_keys
+done