diff --git a/ansible/README.md b/ansible/README.md
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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Ansible tasks for DOAJ
 
+The symlink in the root `doaj -> ansible/` is for backward compatibility for old aliases
+
+---
+
 You'll need to have ansible installed. Tested on version 2.7.0
 
 * Deploy new updates on the master branch to servers:
diff --git a/cloud-init_userdata/or24_machines_cloud-config.txt b/cloud-init_userdata/or24_machines_cloud-config.txt
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+#cloud-config
+## Add and configure new user cloo, authorized keys for steve, anusha and hrafn
+groups:
+  - docker
+
+users:
+  - name: cloo
+    ssh-authorized-keys:
+      - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIAFb1SNKeovfTz1JXrok00+s6YREBlgKFlrDEYh7Dh+D steve@cottagelabs.com
+      - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIP1IbOCzPJCBBQcDsutoUB3vHzYZ7bIKbNmeeiXW8DWx hrafn@cottagelabs.com
+      - ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIEYTmr8Il/pVEkBtj947bawsMlRwGjvrTVRTQQIYRySN anusha@cottagelabs.com
+    sudo: ['ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL']
+    groups: sudo, docker
+    shell: /bin/bash
+
+## Disable password authentication with the SSH daemon
+ssh_pwauth: false
+
+## Update apt database and upgrade packages on first boot
+package_update: true
+package_upgrade: true
+
+## Install additional useful packages on first boot (extend and delete as required)
+packages:
+  - git
+  - curl
+  - wget
+  - nmap
+  - net-tools
+  - screen
+  - htop
+  - ncdu
+  - tree
+  - gcc
+  - nginx
+  - apache2-utils
+  - python3-dev
+  - python3-pip
+  - python3-distutils
+  - python3-virtualenv
+  - python3-certbot-nginx
+  - rng-tools
+  - docker
+  - docker-compose-v2
+  - nodejs
+  - npm
+  - vim
diff --git a/digitalocean_cli/README.md b/digitalocean_cli/README.md
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+Here we should put some playbooks for setting up machines via the DO CLI