diff --git a/sk1/backup.sh b/sk1/backup.sh
index 83866f2..86fe8d2 100644
--- a/sk1/backup.sh
+++ b/sk1/backup.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# backup.sh — Create a manual RDS snapshot for Notes App
-# Usage: source .env && ./backup.sh
-set -euo pipefail
+#!/bin/bash
 
-: "${AWS_REGION:?Set AWS_REGION in .env}"
-
-SNAPSHOT_ID="notes-app-manual-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
-
-echo "Creating RDS snapshot: ${SNAPSHOT_ID}..."
-aws rds create-db-snapshot \
-  --db-instance-identifier notes-app-db \
-  --db-snapshot-identifier "$SNAPSHOT_ID" \
-  --region "$AWS_REGION" \
-  --output none
-
-echo "Waiting for snapshot to complete..."
-aws rds wait db-snapshot-completed \
-  --db-snapshot-identifier "$SNAPSHOT_ID" \
-  --region "$AWS_REGION"
-
-echo "✅ Backup complete: ${SNAPSHOT_ID}"
+docker exec app_db pg_dump -U notesuser notesdb > backup.sql
diff --git a/sk1/create-vm.sh b/sk1/create-vm.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee96ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sk1/create-vm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# VARIABLES
+KEY_NAME="my-key"
+SECURITY_GROUP="notes-app-sg"
+INSTANCE_NAME="notes-app-vm"
+AMI_ID="ami-0e872aee57663ae2d"
+INSTANCE_TYPE="t2.micro"
+REGION="eu-central-1"
+
+# CREATE SECURITY GROUP
+aws ec2 create-security-group \
+  --group-name $SECURITY_GROUP \
+  --description "Security group for Notes App" \
+  --region $REGION
+
+# OPEN PORTS
+aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
+  --group-name $SECURITY_GROUP \
+  --protocol tcp \
+  --port 22 \
+  --cidr 0.0.0.0/0 \
+  --region $REGION
+
+aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
+  --group-name $SECURITY_GROUP \
+  --protocol tcp \
+  --port 80 \
+  --cidr 0.0.0.0/0 \
+  --region $REGION
+
+aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
+  --group-name $SECURITY_GROUP \
+  --protocol tcp \
+  --port 443 \
+  --cidr 0.0.0.0/0 \
+  --region $REGION
+
+aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
+  --group-name $SECURITY_GROUP \
+  --protocol tcp \
+  --port 8080 \
+  --cidr 0.0.0.0/0 \
+  --region $REGION
+
+aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
+  --group-name $SECURITY_GROUP \
+  --protocol tcp \
+  --port 8081 \
+  --cidr 0.0.0.0/0 \
+  --region $REGION
+
+# CREATE INSTANCE
+aws ec2 run-instances \
+  --image-id $AMI_ID \
+  --count 1 \
+  --instance-type $INSTANCE_TYPE \
+  --key-name $KEY_NAME \
+  --security-groups $SECURITY_GROUP \
+  --tag-specifications "ResourceType=instance,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=$INSTANCE_NAME}]" \
+  --region $REGION
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diff --git a/sk1/deploy.sh b/sk1/deploy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aff6ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sk1/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+sudo apt update
+
+sudo apt install docker.io docker-compose nginx certbot python3-certbot-nginx -y
+
+sudo systemctl enable docker
+sudo systemctl start docker
+
+docker-compose up -d --build
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diff --git a/sk1/destroy.sh b/sk1/destroy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..354ca1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sk1/destroy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker-compose down -v
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