diff --git a/qa/scripts/config.json b/qa/scripts/config.json
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diff --git a/qa/scripts/deployPerf.sh b/qa/scripts/deployPerf.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# To run script: ./deployNode.sh $PROFILE
+
+# default to the VPC initially created
+VPC=${VPC:-vpc-0582f594d7d2ca2d4}
+
+INSTANCE_ID=""
+
+function log() {
+    printf "$@" >&2
+}
+
+function terminate() {
+    if [ -n "$INSTANCE_ID" ]; then
+        log "shutting down instance ID %s" "$INSTANCE_ID"
+        doAws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids "$INSTANCE_ID"
+    fi
+}
+
+# shut down instance on exit if we have created one
+trap terminate 0
+
+function doAws() {
+        aws "$@" --profile "$PROFILE"
+}
+
+# SCP files to ec2-user@$IP
+function doScp() {
+    scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/gitlab-featurebase-ci.pem "$@" ec2-user@$IP:.
+}
+
+# Run command as ec2-user@$IP
+function doSsh() {
+    ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i ~/.ssh/gitlab-featurebase-ci.pem ec2-user@$IP "$@"
+}
+
+# We need an amd64 Linux binary
+function prep_binary() {
+    GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 make build && mv featurebase featurebase_linux_amd64
+}
+
+function check_existing() {
+    existing_states=$(doAws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].State.Name' --output text)
+    log "instance states: %s" "$existing_states"
+    case " $existing_states " in
+    *" running "*)
+        log "existing instance in running state, not restarting"
+        return 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+function get_config() {
+    # get AMI, security group and subnet ID
+    AMI=$(doAws ssm get-parameters --names "/aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-ebs" --query 'Parameters[0].[Value]' --output text)
+    if [[ $? > 0 ]]; then
+        log "aws session manager failed to find AMI"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    SECURITY_GROUP=$(doAws ec2 describe-security-groups --filters "Name=vpc-id,Values=$VPC" 'Name=group-name,Values=default' --query 'SecurityGroups[*].[GroupId]' --output text)
+    if [[ $? > 0 || -z "$SECURITY_GROUP" ]]; then
+        log "aws session manager failed to find security group"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    SUBNET_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-subnets --filters 'Name=vpc-id,Values='"$VPC" 'Name=availability-zone,Values=us-east-2a' 'Name=tag:Name,Values=fbci-vpc-public-us-east-2a' --query 'Subnets[0].SubnetId' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
+    if [[ $? > 0 || -z "$SUBNET_ID" ]]; then
+        log "aws session manager failed to find subnet ID"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function deploy_node() {
+    # launch EC2 instance and get instance ID
+    aws ec2 run-instances --image-id "$AMI" --instance-type "$INSTANCE" --security-group-ids "$SECURITY_GROUP" --subnet-id "$SUBNET_ID" --key-name gitlab-featurebase-ci --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=instance,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=linux-amd64-node}]' --profile $PROFILE --user-data file://./qa/scripts/cloud-init.sh --iam-instance-profile Name=featurebase-ci-ssm > config.json
+    if [[ $? > 0 ]]; then
+        echo "aws run-instances failed to launch a new EC2 instance"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    INSTANCE_ID=$(jq '.Instances | .[0] |.InstanceId' config.json | tr -d '"')
+    echo "aws run-instances succeeded in launching a new EC2 instance with instance ID: " $INSTANCE_ID
+}
+
+function initialize_featurebase() {
+    # get IP for node
+    for i in {0..24}
+    do
+        IP=$(doAws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids $INSTANCE_ID --filters 'Name=instance-state-name,Values=running' --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].PublicIpAddress' --output text)
+        if [ -n "$IP" ]; then
+            log "Public IP for EC2 instance: %s" "$IP"
+            break
+        fi
+
+        if [[ $? > 0 ]]; then
+            log "aws cli describe-instances command failed to find public IP"
+            return 1
+        fi
+
+        sleep 5
+    done
+
+    sleep 60 # to allow enough time for node to be ready for use
+
+    # copy featurebase binary and files to ec2 instance
+    doScp featurebase_linux_amd64 ./qa/scripts/featurebase.conf ./qa/scripts/featurebase.service ./qa/scripts/setup.sh ./qa/scripts/regression.sh ./qa/scripts/perf.sh
+    if [[ $? > 0 ]]; then
+        log "scp of featurebase binary, service and config files to EC2 instance failed"
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    doSsh bash ./setup.sh || return 1
+    doSsh bash ./regression.sh || return 1
+    doSsh bash ./perf.sh || return 1
+}
+
+# Pass variables to shell script
+PROFILE=$1
+shift
+
+# set some variables
+INSTANCE="t3a.large"
+REGION="us-east-2"
+
+# check for existing copies; no point in running if one's already up
+check_running || exit 1
+
+# Prep featurebase binary
+prep_binary || exit 1
+
+# Obtain subnet info, etc.
+get_config || exit 1
+
+# get AMI, security group and subnet for EC2 instance,
+# launch instance, save instance Id and run cloud-init to set up node env
+deploy_node || exit 1
+
+# Get IP for instance, scp featurebase binary, config and service files;
+# set up featurebase config in node
+initialize_featurebase || exit 1
diff --git a/qa/scripts/perf.sh b/qa/scripts/perf.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo >&2 "performance testing"
diff --git a/qa/scripts/regression.sh b/qa/scripts/regression.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo >&2 "regression testing"
diff --git a/qa/scripts/setup.sh b/qa/scripts/setup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+mv /home/ec2-user/featurebase_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/featurebase
+mv /home/ec2-user/featurebase.conf /etc/
+mv /home/ec2-user/featurebase.service /etc/systemd/system/
+adduser molecula
+sudo mkdir /var/log/molecula
+sudo chown molecula /var/log/molecula
+sudo mkdir -p /opt/molecula/featurebase
+sudo chown molecula /opt/molecula/featurebase
+systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl start featurebase
+sudo systemctl enable featurebase
+sudo systemctl status featurebase
+curl localhost:10101