diff --git a/configs/docker/build/Dockerfile~ b/configs/docker/build/Dockerfile~
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index 70cd41110c0f46f8a3560cceeab3bf074a7aa46f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/configs/docker/build/Dockerfile~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-FROM ubuntu:24.04 as base_image
-
-SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
-
-#install system packages
-#RUN apt-get update;apt-get install --assume-yes python3.11 python3.11-venv wget unzip emacs gdal-bin libgdal-dev build-essential gfortran zlib1g zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev apt-utils liblzma-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev default-jre openssh-server libfribidi-dev libfontconfig1-dev libspatialindex-dev git dos2unix nano rsync;
-RUN echo "alias e='emacs -nw $1'" >> ~/.bashrc;
-RUN alias ll="ls -ltr"
-
-#sets the timezone to London
-#RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC apt-get -y install tzdata
-
-#these usernames and ids match the production server (IaaS), override when building a local image if needed
-ARG GNAME=ews
-ARG UNAME=ewsmanager
-ARG UID=1006
-ARG GID=1008
-#RUN groupadd -g $GID $GNAME
-#RUN useradd -m -u $UID -g $GID -o -s /bin/bash $UNAME
-
-#run mkdir as root
-RUN mkdir -p /storage/app/EWS_prod/regions/EastAfrica/workspace
-RUN mkdir -p /storage/app/EWS_prod/regions/SouthAsia/workspace
-
-#RUN chown -R $UNAME /storage
-
-#swith to the user before installing stuff
-#USER $UNAME
-
-WORKDIR /home
-
-#copy resources in
-COPY ./requirements.txt .
-
-#build the venv
-#RUN python3.11 -m venv /storage/app/EWS_prod/envs/venv/ews_prod
-#RUN source /storage/app/EWS_prod/envs/venv/ews_prod/bin/activate;pip install -r requirements.txt
-
-RUN echo $PYTHONPATH
-
-WORKDIR /home/ewsmanager
diff --git a/configs/docker/run/launchDocker_desktop.sh b/configs/docker/run/launchDocker_desktop.sh
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index ea57c06d2d8325f7920d51c66f5b1a3801f757fd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/configs/docker/run/launchDocker_desktop.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-docker run -it -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/code:/storage/app/EWS_prod/code" -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/regions:/storage/app/EWS_prod/regions" -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/envs/credentials:/storage/app/EWS_prod/envs/credentials" -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/sftp:/storage/sftp" -v "/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/webdata:/storage/moved/" -w "/storage/app/EWS_prod/code/"  --name ews_runner ews_coordinator
diff --git a/configs/docker/run/runDockerDesktop.sh b/configs/docker/run/runDockerDesktop.sh
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index 031f1a71efd40ebaa0ad7c2bf2cf50d4218ff9d3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/configs/docker/run/runDockerDesktop.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-upload=''
-islive=''
-clearup=''
-component='not_set'
-config='/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/resources/coordinator/configs/config_EastAfrica_fc_live.json' # default
-rundate=$(date '+%Y%m%d') # default today
-
-
-SHORT=p:c:s:h
-LONG=component:,config:,rundate:,noupload::,islive::,clearup::,help
-OPTS=$(getopt -a --options $SHORT --longoptions $LONG -- "$@")
-echo $OPTS
-eval set -- "$OPTS"
-
-while :
-do
-  case "$1" in
-    -p | --component )
-      component="$2"
-      shift 2
-      ;;
-    -c | --config )
-      config="$2"
-      shift 2
-      ;;
-    -s | --rundate )
-      rundate="$2"
-      shift 2
-      ;;
-    --noupload )
-      upload="--noupload"
-      shift 2;
-      ;;
-    --islive )
-      islive="--islive"
-      shift 2;
-      ;;
-    --clearup )
-      clearup="--clearup"
-      shift 2;
-      ;;
-    -h | --help)
-      "This is a launch script, example usage: runDockerEWS.sh -p Deposition -c -c /<path>/config_EastAfrica_fc_live.json -s 20220808"
-      exit 2
-      ;;
-    --)
-      shift;
-      break
-      ;;
-    *)
-      echo "Unexpected option: $1"
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-
-
-function run_coordinator() {
-    printf "component: %s\nconfig: %s\nrundate: %s\n" "$component" "$config" "$rundate"
-    printf "optional args:\n%s\n" "$upload $islive $clearup"
-    docker container ls;
-    docker exec \
-    ews_runner \
-    /storage/app/EWS_prod/code/coordinator/scripts/run_Processor.sh \
-    -p "$component" \
-    -c "$config" \
-    -s "$rundate" \
-    $upload \
-    $islive \
-    $clearup;
-    exit $?;
-}
-
-run_coordinator
-exit $?
diff --git a/configs/docker/run/runDockerDesktop.sh~ b/configs/docker/run/runDockerDesktop.sh~
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index f61c2b96bb5d76bc65b1b85e9cf8e0285410d905..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/configs/docker/run/runDockerDesktop.sh~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-upload=''
-islive=''
-clearup=''
-component='not_set'
-config='/media/scratch/lb584_scratch/projects/ews_aws/resources/coordinator/configs/config_EastAfrica_fc_live.json' # default
-rundate=$(date '+%Y%m%d') # default today
-
-
-SHORT=p:c:s:h
-LONG=component:,config:,rundate:,noupload::,islive::,clearup::,help
-OPTS=$(getopt -a --options $SHORT --longoptions $LONG -- "$@")
-echo $OPTS
-eval set -- "$OPTS"
-
-while :
-do
-  case "$1" in
-    -p | --component )
-      component="$2"
-      shift 2
-      ;;
-    -c | --config )
-      config="$2"
-      shift 2
-      ;;
-    -s | --rundate )
-      rundate="$2"
-      shift 2
-      ;;
-    --noupload )
-      upload="--noupload"
-      shift 2;
-      ;;
-    --islive )
-      islive="--islive"
-      shift 2;
-      ;;
-    --clearup )
-      clearup="--clearup"
-      shift 2;
-      ;;
-    -h | --help)
-      "This is a launch script, example usage: runDockerEWS.sh -p Deposition -c -c /<path>/config_EastAfrica_fc_live.json -s 20220808"
-      exit 2
-      ;;
-    --)
-      shift;
-      break
-      ;;
-    *)
-      echo "Unexpected option: $1"
-      ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-
-
-function run_coordinator() {
-    printf "component: %s\nconfig: %s\nrundate: %s\n" "$component" "$config" "$rundate"
-    printf "optional args:\n%s\n" "$upload $islive $clearup"
-    docker container ls;
-    docker exec \
-    ews_runner \
-    sh -c /storage/app/EWS_prod/code/coordinator/scripts/run_Processor.sh \
-    -p "$component" \
-    -c "$config" \
-    -s "$rundate" \
-    $upload \
-    $islive \
-    $clearup;
-    exit $?;
-}
-
-run_coordinator
-exit $?