+##############
+
+# add in a swap mount if not already configured.
+
+sep
+
+# we will only add swap now if explicitly asked for it. this is to avoid creating
+# a swap file where the vm is running on an SSD, since that can use up the SSD's lifespan
+# too quickly.
+if [ ! -z "$ADD_SWAP" ]; then
+ echo "Checking existing swap partition configuration.
+"
+
+ # check for existing swap.
+ free | grep -q "Swap:[[:blank:]]*[1-9][0-9]"
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ # no swap in current session, so add it.
+ echo "Enabling ramdisk swap partition...
+"
+ add_swap_mount
+ echo "
+Enabled ramdisk swap partition for current boot session."
+ fi
+
+ # the above just gives this session a swap partition, but we want to have
+ # the vm boot with one also.
+
+ # check if there is already swap mentioned in the root crontab. we will get root's
+ # crontab below since this script has to run as sudo.
+ crontab -l | grep -iq add_swap_mount
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ # no existing swap setup in crontab, so add it.
+ echo "
+Adding a boot-time ramdisk swap partition...
+"
+ # need to do it carefully, since sed won't add lines to a null file. we thus
+ # create a temporary file to do our work in and ignore sed as a tool for this.
+ tmpfile="$(mktemp junk.XXXXXX)"
+ crontab -l 2>/dev/null >"$tmpfile"
+ echo "
+# need to explicitly set any variables we will use.
+FEISTY_MEOW_APEX=${FEISTY_MEOW_APEX}
+# add swap space to increase memory available.
+@reboot bash $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/scripts/system/add_swap_mount.sh
+" >>"$tmpfile"
+ # now install our new version of the crontab.
+ crontab "$tmpfile"
+ rm "$tmpfile"
+
+ echo "
+Added boot-time ramdisk swap partition to crontab for root."
+ fi
+fi
+
+##############
+
+sep
+
+echo Adding site avenger packages to composer.
+# add in site avenger dependencies so we can build avcore properly.
+pushd ~ &>/dev/null
+sudo -u $(logname) composer config -g repositories.siteavenger composer https://packages.siteavenger.com/
+popd &>/dev/null
+
+##############
+
+# make the apache umask set group permissions automatically, so we stop having weird
+# permission issues on temp dirs.
+
+sep
+
+grep -q "umask" /etc/apache2/envvars
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+ # already present.
+ echo the umask configuration for apache already appears to be set.
+else
+ echo "
+
+# set umask to enable group read/write on files and directories.
+umask 002
+
+" >> /etc/apache2/envvars
+ restart_apache
+ echo "successfully changed apache umask configuration to enable group read/write"
+fi
+