diff --git a/announcer/deploy.sh b/announcer/deploy.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -Eeuxo pipefail
+
+for HOST in "$@"; do
+  # copy files to target server
+  scp ./unhinged-traefik-announcer ${HOST}:unhinged-traefik-announcer.tmp
+  scp ./unhinged-traefik-announcer.service ${HOST}:unhinged-traefik-announcer.service.tmp
+  # set permissions of files on remote server
+  ssh ${HOST} chmod 755 unhinged-traefik-announcer.tmp
+  ssh ${HOST} chmod 644 unhinged-traefik-announcer.service.tmp
+  # update the unit and reload systemd
+  ssh ${HOST} mv unhinged-traefik-announcer.service.tmp unhinged-traefik-announcer.service
+  ssh ${HOST} systemctl daemon-reload
+  # restart the service after updating the binary
+  ssh ${HOST} systemctl stop unhinged-traefik-announcer
+  ssh ${HOST} mv unhinged-traefik-announcer.tmp /usr/local/bin/unhinged-traefik-announcer
+  ssh ${HOST} systemctl enable unhinged-traefik-announcer
+  ssh ${HOST} systemctl start unhinged-traefik-announcer
+  # make sure things are ok
+  sleep 1
+  ssh ${HOST} systemctl status unhinged-traefik-announcer
+done
+
+