diff --git a/global/common.zsh b/global/common.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..656ace2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/global/common.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#####################################################################
+
+[ ! $SCWRYPTS_ROOT ] && SCWRYPTS_ROOT="$(dirname ${0:a:h})"
+
+source "${0:a:h}/config.zsh"
+
+#####################################################################
+
+__SCWRYPT=1 # arbitrary; indicates scwrypts exists
+
+__PREFERRED_PYTHON_VERSIONS=(3.10 3.9)
+__NODE_VERSION=18.0.0
+
+__ENV_TEMPLATE=$SCWRYPTS_ROOT/.env.template
+
+#####################################################################
+
+__RUN_SCWRYPT() {
+	((SUBSCWRYPT+=1))
+	printf ' '; printf '--%.0s' {1..$SUBSCWRYPT}; printf " ($SUBSCWRYPT) "
+	echo "  BEGIN SUBSCWRYPT : $(basename $1)"
+
+	SUBSCWRYPT=$SUBSCWRYPT SCWRYPTS_ENV=$ENV_NAME \
+		"$SCWRYPTS_ROOT/scwrypts" $@
+	EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+	printf ' '; printf '--%.0s' {1..$SUBSCWRYPT}; printf " ($SUBSCWRYPT) "
+	echo "  END SUBSCWRYPT   : $(basename $1)"
+	((SUBSCWRYPT-=1))
+
+	return $EXIT_CODE
+}
diff --git a/.config b/global/config.zsh
similarity index 95%
rename from .config
rename to global/config.zsh
index 377642a..00d85d9 100644
Binary files a/.config and b/global/config.zsh differ
diff --git a/py/redis/client.py b/py/redis/client.py
index 8060a79..8184be2 100644
--- a/py/redis/client.py
+++ b/py/redis/client.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         super().__init__(
                 host = getenv('REDIS_HOST'),
                 port = getenv('REDIS_PORT'),
-                password = getenv('REDIS_AUTH'),
+                password = getenv('REDIS_AUTH', required=False),
                 decode_responses = True,
                 )
 
diff --git a/zsh/aws/eks/common.zsh b/zsh/aws/eks/common.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1110be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zsh/aws/eks/common.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+_DEPENDENCIES+=(
+	kubectl
+)
+_REQUIRED_ENV+=()
+source ${0:a:h}/../common.zsh
+#####################################################################
diff --git a/zsh/aws/eks/login b/zsh/aws/eks/login
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..08b4835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zsh/aws/eks/login
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+_DEPENDENCIES+=()
+_REQUIRED_ENV+=()
+source ${0:a:h}/common.zsh
+#####################################################################
+
+__STATUS "performing AWS ECR docker login"
+
+CLUSTER_NAME=$(\
+	_AWS eks list-clusters \
+		| jq -r '.[] | .[]' \
+		| __FZF 'select a cluster'
+)
+[ ! $CLUSTER_NAME ] && __ABORT
+
+__STATUS "updating kubeconfig for '$CLUSTER_NAME'"
+_AWS eks update-kubeconfig --name $CLUSTER_NAME \
+	&& __SUCCESS "kubeconfig updated with '$CLUSTER_NAME'" \
+	|| __ERROR "failed to update kubeconfig; do you have permissions to access '$CLUSTER_NAME'?"
diff --git a/zsh/common.zsh b/zsh/common.zsh
index 9fabd01..a126dd6 100644
--- a/zsh/common.zsh
+++ b/zsh/common.zsh
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
 #####################################################################
 
-[ ! $SCWRYPTS_ROOT ] && SCWRYPTS_ROOT="$(dirname ${0:a:h})"
-
-__PREFERRED_PYTHON_VERSIONS=(3.10 3.9)
-__NODE_VERSION=18.0.0
-__ENV_TEMPLATE=$SCWRYPTS_ROOT/.env.template
-
-__SCWRYPT=1
-
-source $SCWRYPTS_ROOT/.config
-source ${0:a:h}/utils/utils.module.zsh || {
-	[ $DONT_EXIT ] && return 1 || exit 1
-}
+source ${0:a:h}/../global/common.zsh
+source ${0:a:h}/utils/utils.module.zsh \
+	|| { [ $DONT_EXIT ] && return 1 || exit 1; }
 
 #####################################################################
 
@@ -26,33 +17,15 @@ __GET_ENV_NAMES() { __GET_ENV_FILES | sed 's/.*\///'; }
 __GET_ENV_FILE()  { echo "$SCWRYPTS_CONFIG_PATH/env/$1"; }
 
 __SELECT_OR_CREATE_ENV() { __GET_ENV_NAMES | __FZF_TAIL 'select/create an environment'; }
-__SELECT_ENV()           { __GET_ENV_NAMES | __FZF 'select an environment'; }
+__SELECT_ENV()           { __GET_ENV_NAMES | __FZF      'select an environment'; }
+
+#####################################################################
 
 __GET_AVAILABLE_SCRIPTS() {
 	cd $SCWRYPTS_ROOT;
 	find . -mindepth 2 -type f -executable \
 		| grep -v '\.git' \
-		| grep -v '\.env' \
 		| grep -v 'node_modules' \
 		| sed 's/^\.\///; s/\.[^.]*$//' \
 		;
 }
-
-#####################################################################
-
-__RUN_SCWRYPT() {
-	# run a scwrypt inside a scwrypt w/stack-depth indicators
-	((SUBSCWRYPT+=1))
-	printf ' '; printf '--%.0s' {1..$SUBSCWRYPT}; printf " ($SUBSCWRYPT) "
-	echo "  BEGIN SUBSCWRYPT : $(basename $1)"
-
-	SUBSCWRYPT=$SUBSCWRYPT SCWRYPTS_ENV=$ENV_NAME \
-		"$SCWRYPTS_ROOT/scwrypts" $@
-	EXIT_CODE=$?
-
-	printf ' '; printf '--%.0s' {1..$SUBSCWRYPT}; printf " ($SUBSCWRYPT) "
-	echo "  END SUBSCWRYPT   : $(basename $1)"
-	((SUBSCWRYPT-=1))
-
-	return $EXIT_CODE
-}
diff --git a/zsh/scwrypts/configure b/zsh/scwrypts/configure
index af30673..392cb03 100755
--- a/zsh/scwrypts/configure
+++ b/zsh/scwrypts/configure
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ source ${0:a:h}/common.zsh
 		echo '#'
 		echo '# configuration for scwrypts'
 		echo '#'
-		sed -n '1d; /^###/q; p' $SCWRYPTS_ROOT/.config | sed '$d'
+		sed -n '1d; /^###/q; p' $SCWRYPTS_ROOT/global/config.zsh | sed '$d'
 	} > $SCWRYPTS_CONFIG_PATH/config
 
 	__EDIT $SCWRYPTS_CONFIG_PATH/config