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+name: Build, Migrate & Deploy to Test on Hetzner
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout GitHub Action'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
+
+      - name: 'Login into ACR'
+        uses: azure/docker-login@v2
+        with:
+          login-server: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_LOGIN_SERVER }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: 'Build & Push image'
+        run: |
+          docker build -f Dockerfile . -t ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_LOGIN_SERVER }}/alkemio-virtual-contributor-ingest-space:${{ github.sha }} -t ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_LOGIN_SERVER }}/alkemio-virtual-contributor-ingest-space:latest
+          docker push ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_LOGIN_SERVER }}/alkemio-virtual-contributor-ingest-space:${{ github.sha }}
+
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Checkout GitHub Action'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
+
+      - name: Install Kubectl
+        uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v4.0.0
+        with:
+          version: 'v1.27.6' # Ensure this matches the version used in your cluster
+
+      - name: Set up Kubeconfig for Hetzner k3s
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $HOME/.kube  # Ensure the .kube directory exists
+          echo "${{ secrets.KUBECONFIG_SECRET_HETZNER_TEST }}" > $HOME/.kube/config
+          chmod 600 $HOME/.kube/config
+
+      - name: Create Image Pull Secret
+        run: |
+          kubectl create secret docker-registry alkemio-virtual-contributor-ingest-space-secret \
+            --docker-server=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_LOGIN_SERVER }} \
+            --docker-username=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }} \
+            --docker-password=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASSWORD }} \
+            --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+
+      - uses: Azure/k8s-deploy@v5.0.0
+        with:
+          manifests: |
+            manifests/25-genai-deployment-dev.yaml
+          images: |
+            ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_LOGIN_SERVER }}/alkemio-virtual-contributor-ingest-space:${{ github.sha }}
+          imagepullsecrets: |
+            alkemio-virtual-contributor-ingest-space-secret