diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging.yml b/.github/workflows/staging.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12539cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+---
+    name: stating
+    
+    on:
+      push:
+        branches:
+          - develop
+    
+      workflow_dispatch:
+    
+    jobs:
+      build:
+        outputs:
+          image: ${{ steps.export.outputs.image }}
+          tag: ${{ steps.export.outputs.tag }}
+    
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        env:
+          image: cranecloud/monitoring-api
+    
+        steps:
+          - name: Checkout
+            uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    
+          - name: Install (Buildx)
+            uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+    
+          - name: Login to Docker Hub
+            uses: docker/login-action@v2
+            with:
+              username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+              password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+    
+          - id: meta
+            name: Tag
+            uses: docker/metadata-action@v3
+            with:
+              flavor: |
+                latest=true
+              images: ${{ env.image }}
+              tags: |
+                type=ref,event=branch
+                type=ref,event=pr
+                type=sha
+    
+          - name: Build
+            uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+            with:
+              cache-from: type=gha
+              cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+              context: .
+              labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+              push: true
+              tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+    
+          - id: export
+            name: Export
+            uses: actions/github-script@v5
+            with:
+              script: |
+                const metadata = JSON.parse(`${{ steps.meta.outputs.json }}`)
+                const fullUrl = metadata.tags.find((t) => t.includes(':sha-'))
+                if (fullUrl == null) {
+                  core.error('Unable to find sha tag of image')
+                } else {
+                  const tag = fullUrl.split(':')[1]
+                  core.setOutput('image', fullUrl)
+                  core.setOutput('tag', tag)
+                }
+    
+      Microservice:
+        name: Deploy (Microservice)
+    
+        needs:
+          - Build
+    
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        env:
+          namespace: cranecloud-microservice
+          image: cranecloud/monitoring-api
+    
+        steps:
+          - name: Checkout code
+            uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    
+          - uses: azure/k8s-set-context@v1
+            with:
+              kubeconfig: ${{ secrets.RENU_KUBECONFIG}}
+    
+          - name: Helm Release
+            run: |
+              helm upgrade --install --create-namespace \
+              monitoring-api ./helm/chart \
+              --values helm/values.micro.yaml \
+              --namespace $namespace \
+              --set image.tag="${{ needs.build.outputs.tag }}" \
+              --set environment.ADMIN_MYSQL_PASSWORD="${{ secrets.STAGING_ADMIN_MYSQL_PASSWORD }}" \
+              --set environment.ADMIN_PSQL_PASSWORD="${{ secrets.STAGING_ADMIN_PSQL_PASSWORD }}" \
+              --set environment.APP_MAIL_PASSWORD="${{ secrets.STAGING_APP_MAIL_PASSWORD }}" \
+              --set environment.DATABASE_URI="${{ secrets.MICROSERVICE_DATABASE_URI }}" \
+              --set environment.MONGO_URI="${{ secrets.STAGING_MONGO_URI }}" \
+              --set environment.FLASK_APP_SALT="${{ secrets.STAGING_FLASK_APP_SALT }}" \
+              --set environment.FLASK_APP_SECRET="${{ secrets.STAGING_FLASK_APP_SECRET }}" \
+              --set environment.GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET="${{ secrets.STAGING_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET }}" \
+              --set environment.NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY="${{ secrets.STAGING_NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}" \
+              --set environment.KUBE_SERVICE_PORT="${{ secrets.STAGING_KUBE_SERVICE_PORT }}" \
+              --set environment.LOGGER_APP_URL="${{ secrets.MICROSERVICE_LOGGER_APP_URL }}" \
+              --timeout=300s
+    
+          - name: Monitor Rollout
+            run: |
+              kubectl rollout status deployment/cranecloud-backend --timeout=300s --namespace $namespace
+    
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9b94a60..b20c303 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ COPY . /app
 
 
 # make port available to the world outside this container
-EXPOSE 4000
+EXPOSE 5000
 
 # connect to start script when db is being used
-CMD ["flask", "run", "--host=0.0.0.0", "--port=4000"]
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+ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "/app/scripts/start.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 08cf18d..34b2583 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
   database:
     restart: always
     image: postgres:10.8-alpine
-    container_name: postgres-db
+    container_name: monitoring-postgres-db
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
       POSTGRES_DB: cc-monitoring
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ services:
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
-    container_name: flask-api
+    container_name: monitoring-api
     environment:
       FLASK_APP_SECRET:
       JWT_SALT:
diff --git a/scripts/start.sh b/scripts/start.sh
index f6b4c85..cdee226 100644
--- a/scripts/start.sh
+++ b/scripts/start.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # source .env
 
 # apply migrations onto db
-# flask db upgrade
+flask db upgrade
 
 # start server
-flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=50000
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+flask run --host=0.0.0.0 --port=5000
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