diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f6913bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: vprofile actions
+on: workflow_dispatch
+env:
+  AWS_REGION: us-east-2
+  ECR_REPOSITORY: vprofileapp
+  EKS_CLUSTER: vprofile-eks
+
+jobs:
+  Testing:
+   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+   steps:
+      - name: Code checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Maven test
+        run: mvn test
+
+      - name: Checkstyle
+        run: mvn checkstyle:checkstyle
+
+      # Setup java 11 to be default (sonar-scanner requirement as of 5.x)
+      - name: Set Java 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+         distribution: 'temurin' # See 'Supported distributions' for available options
+         java-version: '11'
+
+      - name: Build & Upload image to ECR
+        uses: appleboy/docker-ecr-action@master
+        with:
+         access_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+         secret_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+         registry: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY }}
+         repo: ${{ env.ECR_REPOSITORY }}
+         region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+         tags: latest,${{ github.run_number }}
+         daemon_off: false
+         dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
+         context: ./
+
+
+     
+       
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diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 267c0571..ca8b70b6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ COPY --from=BUILD_IMAGE vprofile-project/target/vprofile-v2.war /usr/local/tomca
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 CMD ["catalina.sh", "run"]
+
+