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+name: Docker Build and Deploy Backend
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  IMAGE_NAME: xfox111/muicharts-backend
+  CONTAINER_NAME: muicharts-backend-1
+  DOCKER_RUN_ARGS: -d -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -v ./muicharts-data:/persistence
+  CONTAINER_ARGS: 'HTTPS_PORTS=443 LettuceEncrypt:AcceptTermsOfService=true LettuceEncrypt:DomainNames:0=${{ secrets.REMOTE_HOST }} LettuceEncrypt:EmailAddress=${{ secrets.EFF_EMAIL }}'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Get the date
+        id: date
+        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y%m%d')"
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          context: .
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+
+      - name: Update container on remote SSH host
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.REMOTE_HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.REMOTE_USER }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          script: |
+            docker pull ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
+            docker stop ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
+            docker rm ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
+            docker run ${{ env.DOCKER_RUN_ARGS }} --name ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }} ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest ${{ env.CONTAINER_ARGS }}