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+name: deploy
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+
+  # Build executable Jar files and package as a Release
+  deploy-release:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+     
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: "18"
+          architecture: x64
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'maven'
+
+      - name: Create the (jar) packages and libraries
+        run: mvn --batch-mode clean -Dskiptest -Pproduction
+
+      - name: Get version
+        id: tagName
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(cat ./VERSION)
+          echo "tag=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Build Zip file
+        run: |
+          ARCHIVE_NAME="privacydashboard-${{ steps.tagName.outputs.tag }}"
+          ARCHIVE_FILE="${ARCHIVE_NAME}.zip"
+          zip -r ${ARCHIVE_FILE} privacydashboard/target/classes
+          zip -r ${ARCHIVE_FILE} privacydashboard/target/flow-frontend
+
+
+      - name: Create a release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          name: v${{ steps.tagName.outputs.tag }}
+          files: |
+            ./*.zip
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+