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+name: Gradle Build & Deploy - POC
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      # - 'develop'
+      - '2486-create-new-pipeline-for-updated-build-deployment'
+env:
+  PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.PROJECT_ID }}
+  PROJECT_NAME: ${{ secrets.PROJECT_NAME }}
+  RUN_REGION: us-central1
+  SERVICE_NAME: checkins-develop
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: DEV-POC
+      # url: ${{ env.CLOUD_RUN_ADDRESS }}/
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Shallow clones should be disabled for a better relevancy of analysis
+      - id: 'auth_with_gcp'
+        uses: 'google-github-actions/auth@v2'
+        with:
+          project_id: '${{env.PROJECT_ID}}'
+          workload_identity_provider: '${{secrets.WORKLOAD_IDENTITY_PROVIDER}}'  
+          service_account: '${{secrets.GCLOUD_SERVICEACCOUNT}}'
+      - id: 'secrets'
+        uses: 'google-github-actions/get-secretmanager-secrets@v2'
+        with:
+          secrets: |-
+            cloud_run_address:${{env.PROJECT_ID}}/CLOUD_RUN_ADDRESS
+            cloud_db_connection_name:${{env.PROJECT_ID}}/CLOUD_DB_CONNECTION_NAME
+      - name: Set up Node LTS
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin' # See 'Supported distributions' for available options
+          java-version: 21
+      - name: Cache SonarQube packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.sonar/cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
+      - name: Cache Gradle packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.gradle/caches
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle
+      - name: Validate Gradle wrapper
+        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@e6e38bacfdf1a337459f332974bb2327a31aaf4b
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@4137be6a8bf7d7133955359dbd952c0ca73b1021
+        with:
+          arguments: assemble
+        env:
+          VITE_APP_API_URL: ${{steps.secrets.outputs.cloud_run_address}}
+      - name: Gradle runs tests
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@4137be6a8bf7d7133955359dbd952c0ca73b1021
+        with:
+          arguments: check
+#      - name: Do SonarQube checks
+#        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@4137be6a8bf7d7133955359dbd952c0ca73b1021
+#        with:
+#          arguments: sonarqube --info
+#        env:
+#          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_HUB_TOKEN }}
+#          SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ secrets.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
+#          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Setup python
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install python2.7
+      - name: Export gcloud related env variable
+        run: export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON="/usr/bin/python2"
+      # Setup gcloud CLI
+      - uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
+        with:
+          version: "477.0.0"
+          # service_account_key: ${{ secrets.RUN_SA_KEY }}
+          # project_id: ${{ secrets.RUN_PROJECT }}
+      - name: Auth Configure Docker
+        run: |-
+          gcloud --quiet auth configure-docker
+      - name: Build the Docker image
+        run: |-
+          cd server
+          docker build --tag "gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/$SERVICE_NAME:$GITHUB_SHA" .
+      - name: Push the Docker image to Google Container Registry
+        run: |-
+          cd server
+          docker push "gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/$SERVICE_NAME:$GITHUB_SHA"
+      - name: Deploy image to Cloud Run
+        run: |-
+          gcloud run deploy "$SERVICE_NAME" \
+            --project "$PROJECT_NAME" \
+            --region "$RUN_REGION" \
+            --image "gcr.io/$PROJECT_NAME/$SERVICE_NAME:$GITHUB_SHA" \
+            --memory 1Gi \
+            --add-cloudsql-instances ${{steps.secrets.outputs.cloud_db_connection_name }} \
+            --set-secrets "CLOUD_DB_CONNECTION_NAME=CLOUD_DB_CONNECTION_NAME:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "DB_NAME=DB_NAME:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_PASSWORD:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_USERNAME=DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_USERNAME:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "AES_KEY=AES_KEY:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=OAUTH_CLIENT_ID:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "OAUTH_CALLBACK_URI=OAUTH_CALLBACK_URI:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "DIRECTORY_ID=DIRECTORY_ID:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "TYPE=SA_KEY_TYPE:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "PROJECT_ID=PROJECT_ID:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "PRIVATE_KEY_ID=PRIVATE_KEY_ID:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "PRIVATE_KEY=PRIVATE_KEY:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "CLIENT_EMAIL=CLIENT_EMAIL:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "CLIENT_ID=CLIENT_ID:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "AUTH_URI=AUTH_URI:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "TOKEN_URI=TOKEN_URI:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "AUTH_PROVIDER_X509_CERT_URL=AUTH_PROVIDER_X509_CERT_URL:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "CLIENT_X509_CERT_URL=CLIENT_X509_CERT_URL:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "GSUITE_SUPER_ADMIN=GSUITE_SUPER_ADMIN:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "MJ_APIKEY_PUBLIC=MJ_APIKEY_PUBLIC:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "MJ_APIKEY_PRIVATE=MJ_APIKEY_PRIVATE:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "WEB_ADDRESS=CLOUD_RUN_ADDRESS:latest" \
+            --set-secrets "FROM_ADDRESS=FROM_ADDRESS:latest" \
+            --set-env-vars "FROM_NAME=Check-Ins - DEVELOP" \
+            --set-secrets "MICRONAUT_ENVIRONMENTS=MICRONAUT_ENVIRONMENTS:latest" \
+            --platform "managed" \
+            --max-instances 2 \
+            --allow-unauthenticated
+