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+name: Deploy Backend
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tags:
+        description: 'Docker image tag (e.g: v0.0.1)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+
+env:
+  IMAGE_NAME: cohere-toolkit-backend
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-backend-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Login
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v0
+        with:
+          project_id: ${{ vars.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}
+          service_account_email: deploy-a-thing@minimap-v0.iam.gserviceaccount.com
+          service_account_key: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Configure Docker
+        run: gcloud auth configure-docker --quiet
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - run: 'echo "$KEY" > ./key.json'
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          KEY: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      # Deploy the image to Cloud Run
+      - name: Deploy to Cloud Run
+        run: |
+          gcloud run deploy ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }} \
+            --project=${{ vars.GCP_PROJECT_ID }} \
+            --image=${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }} \
+            --platform=managed \
+            --region=us-central1 \
+            --allow-unauthenticated \
+            --update-env-vars=DATABASE_URL=${{ secrets.DATABASE_URL }},COHERE_API_KEY=${{ secrets.COHERE_API_KEY }} \
+            --memory=4Gi \
+            --cpu=4 \
+            --max-instances=1
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+      # - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      #   uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+
+      # - name: Decode and write GCP key to file
+      #   run: echo "${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY_B64 }}" | base64 --decode > /tmp/gcp_sa_key.json
+
+      # - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
+      #   run: |
+      #     gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcp_sa_key.json
+      #     gcloud auth configure-docker us-docker.pkg.dev --quiet
+
+      # - name: Checkout repository
+      #   uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      #   uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+
+      # - name: Authenticate with service account
+      #   uses: google-github-actions/auth@v1
+      #   with:
+      #     credentials_json: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
+
+
+      # # - name: Login
+      # #   uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v1
+
+      # - name: Set up Cloud SDK
+      #   uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v1
+      #   with:
+      #     project_id: ${{ vars.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}
+      #     service_account_key: ${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}
+
+      # - name: Configure Docker to use Google Cloud credentials
+      #   run: gcloud auth configure-docker us-docker.pkg.dev
+      #     export_default_credentials: true
+
+      # - name: Configure Docker
+      #   run: yes | gcloud auth configure-docker us-docker.pkg.dev
+
+      # - name: Checkout repository
+      #   uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      # - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+      #   id: meta
+      #   uses: docker/metadata-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     images: ${{ vars.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+
+      # - name: Build Docker image
+      #   run: |
+      #     docker build -t ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }} -f ./src/backend/Dockerfile .
+
+      # # - name: Pull docker hello-world image
+      # #   run: docker pull hello-world
+
+      # # - name: Tag Docker image
+      # #   run: |
+      # #     docker tag hello-world  ${{ vars.REGISTRY }}/hello-world
+
+      # # # Save the SA key to a file so that it can be used by the docker build
+      # # - name: Save SA key to file
+      # #   run: echo "${{ secrets.GCP_SA_KEY }}" > /tmp/gcp_sa_key.json
+
+      # # - name: Try auth again!
+      # #   run: |
+      # #     gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file /tmp/gcp_sa_key.json
+      # #     gcloud auth configure-docker --quiet
+      # #     docker login -u _json_key -p "$(cat /tmp/gcp_sa_key.json)" https://gcr.io
+
+      # # - name: Push Docker image
+      # #   run: |
+      # #     docker push ${{ vars.REGISTRY }}/hello-world
+
+      # - name: Tag Docker image
+      #   run: |
+      #     docker tag ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }} ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+
+      # - name: Push Docker image
+      #   env:
+      #     THE_TAGS: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+      #   run: |
+      #     docker push ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+
+