diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
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+name: deploy files
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+
+  deploy_website_container:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Deploy the website container to an environment it can be picked up
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: branch name
+        run: echo running on branch ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+
+      - name: docker meta
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          # list of Docker images to use as base name for tags
+          images: |
+            chpl-website/app
+          # generate Docker tags based on the following events/attributes
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=raw,latest
+
+      - name: set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: build the image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          outputs: type=docker,dest=/tmp/app.tar
+
+      - name: save the file
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: app
+          path: /tmp/app.tar
+
+      - name: restore the file
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: app
+          path: distfiles
+
+      - name: copy file to server
+        uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.7
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
+          passphrase: ${{ secrets.PASSPHRASE }}
+          source: distfiles/*
+          target: ${{ secrets.TARGET }}
+
+      - name: load the image
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@master
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.KEY }}
+          passphrase: ${{ secrets.PASSPHRASE }}
+          script: |
+            echo ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }} | sudo -S docker load --input distfiles/app.tar
+            echo ${{ secrets.PASSWORD }} | sudo -S docker image ls -a
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+# Container image that runs your code
+FROM alpine:3.10
+
+# Copies your code file from your action repository to the filesystem path `/` of the container
+COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+
+# Code file to execute when the docker container starts up (`entrypoint.sh`)
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
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+# action.yml
+name: 'Hello World'
+description: 'Greet someone and record the time'
+inputs:
+  who-to-greet:  # id of input
+    description: 'Who to greet'
+    required: true
+    default: 'World'
+outputs:
+  time: # id of output
+    description: 'The time we greeted you'
+runs:
+  using: 'docker'
+  image: 'Dockerfile'
+  args:
+    - ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/sh -l
+
+echo "Hello $1"
+time=$(date)
+echo "time=$time" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT