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+name: vprofile action
+on: workflow_dispatch
+env:
+  AWS_REGION: us-east-1
+  ECR_REPOSITORY: vprofileapp
+  EKS_CLUSTER: vprofile-eks
+
+jobs:
+  Testing:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Code checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Maven test
+        run: mvn test
+
+      - name: checkstyle
+        run: mvn checkstyle:checkstyle
+
+      - name: Set Java 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '11'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+
+      #run sonar scanner
+      - name: Run SonarQube Scanner
+        run: |
+          mvn sonar:sonar \
+            -Dsonar.host.url=${{ secrets.SONAR_URL }} \
+            -Dsonar.login=${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }} \
+            -Dsonar.organization=${{ secrets.SONAR_ORGANIZATION }} \
+            -Dsonar.projectKey=${{ secrets.SONAR_PROJECT_KEY }}
+            
+      #check the quality gate status
+      - name: SonarQube Quality Gate Check
+        id: sonarqube-quality-gate-check
+        uses: sonarsource/sonarqube-quality-gate-action@master
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        env:
+          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
+          SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ secrets.SONAR_URL }}
+