diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
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+name: Build and Publish Container image
+
+on:
+    push:
+        branches: [ otel ]
+    release:
+        types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+    build:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        name: Build Container image
+        steps:
+        - name: Check out the repo
+          uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+        - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+          uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+
+        - name: Build Docker image
+          uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+          with:
+            context: .
+            push: false
+
+    push_to_registry:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        name: Push container image to GitHub Packages
+        needs: build
+        if: github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.action == 'published'
+        steps:
+        - name: Check out the repo
+          uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+        - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+          uses: docker/login-action@v1 
+          with:
+            registry: ghcr.io
+            username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+            password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+        - name: Build and push Docker image
+          uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+          with:
+            context: .
+            push: true
+            tags: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/image-name:${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+            labels: |
+                  org.opencontainers.image.title=co-http
+                  org.opencontainers.image.description=Simple workload for testing performance and optimization
+                  org.opencontainers.image.url=github://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
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diff --git a/k8s-otel/deployment.yaml b/k8s-otel/deployment.yaml
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+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+
+metadata:
+  name: co-http
+  labels:
+    comp: co-http
+
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  revisionHistoryLimit: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      comp: co-http
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        comp: co-http
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: main
+        image: ghcr.io/opsani/co-http:0.7.0-otel
+        args: [ 'busy=400' ]
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 250m
+            memory: 256Mi
+        ports:
+          - containerPort: 8080
+        env:
+          - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
+            value: "co-http"
+          - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
+            value: "appdynamics-otel-collector-service.appdynamics.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_INSECURE
+            value: "true"
+          - name: OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER
+            value: "otlp,logging" 
+
+---
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+
+metadata:
+  name: co-http
+
+spec:
+  selector:
+    comp: co-http
+  ports:
+  - protocol: TCP
+    port: 8080
+    targetPort: 8080