diff --git a/apollo-deployment.yaml b/apollo-deployment.yaml
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+kind: Deployment
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+metadata:
+  name: apollo
+  namespace: olympus
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: apollo
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: apollo
+    spec:
+      volumes:
+        - name: apollo-pv-storage
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: private-azurefile-pvc
+      containers:
+        - name: apollo
+          image: olytest/apollo:2ac8bc10
+          envFrom:
+            - configMapRef:
+                name: olympus-db-shared-cfg
+          env:
+            - name: DOCUMENT_UPLOAD_PATH
+              value: /mnt/apollo_storage/documents
+            - name: REPOSITORY_UPLOAD_PATH
+              value: /mnt/apollo_storage/repository
+            - name: GITLAB_CLOUD_TOKEN
+              value: glpat-z-72kM9b9yvqd8arvEX1
+            - name: GITLAB_ONPREMISES_TOKEN
+              value: VScokCa7anraKbXisnwe
+            - name: APOLLO_FE_URL
+              value: http://apollo-aks.olympusai.live
+            - name: EUREKA_URI
+              value: >-
+                http://eureka-server-service.olympus.svc.cluster.local:8761/eureka
+          resources: {}
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: apollo-pv-storage
+              mountPath: /mnt/apollo_storage/documents
+              subPath: documents
+            - name: apollo-pv-storage
+              mountPath: /mnt/apollo_storage/repository
+              subPath: repository
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
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diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
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+# Build your Java project and run tests with Apache Maven.
+# Add steps that analyze code, save build artifacts, deploy, and more:
+# https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/devops/pipelines/languages/java
+
+trigger:
+- develop
+
+pool:
+  name: azureselfhosted
+
+variables:
+  dockerRegistryServiceConnection: 'docker-registry-olympus'
+  imageName: 'apollo'  # Replace with your Docker image name
+  shortCommitSha: ''  # Initialize variable for short commit SHA
+
+resources:
+  repositories:
+  - repository: olympus-common  # Alias for the first repository
+    type: git
+    name: Olympus/olympus-common  # Project and repository name
+    ref: master
+
+steps:
+- checkout: self  # Check out the pipeline repository (optional)
+- checkout: olympus-common  # Check out the first repository
+
+# Extract the short commit SHA
+- script: |
+    echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=shortCommitSha]$(echo $(Build.SourceVersion) | cut -c1-7)"
+  displayName: 'Set Short Commit SHA'
+
+- script: |
+    echo "Building the first repository..."
+    ls -lrth
+  displayName: 'List olympus-common'
+
+- task: Maven@3
+  inputs:
+    mavenPomFile: 'olympus-common/pom.xml'
+    goals: 'install'
+ #   options: '-s $(mvnSettings.secureFilePath)'
+    #mavenAuthenticateFeed: true
+    #publishJUnitResults: true
+    #testResultsFiles: '**/TEST-*.xml'
+    #javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+    #jdkVersionOption: '1.21'
+    #mavenVersionOption: 'Default'
+  displayName: 'Build olympus-common'
+
+- task: Maven@3
+  inputs:
+    mavenPomFile: 'apollo/pom.xml'
+    goals: 'install'
+ #   options: '-s $(mvnSettings.secureFilePath)'
+    #mavenAuthenticateFeed: true
+    #publishJUnitResults: true
+    #testResultsFiles: '**/TEST-*.xml'
+    #javaHomeOption: 'JDKVersion'
+    #jdkVersionOption: '1.21'
+    #mavenVersionOption: 'Default'
+  displayName: 'Build apollo'
+
+- script: |
+    echo "Listing the docker images..."
+    docker images
+  displayName: 'List docker images1'
+
+- task: Docker@2
+  inputs:
+    command: 'buildAndPush'
+    containerRegistry: $(dockerRegistryServiceConnection)
+    repository: '$(imageName)'
+    tags: '$(shortCommitSha)'
+    Dockerfile: 'apollo/Dockerfile'
+
+- script: |
+    echo "Listing the docker images..."
+    docker images
+  displayName: 'List docker images'
+
+- script: |
+    echo "Updating imageName in dpeloyment.yaml"
+    echo "Before Substitution"
+    cat apollo/apollo-deployment.yaml
+    echo "###############################################"
+    echo "current shell: $SHELL"
+    echo "imagename bracket : $(imageName)"
+    echo "###############################################"
+    sed -i "s|image: olympusreg.azurecr.io/$(imageName):.*|image: olympusreg.azurecr.io/$(imageName):$(shortCommitSha)|" apollo/apollo-deployment.yaml
+    echo "After Substitution"
+    cat apollo/apollo-deployment.yaml
+  displayName: 'Update ImageName in YAML file'
+
+- script: |
+    echo "deployment using kubectl"
+    kubectl apply -f apollo/apollo-deployment.yaml
+  displayName: 'deployment using kubectl'
+
+- script: |
+    echo "remove the docker images..."
+    docker rmi $(docker images -q)
+  displayName: 'remove docker images'
+