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+name: Deploy to Homelab
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - production-deployment
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy Wordly to 192.168.1.151
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: production-deployment
+
+      - name: Copy environment file
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -f .env ]; then
+            echo "WARNING: .env file not found. Creating from template."
+            echo "You must manually set secrets in .env on the server."
+            cp .env.production .env
+          fi
+
+      - name: Build and start services
+        run: |
+          docker compose build --no-cache backend frontend
+          docker compose up -d
+
+      - name: Wait for services to be healthy
+        run: |
+          echo "Waiting for services to start..."
+          sleep 15
+
+          # Check each service
+          SERVICES="wordly-postgres wordly-redis wordly-backend wordly-frontend"
+          FAILED=0
+
+          for svc in $SERVICES; do
+            STATUS=$(docker inspect --format='{{.State.Status}}' $svc 2>/dev/null || echo "not found")
+            if [ "$STATUS" = "running" ]; then
+              echo "  $svc: RUNNING"
+            else
+              echo "  $svc: $STATUS (may still be starting)"
+              FAILED=$((FAILED + 1))
+            fi
+          done
+
+          # Wait more for slow services
+          sleep 20
+
+          # Final health check on backend
+          for i in $(seq 1 10); do
+            if curl -sf http://localhost:8000/health > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+              echo "Backend health check: OK"
+              break
+            fi
+            echo "Waiting for backend... attempt $i/10"
+            sleep 5
+          done
+
+          if ! curl -sf http://localhost:8000/health > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "ERROR: Backend health check failed after 50 seconds"
+            docker compose logs --tail=30 backend
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Cleanup old images
+        run: |
+          docker image prune -f --filter "until=48h" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+      - name: Deploy summary
+        run: |
+          echo "========================================="
+          echo "  Wordly Deployment Complete"
+          echo "========================================="
+          docker compose ps
+          echo ""
+          echo "Health: $(curl -sf http://localhost:8000/health 2>/dev/null || echo 'FAILED')"
+          echo "========================================="
+
+  # Optional: deploy monitoring stack
+  deploy-monitoring:
+    name: Deploy Monitoring (if configured)
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    needs: deploy
+    if: hashFiles('docker-compose.monitoring.yml') != ''
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: production-deployment
+
+      - name: Start monitoring services
+        run: |
+          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.monitoring.yml up -d prometheus grafana node-exporter cadvisor
+        continue-on-error: true
+
+      - name: Monitoring status
+        run: |
+          echo "Monitoring services:"
+          docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.monitoring.yml ps
+        continue-on-error: true