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+name: setup nginx from the configuration file
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+      
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Dotenv Action
+        uses: falti/dotenv-action@v1.1.4
+        with:
+          export-variables: true
+          keys-case: bypass
+
+      - name: Check environment variables
+        run: env
+
+      - name: Echo
+        run: echo "this is a test"
+
+      #Doesn't work properly, envsubst replaces all instances of $variable and ${variable}, but we want to keep e.g., $host as nginx variables
+      - name: Create temporary nginx config file
+        run: envsubst '${PROD_PORT_PREFIX} ${DEV_PORT_PREFIX} ${STAG_PORT_PREFIX} ${GATEWAY_POSTFIX}' < ./nginx_template.txt > temp_default.conf
+      # Maybe look at https://www.baeldung.com/linux/envsubst-command to get an idea
+      
+      - name: Copy temporary file to correct place 
+        run: cp temp_default.conf nginx/nginx_securefit.conf
+        #run: cp nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/nginx_securefit.conf
+
+      - name: Show nginx file
+        run: cat nginx/nginx_securefit.conf