diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
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+name: 🚀  Deployment
+# Only trigger, when the build workflow succeeded
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+env:
+  AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+  AWS_LIGHTSAIL_SERVICE_NAME: ${{ secrets.AWS_SERVICE_NAME }}
+concurrency:
+  group: '${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+jobs:
+
+  buildnginx:
+    name: 🌎 building nginx webserver
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: 🗂  Getting code from Github
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: ⚙️  Updating to the latest versions
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y jq unzip
+      - name: 🏢 Install Amazon Client
+        run: |
+          curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
+          unzip awscliv2.zip
+          sudo ./aws/install || true
+          aws --version
+          curl "https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/lightsailctl/latest/linux-amd64/lightsailctl" -o "lightsailctl"
+          sudo mv "lightsailctl" "/usr/local/bin/lightsailctl"
+          sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/lightsailctl
+      - name: 🤐 Log in to AWS Lightsail with Secrets
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      - name: 🐳 Create a Docker Container for NGINX
+        run: docker build -t nginx:latest -f ./AWS/nginx/Dockerfile .
+      - name: 📬 Upload NGINX image to AWS container register
+        run: |
+          service_name=${{ env.AWS_LIGHTSAIL_SERVICE_NAME }}
+          aws lightsail push-container-image \
+            --region ${{ env.AWS_REGION }} \
+            --service-name ${service_name} \
+            --label nginx \
+            --image nginx:latest
+      - name: =========== All done. Cleaning up ♻️  ===========
+        run: ls
+  
+  builddjango:
+      name: 🚨 Deploying
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      steps:
+        - name: 🗂  Getting code from Github
+          uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        - name: ⚙️  Updating to the latest versions
+          run: |
+            sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get install -y jq unzip
+        - name: 🏢 Install Amazon Client
+          run: |
+            curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
+            unzip awscliv2.zip
+            sudo ./aws/install || true
+            aws --version
+            curl "https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/lightsailctl/latest/linux-amd64/lightsailctl" -o "lightsailctl"
+            sudo mv "lightsailctl" "/usr/local/bin/lightsailctl"
+            sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/lightsailctl
+        - name: 🤐 Log in to AWS Lightsail with Secrets
+          uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+          with:
+            aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+            aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+            aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        - name: 🤐 Make envfile
+          uses: SpicyPizza/create-envfile@v1.3
+          with:
+            envkey_DB_USER: ${{ secrets.DB_USER }}
+            envkey_DB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DB_PASSWORD }}
+            envkey_DB_HOST: ${{ secrets.DB_HOST }}
+            envkey_DB_NAME: ${{ secrets.DB_NAME }}
+            envkey_DB_PORT: ${{ secrets.DB_PORT }}
+            envkey_S3_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.S3_ACCESS_KEY }}
+            envkey_S3_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.S3_SECRET_KEY }}
+            envkey_S3_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME: ${{ secrets.S3_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME }}
+            envkey_SECURE_SETTINGS: True
+            envkey_DEBUG: false
+            directory: core
+            file_name: .env
+            fail_on_empty: false
+        - name: Installing dependancies
+          run: |
+            sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip
+            sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+        - name: 🐳 Create a Docker Container for DJANGO
+          run: docker build -t countdowntimer:latest .
+        - name: 📬 Upload Backend image to AWS container register
+          run: |
+            service_name=${{ env.AWS_LIGHTSAIL_SERVICE_NAME }}
+            aws lightsail push-container-image \
+              --region ${{ env.AWS_REGION }} \
+              --service-name ${AWS_LIGHTSAIL_SERVICE_NAME} \
+              --label countdowntimer \
+              --image countdowntimer:latest
+        - name: 🚀 Launching the Containers
+          run: |
+            aws lightsail create-container-service-deployment --service-name ${{ env.AWS_LIGHTSAIL_SERVICE_NAME }} \
+            --containers file://AWS/deploymentconfig.json \
+            --public-endpoint file://AWS/publicendpoint.json
+  
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diff --git a/AWS/deploymentconfig.json b/AWS/deploymentconfig.json
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+{"countdowntimer": {
+  "image": ":countdowntimer.countdowntimer.latest",
+  "ports": {"8000": "HTTP"}
+  },
+  "countdowntimer-nginx": {
+    "image": ":countdowntimer.nginx.latest",
+    "ports": {"80": "HTTP"}
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/AWS/nginx/Dockerfile b/AWS/nginx/Dockerfile
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+# This needs to be run from the root directory as you want to call files from mapmaker/static
+# to do so use this build command: 
+# docker build -t nginx:latest -f Infrastructure/nginx/Dockerfile .
+
+FROM nginx:1.19.0-alpine
+# Adding temp file for cache
+RUN mkdir /tmp/nginx
+
+#Adding Django Static files into nginx so they dont have to be answered by Django
+COPY staticfiles/ ./static 
+COPY staticfiles/ ./staticfiles 
+
+
+#Specific settings so nginx works as a reverse proxy
+COPY AWS/nginx/default.conf ./etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+
+EXPOSE 80
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diff --git a/AWS/nginx/default.conf b/AWS/nginx/default.conf
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+proxy_cache_path /tmp/nginx keys_zone=mycache:1m;
+
+
+server {
+    location / {
+        #Proxy settings for Django server upstream
+        proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_redirect off;
+    }
+    location /healthcheck {
+        #This is for AWS To hit healthchecks
+        add_header Content-Type text/plain;
+        return 200 'Up and running!';
+    }
+    location /static/ {
+        proxy_cache mycache;
+        proxy_cache_background_update on;
+        proxy_cache_use_stale updating;
+        proxy_cache_valid 60s;
+        alias /static/;
+    }
+}
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+{
+  "containerName": "countdowntimer-nginx",
+  "containerPort": 80,
+  "healthCheck": {
+    "healthyThreshold": 2,
+    "unhealthyThreshold": 10,
+    "timeoutSeconds": 60,
+    "intervalSeconds": 300,
+    "path": "/healthcheck",
+    "successCodes": "200-299"
+}}
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diff --git a/core/asgi.py b/core/asgi.py
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+"""
+ASGI config for core project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'core.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/core/settings.py b/core/settings.py
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+"""
+Django settings for core project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 4.2.6.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = 'django-insecure-q#%#qkb-q+z+@ab7p%l%3$+p(5td*x@f+i+_i-vd3957co&c#^'
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'core.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'core.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+
+# Default primary key field type
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
diff --git a/core/urls.py b/core/urls.py
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+"""
+URL configuration for core project.
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/core/wsgi.py b/core/wsgi.py
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+"""
+WSGI config for core project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'core.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/db.sqlite3 b/db.sqlite3
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diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'core.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
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+Django>=4.1,<4.2
+django-environ
+requests==2.28.2
+django_extensions==3.2.1
+django-jsonfield==1.4.1
+qrcode
+uwsgi
+mysqlclient==2.1.1
+environ==1.0
+Pillow==9.5.0
+whitenoise
+boto3
+django-storages
+pyyaml
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