diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
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index 0000000..011f26d
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@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+pipeline {
+  environment {
+    devRegistry = 'ghcr.io/datakaveri/lip-dev'
+    deplRegistry = 'ghcr.io/datakaveri/lip-depl'
+    registryUri = 'https://ghcr.io'
+    registryCredential = 'datakaveri-ghcr'
+    GIT_HASH = GIT_COMMIT.take(7)
+  }
+
+  agent { 
+    node {
+      label 'slave1' 
+    }
+  }
+
+  stages {
+    stage('Build images') {
+      steps {
+        script {
+          devImage = docker.build(devRegistry, "-f vertx/docker/dev.dockerfile .")
+          deplImage = docker.build(deplRegistry, "-f vertx/docker/depl.dockerfile .")
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    stage('Continuous Deployment') {
+      when {
+        allOf {
+          anyOf {
+            changeset "vertx/docker/**"
+            changeset "vertx/docs/**"
+            changeset "vertx/pom.xml"
+            changeset "vertx/src/main/**"
+            triggeredBy cause: 'UserIdCause'
+          }
+          expression {
+            return env.GIT_BRANCH == 'origin/master';
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      stages {
+        stage('Push Images') {
+          steps {
+            script {
+              docker.withRegistry( registryUri, registryCredential ) {
+                devImage.push("5.5.0-alpha-${env.GIT_HASH}")
+                deplImage.push("5.5.0-alpha-${env.GIT_HASH}")
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        stage('Docker Swarm deployment') {
+          steps {
+            script {
+              sh "ssh azureuser@docker-swarm 'docker service update lip_lip --image ghcr.io/datakaveri/lip-depl:5.5.0-alpha-${env.GIT_HASH}'"
+              sh 'sleep 10'
+            }
+          }
+          post {
+            failure {
+              error "Failed to deploy image in Docker Swarm"
+            }
+          }          
+        }
+      }
+      post {
+        failure {
+          script {
+            if (env.GIT_BRANCH == 'origin/master') {
+              emailext recipientProviders: [buildUser(), developers()], to: '$RS_RECIPIENTS, $DEFAULT_RECIPIENTS', subject: '$PROJECT_NAME - Build # $BUILD_NUMBER - $BUILD_STATUS!', body: '''$PROJECT_NAME - Build # $BUILD_NUMBER - $BUILD_STATUS:
+              Check console output at $BUILD_URL to view the results.'''
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44bf23b..c961352 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/jenkins/build?jobUrl=https://jenkins.iudx.io/view/iudx-master/job/iudx%20lip%20(master)%20pipeline/)](https://jenkins.iudx.io/view/iudx-master/job/iudx%20lip%20(master)%20pipeline/lastBuild/)
+
 ![IUDX](./images/iudx.png)
 # Latest Ingestion Pipeline