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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#
+# See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+# terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 which is available at
+# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+name: Lint and Test Charts
+
+on:
+    pull_request:
+    workflow_dispatch:
+        inputs:
+            node_image:
+                description: 'kindest/node image for k8s kind cluster'
+                # k8s version from 3.1 release as default
+                default: 'kindest/node:v1.27.3'
+                required: false
+                type: string
+            helm_version:
+                description: 'helm version to test (default = latest)'
+                default: 'latest'
+                required: false
+                type: string
+
+env:
+    REGISTRY: kind-registry:5000
+    TAG: testing
+    APP_BACKEND_NAME: app-puris-backend
+    APP_FRONTEND_NAME: app-puris-frontend
+
+jobs:
+    lint-test:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            -   name: Checkout
+                uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 #v4.1.1
+                with:
+                    fetch-depth: 0
+
+            -   name: Kubernetes KinD Cluster
+                uses: container-tools/kind-action@7075d1458484493c6a92d4604cb27b87de0f8107 #v2.2
+                with:
+                    # upgrade version, default (v0.17.0) uses node image v1.21.1 and doesn't work with more recent node image versions
+                    version: v0.20.0
+                    # default value for event_name != workflow_dispatch
+                    node_image: ${{ github.event.inputs.node_image || 'kindest/node:v1.27.3' }}
+
+            -   name: Build Frontend image
+                uses: docker/build-push-action@4a13e500e55cf31b7a5d59a38ab2040ab0f42f56 #v5.1
+                with:
+                    context: ./frontend
+                    file: ./frontend/Dockerfile
+                    push: true
+                    tags: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.APP_FRONTEND_NAME }}:${{ env.TAG }}
+
+            -   name: Build Backend image
+                uses: docker/build-push-action@4a13e500e55cf31b7a5d59a38ab2040ab0f42f56 #v5.1
+                with:
+                    context: ./backend
+                    file: ./backend/Dockerfile
+                    push: true
+                    tags: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.APP_BACKEND_NAME }}:${{ env.TAG }}
+
+            -   name: Set up Helm
+                uses: azure/setup-helm@5119fcb9089d432beecbf79bb2c7915207344b78 #v3.5
+                with:
+                    version: ${{ github.event.inputs.helm_version || 'latest' }}
+
+            -   uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c #v5.0.0
+                with:
+                    python-version: '3.9'
+                    check-latest: true
+
+            -   name: Set up chart-testing
+                uses: helm/chart-testing-action@e6669bcd63d7cb57cb4380c33043eebe5d111992 #v2.6.1
+
+            -   name: Run chart-testing (list-changed)
+                id: list-changed
+                run: |
+                    changed=$(ct list-changed --target-branch ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }})
+                    if [[ -n "$changed" ]]; then
+                      echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+                    fi
+
+            -   name: Run chart-testing (lint)
+                run: ct lint --validate-maintainers=false --target-branch ${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+
+            -   name: Run chart-testing (install)
+                run: |
+                    helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+                    helm dependency update
+                    ct install --charts charts/puris --helm-extra-set-args "--set backend.image.repository=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.APP_BACKEND_NAME}} --set backend.image.tag=${{ env.TAG }} --set frontend.image.repository=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.APP_FRONTEND_NAME }} --set frontend.image.tag=${{ env.TAG }}"
+                if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || steps.list-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'