diff --git a/github-actions-demo.yml b/github-actions-demo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75be1014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github-actions-demo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: GitHub Actions Demo
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  Explore-GitHub-Actions:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
+      - run: echo "🐧 This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by GitHub!"
+      - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: echo "💡 The ${{ github.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
+      - run: echo "🖥️ The workflow is now ready to test your code on the runner."
+      - name: List files in the repository
+        run: |
+          ls ${{ github.workspace }}
+      - run: echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
diff --git a/jenkinsfile b/jenkinsfile
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index 00000000..7f14d39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+pipeline{
+agent {
+  label 'slave1'
+}
+stages {
+	  stage('Git Checkout') {
+    		steps {
+      		checkout([$class: 'GitSCM', branches: [[name: '*/master']], extensions: [], userRemoteConfigs: [[credentialsId: 'ubuntuId', url: 'https://github.com/JevitaD/simple-java-project']]])
+    		}
+           }
+
+	  stage('Build') {
+    		steps {
+      		sh 'cd /home/ubuntu/jenkins/workspace/PipelineProj/'
+		sh 'mvn clean install'
+   	 	}
+           }
+
+	  stage('Deploy') {
+    		steps {
+     	 	sh 'sudo cp /home/ubuntu/jenkins/workspace/PipelineProj/target/*.war /opt/apache-tomcat-9.0.55/webapps'
+    		}
+  	  }
+
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19f98e41..948ff303 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
+<properties>
+   <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
+   <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
+ </properties>
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>