diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5626e6c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# Workflow to deploy NCBO Cron to stage/prod systems
+#
+# Required github secrets:
+#
+# CONFIG_REPO - github repo containing config and customizations for NCBO_CRON. Format 'author/private_config_repo'
+# it is used for getting capistrano deployment configuration for stages on the github actions runner and
+# PRIVATE_CONFIG_REPO env var is constructed from it which is used by capistrano on the API hosts for pulling configs.
+#
+# GH_PAT - github Personal Access Token for accessing private config repo
+#
+# SSH_JUMPHOST - ssh jump/proxy host though which deployments have to though if API nodes live on private network.
+# SSH_JUMPHOST_USER - username  to use to connect to the ssh jump/proxy.
+#
+# DEPLOY_ENC_KEY - key for decrypting deploymnet ssh key residing in config/
+# this SSH key is used for accessing jump host, API nodes, and private github repo.
+
+name: Capistrano Deployment
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - stage
+      - development
+  # Allows running this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      BRANCH:
+        description: "Branch/tag to deploy"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - stage
+          - development
+          - master
+        default: stage
+        required: true
+      environment:
+        description: "target environment to deploy to"
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - staging
+          - test
+          - agroportal
+        default: stage
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      BUNDLE_WITHOUT: default #install gems required primarely for deployment in order to speed up workflow
+      PRIVATE_CONFIG_REPO: ${{ format('git@github.com:{0}.git', secrets.CONFIG_REPO) }}
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      - name: set branch/tag and environment to deploy from inputs
+        run: |
+          # workflow_dispatch default input doesn't get set on push so we need to set defaults
+          # via shell parameter expansion       
+        
+          USER_INPUT_BRANCH="${{ inputs.branch || github.head_ref || 'master' }}"
+          echo "BRANCH=${USER_INPUT_BRANCH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+          USER_INPUT_ENVIRONMENT=${{ inputs.environment }}
+          echo "TARGET=${USER_INPUT_ENVIRONMENT:-test}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          CONFIG_REPO=${{ secrets.CONFIG_REPO }}
+          GH_PAT=${{ secrets.GH_PAT }}
+          echo "PRIVATE_CONFIG_REPO=https://${GH_PAT}@github.com/${CONFIG_REPO}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          echo "SSH_JUMPHOST=${{ secrets.SSH_JUMPHOST }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "SSH_JUMPHOST_USER=${{ secrets.SSH_JUMPHOST_USER }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
+        with:
+          ruby-version: 2.7.8 # Not needed with a .ruby-version file
+          bundler-cache: true # runs 'bundle install' and caches installed gems automatically
+      - name: get-deployment-config
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ secrets.CONFIG_REPO }} # repository containing deployment settings
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT }} # `GH_PAT` is a secret that contains your PAT
+          path: deploy_config
+      - name: copy-deployment-config
+        run: cp -r deploy_config/ncbo_cron/${{ inputs.environment }}/* .
+        # add ssh hostkey so that capistrano doesn't complain
+      - name: Add jumphost's hostkey to Known Hosts
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.SSH_JUMPHOST }}"
+          ssh-keyscan -H ${{ secrets.SSH_JUMPHOST }} > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+        shell: bash
+      - uses: miloserdow/capistrano-deploy@master
+        with:
+          target: ${{ env.TARGET }} # which environment to deploy
+          deploy_key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_ENC_KEY }} # Name of the variable configured in Settings/Secrets of your github project
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3fdd0c6d..4c1af01d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ repo*
 .DS_Store
 tmp
 
+vendor/bundle/*
+
 # Code coverage reports
 coverage*
 
diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea67e952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Capfile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Load DSL and set up stages
+require "capistrano/setup"
+
+# Include default deployment tasks
+require "capistrano/deploy"
+
+# Load the SCM plugin appropriate to your project:
+#
+# require "capistrano/scm/hg"
+# install_plugin Capistrano::SCM::Hg
+# or
+# require "capistrano/scm/svn"
+# install_plugin Capistrano::SCM::Svn
+# or
+require "capistrano/scm/git"
+install_plugin Capistrano::SCM::Git
+
+# Include tasks from other gems included in your Gemfile
+#
+# For documentation on these, see for example:
+#
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/rvm
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/rbenv
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/chruby
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/bundler
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/rails
+#   https://github.com/capistrano/passenger
+#
+# require "capistrano/rvm"
+require "capistrano/rbenv"
+# require "capistrano/chruby"
+require "capistrano/bundler"
+# require "capistrano/rails/assets"
+# require "capistrano/rails/migrations"
+# require "capistrano/passenger"
+require 'capistrano/locally'
+#require 'new_relic/recipes' # announce deployments in NewRelic
+
+# Load custom tasks from `lib/capistrano/tasks` if you have any defined
+Dir.glob("lib/capistrano/tasks/*.rake").each { |r| import r }
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index dcaf2c45..4410dcf8 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -40,4 +40,14 @@ group :test do
   gem 'test-unit-minitest'
 end
 
+group :deployment do
+  # bcrypt_pbkdf and ed35519 is required for capistrano deployments when using ed25519 keys; see https://github.com/miloserdow/capistrano-deploy/issues/42
+  gem 'bcrypt_pbkdf', '>= 1.0', '< 2.0', require: false
+  gem 'capistrano', '~> 3', require: false
+  gem 'capistrano-bundler', require: false
+  gem 'capistrano-locally', require: false
+  gem 'capistrano-rbenv', require: false
+  gem 'ed25519', '>= 1.2', '< 2.0', require: false
+end
+
 gem "binding_of_caller", "~> 1.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 85a031c1..9ddc1f0e 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ontoportal-lirmm/ontologies_linked_data.git
-  revision: 6fd6960a1f134ec8c8aff07a5897bb0da12bcc8d
+  revision: e3cf9888c2113152aaa250ee0cfaae37c534a53a
   branch: development
   specs:
     ontologies_linked_data (0.0.1)
@@ -79,12 +79,27 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
     addressable (2.8.7)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 7.0)
+    airbrussh (1.5.3)
+      sshkit (>= 1.6.1, != 1.7.0)
     base64 (0.2.0)
     bcrypt (3.1.20)
+    bcrypt_pbkdf (1.1.1)
     bigdecimal (3.1.8)
     binding_of_caller (1.0.1)
       debug_inspector (>= 1.2.0)
     builder (3.3.0)
+    capistrano (3.19.2)
+      airbrussh (>= 1.0.0)
+      i18n
+      rake (>= 10.0.0)
+      sshkit (>= 1.9.0)
+    capistrano-bundler (2.1.1)
+      capistrano (~> 3.1)
+    capistrano-locally (0.3.0)
+      capistrano (~> 3.0)
+    capistrano-rbenv (2.2.0)
+      capistrano (~> 3.1)
+      sshkit (~> 1.3)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     concurrent-ruby (1.3.4)
     connection_pool (2.4.1)
@@ -94,6 +109,7 @@ GEM
     declarative (0.0.20)
     docile (1.4.1)
     domain_name (0.6.20240107)
+    ed25519 (1.3.0)
     email_spec (2.1.1)
       htmlentities (~> 4.3.3)
       launchy (~> 2.1)
@@ -193,6 +209,11 @@ GEM
     mutex_m (0.3.0)
     net-http-persistent (4.0.5)
       connection_pool (~> 2.2)
+    net-scp (4.0.0)
+      net-ssh (>= 2.6.5, < 8.0.0)
+    net-sftp (4.0.0)
+      net-ssh (>= 5.0.0, < 8.0.0)
+    net-ssh (7.3.0)
     netrc (0.11.0)
     oj (3.16.7)
       bigdecimal (>= 3.0)
@@ -267,6 +288,12 @@ GEM
       simplecov (~> 0.19)
     simplecov-html (0.13.1)
     simplecov_json_formatter (0.1.4)
+    sshkit (1.23.2)
+      base64
+      net-scp (>= 1.1.2)
+      net-sftp (>= 2.1.2)
+      net-ssh (>= 2.8.0)
+      ostruct
     sys-proctable (1.3.0)
       ffi (~> 1.1)
     systemu (2.6.5)
@@ -283,8 +310,14 @@ PLATFORMS
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
+  bcrypt_pbkdf (>= 1.0, < 2.0)
   binding_of_caller (~> 1.0)
+  capistrano (~> 3)
+  capistrano-bundler
+  capistrano-locally
+  capistrano-rbenv
   cube-ruby
+  ed25519 (>= 1.2, < 2.0)
   email_spec
   ffi (~> 1.16.3)
   goo!
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59c11707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+set :author, "ontoportal-lirmm"
+set :application, "ncbo_cron"
+set :repo_url, "https://github.com/#{fetch(:author)}/#{fetch(:application)}.git"
+
+set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
+
+# Default branch is :master
+# ask :branch, `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`.chomp
+
+# Default deploy_to directory is /var/www/my_app_name
+set :deploy_to, "/srv/ontoportal/#{fetch(:application)}"
+
+# Default value for :log_level is :debug
+set :log_level, :debug
+
+# Default value for :linked_files is []
+# append :linked_files, "config/database.yml", 'config/master.key'
+
+# Default value for linked_dirs is []
+# set :linked_dirs, %w{log tmp/pids tmp/cache tmp/sockets vendor/bundle public/system}
+set :linked_dirs, %w{log vendor/bundle tmp/pids tmp/sockets public/system}
+
+
+# Default value for keep_releases is 5
+set :keep_releases, 5
+set :config_folder_path, "#{fetch(:application)}/#{fetch(:stage)}"
+
+
+# If you want to restart using `touch tmp/restart.txt`, add this to your config/deploy.rb:
+
+SSH_JUMPHOST = ENV.include?('SSH_JUMPHOST') ? ENV['SSH_JUMPHOST'] : 'jumpbox.hostname.com'
+SSH_JUMPHOST_USER = ENV.include?('SSH_JUMPHOST_USER') ? ENV['SSH_JUMPHOST_USER'] : 'username'
+
+JUMPBOX_PROXY = "#{SSH_JUMPHOST_USER}@#{SSH_JUMPHOST}"
+set :ssh_options, {
+  user: 'ontoportal',
+  forward_agent: 'true',
+  keys: %w(config/deploy_id_rsa),
+  auth_methods: %w(publickey),
+  # use ssh proxy if API servers are on a private network
+  proxy: Net::SSH::Proxy::Command.new("ssh #{JUMPBOX_PROXY} -W %h:%p")
+}
+
+# private git repo for configuraiton
+PRIVATE_CONFIG_REPO = ENV.include?('PRIVATE_CONFIG_REPO') ? ENV['PRIVATE_CONFIG_REPO'] : 'https://your_github_pat_token@github.com/your_organization/ontoportal-configs.git'
+desc "Check if agent forwarding is working"
+task :forwarding do
+  on roles(:all) do |h|
+    if test("env | grep SSH_AUTH_SOCK")
+      info "Agent forwarding is up to #{h}"
+    else
+      error "Agent forwarding is NOT up to #{h}"
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# Smoke test for checking if the service is up
+desc 'Smoke test: Check if ncbo_cron service is running'
+task :smoke_test do
+  on roles(:app), in: :sequence, wait: 5 do
+    # Check if the service is running using systemctl
+    result = `systemctl is-active ncbo_cron`
+    if result.strip == 'active'
+      info "ncbo_cron service is up and running!"
+    else
+      error "ncbo_cron service failed to start."
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+namespace :deploy do
+
+  desc 'Incorporate the private repository content'
+  # Get cofiguration from repo if PRIVATE_CONFIG_REPO env var is set
+  # or get config from local directory if LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH env var is set
+  task :get_config do
+    if defined?(PRIVATE_CONFIG_REPO)
+      TMP_CONFIG_PATH = "/tmp/#{SecureRandom.hex(15)}".freeze
+      on roles(:app) do
+        execute "git clone -q #{PRIVATE_CONFIG_REPO} #{TMP_CONFIG_PATH}"
+        execute "rsync -av #{TMP_CONFIG_PATH}/#{fetch(:config_folder_path)}/ #{release_path}/"
+        execute "rm -rf #{TMP_CONFIG_PATH}"
+      end
+    elsif defined?(LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH)
+      on roles(:app) do
+        execute "rsync -av #{LOCAL_CONFIG_PATH}/#{fetch(:application)}/ #{release_path}/"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  desc 'Restart application'
+  task :restart do
+    on roles(:app), in: :sequence, wait: 5 do
+      # Your restart mechanism here, for example:
+      # execute :touch, release_path.join('tmp/restart.txt')
+      execute 'sudo systemctl restart ncbo_cron'
+      execute 'sleep 5'
+    end
+  end
+
+  after :updating, :get_config
+  after :publishing, :restart
+  after :restart, :smoke_test
+
+end
diff --git a/config/deploy/agroportal.rb b/config/deploy/agroportal.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ce7bb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/deploy/agroportal.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Simple Role Syntax
+# ==================
+# Supports bulk-adding hosts to roles, the primary
+# server in each group is considered to be the first
+# unless any hosts have the primary property set.
+# Don't declare `role :all`, it's a meta role
+role :app, %w[agroportal.lirmm.fr]
+set :branch, ENV.include?('BRANCH') ? ENV['BRANCH'] : 'master'
+# Extended Server Syntax
+# ======================
+# This can be used to drop a more detailed server
+# definition into the server list. The second argument
+# something that quacks like a hash can be used to set
+# extended properties on the server.
+# server 'example.com', user: 'deploy', roles: %w{web app}, my_property: :my_value
+set :log_level, :error
diff --git a/config/deploy/staging.rb b/config/deploy/staging.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e2db320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/deploy/staging.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Simple Role Syntax
+# ==================
+# Supports bulk-adding hosts to roles, the primary
+# server in each group is considered to be the first
+# unless any hosts have the primary property set.
+# Don't declare `role :all`, it's a meta role
+role :app, %w{stageportal.lirmm.fr}
+set :branch, ENV.include?('BRANCH') ? ENV['BRANCH'] : 'stage'
+# Extended Server Syntax
+# ======================
+# This can be used to drop a more detailed server
+# definition into the server list. The second argument
+# something that quacks like a hash can be used to set
+# extended properties on the server.
+#server 'example.com', user: 'deploy', roles: %w{web app}, my_property: :my_value
+set :log_level, :error
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diff --git a/config/deploy/test.rb b/config/deploy/test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fc790cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/deploy/test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Simple Role Syntax
+# ==================
+# Supports bulk-adding hosts to roles, the primary
+# server in each group is considered to be the first
+# unless any hosts have the primary property set.
+# Don't declare `role :all`, it's a meta role
+role :app, %w{testportal.lirmm.fr}
+set :branch, ENV.include?('BRANCH') ? ENV['BRANCH'] : 'development'
+# Extended Server Syntax
+# ======================
+# This can be used to drop a more detailed server
+# definition into the server list. The second argument
+# something that quacks like a hash can be used to set
+# extended properties on the server.
+#server 'example.com', user: 'deploy', roles: %w{web app}, my_property: :my_value
+set :log_level, :error
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