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+name: Llama stack builds
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Llama stack release (e.g. 0.1.8, 0.1.9)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        default: '0.1.9'
+
+
+jobs:
+  llama-stack-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: ci
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+           ref: release-${{ inputs.version }}
+           repository: meta-llama/llama-stack.git
+
+      - name: python deps
+        run: |
+           sudo apt-get update
+           sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip
+
+      - name: login to quay.io
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: quay.io
+          username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Install repo packages
+        run: |
+          pip install -U .
+
+      - name: modify the build.yaml
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/    - inline::faiss/    - inline::milvus/g' llama_stack/templates/remote-vllm/build.yaml
+
+      - name: display contents of buld.yaml
+        run: |
+          cat llama_stack/templates/remote-vllm/build.yaml
+
+      - name: run llama stack build
+        run: |
+          USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT=true LLAMA_STACK_DIR=. llama stack build --template remote-vllm --image-type container
+
+      - name: tag the image
+        run: |
+          docker tag docker.io/library/distribution-remote-vllm:dev quay.io/redhat-et/llama:vllm-${{inputs.version}}
+
+      - name: push the image
+        run: |
+          docker push quay.io/redhat-et/llama:vllm-${{inputs.version}}