diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/helm-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c65ed53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+name: Package Helm Chart and publish to GitHub Packages
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  push:
+    branches:
+        - main
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/helm-release.yaml
+      - charts/heureka
+
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG: false
+
+jobs:
+  helm-release:
+    runs-on: [ default ]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - chartDir: charts/heureka
+            chartName: heureka
+
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+            fetch-depth: 0
+            token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
+          git config user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Set up Helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4.2.0
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+            python-version: 3.9
+            check-latest: true
+            token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Log into registry ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+            registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+            username: ${{ github.actor }}
+            password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Get changed files
+        id: changed-files
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44
+        with:
+          files: |
+            ${{ matrix.chartDir }}/**
+    
+      - name: Check if Helm chart with same version already exists
+        id: check-chart
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files != ''
+        env:
+          ALL_CHANGED_FILES: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
+        run: |
+          # List all changed
+          echo "All changed files: $ALL_CHANGED_FILES"
+          chartName=$(yq .name "${{ matrix.chartDir }}/Chart.yaml")
+          chartVersion=$(yq .version "${{ matrix.chartDir }}/Chart.yaml")
+          echo "chart_version=${chartVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if $(helm pull "oci://${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/charts/${{ matrix.chartName }}" --version $chartVersion); then
+            echo "bump=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Chart needs version bump
+        if: steps.check-chart.outputs.bump == 'true'
+        env:
+          CHART_VERSION: ${{ steps.check-chart.outputs.chart_version }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Chart ${{ matrix.chartDir }}:${{ env.CHART_VERSION }} already exists in OCI registry. Skipping upload. Please increment the chart version."
+          exit 1
+
+      - name: Push Charts to GHCR
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files != '' && steps.check-chart.outputs.bump != 'true'
+        run: |
+          helm package ${{ matrix.chartDir }} -d ${{ matrix.chartDir }}
+          PKG_NAME=`ls ${{ matrix.chartDir }}/*.tgz`
+          helm push ${PKG_NAME} oci://${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/charts/
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5070af1..233077af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@
 # Heureka specifics
 build/
 .db/
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+*.tgz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/heureka/.helmignore b/charts/heureka/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e8a0eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/charts/heureka/Chart.lock b/charts/heureka/Chart.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63d0e5a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/Chart.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+dependencies:
+- name: mariadb
+  repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+  version: 19.0.3
+digest: sha256:7ee2a1a9bea682f5bef8d7847ddd962bc67f76721ed3911f39aef82d1a9f67c4
+generated: "2024-08-14T14:08:20.758927+02:00"
diff --git a/charts/heureka/Chart.yaml b/charts/heureka/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47a0bca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: heureka
+description: A Helm chart for heureka
+
+# A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
+#
+# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
+# to be deployed.
+#
+# Library charts provide useful utilities or functions for the chart developer. They're included as
+# a dependency of application charts to inject those utilities and functions into the rendering
+# pipeline. Library charts do not define any templates and therefore cannot be deployed.
+type: application
+
+# This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
+# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
+# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
+version: 0.3.0
+
+# This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
+# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
+# follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
+# It is recommended to use it with quotes.
+appVersion: "1.16.0"
+
+dependencies:
+  - name: mariadb
+    repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+    version: 19.0.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/heureka/files/schema.sql b/charts/heureka/files/schema.sql
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..b869a97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/files/schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../internal/database/mariadb/init/schema.sql
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/heureka/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/heureka/templates/NOTES.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a49629a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+1. Get the application URL by running these commands:
+{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled }}
+{{- range $host := .Values.ingress.hosts }}
+  {{- range .paths }}
+  http{{ if $.Values.ingress.tls }}s{{ end }}://{{ $host.host }}{{ .path }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- else if contains "NodePort" .Values.service.type }}
+  export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }})
+  export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
+  echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
+{{- else if contains "LoadBalancer" .Values.service.type }}
+     NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the LoadBalancer IP to be available.
+           You can watch the status of by running 'kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} svc -w {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }}'
+  export SERVICE_IP=$(kubectl get svc --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }} --template "{{"{{ range (index .status.loadBalancer.ingress 0) }}{{.}}{{ end }}"}}")
+  echo http://$SERVICE_IP:{{ .Values.service.port }}
+{{- else if contains "ClusterIP" .Values.service.type }}
+  export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l "app.kubernetes.io/name={{ include "heureka.name" . }},app.kubernetes.io/instance={{ .Release.Name }}" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
+  export CONTAINER_PORT=$(kubectl get pod --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} $POD_NAME -o jsonpath="{.spec.containers[0].ports[0].containerPort}")
+  echo "Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080 to use your application"
+  kubectl --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:$CONTAINER_PORT
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/heureka/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/heureka/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8d34f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{{/*
+Expand the name of the chart.
+*/}}
+{{- define "heureka.name" -}}
+{{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create a default fully qualified app name.
+We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
+If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
+*/}}
+{{- define "heureka.fullname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride }}
+{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride }}
+{{- if contains $name .Release.Name }}
+{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
+*/}}
+{{- define "heureka.chart" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Common labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "heureka.labels" -}}
+helm.sh/chart: {{ include "heureka.chart" . }}
+{{ include "heureka.selectorLabels" . }}
+{{- if .Chart.AppVersion }}
+app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
+{{- end }}
+app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Selector labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "heureka.selectorLabels" -}}
+app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "heureka.name" . }}
+app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create the name of the service account to use
+*/}}
+{{- define "heureka.serviceAccountName" -}}
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create }}
+{{- default (include "heureka.fullname" .) .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/heureka/templates/database-schema-configmap.yaml b/charts/heureka/templates/database-schema-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55ebb83a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/templates/database-schema-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{{ if .Files.Get "files/schema.sql" }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }}-mariadb-schema
+  labels:
+    {{- include "heureka.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+data:
+  schema.sql: |-
+{{ .Files.Get "files/schema.sql" | indent 6 }}
+{{ else }}
+{{ fail "Error: schema.sql file not found in files/ directory" }}
+{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/heureka/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/heureka/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc0398b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "heureka.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+  annotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+    prometheus.io/targets: "kubernetes"
+spec:
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "heureka.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        {{- include "heureka.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/targets: kubernetes
+    spec:
+    {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ include "heureka.serviceAccountName" . }}
+      containers:
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.serverTag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: mariadb-schema-init-volume
+              mountPath: /app/schema-init/schema.sql
+              subPath: schema.sql
+          env:
+            - name: ENVIRONMENT
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }}
+                  key: environment
+            - name: SERVER_PORT
+              value: ":{{ .Values.service.port }}"
+            - name: SEED_MODE
+              value: "{{ .Values.seedMode }}"
+            - name: DB_NAME
+              value: "heureka"
+            - name: DB_PORT
+              value: "3306"
+            - name: DB_SCHEMA
+              value: "/app/schema-init/schema.sql"
+            - name: DB_USER
+              value: "my_username"
+            - name: DB_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }}-mariadb
+                  key: mariadb-password
+            - name: DB_ROOT_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }}-mariadb
+                  key: mariadb-root-password
+            - name: DB_ADDRESS
+              value: "heureka-mariadb.heureka.svc.cluster.local"
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.service.port }}
+              protocol: TCP
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: {{ .Values.service.port }}
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /status
+              port: http
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /ready
+              port: http
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
+      volumes:
+      - name: mariadb-schema-init-volume
+        configMap:
+          name: {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }}-mariadb-schema
diff --git a/charts/heureka/templates/ingress.yaml b/charts/heureka/templates/ingress.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3085c49c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled -}}
+{{- $fullName := include "heureka.fullname" . -}}
+{{- $svcPort := .Values.service.port -}}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $fullName }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "heureka.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.ingress.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+    {{- if and $.Values.global.linkerd_enabled $.Values.global.linkerd_requested }}
+    ingress.kubernetes.io/service-upstream: "true"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/service-upstream: "true"
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+{{- if .Values.ingress.tls }}
+  tls:
+  {{- range .Values.ingress.tls }}
+    - hosts:
+      {{- range .hosts }}
+        - {{ . | quote }}
+      {{- end }}
+      secretName: {{ .secretName }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+  rules:
+  {{- range .Values.ingress.hosts }}
+    - host: {{ .host | quote }}
+      http:
+        paths:
+          {{- range .paths }}
+          - path: {{ .path }}
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: {{ $fullName }}
+                port:
+                  number: {{ $svcPort }}
+        {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/heureka/templates/secret.yaml b/charts/heureka/templates/secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea339fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "heureka.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+data: 
+  environment: {{ .Values.environment | b64enc | quote }} 
+  mariadb-password: {{ .Values.mariadb.auth.password | b64enc }}
+  mariadb-root-password: {{ .Values.mariadb.auth.rootPassword | b64enc }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/heureka/templates/service.yaml b/charts/heureka/templates/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7525cf38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/templates/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "heureka.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "heureka.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
+  ports:
+    - port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
+      targetPort: http
+      protocol: TCP
+      name: http
+  selector:
+    {{- include "heureka.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/heureka/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/heureka/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72f66dee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "heureka.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "heureka.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.serviceAccount.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/heureka/values.yaml b/charts/heureka/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddef27a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/heureka/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Default values for heureka.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+
+replicaCount: 1
+
+serverTag: main
+
+image:
+  repository: ghcr.io/cloudoperators/heureka
+  pullPolicy: Always
+
+imagePullSecrets: []
+nameOverride: ""
+fullnameOverride: ""
+
+serviceAccount:
+  # Specifies whether a service account should be created
+  create: true
+  # Annotations to add to the service account
+  annotations: {}
+  # The name of the service account to use.
+  # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
+  name: ""
+
+podAnnotations: {}
+
+podSecurityContext: {}
+  # fsGroup: 2000
+  
+securityContext: {}
+  # capabilities:
+  #   drop:
+  #   - ALL
+  # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+  # runAsNonRoot: true
+  # runAsUser: 1000
+
+service:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  port: 8080
+
+ingress:
+  enabled: false
+
+environment: staging
+
+seedMode: true
+
+resources: {}
+  # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
+  # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
+  # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
+  # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
+  # limits:
+  #   cpu: 100m
+  #   memory: 128Mi
+  # requests:
+  #   cpu: 100m
+  #   memory: 128Mi
+
+# autoscaling:
+#   enabled: false
+#   minReplicas: 1
+#   maxReplicas: 100
+#   targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 80
+  # targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 80
+
+nodeSelector: {}
+
+tolerations: []
+
+affinity: {}
+
+mariadb:
+  global:
+    imageRegistry: docker.io
+  auth:
+    database: heureka
+    username: my_username
+    rootPassword: my_password
+    password: my_password