diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
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+name: ubuntu
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  ubuntu:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: A job to build and run strfry on Ubuntu
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout strfry
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Build strfry
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
+          git g++ make pkg-config libtool ca-certificates \
+          libyaml-perl libtemplate-perl libregexp-grammars-perl libssl-dev zlib1g-dev \
+          liblmdb-dev libflatbuffers-dev libsecp256k1-dev libzstd-dev
+          git submodule update --init
+          make setup-golpe
+          make -j4
+          if ! [ -f ./strfry ]; then
+             echo "Strfry build failed."
+             exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Package strfry
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install debhelper devscripts -y
+          dpkg-buildpackage --build=binary -us -uc
+          mv ../*.deb .
+          filename=`ls *.deb | grep -v -- -dbgsym`
+          echo "filename=$filename" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Upload strfry deb
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.filename }}
+          path: ${{ env.filename }}
+
+      - name: Run strfry
+        run: |
+          cat /etc/os-release
+          sudo ./strfry relay &
+
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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index 0000000..d080eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+strfry (0.9.6-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Initial ubuntu test release
+
+ -- Doug Hoytech <doug@hoytech.com>  Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:32:21 +0800
+
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
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index 0000000..b4de394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+11
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
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index 0000000..be49f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Source: strfry
+Section: admin
+Priority: optional
+Maintainer: Doug Hoytech <doug@hoytech.com>
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 8.0.0)
+
+Package: strfry
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
+Conflicts:
+Replaces:
+Provides: strfry
+Description: strfry is a relay for the nostr protocol
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7075072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: strfry
+Upstream-Contact: Doug Hoytech <doug@hoytech.com>
+Source: https://github.com/hoytech/strfry
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2023 Doug Hoytech
+License: GPL-3
+
+License: GPL-3
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a64f47f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if ! getent group strfry >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    addgroup --system --quiet strfry
+fi
+if ! getent passwd strfry >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    adduser --system --quiet --ingroup strfry		\
+	    --no-create-home --home /nonexistent	\
+	    strfry
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "configure" ] ; then
+    chown strfry:strfry /etc/strfry.conf
+    chown strfry:strfry /var/lib/strfry
+
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    systemctl enable strfry.service
+    systemctl start strfry
+fi
diff --git a/debian/postrm b/debian/postrm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de62cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/postrm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "$1" = remove ] && [ -d /run/systemd/system ] ; then
+	systemctl --system daemon-reload >/dev/null || true
+fi
+if [ "$1" = "purge" ]; then
+	if [ -x "/usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper" ]; then
+		deb-systemd-helper purge 'strfry.service' >/dev/null || true
+	fi
+fi
diff --git a/debian/prerm b/debian/prerm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8bb8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/prerm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "$1" = "remove" ]; then
+   systemctl stop strfry
+   systemctl disable strfry
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "upgrade" ]; then
+   systemctl stop strfry
+fi
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8ee0a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/make -f
+
+#export DH_VERBOSE=1
+
+%:
+	dh $@ --parallel 
+
+override_dh_auto_clean:
+override_dh_auto_install:
+	mkdir -p debian/strfry/usr/bin/
+	mkdir -p debian/strfry/etc/
+	mkdir -p debian/strfry/var/lib/strfry/
+	cp -a strfry debian/strfry/usr/bin/.
+	cp -a strfry.conf debian/strfry/etc/.
+	sed -i 's|./strfry-db/|/var/lib/strfry/|g' debian/strfry/etc/strfry.conf
diff --git a/debian/strfry.service b/debian/strfry.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeaa65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/strfry.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=strfry relay service
+After=syslog.target network.target 
+
+[Service]
+User=strfry
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/strfry relay
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+ProtectHome=yes
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+ProtectSystem=full
+LimitCORE=1000000000
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target