diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 78adf82..0000000
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
----
-
-# gitLab ci stages
-stages:
-
-  # stages
-  - "gitleaks"
-  - "linting"
-  - "build"
-  - "deployment"
-
-
-# include jobs
-include:
-
-  # locals
-  - local: ".gitlab/build.yaml"
-  - local: ".gitlab/deployment.yaml"
-
-  # components
-  - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/gitleaks/gitleaks@v1.0.0"
-  - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/markdownlint/markdownlint@1.0.0"
-  - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/yamllint/yamllint@1.0.2"
diff --git a/.gitlab/build.yaml b/.gitlab/build.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ce4b04d..0000000
--- a/.gitlab/build.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
----
-variables:
-  STORAGE_DRIVER: "overlay"
-  IMAGE_TAG: "docs-simoncor-net"
-
-stages:
-  - "build"
-
-build:
-  stage: "build"
-  image: "quay.io/buildah/stable:latest"
-  script:
-
-    # login to container registry
-    - "echo $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD | buildah login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY"
-
-    # build image
-    - "buildah bud -t $IMAGE_TAG ."
-
-    # tag image
-    - "buildah tag $IMAGE_TAG $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest"
-
-    # push image
-    - "buildah push $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest"
-
-    # logout
-    - "buildah logout $CI_REGISTRY"
diff --git a/.gitlab/deployment.yaml b/.gitlab/deployment.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 32268c9..0000000
--- a/.gitlab/deployment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
----
-
-# deploy container on kubernetes
-deployment:
-  stage: "deployment"
-  image:
-    name: "quay.io/argoproj/argocd:v3.2.5"
-    entrypoint: [""]
-  rules:
-
-    # run only on push to default branch
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH'
-    - when: "never"
-
-  script:
-
-    # execute a rollout restart using argocd
-    - "argocd app actions run docs-simoncor-net restart \
-       --kind Deployment \
-       --resource-name docs-simoncor-net \
-       --server $ARGOCD_SERVER \
-       --auth-token $ARGOCD_AUTH_TOKEN \
-       --grpc-web"
diff --git a/.woodpecker/deployment.yaml b/.woodpecker/deployment.yaml
index c2564b2..0526ddc 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/deployment.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/deployment.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ skip_clone: true
 when:
   - event: "push"
     branch: "main"
+  - event: "manual"
 
 steps: