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+name: build_docs
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+
+  build_docs:
+    name: Build documentation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+    - name: Build doxygen
+      uses: mattnotmitt/doxygen-action@v1
+      with:
+        working-directory: './'
+        doxyfile-path: 'docu/doxygen.ini'
+
+    - name: Build mkdocs
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install mkdocs
+        python -m mkdocs build -f docu/mkdocs.yml
+
+    - name: Upload to docs-server
+      uses: appleboy/scp-action@master
+      with:
+        host: ${{ secrets.SCP_HOST }}
+        port: ${{ secrets.SCP_PORT }}
+        username: ${{ secrets.SCP_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.SCP_PASSWORD }}
+        source: "docu/site/**"
+        target: ${{ secrets.SCP_TARGET_PATH }}
+        strip_components: 2