diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
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+# .github/workflows/release.yaml
+
+on: 
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  releases-matrix:
+    name: Release Go Binary
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # build and publish in parallel: linux/386, linux/amd64, windows/386, windows/amd64, darwin/386, darwin/amd64 
+        goos: [linux]
+        goarch: ["386", amd64]
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: build binaries
+      uses: wangyoucao577/go-release-action@v1.14
+      with:
+        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        goos: ${{ matrix.goos }}
+        goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
+        ldflags: '-linkmode external -extldflags "-static" -s -w'
+        pre_command: bash ./install-deps.sh
+        binary_name: "openvpn-user"
+        asset_name: openvpn-user-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}.
diff --git a/install-deps.sh b/install-deps.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y gcc gcc-multilib sqlite3