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+name: Cloudbase-Init unit tests
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.8","3.9","3.10"]
+        architecture: ["x64"]
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout cloudbase-init repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+    - name: Install python3 tox
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        python3 -m pip install tox
+    - name: Run Cloudbase-Init unit tests with tox
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        tox run-parallel -e py3,pep8,cover,docs -v