diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy-obscuro-gateway-database.yml
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+# Deploys Obscuro Gateway's Database on Azure for Testnet
+# Starts the Obscuro Gateway's database on Azure VM
+
+name: '[M] Deploy Obscuro Gateway Database'
+run-name: '[M] Deploy Obscuro Gateway Database ( ${{ github.event.inputs.testnet_type }} )'
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      testnet_type:
+        description: 'Testnet Type'
+        required: true
+        default: 'dev-testnet'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - 'dev-testnet'
+          - 'testnet'
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: 'Extract branch name'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "Branch Name: ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          echo "BRANCH_NAME=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: 'Set Obscuro Gateway variables for testnet'
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.testnet_type == 'testnet' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "OBSCURO_GATEWAY_DB_BUILD_TAG=testnetobscuronet.azurecr.io/obscuronet/obscuro_gateway_mariadb_testnet:latest" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RESOURCE_STARTING_NAME=testnet" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RESOURCE_TAG_NAME=obscurogatewaydbtestnetlatest" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: 'Set Obscuro Gateway variables for dev-testnet'
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.testnet_type == 'dev-testnet' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "OBSCURO_GATEWAY_DB_BUILD_TAG=testnetobscuronet.azurecr.io/obscuronet/dev_obscuro_gateway_mariadb_testnet:latest" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RESOURCE_STARTING_NAME=dev-testnet" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RESOURCE_TAG_NAME=obscurogatewaydbdevtestnetlatest" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+
+      - name: 'Login via Azure CLI'
+        uses: azure/login@v1
+        with:
+          creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
+
+      # This will fail some deletions due to resource dependencies ( ie. you must first delete the vm before deleting the disk)
+      - name: 'Delete deployed VMs'
+        uses: azure/CLI@v1
+        with:
+          inlineScript: |
+            $(az resource list --tag ${{env.RESOURCE_TAG_NAME}}=true --query '[]."id"' -o tsv | xargs -n1 az resource delete --verbose -g Testnet --ids) || true
+
+      # This will clean up any lingering dependencies - might fail if there are no resources to cleanup
+      - name: 'Delete VMs dependencies'
+        uses: azure/CLI@v1
+        with:
+          inlineScript: |
+            $(az resource list --tag ${{env.RESOURCE_TAG_NAME}}=true --query '[]."id"' -o tsv | xargs -n1 az resource delete --verbose -g Testnet --ids) || true
+
+
+      - name: 'Create VM for Gateway database node on Azure'
+        uses: azure/CLI@v1
+        with:
+          inlineScript: |
+            az vm create -g Testnet -n "${{env.RESOURCE_STARTING_NAME}}-OG-MariaDB-${{ GITHUB.RUN_NUMBER }}" \
+            --admin-username obscurouser --admin-password "${{ secrets.OBSCURO_NODE_VM_PWD }}" \
+            --public-ip-address-dns-name "obscurogateway-mariadb-${{env.RESOURCE_STARTING_NAME}}" \
+            --tags deploygroup=ObscuroGateway-mariaDB-${{env.RESOURCE_STARTING_NAME}}-${{ GITHUB.RUN_NUMBER }}  ${{env.RESOURCE_TAG_NAME}}=true \
+            --size 	Standard_D4_v5 --image Canonical:0001-com-ubuntu-server-focal:20_04-lts-gen2:latest \
+            --public-ip-sku Basic --authentication-type password
+
+      - name: 'Open Obscuro Gateway db ports on Azure'
+        uses: azure/CLI@v1
+        with:
+          inlineScript: |
+            az vm open-port -g Testnet -n "${{env.RESOURCE_STARTING_NAME}}-OG-MariaDB-${{ GITHUB.RUN_NUMBER }}" --port 3306
+
+        # To overcome issues with critical VM resources being unavailable, we need to wait for the VM to be ready
+      - name: 'Allow time for VM initialization'
+        shell: bash
+        run: sleep 30
+
+      - name: 'Start Obscuro gateway on Azure'
+        uses: azure/CLI@v1
+        with:
+          inlineScript: |
+            az vm run-command invoke -g Testnet -n "${{env.RESOURCE_STARTING_NAME}}-OG-MariaDB-${{ GITHUB.RUN_NUMBER }}"  \
+            --command-id RunShellScript \
+            --scripts 'mkdir -p /home/obscuro \
+            && sudo apt-get update \
+            && sudo apt-get install -y gcc \
+            && sudo snap refresh && sudo snap install --channel=1.18 go --classic \
+            && curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh && sh ./get-docker.sh \
+            && git clone --depth 1 -b ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} https://github.com/obscuronet/go-obscuro.git /home/obscuro/go-obscuro \
+            && docker network create --driver bridge node_network || true \
+            && docker run -d --name datadog-agent \
+               --network node_network \
+               -e DD_API_KEY=${{ secrets.DD_API_KEY }} \
+               -e DD_LOGS_ENABLED=true \
+               -e DD_LOGS_CONFIG_CONTAINER_COLLECT_ALL=true \
+               -e DD_LOGS_CONFIG_AUTO_MULTI_LINE_DETECTION=true \
+               -e DD_CONTAINER_EXCLUDE_LOGS="name:datadog-agent" \
+               -e DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu"  \
+               -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
+               -v /proc/:/host/proc/:ro \
+               -v /opt/datadog-agent/run:/opt/datadog-agent/run:rw \
+               -v /sys/fs/cgroup/:/host/sys/fs/cgroup:ro \
+               datadog/agent:latest \
+            && cd /home/obscuro/go-obscuro/ \
+            && docker run \  
+                --name db \
+                -e MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.OBSCURO_GATEWAY_MARIADB_ROOT_PWD }} \
+                -e MARIADB_USER=obscurouser \
+                -e MARIADB_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.OBSCURO_GATEWAY_MARIADB_USER_PWD }} \
+                -v /home/obscuro/go-obscuro/tools/walletextension/storage/database/001_init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/schema.sql \
+                mariadb'
diff --git a/tools/walletextension/storage/database/001_init.sql b/tools/walletextension/storage/database/001_init.sql
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+CREATE DATABASE ogdb;
+
+USE ogdb;
+
+GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON ogdb.* TO 'obscurouser';
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ogdb.users (
+    user_id binary(32) PRIMARY KEY,
+    private_key binary(32)
+    );
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ogdb.accounts (
+    user_id binary(32),
+    account_address binary(20),
+    signature binary(65),
+    FOREIGN KEY(user_id) REFERENCES users(user_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+    );
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