diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# this image is built and updated weekly
-# https://github.com/cse-labs/codespaces-images
-
-FROM ghcr.io/cse-labs/k3d:latest
-
-# some images require specific values
-ARG USERNAME=vscode
-
-# log the docker build start event
-RUN echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')    docker build start" >> /home/$USERNAME/status
-
-RUN chown -R $USERNAME:$USERNAME /home/$USERNAME
-
-# log the docker build complete
-RUN echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')    docker build complete" >> /home/$USERNAME/status
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-{
-	"name": "Kubernetes-in-Codespaces",
-	"dockerFile": "Dockerfile",
-	// do not change these if you want Docker in Docker support
-	"runArgs": [
-		"--init",
-		"--privileged"
-	],
-	"mounts": [
-		"source=/var/run/docker.sock,target=/var/run/docker-host.sock,type=bind"
-	],
-	"overrideCommand": false,
-	// some base images require a specific user name
-	"remoteUser": "vscode",
-	// Set container specific settings
-	"customizations": {
-		"vscode": {
-			"settings": {
-				"terminal.integrated.defaultProfile.linux": "zsh",
-				"files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
-				"files.trimFinalNewlines": true,
-				"files.insertFinalNewline": true
-			},
-			"extensions": [
-				"ms-azuretools.vscode-docker",
-				"ms-kubernetes-tools.vscode-kubernetes-tools",
-				"davidanson.vscode-markdownlint",
-				"gruntfuggly.todo-tree"
-			]
-		}
-	},
-	// Ensure that the host machine has enough resources to build and test Kubernetes
-	"hostRequirements": {
-		"cpus": 4
-	},
-	// forward ports for the app
-	"forwardPorts": [
-		8000,
-		8080
-	],
-	"waitFor": "postCreateCommand",
-	// Use 'onCreateCommand' to run commands as part of container creation.
-	"onCreateCommand": "/bin/bash -c .devcontainer/on-create.sh",
-	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
-	"postCreateCommand": "/bin/bash -c .devcontainer/post-create.sh",
-	// Use 'postStartCommand' to run commands after the container starts.
-	"postStartCommand": "/bin/bash -c .devcontainer/set-branch-env.sh && /bin/bash -c .devcontainer/post-start.sh"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.devcontainer/k3d.yaml b/.devcontainer/k3d.yaml
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--- a/.devcontainer/k3d.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: k3d.io/v1alpha2
-kind: Simple
-servers: 1
-network: k3d
-kubeAPI:
-  hostIP: "0.0.0.0"
-  hostPort: "6443"
-# volumes:
-#   - volume: /prometheus:/prometheus
-#     nodeFilters:
-#       - server[0]
-ports:
-  - port: 8000:8000
-    nodeFilters:
-      - server[0]
-options:
-  k3d:
-    wait: true
-    timeout: "60s"
-  k3s:
-    extraServerArgs:
-      - --tls-san=127.0.0.1
-    extraAgentArgs: []
-  kubeconfig:
-    updateDefaultKubeconfig: true
-    switchCurrentContext: true
diff --git a/.devcontainer/on-create.sh b/.devcontainer/on-create.sh
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--- a/.devcontainer/on-create.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# this runs as part of pre-build
-
-echo "on-create start"
-echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')    on-create start" >> "$HOME/status"
-
-# # clone repos
-# git clone https://github.com/cse-labs/imdb-app /workspaces/imdb-app
-# git clone https://github.com/microsoft/webvalidate /workspaces/webvalidate
-
-# # restore the repos
-# dotnet restore /workspaces/webvalidate/src/webvalidate.sln
-# dotnet restore /workspaces/imdb-app/src/imdb.csproj
-
-export REPO_BASE=$PWD
-# export PATH="$PATH:$REPO_BASE/cli"
-
-mkdir -p "$HOME/.ssh"
-
-# {
-#     # add cli to path
-#     echo "export PATH=\$PATH:$REPO_BASE/cli"
-
-#     echo "export REPO_BASE=$REPO_BASE"
-#     echo "compinit"
-# } >> "$HOME/.zshrc"
-
-# create local registry
-docker network create k3d
-k3d registry create registry.localhost --port 5500
-docker network connect k3d k3d-registry.localhost
-
-# update the base docker images
-# docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:6.0-alpine
-# docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0
-# docker pull ghcr.io/cse-labs/webv-red:latest
-
-# echo "dowloading kic CLI"
-# cd cli || exit
-# tag="0.4.3"
-# wget -O kic.tar.gz "https://github.com/retaildevcrews/akdc/releases/download/$tag/kic-$tag-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
-# tar -xvzf kic.tar.gz
-# rm kic.tar.gz
-# cd "$OLDPWD" || exit
-
-# echo "generating completions"
-# kic completion zsh > "$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/completions/_kic"
-# kubectl completion zsh > "$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/completions/_kubectl"
-
-# echo "creating k3d cluster"
-# kic cluster rebuild
-
-# echo "bilding IMDb"
-# kic build imdb
-
-# echo "building WebValidate"
-# sed -i "s/RUN dotnet test//g" /workspaces/webvalidate/Dockerfile
-# kic build webv
-
-# echo "deploying k3d cluster"
-# kic cluster deploy
-
-# only run apt upgrade on pre-build
-if [ "$CODESPACE_NAME" = "null" ]
-then
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get upgrade -y
-    sudo apt-get autoremove -y
-    sudo apt-get clean -y
-fi
-
-echo "on-create complete"
-echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')    on-create complete" >> "$HOME/status"
diff --git a/.devcontainer/post-create.sh b/.devcontainer/post-create.sh
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--- a/.devcontainer/post-create.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# this runs at Codespace creation - not part of pre-build
-
-echo "post-create start"
-echo "$(date)    post-create start" >> "$HOME/status"
-
-# update the repos
-# git -C /workspaces/imdb-app pull
-# git -C /workspaces/webvalidate pull
-
-echo "post-create complete"
-echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')    post-create complete" >> "$HOME/status"
diff --git a/.devcontainer/post-start.sh b/.devcontainer/post-start.sh
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index 57f434d..0000000
--- a/.devcontainer/post-start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# this runs each time the container starts
-
-echo "post-start start"
-echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')    post-start start" >> "$HOME/status"
-
-# update the base docker images
-# docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspnet:6.0-alpine
-# docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:6.0
-# docker pull ghcr.io/cse-labs/webv-red:latest
-
-echo "post-start complete"
-echo "$(date +'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')    post-start complete" >> "$HOME/status"
diff --git a/.devcontainer/set-branch-env.sh b/.devcontainer/set-branch-env.sh
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--- a/.devcontainer/set-branch-env.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# .devcontainer/set-branch-env.sh
-# Set container hostname and environment variable to first 20 chars of branch name
-
-BRANCH=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo main)
-SHORT_BRANCH=${BRANCH:0:20}
-echo "Setting hostname and environment variable to: $SHORT_BRANCH"
-sudo hostnamectl set-hostname "$SHORT_BRANCH"
-echo "export BRANCH_SHORT=\"$SHORT_BRANCH\"" | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/branch.sh > /dev/null
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-codespace-dagger.yml b/.github/workflows/create-codespace-dagger.yml
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index 0000000..4cfc0b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-codespace-dagger.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Codespace Creation
+description: This workflow runs when a pull request is opened, reopened, or synchronized. It uses Dagger to create a codespace for the PR.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [synchronize, opened, reopened]
+
+jobs:
+  codespace-manager:
+    name: Codespace Manager
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # - name: Print all ENVS
+      #   run: printenv
+      - name: Create Codespace with Dagger
+        uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@8.0.0
+        env:
+          # setting tokens here so that it can be referenced below without exposing in dagger cloud logs
+          # should be referenced as env://GITHUB_TOKEN in the Dagger module
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          CODESPACE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODESPACES_PAT }}
+        with:
+          module: github.com/BCIT-LTC/daggerverse/codespace-manager@40-codespace-manager-module
+          call: >-
+            create-codespace-by-pull-request
+            --source=.
+            --token=env://CODESPACE_TOKEN
+            --organization=${{ github.repository_owner }}
+            --repo_name=${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+            --branch_name=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+            --pull_request_number=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          cloud-token: ${{ secrets.DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN }}
+          version: "latest"
+
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/delete-codespace-dagger.yml b/.github/workflows/delete-codespace-dagger.yml
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index 0000000..52fe09c
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+++ b/.github/workflows/delete-codespace-dagger.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Codespace Deletion
+description: This workflow runs when a pull request is closed. It uses Dagger to delete the codespace associated with the PR.
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+
+jobs:
+
+  codespace-manager:
+    name: Codespace Manager
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # - name: Print all ENVS
+      #   run: printenv
+      - name: Delete Codespace with Dagger
+        uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@8.0.0
+        env:
+          # setting tokens here so that it can be referenced below without exposing in dagger cloud logs
+          # should be referenced as env://GITHUB_TOKEN in the Dagger module
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          CODESPACE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODESPACES_PAT }}
+        with:
+          module: github.com/BCIT-LTC/daggerverse/codespace-manager@40-codespace-manager-module
+          call: >-
+            delete-codespace-by-pull-request
+            --source=.
+            --token=env://CODESPACE_TOKEN
+            --organization=${{ github.repository_owner }}
+            --repo_name=${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+            --branch_name=${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+            --pull_request_number=${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          cloud-token: ${{ secrets.DAGGER_CLOUD_TOKEN }}
+          version: "latest"
+
+