diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3afbafbdc..247e377bd 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ stages:
   - lint
   - test
   - build
+  - integration
 
     #before_script:
     #- echo "before_script"
@@ -188,4 +189,64 @@ build container fb:
     - tag=${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/server:${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
     - docker build --build-arg GO_VERSION=$GOVERSION -t $tag -f .gitlab/Dockerfile .
     - docker push $tag
-    - echo Created docker featurebase image with tag "$tag"
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+    - echo Created docker featurebase image with tag "$tag"
+
+# deploy EC2 instance and upload featurebase binary 
+deploy node for linux amd64:
+  stage: integration
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cloud-deploy/aws-base:latest
+  variables:
+    AMI: ""
+    INSTANCE: "t3a.large"
+    SECURITY_GROUP: ""
+    SUBNET_ID: ""
+    PUBLIC_IP: ""
+    PROFILE: "default"
+    AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: $AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
+  before_script:
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+    - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+    - aws configure set region "us-east-2"
+    - aws configure set aws_profile $PROFILE
+    - echo $AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY > gitlab-featurebase-dev.pem
+    - chmod 400 gitlab-featurebase-dev.pem
+    - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
+    - eval `ssh-agent -s`
+    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+    - echo "$AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | ssh-add -
+    - chmod 700 /root/.ssh
+    - '[[ -f /.dockerenv ]] && echo -e "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" > ~/.ssh/config'
+  script:
+    - AMI=$(aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-ebs --query 'Parameters[0].[Value]' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
+    - SECURITY_GROUP=$(aws ec2 describe-security-groups --filter Name=vpc-id,Values=vpc-03a4ba3d5b7c8f978 --query 'SecurityGroups[*].[GroupId]' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
+    - SUBNET_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-subnets --filters 'Name=vpc-id,Values=vpc-03a4ba3d5b7c8f978' 'Name=availability-zone,Values=us-east-2a' --query 'Subnets[0].SubnetId' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
+    - aws ec2 run-instances --image-id $AMI --instance-type $INSTANCE --security-group-ids $SECURITY_GROUP --subnet-id $SUBNET_ID --key-name gitlab-featurebase-dev --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=instance,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=linux-amd64-node}]' --profile $PROFILE --user-data file://.gitlab/cloud-init.sh --iam-instance-profile Name=featurebase-dev-ssm
+    - sleep 120 # Need to wait for the EC2 instance to launch and run the initialization commands passed through user-data
+    - PUBLIC_IP=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters 'Name=tag:Name, Values=linux-amd64-node' 'Name=instance-state-name, Values=running' --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].PublicIpAddress' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
+    - echo $PUBLIC_IP
+    - INSTANCE_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters 'Name=tag:Name, Values=linux-amd64-node' 'Name=instance-state-name, Values=running' --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].InstanceId' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
+    - echo $INSTANCE_ID > linux-amd64-instance.txt
+    - scp  -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i gitlab-featurebase-dev.pem featurebase_linux_amd64 ec2-user@$PUBLIC_IP:.
+    - scp  -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i gitlab-featurebase-dev.pem .gitlab/featurebase.conf .gitlab/featurebase.service ec2-user@$PUBLIC_IP:.
+    - aws ssm send-command --document-name "AWS-RunShellScript" --instance-ids $INSTANCE_ID --cli-input-json file://.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json --profile $PROFILE --region us-east-2
+  needs:
+    - job: build for linux amd64
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - linux-amd64-instance.txt
+
+terminate node for linux amd64:
+  stage: integration
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cloud-deploy/aws-base:latest
+  variables:
+    INSTANCE_ID: ""
+  before_script:
+    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+    - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+    - aws configure set region "us-east-2"
+    - INSTANCE_ID=$(cat linux-amd64-instance.txt)
+    - echo $INSTANCE_ID
+  script:
+    - aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids $INSTANCE_ID
+  needs:
+    - job: deploy node for linux amd64
diff --git a/.gitlab/cloud-init.sh b/.gitlab/cloud-init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..055d0f6aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/cloud-init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash -ex
+# generate log 
+exec > >(tee /var/log/user-data.log|logger -t user-data -s 2>/dev/console) 2>&1
+
+# Install packages 
+yum update -y
+yum install postgresql -y
+
+# Configure host system  
+echo 'cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max'
+sysctl -w fs.file-max=262144
+sysctl -p
+echo 'cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max'
+
+# yum install golang -y # latest verion in ec2 is 1.15.14 
+# install go 1.16.9 manually
+curl -O https://dl.google.com/go/go1.16.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+tar xvf go1.16.9.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+chown -R root:root ./go
+mv go /usr/local
+echo "export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/ec2-user/.local/bin:/home/ec2-user/bin:/usr/local/go/bin" | tee -a /etc/profile > /dev/null
+source /etc/profile
+
+# install aws session manager pluggin
+curl "https://s3.amazonaws.com/session-manager-downloads/plugin/latest/linux_64bit/session-manager-plugin.rpm" -o "session-manager-plugin.rpm"
+yum install -y session-manager-plugin.rpm
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diff --git a/.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json b/.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6afd135d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "Parameters": {
+        "commands": [
+            "#!/bin/bash",
+            "mv /home/ec2-user/featurebase_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/featurebase",
+            "mv /home/ec2-user/featurebase.conf /etc/",
+            "mv /home/ec2-user/featurebase.service /etc/systemd/system/",
+            "adduser molecula",
+            "sudo mkdir /var/log/molecula",
+            "sudo chown molecula /var/log/molecula",
+            "sudo mkdir -p /opt/molecula/featurebase",
+            "sudo chown molecula /opt/molecula/featurebase",
+            "systemctl daemon-reload",
+            "sudo systemctl start featurebase",
+            "sudo systemctl enable featurebase",
+            "sudo systemctl status featurebase",
+            "curl localhost:10101"
+        ]
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/.gitlab/featurebase.conf b/.gitlab/featurebase.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7716d0f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/featurebase.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name = "pilosa1"
+bind = "0.0.0.0:10101"
+bind-grpc = "0.0.0.0:20101"
+
+data-dir = "/opt/molecula/featurebase"
+log-path = "/var/log/molecula/featurebase.log"
+
+max-file-count=900000
+max-map-count=900000
+
+long-query-time = "10s"
+
+[postgres]
+
+    bind = "localhost:55432"
+
+[cluster]
+
+    name = "cluster1"
+    replicas = 1
+
+[etcd]
+
+    listen-client-address = "http://localhost:10401"
+    listen-peer-address = "http://localhost:10301"
+    initial-cluster = "pilosa1=http://localhost:10301"
+
+[metric]
+
+    service = "prometheus"
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diff --git a/.gitlab/featurebase.service b/.gitlab/featurebase.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a543b92af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/featurebase.service
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Not Ansible managed
+
+[Unit]
+Description="Service for FeatureBase"
+
+[Service]
+RestartSec=30
+Restart=on-failure
+EnvironmentFile=
+User=molecula
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/featurebase server -c /etc/featurebase.conf
+
+[Install]
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