diff --git a/runners/Dockerfile b/runners/Dockerfile
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+ARG FEATUREBASE_URL=https://github.com/FeatureBaseDB/featurebase/releases/download/v1.1.0-community/featurebase-v1.1.0-community-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+
+# builder is responsible for downloads and conforming to naming conventions
+FROM alpine:latest as builder
+ARG FEATUREBASE_URL
+
+RUN wget -O featurebase.tar.gz ${FEATUREBASE_URL}
+RUN tar -zxvf featurebase.tar.gz
+RUN mv featurebase-v*/ featurebase/
+RUN mv idk-v*/ idk/
+
+###
+# runner for featurebase binary
+FROM alpine:latest as featurebase
+COPY --from=builder /featurebase /usr/local/bin
+WORKDIR /home/featurebase
+
+###
+# runner for IDK
+FROM alpine:latest as ingest
+COPY --from=builder /idk /idk
+WORKDIR idk
+
+# Alpine tar command seems to leave meta files behind, this removes them
+RUN rm \._*
+RUN chmod ug+x *
+
+RUN mv /idk/* /usr/local/bin
+RUN rm -rf /idk
+
+WORKDIR /home/ingester
diff --git a/runners/Makefile b/runners/Makefile
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+.PHONY: build-runners push-runners
+
+TAG_ROOT=ghcr.io/featurebasedb/examples
+TAG_FB_RUNNER=$(TAG_ROOT)/featurebase-runner
+TAG_INGEST_RUNNER=$(TAG_ROOT)/ingest-runner
+TAG_VERSION=latest
+
+build-runners:
+	docker build --target=featurebase -t$(TAG_FB_RUNNER):$(TAG_VERSION) -f Dockerfile ../
+	docker build --target=ingest -t$(TAG_INGEST_RUNNER):$(TAG_VERSION) -f Dockerfile ../
+
+push-runners:
+	docker push $(TAG_FB_RUNNER):$(TAG_VERSION)
+	docker push $(TAG_INGEST_RUNNER):$(TAG_VERSION)
diff --git a/runners/README.md b/runners/README.md
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+# FeatureBase Runners
+
+Docker images for running FeatureBase.
+
+## Build and Push Runners
+
+`make build-runners`  
+`make push-runners`
+
+** Requires the user to log into the target docker repository. **
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