diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a3599bbe7..bf210f5a9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@ build container fb:
     - docker push $tag
     - echo Created docker featurebase image with tag "$tag"
 
+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"
+
 deploy node for linux amd64:
   stage: lint
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cloud-deploy/aws-base:latest
@@ -185,14 +190,9 @@ deploy node for linux amd64:
     SECURITY_GROUP: ""
     SUBNET_ID: ""
     PUBLIC_IP: ""
-    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
     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
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ deploy node for linux amd64:
     - echo $INSTANCE_ID > linux-amd64-instance.txt
     - echo $INSTANCE_ID
     - scp -i gitlab-featurebase-dev.pem featurebase_linux_amd64 ec2-user@$PUBLIC_IP:.
+    - scp -i gitlab-featurebase-dev.pem .gitlab/featurebase.conf .gitlab/featurebase.service ec2-user@$PUBLIC_IP:.
     - sleep 120
   needs:
     job: build for linux amd64
@@ -221,17 +222,27 @@ deploy node for linux amd64:
     paths:
       - linux-amd64-instance.txt
 
+run featurebase in linux amd64 node:
+  stage: lint
+  image:
+  variables:
+    INSTANCE_ID: ""
+  before_script:
+    - INSTANCE_ID=$(cat linux-amd64-instance.txt)
+  script:
+    - aws ssm send-command --document-name "AWS-RunShellScript" --targets InstanceIds=$INSTANCE_ID --cli-input-json file://.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json
+  needs:
+    job:
+      deploy node for linux amd64
+
 terminate node for linux amd64:
   stage: lint
   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)
   script:
     - aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids $INSTANCE_ID
   needs:
-    job: deploy node for linux amd64
+    job: run featurebase in linux amd64 node
diff --git a/.gitlab/cloud-init.sh b/.gitlab/cloud-init.sh
index 18257a90b..f9f289582 100755
--- a/.gitlab/cloud-init.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/cloud-init.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ exec > >(tee /var/log/user-data.log|logger -t user-data -s 2>/dev/console) 2>&1
 
 # Install packages 
 yum update -y
-# yum install golang -y # latest verion in ec2 is 1.15.14 
 yum install postgresql -y
 
 # Configure host system  
@@ -13,7 +12,8 @@ sysctl -w fs.file-max=262144
 sysctl -p
 echo 'cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max'
 
-# install go 1.16.9
+# 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
diff --git a/.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json b/.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..569b6d0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/configureFeatureBase.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "Parameters": {
+        "commands": [
+            "#!/bin/bash",
+            "mv featurebase_linux_amd64 /usr/local/bin/",
+            "mv featurebase.conf /etc/",
+            "mv 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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