diff --git a/.github/actions/build-and-push-ci-image/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-and-push-ci-image/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c7d0532ce02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/build-and-push-ci-image/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Build and push CI Docker image
+description: Build and push CI Docker image to local registry
+inputs:
+  binary_path:
+    default: "./bin"
+    description: "Binary path"
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps: 
+    - name: Build and push to local registry
+      uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+      with:
+        context: .
+        file: ./docker/ci/ubuntu/Dockerfile.ci
+        push: true
+        tags: localhost:5001/greptime/greptimedb:latest
+        build-args: |
+          BINARY_PATH=${{ inputs.binary_path }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-greptimedb-cluster/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-greptimedb-cluster/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a175947369f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-greptimedb-cluster/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+name: Setup GreptimeDB cluster
+description: Deploy GreptimeDB cluster on Kubernetes
+inputs:
+  frontend-replica-count:
+    default: 1
+    description: "Frontend replica count"
+  datanode-replica-count:
+    default: 2
+    description: "Datanode replica count"
+  metasrv-replica-count:
+    default: 1
+    description: "Metasrv replica count"
+  etcd-replica-count:
+    default: 1
+    description: "Etcd replica count"
+  image-registry: 
+    default: "docker.io"
+    description: "Image registry"
+  image-repository: 
+    default: "greptime/greptimedb"
+    description: "Image repository"
+  image-tag: 
+    required: true
+    description: 'Image tag'
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+  - name: Install greptime operator
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      helm repo add greptime https://greptimeteam.github.io/helm-charts/ 
+      helm repo update
+      helm upgrade \
+        --install \
+        --create-namespace \
+        greptimedb-operator greptime/greptimedb-operator \
+        -n greptimedb-admin
+  - name: Install etcd cluster
+    shell: bash
+    run: | 
+      helm upgrade \
+        --install etcd oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/etcd \
+        --set replicaCount=${{ inputs.etcd-replica-count }} \
+        --set auth.rbac.create=false \
+        --set auth.rbac.token.enabled=false \
+        --set persistence.size=1Gi \
+        --create-namespace \
+        -n etcd-cluster
+  - name: Wait for etcd
+    run: |
+      kubectl wait \
+        --for=condition=Ready \
+        pod -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=etcd \
+        --timeout=120s \
+        -n etcd-cluster
+  - name: Print etcd info
+    run: kubectl get all --show-labels -n etcd-cluster
+  - name: Install GreptimeDB cluster
+    shell: bash
+    run: | 
+      helm upgrade \
+        --install my-greptimedb \
+        --set meta.etcdEndpoints=etcd.etcd-cluster.svc.cluster.local:2379 \
+        --set image.registry=${{ inputs.image-registry }} \
+        --set image.repository=${{ inputs.image-repository }}  \
+        --set image.tag=${{ inputs.image-tag }} \
+        greptime/greptimedb-cluster \
+        --create-namespace \
+        -n my-greptimedb
+  - name: Wait for GreptimeDB
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      kubectl wait \
+        --for=condition=Ready \
+        pod -l app.greptime.io/component=my-greptimedb-meta \
+        --timeout=120s \
+        -n my-greptimedb
+      kubectl wait \
+        --for=condition=Ready \
+        pod -l app.greptime.io/component=my-greptimedb-datanode \
+        --timeout=120s \
+        -n my-greptimedb
+      kubectl wait \
+        --for=condition=Ready \
+        pod -l app.greptime.io/component=my-greptimedb-frontend \
+        --timeout=120s \
+        -n my-greptimedb
+  - name: Print GreptimeDB info
+    if: always()
+    shell: bash
+    run: | 
+      kubectl get all --show-labels -n my-greptimedb
+  - name: Export kind logs
+    if: failure()
+    shell: bash
+    run: | 
+      kind export logs /tmp/kind
+  - name: Upload logs
+    if: failure()
+    uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+    with:
+      name: kind-logs
+      path: /tmp/kind
+      retention-days: 3
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diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-kind/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-kind/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae1b71ea4ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-kind/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: Setup Kind
+description: Deploy Kind
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+  - name: Install Kind
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      [ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ] && curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.23.0/kind-linux-amd64
+      chmod +x ./kind
+      sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind
+  - name: Create kind cluster
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      ./.github/scripts/kind-with-registry.sh
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop.yml b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
index 31e7b3c1d035..61339087c607 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
@@ -231,86 +231,65 @@ jobs:
           path: /tmp/unstable-greptime/
           retention-days: 3
 
+  build-greptime-ci:
+    name: Build GreptimeDB binary (profile-CI)
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-20.04 ]
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
+        with:
+          toolchain: ${{ env.RUST_TOOLCHAIN }}
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          # Shares across multiple jobs
+          shared-key: "build-greptime-ci"
+      - name: Install cargo-gc-bin
+        shell: bash
+        run: cargo install cargo-gc-bin
+      - name: Build greptime bianry
+        shell: bash
+        # `cargo gc` will invoke `cargo build` with specified args
+        run: cargo build --bin greptime --profile ci
+      - name: Pack greptime binary
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir bin && \
+          mv ./target/ci/greptime bin
+      - name: Print greptime binaries info
+        run: ls -lh bin
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: ./.github/actions/upload-artifacts
+        with:
+          artifacts-dir: bin
+          version: current
+
   e2e: 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:  build-greptime-ci
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Kind
-        run: |
-          [ $(uname -m) = x86_64 ] && curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.23.0/kind-linux-amd64
-          chmod +x ./kind
-          sudo mv ./kind /usr/local/bin/kind
-      - name: Create kind cluster
-        run: |
-          ./.github/scripts/kind-with-registry.sh
-      - name: Install greptime operator
-        run: |
-          helm repo add greptime https://greptimeteam.github.io/helm-charts/ 
-          helm repo update
-          helm upgrade \
-            --install \
-            --create-namespace \
-            greptimedb-operator greptime/greptimedb-operator \
-            -n greptimedb-admin
-      - name: Install etcd cluster
-        run: | 
-          helm upgrade \
-            --install etcd oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/etcd \
-            --set replicaCount=1 \
-            --set auth.rbac.create=false \
-            --set auth.rbac.token.enabled=false \
-            --set persistence.size=1Gi \
-            --create-namespace \
-            -n etcd-cluster
-      - name: Wait for etcd
-        run: |
-          kubectl wait \
-            --for=condition=Ready \
-            pod -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=etcd \
-            --timeout=120s \
-            -n etcd-cluster
-      - name: Print etcd info
-        run: kubectl get all --show-labels -n etcd-cluster
-      - name: Install GreptimeDB cluster
-        run: | 
-          helm upgrade \
-            --install my-greptimedb \
-            --set meta.etcdEndpoints=etcd.etcd-cluster.svc.cluster.local:2379 \
-            greptime/greptimedb-cluster \
-            --create-namespace \
-            -n my-greptimedb
-      - name: Wait for GreptimeDB
-        run: |
-          kubectl wait \
-            --for=condition=Ready \
-            pod -l app.greptime.io/component=my-greptimedb-meta \
-            --timeout=120s \
-            -n my-greptimedb
-          kubectl wait \
-            --for=condition=Ready \
-            pod -l app.greptime.io/component=my-greptimedb-datanode \
-            --timeout=120s \
-            -n my-greptimedb
-          kubectl wait \
-            --for=condition=Ready \
-            pod -l app.greptime.io/component=my-greptimedb-frontend \
-            --timeout=120s \
-            -n my-greptimedb
-      - name: Print GreptimeDB info
-        if: always()
-        run: | 
-          kubectl get all --show-labels -n my-greptimedb
-      - name: Export kind logs
-        if: failure()
-        run: | 
-          kind export logs /tmp/kind
-      - name: Upload logs
-        if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - name: Setup Kind
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-kind
+      - name: Download pre-built binariy
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: kind-logs
-          path: /tmp/kind
-          retention-days: 3
+          name: bin
+          path: .
+      - name: Unzip binary
+        run: tar -xvf ./bin.tar.gz
+      - name: Build and push GreptimeDB image
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-and-push-ci-image
+      - name: Setup GreptimeDB cluster
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-greptimedb-cluster
+        with:
+          image-registry: localhost:5001
 
   sqlness:
     name: Sqlness Test
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1ece9e77fabc..e81050ddfb75 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ lto = "thin"
 debug = false
 incremental = false
 
+[profile.ci]
+inherits = "dev"
+debug = false
+strip = true
+
 [profile.dev.package.sqlness-runner]
 debug = false
 strip = true
diff --git a/docker/ci/ubuntu/Dockerfile.ci b/docker/ci/ubuntu/Dockerfile.ci
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..247010f5ef04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/ci/ubuntu/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+
+# The binary name of GreptimeDB executable.
+# Defaults to "greptime", but sometimes in other projects it might be different.
+ARG TARGET_BIN=greptime
+
+RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
+    ca-certificates \
+    curl
+
+ARG BINARY_PATH
+ADD $BINARY_PATH/$TARGET_BIN /greptime/bin/
+
+ENV PATH /greptime/bin/:$PATH
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["greptime"]