diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 578cd5de2b326..b7131d681c5dd 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # If this is uncommented it will pull and not rebuild
 # IMAGE_REPO=quay.io/grpereir
 IMAGE_REPO=quay.io/ai-lab
-IMAGE_ARCH=arm64
+IMAGE_ARCH=amd64
 OS_NAME=rhel9
 
 # for services.builder.image in docker-compose.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ai-lab-remote-rhel-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/ai-lab-remote-rhel-build.yaml
index 8a47a34ea60b4..37d0b780e73fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ai-lab-remote-rhel-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ai-lab-remote-rhel-build.yaml
@@ -20,15 +20,18 @@ env:
   TF_VAR_ami_id: ${{ secrets.AMI_ID }}
 
 jobs:
-  ai-lab-podman-remote:
+  rhel9-milvus:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 1
     steps:
         - name: Setup Terraform
           uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@v3.1.1
           with:
             terraform_version: "1.7.5"
 
-        - name: Checkout
+        - name: Checkout code on runner
           uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.6
 
         - name: sshkeygen for ansible
@@ -39,20 +42,58 @@ jobs:
 
         - name: Terraform Apply
           run: terraform apply -auto-approve
+        
+        - name: Set up Python on runner
+          uses: actions/setup-python@v5.1.0
+          with:
+            python-version: '3.11'
 
-        - name: Terraform Output
-          id: terraform-output
+        - name: Install Ansible on runner
           run: |
-            echo "id=$(terraform output id | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "url=$(terraform output host | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "ssh_public_key=$(terraform output ssh_public_key | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            echo "pem_filename=$(terraform output pem_filename | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+            pip install ansible
+
+        # currently no reqs
+        # - name: Ansible Collections
+        #   working-directory: build/ci/rhel-ansible
+        #   run: ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yaml
 
-        - name: Install podman remote
+        - name: Install jq and build inventory on runner
           run: |
-            sudo apt-get install -y podman podman-remote
             sudo apt-get install -y jq
+            PUBLIC_IP=$(terraform output -json | jq -r '.public_ip.value')
+            # PUBLIC_IP=$(terraform output -json | jq -r '.public_ip.value' | cut -d "\"" -f 2)
+            echo "public_ip=$PUBLIC_IP" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "[test_environments]" > build/ci/rhel-ansible/inventory.ini
+            echo "test_environment_host ansible_host=${PUBLIC_IP}" >> build/ci/rhel-ansible/inventory.ini
+            # cat build/ci/rhel-ansible/inventory.ini
+
+        - name: Setup tmate session
+          # if: ${{ failure() }}
+          uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3.18
+          timeout-minutes: 15
+          with:
+            detached: true
+            limit-access-to-actor: true
+
+        - name: Provision runner to ec2
+          working-directory: build/ci/rhel-ansible
+          run: |
+            ansible-playbook -v playbook.yaml \
+              -i inventory.ini \
+              --private-key=/home/runner/.ssh/id_rsa \
+              --extra-vars "registry_user=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}" \
+              --extra-vars "registry_pass=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASS }}" \
+              --extra-vars "subman_user=${{ secrets.SUBMAN_USER }}" \
+              --extra-vars "subman_pass=${{ secrets.SUBMAN_PASS }}"
+          env:
+            ANSIBLE_CONFIG: ansible.cfg
 
         - name: Terraform Destroy
           if: always()
           run: terraform destroy -auto-approve
+
+        # For stacked runs of CI with concurrency allow for destroy to work
+        - name: Wait for 30 seconds for destroy to work
+          if: always()
+          run: sleep 30
diff --git a/build/ci/rhel-ansible/ansible.cfg b/build/ci/rhel-ansible/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c0f038aa3984b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/ci/rhel-ansible/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[ssh_connection]
+ssh_common_args = -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null ;
+[defaults]
+host_key_checking = False
diff --git a/build/ci/rhel-ansible/playbook.yaml b/build/ci/rhel-ansible/playbook.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c8d204124b1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/ci/rhel-ansible/playbook.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+---
+- name: Building rhel9-milvus
+  hosts: test_environments
+  remote_user: ec2-user
+  become: true
+  gather_facts: false
+
+# THIS RUNS ON RHEL AMI AS BUILDER FOR SUBMAN
+
+  tasks:
+
+  - name: Wait until the instance is ready
+    ansible.builtin.wait_for_connection:
+    delay: 15
+    timeout: 180
+
+  - name: Gather facts for first time
+    ansible.builtin.setup:
+
+  # - name: DEBUG - sleep
+  #   ansible.builtin.shell: |
+  #     sleep 600
+
+  - name: remove podman for clean docker install
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      sudo dnf -y remove \
+        docker \
+        docker-client \
+        docker-client-latest \
+        docker-common \
+        docker-latest \
+        docker-latest-logrotate \
+        docker-logrotate \
+        docker-engine \
+        podman \
+        runc
+
+  - name: setup docker server and docker compose
+    async: 1000
+    poll: 0
+    register: docker_install_result
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      sudo yum install -y yum-utils
+      sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/rhel/docker-ce.repo
+      sudo yum -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+      sudo systemctl start docker
+
+  - name: Check on downloading docker + docker tools
+    async_status:
+      jid: "{{ docker_install_result.ansible_job_id }}"
+    register: job_result
+    until: job_result.finished
+    retries: 25
+    delay: 10
+
+  - name: Ensure Docker is running
+    ansible.builtin.systemd:
+      name: docker
+      state: started
+      enabled: yes
+
+  - name: DEBUG - sleep
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      sleep 400
+
+  - name: Install the docker-compose binary
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      cd /tmp
+      export ARCH=$(uname -m)
+      if [[ "$ARCH" == "arm64" ]] || [[ "$ARCH" == "aarch64" ]]; then
+        curl -sLO https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.28.0/docker-compose-linux-aarch64
+        sudo mv /tmp/docker-compose-linux-aarch64 /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+      elif [[ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]] || [[ "$ARCH" == "x86_64" ]]; then
+        curl -sLO https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.28.0/docker-compose-linux-x86_64
+        sudo mv /tmp/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+      fi
+      chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+
+  - name: Log in to quay.io
+    community.docker.docker_login:
+      username: "{{ registry_user }}"
+      password: "{{ registry_pass }}"
+      registry: quay.io
+
+  - name: Register to subscription manager
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      subscription-manager register --username "{{ subman_user }}" --password "{{ subman_pass }}" --force
+    
+  - name: Clone Git repository
+    ansible.builtin.git:
+      repo: https://github.com/redhat-et/milvus.git
+      dest: "/home/ec2-user/milvus"
+      version: "rhel9-milvus"  
+      clone: yes
+      update: yes
+
+  - name: Make the builder image
+    async: 1000
+    poll: 0
+    register: builder_result
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      /home/ec2-user/milvus/build/builder.sh make install
+
+  - name: Check on the builder image
+    async_status:
+      jid: "{{ builder_result.ansible_job_id }}"
+    register: job_result
+    until: job_result.finished
+    retries: 100
+    delay: 10
+
+  - name: Make the milvus image
+    async: 1000
+    poll: 0
+    register: milvus_result
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      cd /home/ec2-user/milvus
+      mv bin build/docker/milvus/rhel9/
+      mv configs build/docker/milvus/rhel9/
+      mv lib build/docker/milvus/rhel9/
+      ./build/build_image.sh make
+
+  - name: Check on the milvus image
+    async_status:
+      jid: "{{ milvus_result.ansible_job_id }}"
+    register: job_result
+    until: job_result.finished
+    retries: 100
+    delay: 10
+
+  - name: log docker images
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      docker images
+  
+  - name: DEBUG - sleep
+    ansible.builtin.shell: |
+      sleep 400
diff --git a/build/ci/rhel-ansible/requirements.yaml b/build/ci/rhel-ansible/requirements.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d764e6348d354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/ci/rhel-ansible/requirements.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+collections:
+  - name: community.docker
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/docker/builder/cpu/rhel9/Dockerfile b/build/docker/builder/cpu/rhel9/Dockerfile
index 6913832fa3d94..86df255ac3311 100644
--- a/build/docker/builder/cpu/rhel9/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/builder/cpu/rhel9/Dockerfile
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ RUN dnf install -y make cmake automake gcc gcc-c++ \
 
 RUN alias python3='python3.11'
 
-# Assumes you have a valid subman subscription
-    # This gets used for the codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-<arch> stream for openblas-devel
-
+# Assumes you have a valid subman subscription at the host machine
+RUN subscription-manager register --auto-attach
+# This gets used for the codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-<arch> stream for openblas-devel
 COPY build/docker/builder/cpu/rhel9/install-rpms.sh /root/install-rpms.sh
 RUN chmod +x /root/install-rpms.sh
 RUN /root/install-rpms.sh
diff --git a/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/Dockerfile b/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/Dockerfile
index cd7f2defbfee8..e6b142afdeebe 100644
--- a/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/milvus/rhel9/Dockerfile
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ RUN dnf install -y wget libgomp libaio libatomic
 USER 0
 
 # Assumes you have a valid subman subscription
-    # This gets used for the codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-<arch> stream for openblas-devel 
-
+RUN subscription-manager register --auto-attach
+# This gets used for the codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-<arch> stream for openblas-devel 
 COPY build/docker/milvus/rhel9/install-openblas.sh /home/install-openblas.sh
 RUN chmod +x /home/install-openblas.sh
 RUN TARGETARCH=$TARGETARCH /home/install-openblas.sh