diff --git a/.github/actions/release-rules/action.yml b/.github/actions/release-rules/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f156c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/release-rules/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Release Rules Checker
+description: Determines release type based on the git ref and provided rules
+
+inputs:
+  release_tag_regex:
+    required: false
+    description: 'Regex to match the git tag to determine if this a release run of the workflow'
+    default: 'v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){0,2}'
+  prerelease_tag_regex:
+    required: false
+    description: 'Regex to match the git tag to determine if this a pre-release run of the workflow'
+    default: 'v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){0,2}(-([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?'
+  prefix:
+    required: false
+    description: "(Optional) prefix of git tags to use. Example: 'sdk/'"
+    default: ''
+outputs:
+  release-type:
+    description: 'Type of the release. One of: [dev, pre-release, release]'
+    value: ${{ steps.tag-check.outputs.release-type }}
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - run: |
+        release_regex='^refs/tags/${{ inputs.prefix }}${{ inputs.release_tag_regex }}$'
+        prerelease_regex='^refs/tags/${{ inputs.prefix }}${{ inputs.prerelease_tag_regex }}$'
+        if [[ '${{ github.event.ref }}' =~ ${release_regex} ]]; then
+          echo '::set-output name=release-type::release'
+        elif [[ '${{ github.event.ref }}' =~ ${prerelease_regex} ]]; then
+          echo '::set-output name=release-type::pre-release'
+        else
+          echo '::set-output name=release-type::dev'
+        fi
+      id: tag-check
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fluentd-plugin.yaml b/.github/workflows/fluentd-plugin.yml
similarity index 97%
rename from .github/workflows/fluentd-plugin.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/fluentd-plugin.yml
index 2126fb1..c80070e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fluentd-plugin.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fluentd-plugin.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
     paths:
-      - ".github/workflows/fluentd-plugin.yaml"
+      - ".github/workflows/fluentd-plugin.yml"
       - "images/fluentd/**"
 
   # To make it possible to trigger e2e CI workflow for any arbitrary git ref
diff --git a/.github/workflows/observation-service.yml b/.github/workflows/observation-service.yml
index 6356421..d4278ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/observation-service.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/observation-service.yml
@@ -67,4 +67,36 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
       
       - name: Run Observation Service test
+        working-directory: observation-service
         run: make test-observation-service
+
+  release-rules:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      release-type: ${{ steps.release-rules.outputs.release-type }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - id: release-rules
+        uses: ./.github/actions/release-rules
+
+  release:
+   # Automatically publish release and pre-release artifacts.
+   #
+   # As for dev releases, make it possible to publish artifacts
+   # manually by approving 'deployment' in the 'manual' environment.
+   #
+   # Dev build can be released either from the 'main' branch or
+   # by running this workflow manually with `workflow_dispatch` event.
+    if: >-
+      contains('release,pre-release', needs.release-rules.outputs.release-type)
+        || ( github.event_name != 'pull_request' )
+        || ( github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository )
+    needs:
+      - lint-go
+      - unit-tests-observation-service
+      - release-rules
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml
+    with:
+      environment: ${{ needs.release-rules.outputs.release-type == 'dev' && 'manual' || '' }}
+    secrets:
+      ghcr_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4980271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Services Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      container_registry:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: ghcr.io
+      environment:
+        type: string
+        required: false
+    secrets:
+      ghcr_token:
+        required: true
+
+env:
+  ARTIFACT_RETENTION_DAYS: 7
+
+jobs:
+  build-observation-service:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      APP_NAME: observation-service
+      DOCKER_FILE: Dockerfile.observation_service
+    outputs:
+      api-version: ${{ steps.build-image.outputs.api-version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Build Docker image
+        id: build-image
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          make BIN_NAME=$APP_NAME DOCKER_FILE=$DOCKER_FILE build-image | tee output.log
+          echo "::set-output name=api-version::$(sed -n 's%API version: \(.*\)%\1%p' output.log)"
+
+      - name: Save Docker image
+        run: |
+          docker image save \
+            --output observation-service.${{ steps.build-image.outputs.api-version }}.tar \
+            observation-service:${{ steps.build-image.outputs.api-version }}
+
+      - name: Publish Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: observation-service.${{ steps.build-image.outputs.api-version }}.tar
+          path: observation-service.${{ steps.build-image.outputs.api-version }}.tar
+          retention-days: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_RETENTION_DAYS }}
+
+  publish-observation-service:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
+    needs:
+      - build-observation-service
+    steps:
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ inputs.container_registry }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.ghcr_token }}
+      
+      - name: Download Docker image tar
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: observation-service.${{ needs.build-observation-service.outputs.api-version }}.tar
+
+      - name: Publish Docker Image
+        env:
+          DOCKER_REPOSITORY: ${{ inputs.container_registry }}/${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          docker image load --input observation-service.${{ needs.build-observation-service.outputs.api-version }}.tar
+          docker tag \
+            observation-service:${{ needs.build-observation-service.outputs.api-version }} \
+            ${{ env.DOCKER_REPOSITORY }}/observation-service:${{ needs.build-observation-service.outputs.api-version }}
+          docker push ${{ env.DOCKER_REPOSITORY }}/observation-service:${{ needs.build-observation-service.outputs.api-version }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile.observation_service b/Dockerfile.observation_service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8993990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.observation_service
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# ============================================================
+# Build stage 1: Build API
+# ============================================================
+FROM golang:1.18-alpine as go-builder
+ARG API_BIN_NAME=observation_service
+ARG SERVICE_DIRECTORY=observation-service
+
+RUN apk update && apk add build-base
+
+COPY . /app
+WORKDIR /app/${SERVICE_DIRECTORY}
+
+# Build Observation Service binary
+RUN go mod tidy
+RUN go build \
+    -tags musl \
+    -o bin/${API_BIN_NAME} \
+    -v ./cmd/${SERVICE_DIRECTORY}
+
+# ============================================================
+# Build stage 2: Copy binary
+# ============================================================
+FROM alpine:latest
+
+RUN mkdir -p /opt/observation_service
+
+COPY --from=go-builder ./bin/* /opt/observation_service/
+
+WORKDIR /opt/observation_service
+ENTRYPOINT [ "./observation-service" ]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0738b4e..c3814ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ version:
 	$(eval VERSION=$(if $(OVERWRITE_VERSION),$(OVERWRITE_VERSION),v$(shell scripts/vertagen/vertagen.sh)))
 	@echo "API version:" $(VERSION)
 
+# ==================================
+# Build recipes
+# ==================================
+
+.PHONY: build-image
+build-image: version
+	@$(eval IMAGE_TAG = $(if $(DOCKER_REGISTRY),$(DOCKER_REGISTRY)/,)${BIN_NAME}:${VERSION})
+	@echo "Building docker image: ${IMAGE_TAG}"
+	docker build --tag ${IMAGE_TAG} . -f ${DOCKER_FILE}
+
 # ==================================
 # Code dependencies recipes
 # ==================================
@@ -32,9 +42,6 @@ setup:
 	@pre-commit install
 	@pre-commit install-hooks
 
-tidy-observation-service:
-	cd ${OBSERVATION_SVC_PATH} && go mod tidy
-
 # ==================================
 # Linting recipes
 # ==================================
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ tidy-observation-service:
 lint: lint-go
 
 lint-go:
-	@echo "> Linting Observation Service code..."
+	@echo "> Linting code..."
 	cd ${OBSERVATION_SVC_PATH} && golangci-lint run --timeout 5m
 	cd ${COMMON_MODULE_PATH} && golangci-lint run --timeout 5m
 
@@ -54,25 +61,3 @@ lint-go:
 .PHONY: dependency-services
 dependency-services:
 	cd infra/local && docker-compose up -d
-
-.PHONY: observation-service
-observation-service:
-	cd observation-service && go run cmd/observation-service/main.go serve --config="config/example.yaml"
-
-# ==================================
-# Build recipes
-# ==================================
-
-build-fluentd-image:
-	cd images/fluentd && docker build -t observation-service-fluentd .
-
-# ==================================
-# Test recipes
-# ==================================
-
-test-observation-service: tidy-observation-service
-	@cd ${OBSERVATION_SVC_PATH} && go mod vendor
-	@echo "> Running Observation Service tests ..."
-	@cd ${OBSERVATION_SVC_PATH} && go test -v ./... -coverpkg ./... -gcflags=-l -race -coverprofile cover.out.tmp -tags unit,integration
-	@cd ${OBSERVATION_SVC_PATH} && cat cover.out.tmp | grep -v "api/api.go\|cmd\|.pb.go\|mock\|testutils\|server" > cover.out
-	@cd ${OBSERVATION_SVC_PATH} && go tool cover -func cover.out
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2609d6e..688abd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ make dependency-services
 
 #### c. Setup Observation Service
 ```bash
-make observation-service
+cd observation-service && make observation-service
 ```
 
 #### d. Sample Requests
diff --git a/images/fluentd/fluent.conf b/images/fluentd/fluent.conf
index cd51ae5..d6eee21 100644
--- a/images/fluentd/fluent.conf
+++ b/images/fluentd/fluent.conf
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   workers "#{ENV['FLUENTD_WORKER_COUNT']}"
 </system>
 
+# Accept HTTP input
 <source>
   @type http
   port 9880
@@ -12,12 +13,14 @@
   keepalive_timeout 10s
 </source>
 
+# Accept events on tcp socket
 <source>
   @type forward
   port 24224
   bind 0.0.0.0
 </source>
 
+# Buffer and output to multiple sinks
 <match "#{ENV['FLUENTD_TAG']}">
   @type copy
   <store>
diff --git a/observation-service/Makefile b/observation-service/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20cd48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/observation-service/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+export
+
+OBSERVATION_SVC_PATH=observation-service
+OBSERVATION_SVC_BIN_NAME=$(if $(OBSERVATION_SVC_NAME),$(OBSERVATION_SVC_NAME),observation_service)
+
+# ==================================
+# General
+# ==================================
+
+.PHONY: vendor
+vendor:
+	@echo "Fetching dependencies..."
+	go mod vendor
+
+.PHONY: version
+version:
+	$(eval VERSION=$(if $(OVERWRITE_VERSION),$(OVERWRITE_VERSION),v$(shell ../scripts/vertagen/vertagen.sh)))
+	@echo "observation-service version:" $(VERSION)
+
+tidy:
+	go mod tidy
+
+# ==================================
+# Build recipes
+# ==================================
+
+build: version
+	@echo "Building binary..."
+	go build -o ./bin/${OBSERVATION_SVC_BIN_NAME} ./cmd/${OBSERVATION_SVC_PATH}/main.go
+
+.PHONY: build-image
+build-image: vendor version
+	@$(eval IMAGE_TAG = $(if $(DOCKER_REGISTRY),$(DOCKER_REGISTRY)/,)${BIN_NAME}:${VERSION})
+	@echo "Building docker image: ${IMAGE_TAG}"
+	docker build --tag ${IMAGE_TAG} . -f ${DOCKER_FILE}
+
+# ==================================
+# Setup Services
+# ==================================
+
+.PHONY: observation-service
+observation-service:
+	go run cmd/observation-service/main.go serve --config="config/example.yaml"
+
+# ==================================
+# Test recipes
+# ==================================
+
+test-observation-service: tidy vendor
+	go mod vendor
+	@echo "> Running Observation Service tests ..."
+	go test -v ./... -coverpkg ./... -gcflags=-l -race -coverprofile cover.out.tmp -tags unit,integration
+	cat cover.out.tmp | grep -v "api/api.go\|cmd\|.pb.go\|mock\|testutils\|server" > cover.out
+	go tool cover -func cover.out