diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_instance.sh b/.github/scripts/check_instance.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc8aa24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_instance.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PUBLIC_IP=$1
+start_time=$(date +%s)
+
+while [ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w ''%{http_code}'' --max-time 5 http://$PUBLIC_IP)" != "200" ]; do
+  sleep 5
+
+  elapsed_time=$(($(date +%s) - $start_time))
+  # A timeout error is raised after waiting for 10 minutes
+  if [[ $elapsed_time -gt 600 ]]; then
+    echo "Timeout error: The request took too long to complete."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
+echo "Instance is ready!"
+exit 0
diff --git a/.github/scripts/check_meilisearch_availability.sh b/.github/scripts/check_meilisearch_availability.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfaeecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/check_meilisearch_availability.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PUBLIC_IP=$1
+status="$(curl http://$PUBLIC_IP/health)"
+
+# Check if the variable content is equal to '{"status":"available"}'
+if [ "$status" != '{"status":"available"}' ]; then
+  echo "Error: Meilisearch is not running correctly."
+  echo "Server response: $status"
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "Meilisearch is available."
+  exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e2953b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+name: Test AWS image
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    # trying and staging branches are for BORS config
+    branches:
+      - trying
+      - staging
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  test-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      PACKER_VERSION: "latest"
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Install Packer
+      uses: hashicorp/setup-packer@main
+      with:
+        version: ${{ env.PACKER_VERSION }}
+
+    - name: Build image
+      run: |
+        packer init .
+        build_res="$(packer build -var 'image_name=${{ github.run_id }}' -machine-readable -only "amazon-ebs.*" meilisearch.pkr.hcl)"
+        echo $build_res
+        image_id="$(echo $build_res | awk -F, '$0 ~/artifact,0,id/ {print $6}' | cut -d ":" -f 2)"
+        echo "IMAGE_ID=$image_id" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: check env.IMAGE_ID
+      run: echo "${{ env.IMAGE_ID }}"
+    - name: check IMAGE_ID
+      run: echo $IMAGE_ID
+
+    - name: Install Terraform
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y curl unzip
+        curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
+        sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"
+        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y terraform
+
+    - name: Create instance
+      run: |
+        terraform init
+        terraform apply -auto-approve -var ami_id=$IMAGE_ID
+        public_ip="$(terraform output public_ip_address | cut -d "\"" -f 2)"
+        echo "PUBLIC_IP=$public_ip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Test that the instance is running
+      run: |
+        sh .github/scripts/check_instance.sh ${{ env.PUBLIC_IP }}
+    - name: Test that Meilisearch is running correctly
+      run: |
+        sh .github/scripts/check_meilisearch_availability.sh ${{ env.PUBLIC_IP }}
+    - name: Destroy instance and AMI
+      if: always()
+      run: |
+        terraform init
+        terraform destroy -var ami_id=$IMAGE_ID -auto-approve
+
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2cbc1ad..7e972f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,12 +5,21 @@ packer_cache/
 crash.log
 
 # https://www.packer.io/guides/hcl/variables
-# Exclude all .pkrvars.hcl files, which are likely to contain sensitive data, 
-# such as password, private keys, and other secrets. These should not be part of 
-# version control as they are data points which are potentially sensitive and 
+# Exclude all .pkrvars.hcl files, which are likely to contain sensitive data,
+# such as password, private keys, and other secrets. These should not be part of
+# version control as they are data points which are potentially sensitive and
 # subject to change depending on the environment.
 #
 *.pkrvars.hcl
 
 # For built boxes
 *.box
+
+**/terraform.plan
+
+# Local .terraform directories
+**/.terraform/*
+
+# .tfstate files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
diff --git a/.terraform.lock.hcl b/.terraform.lock.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a760b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.terraform.lock.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init".
+# Manual edits may be lost in future updates.
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws" {
+  version = "4.64.0"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:xstX5ub6MZ+PSrrZbB0ElhThX8N2ShQThR3m8nMZ928=",
+    "zh:092614f767995140cf444cad1a97fb569885db16cb1c1dc9ee56e801232bac29",
+    "zh:142e262fbb162c8a86493cfab4aadaf96a8572f1a3a6be444d465a4aee377dba",
+    "zh:1c58c8cb9934dc98a2dd9dc48a8a3d94a14c2c3f2bc0136410a9344938d4ecfb",
+    "zh:36efdf30cd52b92668cf6f912538c6e176b1a140a00e63ee0f753b85878c8b53",
+    "zh:4c631e367fd69692b57f85564de561733380e9674e146d3a7725b781ec5db944",
+    "zh:57ace91cb022ec944ad3af9272b78f48e7f71e9d1bf113ca56c6ce8deb4341fe",
+    "zh:7fc9581b530ebf28fda80c62c20c6fbbb936a878c24872349eb107b7f198e64c",
+    "zh:8280cd8f04c31af83f3e74f07704b258fbaa8bf1d70679d5ea2f0cbda2571de2",
+    "zh:8e6217a9443b651d4349d75bdc37af9298970d854bf515d8c305919b193e4a38",
+    "zh:9b12af85486a96aedd8d7984b0ff811a4b42e3d88dad1a3fb4c0b580d04fa425",
+    "zh:9c62bc4a9034a6caf15b8863da6f5a621b947d5fca161b4bd2f2e8e78eec8e3b",
+    "zh:9d0a45cd4a031d19ee14c0a15f25df6359dcd342ccf4e2ee4751b3ee496edb57",
+    "zh:ab47f4e300c46dc1757e2b8d8d749f34f044f219479106a00bf40572091a8999",
+    "zh:b55119290497dda96ab9ba3dca00d648808dc99d18960ad8aa875775bfaf95db",
+    "zh:df513941e6979f557edcac28d84bd91af9786104b0deba45b3b259a5ad215897",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/terraform-config.tf b/terraform-config.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b86f8b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform-config.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+variable "ami_id" {
+  type = string
+}
+
+variable "region" {
+  description = "The AWS region to use for resources"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "us-east-1"
+}
+
+provider "aws" {
+  region = var.region
+}
+
+data "aws_security_group" "selected" {
+  id = "sg-037fd498b332442c1"
+}
+
+resource "aws_instance" "test" {
+  ami           = var.ami_id
+  instance_type = "t2.small"
+  tags = {
+    Name = "aws-packer-testing-instance"
+  }
+  vpc_security_group_ids = [data.aws_security_group.selected.id]
+
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    command = "aws ec2 deregister-image --image-id ${self.ami}"
+    when    = destroy
+
+    environment = {
+      AWS_REGION = "us-east-1"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+output "public_ip_address" {
+  value = aws_instance.test.public_ip
+}