diff --git a/.ansible-lint.yml b/.ansible-lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e010e6090
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ansible-lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+profile: production
+
+# exclude_paths included in this file are parsed relative to this file's location
+# and not relative to the CWD of execution. CLI arguments passed to the --exclude
+# option are parsed relative to the CWD of execution.
+exclude_paths:
+  - .cache/  # implicit unless exclude_paths is defined in config
+  - .github/
+
+use_default_rules: true
+enable_list:
+  - args
+  - empty-string-compare
+  - no-log-password
+  - no-same-owner
+warn_list:
+  - experimental
+skip_list:
+  - name[casing]
+  - name[prefix]
+  - yaml[line-length]
+  - var-naming[no-role-prefix]
+
+# Offline mode disables installation of requirements.yml
+offline: false
+
+# Make the output more readable
+parseable: true
+
+# Define required Ansible's variables to satisfy syntax check
+# extra_vars:
+
+# List of additional kind:pattern to be added at the top of the default
+# match list, first match determines the file kind.
+kinds:
+  - tasks: "ansible/tasks/*.yml"
+  - vars: "ansible/vars.yml"
diff --git a/.github/actionlint.yml b/.github/actionlint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b6706dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actionlint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+self-hosted-runner:
+  labels:
+    - aarch64-darwin
+    - aarch64-linux
+    - blacksmith-2vcpu-ubuntu-2404-arm
+    - blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    - blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404
+    - blacksmith-32vcpu-ubuntu-2404
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cc82a5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+name: Ansible Test Image CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  id-token: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch: [amd64, arm64]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.arch == 'amd64' && 'blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404' || 'blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404-arm' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: supabase/postgres/.github/actions/shared-checkout@HEAD
+
+      - name: Install Nix
+        uses: ./.github/actions/nix-install-ephemeral
+        with:
+          push-to-cache: true
+        env:
+          DEV_AWS_ROLE: ${{ secrets.DEV_AWS_ROLE }}
+          NIX_SIGN_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.NIX_SIGN_SECRET_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Build Docker image with Nix
+        run: |
+          echo "Building ansible-test Docker image for ${{ matrix.arch }}..."
+          IMAGE_PATH=$(nix build .#docker-ansible-test --print-out-paths)
+          echo "IMAGE_PATH=$IMAGE_PATH" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Load and push Docker image
+        run: |
+          echo "Loading Docker image..."
+          docker load < "$IMAGE_PATH"
+          docker tag supabase/ansible-test:latest supabase/ansible-test:latest-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          docker push supabase/ansible-test:latest-${{ matrix.arch }}
+
+  create-manifest:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop'
+    needs: build-and-push
+    runs-on: 'blacksmith-4vcpu-ubuntu-2404'
+    steps:
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Create and push multi-arch manifest
+        run: |
+          docker manifest create supabase/ansible-test:latest \
+            supabase/ansible-test:latest-amd64 \
+            supabase/ansible-test:latest-arm64
+          docker manifest push supabase/ansible-test:latest
+
+  run-ansible-tests:
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' || success()
+    needs: create-manifest
+    runs-on: 'blacksmith-16vcpu-ubuntu-2404'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: supabase/postgres/.github/actions/shared-checkout@HEAD
+
+      - name: Install Nix
+        uses: ./.github/actions/nix-install-ephemeral
+        with:
+          push-to-cache: true
+        env:
+          DEV_AWS_ROLE: ${{ secrets.DEV_AWS_ROLE }}
+          NIX_SIGN_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.NIX_SIGN_SECRET_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Run Ansible tests
+        env:
+          PY_COLORS: '1'
+          ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: '1'
+        run: |
+          docker pull supabase/ansible-test:latest &
+          nix run .#ansible-test
diff --git a/ansible/tasks/files b/ansible/tasks/files
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..feb122881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/tasks/files
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../files
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ansible/tasks/setup-nginx.yml b/ansible/tasks/setup-nginx.yml
index 1f10ceec2..58986419a 100644
--- a/ansible/tasks/setup-nginx.yml
+++ b/ansible/tasks/setup-nginx.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-- name: nginx - system user
+---
+- name: Nginx - system user
   ansible.builtin.user:
-    name: 'nginx'
-    state: 'present'
+    name: nginx
+    state: present
 
 # Kong installation steps from http://archive.vn/3HRQx
-- name: nginx - system dependencies
+- name: Nginx - system dependencies
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     pkg:
       - libpcre3-dev
@@ -12,67 +13,70 @@
       - openssl
       - zlib1g-dev
 
-- name: nginx - download source
+- name: Nginx - download source
   ansible.builtin.get_url:
     checksum: "{{ nginx_release_checksum }}"
-    dest: '/tmp/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}.tar.gz'
-    url: "https://nginx.org/download/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}.tar.gz"
+    dest: /tmp/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}.tar.gz
+    url: https://nginx.org/download/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}.tar.gz
+    mode: '0640'
 
-- name: nginx - unpack archive
+- name: Nginx - unpack archive
   ansible.builtin.unarchive:
-    dest: '/tmp'
+    dest: /tmp
     remote_src: true
-    src: "/tmp/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}.tar.gz"
+    src: /tmp/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}.tar.gz
 
-- name: nginx - configure
+- name: Nginx - configure
   ansible.builtin.command:
     argv:
-      - ./configure 
-      - --prefix=/usr/local/nginx 
-      - --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf 
-      - --with-http_ssl_module 
-      - --with-http_realip_module 
+      - ./configure
+      - --prefix=/usr/local/nginx
+      - --conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+      - --with-http_ssl_module
+      - --with-http_realip_module
       - --with-threads
+    creates: /tmp/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}/Makefile
   args:
-    chdir: "/tmp/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}"
+    chdir: /tmp/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}
   become: true
 
-- name: nginx - build and install
+- name: Nginx - build and install
   community.general.make:
-    chdir: "/tmp/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}"
+    chdir: /tmp/nginx-{{ nginx_release }}
     jobs: "{{ parallel_jobs | default(omit) }}"
     target: "{{ make_target }}"
   become: true
   loop:
-    - 'build'
-    - 'install'
+    - build
+    - install
   loop_control:
-    loop_var: 'make_target'
+    loop_var: make_target
 
-- name: nginx - hand over ownership of /etc/nginx and /usr/local/nginx to user nginx
+- name: Nginx - hand over ownership of /etc/nginx and /usr/local/nginx to user nginx
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    owner: 'nginx'
+    owner: nginx
     path: "{{ nginx_dir_item }}"
     recurse: true
   loop:
     - /etc/nginx
     - /usr/local/nginx
   loop_control:
-    loop_var: 'nginx_dir_item'
+    loop_var: nginx_dir_item
 
 # [warn] ulimit is currently set to "1024". For better performance set it to at least
 # "4096" using "ulimit -n"
-- name: nginx - bump up ulimit
+- name: Nginx - bump up ulimit
   community.general.pam_limits:
-    domain: 'nginx'
-    limit_item: 'nofile'
-    limit_type: 'soft'
-    value: '4096'
+    domain: nginx
+    limit_item: nofile
+    limit_type: soft
+    value: "4096"
 
-- name: nginx - create service file
+- name: Nginx - create service file
   ansible.builtin.template:
-    dest: '/etc/systemd/system/nginx.service'
-    src: 'files/nginx.service.j2'
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/nginx.service
+    src: files/nginx.service.j2
+    mode: '0644'
 
 # Keep it dormant for the timebeing
 
diff --git a/ansible/tests/conftest.py b/ansible/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28544f786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import pytest
+import subprocess
+import testinfra
+from rich.console import Console
+
+console = Console()
+
+
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--flake-dir",
+        action="store",
+        help="Directory containing the current flake",
+    )
+
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--docker-image",
+        action="store",
+        help="Docker image and tag to use for testing",
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def host(request):
+    flake_dir = request.config.getoption("--flake-dir")
+    if not flake_dir:
+        pytest.fail("--flake-dir option is required")
+    docker_image = request.config.getoption("--docker-image")
+    docker_id = (
+        subprocess.check_output(
+            [
+                "docker",
+                "run",
+                "--privileged",
+                "--cap-add",
+                "SYS_ADMIN",
+                "--security-opt",
+                "seccomp=unconfined",
+                "--cgroup-parent=docker.slice",
+                "--cgroupns",
+                "private",
+                "-v",
+                f"{flake_dir}:/flake",
+                "-d",
+                docker_image,
+            ]
+        )
+        .decode()
+        .strip()
+    )
+    yield testinfra.get_host("docker://" + docker_id)
+    subprocess.check_call(["docker", "rm", "-f", docker_id], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def run_ansible_playbook(host):
+    def _run_playbook(playbook_name, verbose=False):
+        cmd = [
+            "ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False",
+            "ansible-playbook",
+            "--connection=local",
+        ]
+        if verbose:
+            cmd.append("-vvv")
+        cmd.extend(
+            [
+                "-i",
+                "localhost,",
+                "--extra-vars",
+                "@/flake/ansible/vars.yml",
+                f"/flake/ansible/tests/{playbook_name}",
+            ]
+        )
+        result = host.run(" ".join(cmd))
+        if result.failed:
+            console.log(result.stdout)
+            console.log(result.stderr)
+            pytest.fail(
+                f"Ansible playbook {playbook_name} failed with return code {result.rc}"
+            )
+
+    return _run_playbook
diff --git a/ansible/tests/nginx.yaml b/ansible/tests/nginx.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0054819c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/tests/nginx.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+- name: Setup Nginx Server
+  hosts: localhost
+  tasks:
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        pkg:
+          - build-essential
+        update_cache: true
+    - name: Setup Nginx using existing task file
+      ansible.builtin.import_tasks: ../tasks/setup-nginx.yml
+    - name: Start Nginx service
+      ansible.builtin.service:
+        name: nginx
+        state: started
+        enabled: true
diff --git a/ansible/tests/test_nginx.py b/ansible/tests/test_nginx.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec68e82a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/tests/test_nginx.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
+def run_ansible(run_ansible_playbook):
+    run_ansible_playbook("nginx.yaml")
+
+
+def test_nginx_service(host):
+    assert host.service("nginx.service").is_valid
+    assert host.service("nginx.service").is_running
diff --git a/nix/hooks.nix b/nix/hooks.nix
index 896c262ba..1552e1638 100644
--- a/nix/hooks.nix
+++ b/nix/hooks.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 { inputs, ... }:
+let
+  ghWorkflows = builtins.attrNames (builtins.readDir ../.github/workflows);
+  lintedWorkflows = [ "ansible-test.yml" ];
+in
 {
   imports = [ inputs.git-hooks.flakeModule ];
   perSystem =
@@ -8,9 +12,26 @@
         check.enable = true;
         settings = {
           hooks = {
+            actionlint = {
+              enable = true;
+              excludes = builtins.filter (name: !builtins.elem name lintedWorkflows) ghWorkflows;
+              verbose = true;
+            };
+
+            ansible-lint = {
+              enable = true;
+              verbose = true;
+              settings = {
+                configPath = "${../.ansible-lint.yml}";
+                subdir = "ansible/tests";
+              };
+            };
+
             treefmt = {
               enable = true;
               package = config.treefmt.build.wrapper;
+              pass_filenames = false;
+              verbose = true;
             };
           };
         };
diff --git a/nix/packages/ansible-test.nix b/nix/packages/ansible-test.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..618ecc1c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/packages/ansible-test.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{ self, pkgs }:
+pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+  name = "ansible-test";
+  runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [
+    (python3.withPackages (
+      ps: with ps; [
+        requests
+        pytest
+        pytest-testinfra
+        pytest-xdist
+        rich
+      ]
+    ))
+  ];
+  text = ''
+    echo "Running Ansible tests..."
+    FLAKE_DIR=${self}
+    pytest -x -p no:cacheprovider -s -v "$@" $FLAKE_DIR/ansible/tests --flake-dir=$FLAKE_DIR --docker-image=supabase/ansible-test:latest "$@"
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    description = "Ansible test runner";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nix/packages/default.nix b/nix/packages/default.nix
index c8eb02ef0..2a58f95ad 100644
--- a/nix/packages/default.nix
+++ b/nix/packages/default.nix
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@
       packages = (
         {
           build-test-ami = pkgs.callPackage ./build-test-ami.nix { };
+          ansible-test = pkgs.callPackage ./ansible-test.nix { inherit self; };
           cleanup-ami = pkgs.callPackage ./cleanup-ami.nix { };
           dbmate-tool = pkgs.callPackage ./dbmate-tool.nix { inherit (self.supabase) defaults; };
+          docker-ansible-test = pkgs.callPackage ./docker-ansible-test.nix {
+            inherit (self'.packages) docker-image-ubuntu;
+          };
+          docker-image-ubuntu = pkgs.callPackage ./docker-ubuntu.nix { };
           docs = pkgs.callPackage ./docs.nix { };
           supabase-groonga = pkgs.callPackage ./groonga { };
           http-mock-server = pkgs.callPackage ./http-mock-server.nix { };
diff --git a/nix/packages/docker-ansible-test.nix b/nix/packages/docker-ansible-test.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15a1d2320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/packages/docker-ansible-test.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  docker-image-ubuntu,
+}:
+let
+  tools = [ pkgs.ansible ];
+in
+pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
+  name = "supabase/ansible-test";
+  tag = "latest";
+  maxLayers = 30;
+  fromImage = docker-image-ubuntu;
+  compressor = "zstd";
+  config = {
+    Env = [
+      "PATH=${lib.makeBinPath tools}:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
+    ];
+    Cmd = [ "/lib/systemd/systemd" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nix/packages/docker-ubuntu.nix b/nix/packages/docker-ubuntu.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c492380f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/packages/docker-ubuntu.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{
+  runCommand,
+  dockerTools,
+  xz,
+  buildEnv,
+  stdenv,
+}:
+let
+  ubuntu-cloudimg =
+    let
+
+      cloudImg =
+        if stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-linux" then
+          builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/noble/release-20251026/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.xz";
+            sha256 = "0y3d55f5qy7bxm3mfmnxzpmwp88d7iiszc57z5b9npc6xgwi28np";
+          }
+        else
+          builtins.fetchurl {
+            url = "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/noble/release-20251026/ubuntu-24.04-server-cloudimg-arm64-root.tar.xz";
+            sha256 = "1l4l0llfffspzgnmwhax0fcnjn8ih8n4azhfaghng2hh1xvr4a17";
+          };
+    in
+    runCommand "ubuntu-cloudimg" { nativeBuildInputs = [ xz ]; } ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      tar --exclude='dev/*' \
+          --exclude='etc/systemd/system/network-online.target.wants/systemd-networkd-wait-online.service' \
+          --exclude='etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/systemd-resolved.service' \
+          --exclude='usr/lib/systemd/system/tpm-udev.service' \
+          --exclude='usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-remount-fs.service' \
+          --exclude='usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-resolved.service' \
+          --exclude='usr/lib/systemd/system/proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount' \
+          --exclude='usr/lib/systemd/system/sys-kernel-*' \
+          --exclude='var/lib/apt/lists/*' \
+          -xJf ${cloudImg} -C $out
+      rm -f $out/bin $out/lib $out/lib64 $out/sbin
+      mkdir -p $out/run/systemd && echo 'docker' > $out/run/systemd/container
+      mkdir $out/var/lib/apt/lists/partial
+    '';
+in
+dockerTools.buildImage {
+  name = "ubuntu-cloudimg";
+  tag = "24.04";
+  created = "now";
+  extraCommands = ''
+    ln -s usr/bin
+    ln -s usr/lib
+    ln -s usr/lib64
+    ln -s usr/sbin
+  '';
+  copyToRoot = buildEnv {
+    name = "image-root";
+    pathsToLink = [ "/" ];
+    paths = [ ubuntu-cloudimg ];
+  };
+  config.Cmd = [ "/lib/systemd/systemd" ];
+}