diff --git a/.github/workflows/flow.yml b/.github/workflows/flow.yml
index e1d9918ea8..896e69685a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flow.yml
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ jobs:
           CI_MONGO_URI: mongodb://localhost:27017/?replicaSet=rs0&authSource=admin
           CI_MONGO_USERNAME: "csuser"
           CI_MONGO_PASSWORD: "cspass"
+          CI_CLICKHOUSE_CLUSTER: "true"
           ENABLE_OTEL_METRICS: ${{ (matrix.db-version.pg == '16' || matrix.db-version.mysql == 'mysql-pos') && 'true' || 'false' }}
           OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_ENDPOINT: http://localhost:4317
           OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_METRICS_PROTOCOL: grpc
diff --git a/docker-compose-e2e.yml b/docker-compose-e2e.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c753b7725d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-e2e.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+name: peerdb-quickstart-e2e
+
+x-minio-config: &minio-config
+  PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: _peerdb_minioadmin
+  PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: _peerdb_minioadmin
+  PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_REGION: us-east-1
+  PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_ENDPOINT_URL_S3: http://host.docker.internal:9001
+  PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME: peerdbbucket
+
+x-catalog-config: &catalog-config
+  PEERDB_CATALOG_HOST: catalog-e2e
+  PEERDB_CATALOG_PORT: 5432
+  PEERDB_CATALOG_USER: postgres
+  PEERDB_CATALOG_PASSWORD: postgres
+  PEERDB_CATALOG_DATABASE: postgres
+
+services:
+  catalog-e2e:
+    container_name: catalog-e2e
+    image: postgres:17-alpine@sha256:fbe21607052bb5c298674f2fd8cf044a63aa3ddf50b81627f894f91f40f50bcb
+    command: -c config_file=/etc/postgresql.conf
+    ports:
+      - 9901:5432
+    environment:
+      PGUSER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+      POSTGRES_DB: postgres
+      POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS: --locale=C.UTF-8
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    volumes:
+      - pgdata-e2e:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./volumes/postgresql.conf:/etc/postgresql.conf
+      - ./volumes/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-d", "postgres", "-U", "postgres"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 30s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 60s
+
+  temporal-e2e:
+    container_name: temporal-e2e
+    depends_on:
+      catalog-e2e:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    environment:
+      - DB=postgres12
+      - DB_PORT=5432
+      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
+      - POSTGRES_PWD=postgres
+      - POSTGRES_SEEDS=catalog-e2e
+      - DYNAMIC_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=config/dynamicconfig/development-sql.yaml
+    image: temporalio/auto-setup:1.28@sha256:3ee84bf3ec5494f2be6ee0c1fea3b52684e50da3ddc5f997e6fa56ad340da9a8
+    ports:
+      - 7233:7233
+    volumes:
+      - ./volumes/temporal-dynamicconfig:/etc/temporal/config/dynamicconfig
+    labels:
+      kompose.volume.type: configMap
+
+  temporal-admin-tools-e2e:
+    container_name: temporal-admin-tools-e2e
+    depends_on:
+      - temporal-e2e
+    environment:
+      - TEMPORAL_ADDRESS=temporal-e2e:7233
+      - TEMPORAL_CLI_ADDRESS=temporal-e2e:7233
+      - TEMPORAL_CLI_SHOW_STACKS=1
+    image: temporalio/admin-tools:1.25.2-tctl-1.18.1-cli-1.1.1@sha256:da0c7a7982b571857173ab8f058e7f139b3054800abb4dcb100445d29a563ee8
+    stdin_open: true
+    tty: true
+    entrypoint: /etc/temporal/entrypoint.sh
+    restart: on-failure
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "tctl", "workflow", "list"]
+      interval: 1s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 30
+    volumes:
+      - ./scripts/mirror-name-search.sh:/etc/temporal/entrypoint.sh
+
+  temporal-ui-e2e:
+    container_name: temporal-ui-e2e
+    depends_on:
+      - temporal-e2e
+    environment:
+      - TEMPORAL_ADDRESS=temporal-e2e:7233
+      - TEMPORAL_CORS_ORIGINS=http://localhost:3000
+      - TEMPORAL_CSRF_COOKIE_INSECURE=true
+    image: temporalio/ui:2.39.0@sha256:b768f87f18b59663a6749e98a2f7782c266e8e4e4749f92248e2ba41d6330d3f
+    ports:
+      - 8085:8080
+
+  peerdb-e2e:
+    container_name: peerdb-server-e2e
+    stop_signal: SIGINT
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: stacks/peerdb-server.Dockerfile
+    environment:
+      <<: *catalog-config
+      PEERDB_PASSWORD: peerdb
+      PEERDB_FLOW_SERVER_ADDRESS: grpc://flow_api:8112
+      RUST_LOG: info
+      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+    ports:
+      - 9900:9900
+    depends_on:
+      catalog-e2e:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
+  minio-e2e:
+    image: bitnami/minio:2025.6.13
+    volumes:
+      - minio-data-e2e:/data
+    ports:
+      - "9001:9000"
+      - "9002:36987"
+    environment:
+      MINIO_ROOT_USER: _peerdb_minioadmin
+      MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD: _peerdb_minioadmin
+      MINIO_CONSOLE_PORT_NUMBER: 36987
+      MINIO_DEFAULT_BUCKETS: peerdbbucket
+
+  mysql-e2e:
+    container_name: mysql-e2e
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: stacks/mysql.Dockerfile
+    ports:
+      - 3306:3306
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: example
+    volumes:
+      - mydata-e2e:/var/lib/mysql
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+
+  clickhouse-e2e:
+    image: clickhouse/clickhouse-server
+    ports:
+      - 9000:9000
+    environment:
+      CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD: example
+    volumes:
+      - chdata-e2e:/var/lib/clickhouse
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+
+volumes:
+  pgdata-e2e:
+    driver_opts:
+      type: tmpfs
+      device: tmpfs
+  mydata-e2e:
+    driver_opts:
+      type: tmpfs
+      device: tmpfs
+  chdata-e2e:
+    driver_opts:
+      type: tmpfs
+      device: tmpfs
+  minio-data-e2e:
+    driver_opts:
+      type: tmpfs
+      device: tmpfs
+
+networks:
+  default:
+    name: peerdb_network
diff --git a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
index 833d510cc2..2b1d443638 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ func (s ClickHouseSuite) Suffix() string {
 }
 
 func (s ClickHouseSuite) Peer() *protos.Peer {
+	host := os.Getenv("CI_CLICKHOUSE_HOST")
+	if host == "" {
+		host = "localhost"
+	}
 	dbname := "e2e_test_" + s.suffix
 	if s.cluster {
 		ret := &protos.Peer{
@@ -72,9 +77,10 @@ func (s ClickHouseSuite) Peer() *protos.Peer {
 			Type: protos.DBType_CLICKHOUSE,
 			Config: &protos.Peer_ClickhouseConfig{
 				ClickhouseConfig: &protos.ClickhouseConfig{
-					Host:       "localhost",
+					Host:       host,
 					Port:       9001,
 					Database:   dbname,
+					Password:   os.Getenv("CI_CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD"),
 					DisableTls: true,
 					S3:         s.s3Helper.S3Config,
 					Cluster:    "cicluster",
@@ -90,14 +96,19 @@ func (s ClickHouseSuite) Peer() *protos.Peer {
 }
 
 func (s ClickHouseSuite) PeerForDatabase(dbname string) *protos.Peer {
+	host := os.Getenv("CI_CLICKHOUSE_HOST")
+	if host == "" {
+		host = "localhost"
+	}
 	ret := &protos.Peer{
 		Name: e2e.AddSuffix(s, dbname),
 		Type: protos.DBType_CLICKHOUSE,
 		Config: &protos.Peer_ClickhouseConfig{
 			ClickhouseConfig: &protos.ClickhouseConfig{
-				Host:       "localhost",
+				Host:       host,
 				Port:       9000,
 				Database:   dbname,
+				Password:   os.Getenv("CI_CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD"),
 				DisableTls: true,
 				S3:         s.s3Helper.S3Config,
 			},
@@ -375,7 +386,7 @@ func SetupSuite[TSource e2e.SuiteSource](
 		t.Helper()
 
 		source, suffix, err := setupSource(t)
-		require.NoError(t, err, "failed to setup postgres")
+		require.NoError(t, err, "failed to setup source")
 
 		s3Helper, err := e2e_s3.NewS3TestHelper(t.Context(), e2e_s3.Minio)
 		require.NoError(t, err, "failed to setup S3")
diff --git a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go
index d8ff52d8a2..17a3fb531e 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"embed"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ func TestPeerFlowE2ETestSuitePG_CH(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPeerFlowE2ETestSuiteMySQL_CH(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("CI_MYSQL_VERSION") == "" {
+		t.Skip()
+	}
+
 	e2eshared.RunSuite(t, SetupSuite(t, false, func(t *testing.T) (*e2e.MySqlSource, string, error) {
 		t.Helper()
 		suffix := "mych_" + strings.ToLower(shared.RandomString(8))
@@ -50,6 +55,10 @@ func TestPeerFlowE2ETestSuiteMySQL_CH(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPeerFlowE2ETestSuitePG_CH_Cluster(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("CI_CLICKHOUSE_CLUTER") == "" {
+		t.Skip()
+	}
+
 	e2eshared.RunSuite(t, SetupSuite(t, true, func(t *testing.T) (*e2e.PostgresSource, string, error) {
 		t.Helper()
 		suffix := "pgchcl_" + strings.ToLower(shared.RandomString(8))
@@ -59,6 +68,10 @@ func TestPeerFlowE2ETestSuitePG_CH_Cluster(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestPeerFlowE2ETestSuiteMySQL_CH_Cluster(t *testing.T) {
+	if os.Getenv("CI_CLICKHOUSE_CLUTER") == "" || os.Getenv("CI_MYSQL_VERSION") == "" {
+		t.Skip()
+	}
+
 	e2eshared.RunSuite(t, SetupSuite(t, true, func(t *testing.T) (*e2e.MySqlSource, string, error) {
 		t.Helper()
 		suffix := "mychcl_" + strings.ToLower(shared.RandomString(8))
diff --git a/flow/e2e/test_utils.go b/flow/e2e/test_utils.go
index ad6b721c52..6902f9c690 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/test_utils.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/test_utils.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
+	"os"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -600,8 +601,13 @@ func NewTemporalClient(t *testing.T) client.Client {
 		),
 	))
 
+	hostport := os.Getenv("TEMPORAL_HOST_PORT")
+	if hostport == "" {
+		hostport = "localhost:7233"
+	}
+
 	tc, err := client.Dial(client.Options{
-		HostPort: "localhost:7233",
+		HostPort: hostport,
 		Logger:   logger,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go b/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go
index 7cd3b417d7..9d907034cc 100644
--- a/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go
+++ b/flow/workflows/cdc_flow.go
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ func CDCFlowWorkflow(
 					"panic in sync flow",
 					slog.Any("error", panicErr.Error()),
 					slog.String("stack", panicErr.StackTrace()),
-					slog.Any("sleepFor", sleepFor),
+					slog.Duration("sleepFor", sleepFor),
 				)
 			} else {
 				// cannot use shared.IsSQLStateError because temporal serialize/deserialize
diff --git a/local-ci/db.sh b/local-ci/db.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5ba10c1e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-ci/db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -Eeu
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"/..
+
+DOCKER="docker"
+EXTRA_ARGS="--no-attach temporal --no-attach temporal-ui"
+PODMAN_ARGS=""
+
+if test -n "${USE_PODMAN:=}"
+then
+   # 0 is found, checking for not found so we check for podman then
+    if $(docker compose &>/dev/null) && [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        if $(podman compose &>/dev/null) && [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "docker could not be found on PATH, using podman compose"
+            USE_PODMAN=1
+        else
+            echo "docker compose could not be found on PATH"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+if test -n "$USE_PODMAN"; then
+    DOCKER="podman"
+    EXTRA_ARGS=""
+    PODMAN_ARGS="--podman-run-args=--replace"
+fi
+
+export PEERDB_VERSION_SHA_SHORT=local-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+exec $DOCKER compose $PODMAN_ARGS -f docker-compose-e2e.yml up --build $EXTRA_ARGS
diff --git a/local-ci/env b/local-ci/env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab7c4d71ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-ci/env
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=_peerdb_minioadmin
+export PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=_peerdb_minioadmin
+export PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_REGION=us-east-1
+export PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_CREDENTIALS_AWS_ENDPOINT_URL_S3=http://localhost:9001
+export PEERDB_CLICKHOUSE_AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME=peerdbbucket
+export PEERDB_CATALOG_HOST=localhost
+export PEERDB_CATALOG_PORT=9901
+export PEERDB_CATALOG_USER=postgres
+export PEERDB_CATALOG_PASSWORD=postgres
+export PEERDB_CATALOG_DATABASE=postgres
+export TEMPORAL_HOST_PORT=localhost:7233
+export ENABLE_OTEL_METRICS=false
+export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=_peerdb_minioadmin
+export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=_peerdb_minioadmin
+export AWS_REGION=us-east-1
+export AWS_ENDPOINT_URL_S3=http://localhost:9001
+export CI_CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD=example
diff --git a/local-ci/flow-worker.sh b/local-ci/flow-worker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ab641a4925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-ci/flow-worker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+. ./env
+cd ../flow
+exec go run . worker
diff --git a/local-ci/snapshot-worker.sh b/local-ci/snapshot-worker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3a73e271ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-ci/snapshot-worker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+. ./env
+cd ../flow
+exec go run . snapshot-worker
diff --git a/local-ci/test.sh b/local-ci/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..31c13a2e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-ci/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+. ./env
+cd ../flow
+exec go test -v -parallel 1 -p 1 ./e2e/clickhouse/...
diff --git a/volumes/postgresql.conf b/volumes/postgresql.conf
index 36980f0ae7..2cb654880c 100644
--- a/volumes/postgresql.conf
+++ b/volumes/postgresql.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 listen_addresses = '*'
 
+max_connections = 1000
 wal_level = logical
 max_wal_senders = 4
 max_replication_slots = 4