diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-future-node-image.yml b/.github/workflows/build-future-node-image.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1829034bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-future-node-image.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+name: Build Image for VMs to Use as EC Nodes
+on:
+  schedule:
+  - cron: '0 10 * * *' # everyday at 10am
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - main
+    paths:
+    - 'packer/future-node/**'
+    - .github/workflows/build-future-node-image.yaml
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - main
+    paths:
+    - 'packer/future-node/**'
+    - .github/workflows/build-future-node-image.yaml
+    workflow_dispatch:
+ 
+jobs:
+  build_and_push_future-node:
+    name: Build Jumpbox GCP Compute Image
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+    - name: Authenicate to Google Cloud
+      uses: google-github-actions/auth@v0
+      with:
+        credentials_json: ${{ secrets.GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY }}
+
+    - name: Setup Google Cloud SDK
+      id: auth
+      uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v0
+      with:
+        project_id: kots-field-labs
+
+    # initialize
+    - name: Initialize Packer
+      uses: hashicorp/packer-github-actions@master
+      with:
+        command: init
+        working_directory: ./packer
+        target: future-node
+      env:
+        PACKER_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    # validate templates
+    - name: Validate Packer Template
+      uses: hashicorp/packer-github-actions@master
+      with:
+        command: validate
+        arguments: -syntax-only
+        working_directory: ./packer
+        target: future-node
+      env:
+        PACKER_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    # build artifact for push/merge (use default name)
+    - name: Build VM Image
+      uses: hashicorp/packer-github-actions@master
+      if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }} 
+      with:
+        command: build
+        arguments: "-force"
+        working_directory: ./packer
+        target: future-node
+      env:
+        PACKER_LOG: 1
+        PKR_VAR_service_account_key: ${{secrets.GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY}}
+        PKR_VAR_zone: europe-west1-b
+        PACKER_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          
+    # build artifact for PRs (need to assign image name)
+    - name: Build VM Image
+      uses: hashicorp/packer-github-actions@master
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }} 
+      with:
+        command: build
+        arguments: "-force"
+        working_directory: ./packer
+        target: future-node
+      env:
+        PACKER_LOG: 1
+        PKR_VAR_service_account_key: ${{secrets.GCP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY}}
+        PKR_VAR_image_name: airgap-future-node-${{github.sha}}
+        PACKER_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      
+    # delete built artifact for PRs (save storage costs)
+    - name: Delete VM Image
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }} 
+      run: gcloud compute images delete --quiet airgap-future-node-${{github.sha}}
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-jumpbox-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-jumpbox-image.yaml
index 6b87eadf2..87dbb0e9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-jumpbox-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-jumpbox-image.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ on:
     paths:
     - 'packer/jumpbox/**'
     - .github/workflows/build-jumpbox-image.yaml
-
 jobs:
   build_and_push_jumpbox:
     name: Build Jumpbox GCP Compute Image
diff --git a/instruqt/delivering-as-an-appliance/config.yml b/instruqt/delivering-as-an-appliance/config.yml
index 6cd4ebb24..525565ce9 100644
--- a/instruqt/delivering-as-an-appliance/config.yml
+++ b/instruqt/delivering-as-an-appliance/config.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ version: "3"
 containers:
 - name: shell
   image: gcr.io/kots-field-labs/shell
+virtualmachines:
+- name: node
+  image: kots-field-labs/future-cluster-node
   shell: tmux new-session -A -s shell su - replicant
 virtualmachines:
 - name: cluster
diff --git a/packer/future-node/jumpbox.pkr.hcl b/packer/future-node/jumpbox.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36e1f0631
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/future-node/jumpbox.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+packer {
+  required_plugins {
+    googlecompute = {
+      version = ">= 0.0.1"
+      source = "github.com/hashicorp/googlecompute"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+source "googlecompute" "future-node" {
+  project_id  = var.project
+  image_name  = var.image_name
+  zone        = var.zone
+
+  source_image_family = var.source_image_family
+  machine_type        = var.machine_type
+  disk_size           = var.disk_size
+
+  metadata = {
+    "user-data" = file("user-data.yaml")
+  }
+  ssh_username = var.ssh_username 
+  account_file = var.service_account_key
+}
+
+build {
+  sources = ["sources.googlecompute.future-node"]
+
+  provisioner "shell" {
+    inline = [
+      "cloud-init status --wait",
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packer/future-node/user-data.yaml b/packer/future-node/user-data.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f66e00aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/future-node/user-data.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#cloud-config
+
+# This is the user-data configuration file for cloud-init. By default this sets
+# 
+# up an initial user called "ubuntu" with password "ubuntu", which must be
+# changed at first login. However, many additional actions can be initiated on
+# first boot from this file. The cloud-init documentation has more details:
+#
+# https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/
+#
+# Some additional examples are provided in comments below the default
+# configuration.
+
+## don't require a password change since we just set it
+chpasswd:
+  expire: false
+
+## add user `replicant`
+users:
+- default
+- name: replicant
+  gecos: "Replicated Lab Participant"
+  groups:
+  - users 
+  sudo: "ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL"
+  lock_passwd: true
+ 
+## Update apt database and upgrade packages on first boot
+package_update: true
+package_upgrade: true
+
+## Install additional packages on first boot
+packages:
+- ca-certificates
+- curl
+- tmux
+- jq
+
+# install snaps on first boot
+snap:
+  commands:
+  - snap install git-ubuntu --classic
+  - snap install kubectl --classic
+  - snap install helm --classic
+  - snap install google-cloud-cli --classic
+
+runcmd:
+- wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/bin/yq && chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
+- chsh -s /usr/bin/bash replicant
+- curl https://kots.io/install | bash
+- |
+  bash -c "(
+    set -x
+    export KREW_ROOT=/usr/local/libexec/krew
+    export PATH=${KREW_ROOT}/bin:${PATH}
+    curl -L https://krew.sh | bash
+    curl -L https://krew.sh/ns | bash
+    curl -L https://krew.sh/ctx | bash
+    curl -L https://krew.sh/preflight | bash
+    curl -L https://krew.sh/support-bundle | bash
+    echo 'export KREW_ROOT=/usr/local/libexec/krew' >> /home/replicant/.profile
+    echo 'export PATH="${KREW_ROOT}/bin:$PATH"' >> /home/replicant/.profile
+  )" 
+- |
+  bash -c "(
+    set -x
+    cd "$(mktemp -d)"
+    wget -O replicated.tar.gz -q "$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/replicatedhq/replicated/releases/latest | yq '.assets[] | select(.browser_download_url | contains("linux_amd64")).browser_download_url')"
+    tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf replicated.tar.gz replicated
+  )"
+- |
+  bash -c "(
+   curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/replicatedhq/sbctl/releases/latest \
+      | jq -r '.assets[] | select ( .name == \"sbctl_linux_amd64.tar.gz\").browser_download_url' \
+      | xargs curl --location \
+      | tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzvf - sbctl \
+    && chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/sbctl
+  )"
diff --git a/packer/future-node/variables.pkr.hcl b/packer/future-node/variables.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af277cb9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/future-node/variables.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+variable "project" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "kots-field-labs"
+}
+
+variable "image_name" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "airgap-jumpbox"
+}
+
+variable "zone" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "europe-west1-b"
+}
+
+variable "source_image_family" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "ubuntu-2204-lts"
+}
+
+variable "machine_type" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "n1-standard-2"
+}
+
+variable "disk_size" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "50"
+}
+
+variable "ssh_username" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "ubuntu"
+}
+
+variable "service_account_key" {
+  type    = string
+}