diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 15ba92a737f9ed6704698ec07091fac5ca47438e..b2d429c3dfc5d835b9b94f1436a9dfbf725240cf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,31 @@
-image: gcr.io/kaniko-project/executor:debug
-   
 stages:
-  - build-and-push
-   
-build-and-push-job:
-  stage: build-and-push
-  except:
-    changes:
-      - "**/*.yaml"
-      - "README.md"
-      
+  - list_volume
+
+variables:
+  KUBECONFIG: "/root/.kube/config"  # Make sure the KUBECONFIG is set correctly
+
+before_script:
+  # Install kubectl and configure access to the Kubernetes cluster
+  - apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl
+  - curl -LO "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+  - chmod +x ./kubectl
+  - mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+  - mkdir -p ~/.kube
+  - echo "$KUBECONFIG_DATA" | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config  # You can store your Kubeconfig as a GitLab CI secret variable
+
+list_vivado_volume:
+  stage: list_volume
+  image: busybox
   script:
-    - echo "{\"auths\":{\"$CI_REGISTRY\":{\"username\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD\"}}}" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
-    - /kaniko/executor --cache=true --context $CI_PROJECT_DIR --dockerfile $CI_PROJECT_DIR/Dockerfile --destination $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} --destination $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest
+    - echo "Creating a Kubernetes pod to list the contents of the vivado-volume..."
+    - kubectl apply -f pod-manifest.yaml  # Create the pod with the volume mounted
+    - kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod/vivado-volume-listing-pod --timeout=120s
+    - kubectl logs vivado-volume-listing-pod  # Capture the pod's logs, which contain the directory listing
+    - kubectl delete pod vivado-volume-listing-pod  # Clean up the pod after use
+
+artifacts:
+  paths:
+    - log.txt
 
+only:
+  - master  # Adjust to your branch preference
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a900c12eba52da9c71f724ebd23b0354e2a46d38..17538f53402bea69382fa14572bb84c64d1606e7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,46 +3,5 @@ FROM ubuntu:20.04
 # Set Environment Variables for Non-Interactive Installation
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
-# Update Package Lists and Install 'sudo', 'tzdata', and 'locales'
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y sudo tzdata locales
-
-# Set Timezone to America/New_York and Generate Locales
-RUN ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata && \
-    locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 && \
-    update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-
-# Add sudoer user called 'ubuntu'
-RUN useradd -m -s /bin/bash -G sudo ubuntu && \
-    echo 'ubuntu ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
-
-# Install Required Packages
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y \
-      wget vim pciutils htop usbutils git python3 python3-pip lshw \
-      ca-certificates curl gnupg apt-utils \
-      zip unzip dmidecode \
-      python3-yaml python3-jinja2 python3-click \
-      xorg x11-apps libgpgme-dev libassuan-dev libbtrfs-dev pkg-config \
-      libdevmapper-dev && \
-    apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Switch to 'ubuntu' user and run commands
-USER ubuntu
-WORKDIR /home/ubuntu
-
-RUN git clone https://github.com/esnet/esnet-smartnic-hw.git && \
-    cd esnet-smartnic-hw && \
-    git checkout d3782445ce5f090ca955693a98ce68f96b68943c && \
-    git submodule update --init --recursive && \
-    pip3 install --user -r esnet-fpga-library/tools/regio/requirements.txt
-
-# Set Environment Variables
-ENV LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-ENV LANGUAGE=en_US:en
-ENV LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
-ENV XILINXD_LICENSE_FILE=2100@xilinxd.xilinx-dev
-
 # Entry point
 CMD ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]