diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_external_fts.yml b/.github/workflows/build_external_fts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e74234c8cbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_external_fts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+name: cbdb external_fts pipeline
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+env:
+  BUILD_TYPE: "debug"
+  FTS_MODE: "external_fts"
+  DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+  DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, example]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Run build script
+        run: |
+          echo $GITHUB_RUN_ID > BUILD_NUMBER
+          hd-ci/compile_cbdb.bash ${GEN_DOCKER_TAG}
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: cbdb-variables
+          path: /opt/actions-runner/_work/cloudberrydb/cloudberrydb/cbdb-artifacts.txt
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: cbdb-package
+          path: /tmp/server-build*
+  icw-test:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, example]
+    env:
+      MAKE_TEST_COMMAND: "-k PGOPTIONS='-c optimizer=off -c gp_appendonly_insert_files=0' installcheck-world"
+      TEST_OS: "centos"
+      DUMP_DB: "true"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: "gpdb_src"
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: cbdb-variables
+          path: /opt/
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: cbdb-package
+          path: /opt/
+      - name: Run icw-test script
+        run: |
+          mkdir /code
+          cp -a gpdb_src/ /code
+          cd /code
+          echo $GITHUB_RUN_ID > gpdb_src/BUILD_NUMBER
+          gpdb_src/hd-ci/icw_cbdb.bash $FTS_MODE
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: icw-test
+          path: |
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/regression.out
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/regression.diffs
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/results/
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/expected/
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/regression.out
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/regression.diffs
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/results/
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/expected/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/standby/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/qddir/demoDataDir-1/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast1/demoDataDir0/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast2/demoDataDir1/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast3/demoDataDir2/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast_mirror1/demoDataDir0/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast_mirror2/demoDataDir1/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast_mirror3/demoDataDir2/log/
+  icw-orca-test:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, example]
+    env:
+      MAKE_TEST_COMMAND: "-k PGOPTIONS='-c optimizer=on -c gp_appendonly_insert_files=0' installcheck-world"
+      TEST_OS: "centos"
+      DUMP_DB: "true"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: "gpdb_src"
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: cbdb-variables
+          path: /opt/
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: cbdb-package
+          path: /opt/
+      - name: Run icw-orca-test script
+        run: |
+          mkdir /code
+          cp -a gpdb_src/ /code
+          cd /code
+          echo $GITHUB_RUN_ID > gpdb_src/BUILD_NUMBER
+          gpdb_src/hd-ci/icw_cbdb.bash $FTS_MODE
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: icw-orca-test
+          path: |
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/regression.out
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/regression.diffs
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/results/
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/expected/
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/regression.out
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/regression.diffs
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/results/
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/expected/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/standby/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/qddir/demoDataDir-1/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast1/demoDataDir0/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast2/demoDataDir1/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast3/demoDataDir2/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast_mirror1/demoDataDir0/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast_mirror2/demoDataDir1/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast_mirror3/demoDataDir2/log/
+  icw-parallel-test:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, example]
+    env:
+      MAKE_TEST_COMMAND: "-C src/test/regress -k PGOPTIONS='-c gp_appendonly_insert_files=0' installcheck-cbdb-parallel"
+      TEST_OS: "centos"
+      DUMP_DB: "true"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: "gpdb_src"
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: cbdb-variables
+          path: /opt/
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: cbdb-package
+          path: /opt/
+      - name: Run icw-parallel-test script
+        run: |
+          mkdir /code
+          cp -a gpdb_src/ /code
+          cd /code
+          echo $GITHUB_RUN_ID > gpdb_src/BUILD_NUMBER
+          gpdb_src/hd-ci/icw_cbdb.bash $FTS_MODE
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: icw-parallel-test
+          path: |
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/regression.out
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/regression.diffs
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/results/
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/regress/expected/
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/regression.out
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/regression.diffs
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/results/
+            /code/gpdb_src/src/test/isolation2/expected/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/standby/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/qddir/demoDataDir-1/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast1/demoDataDir0/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast2/demoDataDir1/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast3/demoDataDir2/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast_mirror1/demoDataDir0/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast_mirror2/demoDataDir1/log/
+            /code/gpdb_src/gpAux/gpdemo/datadirs/dbfast_mirror3/demoDataDir2/log/
diff --git a/hd-ci/common.bash b/hd-ci/common.bash
index 1243ef369a2..1e4211a2141 100644
--- a/hd-ci/common.bash
+++ b/hd-ci/common.bash
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ download_cbdb_tar_package() {
 	fts_mode=$1
 	source /opt/cbdb-artifacts.txt
 	mkdir -p "${ROOT_PATH}"/bin_gpdb
-	mv /opt/${internal_tar_download_url##*/} "/opt/bin_gpdb.tar.gz"
+	if [ ${fts_mode} = "external_fts" ];then
+		mv /opt/${external_tar_download_url##*/} "/opt/bin_gpdb.tar.gz"
+	else
+		mv /opt/${internal_tar_download_url##*/} "/opt/bin_gpdb.tar.gz"
+	fi
 }
 
 setup_env() {
diff --git a/hd-ci/compile_cbdb.bash b/hd-ci/compile_cbdb.bash
index 581b909156b..68116ea8c33 100755
--- a/hd-ci/compile_cbdb.bash
+++ b/hd-ci/compile_cbdb.bash
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ CBDB_VERSION=${CBDB_VERSION}
 EOF
 	else
 		cat <<EOF >>"${SRC_PATH}/cbdb-artifacts.txt"
+external_tar_download_url=${tar_package_path}
+external_rpm_download_url=${rpm_package_path}
 external_fts_RELEASE_cbdb_${OS_TYPE}_${OS_ARCH}_url=${rpm_download_url}
 external_fts_TARGZ_cbdb_${OS_TYPE}_${OS_ARCH}_url=${tar_download_url}
 EOF