diff --git a/image/initrd/BUILD.bazel b/image/initrd/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b7b57975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+load("//bazel/mkosi:mkosi_image.bzl", "mkosi_image")
+
+mkosi_image(
+    name = "initrd",
+    srcs = [
+        "mkosi.postinst",
+    ] + glob([
+        "mkosi.skeleton/**",
+        "reposdir/**",
+    ]),
+    outs = [
+        "image",
+        "image.cpio.zst",
+    ],
+    extra_trees = [
+        "//image:sysroot_tar",
+        "//disk-mapper/cmd:disk-mapper-package.tar",
+    ],
+    mkosi_conf = "mkosi.conf",
+    tags = [
+        "manual",
+        "no-cache",
+    ],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.conf b/image/initrd/mkosi.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38304bdf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[Distribution]
+Distribution=fedora
+Release=38
+
+[Output]
+Format=cpio
+Output=image
+SourceDateEpoch=0
+
+[Content]
+MakeInitrd=yes
+Bootable=no
+Packages=systemd
+         systemd-networkd
+         systemd-resolved
+         systemd-udev
+         dbus
+         util-linux
+         gzip
+         kmod
+         tpm2-tools
+         curl # for azure provision service
+# nvme / disk / udev tools
+Packages=udev
+         nvme-cli
+         ec2-utils
+         WALinuxAgent-udev
+         xxd
+         google-compute-engine-guest-configs-udev # google_nvme_id
+         device-mapper
+         cryptsetup
+
+PackageManagerTrees=reposdir:/etc/yum.repos.d
+
+RemoveFiles=/var/log
+RemoveFiles=/var/cache
+RemoveFiles=/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/java/cacerts
+            /usr/lib/sysimage/libdnf5/transaction_history.sqlite*
+            /var/cache/ldconfig/aux-cache
+# https://github.com/authselect/authselect/pull/348
+# RemoveFiles=/etc/authselect/*
+CleanPackageMetadata=true
+Seed=b04a9a33-4559-4af4-8b38-9249cf933229
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.postinst b/image/initrd/mkosi.postinst
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5869ee4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# ensure google_nvme_id is executable
+chmod o+x "${BUILDROOT}/usr/lib/udev/google_nvme_id"
+chmod g+x "${BUILDROOT}/usr/lib/udev/google_nvme_id"
+chmod u+x "${BUILDROOT}/usr/lib/udev/google_nvme_id"
+
+# mask unwanted services
+ln -s /dev/null "${BUILDROOT}/etc/systemd/system/systemd-pcrmachine.service"
+ln -s /dev/null "${BUILDROOT}/etc/systemd/system/systemd-pcrfs-root.service"
+ln -s /dev/null "${BUILDROOT}/etc/systemd/system/systemd-pcrfs@.service"
+ln -s /dev/null "${BUILDROOT}/etc/systemd/system/systemd-pcrphase@.service"
+ln -s /dev/null "${BUILDROOT}/etc/systemd/system/systemd-pcrphase-initrd.service"
+ln -s /dev/null "${BUILDROOT}/etc/systemd/system/systemd-pcrphase-sysinit.service"
+ln -s /dev/null "${BUILDROOT}/etc/systemd/system/systemd-pcrphase.service"
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/20-constellation-initrd.preset b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/20-constellation-initrd.preset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff18a6df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system-preset/20-constellation-initrd.preset
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+enable prepare-state-disk.service
+enable aws-nvme-disk.service
+enable gcp-nvme-disk.service
+enable azure-provisioning.service
+enable dbus.service
+enable dbus-broker.service
+enable dbus-daemon.service
+enable systemd-timesyncd.service
+enable systemd-resolved.service
+enable systemd-networkd.service
+enable systemd-networkd-wait-online.service
+enable systemd-udev.service
+enable configure-constel-csp.service
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/aws-nvme-disk.service b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/aws-nvme-disk.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..605888929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/aws-nvme-disk.service
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Force symlink creation for AWS nvme disks
+Before=prepare-state-disk.service
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+ConditionKernelCommandLine=constel.csp=aws
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /usr/sbin/aws-nvme-disk
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+StandardOutput=tty
+StandardInput=tty
+StandardError=tty
+TimeoutSec=infinity
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=basic.target multi-user.target
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/azure-provisioning.service b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/azure-provisioning.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0e15129e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/azure-provisioning.service
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Azure Provisioning
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+ConditionKernelCommandLine=constel.csp=azure
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/azure-provisioning
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+StandardOutput=tty
+StandardInput=tty
+StandardError=tty
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=basic.target multi-user.target
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/gcp-nvme-disk.service b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/gcp-nvme-disk.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad8357c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/gcp-nvme-disk.service
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Force symlink creation for GCP nvme disks
+Before=prepare-state-disk.service
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+ConditionKernelCommandLine=constel.csp=gcp
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /usr/sbin/gcp-nvme-disk
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+StandardOutput=tty
+StandardInput=tty
+StandardError=tty
+TimeoutSec=infinity
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=basic.target multi-user.target
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/prepare-state-disk.service b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/prepare-state-disk.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b490d5a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/prepare-state-disk.service
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Prepare encrypted state disk
+Before=initrd-fs.target
+After=network-online.target nss-lookup.target configure-constel-csp.service
+After=export_constellation_debug.service
+Wants=network-online.target
+Requires=initrd-root-fs.target configure-constel-csp.service
+FailureAction=reboot-immediate
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+EnvironmentFile=/run/constellation.env
+ExecStart=/bin/bash /usr/sbin/prepare-state-disk $CONSTELLATION_DEBUG_FLAGS
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+StandardOutput=tty
+StandardInput=tty
+StandardError=tty
+TimeoutSec=infinity
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=basic.target
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service.d/01-enable-in-initd.conf b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service.d/01-enable-in-initd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75c0ff968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service.d/01-enable-in-initd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Install]
+WantedBy=initrd.target
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/local/bin/azure-provisioning b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/local/bin/azure-provisioning
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c2f2ad0c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/local/bin/azure-provisioning
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# source https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/no-agent
+
+set -euo pipefail
+shopt -s inherit_errexit
+
+attempts=1
+until [[ ${attempts} -gt 5 ]]; do
+  echo "obtaining goal state - attempt ${attempts}"
+  goalstate=$(curl --fail -v -X 'GET' -H "x-ms-agent-name: azure-vm-register" \
+    -H "Content-Type: text/xml;charset=utf-8" \
+    -H "x-ms-version: 2012-11-30" \
+    "http://168.63.129.16/machine/?comp=goalstate")
+  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "successfully retrieved goal state"
+    retrieved_goal_state=true
+    break
+  fi
+  sleep 5
+  attempts=$((attempts + 1))
+done
+
+if [[ ${retrieved_goal_state} != "true" ]]; then
+  echo "failed to obtain goal state - cannot register this VM"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+container_id=$(grep ContainerId <<< "${goalstate}" | sed 's/\s*<\/*ContainerId>//g' | sed 's/\r$//')
+instance_id=$(grep InstanceId <<< "${goalstate}" | sed 's/\s*<\/*InstanceId>//g' | sed 's/\r$//')
+
+ready_doc=$(
+  cat << EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Health xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+  <GoalStateIncarnation>1</GoalStateIncarnation>
+  <Container>
+    <ContainerId>${container_id}</ContainerId>
+    <RoleInstanceList>
+      <Role>
+        <InstanceId>${instance_id}</InstanceId>
+        <Health>
+          <State>Ready</State>
+        </Health>
+      </Role>
+    </RoleInstanceList>
+  </Container>
+</Health>
+EOF
+)
+
+attempts=1
+until [[ ${attempts} -gt 5 ]]; do
+  echo "registering with Azure - attempt ${attempts}"
+  curl --fail -v -X 'POST' -H "x-ms-agent-name: azure-vm-register" \
+    -H "Content-Type: text/xml;charset=utf-8" \
+    -H "x-ms-version: 2012-11-30" \
+    -d "${ready_doc}" \
+    "http://168.63.129.16/machine?comp=health"
+  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
+    echo "successfully register with Azure"
+    break
+  fi
+  sleep 5 # sleep to prevent throttling from wire server
+done
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/sbin/aws-nvme-disk b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/sbin/aws-nvme-disk
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..df3557f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/sbin/aws-nvme-disk
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Edgeless Systems GmbH
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+set -euo pipefail
+shopt -s extglob nullglob inherit_errexit
+
+AWS_STATE_DISK_DEVICENAME="sdb"
+AWS_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK="/dev/${AWS_STATE_DISK_DEVICENAME}"
+
+function onError {
+  echo "Failed to symlink state disk"
+  sleep 2 # give the serial console time to print the error message
+}
+
+trap onError ERR
+
+# hack: aws nvme udev rules are never executed. Create symlinks for the nvme devices manually.
+while [[ ! -L ${AWS_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK} ]]; do
+  for nvmedisk in /dev/nvme*n1; do
+    linkname=$(nvme amzn id-ctrl -b "${nvmedisk}" | tail -c +3073 | head -c 32 | tr -d ' ') || true
+    if [[ -n ${linkname} ]] && [[ ${linkname} == "${AWS_STATE_DISK_DEVICENAME}" ]]; then
+      ln -s "${nvmedisk}" "${AWS_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK}"
+    fi
+  done
+  if [[ -L ${AWS_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK} ]]; then
+    break
+  fi
+  echo "Waiting for state disk to appear.."
+  sleep 2
+done
+
+echo "AWS state disk found"
+echo "${AWS_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK}" → "$(readlink -f "${AWS_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK}")"
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/sbin/gcp-nvme-disk b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/sbin/gcp-nvme-disk
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..77a93d661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/sbin/gcp-nvme-disk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Edgeless Systems GmbH
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+set -euo pipefail
+shopt -s extglob nullglob inherit_errexit
+
+GCP_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK="/dev/disk/by-id/google-state-disk"
+
+function onError {
+  echo "Failed to symlink state disk"
+  sleep 2 # give the serial console time to print the error message
+}
+
+trap onError ERR
+
+# hack: gcp nvme udev rules are never executed. Create symlinks for the nvme devices manually.
+while [[ ! -L ${GCP_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK} ]]; do
+  for nvmedisk in /dev/nvme?n?; do
+    /usr/lib/udev/google_nvme_id -s -d "${nvmedisk}"
+  done
+  if [[ -L ${GCP_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK} ]]; then
+    break
+  fi
+  echo "Waiting for state disk to appear.."
+  sleep 2
+done
+
+echo "GCP state disk found"
+echo "${GCP_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK}" → "$(readlink -f "${GCP_STATE_DISK_SYMLINK}")"
diff --git a/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/sbin/prepare-state-disk b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/sbin/prepare-state-disk
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b39999e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/mkosi.skeleton/usr/sbin/prepare-state-disk
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) Edgeless Systems GmbH
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+set -euo pipefail
+shopt -s inherit_errexit
+
+function onError {
+  echo "Failed to prepare state disk"
+  sleep 2 # give the serial console time to print the error message
+}
+
+trap onError ERR
+
+# parsing of the command line arguments. check if argv[1] is --debug
+verbosity=0
+if [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; then
+  if [[ $1 == "--debug" ]]; then
+    verbosity=-1
+    echo "[Constellation] Debug mode enabled"
+  else
+    echo "[Constellation] Unknown argument: $1"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  echo "[Constellation] Debug mode disabled"
+fi
+
+# Prepare the encrypted volume by either initializing it with a random key or by aquiring the key from another bootstrapper.
+# Store encryption key (random or recovered key) in /run/cryptsetup-keys.d/state.key
+disk-mapper \
+  -csp "${CONSTEL_CSP}" \
+  -v "${verbosity}"
diff --git a/image/initrd/reposdir/amzn2-core.repo b/image/initrd/reposdir/amzn2-core.repo
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32b6472b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/image/initrd/reposdir/amzn2-core.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+[amzn2-core]
+name=Amazon Linux 2 core repository
+#mirrorlist=$awsproto://$amazonlinux.$awsregion.$awsdomain/$releasever/$product/$target/$basearch/mirror.list
+mirrorlist=https://amazonlinux-2-repos-us-east-2.s3.dualstack.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/2/core/latest/x86_64/mirror.list
+priority=10
+gpgcheck=1
+#gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-amazon-linux-2
+gpgkey=https://cdn.amazonlinux.com/_assets/11CF1F95C87F5B1A.asc
+enabled=1
+metadata_expire=300
+mirrorlist_expire=300
+report_instanceid=yes
+includepkgs=ec2-utils
+
+# [amzn2-core-source]
+# name=Amazon Linux 2 core repository - source packages
+# mirrorlist=$awsproto://$amazonlinux.$awsregion.$awsdomain/$releasever/$product/$target/SRPMS/mirror.list
+# priority=10
+# gpgcheck=1
+# #gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-amazon-linux-2
+# gpgkey=https://cdn.amazonlinux.com/_assets/11CF1F95C87F5B1A.asc
+# enabled=0
+# metadata_expire=300
+# mirrorlist_expire=300
+# report_instanceid=yes
+# includepkgs=ec2-utils
+
+# [amzn2-core-debuginfo]
+# name=Amazon Linux 2 core repository - debuginfo packages
+# mirrorlist=$awsproto://$amazonlinux.$awsregion.$awsdomain/$releasever/$product/$target/debuginfo/$basearch/mirror.list
+# priority=10
+# gpgcheck=1
+# #gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-amazon-linux-2
+# gpgkey=https://cdn.amazonlinux.com/_assets/11CF1F95C87F5B1A.asc
+# enabled=0
+# metadata_expire=300
+# mirrorlist_expire=300
+# report_instanceid=yes
+# includepkgs=ec2-utils