diff --git a/docker/buffer-base.Dockerfile b/docker/buffer-base.Dockerfile
index 2717357..9852c37 100644
--- a/docker/buffer-base.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/buffer-base.Dockerfile
@@ -15,3 +15,10 @@ RUN wget https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.12/hdf5-1.12.0/sr
     ln -v -s `pwd`/hdf5/lib/* /usr/lib64/ && \
     ln -v -s `pwd`/hdf5/include/* /usr/include/ && \
     ln -v -s /usr/include/mpich-x86_64/* /usr/include/
+
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh
+COPY redis_status.sh /usr/bin/redis_status.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
+
+CMD["bash"]
diff --git a/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7d61edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+if [[ -z "${PIPELINE_NAME}" ]]; then
+  echo "Environment variable PIPELINE_NAME not defined."
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${SERVICE_NAME}" ]]; then
+  echo "Environment variable SERVICE_NAME not defined."
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+REDIS_HOST="${REDIS_HOST:-127.0.0.1}"
+REDIS_SKIP="${REDIS_SKIP:-false}"
+REDIS_CONFIG_KEY=config."${PIPELINE_NAME}"
+REDIS_STATUS_KEY=status."${PIPELINE_NAME}.${SERVICE_NAME}"
+
+# Download config from Redis to redis_config.json and start status reporting.
+if [ "${REDIS_SKIP}" = false ]; then
+  redis-cli -h "${REDIS_HOST}" get "${REDIS_CONFIG_KEY}" > redis_config.json
+
+  CONFIG_BYTES="$(stat -c %s redis_config.json)"
+  if [ "${CONFIG_BYTES}" -le 1 ]; then
+      echo "Key missing in redis(${REDIS_HOST}): ${REDIS_CONFIG_KEY}"
+      exit 1;
+  fi
+
+  export REDIS_STATUS_KEY
+  redis_status.sh &
+fi
+
+
+EXECUTABLE="${@:1}"
+exec "$EXECUTABLE"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/redis_status.sh b/docker/redis_status.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..beec419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/redis_status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+if [[ -z "${REDIS_STATUS_KEY}" ]]; then
+  echo "Environment variable REDIS_STATUS_KEY not defined."
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+STATUS="$(redis-cli -x set "${REDIS_STATUS_KEY}:config" < redis_config.json)"
+if [ ! "${STATUS}" = "OK" ]; then
+  echo "Cound not set service status in Redis: ${STATUS}"
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+while true; do
+  TIMESTAMP="$(date +%s%N)"
+
+  STATUS="$(redis-cli set "${REDIS_STATUS_KEY}:heartbeat" ${TIMESTAMP} )"
+  if [ ! "${STATUS}" = "OK" ]; then
+    echo "Cound not set service hearbeat in Redis: ${STATUS}"
+    exit 1;
+  fi
+
+  # Update heartbeat every 10 seconds.
+  sleep 10
+done