diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 9ccfeb0..b5b4b2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         features:
           - otelcol
+          - otelcol-contrib
         baseImage:
           - mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu
+          - mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:debian
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -24,31 +26,3 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "Generating tests for '${{ matrix.features }}' against '${{ matrix.baseImage }}'"
         run: devcontainer features test --skip-scenarios -f ${{ matrix.features }} -i ${{ matrix.baseImage }} .
-
-  test-scenarios:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        features:
-          - otelcol
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: "Install latest devcontainer CLI"
-        run: npm install -g @devcontainers/cli
-
-      - name: "Generating tests for '${{ matrix.features }}' scenarios"
-        run: devcontainer features test -f ${{ matrix.features }} --skip-autogenerated --skip-duplicated .
-
-  test-global:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    continue-on-error: true
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: "Install latest devcontainer CLI"
-        run: npm install -g @devcontainers/cli
-
-      - name: "Testing global scenarios"
-        run: devcontainer features test --global-scenarios-only .
diff --git a/src/otelcol-contrib/README.md b/src/otelcol-contrib/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5772c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/otelcol-contrib/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# otelcol (via Github Releases) (otelcol)
+
+OpenTelemetry Collector Core Distro.
+
+## Example DevContainer Usage
+
+```json
+"features": {
+    "ghcr.io/tranngoclam/otel-devcontainer-features/otelcol:1": {}
+}
+```
+
+## Options
+
+| Options Id | Description | Type | Default Value |
+|-----|-----|-----|-----|
+| version | Select the version to install. | string | latest |
diff --git a/src/otelcol-contrib/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/otelcol-contrib/devcontainer-feature.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ae7d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/otelcol-contrib/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "id": "otelcol",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "name": "otelcol (via Github Releases)",
+  "documentationURL": "http://github.com/tranngoclam/otel-devcontainer-features/tree/main/src/otelcol-contrib",
+  "description": "OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib Distro.",
+  "options": {
+    "version": {
+      "default": "latest",
+      "description": "Select the version to install.",
+      "proposals": [
+        "latest"
+      ],
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  },
+  "installsAfter": [
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/gh-release"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/src/otelcol-contrib/install.sh b/src/otelcol-contrib/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b758490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/otelcol-contrib/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+set -e
+
+. ./library_scripts.sh
+
+# nanolayer is a cli utility which keeps container layers as small as possible
+# source code: https://github.com/devcontainers-contrib/nanolayer
+# `ensure_nanolayer` is a bash function that will find any existing nanolayer installations, 
+# and if missing - will download a temporary copy that automatically get deleted at the end 
+# of the script
+ensure_nanolayer nanolayer_location "v0.5.6"
+
+$nanolayer_location \
+    install \
+    devcontainer-feature \
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers-contrib/features/gh-release:1.0.24" \
+    --option repo='open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases' --option binaryNames='otelcol-contrib' --option version="$VERSION"
+
+echo 'Done!'
diff --git a/src/otelcol-contrib/library_scripts.sh b/src/otelcol-contrib/library_scripts.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d7f34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/otelcol-contrib/library_scripts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+
+
+clean_download() {
+    # The purpose of this function is to download a file with minimal impact on container layer size
+    # this means if no valid downloader is found (curl or wget) then we install a downloader (currently wget) in a 
+    # temporary manner, and making sure to 
+    # 1. uninstall the downloader at the return of the function
+    # 2. revert back any changes to the package installer database/cache (for example apt-get lists)
+    # The above steps will minimize the leftovers being created while installing the downloader 
+    # Supported distros:
+    #  debian/ubuntu/alpine
+
+    url=$1
+    output_location=$2
+    tempdir=$(mktemp -d)
+    downloader_installed=""
+
+    _apt_get_install() {
+        tempdir=$1
+
+        # copy current state of apt list - in order to revert back later (minimize contianer layer size) 
+        cp -p -R /var/lib/apt/lists $tempdir 
+        apt-get update -y
+        apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends wget ca-certificates
+    }
+
+    _apt_get_cleanup() {
+        tempdir=$1
+
+        echo "removing wget"
+        apt-get -y purge wget --auto-remove
+
+        echo "revert back apt lists"
+        rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+        rm -r /var/lib/apt/lists && mv $tempdir/lists /var/lib/apt/lists
+    }
+
+    _apk_install() {
+        tempdir=$1
+        # copy current state of apk cache - in order to revert back later (minimize contianer layer size) 
+        cp -p -R /var/cache/apk $tempdir 
+
+        apk add --no-cache  wget
+    }
+
+    _apk_cleanup() {
+        tempdir=$1
+
+        echo "removing wget"
+        apk del wget 
+    }
+    # try to use either wget or curl if one of them already installer
+    if type curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        downloader=curl
+    elif type wget >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        downloader=wget
+    else
+        downloader=""
+    fi
+
+    # in case none of them is installed, install wget temporarly
+    if [ -z $downloader ] ; then
+        if [ -x "/usr/bin/apt-get" ] ; then
+            _apt_get_install $tempdir
+        elif [ -x "/sbin/apk" ] ; then
+            _apk_install $tempdir
+        else
+            echo "distro not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        downloader="wget"
+        downloader_installed="true"
+    fi
+
+    if [ $downloader = "wget" ] ; then
+        wget -q $url -O $output_location
+    else
+        curl -sfL $url -o $output_location 
+    fi
+
+    # NOTE: the cleanup procedure was not implemented using `trap X RETURN` only because
+    # alpine lack bash, and RETURN is not a valid signal under sh shell
+    if ! [ -z $downloader_installed  ] ; then
+        if [ -x "/usr/bin/apt-get" ] ; then
+            _apt_get_cleanup $tempdir
+        elif [ -x "/sbin/apk" ] ; then
+            _apk_cleanup $tempdir
+        else
+            echo "distro not supported"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi 
+
+}
+
+
+ensure_nanolayer() {
+    # Ensure existance of the nanolayer cli program
+    local variable_name=$1
+
+    local required_version=$2
+
+    local __nanolayer_location=""
+
+    # If possible - try to use an already installed nanolayer
+    if [ -z "${NANOLAYER_FORCE_CLI_INSTALLATION}" ]; then
+        if [ -z "${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}" ]; then
+            if type nanolayer >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "Found a pre-existing nanolayer in PATH"
+                __nanolayer_location=nanolayer
+            fi
+        elif [ -f "${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}" ] && [ -x "${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}" ] ; then
+            __nanolayer_location=${NANOLAYER_CLI_LOCATION}
+            echo "Found a pre-existing nanolayer which were given in env variable: $__nanolayer_location"
+        fi
+
+        # make sure its of the required version
+        if ! [ -z "${__nanolayer_location}" ]; then
+            local current_version
+            current_version=$($__nanolayer_location --version)
+
+
+            if ! [ $current_version == $required_version ]; then
+                echo "skipping usage of pre-existing nanolayer. (required version $required_version does not match existing version $current_version)"
+                __nanolayer_location=""
+            fi
+        fi
+
+    fi
+
+    # If not previuse installation found, download it temporarly and delete at the end of the script 
+    if [ -z "${__nanolayer_location}" ]; then
+
+        if [ "$(uname -sm)" = 'Linux x86_64' ] || [ "$(uname -sm)" = "Linux aarch64" ]; then
+            tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d -t nanolayer-XXXXXXXXXX)
+
+            clean_up () {
+                ARG=$?
+                rm -rf $tmp_dir
+                exit $ARG
+            }
+            trap clean_up EXIT
+
+            
+            if [ -x "/sbin/apk" ] ; then
+                clib_type=musl
+            else
+                clib_type=gnu
+            fi
+
+            tar_filename=nanolayer-"$(uname -m)"-unknown-linux-$clib_type.tgz
+
+            # clean download will minimize leftover in case a downloaderlike wget or curl need to be installed
+            clean_download https://github.com/devcontainers-contrib/cli/releases/download/$required_version/$tar_filename $tmp_dir/$tar_filename
+            
+            tar xfzv $tmp_dir/$tar_filename -C "$tmp_dir"
+            chmod a+x $tmp_dir/nanolayer
+            __nanolayer_location=$tmp_dir/nanolayer
+      
+
+        else
+            echo "No binaries compiled for non-x86-linux architectures yet: $(uname -m)"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # Expose outside the resolved location
+    export ${variable_name}=$__nanolayer_location
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/otelcol/README.md b/src/otelcol/README.md
index 5772c43..3facb67 100644
--- a/src/otelcol/README.md
+++ b/src/otelcol/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # otelcol (via Github Releases) (otelcol)
 
-OpenTelemetry Collector Core Distro.
+OpenTelemetry Collector Contrib Distro.
 
 ## Example DevContainer Usage
 
 ```json
 "features": {
-    "ghcr.io/tranngoclam/otel-devcontainer-features/otelcol:1": {}
+    "ghcr.io/tranngoclam/otel-devcontainer-features/otelcol-contrib:1": {}
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/test/otelcol/test_defaults_debian.sh b/test/otelcol-contrib/test.sh
similarity index 56%
rename from test/otelcol/test_defaults_debian.sh
rename to test/otelcol-contrib/test.sh
index 240c566..9a1a329 100755
--- a/test/otelcol/test_defaults_debian.sh
+++ b/test/otelcol-contrib/test.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ set -e
 
 source dev-container-features-test-lib
 
-check "otelcol --version" otelcol --version
+check "otelcol-contrib --version" otelcol-contrib --version
 
 reportResults
diff --git a/test/otelcol/scenarios.json b/test/otelcol/scenarios.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 998c816..0000000
--- a/test/otelcol/scenarios.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "test_defaults_debian": {
-    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:debian",
-    "features": {
-      "otelcol": {}
-    }
-  }
-}