diff --git a/.github/workflows/linea-mainnet.yml b/.github/workflows/linea-mainnet.yml
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+name: linea-mainnet
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    outputs:
+      workflow_run_id: 
+        description: "the run id of the workflow"
+        value: ${{ jobs.build.outputs.workflow_run_id }}
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write  
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: build
+    outputs:
+      workflow_run_id: ${{ steps.workflow_details.outputs.id }}
+    steps:
+
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: get workflow_details
+        id: workflow_details
+        run: echo "id=${{ github.run_id }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      
+      - name: get versions via dotenv
+        id: dotenv
+        uses: falti/dotenv-action@v1
+        with:
+          path: versions/linea-mainnet.env
+          mode: development
+          keys-case: lower
+          log-variables: true
+          load-mode: strict
+
+      - name: set docker tag
+        id: dockertag
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" ] && [ "${{ github.ref_type }}" == "tag" ]; then
+            echo "IMAGE=mainnet-${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "IMAGE=mainnet-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: download and untar the linea-besu archive
+        run: |
+          cd /tmp/
+          echo "downloading linea-besu: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_BESU_TAR_GZ }}"
+          wget -nv "https://artifacts.consensys.net/public/linea-besu/raw/names/linea-besu.tar.gz/versions/${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_BESU_TAR_GZ }}/linea-besu-${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_BESU_TAR_GZ }}.tar.gz"
+          tar -xvf linea-besu-${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_BESU_TAR_GZ }}.tar.gz
+          mv /tmp/linea-besu-${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_BESU_TAR_GZ }} /tmp/besu
+
+      - name: copy the list of versions to the container
+        run: |
+          cp ./versions/linea-mainnet.env /tmp/besu/versions.txt
+          mkdir -p /tmp/besu/plugins
+
+      - name: get the plugins
+        run: |
+          cd /tmp/besu/plugins
+
+          echo "getting linea_sequencer_plugin_version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_SEQUENCER_PLUGIN_VERSION }}" 
+          wget -nv "https://github.com/Consensys/linea-sequencer/releases/download/v${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_SEQUENCER_PLUGIN_VERSION }}/besu-sequencer-plugins-v${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_SEQUENCER_PLUGIN_VERSION }}.jar" -P /tmp/besu/plugins
+
+          echo "getting finalized_tag_updater_plugin_version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.FINALIZED_TAG_UPDATER_PLUGIN_VERSION }}" 
+          wget -nv "https://github.com/Consensys/linea-monorepo/releases/download/finalized-tag-updater-v${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.FINALIZED_TAG_UPDATER_PLUGIN_VERSION }}/finalized-tag-updater-v${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.FINALIZED_TAG_UPDATER_PLUGIN_VERSION }}.jar" -P /tmp/besu/plugins
+
+          echo "getting linea_tracer_plugin_version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_TRACER_PLUGIN_VERSION }}" 
+          wget -nv "https://github.com/Consensys/linea-tracer/releases/download/v${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_TRACER_PLUGIN_VERSION }}/linea-tracer-v${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.LINEA_TRACER_PLUGIN_VERSION }}.jar" -P /tmp/besu/plugins
+
+          echo "getting shomei_plugin_version: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.SHOMEI_PLUGIN_VERSION }}" 
+          wget -nv "https://github.com/Consensys/besu-shomei-plugin/releases/download/v${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.SHOMEI_PLUGIN_VERSION }}/besu-shomei-plugin-v${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.SHOMEI_PLUGIN_VERSION }}.jar" -P /tmp/besu/plugins
+
+      - name: piece the package together to build the docker images
+        run: |
+          cd linea-besu
+          mv /tmp/besu ./
+          mv config/ genesis/ profiles/ besu/
+          tree .
+
+      # - name: set up docker buildx
+      #   uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3   
+
+      # - name: login to docker
+      #   uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      #   with:
+      #     username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USER_RW }}
+      #     password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD_RW }}
+
+      # - name: set docker build args
+      #   run: |
+      #     echo "BUILD_DATE=$(date --rfc-3339=date)" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      #     echo "Building image tag: ${{ steps.dockertag.outputs.IMAGE }}"
+
+      # - name: build and push the combined manifest
+      #   uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+      #   env:
+      #     DOCKER_BUILD_SUMMARY: false
+      #   with:
+      #     context: besu-fleet/.
+      #     platforms: linux/arm64,linux/amd64
+      #     provenance: false
+      #     cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
+      #     cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache          
+      #     build-args: |
+      #       VERSION=${{ steps.dockertag.outputs.IMAGE }}
+      #       VCS_REF=${{ github.sha }}
+      #       BUILD_DATE=${{ env.BUILD_DATE }}
+      #     push: true
+      #     tags: |
+      #        consensys/linea-besu-package:${{ steps.dockertag.outputs.IMAGE }}
+
diff --git a/linea-besu/Dockerfile b/linea-besu/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+ARG VERSION="dev"
+ENV NO_PROXY_CACHE="-o Acquire::BrokenProxy=true -o Acquire::http::No-Cache=true -o Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth=0"
+
+# Update and install dependencies without using any cache
+RUN apt-get update $NO_PROXY_CACHE  && \
+  # $NO_PROXY_CACHE must not be used here or otherwise will trigger a hadolint error
+  apt-get -o Acquire::BrokenProxy=true -o Acquire::http::No-Cache=true -o Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth=0 \
+    --no-install-recommends -q --assume-yes install openjdk-21-jre-headless=21* libjemalloc-dev=5.* adduser=3*  && \
+  # Clean apt cache
+  apt-get clean  && \
+  rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives/* /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/*  && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*  && \
+  # Starting from version 23.10, Ubuntu comes with an "ubuntu" user with uid 1000. We need 1000 for besu.
+  userdel ubuntu 2>/dev/null || true && rm -rf /home/ubuntu  && \
+  # Ensure we use a stable UID for besu, as file permissions are tied to UIDs.
+  adduser --uid 1000 --disabled-password --gecos "" --home /opt/besu besu  && \
+  chown besu:besu /opt/besu  && \
+  chmod 0755 /opt/besu  && \
+  # Create /data folder and set permissions
+  mkdir /data  && \
+  chown besu:besu /data  && \
+  chmod 0755 /data
+
+USER besu
+WORKDIR /opt/besu
+
+COPY --chown=besu:besu besu /opt/besu/
+
+# Expose services ports
+# 8545 HTTP JSON-RPC
+# 8546 WS JSON-RPC
+# 8547 HTTP GraphQL
+# 8550 HTTP ENGINE JSON-RPC
+# 8551 WS ENGINE JSON-RPC
+# 30303 P2P
+EXPOSE 8545 8546 8547 8550 8551 30303
+
+# defaults for host interfaces
+ENV BESU_RPC_HTTP_HOST 0.0.0.0
+ENV BESU_RPC_WS_HOST 0.0.0.0
+ENV BESU_GRAPHQL_HTTP_HOST 0.0.0.0
+ENV BESU_PID_PATH "/tmp/pid"
+
+ENV OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=besu,service.version=$VERSION"
+
+ENV OLDPATH="${PATH}"
+ENV PATH="/opt/besu/bin:${OLDPATH}"
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["besu"]
+HEALTHCHECK --start-period=5s --interval=5s --timeout=1s --retries=10 CMD bash -c "[ -f /tmp/pid ]"
+
+# Build-time metadata as defined at http://label-schema.org
+ARG BUILD_DATE
+ARG VCS_REF
+LABEL org.label-schema.build-date=$BUILD_DATE \
+      org.label-schema.name="Besu" \
+      org.label-schema.description="Enterprise Ethereum client" \
+      org.label-schema.url="https://besu.hyperledger.org/" \
+      org.label-schema.vcs-ref=$VCS_REF \
+      org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://github.com/hyperledger/besu.git" \
+      org.label-schema.vendor="Hyperledger" \
+      org.label-schema.version=$VERSION \
+      org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0"
diff --git a/versions/linea-devnet.env b/versions/linea-devnet.env
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+LINEA_BESU_TAR_GZ=24.10-delivery34
+LINEA_SEQUENCER_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.8.0-rc4.1
+LINEA_TRACER_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.6.0-rc8
+FINALIZED_TAG_UPDATER_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.0.2
+SHOMEI_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.3.1
diff --git a/versions/linea-mainnet.env b/versions/linea-mainnet.env
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+LINEA_BESU_TAR_GZ=24.10-delivery34
+LINEA_SEQUENCER_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.1.4-test35
+LINEA_TRACER_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.6.0-rc8
+FINALIZED_TAG_UPDATER_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.0.2
+SHOMEI_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.3.1
diff --git a/versions/linea-sepolia.env b/versions/linea-sepolia.env
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+LINEA_BESU_TAR_GZ=24.10-delivery34
+LINEA_SEQUENCER_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.8.0-rc4.1
+LINEA_TRACER_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.6.0-rc8
+FINALIZED_TAG_UPDATER_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.0.1
+SHOMEI_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.3.1