diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 971fb16337..65e6b011be 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mongodb",
  "num_enum",
  "rmp-serde",
+ "secrecy",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
diff --git a/components/api-server/Cargo.toml b/components/api-server/Cargo.toml
index a8017f77c2..dc57d8bccd 100644
--- a/components/api-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/api-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ futures = "0.3.31"
 mongodb = "3.3.0"
 num_enum = "0.7.5"
 rmp-serde = "1.3.0"
+secrecy = "0.10.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.145"
 sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["runtime-tokio", "mysql"] }
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ thiserror = "2.0.17"
 tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 tracing-appender = "0.2.3"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["json", "env-filter"] }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20", features = ["json", "env-filter", "fmt", "std"] }
diff --git a/components/api-server/src/bin/api_server.rs b/components/api-server/src/bin/api_server.rs
index fafd76ea89..e2adf4412d 100644
--- a/components/api-server/src/bin/api_server.rs
+++ b/components/api-server/src/bin/api_server.rs
@@ -16,44 +16,59 @@ use clp_rust_utils::{clp_config::package, serde::yaml};
 use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use tracing_appender::rolling::{RollingFileAppender, Rotation};
-use tracing_subscriber::{self};
+use tracing_subscriber::{self, fmt::writer::Tee};
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 #[command(version, about = "API Server for CLP.")]
-struct Args {}
+struct Args {
+    #[arg(long)]
+    config: String,
+
+    #[arg(long)]
+    host: Option<String>,
+
+    #[arg(long)]
+    port: Option<u16>,
+}
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    let _ = Args::parse();
-    let home = std::env::var("CLP_HOME").context("Expect `CLP_HOME` env variable")?;
-    let home = std::path::Path::new(&home);
+    let args = Args::parse();
 
-    let config_path = home.join(package::DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_PATH);
-    let config: package::config::Config = yaml::from_path(&config_path).context(format!(
+    let config_path = std::path::Path::new(args.config.as_str());
+    let config: package::config::Config = yaml::from_path(config_path).context(format!(
         "Config file {} does not exist",
         config_path.display()
     ))?;
 
-    let file_appender = RollingFileAppender::new(
-        Rotation::HOURLY,
-        home.join(&config.logs_directory).join("api_server"),
-        "api_server.log",
-    );
+    let logs_directory =
+        std::env::var("CLP_LOGS_DIR").context("Expect `CLP_LOGS_DIR` environment variable.")?;
+    let logs_directory = std::path::Path::new(logs_directory.as_str());
+    let file_appender =
+        RollingFileAppender::new(Rotation::HOURLY, logs_directory, "api_server.log");
     let (non_blocking_writer, _guard) = tracing_appender::non_blocking(file_appender);
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
         .with_env_filter(tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::from_default_env())
         .with_ansi(false)
-        .with_writer(non_blocking_writer)
+        .with_writer(Tee::new(std::io::stdout, non_blocking_writer))
         .init();
 
-    let credentials_path = home.join(package::DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_FILE_PATH);
-    let credentials: package::credentials::Credentials = yaml::from_path(&credentials_path)
-        .context(format!(
-            "Credentials file {} does not exist",
-            credentials_path.display()
-        ))?;
-
-    let addr = format!("{}:{}", &config.api_server.host, &config.api_server.port);
+    let credentials = package::credentials::Credentials {
+        database: package::credentials::Database {
+            password: secrecy::SecretString::new(
+                std::env::var("CLP_DB_PASS")
+                    .context("Expect `CLP_DB_PASS` env variable")?
+                    .into_boxed_str(),
+            ),
+            user: std::env::var("CLP_DB_USER").context("Expect `CLP_DB_USER` env variable")?,
+        },
+    };
+
+    let addr = format!(
+        "{}:{}",
+        args.host.unwrap_or_else(|| config.api_server.host.clone()),
+        args.port.unwrap_or(config.api_server.port)
+    );
     let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&addr)
         .await
         .context(format!("Cannot listen to {addr}"))?;
@@ -72,9 +87,15 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     tracing::info!("Server started at {addr}");
     axum::serve(listener, app)
         .with_graceful_shutdown(async {
-            tokio::signal::ctrl_c()
-                .await
-                .expect("failed to listen for event");
+            let mut sigterm =
+                tokio::signal::unix::signal(tokio::signal::unix::SignalKind::terminate())
+                    .expect("failed to listen for SIGTERM");
+            tokio::select! {
+                _ = sigterm.recv() => {
+                }
+                _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c()=> {
+                }
+            }
         })
         .await?;
     Ok(())
diff --git a/components/clp-package-utils/clp_package_utils/controller.py b/components/clp-package-utils/clp_package_utils/controller.py
index 86b243a411..52b3865431 100644
--- a/components/clp-package-utils/clp_package_utils/controller.py
+++ b/components/clp-package-utils/clp_package_utils/controller.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
 from clp_py_utils.clp_config import (
+    API_SERVER_COMPONENT_NAME,
     AwsAuthType,
     CLPConfig,
     COMPRESSION_JOBS_TABLE_NAME,
@@ -619,6 +620,30 @@ def _set_up_env_for_garbage_collector(self) -> EnvVarsDict:
 
         return env_vars
 
+    def _set_up_env_for_api_server(self) -> EnvVarsDict:
+        """
+        Sets up environment variables and directories for the API server component.
+
+        :return: Dictionary of environment variables necessary to launch the component.
+        """
+        component_name = API_SERVER_COMPONENT_NAME
+
+        logger.info(f"Setting up environment for {component_name}...")
+
+        logs_dir = self._clp_config.logs_directory / component_name
+        resolved_logs_dir = resolve_host_path_in_container(logs_dir)
+        resolved_logs_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        env_vars = EnvVarsDict()
+
+        # Connection config
+        env_vars |= {
+            "CLP_API_SERVER_HOST": _get_ip_from_hostname(self._clp_config.api_server.host),
+            "CLP_API_SERVER_PORT": str(self._clp_config.api_server.port),
+        }
+
+        return env_vars
+
     def _read_and_update_settings_json(
         self, settings_file_path: pathlib.Path, updates: dict[str, Any]
     ) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -747,6 +772,7 @@ def set_up_env(self) -> None:
         env_vars |= self._set_up_env_for_webui(container_clp_config)
         env_vars |= self._set_up_env_for_mcp_server()
         env_vars |= self._set_up_env_for_garbage_collector()
+        env_vars |= self._set_up_env_for_api_server()
 
         # Write the environment variables to the `.env` file.
         with open(f"{self._clp_home}/.env", "w") as env_file:
diff --git a/components/clp-py-utils/clp_py_utils/clp_config.py b/components/clp-py-utils/clp_py_utils/clp_config.py
index cc383a7f2f..aca0882fe9 100644
--- a/components/clp-py-utils/clp_py_utils/clp_config.py
+++ b/components/clp-py-utils/clp_py_utils/clp_config.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 WEBUI_COMPONENT_NAME = "webui"
 MCP_SERVER_COMPONENT_NAME = "mcp_server"
 GARBAGE_COLLECTOR_COMPONENT_NAME = "garbage_collector"
+API_SERVER_COMPONENT_NAME = "api_server"
 
 # Action names
 ARCHIVE_MANAGER_ACTION_NAME = "archive_manager"
@@ -592,6 +593,19 @@ class GarbageCollector(BaseModel):
     sweep_interval: SweepInterval = SweepInterval()
 
 
+class QueryJobPollingConfig(BaseModel):
+    initial_backoff_ms: int = Field(default=100, alias="initial_backoff")
+
+    max_backoff_ms: int = Field(default=5000, alias="max_backoff")
+
+
+class ApiServer(BaseModel):
+    host: str = "localhost"
+    port: int = 3001
+    query_job_polling: QueryJobPollingConfig = QueryJobPollingConfig()
+    default_max_num_query_results: int = 1000
+
+
 class Presto(BaseModel):
     DEFAULT_PORT: ClassVar[int] = 8080
 
@@ -627,6 +641,7 @@ class CLPConfig(BaseModel):
     query_worker: QueryWorker = QueryWorker()
     webui: WebUi = WebUi()
     garbage_collector: GarbageCollector = GarbageCollector()
+    api_server: ApiServer = ApiServer()
     credentials_file_path: SerializablePath = CLP_DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_FILE_PATH
 
     mcp_server: Optional[McpServer] = None
diff --git a/components/clp-rust-utils/src/clp_config/package/config.rs b/components/clp-rust-utils/src/clp_config/package/config.rs
index b5876918f3..6355a23903 100644
--- a/components/clp-rust-utils/src/clp_config/package/config.rs
+++ b/components/clp-rust-utils/src/clp_config/package/config.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ impl Default for ApiServer {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[serde(default)]
 pub struct QueryJobPollingConfig {
     #[serde(rename = "initial_backoff")]
     pub initial_backoff_ms: u64,
diff --git a/components/package-template/src/etc/clp-config.yml b/components/package-template/src/etc/clp-config.yml
index 91322a86c6..23b3472363 100644
--- a/components/package-template/src/etc/clp-config.yml
+++ b/components/package-template/src/etc/clp-config.yml
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@
 #    archive: 60
 #    search_result: 30
 #
+## API server config
+#api_server:
+#  host: "localhost"
+#  port: 3001
+#  default_max_num_query_results: 1000
+#  query_job_polling:
+#    initial_backoff_ms: 100
+#    max_backoff_ms: 5000
+#
 ## Presto client config
 #presto: null
 #
diff --git a/taskfile.yaml b/taskfile.yaml
index 293a6b1298..2b68163ff9 100644
--- a/taskfile.yaml
+++ b/taskfile.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ vars:
   G_PYTHON_LIBS_DIR: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/python-libs"
   G_WEBUI_BUILD_DIR: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/webui"
   G_SPIDER_BUILD_DIR: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/spider"
+  G_RUST_BUILD_DIR: "{{.G_BUILD_DIR}}/rust"
 
   # Taskfile paths
   G_UTILS_TASKFILE: "{{.ROOT_DIR}}/tools/yscope-dev-utils/exports/taskfiles/utils/utils.yaml"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ tasks:
         vars:
           COMPONENT: "job-orchestration"
       - task: "clean-webui"
+      - task: "clean-rust"
       - task: "tests:integration:cache-clear"
 
   clean-core:
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ tasks:
       - "rm -rf '{{.G_WEBUI_SRC_DIR}}/server/node_modules'"
       - "rm -rf '{{.G_WEBUI_SRC_DIR}}/yscope-log-viewer/node_modules'"
 
+  clean-rust:
+    cmds:
+      - "rm -rf '{{.G_RUST_BUILD_DIR}}'"
+
   package:
     vars:
       CHECKSUM_FILE: "{{.G_PACKAGE_CHECKSUM_FILE}}"
@@ -191,6 +197,17 @@ tasks:
           JOBS: "{{.G_CPP_MAX_PARALLELISM_PER_BUILD_TASK}}"
           TARGETS: ["clg", "clo", "clp", "clp-s", "indexer", "log-converter", "reducer-server"]
 
+  rust:
+    deps: ["toolchains:rust"]
+    dir: "{{.ROOT_DIR}}"
+    cmd: |-
+      echo $HOME
+      echo $HOME/.cargo
+      type cargo
+      type rustup
+      ls $HOME
+      cargo build --release --bins --target-dir {{.G_RUST_BUILD_DIR}}
+
   clp-mcp-server:
     - task: "uv-component"
       vars:
@@ -218,6 +235,7 @@ tasks:
       - "init"
       - "python-libs"
       - "webui"
+      - "rust"
 
   webui:
     env:
diff --git a/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose-all.yaml b/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose-all.yaml
index f037911192..b5dd4512bd 100644
--- a/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose-all.yaml
+++ b/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose-all.yaml
@@ -486,3 +486,30 @@ services:
         "-f",
         "http://mcp_server:8000/health"
       ]
+
+  api-server:
+    <<: *service_defaults
+    hostname: "api_server"
+    environment:
+      CLP_LOGS_DIR: "/var/log/api_server"
+      CLP_DB_PASS: "${CLP_DB_PASS:?Please set a value.}"
+      CLP_DB_USER: "${CLP_DB_USER:?Please set a value.}"
+      RUST_LOG: "TRACE"
+    ports:
+      - host_ip: "${CLP_API_SERVER_HOST:-127.0.0.1}"
+        published: "${CLP_API_SERVER_PORT:-3001}"
+        target: 3001
+    volumes:
+      - *volume_clp_config_readonly
+      - *volume_clp_logs
+    depends_on:
+      db-table-creator:
+        condition: "service_completed_successfully"
+      results-cache-indices-creator:
+        condition: "service_completed_successfully"
+    command: [
+      "/opt/clp/bin/api_server",
+      "--host", "0.0.0.0",
+      "--port", "3001",
+      "--config", "/etc/clp-config.yml"
+    ]
diff --git a/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose-base.yaml b/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose-base.yaml
index fba182a839..7f0ee5b788 100644
--- a/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose-base.yaml
+++ b/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose-base.yaml
@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@ services:
     extends:
       file: "docker-compose-all.yaml"
       service: "garbage-collector"
+
+  api-server:
+    extends:
+      file: "docker-compose-all.yaml"
+      service: "api-server"
diff --git a/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose.yaml b/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose.yaml
index 9ec4ea439f..a23c4a6a8a 100644
--- a/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/tools/deployment/package/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -73,3 +73,8 @@ services:
     extends:
       file: "docker-compose-all.yaml"
       service: "mcp-server"
+
+  api-server:
+    extends:
+      file: "docker-compose-all.yaml"
+      service: "api-server"
diff --git a/tools/docker-images/clp-package/Dockerfile b/tools/docker-images/clp-package/Dockerfile
index 6dc00016d1..16deff4939 100644
--- a/tools/docker-images/clp-package/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/docker-images/clp-package/Dockerfile
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ COPY --link --chown=${UID} ./build/spider/spider-build/src/spider/spider_worker
 COPY --link --chown=${UID} ./build/nodejs-22/bin/node bin/node-22
 COPY --link --chown=${UID} ./build/python-libs/ lib/python3/site-packages/
 COPY --link --chown=${UID} ./build/webui/ var/www/webui/
+COPY --link --chown=${UID} ./build/rust/release/api_server bin/