diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-check-nym-stats-api-version.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-check-nym-stats-api-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2bcb0bc87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-check-nym-stats-api-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: ci-check-nym-stats-api-version
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "nym-statistics-api/**"
+
+env:
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY: "nym-statistics-api"
+
+jobs:
+  check-if-tag-exists:
+    runs-on: arc-ubuntu-22.04-dind
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get version from cargo.toml
+        uses: mikefarah/yq@v4.45.4
+        id: get_version
+        with:
+          cmd: yq -oy '.package.version' ${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}/Cargo.toml
+
+      - name: Check if git tag exists
+        run: |
+          TAG=${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.result }}
+          if [[ -z "$TAG" ]]; then
+            echo "Tag is empty"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          git ls-remote --tags origin | awk '{print $2}'
+          if git ls-remote --tags origin | awk '{print $2}' | grep -q "refs/tags/$TAG$" ; then
+              echo "Tag '$TAG' ALREADY EXISTS on the remote"
+              exit 1
+          else
+              echo "Tag '$TAG' does not exist on the remote"
+          fi
+      - name: Check if harbor tag exists
+        run: |
+          TAG=${{ steps.get_version.outputs.result }}
+          registry=https://harbor.nymte.ch
+          repo_name=nym/nym-statistics-api
+          if [[ -z $TAG ]]; then
+            echo "Tag is empty"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          curl -su ${{ secrets.HARBOR_ROBOT_USERNAME }}:${{ secrets.HARBOR_ROBOT_SECRET }} "$registry/v2/$repo_name/tags/list" | jq
+          exists=$(curl -su ${{ secrets.HARBOR_ROBOT_USERNAME }}:${{ secrets.HARBOR_ROBOT_SECRET }} "$registry/v2/$repo_name/tags/list" | jq --arg tag $TAG '.tags | contains([$tag])' )
+          if [[ $exists = "true" ]]; then
+            echo "Version '$TAG' defined in Cargo.toml ALREADY EXISTS as tag in harbor repo"
+            exit 1
+          elif [[ $exists = "false" ]]; then
+            echo "Version '$TAG' doesn't exist on the remote"
+          else
+            echo "Unknown output '$exists'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-nym-statistics-api.yaml b/.github/workflows/push-nym-statistics-api.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4dd78acc60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-nym-statistics-api.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Build and upload Nym Statistics API container to harbor.nymte.ch
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  WORKING_DIRECTORY: "nym-statistics-api"
+  CONTAINER_NAME: "nym-statistics-api"
+
+jobs:
+  build-container:
+    runs-on: arc-ubuntu-22.04-dind
+    steps:
+      - name: Login to Harbor
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: harbor.nymte.ch
+          username: ${{ secrets.HARBOR_ROBOT_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.HARBOR_ROBOT_SECRET }}
+
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Configure git identity
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "lawrence@nymtech.net"
+          git config --global user.name "Lawrence Stalder"
+
+      - name: Get version from cargo.toml
+        uses: mikefarah/yq@v4.45.4
+        id: get_version
+        with:
+          cmd: yq -oy '.package.version' ${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}/Cargo.toml
+
+      - name: Create tag
+        run: |
+          git tag -a ${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.result }} -m "Version ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.result }}"
+          git push origin ${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.result }}
+
+      - name: BuildAndPushImageOnHarbor
+        run: |
+          docker build -f ${{ env.WORKING_DIRECTORY }}/Dockerfile . -t harbor.nymte.ch/nym/${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}:${{ steps.get_version.outputs.result }} -t harbor.nymte.ch/nym/${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}:latest
+          docker push harbor.nymte.ch/nym/${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }} --all-tags
diff --git a/nym-statistics-api/.gitignore b/nym-statistics-api/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba051bb2e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nym-statistics-api/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.pem
+.env*
diff --git a/nym-statistics-api/Dockerfile b/nym-statistics-api/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48f6449048
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nym-statistics-api/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# this will only work with VPN, otherwise remove the harbor part
+FROM harbor.nymte.ch/dockerhub/rust:latest AS builder
+
+COPY ./ /usr/src/nym
+WORKDIR /usr/src/nym/nym-statistics-api
+
+RUN cargo build --release
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The following environment variables are required at runtime:
+#
+# DATABASE_URL
+# POSTGRES_USER
+# POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+# PG_SSL_CERT
+#
+# And optionally:
+#
+# NYM_API_URL
+# NYM_STATISTICS_API_HTTP_PORT
+# PGPORT
+#
+# see https://github.com/nymtech/nym/blob/develop/nym-statistics-api/src/cli/mod.rs for details
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+FROM harbor.nymte.ch/dockerhub/ubuntu:24.04
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates
+
+WORKDIR /nym
+
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/nym/target/release/nym-statistics-api ./
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/nym/nym-statistics-api" ]
diff --git a/nym-statistics-api/launch_statistics_api.sh b/nym-statistics-api/launch_statistics_api.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1ec650f99e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nym-statistics-api/launch_statistics_api.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+user_rust_log_preference=$RUST_LOG
+
+
+function run_bare() {
+    # export necessary env vars
+    set -a
+    source .env
+    set +a
+    export RUST_LOG=${user_rust_log_preference:-debug}
+    echo "RUST_LOG=${RUST_LOG}"
+
+    cargo run --package nym-statistics-api
+}
+
+
+# Requires pg_up.sh, or a running postres instance, with the correct parameters in an .env file
+run_bare
diff --git a/nym-statistics-api/pg_up.sh b/nym-statistics-api/pg_up.sh
index 963efb6a91..db84118209 100755
--- a/nym-statistics-api/pg_up.sh
+++ b/nym-statistics-api/pg_up.sh
@@ -16,15 +16,22 @@ DB_NAME=$DB_NAME
 DATABASE_URL=$DATABASE_URL
 EOF
 
+cat <<EOF > init_schema.sql
+CREATE SCHEMA private_statistics_api;
+EOF
+
 
 docker run --rm -it \
   --name ${DB_NAME} \
   -e POSTGRES_USER=${PGUSER} \
   -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PGPASSWORD} \
   -e POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME} \
+  -v $(pwd)/init_schema.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init_schema.sql \
   -p ${PGPORT}:${PGPORT} \
   postgres
 
+rm init_schema.sql
+
 
 # sqlx migrate run
 # cargo sqlx prepare
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nym-statistics-api/src/cli/mod.rs b/nym-statistics-api/src/cli/mod.rs
index 5a8373fa4a..528d552e65 100644
--- a/nym-statistics-api/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-statistics-api/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 use nym_bin_common::bin_info;
-use std::sync::OnceLock;
+use std::{path::PathBuf, sync::OnceLock};
 use url::Url;
 
 // Helper for passing LONG_VERSION to clap
@@ -35,4 +35,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Cli {
     /// PgSQL port for the database.
     #[clap(long, default_value_t = 5432, env = "PGPORT")]
     pub(crate) pg_port: u16,
+
+    /// SSL root certificate path. Providing this will also set the ssl mode to `Require`
+    #[clap(long, env = "PG_SSL_CERT")]
+    pub(crate) ssl_cert_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
diff --git a/nym-statistics-api/src/main.rs b/nym-statistics-api/src/main.rs
index f08896dbc5..069b547e5e 100644
--- a/nym-statistics-api/src/main.rs
+++ b/nym-statistics-api/src/main.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         args.username,
         args.password,
         args.pg_port,
+        args.ssl_cert_path,
     )
     .await?;
     tracing::info!("Connection to database successful");
diff --git a/nym-statistics-api/src/storage/mod.rs b/nym-statistics-api/src/storage/mod.rs
index fe14eedbea..4ea9bad118 100644
--- a/nym-statistics-api/src/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-statistics-api/src/storage/mod.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use models::{ConnectionInfoDto, DailyActiveDeviceDto};
-use sqlx::{migrate::Migrator, postgres::PgConnectOptions};
-use std::str::FromStr;
+use sqlx::{
+    migrate::Migrator,
+    postgres::{PgConnectOptions, PgPoolOptions},
+    Executor,
+};
+use std::{path::PathBuf, str::FromStr};
 
 pub(crate) mod models;
 
 pub(crate) type DbPool = sqlx::PgPool;
+
 static MIGRATOR: Migrator = sqlx::migrate!("./migrations");
+const SET_SEARCH_PATH: &str = "SET search_path = private_statistics_api";
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct StatisticsStorage {
@@ -19,14 +25,31 @@ impl StatisticsStorage {
         user: String,
         password: String,
         port: u16,
+        ssl_cert_path: Option<PathBuf>,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let connect_options = PgConnectOptions::from_str(&connection_url)?
+        let mut connect_options = PgConnectOptions::from_str(&connection_url)?
             .port(port)
             .username(&user)
             .password(&password)
             .application_name(nym_bin_common::bin_info!().binary_name);
 
-        let pool = sqlx::PgPool::connect_with(connect_options)
+        if let Some(ssl_cert) = ssl_cert_path {
+            connect_options = connect_options
+                .ssl_mode(sqlx::postgres::PgSslMode::Require)
+                .ssl_root_cert(ssl_cert);
+        }
+
+        // This is a custom connection so the _sqlx_migrations table is not written in the public schema
+        // It then ensures we'll only write in the given schema, allowing to have the schema name only once here
+        // Ref : https://github.com/launchbadge/sqlx/issues/1835
+        let pool = PgPoolOptions::new()
+            .after_connect(|conn, _meta| {
+                Box::pin(async move {
+                    conn.execute(SET_SEARCH_PATH).await?;
+                    Ok(())
+                })
+            })
+            .connect_with(connect_options)
             .await
             .map_err(|err| anyhow!("Failed to connect to {}: {}", &connection_url, err))?;
 
@@ -49,9 +72,6 @@ impl StatisticsStorage {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    // Interestingly enough, because gateway-storage is using the `chrono` feature of sqlx and in 0.7.4 it takes priority over the `time` one, we cannot use the query! macro here.
-    // Due to features unification, the binary will not compile when built from the workspace root because it will expect `chrono` types.
-    // As a consequence, there is no compile time verification of these queries.
     async fn store_device(&self, active_device: DailyActiveDeviceDto) -> Result<()> {
         sqlx::query!(
             r#"INSERT INTO active_device (