diff --git a/nym-validator-rewarder/Cargo.toml b/nym-validator-rewarder/Cargo.toml
index 58a7472c43..ab722f9459 100644
--- a/nym-validator-rewarder/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-validator-rewarder/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 anyhow.workspace = true
 bip39 = { workspace = true, features = ["zeroize"] }
 cosmwasm-std.workspace = true
-clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "env"] }
 futures.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 sqlx = { workspace = true, features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "sqlite", "macros", "migrate", "time"] }
diff --git a/nym-validator-rewarder/Dockerfile b/nym-validator-rewarder/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c8e34b24f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nym-validator-rewarder/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+FROM rust:latest AS builder
+
+COPY ./ /usr/src/nym
+WORKDIR /usr/src/nym/nym-validator-rewarder
+
+RUN cargo build --release
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The following environment variables are required at runtime:
+#
+#
+# And optionally:
+#
+#
+# see https://github.com/nymtech/nym/blob/develop/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/mod.rs for details
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+FROM ubuntu:24.04
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates
+
+WORKDIR /nym
+
+COPY --from=builder /usr/src/nym/target/release/nym-validator-rewarder ./
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/nym/nym-validator-rewarder" ]
diff --git a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/init.rs b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/init.rs
index 2c10d18506..e1d68e1cc4 100644
--- a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/init.rs
+++ b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/init.rs
@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ pub struct Args {
     config_override: ConfigOverridableArgs,
 
     /// Specifies custom location for the configuration file of nym validators rewarder.
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_INIT_CUSTOM_CONFIG_PATH")]
     custom_config_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 
     /// Mnemonic used for rewarding  operations
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_MNEMONIC")]
     mnemonic: bip39::Mnemonic,
 
     /// Overwrite existing configuration file.
-    #[clap(long, short)]
+    #[clap(long, short, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_FORCE")]
     force: bool,
 }
 
diff --git a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/mod.rs b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/mod.rs
index e986b5f4d2..239328ed8a 100644
--- a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -53,43 +53,49 @@ impl Cli {
 
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Args)]
 pub struct ConfigOverridableArgs {
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_DISABLE_BLOCK_SIGNING_REWARDING")]
     pub disable_block_signing_rewarding: bool,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_BLOCK_SIGNING_MONITORING_ONLY")]
     pub block_signing_monitoring_only: bool,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_DISABLE_CREDENTIAL_ISSUANCE_REWARDING"
+    )]
     pub disable_credential_issuance_rewarding: bool,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_CREDENTIAL_MONITOR_RUN_INTERVAL")]
     pub credential_monitor_run_interval: Option<humantime::Duration>,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_CREDENTIAL_MONITOR_MIN_VALIDATION")]
     pub credential_monitor_min_validation: Option<usize>,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_CREDENTIAL_MONITOR_SAMPLING_RATE")]
     pub credential_monitor_sampling_rate: Option<f64>,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_SCRAPER_ENDPOINT")]
     pub scraper_endpoint: Option<Url>,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_NYXD_ENDPOINT")]
     pub nyxd_endpoint: Option<Url>,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_EPOCH_BUDGET")]
     pub epoch_budget: Option<Coin>,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_EPOCH_DURATION")]
     pub epoch_duration: Option<humantime::Duration>,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_BLOCK_SIGNIG_REWARD_RATIO")]
     pub block_signing_reward_ratio: Option<f64>,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_CREDENTIAL_ISSUANCE_REWARD_RATIO")]
     pub credential_issuance_reward_ratio: Option<f64>,
 
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(
+        long,
+        env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_CREDENTIAL_VERIFICATION_REWARD_RATIO"
+    )]
     pub credential_verification_reward_ratio: Option<f64>,
 }
 
diff --git a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/process_block.rs b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/process_block.rs
index 7f395bca25..b3d090cfda 100644
--- a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/process_block.rs
+++ b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/process_block.rs
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ pub struct Args {
     config_override: ConfigOverridableArgs,
 
     /// Height of the block we want to process
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_PROCESS_BLOCK_HEIGHT")]
     height: u32,
 
     /// Specifies custom location for the configuration file of nym validators rewarder.
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_VALIDATOR_REWARDER_PROCESS_BLOCK_CONFIG_PATH")]
     custom_config_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
diff --git a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/process_until.rs b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/process_until.rs
index f1c15470d0..3de3a3fff7 100644
--- a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/process_until.rs
+++ b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/process_until.rs
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ pub struct Args {
 
     /// Optional starting height for processing the blocks.
     /// If none is provided, the default behaviour will be applied.
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_REWARDER_VALIDATOR_PROCESS_UNTIL_START_HEIGHT")]
     start_height: Option<u32>,
 
     /// Height of until we want to be processing the blocks.
     /// If none is provided, the currrent block height will be used
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_REWARDER_VALIDATOR_PROCESS_UNTIL_STOP_HEIGHT")]
     stop_height: Option<u32>,
 
     /// Specifies custom location for the configuration file of nym validators rewarder.
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_REWARDER_VALIDATOR_PROCESS_UNTIL_CONFIG_PATH")]
     custom_config_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
diff --git a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/run.rs b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/run.rs
index 540657c618..a12ac965d8 100644
--- a/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/run.rs
+++ b/nym-validator-rewarder/src/cli/run.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub struct Args {
     config_override: ConfigOverridableArgs,
 
     /// Specifies custom location for the configuration file of nym validators rewarder.
-    #[clap(long)]
+    #[clap(long, env = "NYM_REWARDER_VALIDATOR_RUN_CONFIG_PATH")]
     custom_config_path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }