diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_pipe.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_pipe.yml
index 34dfbd38cd..01e15b7e4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_pipe.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_pipe.yml
@@ -21,14 +21,18 @@ on:
       run_check:
         required: true
         type: boolean
-      conda_run_build:
-        description: 'Runs the conda-build stage to ensure the conda package builds successfully'
+      conda_core_run_build:
+        description: 'Runs the stage to build the morpheus-core conda package'
         required: true
         type: boolean
       conda_upload_label:
-        description: 'The label to use when uploading the conda package. Leave empty to disable uploading'
+        description: 'The label to use when uploading the morpheus conda packages. Leave empty to disable uploading'
         required: true
         type: string
+      conda_run_build:
+        description: 'Runs the conda-build stage to build the conda package with all morpheus components'
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
       container:
         required: true
         type: string
@@ -36,6 +40,8 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
     secrets:
+      CONDA_TOKEN:
+        required: true
       NGC_API_KEY:
         required: true
 
@@ -198,9 +204,9 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: ./morpheus/ci/scripts/github/docs.sh
 
-  package:
-    name: Package
-    if: ${{ inputs.conda_run_build }}
+  package-core:
+    name: Package Core
+    if: ${{ inputs.conda_core_run_build }}
     needs: [check, documentation, test]
     runs-on: linux-amd64-cpu16
     timeout-minutes: 60
@@ -228,10 +234,44 @@ jobs:
           aws-region: ${{ vars.AWS_REGION }}
           role-duration-seconds: 43200 # 12h
 
-      - name: conda
+      - name: Build morpheus-core conda package
         shell: bash
         env:
           CONDA_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.CONDA_TOKEN }}"
           SCRIPT_ARGS: "${{ inputs.conda_upload_label != '' && 'upload' || '' }}"
           CONDA_PKG_LABEL: "${{ inputs.conda_upload_label }}"
-        run: ./morpheus/ci/scripts/github/conda.sh $SCRIPT_ARGS
+        run: ./morpheus/ci/scripts/github/conda_core.sh $SCRIPT_ARGS
+
+  package:
+    name: Package All
+    if: ${{ inputs.conda_run_build }}
+    needs: [check, documentation, test]
+    runs-on: linux-amd64-cpu16
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    container:
+      credentials:
+        username: '$oauthtoken'
+        password: ${{ secrets.NGC_API_KEY }}
+      image: ${{ inputs.container }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          lfs: false
+          path: 'morpheus'
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+
+      - name: Get AWS credentials using OIDC
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1-node16
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ vars.AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
+          aws-region: ${{ vars.AWS_REGION }}
+          role-duration-seconds: 43200 # 12h
+
+      - name: conda
+        shell: bash
+        run: ./morpheus/ci/scripts/github/conda.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 42a261fdc0..d7c748c181 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       is_main_branch: ${{ github.ref_name == 'main' }}
       is_dev_branch: ${{ startsWith(github.ref_name, 'branch-') }}
       has_conda_build_label: ${{ steps.get-pr-info.outcome == 'success' && contains(fromJSON(steps.get-pr-info.outputs.pr-info).labels.*.name, 'conda-build') || false }}
+      has_conda_core_build_label: ${{ steps.get-pr-info.outcome == 'success' && contains(fromJSON(steps.get-pr-info.outputs.pr-info).labels.*.name, 'conda-core-build') || false }}
       has_skip_ci_label: ${{ steps.get-pr-info.outcome == 'success' && contains(fromJSON(steps.get-pr-info.outputs.pr-info).labels.*.name, 'skip-ci') || false }}
       pr_info: ${{ steps.get-pr-info.outcome == 'success' && steps.get-pr-info.outputs.pr-info || '' }}
 
@@ -89,13 +90,16 @@ jobs:
     with:
       # Run checks for any PR branch
       run_check: ${{ fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.is_pr) }}
-      # Run conda-build for main/dev branches and PRs with the conda-build label
+      # Build morpheus-core conda package. This is done for main/dev branches and
+      # for PRs with the conda-core-build label
+      conda_core_run_build: ${{ !fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.is_pr) || fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.has_conda_core_build_label) }}
+      # Upload morpheus-core conda package only for non PR branches. Use 'main' for main branch and 'dev' for all other branches
+      conda_upload_label: ${{ !fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.is_pr) && (fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.is_main_branch) && 'main' || 'dev') || '' }}
+      # Run morpheus conda package, with all components. This is done for main/dev
+      # branches and for PRs with the conda-build label.
       conda_run_build: ${{ !fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.is_pr) || fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.has_conda_build_label) }}
-      # Update conda package only for non PR branches. Use 'main' for main branch and 'dev' for all other branches
-      # Disable conda upload for now, once we have morpheus packages in conda forge set the value to
-      # !fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.is_pr) && (fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.is_main_branch) && 'main' || 'dev') || ''
-      conda_upload_label: ""
       container: nvcr.io/ea-nvidia-morpheus/morpheus:morpheus-ci-build-240614
       test_container: nvcr.io/ea-nvidia-morpheus/morpheus:morpheus-ci-test-240614
     secrets:
+      CONDA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CONDA_TOKEN }}
       NGC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NGC_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core/conda_build_config.yaml b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core/conda_build_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b051dc074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2021-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+c_compiler_version:
+  - 11.2
+
+cxx_compiler_version:
+  - 11.2
+
+cuda_compiler:
+  - cuda-nvcc
+
+cuda_compiler_version:
+  - 12.1
+
+python:
+  - 3.10
+
+rapids_version:
+  - 24.02
diff --git a/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core/meta.yaml b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f72004b95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+{% set version = environ.get('GIT_VERSION', '0.0.0.dev').lstrip('v') + environ.get('VERSION_SUFFIX', '') %}
+{% set minor_version =  version.split('.')[0] + '.' + version.split('.')[1] %}
+
+package:
+  name: morpheus-core
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  git_url: ../../../..
+
+outputs:
+
+  - name: morpheus-core
+    build:
+      number: {{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+      string: cuda_{{ cuda_compiler_version }}_py{{ python }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_HASH }}_{{ GIT_DESCRIBE_NUMBER }}
+      script_env:
+        # Note: Setting a default value here will overwrite the value from the
+        # shell! Defaults should be set in the run_conda_build.sh script
+        - CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES
+        - MORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR
+        - MORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS
+        - MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA
+        - MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM
+        - PARALLEL_LEVEL
+      run_exports:
+        - {{ pin_subpackage("morpheus-core", max_pin="x.x") }}
+    script: morpheus_core_build.sh
+
+    requirements:
+      build:
+        - {{ compiler("c") }}
+        - {{ compiler("cuda") }}
+        - {{ compiler("cxx") }}
+        - automake =1.16.5 # Needed for DOCA build
+        - ccache
+        - cmake =3.27
+        - cuda-cudart-dev {{ cuda_compiler_version }}.* # Needed by CMake to compile a test application
+        - cuda-version {{ cuda_compiler_version }}.*
+        - libtool # Needed for DOCA build
+        - ninja =1.11
+        - pkg-config =0.29 # for mrc cmake
+        - sysroot_linux-64 =2.17
+      host:
+        # CUDA dependencies
+        - cuda-cudart-dev {{ cuda_compiler_version }}.*
+        - cuda-libraries-dev {{ cuda_compiler_version }}.* # required by matx for libcublas-dev
+        - cuda-nvml-dev {{ cuda_compiler_version }}.*
+        - cuda-nvrtc-dev {{ cuda_compiler_version }}.*
+        - cuda-nvtx-dev {{ cuda_compiler_version }}.*
+        - cuda-version {{ cuda_compiler_version }}.*
+        # Non-CUDA dependencies
+        - cudf {{ rapids_version }}
+        - cython 3.0.*
+        - glog 0.6.*
+        - libcudf {{ rapids_version }}
+        - librdkafka >=1.9.2,<1.10.0a0
+        - mrc {{ minor_version }}
+        - nlohmann_json 3.11.*
+        - pip
+        - pybind11-stubgen 0.10.5
+        - python {{ python }}
+        - rapidjson 1.1.0
+        - scikit-build 0.17.6
+        - versioneer-518
+        - zlib 1.2.13 # required to build triton client
+      run:
+        # Runtime only requirements. This + setup.py is the definitive runtime requirement list
+        # This should be synced with `runtime` in dependencies.yaml
+        - appdirs
+        - beautifulsoup4
+        - click >=8
+        - cuda-version {{ cuda_compiler_version }}.*
+        - cudf
+        - cupy # Version determined from cudf
+        - datacompy =0.10.*
+        - dill =0.3.7
+        - docker-py =5.0.*
+        - elasticsearch ==8.9.0
+        - feedparser =6.0.*
+        - grpcio =1.59.*
+        - mlflow>=2.10.0,<3
+        - mrc
+        - networkx=2.8.8
+        - numpydoc =1.5.*
+        - pydantic
+        - pluggy =1.3.*
+        - python
+        - python-confluent-kafka >=1.9.2,<1.10.0a0
+        - python-graphviz
+        - pytorch-cuda
+        - pytorch * *cuda*
+        - rapids-dask-dependency {{ rapids_version }} # provides dask and distributed
+        - requests
+        - requests-cache =1.1.*
+        - scikit-learn =1.3.2.*
+        - sqlalchemy <2.0 # 2.0 is incompatible with pandas=1.3
+        - tqdm =4.*
+        - tritonclient =2.34.*
+        - typing_utils =0.1.*
+        - watchdog =3.0.*
+        - websockets
+    test:
+      requires:
+        # test that cuml can be installed in the env
+        - cuml {{ rapids_version }}.*
+        - pynvml
+        - pytest-asyncio
+        - pytest-benchmark
+        - pytest-cov
+        - pytest =7.4.4
+      source_files:
+        - pyproject.toml
+        - scripts/fetch_data.py
+      imports:
+        - morpheus
+      commands:
+          - echo # make sure test requirements get installed
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/nv-morpheus/Morpheus
+  license: Apache-2.0
+  license_family: Apache
+  license_file: LICENSE
+  summary: Morpheus Cybersecurity Core Library
diff --git a/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core/morpheus_core_build.sh b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core/morpheus_core_build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ef4920b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core/morpheus_core_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# It is assumed that this script is executed from the root of the repo directory by conda-build
+# (https://conda-forge.org/docs/maintainer/knowledge_base.html#using-cmake)
+
+# Need to ensure this value is set before checking it in the if block
+MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=-OFF
+MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=-OFF
+
+# This will store all of the cmake args. Make sure to prepend args to allow
+# incoming values to overwrite them
+CMAKE_ARGS=${CMAKE_ARGS:-""}
+
+export CCACHE_BASEDIR=$(realpath ${SRC_DIR}/..)
+export USE_SCCACHE=${USE_SCCACHE:-""}
+
+# Check for some mrc environment variables. Append to front of args to allow users to overwrite them
+if [[ -n "${MORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR}" ]]; then
+   # Set the cache variable, then set the Staging prefix to allow for host searching
+   CMAKE_ARGS="-DMORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR=${MORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR} ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+
+   # Double check that the cache dir has been created
+   mkdir -p ${MORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR}
+fi
+
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_MESSAGE_CONTEXT_SHOW=ON ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DMORPHEUS_USE_CONDA=ON ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DMORPHEUS_USE_CCACHE=ON ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DMORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS=${MORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS=-"ON"} ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DMORPHEUS_PYTHON_INPLACE_BUILD=ON ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DMORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_WHEEL=ON ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN=ON ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=-"RAPIDS"} ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON} ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+CMAKE_ARGS="-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON} ${CMAKE_ARGS}" # for pybind11
+CMAKE_ARGS="--log-level=VERBOSE ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+
+if [[ "${USE_SCCACHE}" == "1" ]]; then
+   CMAKE_ARGS="-DCCACHE_PROGRAM_PATH=$(which sccache) ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+fi
+
+echo "CC          : ${CC}"
+echo "CXX         : ${CXX}"
+echo "CUDAHOSTCXX : ${CUDAHOSTCXX}"
+echo "CUDA        : ${CUDA}"
+echo "CMAKE_ARGS  : ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+
+echo "========Begin Env========"
+env
+echo "========End Env========"
+
+BUILD_DIR="build-conda"
+
+# Check if the build directory already exists. And if so, delete the
+# CMakeCache.txt and CMakeFiles to ensure a clean configuration
+if [[ -d "./${BUILD_DIR}" ]]; then
+   echo "Deleting old CMake files at ./${BUILD_DIR}"
+   rm -rf "./${BUILD_DIR}/CMakeCache.txt"
+   rm -rf "./${BUILD_DIR}/CMakeFiles"
+fi
+
+# Run configure
+cmake -B ${BUILD_DIR} \
+   ${CMAKE_ARGS} \
+   --log-level=verbose \
+   .
+
+# Build the components
+cmake --build ${BUILD_DIR} -j${PARALLEL_LEVEL:-$(nproc)} --target install
+
+# Install just the mprpheus core python wheel components
+${PYTHON} -m pip install -vv ${BUILD_DIR}/python/morpheus/dist/*.whl
diff --git a/ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh b/ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh
index 6b6923b735..3f96d70736 100755
--- a/ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh
+++ b/ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ export CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES:-"RAPIDS"}
 export MORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS=${MORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS:-"ON"}
 export MORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR=${MORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR:-"${MORPHEUS_ROOT}/.cache"}
 export PARALLEL_LEVEL=${PARALLEL_LEVEL:-$(nproc)}
-export MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=${MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA:-OFF}
-export MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=${MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM:-ON}
 
 # Set CONDA_CHANNEL_ALIAS to mimic the conda config channel_alias property during the build
 CONDA_CHANNEL_ALIAS=${CONDA_CHANNEL_ALIAS:-""}
@@ -82,6 +80,31 @@ fi
 # Holds the arguments in an array to allow for complex json objects
 CONDA_ARGS_ARRAY=()
 
+if hasArg upload; then
+   # Set the conda token
+   CONDA_TOKEN=${CONDA_TOKEN:?"CONDA_TOKEN must be set to allow upload"}
+
+   # Get the label to apply to the package
+   CONDA_PKG_LABEL=${CONDA_PKG_LABEL:-"dev"}
+
+   # Ensure we have anaconda-client installed for upload
+   if [[ -z "$(conda list | grep anaconda-client)" ]]; then
+      echo -e "${y}anaconda-client not found and is required for up. Installing...${x}"
+
+      mamba install -y anaconda-client
+   fi
+
+   echo -e "${y}Uploading conda package${x}"
+
+   # Add the conda token needed for uploading
+   CONDA_ARGS_ARRAY+=("--token" "${CONDA_TOKEN}")
+
+   if [[ -n "${CONDA_PKG_LABEL}" ]]; then
+      CONDA_ARGS_ARRAY+=("--label" "${CONDA_PKG_LABEL}")
+      echo -e "${y}   Using label: ${CONDA_PKG_LABEL}${x}"
+   fi
+fi
+
 # Some default args
 CONDA_ARGS_ARRAY+=("--use-local")
 
@@ -103,12 +126,15 @@ CONDA_ARGS_ARRAY+=("-c" "${CONDA_CHANNEL_ALIAS:+"${CONDA_CHANNEL_ALIAS%/}/"}defa
 if [[ ${NUMARGS} == 0 ]]; then
    echo -e "${r}ERROR: No arguments were provided. Please provide at least one package to build. Available packages:${x}"
    echo -e "${r}   morpheus${x}"
+   echo -e "${r}   morpheus-core${x}"
    echo -e "${r}   pydebug${x}"
    echo -e "${r}Exiting...${x}"
    exit 12
 fi
 
 if hasArg morpheus; then
+   export MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=${MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA:-OFF}
+   export MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=${MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM:-ON}
    # Set GIT_VERSION to set the project version inside of meta.yaml
    export GIT_VERSION="$(get_version)"
 
@@ -118,6 +144,18 @@ if hasArg morpheus; then
    set +x
 fi
 
+if hasArg morpheus-core; then
+   export MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=-OFF
+   export MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=-OFF
+   # Set GIT_VERSION to set the project version inside of meta.yaml
+   export GIT_VERSION="$(get_version)"
+
+   echo "Running conda-build for morpheus-core v${GIT_VERSION}..."
+   set -x
+   conda ${CONDA_COMMAND} "${CONDA_ARGS_ARRAY[@]}" ${CONDA_ARGS} ci/conda/recipes/morpheus-core
+   set +x
+fi
+
 if hasArg pydebug; then
    export MORPHEUS_PYTHON_VER=$(python --version | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
 
diff --git a/ci/scripts/github/build.sh b/ci/scripts/github/build.sh
index e959eb1040..7babe4a40a 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/github/build.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/github/build.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 set -e
 
 source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/common.sh
+source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/cmake_all.sh
 
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
   --output conda \
diff --git a/ci/scripts/github/checks.sh b/ci/scripts/github/checks.sh
index e9bfaa6752..6b6e579feb 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/github/checks.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/github/checks.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 set -e
 
 source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/common.sh
+source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/cmake_all.sh
 
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
   --output conda \
diff --git a/ci/scripts/github/cmake_all.sh b/ci/scripts/github/cmake_all.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86b0d65dcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/scripts/github/cmake_all.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+_FLAGS=()
+_FLAGS+=("-B" "${BUILD_DIR}")
+_FLAGS+=("-G" "Ninja")
+_FLAGS+=("-DCMAKE_MESSAGE_CONTEXT_SHOW=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=RAPIDS")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_USE_CONDA=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_USE_CCACHE=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_PYTHON_INPLACE_BUILD=OFF")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_TESTS=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=ON")
+if [[ "${LOCAL_CI}" == "" ]]; then
+    _FLAGS+=("-DCCACHE_PROGRAM_PATH=$(which sccache)")
+fi
+export CMAKE_BUILD_ALL_FEATURES="${_FLAGS[@]}"
+unset _FLAGS
+
+if [[ ${MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA} == @(TRUE|ON) ]]; then
+    export CMAKE_BUILD_ALL_FEATURES="${CMAKE_BUILD_ALL_FEATURES} -DMORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=ON"
+fi
diff --git a/ci/scripts/github/cmake_core.sh b/ci/scripts/github/cmake_core.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20d250e45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/scripts/github/cmake_core.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+_FLAGS=()
+_FLAGS+=("-B" "${BUILD_DIR}")
+_FLAGS+=("-G" "Ninja")
+_FLAGS+=("-DCMAKE_MESSAGE_CONTEXT_SHOW=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=RAPIDS")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_USE_CONDA=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_USE_CCACHE=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_PYTHON_INPLACE_BUILD=OFF")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS=ON")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=OFF")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_TESTS=OFF")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=OFF")
+_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=OFF")
+if [[ "${LOCAL_CI}" == "" ]]; then
+    _FLAGS+=("-DCCACHE_PROGRAM_PATH=$(which sccache)")
+fi
+export CMAKE_BUILD_ALL_FEATURES="${_FLAGS[@]}"
+unset _FLAGS
diff --git a/ci/scripts/github/common.sh b/ci/scripts/github/common.sh
index 66d44fdb8c..5d7cf3f698 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/github/common.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/github/common.sh
@@ -64,29 +64,6 @@ export SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT=32768
 # Set the build flags
 export BUILD_DIR=${BUILD_DIR:-build}
 
-_FLAGS=()
-_FLAGS+=("-B" "${BUILD_DIR}")
-_FLAGS+=("-G" "Ninja")
-_FLAGS+=("-DCMAKE_MESSAGE_CONTEXT_SHOW=ON")
-_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=RAPIDS")
-_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_USE_CONDA=ON")
-_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_USE_CCACHE=ON")
-_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_PYTHON_INPLACE_BUILD=OFF")
-_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS=ON")
-_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON")
-_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON")
-_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_TESTS=ON")
-_FLAGS+=("-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=ON")
-if [[ "${LOCAL_CI}" == "" ]]; then
-    _FLAGS+=("-DCCACHE_PROGRAM_PATH=$(which sccache)")
-fi
-export CMAKE_BUILD_ALL_FEATURES="${_FLAGS[@]}"
-unset _FLAGS
-
-if [[ ${MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA} == @(TRUE|ON) ]]; then
-    export CMAKE_BUILD_ALL_FEATURES="${CMAKE_BUILD_ALL_FEATURES} -DMORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=ON"
-fi
-
 export FETCH_STATUS=0
 
 print_env_vars
diff --git a/ci/scripts/github/conda.sh b/ci/scripts/github/conda.sh
index 4114bd9ab9..5be051fade 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/github/conda.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/github/conda.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ set -e
 
 CI_SCRIPT_ARGS="$@"
 source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/common.sh
+source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/cmake_all.sh
 
 cd ${MORPHEUS_ROOT}
 
diff --git a/ci/scripts/github/conda_core.sh b/ci/scripts/github/conda_core.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b2006b6162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/scripts/github/conda_core.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -e
+
+CI_SCRIPT_ARGS="$@"
+source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/common.sh
+source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/cmake_core.sh
+
+cd ${MORPHEUS_ROOT}
+
+fetch_base_branch
+
+# Its important that we are in the base environment for the build
+rapids-logger "Activating Base Conda Environment"
+
+# Deactivate any extra environments (There can be a few on the stack)
+while [[ "${CONDA_SHLVL:-0}" -gt 1 ]]; do
+   echo "Deactivating conda environment ${CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV}"
+   conda deactivate
+done
+
+# Ensure at least base is activated
+if [[ "${CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV}" != "base" ]]; then
+   echo "Activating base conda environment"
+   conda activate base
+fi
+
+# Print the info just to be sure base is active
+conda info
+
+rapids-logger "Building Conda Package morpheus-core"
+
+# Run the conda build, and upload to conda forge if requested
+export MORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS=OFF
+export CONDA_ARGS="--skip-existing"
+${MORPHEUS_ROOT}/ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh morpheus-core "${CI_SCRIPT_ARGS}"
+
+# If we didn't receive the upload argument, upload the artifact to S3
+if [[ " ${CI_SCRIPT_ARGS} " =~ " upload " ]]; then
+   rapids-logger "Building Conda Package morpheus-core... Done"
+else
+   # if we didn't receive the upload argument, we can still upload the artifact to S3
+   tar cfj "${WORKSPACE_TMP}/conda_morpheus_core.tar.bz" "${RAPIDS_CONDA_BLD_OUTPUT_DIR}"
+   ls -lh ${WORKSPACE_TMP}/
+
+   rapids-logger "Pushing results to ${DISPLAY_ARTIFACT_URL}/"
+   upload_artifact "${WORKSPACE_TMP}/conda_morpheus_core.tar.bz"
+fi
diff --git a/ci/scripts/github/docs.sh b/ci/scripts/github/docs.sh
index f771c34265..a0e2057fe8 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/github/docs.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/github/docs.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 set -e
 
 source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/common.sh
+source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/cmake_all.sh
 
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
   --output conda \
diff --git a/ci/scripts/github/test.sh b/ci/scripts/github/test.sh
index 38aabd5cd5..2e3388e611 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/github/test.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/github/test.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 set -e
 
 source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/common.sh
+source ${WORKSPACE}/ci/scripts/github/cmake_all.sh
 /usr/bin/nvidia-smi
 
 rapids-dependency-file-generator \
diff --git a/ci/scripts/run_ci_local.sh b/ci/scripts/run_ci_local.sh
index 1b6816f5d1..8f7df827da 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/run_ci_local.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/run_ci_local.sh
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ case "$1" in
         STAGES=("bash")
         ;;
     "all" )
-        STAGES=("checks" "build" "docs" "test" "conda")
+        STAGES=("checks" "build" "docs" "test" "conda_core" "conda")
         ;;
-    "checks" | "build" | "docs" | "test" | "conda" | "bash" )
+    "checks" | "build" | "docs" | "test" | "conda_core" | "conda" | "bash" )
         STAGES=("$1")
         ;;
     * )
-        echo "Error: Invalid argument \"$1\" provided. Expected values: \"all\", \"checks\", \"build\", \"docs\", \"test\", \"conda\", or \"bash\""
+        echo "Error: Invalid argument \"$1\" provided. Expected values: \"all\", \"checks\", \"build\", \"docs\", \"test\", \"conda_core\", \"conda\", or \"bash\""
         exit 1
         ;;
 esac
diff --git a/cmake/dependencies.cmake b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
index 5bc821773e..2b59d30593 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ if(MORPHEUS_BUILD_BENCHMARKS)
   )
 endif()
 
+# gflags
+# ======
+rapids_find_package(gflags REQUIRED
+  GLOBAL_TARGETS gflags
+  BUILD_EXPORT_SET ${PROJECT_NAME}-exports
+  INSTALL_EXPORT_SET ${PROJECT_NAME}-exports
+)
+
 # glog
 # ====
 morpheus_utils_configure_glog()
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 4f69391258..e9a51ecccf 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 # ============== LEGEND =================================================== #
-#                         [conda_bld_morpheus]
-#                               /
+#       [conda_bld_morpheus_core] [conda_bld_morpheus]
+#               /                  /
 # [base] -> [conda_env] -> [base_extended] -> [runtime_conda_create] -> [runtime]
 #                               \
 #                         [conda_env_dev] -> [development] -> [development_pydbg]
@@ -149,6 +149,52 @@ ENTRYPOINT [ "/opt/conda/bin/tini", "--", "/workspace/docker/entrypoint.sh" ]
 # Reset the shell back to normal
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 
+# ============ Stage: conda_bld_morpheus_core ============
+# Now build the morpheus conda package
+FROM conda_env as conda_bld_morpheus_core
+
+ARG MORPHEUS_ROOT_HOST
+ARG CUDA_MAJOR_VER
+ARG CUDA_MINOR_VER
+
+# to upload the image use -
+# --build-arg CONDA_TOKEN=<anaconda-token>
+# --build-arg CONDA_UPLOAD=upload
+ARG CONDA_TOKEN
+ARG CONDA_UPLOAD
+
+ENV GIT_CLONE_PROTECTION_ACTIVE=false
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=apt,target=/var/cache/apt \
+    apt update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC \
+    apt install --no-install-recommends -y \
+        cuda-compiler-${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}-${CUDA_MINOR_VER} \
+        cuda-cudart-dev-${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}-${CUDA_MINOR_VER} \
+        cuda-cupti-dev-${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}-${CUDA_MINOR_VER} \
+        cuda-nvml-dev-${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}-${CUDA_MINOR_VER} \
+        cuda-nvtx-${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}-${CUDA_MINOR_VER} \
+        libcublas-dev-${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}-${CUDA_MINOR_VER} \
+        libcufft-dev-${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}-${CUDA_MINOR_VER} \
+        libcurand-dev-${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}-${CUDA_MINOR_VER} \
+        libcusolver-dev-${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}-${CUDA_MINOR_VER} && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Copy the source
+COPY . ./
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=workspace_cache,target=/workspace/.cache,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=conda_pkgs,target=/opt/conda/pkgs,sharing=locked \
+    # Install git-lfs before running the build to avoid errors during conda build
+    /opt/conda/bin/mamba install -y -n base -c conda-forge "git-lfs" &&\
+    source activate base &&\
+    git lfs install &&\
+    # Need to get around recent versions of git locking paths until they are deemed safe
+    git config --global --add safe.directory "*" &&\
+    # Change to the morpheus directory and build the conda package
+    cd ${MORPHEUS_ROOT_HOST} &&\
+    MORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS=OFF CONDA_TOKEN=${CONDA_TOKEN} CONDA_BLD_PATH=/opt/conda/conda-bld ./ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh morpheus-core ${CONDA_UPLOAD}
+
 # ============ Stage: base_extended ============
 # Base environment with any optional extensions. ex. DOCA libs
 FROM conda_env as base_extended