diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3fbf0f498e..6310950142 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ package-lock.json
 .settings
 
 # installed Fabric binaries etc.
-bin/
+/bin/
 builders/
 config/
 external-chaincode/
 install-fabric.sh
 
 # override the ignore of all config/ folders
-!full-stack-asset-transfer-guide/infrastructure/sample-network/config
\ No newline at end of file
+!full-stack-asset-transfer-guide/infrastructure/sample-network/config
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/README.md b/test-network-nano-bash/README.md
index 8c8540c028..455e4f6025 100644
--- a/test-network-nano-bash/README.md
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,34 @@ If you have [yq](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/) installed, run the following
 yq -i 'del(.chaincode.externalBuilders) | .chaincode.externalBuilders[0].name = "ccaas_builder" | .chaincode.externalBuilders[0].path = env(PWD) + "/builders/ccaas" | .chaincode.externalBuilders[0].propagateEnvironment[0] = "CHAINCODE_AS_A_SERVICE_BUILDER_CONFIG"' config/core.yaml
 ```
 
+## Run the chaincode without docker
+You can run chaincode as binaries by enabling the external builders in the core.yaml.  The external builders are configured to work with golang and node chaincode.  This is accomplished by running the following command:
+
+```
+$ ./configureExternalBuilders.sh
+```
+
+This script copies the config files from `fabric-samples/config` to `fabric-samples/test-network-nano-bash/config` and adds the external builders to the core.yaml.  The following is an example of the additions to core.yaml.
+
+```
+    externalBuilders:
+       - name: golang
+         path: /Users/nanofab/fabric-samples/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang
+         propagateEnvironment:
+           - HOME   
+       - name: node
+         path: /Users/nanofab/fabric-samples/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node
+         propagateEnvironment:
+           - HOME
+           - npm_config_cache
+```
+
+Note:  Golang chaincode will require at least Go 1.20 installed and in the path.  Node chaincode will require at least Node 20 be installed.
+
+
+The peer shell scripts detect the presence of the config directory in the `test-network-nano-bash/` directory and will use these config files if they exist.  In order to revert to docker, simply delete the config directory in `test-network-nano-bash/`.
+
+
 # Instructions for starting network
 ## Running each component separately
 
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/configureExternalBuilders.sh b/test-network-nano-bash/configureExternalBuilders.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a6c3d149c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/configureExternalBuilders.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+mkdir -p config
+
+sed -e '/externalBuilders:/r ./external_builders/core_yaml_change.yaml' ../config/core.yaml | sed -e "s|_working_dir_|$PWD|g" > ./config/core.yaml
+
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/core_yaml_change.yaml b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/core_yaml_change.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d4657e65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/core_yaml_change.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+       - name: golang
+         path: _working_dir_/external_builders/golang
+         propagateEnvironment:
+           - GOCACHE
+           - GOENV
+           - HOME   
+           - GOPROXY
+       - name: node
+         path: _working_dir_/external_builders/node
+         propagateEnvironment:
+           - HOME
+           - npm_config_cache
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/build b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bebd416f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/build
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+set -euo pipefail
+exec 1>&2
+CHAINCODE_SOURCE_DIR="$1"
+CHAINCODE_METADATA_DIR="$2"
+BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR="$3"
+GO_PACKAGE_PATH="$(jq -r .path "${CHAINCODE_METADATA_DIR}/metadata.json")"
+if [ -f "${CHAINCODE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/go.mod" ]; then
+    cd "${CHAINCODE_SOURCE_DIR}/src"
+    CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -v -o "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}/chaincode" "${GO_PACKAGE_PATH}"
+else
+    CGO_ENABLED=0 GOPATH="${CHAINCODE_SOURCE_DIR}" GO111MODULE=off go build -v  -o "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}/chaincode" "${GO_PACKAGE_PATH}"
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/detect b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/detect
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5743496d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/detect
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+set -euo pipefail
+exec 1>&2
+CHAINCODE_METADATA_DIR="$2"
+if [ "$(jq -r .type "${CHAINCODE_METADATA_DIR}/metadata.json" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" = "golang" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/release b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cd8979675b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/release
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+set -xeuo pipefail
+exec 1>&2
+
+BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR="$1"
+RELEASE_OUTPUT_DIR="$2"
+if [ -d "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}/META-INF" ] ; then
+   cp -a "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}/META-INF/"* "${RELEASE_OUTPUT_DIR}/"
+fi
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/run b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..48697ab686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/golang/bin/run
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+set -xeuo pipefail
+exec 1>&2
+BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR="$1"
+RUN_METADATA_DIR="$2"
+
+#######################################
+# Export environment variables and extract certificate files from chaincode.json
+# Globals:
+#   None
+# Arguments:
+#   METADATA_DIR: Location of the chaincode.json file
+# Returns:
+#   None
+#######################################
+function process_chaincode_metadata_json {
+    local METADATA_DIR=${RUN_METADATA_DIR}
+
+    CORE_CHAINCODE_ID_NAME="$(jq -r .chaincode_id "$METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json")"
+    CORE_PEER_ADDRESS="$(jq -r .peer_address "$METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json")"
+    CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="$(jq -r .mspid "$METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json")"
+    export CORE_CHAINCODE_ID_NAME
+    export CORE_PEER_ADDRESS
+    export CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID
+
+    if [ -z "$(jq -r .client_cert "$METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json")" ]; then
+        CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED="false"
+        export CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED
+    else
+        CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED="true"
+        CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_FILE="$BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR/client.crt"
+        CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_FILE="$BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR/client.key"
+        CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE="$BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR/root.crt"
+        export CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED
+        export CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_FILE
+        export CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_FILE
+        export CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE
+
+        jq -r .client_cert "$METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json" >"$CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_FILE"
+        jq -r .client_key "$METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json" >"$CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_FILE"
+        jq -r .root_cert "$METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json" >"$CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE"
+    fi
+}
+
+# extract the required environment variables
+process_chaincode_metadata_json
+
+# output for debug purposes
+env | grep CORE | sort
+
+
+exec "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}/chaincode" -peer.address="${CORE_PEER_ADDRESS}"
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/build b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d3229d4d05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+set -euo pipefail
+exec 1>&2
+CHAINCODE_SOURCE_DIR="$1"
+# CHAINCODE_METADATA_DIR="$2"
+BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR="$3"
+cd "${CHAINCODE_SOURCE_DIR}/src"
+tar cf - . | (cd "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}" && tar xf -)
+cd "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}"
+if [ -f package-lock.json ] || [ -f npm-shrinkwrap.json ]; then
+    npm ci --only=production
+else
+    npm install --production
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/detect b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/detect
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..96086926aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/detect
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+set -euo pipefail
+exec 1>&2
+CHAINCODE_METADATA_DIR="$2"
+if [ "$(jq -r .type "${CHAINCODE_METADATA_DIR}/metadata.json" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" = "node" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/release b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c241bd624e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/release
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+set -euo pipefail
+exec 1>&2
+BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR="$1"
+RELEASE_OUTPUT_DIR="$2"
+if [ -d "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}/META-INF" ] ; then
+   cp -a "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}/META-INF/"* "${RELEASE_OUTPUT_DIR}/"
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/run b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..139b4f499e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/external_builders/node/bin/run
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+set -xeuo pipefail
+exec 1>&2
+
+BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR="$1"
+RUN_METADATA_DIR="$2"
+
+cd "${BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR}"
+ls -lart
+
+# extract the id, mspid, and peer address
+CORE_CHAINCODE_ID_NAME="$(jq -r .chaincode_id "${RUN_METADATA_DIR}/chaincode.json")"
+CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID="$(jq -r .mspid "${RUN_METADATA_DIR}/chaincode.json")"
+CORE_PEER_ADDRESS="$(jq -r .peer_address "${RUN_METADATA_DIR}/chaincode.json")"
+export CORE_CHAINCODE_ID_NAME CORE_PEER_LOCALMSPID CORE_PEER_ADDRESS
+
+# process the TLS options if needed
+if [ -z "$(jq -r .client_cert "$RUN_METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json")" ]; then
+    CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED="false"
+    export CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED
+else
+    
+    export CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED="true"
+    export CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_FILE="$BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR/client-pem.crt"
+    export CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_FILE="$BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR/client-pem.key"
+    export CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH="$BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR/client.crt"
+    export CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH="$BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR/client.key"
+    
+    export CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE="$BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR/root.crt"
+
+    jq -r .client_cert "$RUN_METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json" > "$CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_FILE"
+    jq -r .client_key  "$RUN_METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json" > "$CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_FILE"
+    jq -r .root_cert   "$RUN_METADATA_DIR/chaincode.json" > "$CORE_PEER_TLS_ROOTCERT_FILE"
+    
+    base64 -i "${CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_FILE}" > "${CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH}"
+    base64 -i "${CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_FILE}" > "${CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH}"
+
+    #base64 -w 0 "${CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_FILE}" > "${CORE_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH}"
+    #base64 -w 0 "${CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_FILE}" > "${CORE_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH}"
+
+    ls -lart "$BUILD_OUTPUT_DIR"
+fi
+
+# output for debug purposes
+env | grep CORE | sort
+
+# run the chaincode
+exec npm start -- --peer.address="${CORE_PEER_ADDRESS}"
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/peer1.sh b/test-network-nano-bash/peer1.sh
index e6b147b58c..da7a6210e5 100755
--- a/test-network-nano-bash/peer1.sh
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/peer1.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,21 @@
 #
 set -eu
 
-if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ] ; then
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ] || [  -d config ]
+then
   CCADDR="127.0.0.1"
 else
   CCADDR="host.docker.internal"
 fi
 
+if [  -d config  ] ; then
+  export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/config
+else
+  export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/../config
+fi
+
 # look for binaries in local dev environment /build/bin directory and then in local samples /bin directory
 export PATH="${PWD}"/../../fabric/build/bin:"${PWD}"/../bin:"$PATH"
-export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/../config
 
 export FABRIC_LOGGING_SPEC=debug:cauthdsl,policies,msp,grpc,peer.gossip.mcs,gossip,leveldbhelper=info
 export CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED=true
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/peer2.sh b/test-network-nano-bash/peer2.sh
index 6d1548df3e..0f4fc292cc 100755
--- a/test-network-nano-bash/peer2.sh
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/peer2.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,21 @@
 #
 set -eu
 
-if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ] ; then
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ] || [  -d config ]
+then
   CCADDR="127.0.0.1"
 else
   CCADDR="host.docker.internal"
 fi
 
+if [  -d config  ] ; then
+  export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/config
+else
+  export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/../config
+fi
+
 # look for binaries in local dev environment /build/bin directory and then in local samples /bin directory
 export PATH="${PWD}"/../../fabric/build/bin:"${PWD}"/../bin:"$PATH"
-export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/../config
 
 export FABRIC_LOGGING_SPEC=debug:cauthdsl,policies,msp,grpc,peer.gossip.mcs,gossip,leveldbhelper=info
 export CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED=true
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/peer3.sh b/test-network-nano-bash/peer3.sh
index 7c4367a7ac..e2fc8fbbe5 100755
--- a/test-network-nano-bash/peer3.sh
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/peer3.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,21 @@
 #
 set -eu
 
-if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ] ; then
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ] || [  -d config ]
+then
   CCADDR="127.0.0.1"
 else
   CCADDR="host.docker.internal"
 fi
 
+if [  -d config  ] ; then
+  export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/config
+else
+  export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/../config
+fi
+
 # look for binaries in local dev environment /build/bin directory and then in local samples /bin directory
 export PATH="${PWD}"/../../fabric/build/bin:"${PWD}"/../bin:"$PATH"
-export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/../config
 
 export FABRIC_LOGGING_SPEC=debug:cauthdsl,policies,msp,grpc,peer.gossip.mcs,gossip,leveldbhelper=info
 export CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED=true
diff --git a/test-network-nano-bash/peer4.sh b/test-network-nano-bash/peer4.sh
index a78e9d6b81..e088fddb3b 100755
--- a/test-network-nano-bash/peer4.sh
+++ b/test-network-nano-bash/peer4.sh
@@ -4,15 +4,21 @@
 #
 set -eu
 
-if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ] ; then
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Linux" ] || [  -d config ]
+then
   CCADDR="127.0.0.1"
 else
   CCADDR="host.docker.internal"
 fi
 
+if [  -d config  ] ; then
+  export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/config
+else
+  export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/../config
+fi
+
 # look for binaries in local dev environment /build/bin directory and then in local samples /bin directory
 export PATH="${PWD}"/../../fabric/build/bin:"${PWD}"/../bin:"$PATH"
-export FABRIC_CFG_PATH="${PWD}"/../config
 
 export FABRIC_LOGGING_SPEC=debug:cauthdsl,policies,msp,grpc,peer.gossip.mcs,gossip,leveldbhelper=info
 export CORE_PEER_TLS_ENABLED=true