diff --git a/examples/sagemaker-tensorflow/container/Dockerfile b/examples/sagemaker-tensorflow/container/Dockerfile
index 83a800c7b..4be1fbdc3 100644
--- a/examples/sagemaker-tensorflow/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/sagemaker-tensorflow/container/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-
-FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/merlin/merlin-tensorflow:23.06
+FROM nvcr.io/nvidia/merlin/merlin-tensorflow:23.08
 
 RUN pip3 install sagemaker-training
+
+COPY --chown=1000:1000 serve /usr/bin/serve
diff --git a/examples/sagemaker-tensorflow/container/serve b/examples/sagemaker-tensorflow/container/serve
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..887962904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sagemaker-tensorflow/container/serve
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+# are met:
+#  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+#    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#  * Neither the name of NVIDIA CORPORATION nor the names of its
+#    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+#    from this software without specific prior written permission.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS ``AS IS'' AND ANY
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+# IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR
+# CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+# EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
+# PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY
+# OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+SAGEMAKER_SINGLE_MODEL_REPO=/opt/ml/model/
+
+# Use 'ready' for ping check in single-model endpoint mode, and use 'live' for ping check in multi-model endpoint model
+# https://github.com/kserve/kserve/blob/master/docs/predict-api/v2/rest_predict_v2.yaml#L10-L26
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_OVERRIDE_PING_MODE" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_TRITON_PING_MODE=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_OVERRIDE_PING_MODE}
+else
+    SAGEMAKER_TRITON_PING_MODE="ready"
+fi
+
+# Note: in Triton on SageMaker, each model url is registered as a separate repository
+# e.g., /opt/ml/models/<hash>/model. Specifying MME model repo path as /opt/ml/models causes Triton
+# to treat it as an additional empty repository and changes
+# the state of all models to be UNAVAILABLE in the model repository
+# https://github.com/triton-inference-server/core/blob/main/src/model_repository_manager.cc#L914,L922
+# On Triton, this path will be a dummy path as it's mandatory to specify a model repo when starting triton
+SAGEMAKER_MULTI_MODEL_REPO=/tmp/sagemaker
+
+SAGEMAKER_MODEL_REPO=${SAGEMAKER_SINGLE_MODEL_REPO}
+is_mme_mode=false
+
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_MULTI_MODEL" ]; then
+    if [ "$SAGEMAKER_MULTI_MODEL" == "true" ]; then
+        mkdir -p ${SAGEMAKER_MULTI_MODEL_REPO}
+        SAGEMAKER_MODEL_REPO=${SAGEMAKER_MULTI_MODEL_REPO}
+        if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_OVERRIDE_PING_MODE" ]; then
+            SAGEMAKER_TRITON_PING_MODE=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_OVERRIDE_PING_MODE}
+        else
+            SAGEMAKER_TRITON_PING_MODE="live"
+        fi
+        is_mme_mode=true
+        echo -e "Triton is running in SageMaker MME mode. Using Triton ping mode: \"${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_PING_MODE}\""
+    fi
+fi
+
+SAGEMAKER_ARGS="--model-repository=${SAGEMAKER_MODEL_REPO}"
+#Set model namespacing to true, but allow disabling if required
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_DISABLE_MODEL_NAMESPACING" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --model-namespacing=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_DISABLE_MODEL_NAMESPACING}"
+else
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --model-namespacing=true"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_BIND_TO_PORT" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --sagemaker-port=${SAGEMAKER_BIND_TO_PORT}"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_SAFE_PORT_RANGE" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --sagemaker-safe-port-range=${SAGEMAKER_SAFE_PORT_RANGE}"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_ALLOW_GRPC" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --allow-grpc=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_ALLOW_GRPC}"
+else
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --allow-grpc=false"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_ALLOW_METRICS" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --allow-metrics=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_ALLOW_METRICS}"
+else
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --allow-metrics=false"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_METRICS_PORT" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --metrics-port=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_METRICS_PORT}"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_GRPC_PORT" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --grpc-port=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_GRPC_PORT}"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_BUFFER_MANAGER_THREAD_COUNT" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --buffer-manager-thread-count=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_BUFFER_MANAGER_THREAD_COUNT}"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_THREAD_COUNT" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --sagemaker-thread-count=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_THREAD_COUNT}"
+fi
+# Enable verbose logging by default. If env variable is specified, use value from env variable
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_LOG_VERBOSE" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --log-verbose=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_LOG_VERBOSE}"
+else
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --log-verbose=true"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_LOG_INFO" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --log-info=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_LOG_INFO}"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_LOG_WARNING" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --log-warning=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_LOG_WARNING}"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_LOG_ERROR" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --log-error=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_LOG_ERROR}"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_SHM_DEFAULT_BYTE_SIZE" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --backend-config=python,shm-default-byte-size=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_SHM_DEFAULT_BYTE_SIZE}"
+else
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --backend-config=python,shm-default-byte-size=16777216" #16MB
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_SHM_GROWTH_BYTE_SIZE" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --backend-config=python,shm-growth-byte-size=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_SHM_GROWTH_BYTE_SIZE}"
+else
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --backend-config=python,shm-growth-byte-size=1048576" #1MB
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_TENSORFLOW_VERSION" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --backend-config=tensorflow,version=${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_TENSORFLOW_VERSION}"
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_MODEL_LOAD_GPU_LIMIT" ]; then
+    num_gpus=$(nvidia-smi -L | wc -l)
+    for ((i=0; i<${num_gpus}; i++)); do
+        SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} --model-load-gpu-limit ${i}:${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_MODEL_LOAD_GPU_LIMIT}"
+    done
+fi
+if [ -n "$SAGEMAKER_TRITON_ADDITIONAL_ARGS" ]; then
+    SAGEMAKER_ARGS="${SAGEMAKER_ARGS} ${SAGEMAKER_TRITON_ADDITIONAL_ARGS}"
+fi
+
+tritonserver --allow-sagemaker=true --allow-http=false $SAGEMAKER_ARGS