diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 37e8467a47..08852baf60 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -54,13 +54,17 @@ jobs:
       script:
         - docker pull sqlflow/sqlflow:latest && docker build --cache-from sqlflow/sqlflow:latest -t sqlflow:latest -f Dockerfile .
         - bash scripts/setup_k8s_env.sh
-        - docker run --rm --net=host -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v $HOME/.kube:/root/.kube -v /home/$USER/.minikube/:/home/$USER/.minikube/ -v $GOPATH:/root/go -w /root/go/src/sqlflow.org/sqlflow sqlflow:latest bash scripts/test_couler.sh
         - docker run --rm --net=host -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v $HOME/.kube:/root/.kube -v /home/$USER/.minikube/:/home/$USER/.minikube/ -v $GOPATH:/root/go -w /root/go/src/sqlflow.org/sqlflow sqlflow:latest bash scripts/test_ipython.sh
         - docker run -e MAXCOMPUTE_AK=$MAXCOMPUTE_AK -e MAXCOMPUTE_SK=$MAXCOMPUTE_SK --rm --net=host -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v $HOME/.kube:/root/.kube -v /home/$USER/.minikube/:/home/$USER/.minikube/ -v $GOPATH:/root/go -w /root/go/src/sqlflow.org/sqlflow sqlflow:latest bash scripts/test_maxcompute.sh
     - env: SQLFLOW_TEST=java
       script:
-      - docker pull sqlflow/sqlflow:latest && docker build --cache-from sqlflow/sqlflow:latest -t sqlflow:latest -f Dockerfile .
-      - docker run --rm -v $GOPATH:/root/go -w /root/go/src/sqlflow.org/sqlflow sqlflow:latest bash scripts/test_java.sh
+        - docker pull sqlflow/sqlflow:latest && docker build --cache-from sqlflow/sqlflow:latest -t sqlflow:latest -f Dockerfile .
+        - docker run --rm -v $GOPATH:/root/go -w /root/go/src/sqlflow.org/sqlflow sqlflow:latest bash scripts/test_java.sh
+    - env: SQLFLOW_TEST=workflow
+      script:
+        - bash scripts/setup_k8s_env.sh
+        - eval $(sudo minikube docker-env) && docker pull sqlflow/sqlflow:latest && docker build --cache-from sqlflow/sqlflow:latest -t sqlflow:latest -f Dockerfile . && docker tag sqlflow:latest sqlflow:submitter
+        - docker run --rm --net=host -e SQLFLOW_WORKFLOW_STEP_IMAGE=sqlflow:submitter -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v $HOME/.kube:/root/.kube -v /home/$USER/.minikube/:/home/$USER/.minikube/ -v $GOPATH:/root/go -w /root/go/src/sqlflow.org/sqlflow sqlflow:latest bash scripts/test_workflow.sh
     - stage: deploy
       script:
         - docker pull sqlflow/sqlflow:latest && docker build --cache-from sqlflow/sqlflow:latest -t sqlflow:latest -f Dockerfile .
diff --git a/cmd/sqlflowserver/main_test.go b/cmd/sqlflowserver/main_test.go
index 2cf26be489..5a9c7140dd 100644
--- a/cmd/sqlflowserver/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/sqlflowserver/main_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ var caseDB = "iris"
 var caseTrainTable = "train"
 var caseTestTable = "test"
 var casePredictTable = "predict"
+var testDatasource = os.Getenv("SQLFLOW_TEST_DATASOURCE")
 
 // caseInto used by CaseTrainSQL
 var caseInto = "sqlflow_models.my_dnn_model"
@@ -483,6 +485,94 @@ func TestEnd2EndMaxComputeElasticDL(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("CaseTrainElasticDL", CaseTrainElasticDL)
 }
 
+func TestEnd2EndMySQLWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
+	a := assert.New(t)
+	if os.Getenv("SQLFLOW_TEST_DATASOURCE") == "" || strings.ToLower(os.Getenv("SQLFLOW_TEST")) != "workflow" {
+		t.Skip("Skipping workflow test.")
+	}
+	driverName, _, err := sql.SplitDataSource(testDatasource)
+	a.NoError(err)
+
+	if driverName != "mysql" {
+		t.Skip("Skipping workflow test.")
+	}
+	modelDir := ""
+	tmpDir, caCrt, caKey, err := generateTempCA()
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to generate CA pair %v", err)
+	}
+
+	go start(modelDir, caCrt, caKey, unitestPort, true)
+	waitPortReady(fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", unitestPort), 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("prepare test dataset failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Run("CaseSubmitSQLProgram", CaseSubmitSQLProgram)
+}
+
+func CaseSubmitSQLProgram(t *testing.T) {
+	a := assert.New(t)
+	sqlProgram := fmt.Sprintf(`
+SELECT *
+FROM %s.%s
+TO TRAIN DNNClassifier
+WITH
+	model.n_classes = 3,
+	model.hidden_units = [10, 20]
+COLUMN sepal_length, sepal_width, petal_length, petal_width
+LABEL class
+INTO sqlflow_models.my_dnn_model;
+
+SELECT *
+FROM %s.%s
+TO PREDICT %s.%s.class
+USING sqlflow_models.my_dnn_model;
+
+SELECT *
+FROM %s.%s LIMIT 5;
+	`, caseDB, caseTrainTable,
+		caseDB, caseTrainTable, caseDB, casePredictTable, caseDB, casePredictTable)
+
+	conn, err := createRPCConn()
+	if err != nil {
+		a.Fail("Create gRPC client error: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer conn.Close()
+	cli := pb.NewSQLFlowClient(conn)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 300*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	stream, err := cli.Run(ctx, &pb.Request{Sql: sqlProgram, Session: &pb.Session{DbConnStr: testDatasource}})
+	var workflowID string
+	for {
+		iter, err := stream.Recv()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("stream read err: %v", err)
+		}
+		workflowID = iter.GetJob().GetId()
+	}
+	a.True(strings.HasPrefix(workflowID, "sqlflow-couler"))
+	// check the workflow status in 180 seconods
+	// TODO(yancey1989): using the Fetch gRPC interface to check the workflow status
+	for i := 0; i < 60; i++ {
+		cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "get", "wf", workflowID, "-o", "jsonpath='{.status.phase}'")
+		out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("get workflow status error: %v", err)
+		}
+		if string(out) == "'Succeeded'" {
+			return
+		}
+		time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+	}
+	// workflow times out
+	log.Fatalf("workflow: %s times out", workflowID)
+}
+
 func CaseShowDatabases(t *testing.T) {
 	a := assert.New(t)
 	cmd := "show databases;"
diff --git a/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/codegen.go b/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/codegen.go
index 916129bdfa..492badb48d 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/codegen.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/codegen.go
@@ -15,17 +15,24 @@ package couler
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
+	pb "sqlflow.org/sqlflow/pkg/proto"
 	"sqlflow.org/sqlflow/pkg/sql/ir"
 )
 
+var defaultDockerImage = "sqlflow/sqlflow"
+
 // Run generates Couler program
-func Run(programIR ir.SQLProgram) (string, error) {
+func Run(programIR ir.SQLProgram, session *pb.Session) (string, error) {
 	// TODO(yancey1989): fill session as env
-	r := &coulerFiller{}
+	r := &coulerFiller{
+		DataSource: session.DbConnStr,
+	}
 	for _, sqlIR := range programIR {
 		ss := &sqlStatment{}
-		switch sqlIR.(type) {
+		switch i := sqlIR.(type) {
 		case *ir.StandardSQL:
 			ss.IsExtendedSQL = false
 			ss.OriginalSQL = string(*sqlIR.(*ir.StandardSQL))
@@ -38,9 +45,16 @@ func Run(programIR ir.SQLProgram) (string, error) {
 		case *ir.AnalyzeStmt:
 			ss.IsExtendedSQL = true
 			ss.OriginalSQL = sqlIR.(*ir.AnalyzeStmt).OriginalSQL
+		default:
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("uncognized IR type: %v", i)
+		}
+		// NOTE(yancey1989): does not use ModelImage here since the Predict statment
+		// does not contain the ModelImage field in SQL Program IR.
+		if os.Getenv("SQLFLOW_WORKFLOW_STEP_IMAGE") != "" {
+			ss.DockerImage = os.Getenv("SQLFLOW_WORKFLOW_STEP_IMAGE")
+		} else {
+			ss.DockerImage = defaultDockerImage
 		}
-		// TODO(yancey1989): using the custom Docker image in model zoo
-		ss.DockerImage = "sqlflow/sqlflow"
 		r.SQLStatements = append(r.SQLStatements, ss)
 	}
 	var program bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/codegen_test.go b/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/codegen_test.go
index 26ffc0c8f0..9a91186b6a 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/codegen_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/codegen_test.go
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	pb "sqlflow.org/sqlflow/pkg/proto"
 	"sqlflow.org/sqlflow/pkg/sql/ir"
 )
 
 func TestCodegen(t *testing.T) {
 	a := assert.New(t)
 	sqlIR := mockSQLProgramIR()
-	code, err := Run(sqlIR)
+	code, err := Run(sqlIR, &pb.Session{})
 	a.NoError(err)
 
 	r, _ := regexp.Compile(`repl -e "(.*);"`)
diff --git a/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/template.go b/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/template.go
index 64b1ff3342..0969bc19ec 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/template.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/codegen/couler/template.go
@@ -21,20 +21,21 @@ type sqlStatment struct {
 	DockerImage   string
 }
 type coulerFiller struct {
-	dataSource    string
+	DataSource    string
 	SQLStatements []*sqlStatment
 }
 
 const coulerTemplateText = `
 import couler.argo as couler
+datasource = "{{ .DataSource }}"
 {{ range $ss := .SQLStatements }}
 	{{if $ss.IsExtendedSQL }}
-couler.run_container(command='''repl -e "{{ $ss.OriginalSQL }}"''', image="{{ $ss.DockerImage }}")
+couler.run_container(command='''repl -e "{{ $ss.OriginalSQL }}" --datasource="%s"''' % datasource, image="{{ $ss.DockerImage }}")
 	{{else}}
 # TODO(yancey1989): 
 #	using "repl -parse" to output IR and
 #	feed to "sqlflow_submitter.{submitter}.train" to submite the job
-couler.run_container(command='''repl -e "{{ $ss.OriginalSQL }}"''', image="{{ $ss.DockerImage }}")
+couler.run_container(command='''repl -e "{{ $ss.OriginalSQL }}" --datasource="%s"''' % datasource, image="{{ $ss.DockerImage }}")
 	{{end}}
 {{end}}
 `
diff --git a/pkg/sql/database.go b/pkg/sql/database.go
index 2dce78039d..b424d93bab 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/database.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/database.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ func openDB(db *DB) error {
 
 // SplitDataSource splits the datasource into drivername and datasource name
 func SplitDataSource(datasource string) (string, string, error) {
+	if datasource == "" {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("datasource should not be an empty string")
+	}
 	dses := strings.Split(datasource, "://")
 	if len(dses) != 2 {
 		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("Expecting but cannot find :// in datasource %v", datasource)
diff --git a/pkg/sql/executor_ir.go b/pkg/sql/executor_ir.go
index fecfa753bd..d8aa24443c 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/executor_ir.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/executor_ir.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func RunSQLProgram(sqlProgram string, modelDir string, session *pb.Session) *Pip
 		var db *DB
 		var err error
 		if db, err = NewDB(session.DbConnStr); err != nil {
-			wr.Write(fmt.Sprintf("create DB failed: %v", err))
+			wr.Write(fmt.Errorf("create DB failed: %v", err))
 			log.Errorf("create DB failed: %v", err)
 		}
 		defer wr.Close()
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ func SubmitWorkflow(sqlProgram string, modelDir string, session *pb.Session) *Pi
 	return rd
 }
 
-func writeCoulerFile(spIRs ir.SQLProgram) (string, error) {
-	program, err := couler.Run(spIRs)
+func writeCoulerFile(spIRs ir.SQLProgram, session *pb.Session) (string, error) {
+	program, err := couler.Run(spIRs, session)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("generate couler program error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -202,19 +202,21 @@ func submitWorkflow(wr *PipeWriter, sqlProgram string, modelDir string, session
 	}
 
 	// 1. call codegen_couler.go to genearte Couler program.
-	coulerFileName, err := writeCoulerFile(spIRs)
+	coulerFileName, err := writeCoulerFile(spIRs, session)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(coulerFileName)
 
 	// 2. compile Couler program into Argo YAML.
-	argoFile, err := writeArgoFile(coulerFileName)
+	argoFileName, err := writeArgoFile(coulerFileName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(argoFileName)
 
 	// 3. submit Argo YAML and fetch the workflow ID.
-	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "-f", argoFile)
+	cmd := exec.Command("kubectl", "create", "-f", argoFileName)
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("submit Argo YAML error: %v, output: %s", err, string(output))
diff --git a/pkg/sql/executor_ir_test.go b/pkg/sql/executor_ir_test.go
index b32a1226d8..00edc88c16 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/executor_ir_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/executor_ir_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -279,25 +278,3 @@ func TestLogChanWriter_Write(t *testing.T) {
 	_, more := <-c
 	a.False(more)
 }
-
-func TestSubmitWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
-	if os.Getenv("SQLFLOW_ARGO_MODE") != "True" {
-		t.Skip("argo: skip Argo tests")
-	}
-	a := assert.New(t)
-	modelDir := ""
-	a.NotPanics(func() {
-		rd := SubmitWorkflow(testXGBoostTrainSelectIris, modelDir, getDefaultSession())
-		for r := range rd.ReadAll() {
-			switch r.(type) {
-			case WorkflowJob:
-				job := r.(WorkflowJob)
-				a.True(strings.HasPrefix(job.JobID, "sqlflow-couler"))
-				// TODO(tony): wait to check if job succeeded.
-				// The workflow is currently failed since we haven't configure the data source.
-			default:
-				a.Fail("SubmitWorkflow should return JobID")
-			}
-		}
-	})
-}
diff --git a/scripts/test_couler.sh b/scripts/test_workflow.sh
similarity index 57%
rename from scripts/test_couler.sh
rename to scripts/test_workflow.sh
index ac447ac025..8117f07fbc 100644
--- a/scripts/test_couler.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_workflow.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
+export SQLFLOW_TEST=workflow
 ############# Run Couler unit tests #############
 pip install -r python/couler/requirements.txt
 
@@ -29,12 +30,9 @@ function test_couler() {
 import couler.argo as couler
 couler.run_container(image="docker/whalesay", command='echo "SQLFlow bridges AI and SQL engine."')
 EOF
-
-
+    
     couler run --mode argo --file /tmp/sqlflow_couler.py > /tmp/sqlflow_argo.yaml
-
     MESSAGE=$(kubectl create -f /tmp/sqlflow_argo.yaml)
-
     WORKFLOW_NAME=$(echo ${MESSAGE} | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | cut -d '/' -f 2)
 
     echo WORKFLOW_NAME ${WORKFLOW_NAME}
@@ -55,18 +53,43 @@ EOF
     return 1
 }
 
-test_couler
-ret=$?
+function check_ret() {
+    ret=$1
+    message=$2
+    echo $ret $message
+    if [[ "$ret" != "0" ]]; then
+        echo $message
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
 
-if [[ "$ret" != "0" ]]; then
-    echo "Argo job timed out."
-    rm -rf /tmp/sqlflow* 
-    exit 1
-fi
+test_couler
+check_ret $? "Test Couler failed"
 
 ############# Run SQLFLow test with Argo Mode #############
-service mysql start
-go generate ./...
-go install ./...
-SQLFLOW_ARGO_MODE=True go test ./pkg/sql/. -run TestSubmitWorkflow -v
+function test_workflow() {
+    # start a SQLFlow MySQL Pod with testdata
+    kubectl run mysql --port 3306 --env="SQLFLOW_MYSQL_HOST=0.0.0.0" --env="SQLFLOW_MYSQL_PORT=3306" --image=sqlflow/sqlflow --command -- bash /start.sh mysql
+    MYSQL_POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pod -l run=mysql -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
+
+    for i in {1..30}
+    do
+        MYSQL_POD_STATUS=$(kubectl get pod ${MYSQL_POD_NAME} -o jsonpath='{.status.phase}')
+        echo ${MYSQL_POD_STATUS}
+        if [[ "${MYSQL_POD_STATUS}" == "Running" ]]; then
+            echo "SQLFlow MySQL Pod running."
+            MYSQL_POD_IP=$(kubectl get pod ${MYSQL_POD_NAME} -o jsonpath='{.status.podIP}')
+            go generate ./...
+            SQLFLOW_TEST_DATASOURCE="mysql://root:root@tcp(${MYSQL_POD_IP}:3306)/?maxAllowedPacket=0" go test ./cmd/... -run TestEnd2EndMySQLWorkflow -v
+            return 0
+        else
+            echo "Wait SQLFlow MySQL Pod ${MYSQL_POD_NAME}"
+            sleep ${CHECK_INTERVAL_SECS}
+        fi
+    done
+    echo "Launch SQLFlow MySQL Pod times out"
+    return 1
+}
 
+test_workflow
+check_ret $? "Test SQLFLow workflow failed"
\ No newline at end of file