Merging upstream version 1.32.0.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

23 files changed, 1256 insertions, 480 deletions

diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 185ececd2..50aa6797f 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@
 # This way we prevent modifications which will be overwriten by automation.
 
 # Global (default) code owner
-* @ktsaou @Ferroin
+* @Ferroin
 
 # Ownership by directory structure
-.travis/ @Ferroin @kaskavel @vkalintiris
-.github/ @Ferroin @kaskavel @vkalintiris
+.travis/ @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @kaskavel @vkalintiris
+.github/ @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @kaskavel @vkalintiris
 aclk/ @stelfrag @underhood
 backends/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal
 backends/graphite/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal
 backends/json/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal
 backends/opentsdb/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal
 backends/prometheus/ @vlvkobal @thiagoftsm
-build/ @Ferroin
-contrib/debian @Ferroin @vkalintiris
-collectors/ @vlvkobal @mfundul
+build/ @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius
+contrib/debian @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+collectors/ @vlvkobal
 collectors/charts.d.plugin/ @ilyam8 @Ferroin
 collectors/freebsd.plugin/ @vlvkobal @thiagoftsm
 collectors/ebpf.plugin/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal
@@ -27,40 +27,41 @@ collectors/node.d.plugin/stiebeleltron/ @ccremer
 collectors/python.d.plugin/ @ilyam8
 collectors/cups.plugin/ @simonnagl @vlvkobal @thiagoftsm
 exporting/  @vlvkobal @thiagoftsm
-daemon/ @thiagoftsm @mfundul
-database/ @mfundul @thiagoftsm
-docs/ @joelhans
-health/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal
+daemon/ @thiagoftsm
+database/ @thiagoftsm @vkalintiris
+docs/ @DShreve2 @kickoke
+health/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal @vkalintiris
 health/health.d/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal
 health/notifications/ @Ferroin @thiagoftsm
-libnetdata/ @thiagofsm @mfundul
-packaging/ @Ferroin @vkalintiris
+ml/ @siamaktavakoli @vkalintiris
+libnetdata/ @thiagofsm
+packaging/ @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
 registry/ @jacekkolasa
 streaming/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal
-system/ @Ferroin @vkalintiris
-tests/ @Ferroin @kaskavel
-web/ @thiagoftsm @mfundul @vlvkobal
+system/ @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+tests/ @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @kaskavel @vkalintiris
+web/ @thiagoftsm @vlvkobal @vkalintiris
 web/gui/ @jacekkolasa
 
 # Ownership by filetype (overwrites ownership by directory)
-*.am @Ferroin
-*.md @joelhans
-Dockerfile* @Ferroin @knatsakis
+*.am @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+*.md @DShreve2 @kickoke
+Dockerfile* @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
 
 # Ownership of specific files
-.gitignore @Ferroin @knatsakis
-.travis.yml @Ferroin @knatsakis @kaskavel @vkalintiris
-.lgtm.yml @Ferroin @knatsakis
-.eslintrc @Ferroin @knatsakis
-.eslintignore @Ferroin @knatsakis
-.csslintrc @Ferroin @knatsakis
-.codeclimate.yml @Ferroin @knatsakis
-.codacy.yml @Ferroin @knatsakis
-.yamllint.yml @Ferroin @knatsakis
-netdata.spec.in @Ferroin @knatsakis @vkalintiris
-netdata-installer.sh @Ferroin @knatsakis @vkalintiris
-package.json @jacekkolasa @Ferroin @knatsakis
-packaging/version @netdatabot @Ferroin @knatsakis
+.gitignore @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+.travis.yml @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @kaskavel @vkalintiris
+.lgtm.yml @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+.eslintrc @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+.eslintignore @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+.csslintrc @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+.codeclimate.yml @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+.codacy.yml @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+.yamllint.yml @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+netdata.spec.in @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+netdata-installer.sh @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+package.json @jacekkolasa @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
+packaging/version @netdatabot @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
 
-LICENSE.md @joelhans @Ferroin
-CHANGELOG.md @netdatabot @Ferroin
+LICENSE.md @DShreve2 @Ferroin @vkalintiris
+CHANGELOG.md @netdatabot @Ferroin @iigorkarpov @maneamarius @vkalintiris
diff --git a/.github/data/build-matrix.json b/.github/data/build-matrix.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b066311f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/data/build-matrix.json
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+{
+  "include": [
+    {
+      "distro": "alpine:edge",
+      "artifact_key": "alpine-edge",
+      "pre": "apk add -U bash",
+      "rmjsonc": "apk del json-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "alpine:3.14",
+      "artifact_key": "alpine-3.14",
+      "pre": "apk add -U bash",
+      "rmjsonc": "apk del json-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "alpine:3.13",
+      "artifact_key": "alpine-3.13",
+      "pre": "apk add -U bash",
+      "rmjsonc": "apk del json-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "alpine:3.12",
+      "artifact_key": "alpine-3.12",
+      "pre": "apk add -U bash",
+      "rmjsonc": "apk del json-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "archlinux:latest",
+      "artifact_key": "archlinux",
+      "pre": "pacman --noconfirm -Syu && pacman --noconfirm -Sy grep libffi"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "centos:7",
+      "artifact_key": "centos7"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "centos:8",
+      "artifact_key": "centos8",
+      "rmjsonc": "dnf remove -y json-c-devel"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "debian:11",
+      "artifact_key": "debian11",
+      "pre": "apt-get update",
+      "rmjsonc": "apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "debian:10",
+      "artifact_key": "debian10",
+      "pre": "apt-get update",
+      "rmjsonc": "apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "debian:9",
+      "artifact_key": "debian9",
+      "pre": "apt-get update",
+      "rmjsonc": "apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "fedora:35",
+      "artifact_key": "fedora35",
+      "rmjsonc": "dnf remove -y json-c-devel"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "fedora:34",
+      "artifact_key": "fedora34",
+      "rmjsonc": "dnf remove -y json-c-devel"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "fedora:33",
+      "artifact_key": "fedora33",
+      "rmjsonc": "dnf remove -y json-c-devel"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "opensuse/leap:15.3",
+      "artifact_key": "opensuse15.3",
+      "rmjsonc": "zypper rm -y libjson-c-devel"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "opensuse/leap:15.2",
+      "artifact_key": "opensuse15.2",
+      "rmjsonc": "zypper rm -y libjson-c-devel"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "oraclelinux:8",
+      "artifact_key": "oraclelinux8",
+      "rmjsonc": "dnf remove -y json-c-devel"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "ubuntu:21.10",
+      "artifact_key": "ubuntu21.10",
+      "pre": "rm -f /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/docker && apt-get update",
+      "rmjsonc": "apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "ubuntu:21.04",
+      "artifact_key": "ubuntu21.04",
+      "pre": "apt-get update",
+      "rmjsonc": "apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "ubuntu:20.04",
+      "artifact_key": "ubuntu20.04",
+      "pre": "apt-get update",
+      "rmjsonc": "apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev"
+    },
+    {
+      "distro": "ubuntu:18.04",
+      "artifact_key": "ubuntu18.04",
+      "pre": "apt-get update",
+      "rmjsonc": "apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build_test b/.github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build_test
index 1dc3e303d..aca89c09b 100644
--- a/.github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build_test
+++ b/.github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build_test
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ FROM ${BASE}
 
 ARG PRE
 ENV PRE=${PRE}
+ARG RMJSONC
+ENV RMJSONC=${RMJSONC}
+ENV DO_NOT_TRACK=1
+ENV GITHUB_ACTIONS=true
+
+RUN echo "${PRE}" > /prep-cmd.sh && \
+    echo "${RMJSONC}" > /rmjsonc.sh && chmod +x /rmjsonc.sh && \
+    /bin/sh /prep-cmd.sh
 
 COPY . /netdata
 
-RUN /bin/sh /netdata/prep-cmd.sh
 RUN /netdata/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh --dont-wait --non-interactive netdata-all
diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 544b420c6..a1082a2a8 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 ACLK:
   - aclk/*
   - aclk/**/*
+  - mqtt_websockets
 
 area/backends:
   - backends/*
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ area/database:
 
 area/docs:
   - "**/*.md"
+  - "**/*.mdx"
   - diagrams/*
   - diagrams/**/*
 
@@ -69,6 +71,10 @@ area/health:
   - health/*
   - health/**/*
 
+area/ml:
+  - ml/*
+  - ml/**/*
+
 area/packaging:
   - contrib/*
   - contrib/**/*
diff --git a/.github/scripts/build-static-x86_64.sh b/.github/scripts/build-static.sh
index 2676b6321..e81051438 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/build-static-x86_64.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/build-static.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ set -e
 # shellcheck source=.github/scripts/functions.sh
 . "$(dirname "$0")/functions.sh"
 
+BUILDARCH="${1}"
 NAME="${NAME:-netdata}"
 VERSION="${VERSION:-"$(git describe)"}"
-BASENAME="$NAME-$VERSION"
+BASENAME="$NAME-$BUILDARCH-$VERSION"
 
 prepare_build() {
   progress "Preparing build"
@@ -18,10 +19,10 @@ prepare_build() {
   ) >&2
 }
 
-build_static_x86_64() {
-  progress "Building static x86_64"
+build_static() {
+  progress "Building static ${BUILDARCH}"
   (
-    USER="" ./packaging/makeself/build-x86_64-static.sh
+    USER="" ./packaging/makeself/build-static.sh "${BUILDARCH}"
   ) >&2
 }
 
@@ -31,12 +32,14 @@ prepare_assets() {
     cp packaging/version artifacts/latest-version.txt
 
     cd artifacts || exit 1
-    ln -s "${BASENAME}.gz.run" netdata-latest.gz.run
-    sha256sum -b ./* > "sha256sums.txt"
+    ln -s "${BASENAME}.gz.run" "netdata-${BUILDARCH}-latest.gz.run"
+    if [ "${BUILDARCH}" = "x86_64" ]; then
+      ln -s "${BASENAME}.gz.run" netdata-latest.gz.run
+    fi
   ) >&2
 }
 
-steps="prepare_build build_static_x86_64"
+steps="prepare_build build_static"
 steps="$steps prepare_assets"
 
 _main() {
diff --git a/.github/scripts/check-updater.sh b/.github/scripts/check-updater.sh
index 3ef4857f9..1051f1eee 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/check-updater.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/check-updater.sh
@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@ set -e
 # shellcheck source=.github/scripts/functions.sh
 . "$(dirname "$0")/functions.sh"
 
-check_successfull_update() {
+check_successful_update() {
   progress "Check netdata version after update"
   (
     netdata_version=$(netdata -v | awk '{print $2}')
     updater_version=$(cat packaging/version)
     if [ "$netdata_version" = "$updater_version" ]; then
-      echo "Update successfull!"
+      echo "Update successful!"
     else
       exit 1
     fi
   ) >&2
 }
 
-steps="check_successfull_update"
+steps="check_successful_update"
 
 _main() {
   for step in $steps; do
diff --git a/.github/scripts/docker-test.sh b/.github/scripts/docker-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..795711b1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/docker-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+wait_for() {
+  host="${1}"
+  port="${2}"
+  name="${3}"
+  timeout="30"
+
+  if command -v nc > /dev/null ; then
+    netcat="nc"
+  elif command -v netcat > /dev/null ; then
+    netcat="netcat"
+  else
+    printf "Unable to find a usable netcat command.\n"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  printf "Waiting for %s on %s:%s ... " "${name}" "${host}" "${port}"
+
+  sleep 30
+
+  i=0
+  while ! ${netcat} -z "${host}" "${port}"; do
+    sleep 1
+    if [ "$i" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
+      printf "Timed out!\n"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    i="$((i + 1))"
+  done
+  printf "OK\n"
+}
+
+apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && apt get install -y netcat
+
+docker run -d --name=netdata \
+           -p 19999:19999 \
+           -v netdataconfig:/etc/netdata \
+           -v netdatalib:/var/lib/netdata \
+           -v netdatacache:/var/cache/netdata \
+           -v /etc/passwd:/host/etc/passwd:ro \
+           -v /etc/group:/host/etc/group:ro \
+           -v /proc:/host/proc:ro \
+           -v /sys:/host/sys:ro \
+           -v /etc/os-release:/host/etc/os-release:ro \
+           --cap-add SYS_PTRACE \
+           --security-opt apparmor=unconfined \
+           netdata/netdata:test
+
+wait_for localhost 19999 netdata || exit 1
+
+curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:19999/api/v1/info > ./response || exit 1
+
+cat ./response
+
+jq '.version' ./response || exit 1
diff --git a/.github/scripts/pkg-test.sh b/.github/scripts/pkg-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..196fefa99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/pkg-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+install_debian_like() {
+  # This is needed to ensure package installs don't prompt for any user input.
+  export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+  apt-get update
+
+  # Install Netdata
+  apt-get install -y /netdata/artifacts/netdata_"${VERSION}"_*.deb || exit 1
+
+  # Install testing tools
+  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl netcat jq || exit 1
+}
+
+install_fedora_like() {
+  # Using a glob pattern here because I can't reliably determine what the
+  # resulting package name will be (TODO: There must be a better way!)
+
+  PKGMGR="$( (command -v dnf > /dev/null && echo "dnf") || echo "yum")"
+
+  pkg_version="$(echo "${VERSION}" | tr - .)"
+
+  # Install Netdata
+  "$PKGMGR" install -y /netdata/artifacts/netdata-"${pkg_version}"-*.rpm
+
+  # Install testing tools
+  "$PKGMGR" install -y curl nc jq || exit 1
+}
+
+install_centos() {
+  # Using a glob pattern here because I can't reliably determine what the
+  # resulting package name will be (TODO: There must be a better way!)
+
+  PKGMGR="$( (command -v dnf > /dev/null && echo "dnf") || echo "yum")"
+
+  pkg_version="$(echo "${VERSION}" | tr - .)"
+
+  # Install EPEL (needed for `jq`
+  "$PKGMGR" install -y epel-release || exit 1
+
+  # Install Netdata
+  "$PKGMGR" install -y /netdata/artifacts/netdata-"${pkg_version}"-*.rpm
+
+  # Install testing tools
+  "$PKGMGR" install -y curl nc jq || exit 1
+}
+
+install_suse_like() {
+  # Using a glob pattern here because I can't reliably determine what the
+  # resulting package name will be (TODO: There must be a better way!)
+
+  pkg_version="$(echo "${VERSION}" | tr - .)"
+
+  # Install Netdata
+  zypper install -y --allow-unsigned-rpm /netdata/artifacts/netdata-"${pkg_version}"-*.rpm
+
+  # Install testing tools
+  zypper install -y --no-recommends curl netcat-openbsd jq || exit 1
+}
+
+dump_log() {
+  cat ./netdata.log
+}
+
+wait_for() {
+  host="${1}"
+  port="${2}"
+  name="${3}"
+  timeout="30"
+
+  if command -v nc > /dev/null ; then
+    netcat="nc"
+  elif command -v netcat > /dev/null ; then
+    netcat="netcat"
+  else
+    printf "Unable to find a usable netcat command.\n"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  printf "Waiting for %s on %s:%s ... " "${name}" "${host}" "${port}"
+
+  sleep 30
+
+  i=0
+  while ! ${netcat} -z "${host}" "${port}"; do
+    sleep 1
+    if [ "$i" -gt "$timeout" ]; then
+      printf "Timed out!\n"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    i="$((i + 1))"
+  done
+  printf "OK\n"
+}
+
+case "${DISTRO}" in
+  debian | ubuntu)
+    install_debian_like
+    ;;
+  fedora | oraclelinux)
+    install_fedora_like
+    ;;
+  centos)
+    install_centos
+    ;;
+  opensuse)
+    install_suse_like
+    ;;
+  *)
+    printf "ERROR: unsupported distro: %s_%s\n" "${DISTRO}" "${DISTRO_VERSION}"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+trap dump_log EXIT
+
+/usr/sbin/netdata -D > ./netdata.log 2>&1 &
+
+wait_for localhost 19999 netdata || exit 1
+
+curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:19999/api/v1/info > ./response || exit 1
+
+cat ./response
+
+jq '.version' ./response || exit 1
+
+trap - EXIT
diff --git a/.github/scripts/run-updater-check.sh b/.github/scripts/run-updater-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e6969a2d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/run-updater-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+echo ">>> Installing Netdata..."
+/netdata/packaging/installer/kickstart.sh --dont-wait --disable-telemetry || exit 1
+echo ">>> Updating Netdata..."
+export NETDATA_NIGHTLIES_BASEURL="http://localhost:8080/artifacts/" # Pull the tarball from the local web server.
+/netdata/packaging/installer/netdata-updater.sh --not-running-from-cron --no-updater-self-update || exit 1
+echo ">>> Checking if update was successful..."
+/netdata/.github/scripts/check-updater.sh || exit 1
diff --git a/.github/scripts/run_install_with_dist_file.sh b/.github/scripts/run_install_with_dist_file.sh
index 9453dff35..18cf80927 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/run_install_with_dist_file.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/run_install_with_dist_file.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ shift
 
 printf >&2 "Opening dist archive %s ... " "${distfile}"
 tar -xovf "${distfile}"
-distdir="$(echo "${distfile}" | cut -d. -f1,2,3)"
+distdir="$(echo "${distfile}" | rev | cut -d. -f3- | rev)"
 cp -a packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh "${distdir}/install-required-packages.sh"
 if [ ! -d "${distdir}" ]; then
   printf >&2 "ERROR: %s is not a directory" "${distdir}"
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ printf >&2 "Entering %s and starting docker run ..." "${distdir}"
 
 pushd "${distdir}" || exit 1
 docker run \
+  -e DO_NOT_TRACK=1 \
   -v "${PWD}:/netdata" \
   -w /netdata \
   "ubuntu:latest" \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-install.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-install.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 251a65162..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-install.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Builder
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  pull_request:
-jobs:
-  static-build:
-    name: Build (x86_64)
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Git clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-      - run: |
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags
-      - name: Build
-        run: |
-          .github/scripts/build-static-x86_64.sh
-  source-build:
-    name: Build & Install
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      max-parallel: 8
-      matrix:
-        distro:
-          - 'alpine:edge'
-          - 'alpine:3.13'
-          - 'alpine:3.12'
-          - 'alpine:3.11'
-          - 'alpine:3.10'
-          - 'archlinux:latest'
-          - 'centos:8'
-          - 'centos:7'
-          - 'clearlinux:latest'
-          - 'debian:10'
-          - 'debian:9'
-          - 'fedora:34'
-          - 'fedora:33'
-          - 'fedora:32'
-          - 'opensuse/leap:15.2'
-          - 'opensuse/tumbleweed:latest'
-          - 'ubuntu:21.04'
-          - 'ubuntu:20.10'
-          - 'ubuntu:20.04'
-          - 'ubuntu:18.04'
-          - 'ubuntu:16.04'
-        include:
-          - distro: 'alpine:edge'
-            pre: 'apk add -U bash'
-            rmjsonc: 'apk del json-c-dev'
-          - distro: 'alpine:3.13'
-            pre: 'apk add -U bash'
-            rmjsonc: 'apk del json-c-dev'
-          - distro: 'alpine:3.12'
-            pre: 'apk add -U bash'
-            rmjsonc: 'apk del json-c-dev'
-          - distro: 'alpine:3.11'
-            pre: 'apk add -U bash'
-            rmjsonc: 'apk del json-c-dev'
-          - distro: 'alpine:3.10'
-            pre: 'apk add -U bash'
-            rmjsonc: 'apk del json-c-dev'
-
-          - distro: 'archlinux:latest'
-            pre: 'pacman --noconfirm -Syu && pacman --noconfirm -Sy grep libffi'
-
-          - distro: 'centos:8'
-            rmjsonc: 'dnf remove -y json-c-devel'
-
-          - distro: 'debian:10'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-            rmjsonc: 'apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev'
-          - distro: 'debian:9'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-            rmjsonc: 'apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev'
-
-          - distro: 'fedora:34'
-            rmjsonc: 'dnf remove -y json-c-devel'
-          - distro: 'fedora:33'
-            rmjsonc: 'dnf remove -y json-c-devel'
-          - distro: 'fedora:32'
-            rmjsonc: 'dnf remove -y json-c-devel'
-
-          - distro: 'opensuse/leap:15.2'
-            rmjsonc: 'zypper rm -y libjson-c-devel'
-          - distro: 'opensuse/tumbleweed:latest'
-            rmjsonc: 'zypper rm -y libjson-c-devel'
-
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:21.04'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-            rmjsonc: 'apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev'
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:20.10'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-            rmjsonc: 'apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev'
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:20.04'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-            rmjsonc: 'apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev'
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:18.04'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-            rmjsonc: 'apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev'
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:16.04'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-            rmjsonc: 'apt-get remove -y libjson-c-dev'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Git clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-      - name: install-required-packages.sh on ${{ matrix.distro }}
-        env:
-          PRE: ${{ matrix.pre }}
-          RMJSONC: ${{ matrix.rmjsonc }}
-        run: |
-          echo $PRE > ./prep-cmd.sh
-          echo $RMJSONC > ./rmjsonc.sh && chmod +x ./rmjsonc.sh
-          docker build . -f .github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build_test -t test --build-arg BASE=${{ matrix.distro }}
-      - name: Regular build on ${{ matrix.distro }}
-        run: |
-          docker run -w /netdata test /bin/sh -c 'autoreconf -ivf && ./configure && make -j2'
-      - name: netdata-installer on ${{ matrix.distro }}, disable cloud
-        run: |
-          docker run -w /netdata test /bin/sh -c './netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --disable-cloud'
-      - name: netdata-installer on ${{ matrix.distro }}, require cloud
-        run: |
-          docker run -w /netdata test /bin/sh -c './netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --require-cloud'
-      - name: netdata-installer on ${{ matrix.distro }}, require cloud, no JSON-C
-        if: matrix.rmjsonc != ''
-        run: |
-          docker run -w /netdata test \
-              /bin/sh -c '/netdata/rmjsonc.sh && ./netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --require-cloud'
-  aws-kinesis-build:
-    name: With AWS Kinesis SDK
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        distro:
-          - 'centos:8'
-          - 'debian:buster'
-          - 'fedora:32'
-          - 'ubuntu:20.04'
-        include:
-          - distro: 'centos:8'
-            pre: >-
-              yum -y update &&
-              yum -y groupinstall 'Development Tools' &&
-              yum -y install libcurl-devel openssl-devel libuuid-devel
-            build_kinesis: >-
-              git clone --branch 1.8.186 --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp.git &&
-              cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
-              -DBUILD_ONLY=kinesis
-              ./aws-sdk-cpp &&
-              make &&
-              make install
-          - distro: 'debian:buster'
-            pre: >-
-              apt-get update &&
-              DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y build-essential &&
-              DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev uuid-dev zlib1g-dev libpulse-dev
-            build_kinesis: >-
-              git clone --branch 1.8.186 --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp.git &&
-              cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
-              -DBUILD_ONLY=kinesis
-              ./aws-sdk-cpp &&
-              make &&
-              make install
-          - distro: 'fedora:32'
-            pre: >-
-              dnf -y update &&
-              dnf -y groupinstall 'Development Tools' &&
-              dnf -y install libcurl-devel openssl-devel libuuid-devel
-            build_kinesis: >-
-              git clone --branch 1.8.186 --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp.git &&
-              cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
-              -DBUILD_ONLY=kinesis
-              ./aws-sdk-cpp &&
-              make &&
-              make install
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:20.04'
-            pre: >-
-              apt-get update &&
-              DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y build-essential &&
-              DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev uuid-dev zlib1g-dev libpulse-dev
-            build_kinesis: >-
-              git clone --branch 1.8.186 --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp.git &&
-              cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
-              -DBUILD_ONLY=kinesis
-              ./aws-sdk-cpp &&
-              make &&
-              make install
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Git clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-      - name: install-required-packages.sh on ${{ matrix.distro }}
-        env:
-          PRE: ${{ matrix.pre }}
-          BUILD_KINESIS: ${{ matrix.build_kinesis }}
-        run: |
-          echo $PRE > ./prep-cmd.sh
-          echo $BUILD_KINESIS > ./build-kinesis.sh && chmod +x ./build-kinesis.sh
-          docker build . -f .github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build_test -t test --build-arg BASE=${{ matrix.distro }}
-      - name: Build on ${{ matrix.distro }}
-        env:
-          RUNCMD: >-
-            ./build-kinesis.sh &&
-            ./netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --enable-backend-kinesis
-        run: |
-          docker run -w /netdata test \
-            /bin/sh -c "$RUNCMD"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2732a1851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,538 @@
+---
+# Ci code for building release artifacts.
+name: Build
+on:
+  push: # Master branch checks only validate the build and generate artifacts for testing.
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request: null # PR checks only validate the build and generate artifacts for testing.
+  workflow_dispatch: # Dispatch runs build and validate, then push to the appropriate storage location.
+    inputs:
+      type:
+        description: Build Type
+        default: nightly
+        required: true
+      version:
+        description: Version Tag
+        default: nightly
+        required: true
+concurrency: # This keeps multiple instances of the job from running concurrently for the same ref and event type.
+  group: release-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.event_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+jobs:
+  build-dist: # Build the distribution tarball and store it as an artifact.
+    name: Build Distribution Tarball
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      distfile: ${{ steps.build.outputs.distfile }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Mark Stable
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.type != 'nightly'
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/^RELEASE_CHANNEL="nightly" *#/RELEASE_CHANNEL="stable" #/' netdata-installer.sh
+      - name: Build
+        id: build
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p artifacts
+          ./packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh --dont-wait --non-interactive netdata
+          autoreconf -ivf
+          ./configure --prefix=/usr \
+                      --sysconfdir=/etc \
+                      --localstatedir=/var \
+                      --libexecdir=/usr/libexec \
+                      --with-zlib \
+                      --with-math \
+                      --with-user=netdata
+          make dist
+          echo "::set-output name=distfile::$(find . -name 'netdata-*.tar.gz')"
+          cp netdata-*.tar.gz artifacts/
+      - name: Store
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: dist-tarball
+          path: artifacts/*.tar.gz
+          retention-days: 30
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Distribution tarball build failed:'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Distribution tarball build failed."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+          }}
+
+  build-static: # Build the static binary archives, and store them as artifacts.
+    name: Build Static
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        arch:
+          - 'x86_64'
+          - 'armv7l'
+          - 'aarch64'
+          - 'ppc64le'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Mark Stable
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.type != 'nightly'
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/^RELEASE_CHANNEL="nightly" *#/RELEASE_CHANNEL="stable" #/' netdata-installer.sh packaging/makeself/install-or-update.sh
+      - name: Build
+        run: .github/scripts/build-static.sh ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      - name: Store
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: static-archive
+          path: artifacts/*.gz.run
+          retention-days: 30
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Static build for ${{ matrix.arch }} failed:'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Static build for ${{ matrix.arch }} failed."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+          }}
+
+  matrix: # Generate the shared build matrix for our build tests.
+    name: Prepare Build Matrix
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Prepare tools
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
+      - name: Read build matrix
+        id: set-matrix
+        run: |
+          TASKS="$(jq -c . .github/data/build-matrix.json)"
+          echo "Generated Matrix: $TASKS"
+          echo "::set-output name=matrix::$TASKS"
+
+  prepare-test-images: # Prepare the test environments for our build checks. This also checks dependency handling code for each tested environment.
+    name: Prepare Test Environments
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - matrix
+    strategy:
+      # Unlike the actal build tests, this completes _very_ fast (average of about 3 minutes for each job), so we
+      # just run everything in parallel instead lof limiting job concurrency.
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Git clone repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      - name: Build test environment
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          push: false
+          load: false
+          file: .github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build_test
+          build-args: |
+            BASE=${{ matrix.distro }}
+            PRE=${{ matrix.pre }}
+            RMJSONC=${{ matrix.rmjsonc }}
+          outputs: type=oci,dest=/tmp/image.tar
+          tags: test:${{ matrix.artifact_key }}
+      - name: Upload image artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.artifact_key }}-test-env
+          path: /tmp/image.tar
+          retention-days: 30
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Test environment preparation for ${{ matrix.distro }} failed:'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Test environment preparation for ${{ matrix.distro }} failed."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+          }}
+
+  source-build: # Test various source build arrangements.
+    name: Test Source Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - matrix
+      - prepare-test-images
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 8
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Git clone repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Fetch test environment
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.artifact_key }}-test-env
+      - name: Load test environment
+        id: load
+        run: |
+          docker load --input image.tar | tee image-info.txt
+          echo "::set-output name=image::$(cut -d ':' -f 3 image-info.txt)"
+      - name: Regular build on ${{ matrix.distro }}
+        run: |
+          docker run --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -w /netdata sha256:${{ steps.load.outputs.image }} \
+              /bin/sh -c 'autoreconf -ivf && ./configure && make -j2'
+      - name: netdata-installer on ${{ matrix.distro }}, disable cloud
+        run: |
+          docker run --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -w /netdata sha256:${{ steps.load.outputs.image }} \
+              /bin/sh -c './netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --disable-cloud'
+      - name: netdata-installer on ${{ matrix.distro }}, require cloud
+        run: |
+          docker run --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -w /netdata sha256:${{ steps.load.outputs.image }} \
+              /bin/sh -c './netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --require-cloud'
+      - name: netdata-installer on ${{ matrix.distro }}, require cloud, require ACLK-NG
+        run: |
+          docker run --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -w /netdata -e NETDATA_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS='--with-aclk-ng' \
+              sha256:${{ steps.load.outputs.image }} /bin/sh -c './netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --require-cloud'
+      - name: netdata-installer on ${{ matrix.distro }}, require cloud, no JSON-C
+        if: matrix.rmjsonc != ''
+        run: |
+          docker run --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -w /netdata sha256:${{ steps.load.outputs.image }} \
+              /bin/sh -c '/rmjsonc.sh && ./netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --require-cloud'
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Build tests for ${{ matrix.distro }} failed:'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Build tests for ${{ matrix.distro }} failed."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+          }}
+
+  updater-check: # Test the generated dist archive using the updater code.
+    name: Test Generated Distfile and Updater Code
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - build-dist
+      - matrix
+      - prepare-test-images
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 8
+      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
+    services:
+      apache: # This gets used to serve the dist tarball for the updater script.
+        image: httpd:2.4
+        ports:
+          - 8080:80
+        volumes:
+          - ${{ github.workspace }}:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Fetch dist tarball artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: dist-tarball
+          path: dist-tarball
+      - name: Prepare artifact directory
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p artifacts || exit 1
+          echo "9999.0.0-0" > artifacts/latest-version.txt || exit 1
+          cp dist-tarball/* artifacts || exit 1
+          cd artifacts || exit 1
+          ln -s ${{ needs.build-dist.outputs.distfile }} netdata-latest.tar.gz || exit 1
+          sha256sum -b ./* > "sha256sums.txt" || exit 1
+          cat sha256sums.txt
+      - name: Fetch test environment
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.artifact_key }}-test-env
+      - name: Load test environment
+        id: load
+        run: |
+          docker load --input image.tar | tee image-info.txt
+          echo "::set-output name=image::$(cut -d ':' -f 3 image-info.txt)"
+      - name: Install netdata and run the updater on ${{ matrix.distro }}
+        run: |
+          docker run --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -e DO_NOT_TRACK=1 --network host -w /netdata sha256:${{ steps.load.outputs.image }} \
+                /netdata/.github/scripts/run-updater-check.sh
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Updater checks for ${{ matrix.distro }} failed:'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Updater checks for ${{ matrix.distro }} failed."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+          }}
+
+  prepare-upload: # Consolidate the artifacts for uploading or releasing.
+    name: Prepare Artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - build-dist
+      - build-static
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Prepare Environment
+        run: mkdir -p artifacts
+      - name: Retrieve Dist Tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: dist-tarball
+          path: dist-tarball
+      - name: Retrieve Static Build Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: static-archive
+          path: static-archive
+      - name: Prepare Artifacts
+        working-directory: ./artifacts/
+        run: |
+          mv ../dist-tarball/* . || exit 1
+          mv ../static-archive/* . || exit 1
+          ln -s ${{ needs.build-dist.outputs.distfile }} netdata-latest.tar.gz || exit 1
+          cp ../packaging/version ./latest-version.txt || exit 1
+          sha256sum -b ./* > sha256sums.txt || exit 1
+          cat sha256sums.txt
+      - name: Store Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: final-artifacts
+          path: artifacts/*
+          retention-days: 30
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Failed to prepare release artifacts for upload:'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Failed to prepare release artifacts for upload."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+          }}
+
+  artifact-verification-dist: # Verify the regular installer works with the consolidated artifacts.
+    name: Test Consolidated Artifacts (Source)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - prepare-upload
+    services:
+      apache: # This gets used to serve the dist tarball for the updater script.
+        image: httpd:2.4
+        ports:
+          - 8080:80
+        volumes:
+          - ${{ github.workspace }}:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Fetch artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: final-artifacts
+          path: artifacts
+      - name: Verify that artifacts work with installer
+        env:
+          NETDATA_TARBALL_BASEURL: http://localhost:8080/artifacts
+        run: packaging/installer/kickstart.sh --dont-start-it --disable-telemetry --dont-wait
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Artifact verification for source tarball failed.'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Artifact verification for source tarball failed."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+          }}
+
+  artifact-verification-static: # Verify the static installer works with the consolidated artifacts.
+    name: Test Consolidated Artifacts (Static)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - prepare-upload
+    services:
+      apache: # This gets used to serve the static archives.
+        image: httpd:2.4
+        ports:
+          - 8080:80
+        volumes:
+          - ${{ github.workspace }}:/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Fetch artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: final-artifacts
+          path: artifacts
+      - name: Verify that artifacts work with installer
+        env:
+          NETDATA_TARBALL_BASEURL: http://localhost:8080/artifacts
+        run: packaging/installer/kickstart-static64.sh --dont-start-it --disable-telemetry --dont-wait
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Artifact verification for static build failed.'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Artifact verification for static build failed."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+          }}
+
+  upload-nightly: # Upload the nightly build artifacts to GCS.
+    name: Upload Nightly Artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.type == 'nightly'
+    needs:
+      - updater-check
+      - source-build
+      - artifact-verification-dist
+      - artifact-verification-static
+    steps:
+      - name: Retrieve Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: final-artifacts
+          path: final-artifacts
+      - name: Setup Gcloud
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v0.2.1
+        with:
+          project_id: ${{ secrets.GCP_NIGHTLY_STORAGE_PROJECT }}
+          service_account_key: ${{ secrets.GCP_STORAGE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY }}
+          export_default_credentials: true
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        uses: google-github-actions/upload-cloud-storage@v0.4.0
+        with:
+          destination: ${{ secrets.GCP_NIGHTLY_STORAGE_BUCKET }}
+          gzip: false
+          path: ./final-artifacts
+          parent: false
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Failed to upload nightly release artifacts:'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Failed to upload nightly release artifacts."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+          }}
+
+  upload-release: # Create the draft release and upload the build artifacts.
+    name: Create Release Draft
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.type == 'release'
+    needs:
+      - updater-check
+      - source-build
+      - artifact-verification-dist
+      - artifact-verification-static
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Retrieve Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: final-artifacts
+          path: final-artifacts
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          allowUpdates: false
+          artifactErrorsFailBuild: true
+          artifacts: 'final-artifacts/sha256sums.txt,final-artifacts/netdata-*.tar.gz,final-artifacts/netdata-*.gz.run'
+          draft: true
+          tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.NETDATABOT_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Failed to draft release:'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "Failed to draft release."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+            failure()
+            && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
+            && github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+          }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index e4025dd20..bc746f9ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request: null
+env:
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+concurrency:
+  group: checks-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
   checksum-checks:
     name: Checksums
@@ -43,41 +48,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Build
-        run: |
-          docker build -f .github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.clang .
-  dist-checks:
-    name: Dist
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Prepare environment
-        run: |
-          ./packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh --dont-wait --non-interactive netdata
-          sudo apt-get install -y libjson-c-dev libipmimonitoring-dev libcups2-dev libsnappy-dev \
-                                  libprotobuf-dev libprotoc-dev libssl-dev protobuf-compiler \
-                                  libnetfilter-acct-dev
-      - name: Configure
-        run: |
-          autoreconf -ivf
-          ./configure \
-            --with-zlib \
-            --with-math \
-            --with-user=netdata \
-            CFLAGS=-O2
-      - name: Make dist
-        run: |
-          make dist
-      - name: Verify & Set distfile
-        run: |
-          ls -lah netdata-*.tar.gz
-          echo "DISTFILE=$(ls netdata-*.tar.gz)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Run run_install_with_dist_file.sh
+      - name: Build
         run: |
-          ./.github/scripts/run_install_with_dist_file.sh "${DISTFILE}"
+          docker build -f .github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.clang .
   gitignore-check:
     name: .gitignore
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index 766275ed9..c9e25ebf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ on:
     paths:
       - .github/workflows/coverity.yml
       - coverity-scan.sh
+env:
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+concurrency:
+  group: coverity-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
   coverity:
     if: github.repository == 'netdata/netdata'
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
         env:
           SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
-          SLACK_FOOTER:
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
           SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
           SLACK_TITLE: 'Coverity run failed:'
           SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dashboard-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/dashboard-pr.yml
index 8f5a40f2b..711cf1e1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dashboard-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dashboard-pr.yml
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ on:
       dashboard_version:
         # This must be specified, and must _exactly_ match the version
         # tag for the release to be used for the update.
-        name: Dashboard Version
+        description: Dashboard Version
         required: true
 
+env:
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+
 jobs:
   dashboard-pr:
     name: Generate Dashboard Version Bump PR
@@ -18,30 +21,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Create Branch
-        # This is needed because we want to do a PR, and the commit
-        # action used below requires the branch it is commiting to to
-        # already exist.
-        run: |
-          git checkout -b dashboard-${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }}
-          git push -u origin dashboard-${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }}
       - name: Update Files
         run: |
           web/gui/bundle_dashboard.py ${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }}
-      - name: Commit Changes
-        uses: swinton/commit@v2.x
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETDATABOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
         with:
-          files: |
-            packaging/dashboard.version
-            packaging/dashboard.checksums
+          title: 'Update dashboard to version ${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }}.'
+          body: 'See https://github.com/netdata/dashboard/releases/tag/${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }} for changes.'
+          branch: dashboard-${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }}
+          branch-suffix: timestamp
+          delete-branch: true
           commit-message: 'Update dashboard to version ${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }}.'
-          ref: refs/heads/dashboard-${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }}
-      - name: Create PR
-        uses: repo-sync/pull-request@v2
-        with:
-          source_branch: dashboard-${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }}
-          pr_title: 'Update dashboard to version ${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }}.'
-          pr_body: 'See https://github.com/netdata/dashboard/releases/tag/${{ github.event.inputs.dashboard_version }} for changes.'
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.NETDATABOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.NETDATABOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 4f18ce5b6..f8a1d6855 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -4,43 +4,94 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request: null
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
         name: Version Tag
         default: nightly
         required: true
+env:
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+concurrency:
+  group: docker-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.event_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
-  docker-build:
-    name: Docker Build
+  docker-test:
+    name: Docker Runtime Test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Determine if we should push changes and which tags to use
-        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.version != 'nightly'
+      - name: Setup Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      - name: Test Build
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          load: true
+          push: false
+          tags: netdata/netdata:test
+      - name: Test Image
+        run: .github/scripts/docker-test.sh
+
+  docker-ci:
+    if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+    name: Docker Alt Arch Builds
+    needs: docker-test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platforms:
+          - linux/i386
+          - linux/arm/v7
+          - linux/arm64
+          - linux/ppc64le
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Setup QEMU
+        if: matrix.platforms != 'linux/i386'
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+      - name: Setup Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      - name: Build
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          platforms: ${{ matrix.platforms }}
+          load: false
+          push: false
+          tags: netdata/netdata:test
+
+  docker-publish:
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    name: Docker Build and Publish
+    needs: docker-test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Determine which tags to use
+        if: github.event.inputs.version != 'nightly'
         run: |
-          echo "publish=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "tags=netdata/netdata:latest,netdata/netdata:stable,$(.github/scripts/gen-docker-tags.py ${{ github.event.inputs.version }})" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Determine if we should push changes and which tags to use
-        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.version == 'nightly'
+      - name: Determine which tags to use
+        if: github.event.inputs.version == 'nightly'
         run: |
-          echo "publish=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "tags=netdata/netdata:latest,netdata/netdata:edge" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Determine if we should push changes and which tags to use
-        if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
-        run: |
-          echo "publish=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "tags=netdata/netdata:test" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Mark image as official
+        if: github.repository == 'netdata/netdata'
+        run: echo "OFFICIAL_IMAGE=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Setup QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
       - name: Setup Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
       - name: Docker Hub Login
-        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         uses: docker/login-action@v1
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
@@ -48,14 +99,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Docker Build
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
         with:
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/i386,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm64
-          push: ${{ env.publish }}
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/i386,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm64,linux/ppc64le
+          push: true
           tags: ${{ env.tags }}
+          build-args: OFFICIAL_IMAGE=${{ env.OFFICIAL_IMAGE }}
       - name: Failure Notification
         uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
         env:
           SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
-          SLACK_FOOTER:
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
           SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
           SLACK_TITLE: 'Docker Build failed:'
           SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 9f7234f92..73bcc8773 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - '**.md'
+env:
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
 jobs:
   markdown-link-check:
     name: Broken Links
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 24842e73d..a4937a9db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 name: Pull Request Labeler
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '*/5 * * * *'
+    - cron: '*/10 * * * *'
+env:
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
 jobs:
   labeler:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
index 934aa264b..80c14e24b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ on:
       version:
         name: Package version
         required: false
+env:
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+concurrency:
+  group: packages-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.event_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
@@ -26,21 +31,47 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - {distro: debian, version: "9", pkgclouddistro: debian/stretch, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
           - {distro: debian, version: "9", pkgclouddistro: debian/stretch, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/i386, arch: i386}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "9", pkgclouddistro: debian/stretch, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "9", pkgclouddistro: debian/stretch, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
           - {distro: debian, version: "10", pkgclouddistro: debian/buster, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
           - {distro: debian, version: "10", pkgclouddistro: debian/buster, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/i386, arch: i386}
-          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "16.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/xenial, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
-          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "16.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/xenial, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/i386, arch: i386}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "10", pkgclouddistro: debian/buster, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "10", pkgclouddistro: debian/buster, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "11", pkgclouddistro: debian/bullseye, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64, alias: bullseye}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "11", pkgclouddistro: debian/bullseye, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/i386, arch: i386, alias: bullseye}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "11", pkgclouddistro: debian/bullseye, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf, alias: bullseye}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "11", pkgclouddistro: debian/bullseye, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64, alias: bullseye}
           - {distro: ubuntu, version: "18.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/bionic, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
           - {distro: ubuntu, version: "18.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/bionic, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/i386, arch: i386}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "18.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/bionic, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "18.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/bionic, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
           - {distro: ubuntu, version: "20.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/focal, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
-          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "20.10", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/groovy, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "20.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/focal, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "20.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/focal, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
           - {distro: ubuntu, version: "21.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/hirsute, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "21.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/hirsute, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "21.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/hirsute, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "21.10", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/impish, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "21.10", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/impish, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "21.10", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/impish, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
           - {distro: centos, version: "7", pkgclouddistro: el/7, format: rpm, base_image: centos, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
           - {distro: centos, version: "8", pkgclouddistro: el/8, format: rpm, base_image: centos, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
-          - {distro: fedora, version: "32", pkgclouddistro: fedora/32, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: centos, version: "8", pkgclouddistro: el/8, format: rpm, base_image: centos, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
           - {distro: fedora, version: "33", pkgclouddistro: fedora/33, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "33", pkgclouddistro: fedora/33, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "33", pkgclouddistro: fedora/33, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
           - {distro: fedora, version: "34", pkgclouddistro: fedora/34, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "34", pkgclouddistro: fedora/34, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "34", pkgclouddistro: fedora/34, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "35", pkgclouddistro: fedora/35, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "35", pkgclouddistro: fedora/35, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/arm/v7, arch: armhf}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "35", pkgclouddistro: fedora/35, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
           - {distro: opensuse, version: "15.2", pkgclouddistro: opensuse/15.2, format: rpm, base_image: opensuse/leap, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: opensuse, version: "15.2", pkgclouddistro: opensuse/15.2, format: rpm, base_image: opensuse/leap, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
+          - {distro: opensuse, version: "15.3", pkgclouddistro: opensuse/15.3, format: rpm, base_image: opensuse/leap, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: opensuse, version: "15.3", pkgclouddistro: opensuse/15.3, format: rpm, base_image: opensuse/leap, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
+          - {distro: oraclelinux, version: "8", pkgclouddistro: ol/8, format: rpm, base_image: oraclelinux, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: oraclelinux, version: "8", pkgclouddistro: ol/8, format: rpm, base_image: oraclelinux, platform: linux/arm64/v8, arch: arm64}
       # We intentiaonally disable the fail-fast behavior so that a
       # build failure for one version doesn't prevent us from publishing
       # successfully built and tested packages for another version.
@@ -52,14 +83,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # We need full history for versioning
-          submodules: true
+          submodules: recursive
       - name: Checkout Tag # Otherwise check out the tag that triggered this.
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0 # We need full history for versioning
-          submodules: true
+          submodules: recursive
       - name: Check Base Branch
         run: |
           if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
@@ -86,35 +117,44 @@ jobs:
             echo "pkg_version=$(cut -d'-' -f 1 packaging/version | sed -e 's/^v//')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
       - name: Setup QEMU
-        if: matrix.platform != 'linux/amd64'
+        if: matrix.platform != 'linux/amd64' && matrix.platform != 'linux/i386'
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
-      - name: Setup Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
       - name: Prepare Docker Environment
         shell: bash
         run: |
           echo '{"cgroup-parent": "/actions_job", "experimental": true}' | sudo tee /etc/docker/daemon.json 2>/dev/null
           sudo service docker restart
-      - name: Build Packages
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+      - name: Set Base Image Version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "${{ matrix.alias }}" ] ; then
+            echo "version=${{ matrix.version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "version=${{ matrix.alias }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+      - name: Fetch base image
+        uses: nick-invision/retry@v2
         with:
-          platforms: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-          file: packaging/Dockerfile.packager
-          tags: local/package-builder:${{ matrix.distro}}${{ matrix.version }}
-          push: false
-          load: true
-          build-args: |
-            ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }}
-            DISTRO=${{ matrix.distro }}
-            TEST_BASE=${{ matrix.base_image }}
-            DISTRO_VERSION=${{ matrix.version }}
-            PKG_VERSION=${{ env.pkg_version }}
-      - name: Extract Packages
+          max_attempts: 3
+          retry_wait_seconds: 30
+          timeout_seconds: 900
+          command: |
+            docker pull --platform ${{ matrix.platform }} ${{ matrix.base_image }}:${{ env.version }}
+            docker pull --platform ${{ matrix.platform }} netdata/package-builders:${{ matrix.distro }}${{ matrix.version }}
+      - name: Build Packages
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          docker run --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -e DO_NOT_TRACK=1 -e VERSION=${{ env.pkg_version }} --platform=${{ matrix.platform }} -v $PWD:/netdata netdata/package-builders:${{ matrix.distro }}${{ matrix.version }}
+      - name: Test Packages
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          mkdir -p artifacts
-          docker run --platform ${{ matrix.platform }} -v $PWD/artifacts:/artifacts local/package-builder:${{ matrix.distro }}${{ matrix.version }}
-      - name: Upload
+          docker run --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -e DO_NOT_TRACK=1 -e DISTRO=${{ matrix.distro }} -e VERSION=${{ env.pkg_version }} -e DISTRO_VERSION=${{ env.version }} --platform=${{ matrix.platform }} -v $PWD:/netdata ${{ matrix.base_image }}:${{ env.version }} /netdata/.github/scripts/pkg-test.sh
+      - name: Save Packages
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.distro }}-${{ matrix.version }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-packages
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/artifacts/*
+      - name: Upload to PackageCloud
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -122,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Packages to upload:\n$(ls artifacts/*.${{ matrix.format }})"
           for pkgfile in artifacts/*.${{ matrix.format }} ; do
-            .github/scripts/package_cloud_wrapper.sh yank ${{ env.repo }}/${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} ${pkgfile} || true
+            .github/scripts/package_cloud_wrapper.sh yank ${{ env.repo }}/${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} $(basename ${pkgfile}) || true
             .github/scripts/package_cloud_wrapper.sh push ${{ env.repo }}/${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} ${pkgfile}
           done
       - name: Clean
@@ -137,7 +177,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
         env:
           SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
-          SLACK_FOOTER:
           SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
           SLACK_TITLE: 'Package Build failed:'
           SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repoconfig-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/repoconfig-packages.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c132ec8b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/repoconfig-packages.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+---
+# Handles building of binary packages for the agent.
+name: Repository Packages
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: null
+env:
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+      DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL: enabled
+    strategy:
+      # This needs to be kept in sync with the matrix in packaging.yml, but should only include the AMD64 lines.
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - {distro: debian, version: "9", pkgclouddistro: debian/stretch, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "10", pkgclouddistro: debian/buster, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: debian, version: "11", pkgclouddistro: debian/bullseye, format: deb, base_image: debian, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "18.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/bionic, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "20.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/focal, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "21.04", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/hirsute, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: ubuntu, version: "21.10", pkgclouddistro: ubuntu/impish, format: deb, base_image: ubuntu, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: centos, version: "7", pkgclouddistro: el/7, format: rpm, base_image: centos, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: centos, version: "8", pkgclouddistro: el/8, format: rpm, base_image: centos, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "33", pkgclouddistro: fedora/33, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "34", pkgclouddistro: fedora/34, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: fedora, version: "35", pkgclouddistro: fedora/35, format: rpm, base_image: fedora, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: opensuse, version: "15.2", pkgclouddistro: opensuse/15.2, format: rpm, base_image: opensuse/leap, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: opensuse, version: "15.3", pkgclouddistro: opensuse/15.3, format: rpm, base_image: opensuse/leap, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+          - {distro: oraclelinux, version: "8", pkgclouddistro: ol/8, format: rpm, base_image: oraclelinux, platform: linux/amd64, arch: amd64}
+      # We intentiaonally disable the fail-fast behavior so that a
+      # build failure for one version doesn't prevent us from publishing
+      # successfully built and tested packages for another version.
+      fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 8
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        # Unlike normally, we do not need a deep clone or submodules for this.
+      - name: Fetch base image
+        uses: nick-invision/retry@v2
+        with:
+          max_attempts: 3
+          retry_wait_seconds: 30
+          timeout_seconds: 900
+          command: docker pull --platform ${{ matrix.platform }} ${{ matrix.base_image }}:${{ matrix.version }}
+      - name: Build Packages
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          docker run --security-opt seccomp=unconfined -e DO_NOT_TRACK=1 --platform ${{ matrix.platform }} \
+              -v $PWD:/netdata ${{ matrix.base_image }}:${{ matrix.version }} \
+              /netdata/packaging/repoconfig/build-${{ matrix.format }}.sh
+      - name: Upload Packages
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_CLOUD_API_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Packages to upload:\n$(ls artifacts/*.${{ matrix.format }})"
+          for pkgfile in artifacts/*.${{ matrix.format }} ; do
+            .github/scripts/package_cloud_wrapper.sh yank ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_CLOUD_REPO }}/${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} $(basename ${pkgfile}) || true
+            .github/scripts/package_cloud_wrapper.sh push ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_CLOUD_REPO }}/${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} ${pkgfile}
+            .github/scripts/package_cloud_wrapper.sh yank ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_CLOUD_REPO }}-edge/${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} $(basename ${pkgfile}) || true
+            .github/scripts/package_cloud_wrapper.sh push ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_CLOUD_REPO }}-edge/${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} ${pkgfile}
+            .github/scripts/package_cloud_wrapper.sh yank ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_CLOUD_REPO }}-repoconfig/${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} $(basename ${pkgfile}) || true
+            .github/scripts/package_cloud_wrapper.sh push ${{ secrets.PACKAGE_CLOUD_REPO }}-repoconfig/${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} ${pkgfile}
+          done
+      - name: Failure Notification
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2
+        env:
+          SLACK_COLOR: 'danger'
+          SLACK_FOOTER: ''
+          SLACK_ICON_EMOJI: ':github-actions:'
+          SLACK_TITLE: 'Repository Package Build failed:'
+          SLACK_USERNAME: 'GitHub Actions'
+          SLACK_MESSAGE: "${{ matrix.pkgclouddistro }} ${{ matrix.version }} repository package build failed."
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/review.yml b/.github/workflows/review.yml
index a267fea3f..e9972303b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/review.yml
@@ -2,15 +2,95 @@
 # Runs various ReviewDog based checks against PR with suggested changes to improve quality
 name: Review
 on:
-  pull_request:
+  pull_request: null
 env:
-  run_eslint: 0
-  run_hadolint: 0
-  run_shellcheck: 0
-  run_yamllint: 0
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+concurrency:
+  group: review-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
+  prep-review:
+    name: Prepare Review Jobs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      actionlint: ${{ steps.actionlint.outputs.run }}
+      eslint: ${{ steps.eslint.outputs.run }}
+      hadolint: ${{ steps.hadolint.outputs.run }}
+      shellcheck: ${{ steps.shellcheck.outputs.run }}
+      yamllint: ${{ steps.yamllint.outputs.run }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Clone repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Check files for actionlint
+        id: actionlint
+        run: |
+          if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD | grep -Eq '\.github/workflows/.*' ; then
+            echo '::set-output name=run::true'
+            echo 'GitHub Actions workflows have changed, need to run actionlint.'
+          else
+            echo '::set-output name=run::false'
+          fi
+      - name: Check files for eslint
+        id: eslint
+        run: |
+          if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD | grep -v "web/gui/dashboard" | grep -Eq '.*\.js|node\.d\.plugin\.in' ; then
+            echo '::set-output name=run::true'
+            echo 'JS files have changed, need to run ESLint.'
+          else
+            echo '::set-output name=run::false'
+          fi
+      - name: Check files for hadolint
+        id: hadolint
+        run: |
+          if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD | grep -Eq '.*Dockerfile.*' ; then
+            echo '::set-output name=run::true'
+            echo 'Dockerfiles have changed, need to run Hadolint.'
+          else
+            echo '::set-output name=run::false'
+          fi
+      - name: Check files for shellcheck
+        id: shellcheck
+        run: |
+          if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD | grep -Eq '.*\.sh.*' ; then
+            echo '::set-output name=run::true'
+            echo 'Shell scripts have changed, need to run shellcheck.'
+          else
+            echo '::set-output name=run::false'
+          fi
+      - name: Check files for yamllint
+        id: yamllint
+        run: |
+          if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD | grep -Eq '.*\.ya?ml|python\.d/.*\.conf' ; then
+            echo '::set-output name=run::true'
+            echo 'YAML files have changed, need to run yamllint.'
+          else
+            echo '::set-output name=run::false'
+          fi
+
+  actionlint:
+    name: actionlint
+    needs: prep-review
+    if: needs.prep-review.outputs.actionlint == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Git clone repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Run actionlint
+        uses: reviewdog/action-actionlint@v1
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          reporter: github-pr-check
+
   eslint:
     name: eslint
+    needs: prep-review
+    if: needs.prep-review.outputs.eslint == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Git clone repository
@@ -18,13 +98,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Check files
-        run: |
-          if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD | grep -Eq '*\.js|node\.d\.plugin\.in' ; then
-            echo 'run_eslint=1' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
       - name: Run eslint
-        if: env.run_eslint == 1
         uses: reviewdog/action-eslint@v1
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -33,19 +107,15 @@ jobs:
 
   hadolint:
     name: hadolint
+    needs: prep-review
+    if: needs.prep-review.outputs.hadolint == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Git clone repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Check files
-        run: |
-          if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD | grep -Eq '*Dockerfile*' ; then
-            echo 'run_hadolint=1' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
       - name: Run hadolint
-        if: env.run_hadolint == 1
         uses: reviewdog/action-hadolint@v1
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -53,6 +123,8 @@ jobs:
 
   shellcheck:
     name: shellcheck
+    needs: prep-review
+    if: needs.prep-review.outputs.shellcheck == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Git clone repository
@@ -60,13 +132,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Check files
-        run: |
-          if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD | grep -Eq '*\.sh.*' ; then
-            echo 'run_shellcheck=1' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
       - name: Run shellcheck
-        if: env.run_shellcheck == 1
         uses: reviewdog/action-shellcheck@v1
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -77,6 +143,8 @@ jobs:
 
   yamllint:
     name: yamllint
+    needs: prep-review
+    if: needs.prep-review.outputs.yamllint == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Git clone repository
@@ -84,13 +152,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Check files
-        run: |
-          if git diff --name-only origin/${{ github.base_ref }} HEAD | grep -Eq '*\.ya?ml|python\.d/.*\.conf' ; then
-            echo 'run_yamllint=1' >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          fi
       - name: Run yamllint
-        if: env.run_yamllint == 1
         uses: reviewdog/action-yamllint@v1
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7e47f12da..20c6f7b8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ on:
       - 'CMakeLists.txt'
       - '**.c'
       - '**.h'
+env:
+  DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+concurrency:
+  group: tests-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
   unit-tests-legacy:
     name: Unit Tests (legacy)
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           autoreconf -ivf
-          ./configure --without-aclk-ng
+          ./configure --disable-ml
       # XXX: Work-around for bug with libbson-1.0 in Ubuntu 18.04
       # See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libmongoc/+bug/1790771
       #      https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER-2818
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
           find . -type f -name '*.log' -exec cp {} ../logs/ \;
           popd || exit 1
       - name: Upload Artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2.2.3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2.2.4
         if: always()
         with:
           name: logs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/updater.yml b/.github/workflows/updater.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f8d77c4a..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/updater.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Updater
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-
-jobs:
-  source-build:
-    name: Install, Build & Update
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      max-parallel: 8
-      matrix:
-        distro:
-          - 'alpine:3.12'
-          - 'alpine:3.13'
-          - 'archlinux:latest'
-          - 'centos:7'
-          - 'centos:8'
-          - 'clearlinux:latest'
-          - 'debian:9'
-          - 'debian:10'
-          - 'fedora:33'
-          - 'fedora:34'
-          - 'ubuntu:16.04'
-          - 'ubuntu:18.04'
-          - 'ubuntu:20.04'
-          - 'ubuntu:20.10'
-          - 'ubuntu:21.04'
-        include:
-          - distro: 'alpine:3.12'
-            pre: 'apk add -U bash'
-          - distro: 'alpine:3.13'
-            pre: 'apk add -U bash'
-          - distro: 'debian:9'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-          - distro: 'debian:10'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:16.04'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:18.04'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:20.04'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:20.10'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-          - distro: 'ubuntu:21.04'
-            pre: 'apt-get update'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Git clone repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install required packages & build tarball
-        run: |
-          ./packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh --dont-wait --non-interactive netdata-all
-          .github/scripts/build-dist.sh
-      - name: Run a dockerised web server to serve files used by the custom update script
-        run: |
-          docker run -dit --name my-apache-app -p 8080:80 -v "$PWD":/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ httpd:2.4
-      - name: Replace URLs in updater script to point at the local web server
-        run: |
-          ORIG_TARBALL="export NETDATA_TARBALL_URL=.*"
-          ORIG_CHECKSUM="export NETDATA_TARBALL_CHECKSUM_URL=.*"
-          CURRENT_VERSION="current_version=.*"
-          NEW_TARBALL="export NETDATA_TARBALL_URL=http://localhost:8080/artifacts/netdata-latest.tar.gz"
-          NEW_CHECKSUM="export NETDATA_TARBALL_CHECKSUM_URL=http://localhost:8080/artifacts/sha256sums.txt"
-          sed -i "s|${ORIG_TARBALL}|${NEW_TARBALL}|g" packaging/installer/netdata-updater.sh
-          sed -i "s|${ORIG_CHECKSUM}|${NEW_CHECKSUM}|g" packaging/installer/netdata-updater.sh
-          sed -i "s|"current_version=.*"|"current_version=1"|g" packaging/installer/netdata-updater.sh
-      - name: Install netdata and run the updater on ${{ matrix.distro }}
-        env:
-          PRE: ${{ matrix.pre }}
-        run: |
-          echo $PRE > ./prep-cmd.sh
-          docker build . -f .github/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.build_test -t test --build-arg BASE=${{ matrix.distro }}
-          docker run --network host -w /netdata test \
-              /bin/sh -c '/netdata/packaging/installer/kickstart.sh --dont-wait \
-              && /netdata/packaging/installer/netdata-updater.sh --not-running-from-cron --no-updater-self-update \
-              && bash /netdata/.github/scripts/check-updater.sh'