Merging upstream version 1.17.1.

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

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+dist: bionic
+language: c
+services:
+  - docker
+
+
+
+# This is a hook to help us introduce "soft" errors on our process
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+    - env: ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+
+
+# Install dependencies for all, once
+#
+install:
+  - sudo apt-get install -y libcap2-bin zlib1g-dev uuid-dev fakeroot libipmimonitoring-dev libmnl-dev libnetfilter-acct-dev gnupg python-pip
+  - sudo apt install -y --only-upgrade docker-ce
+  - sudo pip install git-semver==0.2.4 # 11/Sep/2019: git-semver tip was broken, so we had to force last good run of it
+  - docker info
+  - source tests/installer/slack.sh
+  - export NOTIF_CHANNEL="automation-beta"
+  - if [ "${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" = "netdata/netdata" ]; then export NOTIF_CHANNEL="automation"; fi;
+  - export BUILD_VERSION="$(cat packaging/version | cut -d'-' -f1)"
+  - export LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION="$(cat packaging/version | cut -d'-' -f1)"
+  - export LATEST_RELEASE_DATE="$(git log -1 --format=%aD "${LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION}" | cat)"
+  - if [[ "${TRAVIS_COMMIT_MESSAGE}" = *"[Build latest]"* ]]; then export BUILD_VERSION="$(cat packaging/version | cut -d'-' -f1,2 | sed -e 's/-/./g').latest"; fi;
+  - export DEPLOY_REPO="netdata"  # Default production packaging repository
+  - if [[ "${TRAVIS_COMMIT_MESSAGE}" = *"[Build latest]"* ]]; then export DEPLOY_REPO="netdata-edge"; fi;
+  - export PACKAGING_USER="$(echo ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} | cut -d'/' -f1)"
+  - export PACKAGE_CLOUD_RETENTION_DAYS=30
+
+
+
+# Setup notification system
+#
+notifications:
+  webhooks: https://app.fossa.io/hooks/travisci
+
+
+
+# Define the stage sequence and conditionals
+#
+stages:
+  # Mandatory runs, we always want these executed
+  - name: Code quality, linting, syntax, code style
+  - name: Build process
+  - name: Artifacts validation
+  - name: Artifacts validation on bare OS, stable to current lifecycle checks
+    if: branch = master AND (type = pull_request OR type = cron)
+
+    # Nightly operations
+  - name: Nightly operations
+    #if: branch = master AND type = cron
+    if: branch =fix-coverity-toolkit
+  - name: Nightly release
+    if: branch = master AND type = cron
+
+    # Scheduled releases
+  - name: Packaging for release
+    if: branch = master AND type != pull_request AND type != cron
+
+  - name: Publish for release
+    # We don't run on release candidates
+    if: branch = master AND type != pull_request AND type != cron AND commit_message =~ /\[netdata (release candidate|(major|minor|patch) release)\]/ AND tag !~ /(-rc)/
+
+    # Build DEB packages under special conditions
+  - name: Package ubuntu/* and debian/*
+    if: type != cron AND type != pull_request AND branch = master
+
+    # Build RPM packages under special conditions
+  - name: Package centos, fedora and opensuse
+    if: type != cron AND type != pull_request AND branch = master
+
+
+
+# Define stage implementation details
+#
+jobs:
+  include:
+      # Do code quality, syntax checking and other pre-build activities
+    - stage: Code quality, linting, syntax, code style
+
+      name: Run shellchecking on BASH
+      script: shellcheck --format=gcc $(find . -name '*.sh.in' -not -iwholename '*.git*')
+
+      # This falls under same stage defined earlier
+    - name: Run checksum checks on kickstart files
+      script: ./tests/installer/checksums.sh
+      env: LOCAL_ONLY="true"
+
+      # This falls under same stage defined earlier
+    - name: Web Dashboard pre-generated file consistency checks (dashboard.js)
+      script: cp web/gui/dashboard.js /tmp/dashboard.js && ./build/build.sh && diff /tmp/dashboard.js web/gui/dashboard.js
+
+
+
+      # Ensure netdata code builds successfully
+    - stage: Build process
+
+      name: Standard netdata build
+      script: fakeroot ./netdata-installer.sh --install $HOME --dont-wait --dont-start-it --enable-plugin-nfacct --enable-plugin-freeipmi --disable-lto
+      env: CFLAGS='-O1 -DNETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS=1 -DNETDATA_VERIFY_LOCKS=1'
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> standard netdata build is failing (Still dont know which one, will improve soon)"
+
+    - name: Docker container build process (alpine installation)
+      script: packaging/docker/build.sh
+      env: DEVEL="true"
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Docker build process failed"
+
+    - name: Run 'make dist' validation
+      before_script: mkdir /tmp/netdata-makedist-test
+      script:
+        - echo "GIT Branch:" && git branch
+        - echo "Last commit:" && git log -1
+        - echo "GIT Describe:" && git describe
+        - echo "packaging/version:" && cat packaging/version
+        - docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -v "/tmp/netdata-makedist-test:/netdata_install:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:ubuntu1804" make clean || echo "Nothing to clean"
+        - docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -v "/tmp/netdata-makedist-test:/netdata_install:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:ubuntu1804" make distclean || echo "Nothing to distclean"
+        - docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -v "/tmp/netdata-makedist-test:/netdata_install:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:ubuntu1804" /bin/bash -c "autoreconf -ivf && ./configure --prefix=/netdata_install/usr --sysconfdir=/netdata_install/etc --localstatedir=/netdata_install/var --with-zlib --with-math --with-user=netdata CFLAGS=-O2"
+        - docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -v "/tmp/netdata-makedist-test:/netdata_install:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:ubuntu1804" make dist
+        - docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -v "/tmp/netdata-makedist-test:/netdata_install:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:ubuntu1804" ls -ltr ./netdata-$(git describe).tar.gz || ls -ltr ./netdata-$(cat packaging/version | tr -d '\n').tar.gz
+        - .travis/run_install_with_dist_file.sh
+        - docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -v "/tmp/netdata-makedist-test:/netdata_install:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:ubuntu1804" make distclean
+      git:
+        depth: false
+      after_script: rm -rf /tmp/netdata-makedist-test
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "'make dist' failed"
+
+
+
+    - stage: Artifacts validation
+
+      name: Unit Testing
+      script:
+        - fakeroot ./netdata-installer.sh --install $HOME --dont-wait --dont-start-it --enable-plugin-nfacct --enable-plugin-freeipmi --disable-lto
+        - $HOME/netdata/usr/sbin/netdata -W unittest
+      env: CFLAGS='-O1 -DNETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS=1 -DNETDATA_VERIFY_LOCKS=1'
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Unit testing failed"
+
+    - name: Build/install on ubuntu 14.04 (not containerized)
+      script: fakeroot ./netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --install $HOME
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Build/Install failed on ubuntu 14.04"
+
+    - name: Build/Install for ubuntu 18.04 (not containerized)
+      script: fakeroot ./netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --install $HOME
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Build/Install failed on ubuntu 18.04"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on ubuntu 18.04 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:ubuntu1804" bats --tap tests/lifecycle.bats
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata lifecycle test script failed on ubuntu 18.04"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle from stable to current, on CentOS 7 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:centos7" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on CentOS 7"
+
+    - name: Build/install for CentOS 6 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:centos6" ./netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --install /tmp
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Build/Install failed on CentOS 6"
+
+    - name: Build/install for CentOS 7 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "netdata/os-test:centos7" ./netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --dont-start-it --install /tmp
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Build/Install failed on CentOS 7"
+
+
+
+    - stage: "Artifacts validation on bare OS, stable to current lifecycle checks"
+
+      # Ubuntu runs
+      name: Run netdata lifecycle on Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial)
+      script: sudo -E tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Ubuntu 16.04"
+
+      # Ubuntu runs
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on Ubuntu 18.04 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "ubuntu:18.04" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Ubuntu 18.04"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on Ubuntu 19.04 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "ubuntu:19.04" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Ubuntu 19.04"
+
+      # Centos runs
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle on CentOS 6 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "centos:6" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare CentOS 6"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle on CentOS 7 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "centos:7" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare CentOS 7"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on Debian 9 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "debian:stretch" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Debian 9 (stretch)"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on Debian 10 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "debian:buster" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Debian 10 (buster)"
+
+      # openSuSE runs
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on openSuSE 15.0
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "opensuse/leap:15.0" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare opensuse/leap:15.0"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on openSuSE 15.1
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "opensuse/leap:15.1" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare opensuse/leap:15.1"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on openSuSE Tumbleweed
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "opensuse/tumbleweed:latest" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare opensuse/tumbleweed:latest"
+
+      # Alpine runs
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on Alpine linux
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "alpine" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Alpine"
+
+      # Arch linux runs
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on ArchLinux
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "archlinux/base:latest" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare archlinux/base:latest"
+
+      # Fedora runs
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on Fedora 28
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "fedora:28" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Fedora 28"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on Fedora 29
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "fedora:29" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Fedora 29"
+
+    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on Fedora 30 (Containerized)
+      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "fedora:30" tests/updater_checks.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Fedora 30"
+
+#    - name: Run netdata lifecycle, on Fedora 31 (Containerized)
+#      script: docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/netdata:rw" -w /netdata "fedora:31" tests/updater_checks.sh
+#      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Netdata updater process failed on bare Fedora 31"
+
+
+
+    - stage: Packaging for release
+
+      name: Generate changelog and TAG the release (only on special commit msg)
+      before_script: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Packaging step for release initiated" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      script:
+        - echo "GIT Branch:" && git branch
+        - echo "Last commit:" && git log -1
+        - echo "GIT Describe:" && git describe
+        - echo "packaging/version:" && cat packaging/version
+        - .travis/generate_changelog_and_tag_release.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> Packaging for release failed"
+      git:
+        depth: false
+
+    - name: Run labeler on github issues
+      script: .travis/labeler.sh  # labeler should be replaced with GitHub Actions when they hit GA
+
+
+
+    # ###### Packaging workflow section ######
+    # References:
+    # https://us.images.linuxcontainers.org
+    # https://packagecloud.io/docs#install_repo
+
+    # TODO: This section is stale, will be aligned with the RPM implementation when we get to DEB packaging
+    - stage: Package ubuntu/* and debian/*
+      _template: &DEB_TEMPLATE
+        git:
+          depth: false
+        before_install:
+          - sudo apt-get install -y wget lxc python3-lxc python-lxc lxc-templates dh-make git-buildpackage build-essential libdistro-info-perl
+          - source tests/installer/slack.sh
+        before_script:
+          - post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Starting package preparation and publishing for ${BUILD_STRING}.${BUILD_ARCH}" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+          - export PACKAGES_DIRECTORY="$(mktemp -d -t netdata-packaging-contents-dir-XXXXXX)" && echo "Created packaging directory ${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+        script:
+          - echo "GIT Branch:" && git branch
+          - echo "Last commit:" && git log -1
+          - echo "GIT Describe:" && git describe
+          - echo "packaging/version:" && cat packaging/version
+          - echo "Creating LXC environment for the build" && sudo -E .travis/package_management/create_lxc_for_build.sh
+          - echo "Building package in container" && sudo -E .travis/package_management/build_package_in_container.sh
+          - sudo chown -R root:travis "/var/lib/lxc"
+          - sudo chmod -R 750 "/var/lib/lxc"
+          - echo "Preparing DEB packaging contents for upload" && sudo -E .travis/package_management/prepare_packages.sh
+        after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Failed to build DEB for ${BUILD_STRING}.${BUILD_ARCH}"
+        before_deploy:
+          - .travis/package_management/yank_stale_pkg.sh "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}" "${BUILD_STRING}" || echo "No stale DEB found"
+        deploy:
+          - provider: packagecloud
+            repository: "${DEPLOY_REPO}"
+            username: "${PACKAGING_USER}"
+            token: "${PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN}"
+            dist: "${BUILD_STRING}"
+            local_dir: "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+            skip_cleanup: true
+            on:
+              # Only deploy on ${USER}/netdata, master branch, when build-area directory is created
+              repo: ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}
+              branch: "master"
+              condition: -d "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+        after_deploy:
+          - if [ -n "${BUILDER_NAME}" ]; then rm -rf /home/${BUILDER_NAME}/* && echo "Cleared /home/${BUILDER_NAME} directory" || echo "Failed to clean /home/${BUILDER_NAME} directory"; fi;
+          - if [ -d "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}" ]; then rm -rf "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"; fi;
+
+      name: "Build & Publish DEB package for ubuntu/disco"
+      <<: *DEB_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) DEB( Ubuntu)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="ubuntu" BUILD_RELEASE="disco" BUILD_STRING="ubuntu/disco"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="deb" REPO_TOOL="apt-get"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish DEB package for ubuntu/cosmic"
+      <<: *DEB_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) DEB( Ubuntu)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="ubuntu" BUILD_RELEASE="cosmic" BUILD_STRING="ubuntu/cosmic"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="deb" REPO_TOOL="apt-get"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish DEB package for ubuntu/bionic"
+      <<: *DEB_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) DEB( Ubuntu)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="ubuntu" BUILD_RELEASE="bionic" BUILD_STRING="ubuntu/bionic"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="deb" REPO_TOOL="apt-get"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish DEB package for ubuntu/xenial"
+      <<: *DEB_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) DEB( Ubuntu)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="ubuntu" BUILD_RELEASE="xenial" BUILD_STRING="ubuntu/xenial"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="deb" REPO_TOOL="apt-get"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish DEB package for ubuntu/trusty"
+      <<: *DEB_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) DEB( Ubuntu)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="ubuntu" BUILD_RELEASE="trusty" BUILD_STRING="ubuntu/trusty"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="deb" REPO_TOOL="apt-get"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish DEB package for debian/buster"
+      <<: *DEB_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) DEB( Debian)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="debian" BUILD_RELEASE="buster" BUILD_STRING="debian/buster"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="deb" REPO_TOOL="apt-get"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish DEB package for debian/stretch"
+      <<: *DEB_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) DEB( Debian)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="debian" BUILD_RELEASE="stretch" BUILD_STRING="debian/stretch"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="deb" REPO_TOOL="apt-get"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish DEB package for debian/jessie"
+      <<: *DEB_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) DEB( Debian)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="debian" BUILD_RELEASE="jessie" BUILD_STRING="debian/jessie"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="deb" REPO_TOOL="apt-get"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+
+
+    - stage: Package centos, fedora and opensuse
+      _template: &RPM_TEMPLATE
+        git:
+          depth: false
+        before_install:
+          - sudo apt-get install -y wget lxc lxc-templates python3-lxc python-lxc
+          - source tests/installer/slack.sh
+        before_script:
+          - post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Starting package preparation and publishing for ${BUILD_STRING}.${BUILD_ARCH}" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+          - export PACKAGES_DIRECTORY="$(mktemp -d -t netdata-packaging-contents-dir-XXXXXX)" && echo "Created packaging directory ${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+        script:
+          - echo "GIT Branch:" && git branch
+          - echo "Last commit:" && git log -1
+          - echo "GIT Describe:" && git describe
+          - echo "packaging/version:" && cat packaging/version
+          - echo "Creating LXC environment for the build" && sudo -E .travis/package_management/create_lxc_for_build.sh
+          - echo "Building package in container" && sudo -E .travis/package_management/build_package_in_container.sh
+          - sudo chmod -R 755 "/var/lib/lxc"
+          - echo "Preparing RPM packaging contents for upload" && sudo -E .travis/package_management/prepare_packages.sh
+        after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Failed to build RPM for ${BUILD_STRING}.${BUILD_ARCH}"
+        before_deploy:
+          - .travis/package_management/yank_stale_pkg.sh "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}" "${BUILD_STRING}" || echo "No stale RPM found"
+        deploy:
+          - provider: packagecloud
+            repository: "${DEPLOY_REPO}"
+            username: "${PACKAGING_USER}"
+            token: "${PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN}"
+            dist: "${BUILD_STRING}"
+            local_dir: "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+            skip_cleanup: true
+            on:
+              # Only deploy on ${USER}/netdata, master branch, when packages directory is created
+              repo: ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}
+              branch: "master"
+              condition: -d "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+        after_deploy:
+          - if [ -n "${BUILDER_NAME}" ]; then rm -rf /home/${BUILDER_NAME}/* && echo "Cleared /home/${BUILDER_NAME} directory" || echo "Failed to clean /home/${BUILDER_NAME} directory"; fi;
+          - if [ -d "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}" ]; then rm -rf "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"; fi;
+
+      name: "Build & Publish RPM package for Enterprise Linux 7"
+      <<: *RPM_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) RPM( Enterprise Linux)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="centos" BUILD_RELEASE="7" BUILD_STRING="el/7"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="rpm" REPO_TOOL="yum"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish RPM package for Enterprise Linux 6"
+      <<: *RPM_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64|i386) RPM( Enterprise Linux)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="centos" BUILD_RELEASE="6" BUILD_STRING="el/6"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="rpm" REPO_TOOL="yum"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish RPM package for Fedora 30"
+      <<: *RPM_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64) RPM( Fedora)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="fedora" BUILD_RELEASE="30" BUILD_STRING="fedora/30"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="rpm" REPO_TOOL="dnf"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish RPM package for Fedora 29"
+      <<: *RPM_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64) RPM( Fedora)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="fedora" BUILD_RELEASE="29" BUILD_STRING="fedora/29"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="rpm" REPO_TOOL="dnf"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish RPM package for OpenSuSE 15.1"
+      <<: *RPM_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64) RPM( openSuSE)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="opensuse" BUILD_RELEASE="15.0" BUILD_STRING="opensuse/15.1"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="rpm" REPO_TOOL="zypper"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: "Build & Publish RPM package for OpenSuSE 15.0"
+      <<: *RPM_TEMPLATE
+      if: commit_message =~ /\[Package (amd64|arm64) RPM( openSuSE)?\]/
+      env:
+        - BUILDER_NAME="builder" BUILD_DISTRO="opensuse" BUILD_RELEASE="15.0" BUILD_STRING="opensuse/15.0"
+        - PACKAGE_TYPE="rpm" REPO_TOOL="zypper"
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+    # ###### End of packaging workflow section ###### #
+    # ############################################### #
+
+
+
+    # We only publish if a TAG has been set during packaging
+    - stage: Publish for release
+      _template: &RELEASE_TEMPLATE
+        git:
+          depth: false
+        before_script: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Publishing docker images" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+        script:
+          - echo "GIT Branch:" && git branch
+          - echo "Last commit:" && git log -1
+          - echo "GIT Describe:" && git describe
+          - echo "packaging/version:" && cat packaging/version
+          - >-
+            packaging/docker/check_login.sh
+            && echo "Switching to latest master branch, to pick up tagging if any" && git checkout master && git pull
+            && packaging/docker/build.sh
+            && packaging/docker/publish.sh
+        after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> Docker image publishing failed"
+
+      name: Build & Publish docker image for i386
+      <<: *RELEASE_TEMPLATE
+      env:
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+        - ARCHS=i386
+
+    - name: Build & Publish docker image for amd64
+      <<: *RELEASE_TEMPLATE
+      env:
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+        - ARCHS=amd64
+
+    - name: Build & Publish docker image for armhf
+      <<: *RELEASE_TEMPLATE
+      env:
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+        - ARCHS=armhf
+
+    - name: Build & Publish docker image for aarch64
+      <<: *RELEASE_TEMPLATE
+      env:
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+        - ARCHS=aarch64
+
+    - name: Create release draft
+      git:
+        depth: false
+      before_script: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Drafting release on github" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      script:
+        - echo "GIT Branch:" && git branch
+        - echo "Last commit:" && git log -1
+        - echo "GIT Describe:" && git describe
+        - echo "packaging/version:" && cat packaging/version
+        - echo "Generating release artifacts" && .travis/create_artifacts.sh  # Could/should be a common storage to put this and share between jobs
+        - .travis/draft_release.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> Draft release submission failed"
+
+    - name: Trigger .RPM and .DEB package generation
+      before_script: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Starting RPM and DEB package generation for release" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      script:
+        - if [[ -z "${GIT_TAG}" ]] || [[ ! "${GIT_TAG}" = "$(git tag --points-at)" ]]; then post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> I Did not find a valid GIT_TAG to proceed with stable packaging" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}" && exit 1; fi;
+        - if [[ -n "${GIT_TAG}" ]] && [[ "${GIT_TAG}" = "$(git tag --points-at)" ]]; then .travis/trigger_package_generation.sh; fi;
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> Stable release package generation produced errors" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      git:
+        depth: false
+
+
+
+    # This is the nightly pre-execution step (Jobs, preparatory steps for nightly, etc)
+    - stage: Nightly operations
+
+      name: Run coverity scan
+      before_script:
+        - post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Starting nightly operations" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+        - bash <(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata-demo-site/master/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
+      script: ./coverity-scan.sh --with-install
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> Coverity nightly run has failed" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      env:
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+
+    - name: Kickstart files integrity testing (extended)
+      script: ./tests/installer/checksums.sh
+
+    - name: Run labeler on github issues
+      script: .travis/labeler.sh  # labeler should be replaced with GitHub Actions when they hit GA
+
+      # This is generating the changelog for nightly release and publish it
+    - name: Generate nightly changelog
+      before_script: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Starting changelog generation for nightlies" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      script:
+        - ".travis/nightlies.sh"
+        - ".travis/check_changelog_last_modification.sh"
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> Nightly changelog generation failed"
+      git:
+        depth: false
+
+    - name: Clean up package cloud nightly repository from old versions
+      before_script: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Starting package cloud repository clean up" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      script:
+        - DEPLOY_REPO="netdata-edge" .travis/package_management/old_package_purging.sh
+        - DEPLOY_REPO="netdata-devel" .travis/package_management/old_package_purging.sh
+
+    # This is the nightly execution step
+    #
+    - stage: Nightly release
+      _template: &NIGHTLY_TEMPLATE
+        git:
+          depth: false
+        before_script: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Publishing docker images for nightlies" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+        script:
+          - echo "GIT Branch:" && git branch
+          - echo "Last commit:" && git log -1
+          - echo "GIT Describe:" && git describe
+          - echo "packaging/version:" && cat packaging/version
+          - docker info
+          - >-
+            packaging/docker/check_login.sh
+            && packaging/docker/build.sh
+            && packaging/docker/publish.sh
+        after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> Nightly docker image publish failed"
+
+      name: Build & Publish docker image for i386
+      <<: *NIGHTLY_TEMPLATE
+      env:
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+        - ARCHS=i386
+
+    - name: Build & Publish docker image for amd64
+      <<: *NIGHTLY_TEMPLATE
+      env:
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+        - ARCHS=amd64
+
+    - name: Build & Publish docker image for armhf
+      <<: *NIGHTLY_TEMPLATE
+      env:
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+        - ARCHS=armhf
+
+    - name: Build & Publish docker image for aarch64
+      <<: *NIGHTLY_TEMPLATE
+      env:
+        - ALLOW_SOFT_FAILURE_HERE=true
+        - ARCHS=aarch64
+
+    - name: Trigger .RPM and .DEB package generation
+      before_script: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Starting RPM and DEB package generation for nightlies" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      script:
+        - .travis/trigger_package_generation.sh "[Build latest]"
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> Nightly package generation produced errors" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      git:
+        depth: false
+
+    - name: Create nightly release artifacts, publish to GCS
+      before_script: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Starting artifacts generation for nightlies" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+      script:
+        - echo "GIT Branch:" && git branch
+        - echo "Last commit:" && git log -1
+        - echo "GIT Describe:" && git describe
+        - echo "packaging/version:" && cat packaging/version
+        - .travis/create_artifacts.sh
+      after_failure: post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "<!here> Nightly artifacts generation failed"
+      git:
+        depth: false
+      before_deploy:
+        echo "Preparing creds under ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}";
+        if [ "${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" == "netdata/netdata" ]; then
+           openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_8daf19481253_key -iv $encrypted_8daf19481253_iv -in .travis/gcs-credentials.json.enc -out .travis/gcs-credentials.json -d;
+        else
+           echo "Beta deployment stage in progress";
+           openssl aes-256-cbc -K $encrypted_8daf19481253_key -iv $encrypted_8daf19481253_iv -in .travis/gcs-credentials.json.enc -out .travis/gcs-credentials.json -d;
+        fi;
+      deploy:
+        # Beta storage, used for testing purposes
+        - provider: gcs
+          edge:
+            branch: gcs-ng
+          project_id: netdata-storage
+          credentials: .travis/gcs-credentials.json
+          bucket: "netdata-dev-nightlies"
+          skip_cleanup: true
+          local_dir: "artifacts"
+          on:
+            # Only deploy on netdata/netdata, master branch, when artifacts directory is created
+            repo: ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}
+            branch: master
+            condition: -d "artifacts" && ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} != "netdata/netdata"
+
+        # Production storage
+        - provider: gcs
+          edge:
+            branch: gcs-ng
+          project_id: netdata-storage
+          credentials: .travis/gcs-credentials.json
+          bucket: "netdata-nightlies"
+          skip_cleanup: true
+          local_dir: "artifacts"
+          on:
+            # Only deploy on netdata/netdata, master branch, when artifacts directory is created
+            repo: netdata/netdata
+            branch: master
+            condition: -d "artifacts" && ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} = "netdata/netdata"
+      after_deploy: rm -f .travis/gcs-credentials.json
diff --git a/.travis/README.md b/.travis/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c6ca3f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+# Description of CI build configuration
+
+## Variables needed by travis
+
+- GITHUB_TOKEN - GitHub token with push access to repository
+- DOCKER_USERNAME - Username (netdatabot) with write access to docker hub repository
+- DOCKER_PWD - Password to docker hub
+- encrypted_8daf19481253_key - key needed by openssl to decrypt GCS credentials file
+- encrypted_8daf19481253_iv - IV needed by openssl to decrypt GCS credentials file
+- COVERITY_SCAN_TOKEN - Token to allow coverity test analysis uploads
+- SLACK_USERNAME - This is required for the slack notifications triggered by travis pipeline
+- SLACK_CHANNEL - This is the channel that Travis will be posting messages
+- SLACK_NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_URL - This is the incoming URL webhook as provided by slack integration. Visit Apps integration in slack to generate the required hook
+- SLACK_BOT_NAME - This is the name your bot will appear with on slack
+
+## CI workflow details
+Our CI pipeline is designed to help us identify and mitigate risks at all stages of implementation.
+To accommodate this need, we used [Travis CI](http://www.travis-ci.com) as our CI/CD tool.
+Our main areas of concern are:
+1) Only push code that is working. That means fail fast so that we can improve before we reach the public
+
+2) Reduce the time to market to minimum, by streamlining the release process.
+   That means a lot of testing, a lot of consistency checks, a lot of validations
+
+3) Generated artifacts consistency. We should not allow broken software to reach the public.
+   When this happens, it's embarassing and we struggle to eliminate it.
+
+4) We are an innovative company, so we love to automate :)
+
+
+Having said that, here's a brief introduction to Netdata's improved CI/CD pipeline with Travis.
+Our CI/CD lifecycle contains three different execution entry points:
+1) A user opens a pull request to netdata/master: Travis will run a pipeline on the branch under that PR
+2) A merge or commit happens on netdata/master. This will trigger travis to run, but we have two distinct cases in this scenario:
+   a) A user merges a pull request to netdata/master: Travis will run on master, after the merge.
+   b) A user runs a commit/merge with a special keyword (mentioned later).
+      This triggers a release for either minor, major or release candidate versions, depending the keyword
+3) A scheduled job runs on master once per day: Travis will run on master at the scheduled interval
+
+To accommodate all three entry points our CI/CD workflow has a set of steps that run on all three entry points.
+Once all these steps are successfull, then our pipeline executes another subset of steps for entry points 2 and 3.
+In travis terms the "steps" are "Stages" and within each stage we execute a set of activities called "jobs" in travis.
+
+### Always run: Stages that running on all three execution entry points
+
+## Code quality, linting, syntax, code style
+At this early stage we iterate through a set of basic quality control checks:
+- Shell checking: Run linters for our various BASH scripts
+- Checksum validators: Run validators to ensure our installers and documentation are in sync
+- Dashboard validator: We provide a pre-generated dashboard.js script file that we need to make sure its up to date. We validate that.
+
+## Build process
+At this stage, basically, we build :-)
+We do a baseline check of our build artifacts to guarantee they are not broken
+Briefly our activities include:
+- Verify docker builds successfully
+- Run the standard Netdata installer, to make sure we build & run properly
+- Do the same through 'make dist', as this is our stable channel for our kickstart files
+
+## Artifacts validation
+At this point we know our software is building, we need to go through the a set of checks, to guarantee
+that our product meets certain epxectations. At the current stage, we are focusing on basic capabilities
+like installing in different distributions, running the full lifecycle of install-run-update-install and so on.
+We are still working on enriching this with more and more use cases, to get us closer to achieving full stability of our software.
+Briefly we currently evaluate the following activities:
+- Basic software unit testing
+- Non containerized build and install on ubuntu 14.04
+- Non containerized build and install on ubuntu 18.04
+- Running the full Netdata lifecycle (install, update, uninstall) on ubuntu 18.04
+- Build and install on CentOS 6
+- Build and install on CentOS 7
+(More to come)
+
+### Nightly operations: Stages that run daily under cronjob
+The nightly stages are related to the daily nightly activities, that produce our daily latest releases.
+We also maintain a couple of cronjobs that run during the night to provide us with deeper insights,
+like for example coverity scanning or extended kickstart checksum checks
+
+## Nightly operations
+At this stage we run scheduled jobs and execute the nightly changelog generator, coverity scans,
+labeler for our issues and extended kickstart files checksum validations.
+
+## Nightly release
+During this stage we are building and publishing latest docker images, prepare the nightly artifacts
+and deploy them (the artifacts) to our google cloud service provider.
+
+
+### Publishing
+Publishing is responsible for executing the major/minor/patch releases and is separated
+in two stages: packaging preparation process and publishing.
+
+## Packaging for release
+During packaging we are preparing the release changelog information and run the labeler.
+
+## Publish for release
+The publishing stage is the most complex part in publishing. This is the stage were we generate and publish docker images,
+prepare the release artifacts and get ready with the release draft.
+
+### Package Management workflows
+As part of our goal to provide the best support to our customers, we have created a set of CI workflows to automatically produce
+DEB and RPM for multiple distributions. These workflows are implemented under the templated stages '_DEB_TEMPLATE' and '_RPM_TEMPLATE'.
+We currently plan to actively support the following Operating Systems, with a plan to further expand this list following our users needs.
+
+### Operating systems supported
+The following distributions are supported
+- Debian versions
+  - Buster (TBD - not released yet, check [debian releases](https://www.debian.org/releases/) for details)
+  - Stretch
+  - Jessie
+  - Wheezy
+
+- Ubuntu versions
+  - Disco
+  - Cosmic
+  - Bionic
+  - artful
+
+- Enterprise Linux versions (Covers Redhat, CentOS, and Amazon Linux with version 6)
+  - Version 8 (TBD)
+  - Version 7
+  - Version 6
+
+- Fedora versions
+  - Version 31 (TBD)
+  - Version 30
+  - Version 29
+  - Version 28
+
+- OpenSuSE versions
+  - 15.1
+  - 15.0
+
+- Gentoo distributions
+  - TBD
+
+### Architectures supported
+We plan to support amd64, x86 and arm64 architectures. As of June 2019 only amd64 and x86 will become available, as we are still working on solving issues with the architecture.
+
+The Package deployment can be triggered manually by executing an empty commit with the following message pattern: `[Package PACKAGE_TYPE PACKAGE_ARCH] DESCRIBE_THE_REASONING_HERE`.
+Travis Yaml configuration allows the user to combine package type and architecture as necessary to regenerate the current stable release (For example tag v1.15.0 as of 4th of May 2019)
+Sample patterns to trigger building of packages for all amd64 supported architecture:
+- '[Package amd64 RPM]': Build & publish all amd64 available RPM packages
+- '[Package amd64 DEB]': Build & publish all amd64 available DEB packages
diff --git a/.travis/check_changelog_last_modification.sh b/.travis/check_changelog_last_modification.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d6f8a1639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/check_changelog_last_modification.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# This scriptplet validates nightlies age and notifies is if it gets too old
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+
+set -e
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup || echo "")
+if [ -n "${CWD}" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Changelog age checker exited abnormally"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+source tests/installer/slack.sh || echo "I could not load slack library"
+
+LAST_MODIFICATION="$(git log -1 --pretty="format:%at" CHANGELOG.md)"
+CURRENT_TIME="$(date +"%s")"
+TWO_DAYS_IN_SECONDS=172800
+
+DIFF=$((CURRENT_TIME - LAST_MODIFICATION))
+
+echo "Checking CHANGELOG.md last modification time on GIT.."
+echo "CHANGELOG.md timestamp: ${LAST_MODIFICATION}"
+echo "Current timestamp: ${CURRENT_TIME}"
+echo "Diff: ${DIFF}"
+
+if [ ${DIFF} -gt ${TWO_DAYS_IN_SECONDS} ]; then
+	echo "CHANGELOG.md is more than two days old!"
+	post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Hi <!here>, CHANGELOG.md was found more than two days old (Diff: ${DIFF} seconds)" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}"
+else
+	echo "CHANGELOG.md is less than two days old, fine"
+fi
diff --git a/.travis/create_artifacts.sh b/.travis/create_artifacts.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8704811b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/create_artifacts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Artifacts creation script.
+# This script generates two things:
+#   1) The static binary that can run on all linux distros (built-in dependencies etc)
+#   2) The distribution source tarbal
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author: Paul Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+#
+# shellcheck disable=SC2230
+
+set -e
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup || echo "")
+if [ -n "${CWD}" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! "${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" == "netdata/netdata" ]; then
+	echo "Beta mode on ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}, not running anything here"
+	exit 0
+fi;
+
+
+echo "--- Initialize git configuration ---"
+git checkout "${1-master}"
+git pull
+
+# Everything from this directory will be uploaded to GCS
+mkdir -p artifacts
+BASENAME="netdata-$(git describe)"
+
+# Make sure stdout is in blocking mode. If we don't, then conda create will barf during downloads.
+# See https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/4704#issuecomment-348435959 for details.
+python -c 'import os,sys,fcntl; flags = fcntl.fcntl(sys.stdout, fcntl.F_GETFL); fcntl.fcntl(sys.stdout, fcntl.F_SETFL, flags&~os.O_NONBLOCK);'
+echo "--- Create tarball ---"
+autoreconf -ivf
+./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --with-zlib --with-math --with-user=netdata CFLAGS=-O2
+make dist
+mv "${BASENAME}.tar.gz" artifacts/
+
+echo "--- Create self-extractor ---"
+./packaging/makeself/build-x86_64-static.sh
+
+# Needed for GCS
+echo "--- Copy artifacts to separate directory ---"
+#shellcheck disable=SC2164
+cp packaging/version artifacts/latest-version.txt
+cd artifacts
+ln -s "${BASENAME}.tar.gz" netdata-latest.tar.gz
+ln -s "${BASENAME}.gz.run" netdata-latest.gz.run
+sha256sum -b ./* >"sha256sums.txt"
+echo "checksums:"
+cat sha256sums.txt
diff --git a/.travis/draft_release.sh b/.travis/draft_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ddc0f9ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/draft_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Draft release generator.
+# This utility is responsible for submitting a draft release to github repo
+# It is agnostic of other processes, when executed it will draft a release,
+# based on the most recent reachable tag.
+#
+# Requirements:
+#   - GITHUB_TOKEN variable set with GitHub token. Access level: repo.public_repo
+#   - artifacts directory in place
+#     - The directory is created by create_artifacts.sh mechanism
+#     - The artifacts need to be created with the same tag, obviously
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author: Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -f .gitignore ]; then
+	echo "Run as ./travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of git repository"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "--- Initialize git configuration ---"
+git checkout master
+git pull
+
+
+if [[ $(git describe) =~ -rc* ]]; then
+	echo "This is a release candidate tag, we do not generate a release draft"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+# Load the tag, if any
+GIT_TAG=$(git describe)
+
+if [ ! "${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" == "netdata/netdata" ]; then
+	echo "Beta mode on ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}, i was about to run for release (${GIT_TAG}), but i am emulating, so bye"
+	exit 0
+fi;
+
+echo "---- CREATING RELEASE DRAFT WITH ASSETS -----"
+# Download hub
+HUB_VERSION=${HUB_VERSION:-"2.5.1"}
+wget "https://github.com/github/hub/releases/download/v${HUB_VERSION}/hub-linux-amd64-${HUB_VERSION}.tgz" -O "/tmp/hub-linux-amd64-${HUB_VERSION}.tgz"
+tar -C /tmp -xvf "/tmp/hub-linux-amd64-${HUB_VERSION}.tgz"
+export PATH=$PATH:"/tmp/hub-linux-amd64-${HUB_VERSION}/bin"
+
+# Create a release draft
+if [ -z ${GIT_TAG+x} ]; then
+	echo "Variable GIT_TAG is not set. Something went terribly wrong! Exiting."
+	exit 1
+fi
+if [ "${GIT_TAG}" != "$(git tag --points-at)" ]; then
+	echo "ERROR! Current commit is not tagged. Stopping release creation."
+	exit 1
+fi
+until hub release create --draft \
+		-a "artifacts/netdata-${GIT_TAG}.tar.gz" \
+		-a "artifacts/netdata-${GIT_TAG}.gz.run" \
+		-a "artifacts/sha256sums.txt" \
+		-m "${GIT_TAG}" "${GIT_TAG}"; do
+	sleep 5
+done
diff --git a/.travis/gcs-credentials.json.enc b/.travis/gcs-credentials.json.enc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d1e7b2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/gcs-credentials.json.enc
diff --git a/.travis/generate_changelog_and_tag_release.sh b/.travis/generate_changelog_and_tag_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4613ab14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/generate_changelog_and_tag_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Script to automatically do a couple of things:
+#   - generate a new tag according to semver (https://semver.org/)
+#   - generate CHANGELOG.md by using https://github.com/skywinder/github-changelog-generator
+#
+# Tags are generated by searching for a keyword in last commit message. Keywords are:
+#  - [patch] or [fix] to bump patch number
+#  - [minor], [feature] or [feat] to bump minor number
+#  - [major] or [breaking change] to bump major number
+# All keywords MUST be surrounded with square braces.
+#
+# Script uses git mechanisms for locking, so it can be used in parallel builds
+#
+# Requirements:
+#   - GITHUB_TOKEN variable set with GitHub token. Access level: repo.public_repo
+#   - docker
+#
+# This is a modified version of:
+# https://github.com/paulfantom/travis-helper/blob/master/releasing/releaser.sh
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author: Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+# Author: Pawel Krupa (@paulfantom)
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -f .gitignore ]; then
+	echo "Run as ./travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of git repository"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "--- Executing Tagging facility to determine TAG ---"
+source .travis/tagger.sh
+
+echo "--- Changelog generator and tagger script starting ---"
+# If tagger script hasn't produced a TAG, there is nothing to do so bail out happy
+if [ -z "${GIT_TAG}" ]; then
+	echo "GIT_TAG is empty, nothing to do for now (Value: $GIT_TAG)"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ ! "${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" == "netdata/netdata" ]; then
+	echo "Beta mode on ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}, nothing to do on the changelog generator and tagging script for (${GIT_TAG}), bye"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "--- Initialize git configuration ---"
+export GIT_MAIL="bot@netdata.cloud"
+export GIT_USER="netdatabot"
+git checkout master
+git pull
+
+echo "---- UPDATE VERSION FILE ----"
+echo "$GIT_TAG" >packaging/version
+git add packaging/version
+
+#echo "---- GENERATE CHANGELOG -----"
+#./.travis/generate_changelog_for_release.sh
+#git add CHANGELOG.md
+
+echo "---- COMMIT AND PUSH CHANGES ----"
+git commit -m "[ci skip] release $GIT_TAG" --author "${GIT_USER} <${GIT_MAIL}>"
+git tag "$GIT_TAG" -a -m "Automatic tag generation for travis build no. $TRAVIS_BUILD_NUMBER"
+git push "https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}:@$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -e 's/^https:\/\///')"
+git push "https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}:@$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -e 's/^https:\/\///')" --tags
+# After those operations output of command `git describe` should be identical with a value of GIT_TAG
diff --git a/.travis/generate_changelog_for_nightlies.sh b/.travis/generate_changelog_for_nightlies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..b90862880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/generate_changelog_for_nightlies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Changelog generation scriptlet.
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pawel Krupa (paulfantom)
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+set -e
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup || echo "")
+if [ -n "$CWD" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Changelog generation process aborted"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+LAST_TAG="$1"
+COMMITS_SINCE_RELEASE="$2"
+NEW_VERSION="${LAST_TAG}-$((COMMITS_SINCE_RELEASE + 1))-nightly"
+ORG=$(echo "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" | cut -d '/' -f1)
+PROJECT=$(echo "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" | cut -d '/' -f 2)
+GIT_MAIL=${GIT_MAIL:-"bot@netdata.cloud"}
+GIT_USER=${GIT_USER:-"netdatabot"}
+PUSH_URL=$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -e 's/^https:\/\///')
+FAIL=0
+if [ -z ${GIT_TAG+x} ]; then
+	OPTS=""
+else
+	OPTS="--future-release ${GIT_TAG}"
+fi
+echo "We got $COMMITS_SINCE_RELEASE changes since $LAST_TAG, re-generating changelog"
+
+if [ ! "${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" == "netdata/netdata" ]; then
+	echo "Beta mode on ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}, nothing else to do here"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+git checkout master
+git pull
+
+echo "Running project markmandel for github changelog generation"
+#docker run -it --rm -v "$(pwd)":/usr/local/src/your-app ferrarimarco/github-changelog-generator:1.14.3 \
+docker run -it -v "$(pwd)":/project markmandel/github-changelog-generator:latest \
+	--user "${ORG}" \
+	--project "${PROJECT}" \
+	--token "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+	--since-tag "v1.10.0" \
+	--unreleased-label "**Next release**" \
+	--no-issues \
+	--exclude-labels "stale,duplicate,question,invalid,wontfix,discussion,no changelog" \
+	--no-compare-link ${OPTS}
+
+echo "Changelog created! Adding packaging/version(${NEW_VERSION}) and CHANGELOG.md to the repository"
+echo "${NEW_VERSION}" > packaging/version
+git add packaging/version && echo "1) Added packaging/version to repository" || FAIL=1
+git add CHANGELOG.md && echo "2) Added changelog file to repository" || FAIL=1
+git commit -m '[ci skip] create nightly packages and update changelog' --author "${GIT_USER} <${GIT_MAIL}>" && echo "3) Committed changes to repository" || FAIL=1
+git push "https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}:@${PUSH_URL}" && echo "4) Pushed changes to remote ${PUSH_URL}" || FAIL=1
+
+# In case of a failure, wrap it up and bail out cleanly
+if [ $FAIL -eq 1 ]; then
+	git clean -xfd
+	echo "Changelog generation failed during github UPDATE!"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Changelog generation completed successfully!"
diff --git a/.travis/generate_changelog_for_release.sh b/.travis/generate_changelog_for_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d7066aa9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/generate_changelog_for_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -f .gitignore ]; then
+	echo "Run as ./travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of git repository"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+ORGANIZATION=$(echo "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" | awk -F '/' '{print $1}')
+PROJECT=$(echo "$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG" | awk -F '/' '{print $2}')
+GIT_MAIL=${GIT_MAIL:-"bot@netdata.cloud"}
+GIT_USER=${GIT_USER:-"netdatabot"}
+if [ -z ${GIT_TAG+x} ]; then
+	OPTS=""
+else
+	OPTS="--future-release ${GIT_TAG}"
+fi
+
+if [ ! "${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" == "netdata/netdata" ]; then
+	echo "Beta mode on ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}, nothing else to do"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "--- Creating changelog ---"
+git checkout master
+git pull
+#docker run -it --rm -v "$(pwd)":/usr/local/src/your-app ferrarimarco/github-changelog-generator:1.14.3 \
+docker run -it -v "$(pwd)":/project markmandel/github-changelog-generator:latest \
+	--user "${ORGANIZATION}" \
+	--project "${PROJECT}" \
+	--token "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+	--since-tag "v1.10.0" \
+	--no-issues \
+	--unreleased-label "**Next release**" \
+	--exclude-labels "stale,duplicate,question,invalid,wontfix,discussion,no changelog" \
+	--no-compare-link ${OPTS}
diff --git a/.travis/labeler.sh b/.travis/labeler.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7863084d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/labeler.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is a simple script which should apply labels to unlabelled issues from last 3 days.
+# It will soon be deprecated by GitHub Actions so no futher development on it is planned.
+
+# Previously this was using POST to only add labels. But this method seems to be failing with larger number of requests
+new_labels() {
+	ISSUE="$1"
+	URL="https://api.github.com/repos/netdata/netdata/issues/$ISSUE/labels"
+	# deduplicate array and add quotes
+	SET=( $(for i in "${@:2}"; do [ "$i" != "" ] && echo "\"$i\""; done | sort -u) )
+	# implode array to string
+	LABELS="${SET[*]}"
+	# add commas between quotes (replace spaces)
+	LABELS="${LABELS//\" \"/\",\"}"
+	# remove duplicate quotes in case parameters were already quoted
+	LABELS="${LABELS//\"\"/\"}"
+	echo "-------- Assigning labels to #${ISSUE}: ${LABELS} --------"
+	curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" -d "{\"labels\":[${LABELS}]}" -X PUT "${URL}" &>/dev/null
+}
+
+if [ "$GITHUB_TOKEN" == "" ]; then
+	echo "GITHUB_TOKEN is needed"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v hub)" ]; then
+	echo "===== Download HUB ====="
+	HUB_VERSION=${HUB_VERSION:-"2.5.1"}
+	wget "https://github.com/github/hub/releases/download/v${HUB_VERSION}/hub-linux-amd64-${HUB_VERSION}.tgz" -O "/tmp/hub-linux-amd64-${HUB_VERSION}.tgz"
+	tar -C /tmp -xvf "/tmp/hub-linux-amd64-${HUB_VERSION}.tgz" &>/dev/null
+	export PATH=$PATH:"/tmp/hub-linux-amd64-${HUB_VERSION}/bin"
+fi
+
+echo "===== Looking up available labels ====="
+LABELS_FILE=/tmp/labels
+hub issue labels >$LABELS_FILE
+
+# Change all 'area' labels assigned to PR saving non-area labels.
+echo "===== Categorizing PRs ====="
+NEW_LABELS=/tmp/new_labels
+for PR in $(hub pr list -s all -f "%I%n" -L 10); do
+	echo "----- Processing PR #$PR -----"
+	echo "" >$NEW_LABELS
+	NEW_SET=""
+	DIFF_URL="https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/$PR.diff"
+	for FILE in $(curl -L "${DIFF_URL}" 2>/dev/null | grep "diff --git a/" | cut -d' ' -f3 | sort | uniq); do
+		LABEL=""
+		case "${FILE}" in
+		*".md") AREA="docs" ;;
+		*"/collectors/python.d.plugin/"*) AREA="external/python" ;;
+		*"/collectors/charts.d.plugin/"*) AREA="external" ;;
+		*"/collectors/node.d.plugin/"*) AREA="external" ;;
+		*"/.travis"*) AREA="ci" ;;
+		*"/.github/*.md"*) AREA="docs" ;;
+		*"/.github/"*) AREA="ci" ;;
+		*"/build/"*) AREA="packaging" ;;
+		*"/contrib/"*) AREA="packaging" ;;
+		*"/diagrams/"*) AREA="docs" ;;
+		*"/installer/"*) AREA="packaging" ;;
+		*"/makeself/"*) AREA="packaging" ;;
+		*"/system/"*) AREA="packaging" ;;
+		*"/netdata-installer.sh"*) AREA="packaging" ;;
+		*) AREA=$(echo "$FILE" | cut -d'/' -f2) ;;
+		esac
+		LABEL="area/$AREA"
+		echo "Selecting $LABEL due to $FILE"
+		if grep "$LABEL" "$LABELS_FILE"; then
+			echo "$LABEL" >>$NEW_LABELS
+			if [[ $LABEL =~ "external" ]]; then
+				echo "area/collectors" >>$NEW_LABELS
+			fi
+		else
+			echo "-------- Label '$LABEL' not available --------"
+		fi
+	done
+	NEW_SET=$(sort $NEW_LABELS | uniq)
+	if [ ! -z "$NEW_SET" ]; then
+		PREV=$(curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/repos/netdata/netdata/issues/$PR/labels" 2>/dev/null | jq '.[].name' | grep -v "area")
+		new_labels "$PR" ${NEW_SET} "${PREV[*]}"
+	fi
+done
diff --git a/.travis/nightlies.sh b/.travis/nightlies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..13a813d75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/nightlies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is the nightly changelog generation script
+# It is responsible for two major activities:
+# 1) Update packaging/version with the current nightly version
+# 2) Generate the changelog for the mentioned version
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pawel Krupa (paulfantom)
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+set -e
+FAIL=0
+
+source tests/installer/slack.sh || echo "Could not load slack library"
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup || echo "")
+if [ -n "${CWD}" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Changelog generation process aborted"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+LAST_TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
+COMMITS_SINCE_RELEASE=$(git rev-list "${LAST_TAG}"..HEAD --count)
+PREVIOUS_NIGHTLY_COUNT="$(rev <packaging/version | cut -d- -f 2 | rev)"
+
+# If no commits since release, just stop
+if [ "${COMMITS_SINCE_RELEASE}" == "${PREVIOUS_NIGHTLY_COUNT}" ]; then
+	echo "No changes since last nighthly release"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ ! "${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG}" == "netdata/netdata" ]; then
+	echo "Beta mode -- nothing to do for ${TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG} on the nightlies script, bye"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "--- Running Changelog generation ---"
+NIGHTLIES_CHANGELOG_FAILED=0
+.travis/generate_changelog_for_nightlies.sh "${LAST_TAG}" "${COMMITS_SINCE_RELEASE}" || NIGHTLIES_CHANGELOG_FAILED=1
+
+if [ ${NIGHTLIES_CHANGELOG_FAILED} -eq 1 ]; then
+	echo "Changelog generation has failed, this is a soft error, process continues"
+	post_message "TRAVIS_MESSAGE" "Changelog generation job for nightlies failed, possibly due to github issues" "${NOTIF_CHANNEL}" || echo "Slack notification failed"
+fi
+
+exit "${FAIL}"
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/build.sh b/.travis/package_management/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5217715f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+UNPACKAGED_NETDATA_PATH="$1"
+LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION="$2"
+
+if [ -z "${LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION}" ]; then
+	echo "Parameter 'LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION' not defined"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${UNPACKAGED_NETDATA_PATH}" ]; then
+	echo "Parameter 'UNPACKAGED_NETDATA_PATH' not defined"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Running changelog generation mechanism since ${LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION}"
+
+echo "Entering ${UNPACKAGED_NETDATA_PATH}"
+cd "${UNPACKAGED_NETDATA_PATH}"
+
+echo "Linking debian -> contrib/debian"
+ln -sf contrib/debian debian
+
+echo "Executing dpkg-buildpackage"
+# pre/post options are after 1.18.8, is simpler to just check help for their existence than parsing version
+if dpkg-buildpackage --help | grep "\-\-post\-clean" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null; then
+	dpkg-buildpackage --post-clean --pre-clean --build=binary
+else
+	dpkg-buildpackage -b
+fi
+
+echo "DEB build script completed!"
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/build_package_in_container.sh b/.travis/package_management/build_package_in_container.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..95a68e7a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/build_package_in_container.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Entry point for package build process
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+#shellcheck disable=SC1091
+set -e
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup)
+if [ -n "$CWD" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/package_management/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Docker build process aborted"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+source .travis/package_management/functions.sh || (echo "Failed to load packaging library" && exit 1)
+
+# Check for presence of mandatory environment variables
+if [ -z "${BUILD_STRING}" ]; then
+	echo "No Distribution was defined. Make sure BUILD_STRING is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BUILDER_NAME}" ]; then
+	echo "No builder account and container name defined. Make sure BUILDER_NAME is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BUILD_DISTRO}" ]; then
+	echo "No build distro information defined. Make sure BUILD_DISTRO is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BUILD_RELEASE}" ]; then
+	echo "No build release information defined. Make sure BUILD_RELEASE is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${PACKAGE_TYPE}" ]; then
+	echo "No build release information defined. Make sure PACKAGE_TYPE is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Detect architecture and load extra variables needed
+detect_arch_from_commit
+
+case "${BUILD_ARCH}" in
+"all")
+	echo "* * * Building all architectures, amd64 and i386 * * *"
+	echo "Building for amd64.."
+	export CONTAINER_NAME="${BUILDER_NAME}-${BUILD_DISTRO}${BUILD_RELEASE}-amd64"
+	export LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT="/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER_NAME}/rootfs"
+	.travis/package_management/trigger_${PACKAGE_TYPE}_lxc_build.py "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+
+	echo "Building for arm64.."
+	export CONTAINER_NAME="${BUILDER_NAME}-${BUILD_DISTRO}${BUILD_RELEASE}-arm64"
+	export LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT="/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER_NAME}/rootfs"
+	.travis/package_management/trigger_${PACKAGE_TYPE}_lxc_build.py "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+
+	echo "Building for i386.."
+	export CONTAINER_NAME="${BUILDER_NAME}-${BUILD_DISTRO}${BUILD_RELEASE}-i386"
+	export LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT="/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER_NAME}/rootfs"
+	.travis/package_management/trigger_${PACKAGE_TYPE}_lxc_build.py "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+
+	;;
+"amd64"|"arm64"|"i386")
+	echo "Building for ${BUILD_ARCH}.."
+	export CONTAINER_NAME="${BUILDER_NAME}-${BUILD_DISTRO}${BUILD_RELEASE}-${BUILD_ARCH}"
+	export LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT="/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER_NAME}/rootfs"
+	.travis/package_management/trigger_${PACKAGE_TYPE}_lxc_build.py "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "Unknown build architecture '${BUILD_ARCH}', nothing to do for build"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+echo "Build process completed!"
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/common.py b/.travis/package_management/common.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a72fe4837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+#
+#
+# Python library with commonly used functions within the package management scope
+#
+# Author   : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+
+import lxc
+import subprocess
+import os
+
+def fetch_version(orig_build_version):
+    tag = None
+    friendly_version = ""
+
+    # TODO: Checksum validations
+    if str(orig_build_version).count(".latest") == 1:
+        version_list=str(orig_build_version).replace('v', '').split('.')
+        minor = version_list[3] if int(version_list[2]) == 0 else (version_list[2] + version_list[3])
+        friendly_version='.'.join(version_list[0:2]) + "." + minor
+    else:
+        friendly_version = orig_build_version.replace('v', '')
+        tag = friendly_version # Go to stable tag
+    print("Version set to %s from %s" % (friendly_version, orig_build_version))
+
+    return friendly_version, tag
+
+def replace_tag(tag_name, spec, new_tag_content):
+    print("Fixing tag %s in %s" % (tag_name, spec))
+
+    ifp = open(spec, "r")
+    config = ifp.readlines()
+    ifp.close()
+
+    source_line = -1
+    for line in config:
+        if str(line).count(tag_name + ":") > 0:
+            source_line = config.index(line)
+            print("Found line: %s in item %d" % (line, source_line))
+            break
+
+    if source_line >= 0:
+        print("Replacing line %s with %s in spec file" %(config[source_line], new_tag_content))
+        config[source_line] = "%s: %s\n" % (tag_name, new_tag_content)
+        config_str = ''.join(config)
+        ofp = open(spec, 'w')
+        ofp.write(config_str)
+        ofp.close()
+
+def run_command(container, command):
+    print("Running command: %s" % command)
+    command_result = container.attach_wait(lxc.attach_run_command, command)
+
+    if command_result != 0:
+        raise Exception("Command failed with exit code %d" % command_result)
+
+def run_command_in_host(cmd):
+    print("Issue command in host: %s" % str(cmd))
+
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    o, e = proc.communicate()
+    print('Output: ' + o.decode('ascii'))
+    print('Error: '  + e.decode('ascii'))
+    print('code: ' + str(proc.returncode))
+
+def prepare_repo(container):
+    if str(os.environ["REPO_TOOL"]).count("zypper") == 1:
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "clean", "-a"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "--no-gpg-checks", "update", "-y"])
+
+    elif str(os.environ["REPO_TOOL"]).count("yum") == 1:
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "clean", "all"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "update", "-y"])
+
+        if os.environ["BUILD_STRING"].count("el/7") == 1 and os.environ["BUILD_ARCH"].count("i386") == 1:
+            print ("Skipping epel-release install for %s-%s" % (os.environ["BUILD_STRING"], os.environ["BUILD_ARCH"]))
+        else:
+            run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "epel-release"])
+
+    elif str(os.environ["REPO_TOOL"]).count("apt-get") == 1:
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "update", "-y"])
+    else:
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "update", "-y"])
+
+    run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "sudo"])
+    run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "wget"])
+    run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "bash"])
+
+def install_common_dependendencies(container):
+    if str(os.environ["REPO_TOOL"]).count("zypper") == 1:
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "gcc-c++"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "json-glib-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "freeipmi-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "cups-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "snappy-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "protobuf-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "protobuf-c"])
+
+    elif str(os.environ["REPO_TOOL"]).count("yum") == 1:
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "gcc-c++"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "json-c-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "freeipmi-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "cups-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "snappy-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "protobuf-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "protobuf-c-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "protobuf-compiler"])
+
+    elif str(os.environ["REPO_TOOL"]).count("apt-get") == 1:
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "g++"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libipmimonitoring-dev"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libjson-c-dev"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libcups2-dev"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libsnappy-dev"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libprotobuf-dev"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libprotoc-dev"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "protobuf-compiler"])
+        if os.environ["BUILD_STRING"].count("debian/jessie") == 1:
+            run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "snappy"])
+    else:
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "gcc-c++"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "cups-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "freeipmi-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "json-c-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "snappy-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "protobuf-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "protobuf-c-devel"])
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "protobuf-compiler"])
+
+    if os.environ["BUILD_STRING"].count("el/6") <= 0:
+        run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "autogen"])
+
+def prepare_version_source(dest_archive, pkg_friendly_version, tag=None):
+    print(".0 Preparing local implementation tarball for version %s" % pkg_friendly_version)
+    tar_file = os.environ['LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT'] + dest_archive
+
+    if tag is not None:
+        print(".1 Checking out tag %s" % tag)
+        run_command_in_host(['git', 'fetch', '--all'])
+
+        # TODO: Keep in mind that tricky 'v' there, needs to be removed once we clear our versioning scheme
+        run_command_in_host(['git', 'checkout', 'v%s' % pkg_friendly_version])
+
+    print(".2 Tagging the code with version: %s" % pkg_friendly_version)
+    run_command_in_host(['git', 'tag', '-a', pkg_friendly_version, '-m', 'Tagging while packaging on %s' % os.environ["CONTAINER_NAME"]])
+
+    print(".3 Run autoreconf -ivf")
+    run_command_in_host(['autoreconf', '-ivf'])
+
+    print(".4 Run configure")
+    run_command_in_host(['./configure', '--prefix=/usr', '--sysconfdir=/etc', '--localstatedir=/var', '--libdir=/usr/lib', '--libexecdir=/usr/libexec', '--with-math', '--with-zlib', '--with-user=netdata'])
+
+    print(".5 Run make dist")
+    run_command_in_host(['make', 'dist'])
+
+    print(".6 Copy generated tarbal to desired path")
+    if os.path.exists('netdata-%s.tar.gz' % pkg_friendly_version):
+        run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'netdata-%s.tar.gz' % pkg_friendly_version, tar_file])
+
+        print(".7 Fixing permissions on tarball")
+        run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'chmod', '777', tar_file])
+    else:
+        print("I could not find (%s) on the disk, stopping the build. Kindly check the logs and try again" % 'netdata-%s.tar.gz' % pkg_friendly_version)
+        sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/configure_deb_lxc_environment.py b/.travis/package_management/configure_deb_lxc_environment.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4311c03ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/configure_deb_lxc_environment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Prepare the build environment within the container
+# The script attaches to the running container and does the following:
+# 1) Create the container
+# 2) Start the container up
+# 3) Create the builder user
+# 4) Prepare the environment for DEB build
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author   : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+
+import common
+import os
+import sys
+import lxc
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print('You need to provide a container name to get things started')
+    sys.exit(1)
+container_name=sys.argv[1]
+
+# Setup the container object
+print("Defining container %s" % container_name)
+container = lxc.Container(container_name)
+if not container.defined:
+    raise Exception("Container %s not defined!" % container_name)
+
+# Start the container
+if not container.start():
+    raise Exception("Failed to start the container")
+
+if not container.running or not container.state == "RUNNING":
+    raise Exception('Container %s is not running, configuration process aborted ' % container_name)
+
+# Wait for connectivity
+print("Waiting for container connectivity to start configuration sequence")
+if not container.get_ips(timeout=30):
+    raise Exception("Timeout while waiting for container")
+
+build_path = "/home/%s" % os.environ['BUILDER_NAME']
+
+# Run the required activities now
+# 1. Create the builder user
+print("1. Adding user %s" % os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'])
+common.run_command(container, ["useradd", "-m", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME']])
+
+# Fetch package dependencies for the build
+print("2. Preparing repo on LXC container")
+common.prepare_repo(container)
+
+print("2.1 Install .DEB build support packages")
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "dpkg-dev"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libdistro-info-perl"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "dh-make"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "dh-systemd"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "dh-autoreconf"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "git-buildpackage"])
+
+print("2.2 Add more dependencies")
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libnetfilter-acct-dev"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libcups2-dev"])
+
+print ("3.1 Run install-required-packages scriptlet")
+common.run_command(container, ["wget", "-T", "15", "-O", "%s/.install-required-packages.sh" % build_path, "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata-demo-site/master/install-required-packages.sh"])
+common.run_command(container, ["bash", "%s/.install-required-packages.sh" % build_path, "netdata", "--dont-wait", "--non-interactive"])
+
+print("3.2 Installing package dependencies within LXC container")
+common.install_common_dependendencies(container)
+
+friendly_version=""
+dest_archive=""
+download_url=""
+tag = None
+friendly_version, tag = common.fetch_version(os.environ['BUILD_VERSION'])
+
+tar_file="%s/netdata-%s.tar.gz" % (os.path.dirname(dest_archive), friendly_version)
+
+print("5. I will be building version '%s' of netdata." % os.environ['BUILD_VERSION'])
+dest_archive="%s/netdata-%s.tar.gz" % (build_path, friendly_version)
+
+if str(os.environ["BUILD_STRING"]).count("debian/jessie") == 1:
+    print("5.1 We are building for Jessie, adjusting control file")
+    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'rm', 'contrib/debian/control'])
+    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'contrib/debian/control.jessie', 'contrib/debian/control'])
+if str(os.environ["BUILD_STRING"]).count("ubuntu/trusty") == 1:
+    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'rm', 'contrib/debian/control'])
+    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'contrib/debian/control.trusty', 'contrib/debian/control'])
+if str(os.environ["BUILD_STRING"]).count("ubuntu/xenial") == 1:
+    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'rm', 'contrib/debian/control'])
+    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'contrib/debian/control.xenial', 'contrib/debian/control'])
+if str(os.environ["BUILD_STRING"]).count("debian/buster") == 1:
+    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'rm', 'contrib/debian/control'])
+    common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'contrib/debian/control.buster', 'contrib/debian/control'])
+
+common.prepare_version_source(dest_archive, friendly_version, tag=tag)
+
+print("6. Installing build.sh script to build path")
+common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', '.travis/package_management/build.sh', "%s/%s/build.sh" % (os.environ['LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT'], build_path)])
+common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'chmod', '777', "%s/%s/build.sh" % (os.environ['LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT'], build_path)])
+common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'ln', '-sf', 'contrib/debian', 'debian'])
+
+print("Done!")
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/configure_rpm_lxc_environment.py b/.travis/package_management/configure_rpm_lxc_environment.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..79d34608f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/configure_rpm_lxc_environment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+#
+# Prepare the build environment within the container
+# The script attaches to the running container and does the following:
+# 1) Create the container
+# 2) Start the container up
+# 3) Create the builder user
+# 4) Prepare the environment for RPM build
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author   : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+
+import common
+import os
+import sys
+import lxc
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print('You need to provide a container name to get things started')
+    sys.exit(1)
+container_name=sys.argv[1]
+
+# Setup the container object
+print("Defining container %s" % container_name)
+container = lxc.Container(container_name)
+if not container.defined:
+    raise Exception("Container %s not defined!" % container_name)
+
+# Start the container
+if not container.start():
+    raise Exception("Failed to start the container")
+
+if not container.running or not container.state == "RUNNING":
+    raise Exception('Container %s is not running, configuration process aborted ' % container_name)
+
+# Wait for connectivity
+print("Waiting for container connectivity to start configuration sequence")
+if not container.get_ips(timeout=30):
+    raise Exception("Timeout while waiting for container")
+
+# Run the required activities now
+# Create the builder user
+print("1. Adding user %s" % os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'])
+common.run_command(container, ["useradd", "-m", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME']])
+
+# Fetch package dependencies for the build
+print("2.1 Preparing repo on LXC container")
+common.prepare_repo(container)
+
+common.run_command(container, ["wget", "-T", "15", "-O", "/home/%s/.install-required-packages.sh" % (os.environ['BUILDER_NAME']), "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata-demo-site/master/install-required-packages.sh"])
+common.run_command(container, ["bash", "/home/%s/.install-required-packages.sh" % (os.environ['BUILDER_NAME']), "netdata", "--dont-wait", "--non-interactive"])
+
+# Exceptional cases, not available everywhere
+#
+print("2.2 Running uncommon dependencies and preparing LXC environment")
+# Not on Centos-7
+if os.environ["BUILD_STRING"].count("el/7") <= 0:
+    common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "libnetfilter_acct-devel"])
+
+# Not on Centos-6
+if os.environ["BUILD_STRING"].count("el/6") <= 0:
+    common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "autoconf-archive"])
+
+print("2.3 Installing common dependencies")
+common.install_common_dependendencies(container)
+
+print("3. Setting up macros")
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "/bin/echo", "'%_topdir %(echo /home/" + os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'] + ")/rpmbuild' > /home/" + os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'] + "/.rpmmacros"])
+
+print("4. Create rpmbuild directory")
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "mkdir", "-p", "/home/" + os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'] + "/rpmbuild/BUILD"])
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "mkdir", "-p", "/home/" + os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'] + "/rpmbuild/RPMS"])
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "mkdir", "-p", "/home/" + os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'] + "/rpmbuild/SOURCES"])
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "mkdir", "-p", "/home/" + os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'] + "/rpmbuild/SPECS"])
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "mkdir", "-p", "/home/" + os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'] + "/rpmbuild/SRPMS"])
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "ls", "-ltrR", "/home/" + os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'] + "/rpmbuild"])
+
+# Download the source
+rpm_friendly_version=""
+dest_archive=""
+download_url=""
+spec_file="/home/%s/rpmbuild/SPECS/netdata.spec" % os.environ['BUILDER_NAME']
+tag = None
+rpm_friendly_version, tag = common.fetch_version(os.environ['BUILD_VERSION'])
+tar_file="%s/netdata-%s.tar.gz" % (os.path.dirname(dest_archive), rpm_friendly_version)
+
+print("5. I will be building version '%s' of netdata." % os.environ['BUILD_VERSION'])
+dest_archive="/home/%s/rpmbuild/SOURCES/netdata-%s.tar.gz" % (os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], rpm_friendly_version)
+
+common.prepare_version_source(dest_archive, rpm_friendly_version, tag=tag)
+
+# Extract the spec file in place
+print("6. Extract spec file from the source")
+common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'netdata.spec', os.environ['LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT'] + spec_file])
+common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'chmod', '777', os.environ['LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT'] + spec_file])
+
+print("7. Temporary hack: Change Source0 to %s on spec file %s" % (dest_archive, spec_file))
+common.replace_tag("Source0", os.environ['LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT'] + spec_file, tar_file)
+
+print('Done!')
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/create_lxc_for_build.sh b/.travis/package_management/create_lxc_for_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d733687a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/create_lxc_for_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# This script generates an LXC container and starts it up
+# Once the script completes successfully, a container has become available for usage
+# The container image to be used and the container name to be set, are part of variables 
+# that must be present for the script to work
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+set -e
+
+source .travis/package_management/functions.sh || (echo "Failed to load packaging library" && exit 1)
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup)
+if [ -n "$CWD" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/package_management/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "LXC Container creation aborted"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check for presence of mandatory environment variables
+if [ -z "${BUILD_STRING}" ]; then
+	echo "No Distribution was defined. Make sure BUILD_STRING is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BUILDER_NAME}" ]; then
+	echo "No builder account and container name defined. Make sure BUILDER_NAME is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BUILD_DISTRO}" ]; then
+	echo "No build distro information defined. Make sure BUILD_DISTRO is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${BUILD_RELEASE}" ]; then
+	echo "No build release information defined. Make sure BUILD_RELEASE is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${PACKAGE_TYPE}" ]; then
+	echo "No build release information defined. Make sure PACKAGE_TYPE is set on the environment before running this script"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# Detect architecture and load extra variables needed
+detect_arch_from_commit
+
+echo "Creating LXC container ${BUILDER_NAME}/${BUILD_STRING}/${BUILD_ARCH}...."
+
+case "${BUILD_ARCH}" in
+"all")
+	# i386
+	echo "Creating LXC Container for i386.."
+	export CONTAINER_NAME="${BUILDER_NAME}-${BUILD_DISTRO}${BUILD_RELEASE}-i386"
+	export LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT="/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER_NAME}/rootfs"
+	lxc-create -n "${CONTAINER_NAME}" -t "download" -- --dist "${BUILD_DISTRO}" --release "${BUILD_RELEASE}" --arch "i386" --no-validate
+
+	echo "Container(s) ready. Configuring container(s).."
+	.travis/package_management/configure_${PACKAGE_TYPE}_lxc_environment.py "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+
+	# amd64
+	echo "Creating LXC Container for amd64.."
+	export CONTAINER_NAME="${BUILDER_NAME}-${BUILD_DISTRO}${BUILD_RELEASE}-amd64"
+	export LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT="/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER_NAME}/rootfs"
+	lxc-create -n "${CONTAINER_NAME}" -t "download" -- --dist "${BUILD_DISTRO}" --release "${BUILD_RELEASE}" --arch "amd64" --no-validate
+
+	echo "Container(s) ready. Configuring container(s).."
+	.travis/package_management/configure_${PACKAGE_TYPE}_lxc_environment.py "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+
+	# arm64
+	echo "Creating LXC Container for arm64.."
+	export CONTAINER_NAME="${BUILDER_NAME}-${BUILD_DISTRO}${BUILD_RELEASE}-arm64"
+	export LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT="/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER_NAME}/rootfs"
+	lxc-create -n "${CONTAINER_NAME}" -t "download" -- --dist "${BUILD_DISTRO}" --release "${BUILD_RELEASE}" --arch "arm64" --no-validate
+
+	echo "Container(s) ready. Configuring container(s).."
+	.travis/package_management/configure_${PACKAGE_TYPE}_lxc_environment.py "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+	;;
+"i386"|"amd64"|"arm64")
+	# amd64 or i386
+	echo "Creating LXC Container for ${BUILD_ARCH}.."
+	export CONTAINER_NAME="${BUILDER_NAME}-${BUILD_DISTRO}${BUILD_RELEASE}-${BUILD_ARCH}"
+	export LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT="/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER_NAME}/rootfs"
+	lxc-create -n "${CONTAINER_NAME}" -t "download" -- --dist "${BUILD_DISTRO}" --release "${BUILD_RELEASE}" --arch "${BUILD_ARCH}" --no-validate
+
+	echo "Container(s) ready. Configuring container(s).."
+	.travis/package_management/configure_${PACKAGE_TYPE}_lxc_environment.py "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "Unknown BUILD_ARCH value '${BUILD_ARCH}' given, process failed"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+echo "..LXC creation complete!"
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/functions.sh b/.travis/package_management/functions.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c4425fa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/functions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# no-shebang-needed-its-a-library
+#
+# Utility functions for packaging in travis CI
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+#shellcheck disable=SC2148
+set -e
+
+function detect_arch_from_commit {
+	case "${TRAVIS_COMMIT_MESSAGE}" in
+		"[Package amd64"*)
+			export BUILD_ARCH="amd64"
+			;;
+		"[Package i386"*)
+			export BUILD_ARCH="i386"
+			;;
+		"[Package ALL"*)
+			export BUILD_ARCH="all"
+			;;
+		"[Package arm64"*)
+			export BUILD_ARCH="arm64"
+			;;
+
+		*)
+			echo "Unknown build architecture in '${TRAVIS_COMMIT_MESSAGE}'. No BUILD_ARCH can be provided"
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	echo "Detected build architecture ${BUILD_ARCH}"
+}
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/old_package_purging.sh b/.travis/package_management/old_package_purging.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..89ecd753f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/old_package_purging.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Script to handle package cloud retention policy
+# Our open source subscription is limited,
+# so we use this sript to control the number of packages maintained historically
+#
+# Dependencies:
+# - PACKAGE_CLOUD_RETENTION_DAYS
+#   This is to indicate for how many days back we want to maintain the various RPM and DEB packages on package cloud
+#
+# Copyright : SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author    : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+#
+set -e
+
+delete_files_for_version() {
+	local v="$1"
+
+	# Delete the selected filenames in version
+	FILES_IN_VERSION=$(jq --sort-keys --arg v "${v}" '.[] | select ( .version | contains($v))' "${PKG_LIST_FILE}" | grep filename | cut -d':' -f 2)
+
+	# Iterate through the files and delete them
+	for pkg in ${FILES_IN_VERSION/\\n/}; do
+		pkg=${pkg/,/}
+		pkg=${pkg/\"/}
+		pkg=${pkg/\"/}
+		echo "Attempting yank on ${pkg}.."
+		.travis/package_management/package_cloud_wrapper.sh yank "${PACKAGING_USER}/${DEPLOY_REPO}" "${pkg}" || echo "Nothing to yank or error on ${pkg}"
+	done
+}
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup)
+if [ -n "$CWD" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/package_management/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Old packages yanking cancelled"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${PACKAGING_USER}" ]; then
+	echo "No PACKAGING_USER variable found"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${DEPLOY_REPO}" ]; then
+	echo "No DEPLOY_REPO variable found"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z ${PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN} ]; then
+	echo "No PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN variable found"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z ${PACKAGE_CLOUD_RETENTION_DAYS} ]; then
+	echo "No PACKAGE_CLOUD_RETENTION_DAYS variable found"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d /tmp/netdata-old-package-yanking-XXXXXX)"
+PKG_LIST_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/complete_package_list.json"
+DATE_EPOCH="1970-01-01"
+DATE_UNTIL_TO_DELETE=$(date --date="${PACKAGE_CLOUD_RETENTION_DAYS} day ago" +%Y-%m-%d)
+
+
+echo "Created temp directory: ${TMP_DIR}"
+echo "We will be purging contents up until ${DATE_UNTIL_TO_DELETE}"
+
+echo "Calling package could to retrieve all available packages on ${PACKAGING_USER}/${DEPLOY_REPO}"
+curl -sS "https://${PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN}:@packagecloud.io/api/v1/repos/${PACKAGING_USER}/${DEPLOY_REPO}/packages.json" > "${PKG_LIST_FILE}"
+
+# Get versions within the desired duration
+#
+VERSIONS_TO_PURGE=$(jq --arg s "${DATE_EPOCH}" --arg e "${DATE_UNTIL_TO_DELETE}" '
+[($s, $e) | strptime("%Y-%m-%d")[0:3]] as $r
+  | map(select(
+        (.created_at[:19] | strptime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")[0:3]) as $d
+          | $d >= $r[0] and $d <= $r[1]
+))' "${PKG_LIST_FILE}" | grep '"version":' | sort -u | sed -e 's/ //g' | cut -d':' -f2)
+
+echo "We will be deleting the following versions: ${VERSIONS_TO_PURGE}"
+for v in ${VERSIONS_TO_PURGE/\n//}; do
+	v=${v/\"/}
+	v=${v/\"/}
+	v=${v/,/}
+	echo "Remove all files for version $v"
+	delete_files_for_version "${v}"
+done
+
+# Done, clean up
+[ -d "${TMP_DIR}" ] && rm -rf "${TMP_DIR}"
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/package_cloud_wrapper.sh b/.travis/package_management/package_cloud_wrapper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..48a372d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/package_cloud_wrapper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# This is a tool to help removal of packages from packagecloud.io
+# It utilizes the package_cloud utility provided from packagecloud.io
+#
+# Depends on:
+# 1) package cloud gem (detects absence and installs it)
+#
+# Requires:
+# 1) PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN variable exported
+# 2) To properly install package_cloud when not found, it requires: ruby gcc gcc-c++ ruby-devel
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+#shellcheck disable=SC2068,SC2145
+set -e
+PKG_CLOUD_CONFIG="$HOME/.package_cloud_configuration.cfg"
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup)
+if [ -n "$CWD" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/package_management/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Docker build process aborted"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Install dependency if not there
+if ! command -v package_cloud > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+	echo "No package cloud gem found, installing"
+	gem install -V package_cloud || (echo "Package cloud installation failed. you might want to check if required dependencies are there (ruby gcc gcc-c++ ruby-devel)" && exit 1)
+else
+	echo "Found package_cloud gem, continuing"
+fi
+
+# Check for required token and prepare config
+if [ -z "${PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN}" ]; then
+	echo "Please set PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN to be able to use ${0}"
+	exit 1
+fi
+echo "{\"url\":\"https://packagecloud.io\",\"token\":\"${PKG_CLOUD_TOKEN}\"}" > "${PKG_CLOUD_CONFIG}"
+
+echo "Executing package_cloud with config ${PKG_CLOUD_CONFIG} and parameters $@"
+package_cloud $@ --config="${PKG_CLOUD_CONFIG}"
+
+rm -rf "${PKG_CLOUD_CONFIG}"
+echo "Done!"
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/prepare_packages.sh b/.travis/package_management/prepare_packages.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..12ed07cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/prepare_packages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Utility that gathers generated packages,
+# puts them together in a local folder for deploy facility to pick up
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+#shellcheck disable=SC2068
+set -e
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup)
+if [ -n "$CWD" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/package_management/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Package preparation aborted"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+export LXC_ROOT="/var/lib/lxc"
+
+# Go through the containers created for packaging and pick up all generated packages
+CREATED_CONTAINERS=$(ls -A "${LXC_ROOT}")
+for d in ${CREATED_CONTAINERS[@]}; do
+	echo "Picking up packaging contents from ${d}"
+
+	# Pick up any RPMS from builder
+	RPM_BUILD_PATH="${LXC_ROOT}/${d}/rootfs/home/${BUILDER_NAME}/rpmbuild"
+	if [ -d "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}" ]; then
+		echo "Checking folder ${RPM_BUILD_PATH} for RPMS and SRPMS"
+
+		if [ -d "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/RPMS" ]; then
+			echo "Copying any RPMS in '${RPM_BUILD_PATH}', copying over the following:"
+			ls -ltrR "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/RPMS"
+			[[ -d "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/RPMS/x86_64" ]] && cp -r "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}"/RPMS/x86_64/* "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+			[[ -d "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/RPMS/i386" ]] && cp -r "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}"/RPMS/i386/* "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+			[[ -d "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/RPMS/i686" ]] && cp -r "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}"/RPMS/i686/* "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+		fi
+
+		if [ -d "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/SRPMS" ]; then
+			echo "Copying any SRPMS in '${RPM_BUILD_PATH}', copying over the following:"
+			ls -ltrR "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/SRPMS"
+			[[ -d "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/SRPMS/x86_64" ]] && cp -r "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}"/SRPMS/x86_64/* "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+			[[ -d "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/SRPMS/i386" ]] && cp -r "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}"/SRPMS/i386/* "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+			[[ -d "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}/SRPMS/i686" ]] && cp -r "${RPM_BUILD_PATH}"/SRPMS/i686/* "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+		fi
+	else
+		DEB_BUILD_PATH="${LXC_ROOT}/${d}/rootfs/home/${BUILDER_NAME}"
+		echo "Checking folder ${DEB_BUILD_PATH} for DEB packages"
+		if [ -d "${DEB_BUILD_PATH}" ]; then
+			cp "${DEB_BUILD_PATH}"/netdata*.ddeb "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}" || echo "Could not copy any .ddeb files"
+			cp "${DEB_BUILD_PATH}"/netdata*.deb "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}" || echo "Could not copy any .deb files"
+			cp "${DEB_BUILD_PATH}"/netdata*.buildinfo "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}" || echo "Could not copy any .buildinfo files"
+			cp "${DEB_BUILD_PATH}"/netdata*.changes "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}" || echo "Could not copy any .changes files"
+		else
+			echo "Folder ${DEB_BUILD_PATH} does not exist or not a directory, nothing to do for package preparation"
+		fi
+	fi
+done
+
+chmod -R 777 "${PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}"
+echo "Packaging contents ready to ship!"
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/trigger_deb_lxc_build.py b/.travis/package_management/trigger_deb_lxc_build.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..46b64e6a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/trigger_deb_lxc_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# This script is responsible for running the RPM build on the running container
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author   : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+
+import common
+import os
+import sys
+import lxc
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print('You need to provide a container name to get things started')
+    sys.exit(1)
+container_name=sys.argv[1]
+
+# Load the container, break if its not there
+print("Starting up container %s" % container_name)
+container = lxc.Container(container_name)
+if not container.defined:
+    raise Exception("Container %s does not exist!" % container_name)
+
+# Check if the container is running, attempt to start it up in case its not running
+if not container.running or not container.state == "RUNNING":
+    print('Container %s is not running, attempt to start it up' % container_name)
+
+    # Start the container
+    if not container.start():
+        raise Exception("Failed to start the container")
+
+    if not container.running or not container.state == "RUNNING":
+        raise Exception('Container %s is not running, configuration process aborted ' % container_name)
+
+# Wait for connectivity
+if not container.get_ips(timeout=30):
+    raise Exception("Timeout while waiting for container")
+
+build_path = "/home/%s" % os.environ['BUILDER_NAME']
+
+print("Setting up EMAIL and DEBFULLNAME variables required by the build tools")
+os.environ["EMAIL"] = "bot@netdata.cloud"
+os.environ["DEBFULLNAME"] = "Netdata builder"
+
+# Run the build process on the container
+new_version, tag = common.fetch_version(os.environ['BUILD_VERSION'])
+print("Starting DEB build process for version %s" % new_version)
+
+netdata_tarball = "%s/netdata-%s.tar.gz" % (build_path, new_version)
+unpacked_netdata = netdata_tarball.replace(".tar.gz", "")
+
+print("Extracting tarball %s" % netdata_tarball)
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "tar", "xf", netdata_tarball, "-C", build_path])
+
+print("Checking version consistency")
+since_version = os.environ["LATEST_RELEASE_VERSION"]
+if str(since_version).replace('v', '') == str(new_version) and str(new_version).count('.') == 2:
+    s = since_version.split('.')
+    prev = str(int(s[1]) - 1)
+    since_version = s[0] + '.' + prev + s[2]
+    print("We seem to be building a new stable release, reduce by one since_version option. New since_version:%s" % since_version)
+
+print("Fixing changelog tags")
+changelog_in_host = "contrib/debian/changelog"
+common.run_command_in_host(['sed', '-i', 's/PREVIOUS_PACKAGE_VERSION/%s-1/g' % since_version.replace("v", ""), changelog_in_host])
+common.run_command_in_host(['sed', '-i', 's/PREVIOUS_PACKAGE_DATE/%s/g' % os.environ["LATEST_RELEASE_DATE"], changelog_in_host])
+
+print("Executing gbp dch command..")
+common.run_command_in_host(['gbp', 'dch', '--release', '--ignore-branch', '--spawn-editor=snapshot', '--since=%s' % since_version, '--new-version=%s' % new_version])
+
+print("Copying over changelog to the destination machine")
+common.run_command_in_host(['sudo', 'cp', 'debian/changelog', "%s/%s/netdata-%s/contrib/debian/" % (os.environ['LXC_CONTAINER_ROOT'], build_path, new_version)])
+
+print("Running debian build script since %s" % since_version)
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "%s/build.sh" % build_path, unpacked_netdata, new_version])
+
+print("Listing contents on build path")
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "ls", "-ltr", build_path])
+
+print('Done!')
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/trigger_rpm_lxc_build.py b/.travis/package_management/trigger_rpm_lxc_build.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f9e109c72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/trigger_rpm_lxc_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# This script is responsible for running the RPM build on the running container
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author   : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+
+import common
+import os
+import sys
+import lxc
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print('You need to provide a container name to get things started')
+    sys.exit(1)
+container_name=sys.argv[1]
+
+# Load the container, break if its not there
+print("Starting up container %s" % container_name)
+container = lxc.Container(container_name)
+if not container.defined:
+    raise Exception("Container %s does not exist!" % container_name)
+
+# Check if the container is running, attempt to start it up in case its not running
+if not container.running or not container.state == "RUNNING":
+    print('Container %s is not running, attempt to start it up' % container_name)
+
+    # Start the container
+    if not container.start():
+        raise Exception("Failed to start the container")
+
+    if not container.running or not container.state == "RUNNING":
+        raise Exception('Container %s is not running, configuration process aborted ' % container_name)
+
+# Wait for connectivity
+if not container.get_ips(timeout=30):
+    raise Exception("Timeout while waiting for container")
+
+print("Adding builder specific dependencies to the LXC container")
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "rpm-build"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "rpm-devel"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "rpmlint"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "make"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "python"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "bash"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "diffutils"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "patch"])
+common.run_command(container, [os.environ["REPO_TOOL"], "install", "-y", "rpmdevtools"])
+
+# Run the build process on the container
+print("Starting RPM build process")
+common.run_command(container, ["sudo", "-u", os.environ['BUILDER_NAME'], "rpmbuild", "-ba", "--rebuild", "/home/%s/rpmbuild/SPECS/netdata.spec" % os.environ['BUILDER_NAME']])
+
+print('Done!')
diff --git a/.travis/package_management/yank_stale_pkg.sh b/.travis/package_management/yank_stale_pkg.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3f7669712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/package_management/yank_stale_pkg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# This script is responsible for the removal of stale RPM/DEB files.
+# It runs on the pre-deploy step and takes care of the removal of the files
+# prior to the upload of the freshly built ones
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+#shellcheck disable=SC2010,SC2068
+set -e
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup)
+if [ -n "$CWD" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/package_management/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Package yanking cancelled"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+PACKAGES_DIR="$1"
+DISTRO="$2"
+PACKAGES_LIST="$(ls -AR "${PACKAGES_DIR}" | grep -e '\.rpm' -e '\.deb' -e '\.ddeb' )"
+
+if [ ! -d "${PACKAGES_DIR}" ] || [ -z "${PACKAGES_LIST}" ]; then
+	echo "Folder ${PACKAGES_DIR} does not seem to be a valid directory or is empty. No packages to check for yanking"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+for pkg in ${PACKAGES_LIST[@]}; do
+	echo "Attempting yank on ${pkg}.."
+	.travis/package_management/package_cloud_wrapper.sh yank "${PACKAGING_USER}/${DEPLOY_REPO}/${DISTRO}" "${pkg}" || echo "Nothing to yank or error on ${pkg}"
+done
+
diff --git a/.travis/run_install_with_dist_file.sh b/.travis/run_install_with_dist_file.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ccad627cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/run_install_with_dist_file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# This script is evaluating netdata installation with the source from make dist
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud)
+#
+set -e
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup || echo "")
+if [ -n "${CWD}" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Changelog generation process aborted"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Initiating dist archive contents validation"
+DIST_FILE_FROM_GIT="netdata-$(git describe).tar.gz"
+DIST_FILE_FROM_FILE="netdata-$(tr -d '\n' < packaging/version).tar.bgz"
+if [ -f ${DIST_FILE_FROM_GIT} ]; then
+	DIST_FILE="${DIST_FILE_FROM_GIT}"
+elif [ -f ${DIST_FILE_FROM_FILE} ]; then
+	DIST_FILE="${DIST_FILE_FROM_FILE}"
+else
+	echo "I could not find netdata distfile. Nor ${DIST_FILE_FROM_GIT} or ${DIST_FILE_FROM_FILE} exist"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Opening dist archive ${DIST_FILE}"
+tar -xovf "${DIST_FILE}"
+NETDATA_DIST_FOLDER=$(echo ${DIST_FILE} | cut -d. -f1,2,3)
+if [ ! -d ${NETDATA_DIST_FOLDER} ]; then
+	echo "I could not locate folder ${NETDATA_DIST_FOLDER}, something went wrong failing the test"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Entering ${NETDATA_DIST_FOLDER} and starting docker compilation"
+cd ${NETDATA_DIST_FOLDER}
+docker run -it -v "${PWD}:/code:rw" -w /code "netdata/os-test:centos7" /bin/bash -c "./netdata-installer.sh --dont-wait --install /tmp && echo \"Validating netdata instance is running\" && wget -O'-' 'http://127.0.0.1:19999/api/v1/info' | grep version"
+
+echo "Installation completed with no errors! Removing temporary folders"
+
+# TODO: Travis give me a permission denied on some files here, i made it a soft error until i figure out what is wrong
+cd -
+rm -rf ${NETDATA_DIST_FOLDER} || echo "I could not remove temporary directory, make sure you delete ${NETDATA_DIST_FOLDER} by yourself if this wasn't run over ephemeral storage"
diff --git a/.travis/tagger.sh b/.travis/tagger.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..adac35b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/tagger.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Original script is available at https://github.com/paulfantom/travis-helper/blob/master/releasing/releaser.sh
+#
+# Tags are generated by searching for a keyword in last commit message. Keywords are:
+#  - [patch] or [fix] to bump patch number
+#  - [minor], [feature] or [feat] to bump minor number
+#  - [major] or [breaking change] to bump major number
+# All keywords MUST be surrounded with square braces.
+#
+# Requirements:
+#   - GITHUB_TOKEN variable set with GitHub token. Access level: repo.public_repo
+#   - git-semver python package (pip install git-semver)
+#
+# Note: Exported variables needed by .travis/draft_release.sh
+#
+# Original script is available at https://github.com/paulfantom/travis-helper/blob/master/releasing/releaser.sh
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author  : Pawel Krupa (paulfantom)
+# Author  : Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis (paul@netdata.cloud)
+
+set -e
+
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup || echo "")
+if [ -n "${CWD}" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Changelog generation process aborted"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+# Figure out what will be new release candidate tag based only on previous ones.
+# This assumes that RELEASES are in format of "v0.1.2" and prereleases (RCs) are using "v0.1.2-rc0"
+function set_tag_release_candidate() {
+	LAST_TAG=$(git semver)
+	echo "Last tag found is: ${LAST_TAG}"
+
+	if [[ $LAST_TAG =~ -rc* ]]; then
+		VERSION=$(echo "$LAST_TAG" | cut -d'-' -f 1)
+		LAST_RC=$(echo "$LAST_TAG" | cut -d'c' -f 2)
+		RC=$((LAST_RC + 1))
+	else
+		VERSION="$(git semver --next-minor)"
+		RC=0
+		echo "Warning: Will set version to ${VERSION} (Last tag: ${LAST_TAG}) while tagged for release candidate generation"
+	fi
+	GIT_TAG="v${VERSION}-rc${RC}"
+}
+
+echo "Determining TAG"
+
+# Check if current commit is tagged or not
+GIT_TAG=$(git tag --points-at)
+
+if [ -z "${GIT_TAG}" ]; then
+	git semver
+	# Figure out next tag based on commit message
+	echo "Last commit message: ${TRAVIS_COMMIT_MESSAGE}"
+	case "${TRAVIS_COMMIT_MESSAGE}" in
+	*"[netdata patch release]"*) GIT_TAG="v$(git semver --next-patch)" ;;
+	*"[netdata minor release]"*) GIT_TAG="v$(git semver --next-minor)" ;;
+	*"[netdata major release]"*) GIT_TAG="v$(git semver --next-major)" ;;
+	*"[netdata release candidate]"*) set_tag_release_candidate ;;
+	*)
+		echo "Keyword not detected. Exiting..."
+		exit 0
+		;;
+	esac
+fi
+
+echo "Setting up GIT_TAG to ${GIT_TAG}"
+export GIT_TAG
diff --git a/.travis/trigger_package_generation.sh b/.travis/trigger_package_generation.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..aee69be5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/trigger_package_generation.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Trigger .RPM and .DEB package generation processes
+#
+# Copyright: SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+#
+# Author: Pavlos Emm. Katsoulakis <paul@netdata.cloud>
+set -e
+WAIT_TIME=15
+BUILD_NIGHTLY="$1"
+
+commit_change() {
+	local ARCH="$1"
+	local PKG="$2"
+	local GIT_MAIL="bot@netdata.cloud"
+	local GIT_USER="netdatabot"
+
+	echo "---- Committing ${ARCH} .${PKG} package generation ----"
+	git commit --allow-empty --author "${GIT_USER} <${GIT_MAIL}>" -m "[Package ${ARCH} ${PKG}]${BUILD_NIGHTLY} Package build process trigger"
+}
+
+push_change() {
+
+	echo "---- Push changes to repository ----"
+	git push "https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}:@$(git config --get remote.origin.url | sed -e 's/^https:\/\///')"
+}
+
+# If we are not in netdata git repo, at the top level directory, fail
+TOP_LEVEL=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)")
+CWD=$(git rev-parse --show-cdup || echo "")
+if [ -n "${CWD}" ] || [ ! "${TOP_LEVEL}" == "netdata" ]; then
+    echo "Run as .travis/$(basename "$0") from top level directory of netdata git repository"
+    echo "Changelog generation process aborted"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "--- Initialize git configuration ---"
+git checkout master
+git fetch --all
+git pull
+
+commit_change "amd64" "DEB"
+push_change
+
+echo "---- Waiting for ${WAIT_TIME} seconds before triggering next process ----"
+sleep "${WAIT_TIME}"
+
+commit_change "amd64" "RPM"
+push_change
+
+echo "---- Done! ----"