diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 75ff735db0..7396aca3c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-typescript
-debian.series
 *.img
 *.initrd
-*.tar.gz
+*.sha256
 *.snap
+*.tar.gz
+*.tar.xz
+debian.series
 parts/
 prime/
-stage/
-snap/.snapcraft/
-snap/snapcraft.yaml
-snap-build/*.log
-snap-build/*.img
+sha256sums.asc
 snap-build/*.fd
+snap-build/*.img
+snap-build/*.log
 snap-build/id_rsa*
 snap-build/seed/user-data
+snap/.snapcraft/
+snap/snapcraft.yaml
+stage/
+typescript
diff --git a/kernel/build-kernel.sh b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
index 42df75eda4..737598fd74 100755
--- a/kernel/build-kernel.sh
+++ b/kernel/build-kernel.sh
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ get_config_version() {
 	if [ -f "${config_version_file}" ]; then
 		cat "${config_version_file}"
 	else
-		echo "unknown"
+		die "failed to find ${config_version_file}"
 	fi
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/kata_config_version b/kernel/kata_config_version
index 7f8f011eb7..45a4fb75db 100644
--- a/kernel/kata_config_version
+++ b/kernel/kata_config_version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7
+8
diff --git a/obs-packaging/build_all.sh b/obs-packaging/build_all.sh
index 9d7acbb7a4..976e18e684 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/build_all.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/build_all.sh
@@ -4,24 +4,31 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
-set -e
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
 
-script_dir=$(dirname "$0")
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+readonly script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+readonly script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 #Note:Lets update qemu and the kernel first, they take longer to build.
 #Note: runtime is build at the end to get the version from all its dependencies.
 projects=(
-qemu-lite
-qemu-vanilla
-kernel
-kata-containers-image
-proxy
-shim
-ksm-throttler
-runtime
+	qemu-lite
+	qemu-vanilla
+	kernel
+	kata-containers-image
+	proxy
+	shim
+	ksm-throttler
+	runtime
 )
 
 OSCRC="${HOME}/.oscrc"
 PUSH=${PUSH:-""}
+LOCAL=${LOCAL:-""}
+PUSH_TO_OBS=""
 
 export BUILD_DISTROS=${BUILD_DISTROS:-xUbuntu_16.04}
 # Packaging use this variable instead of use git user value
@@ -29,32 +36,50 @@ export BUILD_DISTROS=${BUILD_DISTROS:-xUbuntu_16.04}
 export AUTHOR="${AUTHOR:-user}"
 export AUTHOR_EMAIL="${AUTHOR_EMAIL:-user@example.com}"
 
-cd "$script_dir"
-
 OBS_API="https://api.opensuse.org"
 
-if [ -n "${OBS_USER}" ] && [ -n "${OBS_PASS}" ] && [ ! -e "${OSCRC}" ]; then
-	echo "Creating  ${OSCRC} with user $OBS_USER"
-	cat << eom > "${OSCRC}"
+usage() {
+	msg="${1:-}"
+	exit_code=$"${2:-0}"
+	cat <<EOT
+${msg}
+Usage:
+${script_name} <kata-branch>
+EOT
+	exit "${exit_code}"
+}
+
+main() {
+	local branch="${1:-}"
+	[ -n "${branch}" ] || usage "missing branch" "1"
+	if [ -n "${OBS_USER:-}" ] && [ -n "${OBS_PASS:-}" ] && [ ! -e "${OSCRC:-}" ]; then
+		echo "Creating  ${OSCRC} with user $OBS_USER"
+		cat <<eom >"${OSCRC}"
 [general]
 apiurl = ${OBS_API}
 [${OBS_API}]
 user = ${OBS_USER}
 pass = ${OBS_PASS}
 eom
-fi
+	fi
 
-if [ -n "${PUSH}" ]; then
-	# push to obs
-	PUSH_TO_OBS="-p"
-elif [ -n "${LOCAL}" ]; then
-	# local build
-	PUSH_TO_OBS="-l"
-fi
+	pushd "${script_dir}"
+	for p in "${projects[@]}"; do
+		pushd "$p" >>/dev/null
+		update_cmd="./update.sh"
+		if [ -n "${PUSH}" ]; then
+			# push to obs
+			update_cmd+=" -p"
+		elif [ -n "${LOCAL}" ]; then
+			# local build
+			update_cmd+=" -l"
+		fi
 
-for p in "${projects[@]}"; do
-	pushd "$p" >> /dev/null
-	echo "update ${p}"
-	bash ./update.sh "${PUSH_TO_OBS}" -v
-	popd >> /dev/null
-done
+		echo "update ${p}"
+		bash -c "${update_cmd} ${branch}"
+		popd >>/dev/null
+	done
+	popd
+}
+
+main $@
diff --git a/obs-packaging/build_from_docker.sh b/obs-packaging/build_from_docker.sh
index 063384816b..30754a6966 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/build_from_docker.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/build_from_docker.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
 
-set -x
-set -e
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
 
 script_dir=$( cd $( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" ) && pwd )
+script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 cache_dir=${PWD}/obs-cache
 #where packaing repo lives
 packaging_repo_dir=$(cd "${script_dir}/.." && pwd )
@@ -16,38 +19,64 @@ packaging_repo_dir=$(cd "${script_dir}/.." && pwd )
 host_datadir="${PWD}/pkgs"
 obs_image="obs-kata"
 export USE_DOCKER=1
+http_proxy=${http_proxy:-}
+https_proxy=${https_proxy:-}
+no_proxy=${no_proxy:-}
+PUSH=${PUSH:-}
 
-if command -v go; then
-	export GO_ARCH=$(go env GOARCH)
-else
-	export GO_ARCH=amd64
-	echo "Go not installed using $GO_ARCH to install go in dockerfile"
-fi
+GO_ARCH=$(go env GOARCH)
+export GO_ARCH
 
-export GO_ARCH=$(go env GOARCH)
-sudo docker build \
-	--build-arg http_proxy="${http_proxy}" \
-	--build-arg https_proxy="${https_proxy}" \
-	-t $obs_image ${script_dir}
+docker_run(){
+	local cmd="$@"
+	sudo docker run \
+		--rm \
+		-v "${HOME}/.ssh":/root/.ssh \
+		-v "${HOME}/.gitconfig":/root/.gitconfig \
+		-v /etc/profile:/etc/profile \
+		--env http_proxy="${http_proxy}" \
+		--env https_proxy="${https_proxy}" \
+		--env no_proxy="${no_proxy}" \
+		--env PUSH="${PUSH}" \
+		--env DEBUG="${DEBUG:-}" \
+		--env OBS_SUBPROJECT="${OBS_SUBPROJECT:-}"\
+		-v "${HOME}/.bashrc":/root/.bashrc \
+		-v "$cache_dir":/var/tmp/osbuild-packagecache/ \
+		-v "$packaging_repo_dir":${packaging_repo_dir} \
+		-v "$host_datadir":/var/packaging \
+		-v "$HOME/.oscrc":/root/.oscrc \
+		-ti "$obs_image" bash -c "${cmd}"
+}
+usage(){
+	msg="${1:-}"
+	exit_code=$"${2:-0}"
+cat << EOT
+${msg}
+Usage:
+${script_name} <kata-branch>
+EOT
+	exit "${exit_code}"
+}
 
-pushd "${script_dir}/kata-containers-image/" >> /dev/null
-	./build_image.sh
-popd >> /dev/null
+main(){
+	local branch="${1:-}"
+	[ -n "${branch}" ] || usage "missing branch" "1"
+	pushd "${script_dir}/kata-containers-image/" >> /dev/null
+	echo "Building image"
+	image_tarball=$(find . -name 'kata-containers-'"${branch}"'-*.tar.gz')
+	[ -f "${image_tarball}" ] || "${script_dir}/../obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh" -v "${branch}"
+	image_tarball=$(find . -name 'kata-containers-'"${branch}"'-*.tar.gz')
+	[ -f "${image_tarball}" ] || die "image not found"
+	popd >> /dev/null
+	sudo docker build \
+		--build-arg http_proxy="${http_proxy}" \
+		--build-arg https_proxy="${https_proxy}" \
+		-t $obs_image "${script_dir}"
 
-function faketty { script -qfc "$(printf "%q " "$@")"; }
+	#Create/update OBS repository for branch
+	#docker_run "${packaging_repo_dir}/obs-packaging/create-pkg-branch.sh ${branch}"
+	#Build all kata packages
+	docker_run "${packaging_repo_dir}/obs-packaging/build_all.sh ${branch}"
+}
 
-faketty sudo docker run \
-	--rm \
-	-v "${HOME}/.ssh":/root/.ssh \
-	-v "${HOME}/.gitconfig":/root/.gitconfig \
-	-v /etc/profile:/etc/profile \
-	--env http_proxy="${http_proxy}" \
-	--env https_proxy="${https_proxy}" \
-	--env no_proxy="${no_proxy}" \
-	--env PUSH="${PUSH}" \
-	-v "${HOME}/.bashrc":/root/.bashrc \
-	-v "$cache_dir":/var/tmp/osbuild-packagecache/ \
-	-v "$packaging_repo_dir":${packaging_repo_dir} \
-	-v "$host_datadir":/var/packaging \
-	-v "$HOME/.oscrc":/root/.oscrc \
-	-ti "$obs_image" bash -c "${packaging_repo_dir}/obs-packaging/build_all.sh"
+main $@
diff --git a/obs-packaging/gen_versions_txt.sh b/obs-packaging/gen_versions_txt.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..22692ec851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/obs-packaging/gen_versions_txt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -x
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+readonly script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+readonly script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+project="kata-containers"
+
+source "${script_dir}/../scripts/lib.sh"
+
+get_kata_hash_from_tag(){
+	repo=$1
+	git ls-remote --tags "https://github.com/${project}/${repo}.git" | grep "refs/tags/${kata_version}^{}" | awk '{print $1}'
+}
+
+gen_version_file(){
+	local branch="$1"
+	[ -n "${branch}" ] || exit 1
+
+	local kata_version=$(curl --silent  -L "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${project}/runtime/${branch}/VERSION")
+	kata_runtime_hash=$(get_kata_hash_from_tag "runtime" "${kata_version}")
+	kata_proxy_hash=$(get_kata_hash_from_tag "proxy" "${kata_version}")
+	kata_shim_hash=$(get_kata_hash_from_tag "shim" "${kata_version}")
+	kata_agent_hash=$(get_kata_hash_from_tag "agent" "${kata_version}")
+	kata_ksm_throttler_hash=$(get_kata_hash_from_tag "ksm-throttler" "${kata_version}")
+
+
+	qemu_lite_branch=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.hypervisor.qemu-lite.branch" "${kata_version}")
+	qemu_lite_version=$(curl -s -L "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${project}/qemu/${qemu_lite_branch}/VERSION")
+	qemu_lite_hash=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/${project}/qemu.git | grep "refs/heads/${qemu_lite_branch}" | awk '{print $1}')
+
+	qemu_vanilla_branch=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.hypervisor.qemu.version" "${kata_version}")
+	qemu_vanilla_version=$(curl -s -L "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/qemu/qemu/${qemu_vanilla_branch}/VERSION")
+	qemu_vanilla_hash=$(git ls-remote https://github.com/qemu/qemu.git | grep "refs/heads/${qemu_vanilla_branch}" | awk '{print $1}')
+
+	kernel_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.kernel.version" "${kata_version}")
+	#Remove extra 'v'
+	kernel_version=${kernel_version#v}
+
+	golang_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "languages.golang.meta.newest-version" "${kata_version}")
+	golang_version="1.10.2"
+	golang_x84_64_sha256=$(curl -s -L "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${golang_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256")
+
+cat > versions.txt  << EOT
+
+# This is a generated file from ${script_name}
+
+kata_runtime_version=${kata_version}
+kata_runtime_hash=${kata_runtime_hash}
+
+kata_proxy_version=${kata_version}
+kata_proxy_hash=${kata_proxy_hash}
+
+kata_shim_version=${kata_version}
+kata_shim_hash=${kata_shim_hash}
+
+kata_agent_version=${kata_version}
+kata_agent_hash=${kata_agent_hash}
+
+kata_ksm_throttler_version=${kata_version}
+kata_ksm_throttler_hash=${kata_ksm_throttler_hash}
+
+# Dependencies
+kata_osbuilder_version=${kata_version}
+
+qemu_lite_version=${qemu_lite_version}
+qemu_lite_hash=${qemu_lite_hash}
+
+qemu_vanilla_version=${qemu_vanilla_version}
+qemu_vanilla_hash=${qemu_lite_hash}
+
+kernel_version=${kernel_version}
+
+# Golang
+go_version=${golang_version}
+go_checksum=${golang_x84_64_sha256}
+EOT
+}
+
+usage(){
+	msg="${1:-}"
+	exit_code=$"${2:-0}"
+cat << EOT
+${msg}
+Usage:
+${script_name} <kata-branch>
+EOT
+	exit "${exit_code}"
+}
+
+main(){
+	local branch="${1:-}"
+	[ -n "${branch}" ] || usage "missing branch" "1"
+	gen_version_file "${branch}"
+}
+
+main $@
diff --git a/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh b/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh
index 81c38229b6..fc9a7750ab 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-[ -z  "${DEBUG:-}"  ] ||  set -x
-
 readonly script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 readonly script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 readonly project="kata-containers"
@@ -25,13 +23,6 @@ source "${script_dir}/../../scripts/lib.sh"
 
 
 arch_target="$(uname -m)"
-#image information
-img_distro=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.image.architecture.${arch_target}.name")
-img_os_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.image.architecture.${arch_target}.version")
-
-#initrd information
-initrd_distro=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.image.architecture.${arch_target}.name")
-initrd_os_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.image.architecture.${arch_target}.version")
 
 kata_version="master"
 
@@ -41,11 +32,12 @@ kata_osbuilder_version="${KATA_OSBUILDER_VERSION:-}"
 agent_version="${AGENT_VERSION:-}"
 
 
-readonly destdir="${script_dir}"
+readonly destdir="${PWD}"
 
 build_initrd(){
 	sudo -E PATH="$PATH" make initrd\
 	     DISTRO="$initrd_distro" \
+	     DEBUG="${DEBUG:-}" \
 	     AGENT_VERSION="${agent_version}" \
 	     OS_VERSION="${initrd_os_version}" \
 	     DISTRO_ROOTFS="${tmp_dir}/initrd-image" \
@@ -57,6 +49,7 @@ build_initrd(){
 build_image(){
 	sudo -E PATH="${PATH}" make image \
 	     DISTRO="${img_distro}" \
+	     DEBUG="${DEBUG:-}" \
 	     AGENT_VERSION="${agent_version}" \
 	     IMG_OS_VERSION="${img_os_version}" \
 	     DISTRO_ROOTFS="${tmp_dir}/rootfs-image"
@@ -107,6 +100,14 @@ main(){
 	# Agent version
 	[ -n "${agent_version}" ] || agent_version="${kata_version}"
 
+	#image information
+	img_distro=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.image.architecture.${arch_target}.name" "${kata_version}")
+	img_os_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.image.architecture.${arch_target}.version" "${kata_version}")
+
+	#initrd information
+	initrd_distro=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.image.architecture.${arch_target}.name" "${kata_version}")
+	initrd_os_version=$(get_from_kata_deps "assets.image.architecture.${arch_target}.version" "${kata_version}")
+
 	shift "$(( $OPTIND - 1 ))"
 	git clone "$osbuilder_url" "${tmp_dir}/osbuilder"
 	pushd "${tmp_dir}/osbuilder"
diff --git a/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/kata-containers-image.spec-template b/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/kata-containers-image.spec-template
index 87319d6aa2..05e028b959 100644
--- a/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/kata-containers-image.spec-template
+++ b/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/kata-containers-image.spec-template
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 %define version @VERSION@
 %define release @RELEASE@
-%define agent_sha @AGENT_SHA@
-%define rootfs_os @ROOTFS_OS@
 
 Name:           kata-containers-image
 Version:        %{version}
diff --git a/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/update.sh b/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/update.sh
index bc2bb78f6c..2a82e6e78d 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/update.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/update.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
 # Automation script to create specs to build kata-containers-image
 # Default image to build is the one specified in file versions.txt
 # located at the root of the repository.
-set -e
+
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
 
 source ../versions.txt
 source ../scripts/pkglib.sh
@@ -31,7 +36,6 @@ cli "$@"
 PROJECT_REPO=${PROJECT_REPO:-home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/kata-containers-image}
 RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "${PROJECT_REPO}")
 ((RELEASE++))
-[ -n "$APIURL" ] && APIURL="-A ${APIURL}"
 
 function check_image() {
     [ ! -f "${SCRIPT_DIR}/kata-containers.tar.gz" ] && die "No kata-containers.tar.gz found!\nUse the build_image.sh script" || echo "Image: OK"
@@ -40,14 +44,19 @@ function check_image() {
 replace_list=(
 "VERSION=$VERSION"
 "RELEASE=$RELEASE"
-"AGENT_SHA=${kata_agent_hash:0:7}"
-"ROOTFS_OS=$osbuilder_default_os"
 )
 
 verify
+rm -rf kata-containers.tar.gz
+image_tarball=$(find . -name 'kata-containers-'"${VERSION}"'-*.tar.gz')
+[ -f "${image_tarball}" ] || die "image not found"
+cp "${image_tarball}" kata-containers.tar.gz
+
 check_image
 echo "Verify succeed."
 get_git_info
+#TODO delete me: used by changelog_update
+hash_tag="nocommit"
 changelog_update $VERSION
 generate_files "$SCRIPT_DIR" "${replace_list[@]}"
 build_pkg "${PROJECT_REPO}"
diff --git a/obs-packaging/kernel/update.sh b/obs-packaging/kernel/update.sh
index 1c82be14a2..2a8122b8a6 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/kernel/update.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/kernel/update.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 
 # Automation script to create specs to build Kata containers kernel
-set -e
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
 
 source ../versions.txt
 source ../scripts/pkglib.sh
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@ replace_list=(
 verify
 echo "Verify succeed."
 get_git_info
+#TODO delete me: used by changelog_update
+hash_tag="nocommit"
 changelog_update "${VERSION}-${KATA_CONFIG_VERSION}"
 ln -sfT "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../kernel/patches" "${SCRIPT_DIR}/patches"
 generate_files "$SCRIPT_DIR" "${replace_list[@]}"
diff --git a/obs-packaging/ksm-throttler/update.sh b/obs-packaging/ksm-throttler/update.sh
index 18a1d719d8..ba41532946 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/ksm-throttler/update.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/ksm-throttler/update.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 # Automation script to create specs to build ksm-throttler.
 # Default: Build is the one specified in file configure.ac
 # located at the root of the repository.
-set -e
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
 
 source ../versions.txt
 source ../scripts/pkglib.sh
@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@ cli "$@"
 PROJECT_REPO=${PROJECT_REPO:-home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/ksm-throttler}
 RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "${PROJECT_REPO}")
 ((RELEASE++))
-[ -n "$APIURL" ] && APIURL="-A ${APIURL}"
 
 set_versions "$kata_ksm_throttler_hash"
 
diff --git a/obs-packaging/proxy/kata-proxy.spec-template b/obs-packaging/proxy/kata-proxy.spec-template
index 8986b47923..1b4b6560c2 100644
--- a/obs-packaging/proxy/kata-proxy.spec-template
+++ b/obs-packaging/proxy/kata-proxy.spec-template
@@ -6,11 +6,7 @@
 %global IMPORTNAME %{DOMAIN}/%{ORG}/%{PROJECT}
 %global GO_VERSION @GO_VERSION@
 
-%if 0%{?suse_version}
-%define LIBEXECDIR %{_libdir}
-%else
-%define LIBEXECDIR %{_libexecdir}
-%endif
+%define LIBEXECDIR /usr/libexec
 
 %undefine _missing_build_ids_terminate_build
 Name:      kata-proxy
diff --git a/obs-packaging/proxy/update.sh b/obs-packaging/proxy/update.sh
index c62fe23c82..c9ca68f98a 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/proxy/update.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/proxy/update.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 #
 # Automation script to create specs to build kata-proxy
-set -e
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
 
 source ../versions.txt
 source ../scripts/pkglib.sh
@@ -28,7 +32,6 @@ cli "$@"
 PROJECT_REPO=${PROJECT_REPO:-home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/proxy}
 RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "${PROJECT_REPO}")
 ((RELEASE++))
-[ -n "$APIURL" ] && APIURL="-A ${APIURL}"
 
 set_versions $kata_proxy_hash
 
diff --git a/obs-packaging/qemu-lite/update.sh b/obs-packaging/qemu-lite/update.sh
index 60d348934f..f0b02145fd 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/qemu-lite/update.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/qemu-lite/update.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 
 # Automation script to create specs to build kata containers kernel
-set -e
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
 
 source ../versions.txt
 source ../scripts/pkglib.sh
@@ -28,8 +32,8 @@ cli "$@"
 PROJECT_REPO=${PROJECT_REPO:-home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/qemu-lite}
 RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "${PROJECT_REPO}")
 ((RELEASE++))
-[ -n "$APIURL" ] && APIURL="-A ${APIURL}"
 
+set_versions "${qemu_lite_hash}"
 
 replace_list=(
 "VERSION=$VERSION"
diff --git a/obs-packaging/qemu-vanilla/_service-template b/obs-packaging/qemu-vanilla/_service-template
index 408f4acb45..f339e0b28b 100644
--- a/obs-packaging/qemu-vanilla/_service-template
+++ b/obs-packaging/qemu-vanilla/_service-template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <param name="filename">qemu-vanilla</param>
     <!--- %h in the version format is a hash from a given revision -->
     <param name="versionformat">@VERSION@+git.%h</param>
-    <param name="revision">stable-@VERSION@</param>
+    <param name="revision">@QEMU_VANILLA_HASH@</param>
  </service>
  <service name="recompress">
     <param name="file">*.tar*</param>
diff --git a/obs-packaging/qemu-vanilla/update.sh b/obs-packaging/qemu-vanilla/update.sh
index 9ef4aec108..2380078974 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/qemu-vanilla/update.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/qemu-vanilla/update.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 
 # Automation script to create specs to build kata containers kernel
-set -e
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
 
 source ../versions.txt
 source ../scripts/pkglib.sh
@@ -29,7 +33,8 @@ cli "$@"
 PROJECT_REPO=${PROJECT_REPO:-home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/qemu-vanilla}
 RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "${PROJECT_REPO}")
 ((RELEASE++))
-[ -n "$APIURL" ] && APIURL="-A ${APIURL}"
+
+set_versions "${qemu_vanilla_hash}"
 
 replace_list=(
 "VERSION=$VERSION"
diff --git a/obs-packaging/runtime/update.sh b/obs-packaging/runtime/update.sh
index 9a61971715..ab1e99e637 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/runtime/update.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/runtime/update.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@
 # Automation script to create specs to build kata-runtime
 # Default: Build is the one specified in file configure.ac
 # located at the root of the repository.
-set -e
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
 
 source ../versions.txt
 source ../scripts/pkglib.sh
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ info "shim ${SHIM_REQUIRED_VERSION}"
 
 KERNEL_RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/linux-container")
 KERNEL_CONFIG_VERSION=$(cat "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../kernel/kata_config_version")
-KERNEL_REQUIRED_VERSION=$(pkg_version "${kernel_version}.${KERNEL_CONFIG_VERSION}" "${KERNEL_RELEASE}")
+KERNEL_REQUIRED_VERSION=$(pkg_version "${kernel_version}.${KERNEL_CONFIG_VERSION}" "${KERNEL_RELEASE}" "")
 info "kata-linux-container ${KERNEL_REQUIRED_VERSION}"
 
 KSM_THROTTLER_RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/ksm-throttler")
@@ -59,23 +63,21 @@ KSM_THROTTLER_REQUIRED_VERSION=$(pkg_version "${kata_ksm_throttler_version}" "${
 info "ksm-throttler ${KSM_THROTTLER_REQUIRED_VERSION}"
 
 KATA_CONTAINERS_IMAGE_RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/kata-containers-image")
-KATA_IMAGE_REQUIRED_VERSION=$(pkg_version "${kata_osbuilder_version}" "${KATA_CONTAINERS_IMAGE_RELEASE}")
+KATA_IMAGE_REQUIRED_VERSION=$(pkg_version "${kata_osbuilder_version}" "${KATA_CONTAINERS_IMAGE_RELEASE}" "")
 info "image ${KATA_IMAGE_REQUIRED_VERSION}"
 
 KATA_CONTAINERS_QEMU_LITE_RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/qemu-lite")
-KATA_QEMU_LITE_REQUIRED_VERSION=$(pkg_version "${qemu_lite_version}" "${KATA_CONTAINERS_QEMU_LITE_RELEASE}")
+KATA_QEMU_LITE_REQUIRED_VERSION=$(pkg_version "${qemu_lite_version}" "${KATA_CONTAINERS_QEMU_LITE_RELEASE}" "")
 info "image ${KATA_QEMU_LITE_REQUIRED_VERSION}"
 
 KATA_CONTAINERS_QEMU_VANILLA_RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/qemu-vanilla")
-KATA_QEMU_VANILLA_REQUIRED_VERSION=$(pkg_version "${qemu_vanilla_version}" "${KATA_CONTAINERS_QEMU_VANILLA_RELEASE}")
+KATA_QEMU_VANILLA_REQUIRED_VERSION=$(pkg_version "${qemu_vanilla_version}" "${KATA_CONTAINERS_QEMU_VANILLA_RELEASE}" "")
 info "image ${KATA_QEMU_VANILLA_REQUIRED_VERSION}"
 
 PROJECT_REPO=${PROJECT_REPO:-home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/runtime}
 RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "${PROJECT_REPO}")
 ((RELEASE++))
 
-[ -n "$APIURL" ] && APIURL="-A ${APIURL}"
-
 set_versions "$kata_runtime_hash"
 
 replace_list=(
diff --git a/obs-packaging/scripts/pkglib.sh b/obs-packaging/scripts/pkglib.sh
index 98552dec94..420c3bcee7 100644
--- a/obs-packaging/scripts/pkglib.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/scripts/pkglib.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ function display_help()
 	Options:
 
     -l         --local-build     Build the runtime locally
-    -c         --commit-id       Build with a given commit ID
     -b         --branch          Build with a given branch name
     -p         --push            Push changes to OBS
     -a         --api-url         Especify an OBS API (e.g. custom private OBS)
@@ -61,9 +60,9 @@ function display_help()
     Usage examples:
 
     $SCRIPT_NAME --local-build --branch staging
-    $SCRIPT_NAME --commit-id a76f45c --push --api-url http://127.0.0.1
-    $SCRIPT_NAME --commit-id a76f45c --push --obs-repository home:userx/repository
-    $SCRIPT_NAME --commit-id a76f45c --push
+    $SCRIPT_NAME --push --api-url http://127.0.0.1
+    $SCRIPT_NAME --push --obs-repository home:userx/repository
+    $SCRIPT_NAME --push
 
 	EOL
 	exit 1
@@ -117,20 +116,7 @@ function get_git_info()
 function set_versions()
 {
     local commit_hash="$1"
-
-    if [ -n "$OBS_REVISION" ]
-    then
-	# Validate input is alphanumeric, commit ID
-	# If a commit ID is provided, override versions.txt one
-	if [ -n "$COMMIT" ] && [[ "$OBS_REVISION" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9][-a-zA-Z0-9]{0,40}[a-zA-Z0-9]$  ]]; then
-            hash_tag=$OBS_REVISION
-	elif [ -n "$BRANCH" ]
-	then
-            hash_tag=$commit_hash
-	fi
-    else
-        hash_tag=$commit_hash
-    fi
+    hash_tag="$commit_hash"
     short_hashtag="${hash_tag:0:7}"
 }
 
@@ -177,25 +163,23 @@ function local_build()
 
 function checkout_repo()
 {
-    local REPO="$1"
-    if [ -z "$OBS_WORKDIR" ]
+    local REPO="${1}"
+    if [ -z "${OBS_WORKDIR:-}" ]
     then
-        # If no workdir is provided, use a temporary directory.
-        temp=$(basename $0)
-        OBS_WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d -u -t ${temp}.XXXXXXXXXXX) || exit 1
-        osc $APIURL co $REPO -o $OBS_WORKDIR
+        OBS_WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d -u -t obs-repo.XXXXXXXXXXX) || exit 1
+        osc co "${REPO}" -o "${OBS_WORKDIR}"
     fi
-    find ${OBS_WORKDIR} -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 ! -name '.osc' -prune  -exec echo remove {} \; -exec  rm -rf {} \;
+    find "${OBS_WORKDIR}" -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 ! -name '.osc' -prune  -exec echo remove {} \; -exec  rm -rf {} \;
 
-    mv ${GENERATED_FILES[@]} "$OBS_WORKDIR"
-    cp ${STATIC_FILES[@]} "$OBS_WORKDIR"
+    mv "${GENERATED_FILES[@]}" "${OBS_WORKDIR}"
+    cp "${STATIC_FILES[@]}" "$OBS_WORKDIR"
 }
 
 function obs_push()
 {
     pushd $OBS_WORKDIR
-    osc $APIURL addremove
-    osc $APIURL commit -m "Update ${PKG_NAME} $VERSION: ${hash_tag:0:7}"
+    osc addremove
+    osc commit -m "Update ${PKG_NAME} $VERSION: ${hash_tag:0:7}"
     popd
 }
 
@@ -204,9 +188,7 @@ function cli()
 	OPTS=$(getopt -o abclprwvCVh: --long api-url,branch,commit-id,local-build,push,obs-repository,workdir,verbose,clean,verify,help -- "$@")
 	while true; do
 		case "${1}" in
-			-a | --api-url )        APIURL="$2"; shift 2;;
 			-b | --branch )         BRANCH="true"; OBS_REVISION="$2"; shift 2;;
-			-c | --commit-id )      COMMIT="true"; OBS_REVISION="$2"; shift 2;;
 			-l | --local-build )    LOCAL_BUILD="true"; shift;;
 			-p | --push )           OBS_PUSH="true"; shift;;
 			-r | --obs-repository ) PROJECT_REPO="$2"; shift 2;;
@@ -313,15 +295,27 @@ function get_obs_pkg_release() {
 	pkg=$(basename "${obs_pkg_name}")
 	repo_dir=$(mktemp -d -u -t "${pkg}.XXXXXXXXXXX")
 
-	out=$(osc ${APIURL} -q co "${obs_pkg_name}" -o "${repo_dir}") || die "failed to checkout:$out"
+	out=$(osc -q co "${obs_pkg_name}" -o "${repo_dir}") || die "failed to checkout:$out"
 
 	spec_file=$(find "${repo_dir}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.spec' | head -1)
+	# Find in specfile in Release: XX field.
 	release=$(grep -oP  'Release:\s+[0-9]+' "${spec_file}"  | grep -oP '[0-9]+')
 
 	if [ -z "${release}" ]; then
+		# Not release number found find in "%define release XX"
 		release=$(grep -oP  '%define\s+release\s+[0-9]+' "${spec_file}"  | grep -oP '[0-9]+')
 	fi
 
+	release_file=$(find "${repo_dir}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'pkg-release')
+	if [ -z "${release}" ] && [ -f "${release_file}" ]; then
+		# Release still not found check pkg-release file
+		release=$(grep -oP '[0-9]+' ${release_file})
+	fi
+	if [ -z "${release}" ]; then
+		# Not release number found, this is a new repository.
+		release=1
+	fi
+
 	rm -r "${repo_dir}"
 	echo "${release}"
 }
diff --git a/obs-packaging/shim/kata-shim.spec-template b/obs-packaging/shim/kata-shim.spec-template
index 4237d7a404..ae30e98b51 100644
--- a/obs-packaging/shim/kata-shim.spec-template
+++ b/obs-packaging/shim/kata-shim.spec-template
@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@
 %global IMPORTNAME %{DOMAIN}/%{ORG}/%{PROJECT}
 %global GO_VERSION @GO_VERSION@
 
-%if 0%{?suse_version}
-%define LIBEXECDIR %{_libdir}
-%else
-%define LIBEXECDIR %{_libexecdir}
-%endif
+%define LIBEXECDIR /usr/libexec
 
 %undefine _missing_build_ids_terminate_build
 Name:      kata-shim
@@ -77,5 +73,6 @@ make install LIBEXECDIR=%{buildroot}%{LIBEXECDIR} COMMIT=@HASH@
 
 %files bin
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
-%{LIBEXECDIR}/kata-containers
+%dir %{LIBEXECDIR}
+%dir %{LIBEXECDIR}/kata-containers
 %{LIBEXECDIR}/kata-containers/kata-shim
diff --git a/obs-packaging/shim/update.sh b/obs-packaging/shim/update.sh
index fc83fd1607..d950d88f0d 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/shim/update.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/shim/update.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 # ex: ts=8 sw=4 sts=4 et filetype=sh
 #
 # Automation script to create specs to build kata-shim
-set -e
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -o xtrace
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
 
 source ../versions.txt
 source ../scripts/pkglib.sh
@@ -29,7 +33,6 @@ cli "$@"
 PROJECT_REPO=${PROJECT_REPO:-home:${OBS_PROJECT}:${OBS_SUBPROJECT}/shim}
 RELEASE=$(get_obs_pkg_release "${PROJECT_REPO}")
 ((RELEASE++))
-[ -n "$APIURL" ] && APIURL="-A ${APIURL}"
 
 set_versions $kata_shim_hash
 replace_list=(
diff --git a/obs-packaging/versions.txt b/obs-packaging/versions.txt
index e981df7f63..2a7f78847c 100644
--- a/obs-packaging/versions.txt
+++ b/obs-packaging/versions.txt
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
-kata_agent_hash=7b458b18ffcbb90a1aed1644d109ea438f39c9a0
-kata_ksm_throttler_hash=1fecaffc98386fdb080979d38d5688566eec54a1
-kata_proxy_hash=8a305e5a61856c7510350b0ade5a5dc5e9255dbf
-kata_runtime_hash=bf1cf684f5d48d3142665f98daf719faf94039e2
-kata_shim_hash=de2d2a67659cab7928b81f836a8f64450c998453
+
+# This is a generated file from gen_versions_txt.sh
+
+kata_runtime_version=1.2.0
+kata_runtime_hash=0bcb32f7042625ea0ecee8f37b99b4459ebd5af8
+
+kata_proxy_version=1.2.0
+kata_proxy_hash=17962180fc61c66066905546bfd5d8933bf73df1
+
+kata_shim_version=1.2.0
+kata_shim_hash=0a37760c0224167143cb3cc920c78f5147f52e70
+
+kata_agent_version=1.2.0
+kata_agent_hash=fcfa054a757e7c17afba47b0b4d7e91cbb8688ed
+
+kata_ksm_throttler_version=1.2.0
+kata_ksm_throttler_hash=f232434f36b1b2c916eb6211118cf26671bd04ef
 
 # Dependencies
-qemu_lite_hash=6ba2bfbee9a80bfd03605c5eb2ca743c8b68389e
-qemu_vanilla_hash=e3050471ff1daa7fefe88388dfa4e1d97ba1f0bc
+kata_osbuilder_version=1.2.0
 
-kata_runtime_version=1.1.0
-kata_proxy_version=1.1.0
-kata_shim_version=1.1.0
-kata_agent_version=1.1.0
-kata_ksm_throttler_version=1.1.0
-kata_osbuilder_version=1.1.0
 qemu_lite_version=2.11.0
-qemu_vanilla_version=2.11
+qemu_lite_hash=a39e0b3e828ff6fb4457865ef7a021f1e7320c27
+
+qemu_vanilla_version=2.11.2
+qemu_vanilla_hash=a39e0b3e828ff6fb4457865ef7a021f1e7320c27
+
 kernel_version=4.14.51
 
-# Default osbuilder image options
-osbuilder_default_os=clearlinux
-clearlinux_version=20640
-
-# Default osbuilder initrd options
-osbuilder_default_initrd_os=alpine
-alpine_version=3.7
-
 # Golang
 go_version=1.10.2
-# sha256 checksum for the go_version binary distribution ("go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz")
 go_checksum=4b677d698c65370afa33757b6954ade60347aaca310ea92a63ed717d7cb0c2ff
diff --git a/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh b/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a40959f75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/kata-deploy-binaries.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -x
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+readonly script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+readonly script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+readonly project="kata-containers"
+readonly prefix="/opt/kata"
+readonly project_to_attach="github.com/${project}/runtime"
+readonly tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d -t static-build-tmp.XXXXXXXXXX)
+readonly GOPATH="${tmp_dir}/go"
+# flag to decide if push tarball to github
+push=false
+export GOPATH
+workdir="${WORKDIR:-$PWD}"
+
+exit_handler() {
+	[ -d "${tmp_dir}" ] || sudo rm -rf "${tmp_dir}"
+}
+trap exit_handler EXIT
+
+projects=(
+	proxy
+	runtime
+	shim
+)
+
+die() {
+	msg="$*"
+	echo "ERROR: ${msg}" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+info() {
+	echo "INFO: $*"
+}
+
+usage() {
+	return_code=${1:-0}
+	cat <<EOT
+This script is used as part of the ${project} release process.
+It is used to create a tarball with static binaries.
+
+
+Usage:
+${script_name} <options> [version]
+
+Args:
+version: The kata version that will be use to create the tarball
+
+options:
+
+-h      : Show this help
+-p      : push tarball to ${project_to_attach}
+-w <dir>: directory where tarball will be created
+
+
+EOT
+
+	exit "${return_code}"
+}
+
+#Install guest image/initrd asset
+install_image() {
+	image_destdir="${destdir}/${prefix}/share/kata-containers/"
+	info "Create image"
+	image_tarball=$(find . -name 'kata-containers-'"${kata_version}"'-*.tar.gz')
+	[ -f "${image_tarball}" ] || "${script_dir}/../obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh" -v "${kata_version}"
+	image_tarball=$(find . -name 'kata-containers-'"${kata_version}"'-*.tar.gz')
+	[ -f "${image_tarball}" ] || die "image not found"
+	info "Install image in destdir ${image_tarball}"
+	mkdir -p "${image_destdir}"
+	tar xf "${image_tarball}" -C "${image_destdir}"
+	pushd "${destdir}/${prefix}/share/kata-containers/" >>/dev/null
+	info "Create image default symlinks"
+	image=$(find . -name 'kata-containers-image*.img')
+	initrd=$(find . -name 'kata-containers-initrd*.initrd')
+	ln -sf "${image}" kata-containers.img
+	ln -sf "${initrd}" kata-containers-initrd.img
+	popd >>/dev/null
+}
+
+#Install kernel asset
+install_kernel() {
+	go get "github.com/${project}/packaging" || true
+	pushd ${GOPATH}/src/github.com/${project}/packaging >>/dev/null
+		git checkout "${kata_version}-kernel-config"
+	popd >>/dev/null
+	pushd "${script_dir}/../kernel" >>/dev/null
+
+	info "build kernel"
+	./build-kernel.sh setup
+	./build-kernel.sh build
+	info "install kernel"
+	DESTDIR="${destdir}" PREFIX="${prefix}" ./build-kernel.sh install
+	popd >>/dev/null
+}
+
+# Install static qemu asset
+install_qemu() {
+	info "build static qemu"
+	"${script_dir}/../static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh"
+	info "Install static qemu"
+	tar xf kata-qemu-static.tar.gz -C "${destdir}"
+}
+
+#Install all components that are not assets
+install_kata_components() {
+	for p in "${projects[@]}"; do
+		echo "Download ${p}"
+		go get "github.com/${project}/$p" || true
+		pushd "${GOPATH}/src/github.com/${project}/$p" >>/dev/null
+		echo "Checkout to version ${kata_version}"
+		git checkout "${kata_version}"
+		echo "Build"
+		make \
+			PREFIX="${prefix}" \
+			QEMUCMD="qemu-system-x86_64"
+		#TODO Remove libexecdir
+		echo "Install"
+		make PREFIX="${prefix}" \
+			DESTDIR="${destdir}" \
+			LIBEXECDIR="/${destdir}/${prefix}/libexec/" \
+			install
+		popd >>/dev/null
+	done
+	sed -i -e '/^initrd =/d' "${destdir}/${prefix}/share/defaults/${project}/configuration.toml"
+}
+
+main() {
+	while getopts "hpw:" opt; do
+		case $opt in
+		h) usage 0 ;;
+		p) push="true" ;;
+		w) workdir="${OPTARG}" ;;
+		esac
+	done
+	shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+	kata_version=${1:-}
+	[ -n "${kata_version}" ] || usage 1
+	info "Requested version: ${kata_version}"
+
+	destdir="${workdir}/kata-static-${kata_version}-$(arch)"
+	info "DESTDIR ${destdir}"
+	mkdir -p "${destdir}"
+	install_image
+	install_kata_components
+	install_kernel
+	install_qemu
+	tarball_name="${destdir}.tar.xz"
+	pushd "${destdir}" >>/dev/null
+	tar cfJ "${tarball_name}" "./opt"
+	popd >>/dev/null
+	if [ "${push}" == "true" ]; then
+		hub -C "${GOPATH}/src/github.com/${project}/runtime" release edit -a "${tarball_name}" "${kata_version}"
+	else
+		echo "Wont push the tarball to github use -p option to do it."
+	fi
+}
+
+main $@
diff --git a/release/publish-kata-image.sh b/release/publish-kata-image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0896fda300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/publish-kata-image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
+#
+#SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -x
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+workdir="${PWD}"
+
+readonly script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+readonly script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+readonly project="kata-containers"
+GOPATH=${GOPATH:-${HOME}/go}
+
+die() {
+	msg="$*"
+	echo "ERROR: ${FUNCNAME[1]} ${msg}" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+usage() {
+	return_code=${1:-0}
+	cat <<EOT
+Usage:
+
+${script_name} [options]  <version>
+
+version: Kata version to create the image.
+
+Create image for a kata version.
+
+options:
+
+-h      : show this help
+-p      : push image to github
+EOT
+
+	exit "${return_code}"
+}
+
+main() {
+	push="false"
+	while getopts "d:hp" opt; do
+		case $opt in
+		h) usage 0 ;;
+		p) push="true" ;;
+		esac
+	done
+
+	shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+	kata_version=${1:-}
+	[ -n "${kata_version}" ] || usage "1"
+
+	image_tarball=$(find -name 'kata-containers-*.tar.gz' | grep "${kata_version}") ||
+		"${script_dir}/../obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh" -v "${kata_version}"
+	image_tarball=$(find -name 'kata-containers-*.tar.gz' | grep "${kata_version}") || die "file not found ${image_tarball}"
+
+	if [ ${push} == "true" ]; then
+		hub -C "${GOPATH}/src/github.com/${project}/agent" release edit -a "${image_tarball}" "${kata_version}"
+	else
+		echo "Wont push image to github use -p option to do it."
+	fi
+}
+
+main $@
diff --git a/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh b/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
index 1eb8da0653..e78abcf711 100755
--- a/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
+++ b/scripts/configure-hypervisor.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ typeset -a qemu_options
 
 typeset -A recognised_tags
 
+# Prefix were kata will be installed
+prefix=${PREFIX:-/usr}
+
 recognised_tags=(
 	[arch]="architecture-specific"
 	[functionality]="required functionality"
@@ -402,14 +405,17 @@ generate_qemu_options()
 
 	unset _qemu_ldflags
 
+	# Where to install qemu helper binaries
+	qemu_options+=(misc:--prefix=${prefix})
+
 	# Where to install qemu libraries
-	qemu_options+=(arch:--libdir=/usr/lib64/${hypervisor})
+	qemu_options+=(arch:--libdir=${prefix}/lib/${hypervisor})
 
 	# Where to install qemu helper binaries
-	qemu_options+=(misc:--libexecdir=/usr/libexec/${hypervisor})
+	qemu_options+=(misc:--libexecdir=${prefix}/libexec/${hypervisor})
 
 	# Where to install data files
-	qemu_options+=(misc:--datadir=/usr/share/${hypervisor})
+	qemu_options+=(misc:--datadir=${prefix}/share/${hypervisor})
 
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/lib.sh b/scripts/lib.sh
index adcc7848e5..33aa126e06 100644
--- a/scripts/lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib.sh
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ install_yq() {
 }
 
 get_from_kata_deps(){
-	dependency="$1"
+	local dependency="$1"
+	local branch="${2:-master}"
+	local runtime_repo="github.com/kata-containers/runtime"
 	GOPATH=${GOPATH:-${HOME}/go}
 	# This is needed in order to retrieve the version for qemu-lite
 	install_yq >&2
-	runtime_repo="github.com/kata-containers/runtime"
-	runtime_repo_dir="$GOPATH/src/${runtime_repo}"
-	versions_file="${runtime_repo_dir}/versions.yaml"
-	mkdir -p $(dirname "${runtime_repo_dir}")
-	[ -d "${runtime_repo_dir}" ] ||  git clone --quiet https://${runtime_repo}.git "${runtime_repo_dir}"
-	[ ! -f "$versions_file" ] && { echo >&2 "ERROR: cannot find $versions_file"; exit 1; }
+	yaml_url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kata-containers/runtime/${branch}/versions.yaml"
+	versions_file="versions_${branch}.yaml"
+	[ ! -e "${versions_file}" ] || download_on_new_flag="-z ${versions_file}"
+	curl --silent -o "${versions_file}" ${download_on_new_flag:-} "$yaml_url"
 	result=$("${GOPATH}/bin/yq" read "$versions_file" "$dependency")
 	[ "$result" = "null" ] && result=""
 	echo "$result"
diff --git a/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile b/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
index 687f21b940..cf9610a66b 100644
--- a/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
+++ b/static-build/qemu/Dockerfile
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ RUN git clone  https://github.com/qemu/keycodemapdb.git ui/keycodemapdb
 
 ADD configure-hypervisor.sh /root/configure-hypervisor.sh
 
-RUN /root/configure-hypervisor.sh -s kata-qemu | xargs ./configure --prefix=/opt/kata --with-pkgversion=kata-static
+RUN PREFIX=/opt/kata /root/configure-hypervisor.sh -s kata-qemu | xargs ./configure \
+       --with-pkgversion=kata-static
+
 RUN make clean
 RUN make -j$(nproc)
 RUN make install DESTDIR=/tmp/qemu-static