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+on: 
+  push: 
+    tags:
+     - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  get-artifact-list:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: get the list
+        run: |
+         git clone https://github.com/kata-containers/packaging
+         pushd packaging
+         tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)
+         git checkout $tag
+         popd
+         ./packaging/artifact-list.sh > artifact-list.txt
+      - name: save-artifact-list
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with: 
+          name: artifact-list 
+          path: artifact-list.txt
+  build-kernel:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+    needs: get-artifact-list
+    steps:
+      - name: get-artifact-list
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: artifact-list
+      - name: build-kernel
+        run: |
+         if grep -q "install_kernel" ./artifact-list/artifact-list.txt; then
+           # install kernel dependencies
+           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install -y flex bison libelf-dev bc iptables
+           export GOPATH=$HOME/go
+           go get github.com/kata-containers/packaging || true
+           pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release >>/dev/null
+           # Get versions information
+           tag=`echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-`
+           git checkout $tag
+           pushd ../obs-packaging
+           ./gen_versions_txt.sh $tag
+           popd
+           # Build the kernel:
+           source ./kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+           install_kernel
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::true
+           popd >>/dev/null
+           mv $HOME/go/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release/kata-kernel.tar.gz .
+         else
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::false
+         fi
+      - name: store-artifacts
+        if: env.artifact-built == 'true' 
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with: 
+          name: kata-artifacts
+          path: kata-kernel.tar.gz
+  
+  build-experimental-kernel:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+    needs: get-artifact-list
+    steps:
+      - name: get-artifact-list
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: artifact-list
+      - name: build-experimental-kernel
+        run: |
+         if grep -q "install_experimental_kernel" ./artifact-list/artifact-list.txt; then
+           # install kernel dependencies
+           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install -y flex bison libelf-dev bc iptables
+           export GOPATH=$HOME/go
+           go get github.com/kata-containers/packaging || true
+           pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release >>/dev/null
+           # Get versions information
+           tag=`echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-`
+           git checkout $tag
+           ../obs-packaging/gen_versions_txt.sh $tag
+           # Build the kernel:
+           source ./kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+           install_experimental_kernel
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::true
+           popd >>/dev/null
+           mv $HOME/go/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release/kata-kernel-experimental.tar.gz .
+         else
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::false
+         fi
+      - name: store-artifacts
+        if: env.artifact-built == 'true' 
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with: 
+          name: kata-artifacts
+          path: kata-kernel-experimental.tar.gz
+
+  # Job for building the QEMU binaries
+  build-qemu:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+    needs: get-artifact-list
+    steps:
+      - name: get-artifact-list
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: artifact-list
+      - name: build-qemu
+        run: |
+         if grep -q "install_qemu" ./artifact-list/artifact-list.txt; then
+           export GOPATH=$HOME/go
+           go get github.com/kata-containers/packaging || true
+           pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release >>/dev/null
+           # Get versions information
+           tag=`echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-`
+           git checkout $tag
+           ../obs-packaging/gen_versions_txt.sh $tag
+           # Build the VMM:
+           source ./kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+           install_qemu
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::true
+           popd >>/dev/null
+           mv $HOME/go/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release/kata-qemu-static.tar.gz .
+         else
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::false
+         fi
+      - name: store-artifacts
+        if: env.artifact-built == 'true' 
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with: 
+          name: kata-artifacts
+          path: kata-qemu-static.tar.gz
+  
+  # Job for building the QEMU binaries with virtiofs support
+  build-qemu-virtiofsd:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+    needs: get-artifact-list
+    steps:
+      - name: get-artifact-list
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: artifact-list
+      - name: build-qemu-virtiofsd
+        run: |
+         if grep -q "install_qemu_virtiofsd" ./artifact-list/artifact-list.txt; then
+           export GOPATH=$HOME/go
+           go get github.com/kata-containers/packaging || true
+           pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release >>/dev/null
+           # Get versions information
+           tag=`echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-`
+           git checkout $tag
+           ../obs-packaging/gen_versions_txt.sh $tag
+           # Build the VMM:
+           source ./kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+           install_qemu_virtiofsd
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::true
+           popd >>/dev/null
+           mv $HOME/go/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release/kata-qemu-virtiofs-static.tar.gz .
+         else
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::false
+         fi
+      - name: store-artifacts
+        if: env.artifact-built == 'true' 
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with: 
+          name: kata-artifacts
+          path: kata-qemu-virtiofs-static.tar.gz
+
+  # Job for building the image
+  build-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+    needs: get-artifact-list
+    steps:
+      - name: get-artifact-list
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: artifact-list
+      - name: build-image
+        run: |
+         if grep -q "install_image" ./artifact-list/artifact-list.txt; then
+           export GOPATH=$HOME/go
+           go get github.com/kata-containers/packaging || true
+           pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release >>/dev/null
+           # Get versions information
+           tag=`echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-`
+           git checkout $tag
+           pushd ../obs-packaging
+           ./gen_versions_txt.sh $tag
+           popd
+           # Build the VMM:
+           source ./kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+           install_image $tag
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::true
+           popd >>/dev/null
+           mv $HOME/go/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release/kata-image.tar.gz .
+         else
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::false
+         fi
+      - name: store-artifacts
+        if: env.artifact-built == 'true' 
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with: 
+          name: kata-artifacts
+          path: kata-image.tar.gz
+ 
+  # Job for building firecracker hypervisor
+  build-firecracker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+    needs: get-artifact-list
+    steps:
+      - name: get-artifact-list
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: artifact-list
+      - name: build-firecracker
+        run: |
+         if grep -q "install_firecracker" ./artifact-list/artifact-list.txt; then
+           export GOPATH=$HOME/go
+           go get github.com/kata-containers/packaging || true
+           pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release >>/dev/null
+           # Get versions information
+           tag=`echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-`
+           git checkout $tag
+           ../obs-packaging/gen_versions_txt.sh $tag
+           # Build the VMM:
+           source ./kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+           install_firecracker
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::true
+           popd >>/dev/null
+           mv $HOME/go/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release/kata-firecracker-static.tar.gz .
+         else
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::false
+         fi
+      - name: store-artifacts
+        if: env.artifact-built == 'true' 
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with: 
+          name: kata-artifacts
+          path: kata-firecracker-static.tar.gz
+  
+  # Job for building kata components
+  build-kata-components:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+    needs: get-artifact-list
+    steps:
+      - name: get-artifact-list
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: artifact-list
+      - name: build-kata-components
+        run: |
+         if grep -q "install_kata_components" ./artifact-list/artifact-list.txt; then
+           export GOPATH=$HOME/go
+           go get github.com/kata-containers/packaging || true
+           pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release >>/dev/null
+           # Get versions information
+           tag=`echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-`
+           git checkout $tag
+           ../obs-packaging/gen_versions_txt.sh $tag
+           # Build the VMM:
+           source ./kata-deploy-binaries.sh
+           install_kata_components $tag
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::true
+           popd >>/dev/null
+           mv $HOME/go/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release/kata-components.tar.gz .
+         else
+           echo ::set-env name=artifact-built::false
+         fi
+      - name: store-artifacts
+        if: env.artifact-built == 'true' 
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with: 
+          name: kata-artifacts
+          path: kata-components.tar.gz
+
+  gather-artifacts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
+    needs: [build-kernel, build-qemu, build-qemu-virtiofsd, build-image, build-firecracker, build-kata-components]
+    steps:
+      - name: get-artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: kata-artifacts
+      - name: colate-artifacts
+        run: |
+          export GOPATH=$HOME/go
+          go get github.com/kata-containers/packaging || true
+          pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kata-containers/packaging/release >>/dev/null
+          # Get versions information
+          tag=`echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-`
+          popd >>/dev/null
+          pushd kata-artifacts >>/dev/null 
+          for c in ./*.tar.gz
+          do 
+                echo "untarring tarball $c"
+                tar -xvf $c
+          done
+          ls ./opt/kata/bin
+          ls ./opt/kata/share
+          tar cfJ ../kata-static.tar.xz ./opt
+          popd >>/dev/null
+          ls -l && ls kata-artifacts
+      - name: store-artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with: 
+          name: release-candidate
+          path: kata-static.tar.xz 
+
+  kata-deploy:
+    needs: gather-artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: get-artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: release-candidate
+      - name: build-and-push-kata-deploy-ci
+        run: |
+          tag=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d/ -f3-)
+          git clone https://github.com/kata-containers/packaging
+          pushd packaging
+          git checkout $tag
+          pkg_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+          popd
+          mv release-candidate/kata-static.tar.xz ./packaging/kata-deploy/kata-static.tar.xz
+          docker build --build-arg KATA_ARTIFACTS=kata-static.tar.xz -t katadocker/kata-deploy-ci:$pkg_sha ./packaging/kata-deploy
+          docker login -u ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }} -p ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+          docker push katadocker/kata-deploy-ci:$pkg_sha
+          echo ::set-env name=PKG_SHA::$pkg_sha
+          echo ::set-env name=TAG::$tag
+      - name: test-kata-deploy-ci-in-aks
+        uses: ./packaging/kata-deploy/action
+        with:
+          packaging-sha: env.PKG_SHA
+        env: 
+          PKG_SHA: ${{ env.PKG_SHA }}
+          AZ_APPID: ${{ secrets.AZ_APPID }}
+          AZ_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.AZ_PASSWORD }}
+          AZ_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+          AZ_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_TENANT_ID }}
+      - name: push-tarball
+        run: | 
+          # tag the container image we created and push to DockerHub
+          docker tag katadocker/kata-deploy-ci:${{ env.PKG_SHA }} katadocker/kata-deploy:${{ env.TAG }}
+          docker push katadocker/kata-deploy:${{ env.TAG }}
+          
+