diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4623f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+stages:
+  - build
+  - publish
+
+build:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - ./make_tarball.sh
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - www.unturf.com.tar.gz
+      - commit-hash.txt
+    expire_in: 1 month
+
+publish:
+  stage: publish
+  script:
+    # publish build to Salt Master
+    - sudo /opt/salt-call-put-artifacts-onto-salt-master.sh
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc4317a..c1f717a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
+
+
 http: 
 	# In the second shell, run a "mock" simple HTTP webserver to serve index.html:
 	env/bin/python -m http.server 8000
-
diff --git a/make_tarball.sh b/make_tarball.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bb577bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make_tarball.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#tar -zcvf www.unturf.com.tar.gz output
+rm -rf .git
+cd ..; tar -zcvf www.unturf.com.tar.gz www.unturf.com; mv www.unturf.com.tar.gz www.unturf.com; cd www.unturf.com
+# create git-commit.txt to track this builds git commit hash.
+echo $GIT_COMMIT >> commit-hash.txt