diff --git a/.common-ci.yml b/.common-ci.yml
index 50172157..8602fd1c 100644
--- a/.common-ci.yml
+++ b/.common-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ stages:
     - !reference [.main-or-manual, rules]
   variables:
     DIST: amazonlinux2
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: rpm
 
 .dist-centos7:
   rules:
@@ -54,35 +55,41 @@ stages:
   variables:
     DIST: centos7
     CVE_UPDATES: "cyrus-sasl-lib"
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: rpm
 
 .dist-centos8:
   variables:
     DIST: centos8
     CVE_UPDATES: "cyrus-sasl-lib"
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: rpm
 
 .dist-debian10:
   rules:
     - !reference [.main-or-manual, rules]
   variables:
     DIST: debian10
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: debian
 
 .dist-debian9:
   rules:
     - !reference [.main-or-manual, rules]
   variables:
     DIST: debian9
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: debian
 
 .dist-fedora35:
   rules:
     - !reference [.main-or-manual, rules]
   variables:
     DIST: fedora35
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: rpm
 
 .dist-opensuse-leap15.1:
   rules:
     - !reference [.main-or-manual, rules]
   variables:
     DIST: opensuse-leap15.1
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: rpm
 
 .dist-ubi8:
   rules:
@@ -90,17 +97,20 @@ stages:
   variables:
     DIST: ubi8
     CVE_UPDATES: "cyrus-sasl-lib"
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: rpm
 
 .dist-ubuntu16.04:
   rules:
     - !reference [.main-or-manual, rules]
   variables:
     DIST: ubuntu16.04
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: debian
 
 .dist-ubuntu18.04:
   variables:
     DIST: ubuntu18.04
     CVE_UPDATES: "libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules-db"
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: debian
 
 .dist-ubuntu20.04:
   rules:
@@ -108,6 +118,7 @@ stages:
   variables:
     DIST: ubuntu20.04
     CVE_UPDATES: "libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules-db"
+    PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE: debian
 
 .dist-packaging:
   variables:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3b028ed6..b25ade65 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2019-2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.nvidia-ci.yml b/.nvidia-ci.yml
index 475d832e..b97184d2 100644
--- a/.nvidia-ci.yml
+++ b/.nvidia-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ variables:
   # Define the public staging registry
   STAGING_REGISTRY: registry.gitlab.com/nvidia/container-toolkit/container-toolkit/staging
   STAGING_VERSION: ${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}
+  ARTIFACTORY_REPO_BASE: "https://urm.nvidia.com/artifactory/sw-gpu-cloudnative"
 
 .image-pull:
   stage: image-build
@@ -92,6 +93,109 @@ image-packaging:
     - .dist-packaging
     - .image-pull
 
+# Define the package release targets
+release:packages:amazonlinux2-aarch64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-amazonlinux2
+    - .arch-aarch64
+
+release:packages:amazonlinux2-x86_64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-amazonlinux2
+    - .arch-x86_64
+
+release:packages:centos7-ppc64le:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-centos7
+    - .arch-ppc64le
+
+release:packages:centos7-x86_64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-centos7
+    - .arch-x86_64
+
+release:packages:centos8-aarch64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-centos8
+    - .arch-aarch64
+
+release:packages:centos8-ppc64le:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-centos8
+    - .arch-ppc64le
+
+release:packages:centos8-x86_64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-centos8
+    - .arch-x86_64
+
+release:packages:debian10-amd64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-debian10
+    - .arch-amd64
+
+release:packages:debian9-amd64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-debian9
+    - .arch-amd64
+
+release:packages:fedora35-aarch64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-fedora35
+    - .arch-aarch64
+
+release:packages:fedora35-x86_64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-fedora35
+    - .arch-x86_64
+
+release:packages:opensuse-leap15.1-x86_64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-opensuse-leap15.1
+    - .arch-x86_64
+
+release:packages:ubuntu16.04-amd64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-ubuntu16.04
+    - .arch-amd64
+
+release:packages:ubuntu16.04-ppc64le:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-ubuntu16.04
+    - .arch-ppc64le
+
+release:packages:ubuntu18.04-amd64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-ubuntu18.04
+    - .arch-amd64
+
+release:packages:ubuntu18.04-arm64:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-ubuntu18.04
+    - .arch-arm64
+
+release:packages:ubuntu18.04-ppc64le:
+  extends:
+    - .release:packages
+    - .dist-ubuntu18.04
+    - .arch-ppc64le
+
 # We skip the integration tests for the internal CI:
 .integration:
   stage: test
@@ -202,6 +306,27 @@ scan-ubi8-arm64:
     OUT_REGISTRY: "${NGC_REGISTRY}"
     OUT_IMAGE_NAME: "${NGC_REGISTRY_IMAGE}"
 
+.release:packages:
+  stage: release
+  needs:
+    - image-packaging
+  variables:
+    PACKAGE_REGISTRY: "${CI_REGISTRY}"
+    PACKAGE_REGISTRY_USER: "${CI_REGISTRY_USER}"
+    PACKAGE_REGISTRY_TOKEN: "${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}"
+    PACKAGE_IMAGE_NAME: "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/container-toolkit"
+    PACKAGE_IMAGE_TAG: "${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-packaging"
+    PACKAGE_ARTIFACTORY_REPO: "${ARTIFACTORY_REPO_BASE}-${PACKAGE_REPO_TYPE}-local"
+    KITMAKER_ARTIFACTORY_REPO: "${ARTIFACTORY_REPO_BASE}-generic-local/kitmaker"
+  script:
+    - !reference [.regctl-setup, before_script]
+    - apk add --no-cache bash
+    - regctl registry login "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY}" -u "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_USER}" -p "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_TOKEN}"
+    - ./scripts/extract-packages.sh "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY}/${PACKAGE_IMAGE_NAME}:${PACKAGE_IMAGE_TAG}" "${DIST}-${ARCH}"
+    # TODO: ./scripts/release-packages-artifactory.sh "${DIST}-${ARCH}" "${PACKAGE_ARTIFACTORY_REPO}"
+    - ./scripts/kitmakerize-packages.sh" "${DIST}-${ARCH}"
+    - ./scripts/release-kitmaker-artifactory.sh "${DIST}-${ARCH}" "${KITMAKER_ARTIFACTORY_REPO}"
+
 release:staging-ubuntu18.04:
   extends:
     - .release:staging
diff --git a/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging b/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging
index d5358236..6873de41 100644
--- a/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging
+++ b/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ ARG ARTIFACTS_ROOT
 COPY ${ARTIFACTS_ROOT} /artifacts/packages/
 
 WORKDIR /artifacts/packages
+# Create a manifest.txt file with the absolute paths of all deb and rpm packages in the container
+RUN find /artifacts/packages -iname '*.deb' -o -iname '*.rpm' > /artifacts/manifest.txt
 
 RUN mkdir /licenses && mv /NGC-DL-CONTAINER-LICENSE /licenses/NGC-DL-CONTAINER-LICENSE
diff --git a/scripts/build-all-components.sh b/scripts/build-all-components.sh
index 145aa043..79922c59 100755
--- a/scripts/build-all-components.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-all-components.sh
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@
 
 function assert_usage() {
     echo "Missing argument $1"
-    echo "$(basename ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}) TARGET"
+    echo "$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") TARGET"
     exit 1
 }
 
 set -e
 
 SCRIPTS_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../scripts && pwd )"
-PROJECT_ROOT="$( cd ${SCRIPTS_DIR}/.. && pwd )"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$( cd "${SCRIPTS_DIR}"/.. && pwd )"
 
 if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
     assert_usage "TARGET"
@@ -36,31 +36,31 @@ fi
 
 TARGET=$1
 
-: ${DIST_DIR:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/dist}
+: "${DIST_DIR:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/dist}"
 export DIST_DIR
 
 echo "Building ${TARGET} for all packages to ${DIST_DIR}"
 
-: ${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/libnvidia-container}
-: ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}}
-: ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/nvidia-container-runtime}
-: ${NVIDIA_DOCKER_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/nvidia-docker}
+: "${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/libnvidia-container}"
+: "${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}}"
+: "${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/nvidia-container-runtime}"
+: "${NVIDIA_DOCKER_ROOT:=${PROJECT_ROOT}/third_party/nvidia-docker}"
 
 
-${SCRIPTS_DIR}/get-component-versions.sh
+"${SCRIPTS_DIR}/get-component-versions.sh"
 
 # Build libnvidia-container
-make -C ${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_ROOT} -f mk/docker.mk ${TARGET}
+make -C "${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_ROOT}" -f mk/docker.mk "${TARGET}"
 
-if [[ -z ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION} || -z ${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_VERSION} ]]; then
+if [[ -z "${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_VERSION}" || -z "${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_VERSION}" ]]; then
 eval $(${SCRIPTS_DIR}/get-component-versions.sh)
 fi
 
 # Build nvidia-container-toolkit
-make -C ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_ROOT} \
+make -C "${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_ROOT}" \
     LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_VERSION="${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_VERSION}" \
     LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_TAG="${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_TAG}" \
-        ${TARGET}
+        "${TARGET}"
 
 if [[ -z ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG} ]]; then
     # We set the TOOLKIT_VERSION, TOOLKIT_TAG for the nvidia-container-runtime and nvidia-docker targets
diff --git a/scripts/build-packages.sh b/scripts/build-packages.sh
index 254d85bc..8c5da31e 100755
--- a/scripts/build-packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-packages.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Copyright (c) 2021, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 set -e
 
 SCRIPTS_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../scripts && pwd )"
-PROJECT_ROOT="$( cd ${SCRIPTS_DIR}/.. && pwd )"
 
 # This list represents the distribution-architecture pairs that are actually published
 # to the relevant repositories. This targets forwarded to the build-all-components script
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "Updating components"
-${SCRIPTS_DIR}/update-components.sh
+"${SCRIPTS_DIR}/update-components.sh"
 if [[ -n $(git status -s third_party) && ${ALLOW_LOCAL_COMPONENT_CHANGES} != "true" ]]; then
     echo "ERROR: Building with local component changes."
     echo "Commit pending changes or rerun with ALLOW_LOCAL_COMPONENT_CHANGES='true'"
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ eval $(${SCRIPTS_DIR}/get-component-versions.sh)
 
 if [[ -n ${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_TAG} ]]; then
 echo "Allowing mismatched versions for release candidate "
-: ${ALLOW_VERSION_MISMATCH:=true}
+: "${ALLOW_VERSION_MISMATCH:=true}"
 fi
 
 if [[ "${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_PACKAGE_VERSION}" != "${LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_PACKAGE_VERSION}" ]]; then
@@ -86,6 +85,6 @@ export LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER_TAG
 export NVIDIA_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_VERSION
 export NVIDIA_DOCKER_VERSION
 
-for target in ${targets[@]}; do
-    ${SCRIPTS_DIR}/build-all-components.sh ${target}
+for target in "${targets[@]}"; do
+    "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/build-all-components.sh" "${target}"
 done
diff --git a/scripts/extract-packages.sh b/scripts/extract-packages.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6d3d6edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/extract-packages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+function assert_usage() {
+    echo "Incorrect arguments: $*" >&2
+    echo "$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") PACKAGE_IMAGE_NAME:PACKAGE_IMAGE_TAG DIST-ARCH" >&2
+    echo -e "\\tPACKAGE_IMAGE: container image holding packages [e.g. registry.gitlab.com/nvidia/container-toolkit/container-toolkit/staging/container-toolkit]" >&2
+    echo -e "\\tPACKAGE_TAG: tag for container image holding packages. [e.g. 1a2b3c4-packaging]" >&2
+    echo -e "\\tDIST: The distribution." >&2
+    echo -e "\\tARCH: The architecture." >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+SCRIPTS_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../scripts && pwd )"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$( cd "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/.." && pwd )"
+
+if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+PACKAGE_IMAGE=$1
+DISTARCH=$2
+DIST=${DISTARCH%-*}
+ARCH=${DISTARCH#*-}
+
+if [[ -z "${DIST}" || -z "${ARCH}" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Distro and Architecture must be specified." >&2
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+# TODO: accept ARTIFACTS_DIR as a command-line argument
+: "${ARTIFACTS_DIR="${PROJECT_ROOT}/artifacts"}"
+
+# For release-candidates we skip certain packages.
+# For example, we don't release release candidates of nvidia-container-runtime and nvidia-docker2
+# since these only bump the nvidia-container-toolkit dependency.
+function skip-for-release-candidate() {
+    if [[ "${VERSION/rc./}" == "${VERSION}" ]]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    local package_name=$1
+    if [[ "${package_name/"nvidia-docker2"/}" != "${package_name}" ]]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [[ "${package_name/"nvidia-container-runtime"/}" != "${package_name}" ]]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
+# extract-file copies a file from a specified image.
+# If regctl is available this is used, otherwise a docker container is run and the file is copied from
+# there.
+function copy-file() {
+    local image=$1
+    local path_in_image=$2
+    local path_on_host=$3
+    if command -v regctl; then
+        regctl image get-file "${image}" "${path_in_image}" "${path_on_host}"
+    else
+        # Note this will only work for destinations where the `path_on_host` is in `pwd`
+        docker run --rm \
+        -v "$(pwd):$(pwd)" \
+        -w "$(pwd)" \
+        -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
+        --entrypoint="bash" \
+            "${image}" \
+            -c "cp ${path_in_image} ${path_on_host}"
+    fi
+}
+
+eval $(${SCRIPTS_DIR}/get-component-versions.sh)
+
+# extract-all extracts all package for the specified dist-arch combination from the package image.
+# The manifest.txt file in the image is used to detemine the applicable files for the combination.
+# Files are extracted to ${ARTIFACTS_DIR}/artifacts/packages/${dist}/${arch}
+function extract-all() {
+    local dist=$1
+    local arch=$2
+
+    mkdir -p "${ARTIFACTS_DIR}"
+    copy-file "${PACKAGE_IMAGE}" "/artifacts/manifest.txt" "${ARTIFACTS_DIR}/manifest.txt"
+
+    # Extract every file for the specified dist-arch combiniation in MANIFEST.txt
+    grep "/${dist}/${arch}/" "${ARTIFACTS_DIR}/manifest.txt" | while read -r f ; do
+        package_name="$(basename "$f")"
+        # For release-candidates, we skip certain packages
+        if skip-for-release-candidate "${package_name}"; then
+            echo "Skipping $f for release-candidate ${VERSION}"
+            continue
+        fi
+        target="${ARTIFACTS_DIR}/packages/${dist}/${arch}/${package_name}"
+        mkdir -p "$(dirname "$target")"
+        copy-file "${PACKAGE_IMAGE}" "${f}" "${target}"
+    done
+}
+
+extract-all "${DIST}" "${ARCH}"
diff --git a/scripts/packages-sign-all.sh b/scripts/packages-sign-all.sh
index 11f0b0d9..ab61ea6a 100755
--- a/scripts/packages-sign-all.sh
+++ b/scripts/packages-sign-all.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -x -e
 
 function deb-sign {
 	local last_found
-	for r in ${*}; do
+	for r in "$@"; do
 		if [ -f "./${r}" ]; then
 			last_found=${r}
 		fi
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ function deb-sign {
 			--no-emit-version \
 			--no-comments \
 			--personal-digest-preferences sha512 \
-			--local-user ${GPG_LOCAL_USER} \
+			--local-user "${GPG_LOCAL_USER}" \
 		> InRelease
 }
 
 function rpm-sign {
-	for r in ${*}; do
+	for r in "$@"; do
 		if [ -f "./${r}" ]; then
 			rpmsign --addsign --key-id A04EA552 --digest-algo=sha512 "${r}"
 		fi
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function rpm-sign {
 		--armor \
 		--no-emit-version \
 		--no-comments --personal-digest-preferences sha512 \
-		--local-user ${GPG_LOCAL_USER} \
+		--local-user "${GPG_LOCAL_USER}" \
 	repodata/repomd.xml
 }
 
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ function sign() {
 		return
 	fi
 
-	cd ${dst}
+	cd "${dst}"
 	if [[ -f "/etc/debian_version" ]]; then
-		[[ ${pkg_type} == "deb" ]] && deb-sign ${ALL_DEBS}
+		[[ "${pkg_type}" == "deb" ]] && deb-sign ${ALL_DEBS}
 	else
-		[[ ${pkg_type} == "rpm" ]] && rpm-sign ${ALL_RPMS}
+		[[ "${pkg_type}" == "rpm" ]] && rpm-sign ${ALL_RPMS}
 	fi
 	cd -
 }
 
-for target in ${TARGETS[@]}; do
-    sign ${target} $(pwd)
+for target in "${TARGETS[@]}"; do
+    sign "${target}" "$(pwd)"
 done
diff --git a/scripts/release-kitmaker-artifactory.sh b/scripts/release-kitmaker-artifactory.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d96f0780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release-kitmaker-artifactory.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+function assert_usage() {
+cat >&2 << EOF
+Incorrect arguments: $*
+$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") DIST-ARCH ARTIFACTORY_URL
+    DIST: The distribution.
+    ARCH: The architecture.
+    ARTIFACTORY_URL must contain repo path for package, including hostname.
+
+Environment Variables
+    ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN: must contain an auth token. [required]
+EOF
+    exit 1
+}
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPTS_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../scripts && pwd )"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$( cd "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/.." && pwd )"
+COMPONENT_NAME="nvidia-container-toolkit"
+
+if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+source "${SCRIPTS_DIR}"/utils.sh
+
+DISTARCH=$1
+DIST=${DISTARCH%-*}
+ARCH=${DISTARCH#*-}
+ARTIFACTORY_URL=$2
+
+if [[ -z "${DIST}" || -z "${ARCH}" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Distro and Architecture must be specified." >&2
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+# TODO: accept ARTIFACTS_DIR as a command-line argument
+: "${ARTIFACTS_DIR="${PROJECT_ROOT}/artifacts"}"
+
+if [[ ! -d "${ARTIFACTS_DIR}" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: ARTIFACTS_DIR does not exist." >&2
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN}" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN must be defined." >&2
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+# TODO: accept KITMACKER_DIR as a command-line argument
+: "${KITMAKER_DIR="${PROJECT_ROOT}/artifacts/kitmaker"}"
+
+eval $(${SCRIPTS_DIR}/get-component-versions.sh)
+
+# Returns the key=value property if the value isn't empty
+# Prepends with ";" if needed
+set_prop_value() {
+    local key=$1
+    local value=$2
+    if [ -n "${value}" ]; then
+        if [ -z "${PROPS}" ]; then
+            echo "${key}=${value}"
+        else
+            echo ";${key}=${value}"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+process_props() {
+    local dist=$1
+    local arch=$2
+
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "component_name" "${COMPONENT_NAME}")
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "version" "${VERSION}")
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "os" "${dist}")
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "arch" "${arch}")
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "platform" "${dist}-${arch}")
+    # TODO: Use `git describe` to get this information if it's not available.
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "changelist" "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}")
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "branch" "${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}")
+
+    # Gitlab variables to expose
+    for var in CI_PROJECT_ID CI_PIPELINE_ID CI_JOB_ID CI_JOB_URL CI_PROJECT_PATH; do
+        if [ -n "${!var}" ]; then
+            PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "${var}" "${!var}")
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+## NOT USED:
+## can substitute this function place of upload_file to modify properties of
+## existing file instead of uploading files.
+# Sets the properties on a path
+# Relies on global variables: ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN, ARTIFACTORY_URL
+set_props() {
+    local dist="$1"
+    local arch="$2"
+    local kitmakerfilename="$3"
+
+    # extract the Artifactory hostname
+    artifactory_host=$(echo "${ARTIFACTORY_URL##https://}" | awk -F'/' '{print $1}')
+    local image_path="${ARTIFACTORY_URL#https://${artifactory_host}/}/${dist}/${arch}/${kitmakerfilename}"
+
+    local PROPS
+    process_props "${DIST}" "${ARCH}"
+
+    echo "Setting ${image_path} with properties: ${PROPS}"
+    if ! ${CURL} -fs -H "X-JFrog-Art-Api: ${ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN}" \
+        -X PUT \
+        "https://${artifactory_host}/artifactory/api/storage/${image_path}?properties=${PROPS}&recursive=0" ; then
+        echo "ERROR: set props failed: ${image_path}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# Uploads file to ARTIFACTS_DIR/<os>/<arch>/<filename>
+# Relies on global variables: DIST, ARCH, ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN, ARTIFACTORY_URL
+upload_file() {
+    local dist=$1
+    local arch=$2
+    local file=$3
+
+    # extract the Artifactory hostname
+    artifactory_host=$(echo "${ARTIFACTORY_URL##https://}" | awk -F'/' '{print $1}')
+    # get base part of the ARTIFACTORY_URL without hostname
+    local image_path="${ARTIFACTORY_URL#https://${artifactory_host}/}/${dist}/${arch}"
+
+    local PROPS
+    process_props "${dist}" "${arch}"
+
+    if [ ! -r "${file}" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: File not found or not readable: ${file}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Collect sum
+    SHA1_SUM=$(sha1sum -b "${file}" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+
+    echo "Uploading ${image_path} from ${file}"
+    if ! ${CURL} -f \
+        -H "X-JFrog-Art-Api: ${ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN}" \
+        -H "X-Checksum-Sha1: ${SHA1_SUM}" \
+        ${file:+-T ${file}} -X PUT \
+        "https://${artifactory_host}/artifactory/${image_path};${PROPS}" ;
+        then
+        echo "ERROR: upload file failed: ${file}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function push-kitmaker-artifactory() {
+    local dist=$1
+    local arch=$2
+    local archive=$3
+
+    upload_file "${dist}" "${arch}" "${archive}"
+}
+
+# kitmakerize-distro creates a tar.gz archive for the specified dist-arch combination.
+# The archive is created at ${KITMAKER_DIR}/${name}.tar.gz (where ${name} is the third positional argument)
+function kitmakerize-distro() {
+    local dist="$1"
+    local arch="$2"
+    local archive="$3"
+
+    local name=$(basename "${archive%%.tar.gz}")
+    ## Copy packages into directory layout for .tar.gz
+    # TODO: make scratch_dir configurable
+    local scratch_dir="$(dirname ${archive})/.scratch/${name}"
+    local packages_dir="${scratch_dir}/.packages/"
+
+    mkdir -p "${packages_dir}"
+
+    # Copy the extracted files to the .packages directory so that a kitmaker file can be created.
+    source="${ARTIFACTS_DIR}/packages/${dist}/${arch}"
+    cp -r "${source}/"* "${packages_dir}/"
+
+    ## Tar up the directory structure created above
+    tar zcvf "${archive}" -C "${scratch_dir}/.." "${name}"
+    echo "Created: ${archive}"
+    ls -l "${archive}"
+    echo "With contents:"
+    tar -tzvf "${archive}"
+    echo ""
+
+    # Clean up the scratch directories:
+    rm -f "${scratch_dir}/.packages/"*
+    rmdir "${scratch_dir}/.packages"
+    rmdir "${scratch_dir}"
+}
+
+kitmaker_name="${COMPONENT_NAME//-/_}-${DIST}-${ARCH}-${NVIDIA_CONTAINER_TOOLKIT_PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+kitmaker_archive="${KITMAKER_DIR}/${kitmaker_name}.tar.gz"
+kitmakerize-distro "${DIST}" "${ARCH}" "${kitmaker_archive}"
+push-kitmaker-artifactory "${DIST}" "${ARCH}" "${kitmaker_archive}"
diff --git a/scripts/release-packages-artifactory.sh b/scripts/release-packages-artifactory.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..598b07cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release-packages-artifactory.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Dependencies:
+#   regctl
+#
+
+function assert_usage() {
+cat >&2 << EOF
+Incorrect arguments: $*
+$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") DIST-ARCH
+    DIST: The distribution.
+    ARCH: The architecture.
+
+Environment Variables
+    ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN: must contain an auth token. [required]
+    LIB_TAG: optional package tag.
+    CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME: provided by CI/CD system.
+    CI_COMMIT_SHA: provided by CI/CD system.
+EOF
+    exit 1
+}
+
+SCRIPTS_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../scripts && pwd )"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$( cd "${SCRIPTS_DIR}/.." && pwd )"
+
+source "${SCRIPTS_DIR}"/utils.sh
+
+if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+DISTARCH=$1
+ARTIFACTORY_PATH=$2
+DIST=${DISTARCH%-*}
+ARCH=${DISTARCH#*-}
+
+CURL=${CURL:-curl}
+
+if [[ -z "${DIST}" || -z "${ARCH}" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Distro and Architecture must be specified." >&2
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${ARTIFACTORY_PATH}" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Package repo must be specified." >&2
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "${ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN}" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN must be defined." >&2
+    assert_usage "$@"
+fi
+
+# TODO: accept PACKAGES_DIR as a command-line argument
+: "${ARTIFACTS_DIR="${PROJECT_ROOT}/artifacts"}"
+: "${PACKAGES_DIR="${ARTIFACTS_DIR}/packages"}"
+
+eval $(${SCRIPTS_DIR}/get-component-versions.sh)
+
+# Returns the key=value property if the value isn't empty
+# Prepends with ";" if needed
+set_prop_value() {
+    local key=$1
+    local value=$2
+    if [ -n "${value}" ]; then
+        if [ -z "${PROPS}" ]; then
+            echo "${key}=${value}"
+        else
+            echo ";${key}=${value}"
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
+process_props() {
+    local dist=$1
+    local arch=$2
+    local file=$3
+    local component_name="${file%%.*}"
+    component_name="${component_name%-*}"
+    local pkg_type="$(package_type $dist)"
+
+    ## Component owner is free to define these
+    # PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "version" "${VERSION}")
+    # PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "lws_version" "${LWS_VER}")
+    # PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "platform" "${DISTARCH}")
+
+    # TODO: Use `git describe` to get this information if it's not available.
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "changelist" "${CI_COMMIT_SHA}")
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "branch" "${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}")
+
+    # PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "category" "utils")
+    # PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "platform" "${DISTARCH}")
+
+    # Gitlab variables to expose
+    for var in CI_PROJECT_ID CI_PIPELINE_ID CI_JOB_ID CI_JOB_URL CI_PROJECT_PATH; do
+        if [ -n "${!var}" ]; then
+            PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "${var}" "${!var}")
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # We also set the package-specific properties to allow this to be used for other artifactory repositories
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "${pkg_type}.distribution" "${dist}")
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "${pkg_type}.architecture" "${arch}")
+    PROPS+=$(set_prop_value "${pkg_type}.component" "${component_name}")
+}
+
+# Uploads file ARTIFACTORY_PATH
+# Relies on global variables: DIST, ARCH, ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN, ARTIFACTORY_PATH
+upload_file() {
+    local dist=$1
+    local arch=$2
+    local file=$3
+
+    # TODO: These should be set by envvars
+    local artifactory_host="urm.nvidia.com"
+    local artifactory_repo="$(get_artifactory_repository $dist)"
+
+    if [ ! -r "${file}" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: File not found or not readable: ${file}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    local PROPS
+    process_props "${dist}" "${arch}" "${file}"
+
+    # Collect sum
+    SHA1_SUM=$(sha1sum -b "${file}" | awk '{ print $1 }')
+
+    url="https://${artifactory_host}/artifactory/${artifactory_repo}/${dist}/${arch}/$(basename "${file}")"
+    # NOTE: The URL to set the properties through the API is:
+    # "https://${artifactory_host}/artifactory/api/storage/${artifactory_repo}/${dist}/${arch}/$(basename ${file})"
+
+    echo "Uploading ${file} to ${url}"
+    if ! ${CURL} -f \
+          -H "X-JFrog-Art-Api: ${ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN}" \
+          -H "X-Checksum-Sha1: ${SHA1_SUM}" \
+          ${file:+-T ${file}} -X PUT \
+            "${url};${PROPS}" ;
+        then
+            echo "ERROR: upload file failed: ${file}"
+            exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function push-artifactory() {
+    local dist="$1"
+    local arch="$2"
+
+    source="${ARTIFACTS_DIR}/packages/${dist}/${arch}"
+
+    find "${source}" -maxdepth 1 | while read -r f ; do
+        upload_file "$dist" "$arch" "$f"
+    done
+}
+
+# TODO: use this to adapt as a general purpose command-line tool
+# case "${COMMAND}" in
+#   set)
+#     set_props
+#     ;;
+#   upload)
+#     if [ -z "${UPLOAD_FILE}" ]; then
+#       echo "ERROR: Upload package filename must be set using -f"
+#       usage
+#     fi
+#
+#     upload_file
+#     ;;
+#   *)
+#     echo "ERROR: Invalid command ${COMMAND}"
+#     usage
+#     ;;
+# esac
+
+push-artifactory "${DIST}" "${ARCH}"
diff --git a/scripts/utils.sh b/scripts/utils.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32971191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/utils.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+# package_type returns the packaging type (deb or rpm) for the specfied distribution.
+# An error is returned if the ditribution is unsupported.
+function package_type() {
+    local pkg_type
+    case ${1} in
+    amazonlinux*) pkg_type=rpm
+        ;;
+    centos*) pkg_type=rpm
+        ;;
+    debian*) pkg_type=deb
+        ;;
+    fedora*) pkg_type=rpm
+        ;;
+    opensuse-leap*) pkg_type=rpm
+        ;;
+    ubuntu*) pkg_type=deb
+        ;;
+    *) exit 1
+        ;;
+    esac
+    echo "${pkg_type}"
+}
+
+function get_artifactory_repository() {
+    local pkg_type=$(package_type $1)
+
+    case ${pkg_type} in
+    deb) echo "sw-gpu-cloudnative-debian-local"
+        ;;
+    rpm) echo "sw-gpu-cloudnative-rpm-local"
+        ;;
+    *) echo "sw-gpu-cloudnative-generic-local"
+        ;;
+    esac
+}