diff --git a/concourse/docker/Dockerfile b/concourse/docker/Dockerfile
index 2e0b018f4..7d0edbb9b 100644
--- a/concourse/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/concourse/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
 RUN curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | bash - \
   && apt-get install -y nodejs
 
+RUN npm install -g vsce
+
 CMD /bin/bash  
diff --git a/concourse/pipeline.yml b/concourse/pipeline.yml
index 4e224ee37..1ed6f059a 100644
--- a/concourse/pipeline.yml
+++ b/concourse/pipeline.yml
@@ -26,31 +26,31 @@ resources:
     uri: git@github.com:spring-projects/sts4.git
     branch: {{branch}}
     private_key: {{rsa_id}}
-- name: s3-boot-properties-vsix
+- name: s3-boot-properties-vsix-snapshot
   type: s3
   source:
     bucket: {{s3_bucket}}
     access_key_id: {{s3_accesskey}}
     secret_access_key: {{s3_secretkey}}
     region_name: {{s3_region}}
-    regexp: sts4/vscode-extensions/vscode-boot-properties-(.*).vsix
-- name: s3-concourse-vsix
+    regexp: sts4/vscode-extensions/snapshots/vscode-boot-properties-(.*).vsix
+- name: s3-concourse-vsix-snapshot
   type: s3
   source:
     bucket: {{s3_bucket}}
     access_key_id: {{s3_accesskey}}
     secret_access_key: {{s3_secretkey}}
     region_name: {{s3_region}}
-    regexp: sts4/vscode-extensions/vscode-concourse-(.*).vsix
-- name: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix
+    regexp: sts4/vscode-extensions/snapshots/vscode-concourse-(.*).vsix
+- name: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix-snapshot
   type: s3
   source:
     bucket: {{s3_bucket}}
     access_key_id: {{s3_accesskey}}
     secret_access_key: {{s3_secretkey}}
     region_name: {{s3_region}}
-    regexp: sts4/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml-(.*).vsix
-- name: website
+    regexp: sts4/vscode-extensions/snapshots/vscode-manifest-yaml-(.*).vsix
+- name: snapshot-website
   type: s3-multi
   source:
     bucket: {{s3_prod_bucket}}
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
       build: docker-git/concourse/docker
     get_params: 
       skip_download: true
-- name: build-vsix
+- name: build-vsix-snapshots
   plan:
   - get: sts4
     trigger: true
@@ -91,15 +91,15 @@ jobs:
     file: sts4/concourse/tasks/build-vscode-extensions.yml
     on_success:
       aggregate:
-      - put: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix
+      - put: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix-snapshot
         params: 
           file: vsix-files/vscode-manifest-yaml-*.vsix
           acl: public-read
-      - put: s3-boot-properties-vsix
+      - put: s3-boot-properties-vsix-snapshot
         params: 
           file: vsix-files/vscode-boot-properties-*.vsix
           acl: public-read
-      - put: s3-concourse-vsix
+      - put: s3-concourse-vsix-snapshot
         params: 
           file: vsix-files/vscode-concourse-*.vsix
           acl: public-read
@@ -109,35 +109,56 @@ jobs:
         channel: "@kdvolder"
         text: | 
            Concourse ${BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME}/${BUILD_JOB_NAME}/${BUILD_NAME} has failed!
-- name: build-website
+- name: build-snapshot-website
   plan:
   - aggregate:
     - get: sts4
       passed:
-      - build-vsix
-    - get: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix
+      - build-vsix-snapshots
+    - get: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix-snapshot
       passed:
-      - build-vsix
+      - build-vsix-snapshots
       trigger: true
-    - get: s3-boot-properties-vsix
+    - get: s3-boot-properties-vsix-snapshot
       passed:
-      - build-vsix
+      - build-vsix-snapshots
       trigger: true
-    - get: s3-concourse-vsix
+    - get: s3-concourse-vsix-snapshot
       passed:
-      - build-vsix
+      - build-vsix-snapshots
       trigger: true
   - task: build-website
     file: sts4/concourse/tasks/build-website.yml
-  - put: website
+  - put: snapshot-website
     params:
       path: website
+# - name: publish-vscode-manifest-yaml
+#   plan:
+#   - aggregate:
+#     - get: sts4
+#       # passed:
+#       # - build-vsix
+#     - get: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix-snapshot
+#       passed:
+#       - build-vsix-snapshots
+#   - task: vsce-publish-manifest-yaml
+#     file: sts4/concourse/tasks/vsce-publish.yml
+#     input_mapping:
+#       vsix-resource: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix-snapshot
+#     params:
+#       extension_id: vscode-manifest-yaml
+#       vsce_publisher: {{vsce_publisher}}
+#       vsce_token: {{vsce_token}}
+#   - put: sts4
+#     params:
+#       repository: sts4-out
+
 ####################################
-groups:
-- name: main
-  jobs:
-  - build-vsix
-  - build-website
-- name: docker
-  jobs:
-  - build-docker-image
\ No newline at end of file
+# groups:
+# - name: main
+#   jobs:
+#   - build-vsix
+#   - build-snapshot-website
+# - name: docker
+#   jobs:
+#   - build-docker-image
diff --git a/concourse/release-pipeline.yml b/concourse/release-pipeline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..285983c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concourse/release-pipeline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+resource_types:
+- name: slack-notification
+  type: docker-image
+  source:
+    repository: cfcommunity/slack-notification-resource
+    tag: latest
+###################################################
+resources:
+- name: sts4
+  type: git
+  source:
+    uri: git@github.com:spring-projects/sts4.git
+    branch: {{branch}}
+    private_key: {{rsa_id}}
+    tag_filter: vscode-manifest-yaml-*-RC*
+- name: s3-vscode-manifest-yaml-vsix
+  type: s3
+  source:
+    bucket: {{s3_bucket}}
+    access_key_id: {{s3_accesskey}}
+    secret_access_key: {{s3_secretkey}}
+    region_name: {{s3_region}}
+    regexp: sts4/vscode-extensions/releases/vscode-manifest-yaml-(.*).vsix    
+- name: slack-notification
+  type: slack-notification
+  source:
+    url: https://hooks.slack.com/services/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
+######################################################
+jobs:
+- name: build-vscode-manifest-yaml-release
+  plan:
+  - get: sts4
+    trigger: true
+  - task: build-vsix
+    file: sts4/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.yml
+    params:
+      extension_id: vscode-manifest-yaml
+      dist_type: release
+    on_failure:
+      put: slack-notification
+      params:
+        channel: "@kdvolder"
+        text: | 
+           Concourse ${BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME}/${BUILD_NAME}/${BUILD_JOB_NAME} has failed!
+  - put: s3-vscode-manifest-yaml-vsix
+    params:
+      file: out/*.vsix
+      acl: public-read
+- name: publish-vscode-manifest-yaml-release
+  plan:
+  - do:
+    - get: sts4
+      passed:
+      - build-vscode-manifest-yaml-release
+    - get: s3-vscode-manifest-yaml-vsix
+      passed:
+      - build-vscode-manifest-yaml-release
+    - task: publish-vscode-manifest-yaml-release
+      file: sts4/concourse/tasks/vsce-publish.yml
+      input_mapping:
+        vsix-resource: s3-vscode-manifest-yaml-vsix
+      params:
+        vsce_publisher: {{vsce_publisher}}
+        vsce_token: {{vsce_token}}
+        extension_id: vscode-manifest-yaml
+    - put: sts4
+      params:
+        repository: sts4-out
+        only_tag: true
+    on_failure:
+      put: slack-notification
+      params:
+        channel: "@kdvolder"
+        text: | 
+           Concourse ${BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME}/${BUILD_NAME}/${BUILD_JOB_NAME} has failed!
+- name: bump-vscode-manifest-yaml-version
+  serial: true
+  plan:
+  - do:
+    - get: sts4
+      passed:
+      - publish-vscode-manifest-yaml-release
+    - task: bump-vscode-manifest-yaml-version
+      file: sts4/concourse/tasks/bump-version.yml
+      params:
+        extension_id: vscode-manifest-yaml
+    - put: sts4
+      timeout: 5m
+      params:
+        repository: sts4-out
+        rebase: true
+    on_failure:
+      put: slack-notification
+      params:
+        channel: "@kdvolder"
+        text: | 
+           Concourse ${BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME}/${BUILD_NAME}/${BUILD_JOB_NAME} has failed!
+        
+    
diff --git a/concourse/set-release-pipeline.sh b/concourse/set-release-pipeline.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dff82cb15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concourse/set-release-pipeline.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ! -d "../vscode-extensions/$extension_id" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: ../vscode-extensions/$extension_id is not a directory"
+fi
+
+branch=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
+
+fly -t tools set-pipeline \
+    --var "branch=${branch}" \
+    --load-vars-from ${HOME}/.sts4-concourse-credentials.yml \
+    -p "sts4-release-${branch}" \
+    -c release-pipeline.yml
diff --git a/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.sh b/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8ac4cfc05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+workdir=`pwd`
+sources=$workdir/sts4/vscode-extensions/$extension_id
+
+cd ${sources}/../commons-vscode
+npm install
+
+cd "$sources"
+
+npm install ../commons-vscode
+
+timestamp=`date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M`
+
+if [ "$dist_type" != release ]; then
+    # for snapshot build, work the timestamp into package.json version qualifier
+    base_version=`jq -r .version package.json`
+    qualified_version=${base_version}-${timestamp}
+    npm version ${qualified_version}
+fi
+
+npm install
+npm run vsce-package
+
+# for release build we don't don't add version-qualifier to package.json
+# So we must instead rename the file ourself to add a qualifier
+if [ "$dist_type" == release ]; then
+    vsix_file=`ls *.vsix`
+    release_name=`git describe --tags`
+    echo "release_name=$release_name"
+    if [ -z "$release_name" ]; then
+        echo "Release Candidates must be tagged" >&2
+        exit 1
+    else
+        mv $vsix_file ${release_name}.vsix
+    fi
+fi
+
+cp *.vsix $workdir/out
diff --git a/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.yml b/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56bbd2060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+inputs:
+- name: sts4
+outputs:
+- name: out
+platform: linux
+image_resource:
+  type: docker-image
+  source:
+    repository: kdvolder/sts4-build-env
+run:
+  path: sts4/concourse/tasks/build-vsix.sh
diff --git a/concourse/tasks/build-website.sh b/concourse/tasks/build-website.sh
index deb8721ea..e9d8d1b9d 100755
--- a/concourse/tasks/build-website.sh
+++ b/concourse/tasks/build-website.sh
@@ -3,33 +3,34 @@ set -e
 workdir=`pwd`
 sources=$workdir/sts4/eclipse-distribution/common/html
 target=$workdir/website
+# consider passing this in from pipeline as a env var if we are also going to use it for 'release' builds
+dist_type=snapshot
 
 #cp -r "${sources}/stylesheet.css" "$target"
 #cp -r ${sources}/*.js "$target"
 #cp s3-manifest-yaml-vsix/*.vsix "$target"
 #cp s3-boot-properties-vsix/*.vsix "$target"
 
-export vscode_manifest_yaml=$(basename s3-manifest-yaml-vsix/*.vsix)
+export vscode_manifest_yaml=$(basename s3-manifest-yaml-vsix-${dist_type}/*.vsix)
 echo "vscode_manifest_yaml=$vscode_manifest_yaml"
-export vscode_boot_properties=$(basename s3-boot-properties-vsix/*.vsix)
+export vscode_boot_properties=$(basename s3-boot-properties-vsix-${dist_type}/*.vsix)
 echo "vscode_boot_properties=$vscode_boot_properties"
-export vscode_concourse=$(basename s3-concourse-vsix/*.vsix)
+export vscode_concourse=$(basename s3-concourse-vsix-${dist_type}/*.vsix)
 echo "vscode_concourse=$vscode_concourse"
 
 envsubst > "$target/vscode-extensions-snippet.html" << XXXXXX
 <ul>
    <li>Spring Boot Property Language Server: 
-       <a href="http://s3-test.spring.io/sts4/vscode-extensions/${vscode_boot_properties}">${vscode_boot_properties}</a> 
+       <a href="http://s3-test.spring.io/sts4/vscode-extensions/${dist_type}/${vscode_boot_properties}">${vscode_boot_properties}</a> 
    </li>
    <li>Cloud Foundry Manifest Language Server: 
-       <a href="http://s3-test.spring.io/sts4/vscode-extensions/${vscode_manifest_yaml}">${vscode_manifest_yaml}</a> 
+       <a href="http://s3-test.spring.io/sts4/vscode-extensions/${dist_type}/${vscode_manifest_yaml}">${vscode_manifest_yaml}</a> 
    </li>
    <li>Concourse CI Language Server: 
-       <a href="http://s3-test.spring.io/sts4/vscode-extensions/${vscode_concourse}">${vscode_concourse}</a> 
+       <a href="http://s3-test.spring.io/sts4/vscode-extensions/${dist_type}/${vscode_concourse}">${vscode_concourse}</a> 
    </li>
 </ul>
 XXXXXX
-
 export vscode_snippet=`cat "$target/vscode-extensions-snippet.html"`
 
 envsubst > "$target/vscode-extensions.html" << XXXXXX
diff --git a/concourse/tasks/build-website.yml b/concourse/tasks/build-website.yml
index f0da95ef1..e10e27b36 100644
--- a/concourse/tasks/build-website.yml
+++ b/concourse/tasks/build-website.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 inputs:
 - name: sts4
-- name: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix
-- name: s3-boot-properties-vsix
-- name: s3-concourse-vsix
+- name: s3-manifest-yaml-vsix-snapshot
+- name: s3-boot-properties-vsix-snapshot
+- name: s3-concourse-vsix-snapshot
 outputs:
 - name: website
 platform: linux
diff --git a/concourse/tasks/bump-version.sh b/concourse/tasks/bump-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3b1bc3ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concourse/tasks/bump-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+workdir=`pwd`
+
+echo "extension_id=$extension_id"
+
+sources=$workdir/sts4/vscode-extensions/$extension_id
+release_version=`jq -r .version ${sources}/package.json`
+
+echo "release_version=$release_version"
+
+cd $sources
+
+echo "Bumping version of ${extension_id}"
+echo "release_version=${release_version}"
+npm version patch
+
+new_version=`jq -r .version ${sources}/package.json`
+echo "new_version=${new_version}"
+
+git commit \
+    -m "Bump version of ${extension_id} to ${new_version}" \
+    --author 'Kris De Volder <kdevolder@pivotal.io>'
+
+git clone $workdir/sts4 $workdir/sts4-out
diff --git a/concourse/tasks/bump-version.yml b/concourse/tasks/bump-version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bfc51741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concourse/tasks/bump-version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+inputs:
+- name: sts4
+outputs:
+- name: sts4-out
+platform: linux
+image_resource:
+  type: docker-image
+  source:
+    repository: kdvolder/sts4-build-env
+run:
+  path: sts4/concourse/tasks/bump-version.sh
diff --git a/concourse/tasks/vsce-publish.sh b/concourse/tasks/vsce-publish.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bfe67ccb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concourse/tasks/vsce-publish.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+workdir=`pwd`
+
+vsix_file=`ls ${workdir}/vsix-resource/*.vsix`
+
+echo "vsix_file=$vsix_file"
+echo "extension_id=$extension_id"
+
+sources=$workdir/sts4/vscode-extensions/$extension_id
+
+release_version=`jq -r .version ${sources}/package.json`
+
+echo "release_version=$release_version"
+
+vsce publish -p $vsce_token --packagePath "$vsix_file"
+
+echo "****************************************************************"
+echo "****************************************************************"
+echo "****************************************************************"
+echo "*** $extension_id $version published to vscode marketplace *****"
+echo "****************************************************************"
+echo "****************************************************************"
+echo "****************************************************************"
+
+cd $sources
+
+echo "Tagging release"
+git tag ${extension_id}-${release_version}-RELEASE
+git clone $workdir/sts4 $workdir/sts4-out
diff --git a/concourse/tasks/vsce-publish.yml b/concourse/tasks/vsce-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95700c115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/concourse/tasks/vsce-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+inputs:
+- name: sts4
+- name: vsix-resource
+outputs:
+- name: sts4-out
+- name: website
+platform: linux
+image_resource:
+  type: docker-image
+  source:
+    repository: kdvolder/sts4-build-env
+run:
+  path: sts4/concourse/tasks/vsce-publish.sh
diff --git a/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/trigger-rc-build.sh b/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/trigger-rc-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..040991380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vscode-extensions/vscode-manifest-yaml/trigger-rc-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: ./trigger-rc-build.sh ${RC_TAG}"
+    echo "Where RC_TAG is one of RC1, RC2, etc."
+fi
+
+rc_tag=$1
+workdir=`pwd`
+extension_id=$(basename "$workdir")
+version=`jq -r .version package.json`
+tag=${extension_id}-${version}-${rc_tag}
+
+echo "Tagging head as tag=$tag"
+git tag $tag
+echo "Pushing tag..."
+git push origin $tag