diff --git a/.ci/Jenkinsfile b/.ci/Jenkinsfile
index 6532ab1e3f..0d13168427 100644
--- a/.ci/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/.ci/Jenkinsfile
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ pipeline {
     REPO = 'apm-agent-nodejs'
     BASE_DIR = "src/github.com/elastic/${env.REPO}"
     PIPELINE_LOG_LEVEL='INFO'
-    NOTIFY_TO = credentials('notify-to')
     JOB_GCS_BUCKET = credentials('gcs-bucket')
     GITHUB_CHECK_ITS_NAME = 'Integration Tests'
     ITS_PIPELINE = 'apm-integration-tests-selector-mbp/main'
     OPBEANS_REPO = 'opbeans-node'
     GITHUB_CHECK = 'true'
+    RELEASE_URL_MESSAGE = "(<https://github.com/elastic/${env.REPO}/releases/tag/${env.TAG_NAME}|${env.TAG_NAME}>)"
+    SLACK_CHANNEL = '#apm-agent-node'
+    NOTIFY_TO = 'build-apm+apm-agent-nodejs@elastic.co'
   }
   options {
     timeout(time: 3, unit: 'HOURS')
@@ -274,6 +276,9 @@ pipeline {
         beforeAgent true
         tag pattern: 'v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+', comparator: 'REGEXP'
       }
+      environment {
+        SUFFIX_ARN_FILE = 'arn-file.md'
+      }
       stages {
         stage('Opbeans') {
           environment {
@@ -294,6 +299,61 @@ pipeline {
             }
           }
         }
+        stage('Dist') {
+          steps {
+            withGithubNotify(context: "Dist") {
+              setEnvVar('ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME', "elastic-apm-node${getVersion()}")
+              setEnvVar('RELEASE_NOTES_URL', getReleaseNotesUrl())
+              deleteDir()
+              unstash 'source'
+              withNodeJSEnv(version: 'v14.17.5'){
+                dir("${BASE_DIR}"){
+                  cmd(label: 'make dist', script: 'make -C .ci dist')
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        stage('Publish') {
+          steps {
+            withGithubNotify(context: "Publish") {
+              withGoEnv(){
+                withAWSEnv(secret: 'secret/observability-team/ci/service-account/apm-aws-lambda', forceInstallation: true, version: '2.4.10') {
+                  dir("${BASE_DIR}"){
+                    cmd(label: 'make publish-in-all-aws-regions', script: 'make -C .ci publish-in-all-aws-regions')
+                    cmd(label: 'make create-arn-file', script: 'make -C .ci create-arn-file')
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          post {
+            always {
+              archiveArtifacts(allowEmptyArchive: true, artifacts: "${BASE_DIR}/build/aws")
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        stage('Release Notes') {
+          steps {
+            withGhEnv(forceInstallation: true, version: '2.4.0') {
+              dir("${BASE_DIR}"){
+                cmd(label: 'make release-notes', script: 'make -C .ci release-notes')
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      post {
+        success {
+          whenTrue(isTag()) {
+            notifyStatus(slackStatus: 'good', subject: "[${env.REPO}] Release *${env.TAG_NAME}* published", body: "Build: (<${env.RUN_DISPLAY_URL}|here>)\nRelease URL: ${env.RELEASE_URL_MESSAGE}")
+          }
+        }
+        failure {
+          whenTrue(isTag()) {
+            notifyStatus(slackStatus: 'warning', subject: "[${env.REPO}] Release *${env.TAG_NAME}* could not be published.", body: "Build: (<${env.RUN_DISPLAY_URL}|here>)")
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
     /**
@@ -505,3 +565,39 @@ def grabWorkerIP(){
   }
   return linuxIp
 }
+
+/**
+* Transform TAG releases from v{major}.{minor}.{patch} to
+* ver-{major}-{minor}-{patch}. e.g: given v1.2.3 then
+* -ver-1-2-3.
+*/
+def getVersion() {
+  if (env.BRANCH_NAME?.trim() && env.BRANCH_NAME.startsWith('v')) {
+    return env.BRANCH_NAME.replaceAll('v', '-ver-').replaceAll('\\.', '-')
+  }
+  return ''
+}
+
+/**
+* Calculate the elastic.co release notes URL given the TAG release. Otherwise
+* it returns the default current URL.
+*/
+def getReleaseNotesUrl() {
+  def baseUrl = 'https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/nodejs/current'
+  if (env.BRANCH_NAME?.trim() && env.BRANCH_NAME.startsWith('v')) {
+    def version = env.BRANCH_NAME.replaceAll('v', '')
+    def parts = version.split('\\.')
+    def major = parts[0]
+    return "${baseUrl}/release-notes-${major}.x.html#release-notes-${version}"
+  }
+  return baseUrl
+}
+
+def notifyStatus(def args = [:]) {
+  releaseNotification(slackChannel: "${env.SLACK_CHANNEL}",
+                      slackColor: args.slackStatus,
+                      slackCredentialsId: 'jenkins-slack-integration-token',
+                      to: "${env.NOTIFY_TO}",
+                      subject: args.subject,
+                      body: args.body)
+}
diff --git a/.ci/Makefile b/.ci/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8794ee6c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+SHELL = /bin/bash -eo pipefail
+
+AWS_FOLDER = ../build/aws
+
+export AWS_FOLDER
+
+build:
+	rm -rf $(AWS_FOLDER) || true
+	mkdir -p $(AWS_FOLDER)
+	cd $(AWS_FOLDER); \
+		npm init -y; \
+		npm install --global-style https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-nodejs#$(BRANCH_NAME); \
+		mkdir nodejs; \
+		mv node_modules nodejs
+env:
+	env
+dist: validate-branch-name build
+	rm -f $(BRANCH_NAME).zip || true
+	cd $(AWS_FOLDER) ; \
+		zip -r $(BRANCH_NAME).zip nodejs
+
+# List all the AWS regions
+get-all-aws-regions:
+	@mkdir -p $(AWS_FOLDER)
+	@aws \
+		ec2 \
+		describe-regions \
+		--region us-east-1 \
+		--output json \
+		--no-cli-pager \
+		| jq -r '.Regions[].RegionName' > $(AWS_FOLDER)/.regions
+
+# Publish the given LAYER in all the AWS regions
+publish-in-all-aws-regions: validate-layer-name get-all-aws-regions
+	@mkdir -p $(AWS_FOLDER)
+	@while read AWS_DEFAULT_REGION; do \
+		echo "publish '$(ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME)' in $${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}"; \
+		AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="$${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}" ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME=$(ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME) $(MAKE) publish > $(AWS_FOLDER)/$${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}.publish; \
+		AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="$${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION}" ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME=$(ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME) $(MAKE) grant-public-layer-access; \
+	done < $(AWS_FOLDER)/.regions
+
+# Publish the given LAYER in the given AWS region
+publish: validate-layer-name validate-aws-default-region
+	@aws lambda \
+		--output json \
+		publish-layer-version \
+		--layer-name "$(ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME)" \
+		--description "AWS Lambda Extension Layer for the Elastic APM Node.js Agent" \
+		--license "Apache-2.0" \
+		--compatible-runtimes nodejs14.x nodejs12.x nodejs10.x \
+		--zip-file "fileb://./$(AWS_FOLDER)/$(BRANCH_NAME).zip"
+
+# Grant public access to the given LAYER in the given AWS region
+grant-public-layer-access: validate-layer-name validate-aws-default-region
+	@echo "[debug] $(ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME) with version: $$($(MAKE) -s --no-print-directory get-version)"
+	@aws lambda \
+		--output json \
+		add-layer-version-permission \
+		--layer-name "$(ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME)" \
+		--action lambda:GetLayerVersion \
+		--principal '*' \
+		--statement-id "$(ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME)" \
+		--version-number $$($(MAKE) -s --no-print-directory get-version) > $(AWS_FOLDER)/$(AWS_DEFAULT_REGION).public
+
+# Get the ARN Version for the AWS_REGIONS
+# NOTE: jq -r .Version "$(AWS_FOLDER)/$(AWS_DEFAULT_REGION)" fails in the CI
+#       with 'parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 5'
+get-version: validate-aws-default-region
+	@grep '"Version"' "$(AWS_FOLDER)/$(AWS_DEFAULT_REGION).publish" | cut -d":" -f2 | sed 's/ //g' | cut -d"," -f1
+
+# Generate the file with the ARN entries
+create-arn-file: validate-suffix-arn-file validate-release-notes-url
+	@./scripts/create-arn-table.sh
+
+release-notes: validate-branch-name validate-suffix-arn-file
+	@gh release list
+	@gh \
+		release \
+		create $(BRANCH_NAME) \
+		--title '$(BRANCH_NAME)' \
+		--notes-file $(AWS_FOLDER)/$(SUFFIX_ARN_FILE) \
+		$(AWS_FOLDER)/$(BRANCH_NAME).zip
+
+validate-branch-name:
+ifndef BRANCH_NAME
+	$(error BRANCH_NAME is undefined)
+endif
+
+validate-suffix-arn-file:
+ifndef SUFFIX_ARN_FILE
+	$(error SUFFIX_ARN_FILE is undefined)
+endif
+
+validate-layer-name:
+ifndef ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME
+	$(error ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME is undefined)
+endif
+
+validate-aws-default-region:
+ifndef AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
+	$(error AWS_DEFAULT_REGION is undefined)
+endif
+
+validate-release-notes-url:
+ifndef RELEASE_NOTES_URL
+	$(error RELEASE_NOTES_URL is undefined)
+endif
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/create-arn-table.sh b/.ci/scripts/create-arn-table.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f654d1f85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/scripts/create-arn-table.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -o pipefail
+
+#
+# Create the AWS ARN table given the below environment variables:
+#
+# - AWS_FOLDER      - that's the location of the publish-layer-version output for each region.
+# - SUFFIX_ARN_FILE - that's the output file to be stored in the AWS_FOLDER.
+# - RELEASE_NOTES_URL - that's the URL for the changelog in the elastic.co
+#
+
+ARN_FILE=${SUFFIX_ARN_FILE}
+
+{
+	echo "For more information, please see the [changelog](${RELEASE_NOTES_URL})."
+	echo ''
+	echo "### Elastic APM Node.js agent layer ARNs"
+	echo ''
+	echo '|Region|ARN|'
+	echo '|------|---|'
+} > "${AWS_FOLDER}/${ARN_FILE}"
+
+
+for f in "${AWS_FOLDER}"/*.publish; do
+	LAYER_VERSION_ARN=$(grep '"LayerVersionArn"' "${f}" | cut -d":" -f2- | sed 's/ //g' | sed 's/"//g' | cut -d"," -f1)
+	FILENAME=$(basename /"${f}" .publish)
+	echo "INFO: create-arn-table ARN(${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}):region(${FILENAME}))"
+	echo "|${FILENAME}|${LAYER_VERSION_ARN}|" >> "${AWS_FOLDER}/${ARN_FILE}"
+done
+
+echo '' >> "${AWS_FOLDER}/${ARN_FILE}"