diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index aa97bfc..0d9fcb5 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [metadata]
 name = SeedboxManager
-version = 2.3.15
 author = shad7
 author-email = kenny.shad7@gmail.com
 summary = Seedbox Task Manager
@@ -64,6 +63,7 @@ universal = 1
 
 [pbr]
 skip_authors = 1
+skip_changelog = 1
 autodoc_index_modules = 1
 autodoc_exclude_modules =
         seedbox.db.sqlalchemy.migrate_repo.*
diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7c953c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+# flake8: noqa
+from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import io
+import logging
+import os
+
+from invoke import task, run
+import pkg_resources
+
+try:
+    pkg_resources.require('semantic_version')
+    pkg_resources.require('twine')
+    pkg_resources.require('wheel')
+except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+    # see urllib3 regarding InsecureRequestWarning and InsecurePlatformWarning
+    logging.captureWarnings(True)
+    run('pip -q install semantic_version twine wheel')
+
+
+@task
+def install_gitflow():
+    """Install git-flow if not found"""
+    if not run('which git-flow', hide=True, warn=True).ok:
+        run('wget --no-check-certificate -q -O /tmp/gitflow-installer.sh  https://raw.github.com/petervanderdoes/gitflow/develop/contrib/gitflow-installer.sh')
+        run('sudo bash /tmp/gitflow-installer.sh install stable')
+        run('rm /tmp/gitflow-installer.sh')
+
+
+@task
+def next_release(major=False, minor=False, patch=True):
+    """Get next release version (by major, minor or patch)"""
+
+    import semantic_version
+
+    prev = run('git describe --abbrev=0 --tags', hide=True).stdout
+    ver = semantic_version.Version(prev)
+    if major:
+        return ver.next_major()
+    if minor:
+        return ver.next_minor()
+    if patch:
+        return ver.next_patch()
+    return None
+
+
+@task(install_gitflow)
+def start_rel_branch(relver):
+    """Start release branch"""
+    print('start release branch', relver)
+    run('git flow release start {}'.format(relver), hide=True)
+
+
+@task(install_gitflow)
+def finish_rel_branch(relver):
+    """Finish release branch"""
+    print('finish release branch', relver)
+    run('git flow release finish --keepremote -F -p -m "version {ver}" {ver}'.format(ver=relver), hide=True)
+
+
+@task
+def package():
+    """Package application for release"""
+    print('packaging application')
+    run('python setup.py sdist bdist_egg bdist_wheel', hide=True)
+
+
+def _iter_changelog(changelog):
+    """Convert a oneline log iterator to formatted strings.
+
+    :param changelog: An iterator of one line log entries like
+        that given by _iter_log_oneline.
+    :return: An iterator over (release, formatted changelog) tuples.
+    """
+    first_line = True
+    current_release = None
+    prev_msg = None
+
+    yield current_release, 'CHANGES\n=======\n\n'
+    for hash, tags, msg in changelog:
+
+        if prev_msg is None:
+            prev_msg = msg
+        else:
+            if prev_msg.lower() == msg.lower():
+                continue
+            else:
+                prev_msg = msg
+
+        if tags:
+            current_release = max(tags, key=pkg_resources.parse_version)
+            underline = len(current_release) * '-'
+            if not first_line:
+                yield current_release, '\n'
+            yield current_release, (
+                '%(tag)s\n%(underline)s\n\n' %
+                dict(tag=current_release, underline=underline))
+
+        if not msg.startswith('Merge '):
+            if msg.endswith('.'):
+                msg = msg[:-1]
+            yield current_release, '* %(msg)s\n' % dict(msg=msg)
+        first_line = False
+
+
+def _iter_log_inner(debug):
+    """Iterate over --oneline log entries.
+
+    This parses the output intro a structured form but does not apply
+    presentation logic to the output - making it suitable for different
+    uses.
+
+    :return: An iterator of (hash, tags_set, 1st_line) tuples.
+    """
+    if debug:
+        print('Generating ChangeLog')
+
+    changelog = run('git log --oneline --decorate', hide=True).stdout.strip().decode('utf-8', 'replace')
+    for line in changelog.split('\n'):
+        line_parts = line.split()
+        if len(line_parts) < 2:
+            continue
+        # Tags are in a list contained in ()'s. If a commit
+        # subject that is tagged happens to have ()'s in it
+        # this will fail
+        if line_parts[1].startswith('(') and ')' in line:
+            msg = line.split(')')[1].strip()
+        else:
+            msg = ' '.join(line_parts[1:])
+
+        if 'tag:' in line:
+            tags = set([
+                tag.split(',')[0]
+                for tag in line.split(')')[0].split('tag: ')[1:]])
+        else:
+            tags = set()
+
+        yield line_parts[0], tags, msg
+
+
+def _iter_log_oneline(debug):
+    """Iterate over --oneline log entries if possible.
+
+    This parses the output into a structured form but does not apply
+    presentation logic to the output - making it suitable for different
+    uses.
+    """
+    return _iter_log_inner(debug)
+
+
+@task
+def write_changelog(debug=False):
+    """Write a changelog based on the git changelog."""
+    changelog = _iter_log_oneline(debug)
+    if changelog:
+        changelog = _iter_changelog(changelog)
+    if not changelog:
+        return
+    if debug:
+        print('Writing ChangeLog')
+    new_changelog = os.path.join(os.path.curdir, 'ChangeLog')
+    # If there's already a ChangeLog and it's not writable, just use it
+    if (os.path.exists(new_changelog)
+            and not os.access(new_changelog, os.W_OK)):
+        return
+    with io.open(new_changelog, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as changelog_file:
+        for release, content in changelog:
+            changelog_file.write(content)
+
+
+@task
+def prepare_release(ver=None):
+    """Prepare release artifacts"""
+    write_changelog(True)
+    if ver is None:
+        ver = next_release()
+    print('saving updates to ChangeLog')
+    run('git commit ChangeLog -m "[RELEASE] Update to version v{}"'.format(ver), hide=True)
+    sha = run('git log -1 --pretty=format:"%h"', hide=True).stdout
+    run('git tag -a "{ver}" -m "version {ver}" {sha}'.format(ver=ver, sha=sha), hide=True)
+    package()
+    write_changelog()
+    run('git tag -d {}'.format(ver), hide=True)
+    run('git commit --all --amend --no-edit', hide=True)
+
+
+@task
+def publish(idx=None):
+    """Publish packaged distributions to pypi index"""
+    if idx is None:
+        idx = ''
+    else:
+        idx = '-r ' + idx
+    run('python setup.py register {}'.format(idx))
+    run('twine upload {} dist/*.whl dist/*.egg dist/*.tar.gz'.format(idx))
+
+
+@task
+def release(major=False, minor=False, patch=True, pypi_index=None):
+    """Overall process flow for performing a release"""
+    relver = next_release(major, minor, patch)
+    start_rel_branch(relver)
+    prepare_release(relver)
+    finish_rel_branch(relver)
+    publish(pypi_index)
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index aabb276..b297452 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ tox>=1.7.2
 # coding standards
 hacking
 
+# testing
+oslotest
+
 # test coverage
 coverage>=3.6
 coveralls
@@ -12,8 +15,3 @@ coveralls
 docutils>=0.9.1
 sphinx>=1.2.2
 
-# packaging
-wheel
-
-# testing
-oslotest