diff --git a/local_build.sh b/local_build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7c1ecd67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# exit on errors
+set -e
+
+dir=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+
+sed -i 's|http://archive.ubuntu.com|http://us.archive.ubuntu.com|g' /etc/apt/sources.list
+$dir/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
+
+# build out ext components
+cd $dir/ext/
+./build.sh
+
+cd $dir/container/
+cp wait-for-it.sh /usr/local/bin/
+cp service.sh /usr/local/bin/
+
+./database.sh
+./library.sh
+ldconfig
+
+# build internal components
+cd $dir/src/
+./build.sh release
+ldconfig
+
+$dir/scripts/deployment_dependencies.sh
+
+cp $dir/src/tmx/TmxCore/tmxcore.service /lib/systemd/system/
+cp $dir/src/tmx/TmxCore/tmxcore.service /usr/sbin/
+ldconfig
+
+$dir/container/setup.sh
+
+cd /var/log/tmx/
+/usr/local/bin/service.sh
diff --git a/scripts/deployment_dependencies.sh b/scripts/deployment_dependencies.sh
index 5281eb727..d11b9abd1 100755
--- a/scripts/deployment_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/deployment_dependencies.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 # exit on errors
 set -e
 
+distro=$(cat /etc/lsb-release | grep DISTRIB_CODENAME |  tr -d "DISTRIB_CODENAME=")
+
 # add the STOL APT repository
-echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://s3.amazonaws.com/stol-apt-repository develop main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stol-apt-repository.list
+echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://s3.amazonaws.com/stol-apt-repository ${distro} main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stol-apt-repository.list
 
 apt-get update
 
diff --git a/scripts/install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
index c4ce8727e..42c74832f 100755
--- a/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 # exit on errors
 set -e
 
+distro=$(cat /etc/lsb-release | grep DISTRIB_CODENAME |  tr -d "DISTRIB_CODENAME=")
+
 # add the STOL APT repository
-echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://s3.amazonaws.com/stol-apt-repository develop main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stol-apt-repository.list
+echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://s3.amazonaws.com/stol-apt-repository ${distro} main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stol-apt-repository.list
 
 apt-get update
 
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ DEPENDENCIES="build-essential \
     libjsoncpp-dev \
     libmysqlclient-dev \
     libmysqlcppconn-dev \
-    librdkafka-dev \
     libsnmp-dev \
     libssl-dev \
     libuv1-dev \
@@ -53,3 +54,14 @@ cd build
 cmake ..
 make -j${numCPU}
 make install
+
+# Install librdkafka from instructions provided here https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/tree/master/packaging/cmake
+echo " ------> Install librdkafka..."
+cd /tmp
+git clone https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka.git -b v2.2.0
+cd librdkafka/
+cmake -H. -B_cmake_build
+cmake --build _cmake_build
+cmake --build _cmake_build --target install
+cd ../
+rm -r librdkafka