diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 83a941b5539..109951a7fef 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "useWorkspaces": true,
   "packages": ["packages/*"],
-  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.36"
+  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.40"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 569bbfd6096..81e53750c40 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     "themes:generate": "ts-node --project ./scripts/cli/tsconfig.json ./scripts/cli/generateSassVariableFiles.ts",
     "packages:prepare": "lerna run clean && npm run test && lerna version --tag-version-prefix=\"packages@\" -m \"Packages: publish %s\" --no-push",
     "packages:build": "lerna run clean && lerna run build",
-    "packages:publish": "lerna publish from-package --contents dist --tag-version-prefix=\"packages@\" --dist-tag next"
+    "packages:publish": "lerna publish from-package --contents dist --dist-tag next --tag-version-prefix=\"packages@\""
   },
   "husky": {
     "hooks": {
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/package.json b/packages/grafana-data/package.json
index 34d6509bfde..6f0e312c120 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana/data",
-  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.36",
+  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.39",
   "description": "Grafana Data Library",
   "keywords": [
     "typescript"
diff --git a/packages/grafana-runtime/package.json b/packages/grafana-runtime/package.json
index 7798b549dac..3f2fb98bf04 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-runtime/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana/runtime",
-  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.36",
+  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.39",
   "description": "Grafana Runtime Library",
   "keywords": [
     "grafana"
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json b/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json
index 88713004773..5aeea66dc16 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana/toolkit",
-  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.36",
+  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.40",
   "description": "Grafana Toolkit",
   "keywords": [
     "grafana",
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^12.0.4",
     "@types/react-dev-utils": "^9.0.1",
     "@types/semver": "^6.0.0",
+    "@types/tmp": "^0.1.0",
     "@types/webpack": "4.4.34",
     "axios": "0.19.0",
     "babel-loader": "8.0.6",
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
index 17277a4b4bf..ab9efadae40 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ import { pluginTestTask } from './tasks/plugin.tests';
 import { searchTestDataSetupTask } from './tasks/searchTestDataSetup';
 import { closeMilestoneTask } from './tasks/closeMilestone';
 import { pluginDevTask } from './tasks/plugin.dev';
-import { pluginCITask } from './tasks/plugin.ci';
+import {
+  ciBuildPluginTask,
+  ciBundlePluginTask,
+  ciTestPluginTask,
+  ciDeployPluginTask,
+  ciSetupPluginTask,
+} from './tasks/plugin.ci';
 import { buildPackageTask } from './tasks/package.build';
 
 export const run = (includeInternalScripts = false) => {
@@ -141,15 +147,47 @@ export const run = (includeInternalScripts = false) => {
     });
 
   program
-    .command('plugin:ci')
-    .option('--dryRun', "Dry run (don't post results)")
-    .description('Run Plugin CI task')
+    .command('plugin:ci-build')
+    .option('--platform <platform>', 'For backend task, which backend to run')
+    .description('Build the plugin, leaving artifacts in /dist')
     .action(async cmd => {
-      await execTask(pluginCITask)({
-        dryRun: cmd.dryRun,
+      await execTask(ciBuildPluginTask)({
+        platform: cmd.platform,
       });
     });
 
+  program
+    .command('plugin:ci-bundle')
+    .description('Create a zip artifact for the plugin')
+    .action(async cmd => {
+      await execTask(ciBundlePluginTask)({});
+    });
+
+  program
+    .command('plugin:ci-setup')
+    .option('--installer <installer>', 'Name of installer to download and run')
+    .description('Install and configure grafana')
+    .action(async cmd => {
+      await execTask(ciSetupPluginTask)({
+        installer: cmd.installer,
+      });
+    });
+  program
+    .command('plugin:ci-test')
+    .description('end-to-end test using bundle in /artifacts')
+    .action(async cmd => {
+      await execTask(ciTestPluginTask)({
+        platform: cmd.platform,
+      });
+    });
+
+  program
+    .command('plugin:ci-deploy')
+    .description('Publish plugin CI results')
+    .action(async cmd => {
+      await execTask(ciDeployPluginTask)({});
+    });
+
   program.on('command:*', () => {
     console.error('Invalid command: %s\nSee --help for a list of available commands.', program.args.join(' '));
     process.exit(1);
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin.ci.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin.ci.ts
index c9ce6db4e65..a30199a70cf 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin.ci.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin.ci.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import path = require('path');
 import fs = require('fs');
 
 export interface PluginCIOptions {
-  dryRun?: boolean;
+  platform?: string;
+  installer?: string;
 }
 
 const calcJavascriptSize = (base: string, files?: string[]): number => {
@@ -32,22 +33,106 @@ const calcJavascriptSize = (base: string, files?: string[]): number => {
   return size;
 };
 
-const pluginCIRunner: TaskRunner<PluginCIOptions> = async ({ dryRun }) => {
+const getWorkFolder = () => {
+  let dir = `${process.cwd()}/work`;
+  if (process.env.CIRCLE_JOB) {
+    dir = path.resolve(dir, process.env.CIRCLE_JOB);
+  }
+  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+  }
+  return dir;
+};
+
+const writeWorkStats = (startTime: number, workDir: string) => {
+  const elapsed = Date.now() - startTime;
+  const stats = {
+    job: `${process.env.CIRCLE_JOB}`,
+    startTime,
+    buildTime: elapsed,
+    endTime: Date.now(),
+  };
+  const f = path.resolve(workDir, 'stats.json');
+  fs.writeFile(f, JSON.stringify(stats, null, 2), err => {
+    if (err) {
+      throw new Error('Unable to stats: ' + f);
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+/**
+ * 1. BUILD
+ *
+ *  when platform exists it is building backend, otherwise frontend
+ *
+ *  Each build writes data:
+ *   ~/work/build_xxx/
+ *
+ *  Anything that should be put into the final zip file should be put in:
+ *   ~/work/build_xxx/dist
+ */
+const buildPluginRunner: TaskRunner<PluginCIOptions> = async ({ platform }) => {
   const start = Date.now();
-  const distDir = `${process.cwd()}/dist`;
-  const artifactsDir = `${process.cwd()}/artifacts`;
-  await execa('rimraf', [`${process.cwd()}/coverage`]);
-  await execa('rimraf', [artifactsDir]);
+  const workDir = getWorkFolder();
+  await execa('rimraf', [workDir]);
+  fs.mkdirSync(workDir);
 
-  // Do regular build process
-  await pluginBuildRunner({ coverage: true });
-  const elapsed = Date.now() - start;
+  if (platform) {
+    console.log('TODO, backend support?');
+    const file = path.resolve(workDir, 'README.txt');
+    fs.writeFile(workDir + '/README.txt', 'TODO... build it!', err => {
+      if (err) {
+        throw new Error('Unable to write: ' + file);
+      }
+    });
+  } else {
+    // Do regular build process with coverage
+    await pluginBuildRunner({ coverage: true });
+  }
 
+  // Move dist to the scoped work folder
+  const distDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'dist');
+  if (fs.existsSync(distDir)) {
+    fs.renameSync(distDir, path.resolve(workDir, 'dist'));
+  }
+  writeWorkStats(start, workDir);
+};
+
+export const ciBuildPluginTask = new Task<PluginCIOptions>('Build Plugin', buildPluginRunner);
+
+/**
+ * 2. BUNDLE
+ *
+ *  Take everything from `~/work/build_XXX/dist` and zip it into
+ *  artifacts
+ *
+ */
+const bundlePluginRunner: TaskRunner<PluginCIOptions> = async () => {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const workDir = getWorkFolder();
+
+  // Copy all `dist` folders to the root dist folder
+  const distDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'dist');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(distDir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(distDir);
+  }
+  fs.mkdirSync(distDir, { recursive: true });
+  const dirs = fs.readdirSync(workDir);
+  for (const dir of dirs) {
+    if (dir.startsWith('build_')) {
+      const contents = path.resolve(dir, 'dist');
+      if (fs.existsSync(contents)) {
+        await execa('cp', ['-rp', contents, distDir]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Create an artifact
+  const artifactsDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'artifacts');
   if (!fs.existsSync(artifactsDir)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(artifactsDir);
+    fs.mkdirSync(artifactsDir, { recursive: true });
   }
 
-  // TODO? can this typed from @grafana/ui?
   const pluginInfo = getPluginJson(`${distDir}/plugin.json`);
   const zipName = pluginInfo.id + '-' + pluginInfo.info.version + '.zip';
   const zipFile = path.resolve(artifactsDir, zipName);
@@ -55,23 +140,165 @@ const pluginCIRunner: TaskRunner<PluginCIOptions> = async ({ dryRun }) => {
   await execa('zip', ['-r', zipFile, '.']);
   restoreCwd();
 
-  const stats = {
-    startTime: start,
-    buildTime: elapsed,
-    jsSize: calcJavascriptSize(distDir),
-    zipSize: fs.statSync(zipFile).size,
-    endTime: Date.now(),
+  const zipStats = fs.statSync(zipFile);
+  if (zipStats.size < 100) {
+    throw new Error('Invalid zip file: ' + zipFile);
+  }
+  await execa('sha1sum', [zipFile, '>', zipFile + '.sha1']);
+  const info = {
+    name: zipName,
+    size: zipStats.size,
   };
-  fs.writeFile(artifactsDir + '/stats.json', JSON.stringify(stats, null, 2), err => {
+  const f = path.resolve(artifactsDir, 'info.json');
+  fs.writeFile(f, JSON.stringify(info, null, 2), err => {
     if (err) {
-      throw new Error('Unable to write stats');
+      throw new Error('Error writing artifact info: ' + f);
     }
-    console.log('Stats', stats);
   });
 
-  if (!dryRun) {
-    console.log('TODO send info to github?');
-  }
+  writeWorkStats(start, workDir);
 };
 
-export const pluginCITask = new Task<PluginCIOptions>('Plugin CI', pluginCIRunner);
+export const ciBundlePluginTask = new Task<PluginCIOptions>('Bundle Plugin', bundlePluginRunner);
+
+/**
+ * 3. Setup (install grafana and setup provisioning)
+ *
+ *  deploy the zip to a running grafana instance
+ *
+ */
+const setupPluginRunner: TaskRunner<PluginCIOptions> = async ({ installer }) => {
+  const start = Date.now();
+
+  if (!installer) {
+    throw new Error('Missing installer path');
+  }
+
+  // Download the grafana installer
+  const workDir = getWorkFolder();
+  const installFile = path.resolve(workDir, installer);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(installFile)) {
+    console.log('download', installer);
+    const exe = await execa('wget', ['-O', installFile, 'https://dl.grafana.com/oss/release/' + installer]);
+    console.log(exe.stdout);
+  }
+
+  // Find the plugin zip file
+  const artifactsDir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'artifacts');
+  const artifactsInfo = require(path.resolve(artifactsDir, 'info.json'));
+  const pluginZip = path.resolve(workDir, 'artifacts', artifactsInfo.name);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(pluginZip)) {
+    throw new Error('Missing zip file:' + pluginZip);
+  }
+
+  // Create a grafana runtime folder
+  const grafanaPluginsDir = path.resolve(require('os').homedir(), 'grafana', 'plugins');
+  await execa('rimraf', [grafanaPluginsDir]);
+  fs.mkdirSync(grafanaPluginsDir, { recursive: true });
+
+  // unzip package.zip -d /opt
+  let exe = await execa('unzip', [pluginZip, '-d', grafanaPluginsDir]);
+  console.log(exe.stdout);
+
+  // Write the custom settings
+  const customIniPath = '/usr/share/grafana/conf/custom.ini';
+  const customIniBody = `[paths] \n` + `plugins = ${grafanaPluginsDir}\n` + '';
+  fs.writeFile(customIniPath, customIniBody, err => {
+    if (err) {
+      throw new Error('Unable to write: ' + customIniPath);
+    }
+  });
+
+  console.log('Install Grafana');
+  exe = await execa('sudo', ['dpkg', 'i', installFile]);
+  console.log(exe.stdout);
+
+  exe = await execa('sudo', ['grafana-server', 'start']);
+  console.log(exe.stdout);
+  exe = await execa('grafana-cli', ['--version']);
+
+  writeWorkStats(start, workDir + '_setup');
+};
+
+export const ciSetupPluginTask = new Task<PluginCIOptions>('Setup Grafana', setupPluginRunner);
+
+/**
+ * 4. Test (end-to-end)
+ *
+ *  deploy the zip to a running grafana instance
+ *
+ */
+const testPluginRunner: TaskRunner<PluginCIOptions> = async ({ platform }) => {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const workDir = getWorkFolder();
+
+  const args = {
+    withCredentials: true,
+    baseURL: process.env.GRAFANA_URL || 'http://localhost:3000/',
+    responseType: 'json',
+    auth: {
+      username: 'admin',
+      password: 'admin',
+    },
+  };
+
+  const axios = require('axios');
+  const frontendSettings = await axios.get('api/frontend/settings', args);
+
+  console.log('Grafana Version: ' + JSON.stringify(frontendSettings.data.buildInfo, null, 2));
+
+  const pluginInfo = getPluginJson(`${process.cwd()}/src/plugin.json`);
+  const pluginSettings = await axios.get(`api/plugins/${pluginInfo.id}/settings`, args);
+
+  console.log('Plugin Info: ' + JSON.stringify(pluginSettings.data, null, 2));
+
+  console.log('TODO puppeteer');
+
+  const elapsed = Date.now() - start;
+  const stats = {
+    job: `${process.env.CIRCLE_JOB}`,
+    sha1: `${process.env.CIRCLE_SHA1}`,
+    startTime: start,
+    buildTime: elapsed,
+    endTime: Date.now(),
+  };
+
+  console.log('TODO Puppeteer Tests', stats);
+  writeWorkStats(start, workDir);
+};
+
+export const ciTestPluginTask = new Task<PluginCIOptions>('Test Plugin (e2e)', testPluginRunner);
+
+/**
+ * 4. Deploy
+ *
+ *  deploy the zip to a running grafana instance
+ *
+ */
+const deployPluginRunner: TaskRunner<PluginCIOptions> = async () => {
+  const start = Date.now();
+
+  // TASK Time
+  if (process.env.CIRCLE_INTERNAL_TASK_DATA) {
+    const timingInfo = fs.readdirSync(`${process.env.CIRCLE_INTERNAL_TASK_DATA}`);
+    if (timingInfo) {
+      timingInfo.forEach(file => {
+        console.log('TIMING INFO: ', file);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  const elapsed = Date.now() - start;
+  const stats = {
+    job: `${process.env.CIRCLE_JOB}`,
+    sha1: `${process.env.CIRCLE_SHA1}`,
+    startTime: start,
+    buildTime: elapsed,
+    endTime: Date.now(),
+  };
+  console.log('TODO DEPLOY??', stats);
+  console.log(' if PR => write a comment to github with difference ');
+  console.log(' if master | vXYZ ==> upload artifacts to some repo ');
+};
+
+export const ciDeployPluginTask = new Task<PluginCIOptions>('Deploy plugin', deployPluginRunner);
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/package.json b/packages/grafana-ui/package.json
index de0cb7f3eb1..4584e1d0d5e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana/ui",
-  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.36",
+  "version": "6.3.0-alpha.39",
   "description": "Grafana Components Library",
   "keywords": [
     "grafana",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 44aab000579..0a650dc0496 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2568,6 +2568,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tinycolor2/-/tinycolor2-1.4.2.tgz#721ca5c5d1a2988b4a886e35c2ffc5735b6afbdf"
   integrity sha512-PeHg/AtdW6aaIO2a+98Xj7rWY4KC1E6yOy7AFknJQ7VXUGNrMlyxDFxJo7HqLtjQms/ZhhQX52mLVW/EX3JGOw==
 
+"@types/tmp@^0.1.0":
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/tmp/-/tmp-0.1.0.tgz#19cf73a7bcf641965485119726397a096f0049bd"
+  integrity sha512-6IwZ9HzWbCq6XoQWhxLpDjuADodH/MKXRUIDFudvgjcVdjFknvmR+DNsoUeer4XPrEnrZs04Jj+kfV9pFsrhmA==
+
 "@types/uglify-js@*":
   version "3.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.0.4.tgz#96beae23df6f561862a830b4288a49e86baac082"
@@ -15757,6 +15762,13 @@ tmp@^0.0.33:
   dependencies:
     os-tmpdir "~1.0.2"
 
+tmp@^0.1.0:
+  version "0.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tmp/-/tmp-0.1.0.tgz#ee434a4e22543082e294ba6201dcc6eafefa2877"
+  integrity sha512-J7Z2K08jbGcdA1kkQpJSqLF6T0tdQqpR2pnSUXsIchbPdTI9v3e85cLW0d6WDhwuAleOV71j2xWs8qMPfK7nKw==
+  dependencies:
+    rimraf "^2.6.3"
+
 tmpl@1.0.x:
   version "1.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tmpl/-/tmpl-1.0.4.tgz#23640dd7b42d00433911140820e5cf440e521dd1"