diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7a336c17c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+
+image: "python:3.7"
+
+variables:
+  TAURUS_PIP_URI: https://build-artifactory.eng.vmware.com/api/pypi/Taurus-PyPI-local/simple
+
+stages:
+  - build
+  - pre_release
+  - release
+
+
+
+.build:
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - ./cicd/build.sh
diff --git a/cicd/build.sh b/cicd/build.sh
index fb0d0bdc9c..0a905338ea 100644
--- a/cicd/build.sh
+++ b/cicd/build.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Copyright (c) 2021 VMware, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
\ No newline at end of file
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+echo "Starting build on $(uname -a)"
\ No newline at end of file