diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 952545a..eaed7a9 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ steps:
     prerelease: true
     checksum:
     - sha256
-    checksum_file: CHECKSUMsum-amd64.txt
+    checksum_file: CHECKSUMsum-centos7-amd64.txt
     checksum_flatten: true
     files:
     - "dist/centos7/x86_64/*"
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ steps:
     prerelease: true
     checksum:
     - sha256
-    checksum_file: CHECKSUMsum-srcrpm.txt
+    checksum_file: CHECKSUMsum-centos7-srcrpm.txt
     checksum_flatten: true
     files:
     - "dist/centos7/source/*.src.rpm"
@@ -176,4 +176,183 @@ steps:
 volumes:
 - name: docker
   host:
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
\ No newline at end of file
+    path: /var/run/docker.sock
+---
+kind: pipeline
+name: rke2-packaging-centos8-x86_64-amd64
+platform:
+  os: linux
+  arch: amd64
+steps:
+- name: build-rpm-centos8-x86_64-amd64
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  environment:
+    COMBARCH: x86_64-amd64
+  commands:
+  - dapper -f Dockerfile.centos8.dapper rpm/centos8/scripts/build
+  volumes:
+  - name: docker
+    path: /var/run/docker.sock
+
+- name: sign-rpm-centos8-x86_64-amd64
+  image: centos:8
+  environment:
+    PRIVATE_KEY:
+      from_secret: private_key
+    PRIVATE_KEY_PASS_PHRASE:
+      from_secret: private_key_pass_phrase
+    TESTING_PRIVATE_KEY:
+      from_secret: testing_private_key
+    TESTING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASS_PHRASE:
+      from_secret: testing_private_key_pass_phrase
+  commands:
+  - rpm/centos8/scripts/sign
+  when:
+    instance:
+    - drone-publish.rancher.io
+    ref:
+    - refs/head/master
+    - refs/tags/*
+    event:
+    - tag
+
+- name: yum-repo-upload-centos8-x86_64-amd64
+  image: centos:7
+  environment:
+    AWS_S3_BUCKET:
+      from_secret: aws_s3_bucket
+    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
+      from_secret: aws_access_key_id
+    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
+      from_secret: aws_secret_access_key
+    TESTING_AWS_S3_BUCKET:
+      from_secret: testing_aws_s3_bucket
+    TESTING_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
+      from_secret: testing_aws_access_key_id
+    TESTING_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
+      from_secret: testing_aws_secret_access_key
+    COMBARCH: x86_64-amd64
+  commands:
+  - rpm/centos8/scripts/upload-repo
+  when:
+    instance:
+    - drone-publish.rancher.io
+    ref:
+    - refs/head/master
+    - refs/tags/*
+    event:
+    - tag
+
+- name: github-release-centos8-x86_64-amd64
+  image: ibuildthecloud/github-release:v0.0.1
+  settings:
+    api_key:
+      from_secret: github_token
+    prerelease: true
+    checksum:
+    - sha256
+    checksum_file: CHECKSUMsum-centos8-amd64.txt
+    checksum_flatten: true
+    files:
+    - "dist/centos8/x86_64/*"
+  when:
+    instance:
+    - drone-publish.rancher.io
+    ref:
+    - refs/head/master
+    - refs/tags/*
+    event:
+    - tag
+volumes:
+- name: docker
+  host:
+    path: /var/run/docker.sock
+---
+kind: pipeline
+name: rke2-packaging-centos8-srcrpm
+platform:
+  os: linux
+  arch: amd64
+steps:
+- name: build-rpm-centos8-srcrpm
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  environment:
+    COMBARCH: x86_64-amd64
+  commands:
+  - dapper -f Dockerfile.centos8.dapper rpm/centos8/scripts/build
+  volumes:
+  - name: docker
+    path: /var/run/docker.sock
+
+- name: sign-rpm-centos8-srcrpm
+  image: centos:8
+  environment:
+    PRIVATE_KEY:
+      from_secret: private_key
+    PRIVATE_KEY_PASS_PHRASE:
+      from_secret: private_key_pass_phrase
+    TESTING_PRIVATE_KEY:
+      from_secret: testing_private_key
+    TESTING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASS_PHRASE:
+      from_secret: testing_private_key_pass_phrase
+  commands:
+  - rpm/centos8/scripts/sign
+  when:
+    instance:
+    - drone-publish.rancher.io
+    ref:
+    - refs/head/master
+    - refs/tags/*
+    event:
+    - tag
+
+- name: yum-repo-upload-centos8-srcrpm
+  image: centos:7
+  environment:
+    AWS_S3_BUCKET:
+      from_secret: aws_s3_bucket
+    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
+      from_secret: aws_access_key_id
+    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
+      from_secret: aws_secret_access_key
+    TESTING_AWS_S3_BUCKET:
+      from_secret: testing_aws_s3_bucket
+    TESTING_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
+      from_secret: testing_aws_access_key_id
+    TESTING_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
+      from_secret: testing_aws_secret_access_key
+  commands:
+  - rpm/centos8/scripts/upload-srcrpm-repo
+  when:
+    instance:
+    - drone-publish.rancher.io
+    ref:
+    - refs/head/master
+    - refs/tags/*
+    event:
+    - tag
+
+- name: github-release-centos8-srcrpm
+  image: ibuildthecloud/github-release:v0.0.1
+  settings:
+    api_key:
+      from_secret: github_token
+    prerelease: true
+    checksum:
+    - sha256
+    checksum_file: CHECKSUMsum-centos8-srcrpm.txt
+    checksum_flatten: true
+    files:
+    - "dist/centos8/source/*.src.rpm"
+  when:
+    instance:
+    - drone-publish.rancher.io
+    ref:
+    - refs/head/master
+    - refs/tags/*
+    event:
+    - tag
+volumes:
+- name: docker
+  host:
+    path: /var/run/docker.sock
diff --git a/Dockerfile.centos8.dapper b/Dockerfile.centos8.dapper
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a74ac73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.centos8.dapper
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+FROM centos:8
+
+RUN yum install -y epel-release && yum -y install yum-utils rpm-build spectool git jq
+
+ENV DAPPER_SOURCE /source
+ENV DAPPER_OUTPUT ./dist
+ENV DAPPER_ENV COMBARCH DRONE_TAG TAG
+ENV HOME ${DAPPER_SOURCE}
+WORKDIR ${DAPPER_SOURCE}
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["./rpm/centos8/scripts/entry"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9b51a2c..e11b16e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ COMBARCH ?= x86_64-amd64
 ALL_ARCH = x86_64-amd64 aarch64-arm64
 
 CENTOS7_TARGETS := $(addprefix centos7-,$(shell ls rpm/centos7/scripts))
+CENTOS8_TARGETS := $(addprefix centos8-,$(shell ls rpm/centos8/scripts))
 
 .dapper:
 	@echo Downloading dapper
@@ -13,9 +14,17 @@ CENTOS7_TARGETS := $(addprefix centos7-,$(shell ls rpm/centos7/scripts))
 $(CENTOS7_TARGETS): .dapper
 	COMBARCH=${COMBARCH} ./.dapper -f Dockerfile.centos7.dapper $(@:centos7-%=%)
 
+$(CENTOS8_TARGETS): .dapper
+	COMBARCH=${COMBARCH} ./.dapper -f Dockerfile.centos8.dapper $(@:centos8-%=%)
+
 all-centos7-build: $(addprefix sub-centos7-build-,$(ALL_ARCH))
 
 sub-centos7-build-%:
-	$(MAKE) COMBARCH=$* build
+	$(MAKE) COMBARCH=$* centos7-build
+
+all-centos8-build: $(addprefix sub-centos8-build-,$(ALL_ARCH))
+
+sub-centos8-build-%:
+	$(MAKE) COMBARCH=$* centos8-build
 
-.PHONY: $(CENTOS7_TARGETS)
\ No newline at end of file
+.PHONY: $(CENTOS7_TARGETS) $(CENTOS8_TARGETS)
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/agent b/rpm/centos8/agent
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..85b9f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/agent
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../centos7/agent
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/common b/rpm/centos8/common
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..e1ad8df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/common
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../centos7/common
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/scripts/build b/rpm/centos8/scripts/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2829684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/scripts/build
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -ex
+
+cd "$(dirname $0)"
+
+if [[ -z "$COMBARCH" ]]; then
+  echo "Combined architecture was not defined, failing build"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+./build-common
+./build-server
+./build-agent
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/scripts/build-agent b/rpm/centos8/scripts/build-agent
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1c92e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/scripts/build-agent
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -x
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+. ./scripts/version
+
+if [[ -z "$COMBARCH" ]]; then
+  echo "Combined architecture was not defined, failing build"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+IFS=- read RPMARCH GOARCH<<< ${COMBARCH}; unset IFS
+
+mkdir -p "/root/rpmbuild/SPECS"
+
+SRC_PATH="/root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/${RPMARCH}"
+mkdir -p ${SRC_PATH}
+
+HOME=/root
+
+cp -r /source/rpm/centos8/agent/* ${SRC_PATH}
+cp -r /source/rpm/centos8/agent/rke2-agent.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS
+
+cd ${SRC_PATH}
+
+rpmbuild \
+    --define "rpm_version ${RPM_VERSION}" \
+    --define "rke2_version ${RKE2_VERSION}" \
+    --define "rpm_release ${RPM_RELEASE}" \
+    --define "_sourcedir ${SRC_PATH}" \
+    --target ${RPMARCH} \
+    -ba ${SRC_PATH}/rke2-agent.spec
+
+mkdir -p /source/dist/centos8
+mkdir -p /source/dist/centos8/source
+cp -r /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/* /source/dist/centos8
+cp -r /root/rpmbuild/SRPMS/* /source/dist/centos8/source
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/scripts/build-common b/rpm/centos8/scripts/build-common
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0bb7b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/scripts/build-common
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -x
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+. ./scripts/version
+
+if [[ -z "$COMBARCH" ]]; then
+  echo "Combined architecture was not defined, failing build"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+IFS=- read RPMARCH GOARCH<<< ${COMBARCH}; unset IFS
+
+mkdir -p "/root/rpmbuild/SPECS"
+
+SRC_PATH="/root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/${RPMARCH}"
+mkdir -p ${SRC_PATH}
+
+HOME=/root
+
+cp -r /source/rpm/centos8/common/* ${SRC_PATH}
+cp -r /source/rpm/centos8/common/rke2-common.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS
+
+sed -i "s/\%global ARCH.*/\%global ARCH ${GOARCH}/" ${SRC_PATH}/rke2-common.spec
+
+cd ${SRC_PATH}
+
+spectool -gf rke2-common.spec \
+    --define "rke2_version ${RKE2_VERSION}" \
+    --define "ARCH ${GOARCH}"
+
+rpmbuild -vv \
+    --define "rpm_version ${RPM_VERSION}" \
+    --define "rke2_version ${RKE2_VERSION}" \
+    --define "rpm_release ${RPM_RELEASE}" \
+    --define "rke2_policyver ${RKE2_POLICYVER}" \
+    --define "_sourcedir ${SRC_PATH}" \
+    --target ${RPMARCH} \
+    -ba ${SRC_PATH}/rke2-common.spec
+
+mkdir -p /source/dist/centos8
+mkdir -p /source/dist/centos8/source
+cp -r /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/* /source/dist/centos8
+cp -r /root/rpmbuild/SRPMS/* /source/dist/centos8/source
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/scripts/build-server b/rpm/centos8/scripts/build-server
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..58a1464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/scripts/build-server
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -x
+
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+. ./scripts/version
+
+if [[ -z "$COMBARCH" ]]; then
+  echo "Combined architecture was not defined, failing build"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+IFS=- read RPMARCH GOARCH<<< ${COMBARCH}; unset IFS
+
+mkdir -p "/root/rpmbuild/SPECS"
+
+SRC_PATH="/root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/${RPMARCH}"
+mkdir -p ${SRC_PATH}
+
+HOME=/root
+
+cp -r /source/rpm/centos8/server/* ${SRC_PATH}
+cp -r /source/rpm/centos8/server/rke2-server.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS
+
+cd ${SRC_PATH}
+
+rpmbuild \
+    --define "rpm_version ${RPM_VERSION}" \
+    --define "rke2_version ${RKE2_VERSION}" \
+    --define "rpm_release ${RPM_RELEASE}" \
+    --define "_sourcedir ${SRC_PATH}" \
+    --target ${RPMARCH} \
+    -ba ${SRC_PATH}/rke2-server.spec
+
+mkdir -p /source/dist/centos8
+mkdir -p /source/dist/centos8/source
+cp -r /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/* /source/dist/centos8
+cp -r /root/rpmbuild/SRPMS/* /source/dist/centos8/source
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/scripts/entry b/rpm/centos8/scripts/entry
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5a47439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/scripts/entry
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+if [ -e ./rpm/centos8/scripts/"$1" ]; then
+    ./rpm/centos8/scripts/"$@"
+else
+    exec "$@"
+fi
+
+if [ "$DAPPER_UID" -ne "-1" ]; then
+  chown -R $DAPPER_UID:$DAPPER_GID .
+fi
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/scripts/sign b/rpm/centos8/scripts/sign
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b6b7677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/scripts/sign
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -x
+
+yum install -y rpm-sign expect git
+
+pushd $(dirname $0)/..
+. ./scripts/version
+popd
+
+cat <<\EOF >~/.rpmmacros 
+%_signature gpg
+%_gpg_name ci@rancher.com
+EOF
+
+case "$RPM_CHANNEL" in
+  "testing")
+    export PRIVATE_KEY_PASS_PHRASE=$TESTING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASS_PHRASE
+    if ! grep "BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK" <<<"$TESTING_PRIVATE_KEY"; then
+      echo "TESTING_PRIVATE_KEY not defined, failing rpm sign"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    gpg --import - <<<"$TESTING_PRIVATE_KEY"
+    ;;
+  "latest"|"stable")
+    if ! grep "BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK" <<<"$PRIVATE_KEY"; then
+      echo "PRIVATE_KEY not defined, failing rpm sign"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    gpg --import - <<<"$PRIVATE_KEY"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "RPM_CHANNEL $RPM_CHANNEL does not match one of: [testing, latest, stable]"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+expect <<EOF
+set timeout 60
+spawn sh -c "rpmsign --addsign dist/centos8/**/rke2-*.rpm"
+expect "Enter pass phrase:"
+send -- "$PRIVATE_KEY_PASS_PHRASE\r"
+expect eof
+lassign [wait] _ _ _ code
+exit \$code
+EOF
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/scripts/upload-repo b/rpm/centos8/scripts/upload-repo
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2132c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/scripts/upload-repo
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -x
+
+pushd $(dirname $0)/..
+. ./scripts/version
+popd
+
+yum install -y epel-release
+yum install -y git python2-pip python-deltarpm
+pip install --cache-dir=/var/cache/pip/ \
+  git+git://github.com/Voronenko/rpm-s3.git@5695c6ad9a08548141d3713328e1bd3f533d137e
+
+if [ -z "$COMBARCH" ]; then
+  echo "Combined architecture was not defined, failing RPM upload"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$RPM_MAJMIN" ]; then
+  echo "RPM_MAJMIN not defined, failing rpm upload"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$RPM_CHANNEL" ]; then
+  echo "RPM_PATH not defined, failing rpm upload"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+IFS=- read RPMARCH GOARCH<<< ${COMBARCH}; unset IFS
+
+# Desired TARGET_S3_PATH would be something like rke2/<channel>/centos/8/<arch>
+
+TARGET_S3_PATH="rke2/$RPM_CHANNEL/$RPM_MAJMIN/centos/8/$RPMARCH"
+
+case "$RPM_CHANNEL" in
+  "testing")
+    if [ -z "$TESTING_AWS_S3_BUCKET" ]; then
+      echo "TESTING_AWS_S3_BUCKET not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$TESTING_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]; then
+      echo "TESTING_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$TESTING_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" ]; then
+      echo "TESTING_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$TESTING_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+    export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$TESTING_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+    export AWS_S3_BUCKET=$TESTING_AWS_S3_BUCKET
+    ;;
+  "latest"|"stable")
+    if [ -z "$AWS_S3_BUCKET" ]; then
+      echo "AWS_S3_BUCKET not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]; then
+      echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" ]; then
+      echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "RPM_CHANNEL $RPM_CHANNEL does not match one of: [testing, latest, stable]"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+rpm-s3 --bucket $AWS_S3_BUCKET -p $TARGET_S3_PATH dist/centos8/$RPMARCH/rke2-*.rpm
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/scripts/upload-srcrpm-repo b/rpm/centos8/scripts/upload-srcrpm-repo
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f1886c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/scripts/upload-srcrpm-repo
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -x
+
+pushd $(dirname $0)/..
+. ./scripts/version
+popd
+
+yum install -y epel-release
+yum install -y git python2-pip python-deltarpm
+pip install --cache-dir=/var/cache/pip/ \
+  git+git://github.com/Voronenko/rpm-s3.git@5695c6ad9a08548141d3713328e1bd3f533d137e
+
+if [ -z "$RPM_MAJMIN" ]; then
+  echo "RPM_MAJMIN not defined, failing rpm upload"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$RPM_CHANNEL" ]; then
+  echo "RPM_PATH not defined, failing rpm upload"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Desired TARGET_S3_PATH would be something like rke2/<channel>/centos/7/source
+
+TARGET_S3_PATH="rke2/$RPM_CHANNEL/$RPM_MAJMIN/centos/8/source"
+
+case "$RPM_CHANNEL" in
+  "testing")
+    if [ -z "$TESTING_AWS_S3_BUCKET" ]; then
+      echo "TESTING_AWS_S3_BUCKET not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$TESTING_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]; then
+      echo "TESTING_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$TESTING_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" ]; then
+      echo "TESTING_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$TESTING_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
+    export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$TESTING_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
+    export AWS_S3_BUCKET=$TESTING_AWS_S3_BUCKET
+    ;;
+  "latest"|"stable")
+    if [ -z "$AWS_S3_BUCKET" ]; then
+      echo "AWS_S3_BUCKET not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ]; then
+      echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    if [ -z "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" ]; then
+      echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY not defined, failing rpm upload"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "RPM_CHANNEL $RPM_CHANNEL does not match one of: [testing, latest, stable]"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+rpm-s3 --bucket $AWS_S3_BUCKET -p $TARGET_S3_PATH dist/centos8/source/rke2-*.src.rpm
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/scripts/version b/rpm/centos8/scripts/version
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..166883b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/scripts/version
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+# This version script expects either a tag of format: <rke2-version>.<channel>.<rpm-release> or no tag at all.
+
+RKE2_POLICYVER=0.1-1 #@TODO: Move this to a more global location.
+RKE2_FALLBACKVER=v1.18.4-alpha15+rke2
+
+TREE_STATE=clean
+COMMIT=${COMMIT:-${DRONE_COMMIT:-${GITHUB_SHA:-unknown}}}
+TAG=${TAG:-${DRONE_TAG:-$GITHUB_TAG}}
+
+# If we're in a dapperized environment, we should be able to figure out what our current tag and commit are. 
+
+if [ -d ${DAPPER_SOURCE}/.git ]; then
+    pushd ${DAPPER_SOURCE}
+    
+    if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then
+        DIRTY="dirty"
+        TREE_STATE=dirty
+    fi
+    
+    if [[ "$TREE_STATE" == "clean" && -z "$TAG" ]]; then
+        TAG=$(git tag -l --contains HEAD | head -n 1) # this is going to not work if you have multiple tags pointing to the same commit
+    fi
+
+    COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+    if [ -z "$COMMIT" ]; then
+        COMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD || true)
+        echo $COMMIT
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    popd
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$TAG" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$TREE_STATE" = "clean" ]]; then
+        VERSION=$TAG # We will only accept the tag as our version if the tree state is clean and the tag is in fact defined.
+    fi
+fi
+
+# In the event of us doing a build with no corresponding tag that we can discern, we'll go ahead and just build the package assuming we were dealing with master.
+# This means we'll go to GitHub and pull the latest RKE2 release, and parse it to what we are expecting.
+
+if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
+
+    if [[ -z "$COMMIT" ]]; then # Validate our commit hash to make sure it's actually known, otherwise our version will be off.
+        echo "Unknown commit hash. Exiting."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    VERSION=$(curl -v https://api.github.com/repos/rancher/rke2/releases | jq -r '[.[] | select(.assets[] | length > 2)][0].tag_name')
+    
+    if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then # Fall back to a known good RKE2 version because we had an error pulling the latest
+        VERSION=$RKE2_FALLBACKVER
+    fi
+
+    RKE2_VERSION=$VERSION # We can naively assume the latest tag we just pulled is our RKE version.
+
+    rke2_commit_regex="s/\+rke2/-${COMMIT:0:8}${DIRTY}\+rke2/"
+    VERSION=$(sed -E -e "$rke2_commit_regex" <<<"$VERSION") # Because we are building without a tag, we can assume this is not an official release, so we'll tack the first 8 characters of our commit hash.
+    RPM_RELEASE="0" # Set our RPM release to 0.
+    
+else # validate the tag format and create our RKE2_VERSION variable
+
+    if ! [[ $TAG =~ ^v[0-9]{1}\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]+-*[a-zA-Z0-9]*\+rke2\.[a-z]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+        echo "Tag does not match our expected format. Exiting."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    rke2_version_regex='s/^(v[^-+]*.*\+rke2).*$/\1/;' # will take v1.18.4-alpha9+rke2.testing.0 and provide "1.18.4-alpha9+rke2"
+
+    RKE2_VERSION=$(sed -E -e "$rke2_version_regex" <<<"$VERSION")
+fi
+
+rke2_rpm_version_regex='s/\-/~/g; s/^v?([^-+]*.*)\+.*$/\1/;' # will take v1.18.4-alpha9+rke2.testing.0 and provide "1.18.4~alpha9"
+rke2_rpm_release_regex='s/^.*\.([0-9]*)$/\1/;' # will take v1.18.4-alpha9+rke2.testing.0 and provide "0"
+
+rke2_rpm_majmin_regex='s/^v([0-9]+.[0-9]*).*/\1/;' # will take v1.18.4-alpha9+rke2.testing.0 and provide "1.18"
+rke2_rpm_channel_regex='s/^.*\.(.*)\.[0-9]+$/\1/;' # will take v1.18.4-alpha9+rke2.testing.0 and provide "testing"
+
+RPM_VERSION=$(sed -E -e "$rke2_rpm_version_regex" <<<"$VERSION")
+RPM_RELEASE=$(sed -E -e "$rke2_rpm_release_regex" <<<"$VERSION")
+RPM_MAJMIN=$(sed -E -e "$rke2_rpm_majmin_regex" <<<"$VERSION")
+RPM_CHANNEL=$(sed -E -e "$rke2_rpm_channel_regex" <<<"$VERSION")
+
+if [[ "$RPM_RELEASE" == "$VERSION" ]]; then
+    RPM_RELEASE="0"
+fi
+
+if [[ "$RPM_MAJMIN" == "$VERSION" ]]; then
+    echo "Unknown RPM_MAJMIN found: $RPM_MAJMIN"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "$RPM_CHANNEL" == "$VERSION" ]]; then
+    echo "Unknown RPM_CHANNEL found: $RPM_CHANNEL but defaulting to testing"
+    RPM_CHANNEL="testing"
+fi
+
+case "$RPM_CHANNEL" in
+    "testing"|"latest"|"stable")
+        echo "RPM_CHANNEL matched our expected variants"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "RPM_CHANNEL $RPM_CHANNEL does not match one of: [testing, latest, stable]"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/rpm/centos8/server b/rpm/centos8/server
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/centos8/server
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+../centos7/server
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