diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8be7ae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Publish-Nightly-Packages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  debian10:
+    runs-on: debian10
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Build
+        run: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo +nightly build --verbose --release
+      - name: Build apt package
+        run: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo deb --manifest-path server/Cargo.toml --no-build
+      - name: Publish apt package
+        run: >-
+          /usr/bin/curl
+          -vvvv
+          --fail
+          -u 'github:${{ secrets.NEXUS_PASSWORD }}'
+          -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data"
+          --data-binary "@./$(find target/debian/ -name *.deb)"
+          "https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/deb-nightly/"
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diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0f47d6e..8abdc69 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2697,7 +2697,7 @@ checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stackable-agent"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.0-nightly"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5240343..abfdc61 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 [package]
 name = "stackable-agent"
-version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Tha component of the Stackable Platform that manages installation of services on the workers"
+version = "0.1.0-nightly"
 authors = ["Sönke Liebau <soenke.liebau@stackable.de>"]
 edition = "2018"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 # We are currently referencing the Krustlet directly from a Stackable fork of the official repository.
@@ -46,3 +48,11 @@ serde_yaml = "0.8"
 opt-level = "s"
 lto = true
 codegen-units = 1
+
+[package.metadata.deb]
+maintainer-scripts = "packaging/debian/"
+systemd-units = { enable = false }
+assets = [
+    ["packaging/config/agent.conf", "etc/stackable-agent/", "644"],
+    ["target/release/agent", "opt/stackable-agent/stackable-agent", "755"],
+]
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diff --git a/packaging/config/agent.conf b/packaging/config/agent.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19ae909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/config/agent.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+--package-directory=/var/lib/stackable/packages
+--config-directory=/var/lib/stackable/config
+--data-directory=/var/lib/stackable/agent
+--server-key-file=/var/lib/stackable/agent/config/agent.key
+--server-cert-file=/var/lib/stackable/agent/config/agent.crt
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diff --git a/packaging/debian/postinst b/packaging/debian/postinst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..320bab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+mkdir -p /var/lib/stackable/packages
+mkdir -p /var/lib/stackable/config
+mkdir -p /var/lib/stackable/agent/config
+
+#DEBHELPER#
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diff --git a/packaging/debian/service b/packaging/debian/service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1825efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/debian/service
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Stackable Agent
+Before=
+After=network.target
+[Service]
+User=root
+ExecStart=/opt/stackable-agent/stackable-agent
+Restart=on-abort
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
+Environment="CONFIG_FILE=/etc/stackable-agent/agent.conf"
+Environment="RUST_LOG=info"
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target