diff --git a/_release.sh b/_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d17791435
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd /home/gituser/netmiko/
+echo
+
+#VERSION=`cat netmiko/__init__.py | grep version | sed 's/^__version__ = //'`
+VERSION=`cat netmiko/__init__.py | grep version | sed "s/^__version__ = '//"`
+VERSION=`echo $VERSION | sed "s/'$//"`
+PACKAGE=`echo 'netmiko-'$VERSION'.tar.gz'`
+DIR_PACKAGE=`echo './dist/'$PACKAGE`
+echo -n "New Version is: "
+echo $PACKAGE
+while true; do
+    read -p "Is this correct? " response
+    case $response in
+        [Yy]* ) break;;
+        [Nn]* ) exit 1;;
+    esac
+done
+
+pylama
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo
+    echo "pylama ... [OK]"
+    echo
+else
+    echo
+    echo "pylama ... [FAIL]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo
+python setup.py sdist > /dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "creating distribution ... [OK]"
+    ls -ltr $DIR_PACKAGE
+else
+    echo "creating distribution ... [FAIL]"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check distribution exists
+if [ -f $DIR_PACKAGE ]; then
+    echo "Distribution exists"
+else
+    exit 1
+fi
+sleep 1
+
+echo
+echo "Testing in new virtual environment"
+if [ -d "/home/gituser/VENV" ]; then
+    cd /home/gituser/VENV
+    ### FIX: Need to add
+    #rm -r netmiko_packaging
+fi
+if [ -d "netmiko_packaging" ]; then
+    echo "Directory exists"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Create virtualenv"
+    /usr/local/bin/virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 --no-site-packages netmiko_packaging
+    echo "Source virtualenv"
+    source /home/gituser/VENV/netmiko_packaging/bin/activate
+    which python
+    cd /home/gituser/netmiko
+    pip install dist/netmiko-1.4.1.tar.gz
+    echo
+    echo
+    echo "Netmiko Installed Version"
+    python -c "import netmiko; print netmiko.__version__"
+    TEST_VERSION=`python -c "import netmiko; print netmiko.__version__"`
+    echo
+fi
+
+if [ "$TEST_VERSION" == "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Install distribution package in virtualenv ... [OK]"
+else
+    echo "Install distribution package in virtualenv ... [FAIL]"
+fi
+
+echo
+echo
+echo "Upload to testpypi.python.org"
+while true; do
+    read -p "Continue? " response
+    case $response in
+        [Yy]* ) break;;
+        [Nn]* ) exit 1;;
+    esac
+done
+deactivate
+source /home/gituser/VENV/py27_netmiko/bin/activate
+echo `which python`
+cd /home/gituser/netmiko
+### NEED TO UNCOMMENT
+# python setup.py register -r pypitest
+# twine upload -r pypitest $DIR_PACKAGE
+
+echo
+echo
+echo "Verify uploaded at https://testpypi.python.org"
+while true; do
+    read -p "Continue? " response
+    case $response in
+        [Yy]* ) break;;
+        [Nn]* ) exit 1;;
+    esac
+done
+
+echo
+
+### NEED TO ADD
+# Register to pypi
+# python setup.py register
+# Use Twine to upload to pypi
+# twine upload dist/netmiko-1.4.1.tar.gz
+
+
+echo "Test clean install from pypi"
+if [ -d "/home/gituser/VENV" ]; then
+    cd /home/gituser/VENV
+    rm -r netmiko_packaging
+fi
+sleep 1
+
+if [ -d "netmiko_packaging" ]; then
+    echo "Directory exists"
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "Create virtualenv"
+    /usr/local/bin/virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 --no-site-packages netmiko_packaging
+    echo "Source virtualenv"
+    deactivate
+    source /home/gituser/VENV/netmiko_packaging/bin/activate
+    which python
+    cd /home/gituser
+    pip install netmiko
+    echo
+    echo
+    echo "Netmiko Installed Version (from pypi)"
+    python -c "import netmiko; print netmiko.__version__"
+    TEST_VERSION=`python -c "import netmiko; print netmiko.__version__"`
+    echo
+fi
diff --git a/release_process.txt b/release_process.txt
index 4d2a7525d..b30a5269f 100644
--- a/release_process.txt
+++ b/release_process.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+###### This is obsolete -- see _release.sh ######
+
 # Use pynetcio machine
 
 # Make sure you have rolled the version in __init__.py