diff --git a/cmd/do-obsd/main.go b/cmd/do-obsd/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83290a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/do-obsd/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/digitalocean/do-agent/internal/log"
+)
+
+var (
+	version    = "dev"
+	revision   = "none"
+	syslogFlag = flag.Bool("syslog", false, "enable logging to syslog")
+	versionFlag = flag.Bool("version", false, "display the version and exit")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *versionFlag {
+		fmt.Printf("do-obsd %s (rev: %s)\n", version, revision)
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
+	if *syslogFlag {
+		if err := log.InitSyslog(); err != nil {
+			log.Error("failed to initialize syslog: %+v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	log.SetLevel(log.LevelDebug)
+	log.Debug("do-obsd: starting version=%s revision=%s pid=%d", version, revision, os.Getpid())
+
+	sigCh := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(sigCh, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGINT)
+	sig := <-sigCh
+
+	log.Debug("do-obsd: received %s, shutting down", sig)
+}
diff --git a/packaging/etc/systemd/system/do-obsd.service b/packaging/etc/systemd/system/do-obsd.service
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c719574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/etc/systemd/system/do-obsd.service
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=DigitalOcean Observability Supervisor
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+User=do-agent
+ExecStart=/opt/digitalocean/bin/do-obsd --syslog
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+
+OOMScoreAdjust=-900
+SyslogIdentifier=DigitalOceanObservabilitySupervisor
+PrivateTmp=yes
+ProtectSystem=full
+ProtectHome=yes
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-after-install.sh b/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-after-install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4b273928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-after-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# noexpandtab is required for EOF/heredoc
+# vim: noexpandtab
+#
+# IMPORTANT: this script will execute with /bin/sh which is dash on some
+# systems so this shebang should not be changed
+
+set -ue
+
+SVC_NAME=do-obsd
+INSTALL_DIR=/opt/digitalocean/${SVC_NAME}
+CRON=/etc/cron.daily/${SVC_NAME}
+POLKIT_RULE=/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/60-do-obsd.rules
+
+main() {
+	update_selinux
+	install_polkit_rule
+	enable_service
+	patch_updates
+}
+
+update_selinux() {
+	echo "Detecting SELinux"
+	enforced=$(getenforce 2>/dev/null || echo)
+
+	if [ "$enforced" != "Enforcing" ]; then
+		echo "SELinux not enforced"
+		return
+	fi
+
+	echo "setting nis_enabled to 1 to allow ${SVC_NAME} to execute"
+	setsebool -P nis_enabled 1 || echo "Failed" > /dev/stderr
+	systemctl daemon-reexec || true
+}
+
+install_polkit_rule() {
+	echo "Installing polkit rule for do-otelcol.service management"
+	mkdir -p /etc/polkit-1/rules.d
+	cat > "${POLKIT_RULE}" <<'POLKIT_EOF'
+polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
+    if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.systemd1.manage-units" &&
+        action.lookup("unit") == "do-otelcol.service" &&
+        subject.user == "do-agent") {
+        return polkit.Result.YES;
+    }
+});
+POLKIT_EOF
+}
+
+enable_service() {
+	if command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		echo "enable systemd service"
+		systemctl daemon-reload
+		systemctl enable -f ${SVC_NAME}
+		systemctl restart ${SVC_NAME}
+	else
+		echo "Unknown init system. Exiting..." > /dev/stderr
+		exit 1
+	fi
+}
+
+patch_updates() {
+	[ -f "${CRON}" ] && rm -f "${CRON}"
+	script="${INSTALL_DIR}/scripts/update.sh"
+
+	cat <<-EOF > "${CRON}"
+	#!/bin/sh
+	/bin/bash ${script} >/dev/null 2>&1
+	EOF
+
+	chmod +x "${CRON}"
+}
+
+main
diff --git a/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-after-remove.sh b/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-after-remove.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ffd5ac8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-after-remove.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# noexpandtab is required for EOF/heredoc
+# vim: noexpandtab
+#
+# IMPORTANT: this script will execute with /bin/sh which is dash on some
+# systems so this shebang should not be changed
+
+set -ue
+
+SVC_NAME=do-obsd
+CRON=/etc/cron.daily/do-obsd
+POLKIT_RULE=/etc/polkit-1/rules.d/60-do-obsd.rules
+
+# fix an issue where this script runs on upgrades for rpm
+# see https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm/issues/1175#issuecomment-240086016
+arg="${1:-0}"
+
+main() {
+	if echo "${arg}" | grep -qP '^\d+$' && [ "${arg}" -gt 0 ]; then
+		# rpm upgrade
+		exit 0
+	elif echo "${arg}" | grep -qP '^upgrade$'; then
+		# deb upgrade
+		exit 0
+	fi
+
+	if command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+		clean_systemd
+	else
+		echo "Unknown init system" > /dev/stderr
+	fi
+
+	remove_polkit_rule
+	remove_cron
+}
+
+clean_systemd() {
+	echo "Cleaning up systemd scripts"
+	systemctl stop ${SVC_NAME} || true
+	systemctl disable ${SVC_NAME}.service || true
+	systemctl daemon-reload || true
+}
+
+remove_polkit_rule() {
+	echo "Removing polkit rule"
+	rm -f "${POLKIT_RULE}"
+}
+
+remove_cron() {
+	rm -fv "${CRON}"
+}
+
+main
diff --git a/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-install.sh b/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e3b2ff91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script is meant for quick & easy install via:
+#   curl -sSL https://repos.insights.digitalocean.com/do-obsd-install.sh | sudo bash
+# or:
+#   wget -qO- https://repos.insights.digitalocean.com/do-obsd-install.sh | sudo bash
+#
+# vim: noexpandtab
+
+set -ueo pipefail
+
+REPO_HOST=https://repos.insights.digitalocean.com
+REPO_GPG_KEY=${REPO_HOST}/sonar-agent.asc
+
+repo="do-obsd-preview"
+stable_repo="do-agent"
+
+dist="unknown"
+deb_list=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/digitalocean-obsd.list
+deb_keyfile=/usr/share/keyrings/digitalocean-obsd-keyring.gpg
+rpm_repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/digitalocean-obsd.repo
+
+# do-agent stable channel sources (needed to resolve the do-agent dependency)
+stable_deb_list=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/digitalocean-agent.list
+stable_deb_keyfile=/usr/share/keyrings/digitalocean-agent-keyring.gpg
+stable_rpm_repo=/etc/yum.repos.d/digitalocean-agent.repo
+
+function main() {
+	[ "$(id -u)" != "0" ] && \
+		abort "This script must be executed as root."
+
+	clean
+	check_do
+	check_dist
+
+	case "${dist}" in
+		debian|ubuntu)
+			install_apt
+			;;
+		centos|cloudlinux|fedora|almalinux|rocky)
+			install_rpm
+			;;
+		*)
+			not_supported
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
+function wait_for_apt() {
+	while fuser /var/{lib/{dpkg,apt/lists},cache/apt/archives}/lock >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+		echo "Waiting on apt.."
+		sleep 2
+	done
+}
+
+function install_apt() {
+	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+	wait_for_apt && ( apt-get purge -y do-obsd >/dev/null 2>&1 || : )
+
+	echo "Installing apt repository..."
+	wait_for_apt && ( apt-get -qq update || true )
+	wait_for_apt && apt-get -qq install -y ca-certificates gnupg2 apt-utils apt-transport-https curl
+
+	echo -n "Installing gpg key..."
+	curl -sL "${REPO_GPG_KEY}" | gpg --dearmor >"${deb_keyfile}"
+
+	# configure do-agent stable channel so the do-agent dependency resolves
+	if [ ! -f "${stable_deb_list}" ]; then
+		echo "Configuring do-agent stable channel..."
+		cp "${deb_keyfile}" "${stable_deb_keyfile}"
+		echo "deb [signed-by=${stable_deb_keyfile}] ${REPO_HOST}/apt/${stable_repo} main main" >"${stable_deb_list}"
+		wait_for_apt && apt-get -qq update -o Dir::Etc::SourceParts=/dev/null -o APT::Get::List-Cleanup=no -o Dir::Etc::SourceList="sources.list.d/digitalocean-agent.list"
+	fi
+
+	# configure do-obsd preview channel
+	echo "deb [signed-by=${deb_keyfile}] ${REPO_HOST}/apt/${repo} main main" >"${deb_list}"
+	wait_for_apt && apt-get -qq update -o Dir::Etc::SourceParts=/dev/null -o APT::Get::List-Cleanup=no -o Dir::Etc::SourceList="sources.list.d/digitalocean-obsd.list"
+
+	wait_for_apt && apt-get -qq install -y do-obsd
+}
+
+function install_rpm() {
+	echo "Installing yum repository..."
+
+	yum remove -y do-obsd || :
+
+	yum install -y gpgme ca-certificates
+
+	# configure do-agent stable channel so the do-agent dependency resolves
+	if [ ! -f "${stable_rpm_repo}" ]; then
+		echo "Configuring do-agent stable channel..."
+		cat <<-STABLE_EOF > "${stable_rpm_repo}"
+		[digitalocean-agent]
+		name=DigitalOcean Agent
+		baseurl=${REPO_HOST}/yum/${stable_repo}/\$basearch
+		repo_gpgcheck=0
+		gpgcheck=1
+		enabled=1
+		gpgkey=${REPO_GPG_KEY}
+		sslverify=0
+		sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
+		metadata_expire=300
+		STABLE_EOF
+		yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="digitalocean-agent" makecache
+	fi
+
+	# configure do-obsd preview channel
+	cat <<-EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/digitalocean-obsd.repo
+	[digitalocean-obsd]
+	name=DigitalOcean Observability Supervisor
+	baseurl=${REPO_HOST}/yum/${repo}/\$basearch
+	repo_gpgcheck=0
+	gpgcheck=1
+	enabled=1
+	gpgkey=${REPO_GPG_KEY}
+	sslverify=0
+	sslcacert=/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
+	metadata_expire=300
+	EOF
+
+	yum --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="digitalocean-obsd" makecache
+	yum install -y do-obsd
+}
+
+function clean() {
+	echo -n "Cleaning up old sources..."
+	if [ -f "$deb_list" ]; then
+		rm -f "${deb_list}"
+	elif [ -f "$rpm_repo" ]; then
+		rm -f "${rpm_repo}"
+	fi
+	echo "OK"
+}
+
+function check_dist() {
+	echo -n "Verifying compatibility with script..."
+	if [  -f /etc/os-release  ]; then
+		dist=$(awk -F= '$1 == "ID" {gsub("\"", ""); print$2}' /etc/os-release)
+	elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
+		dist=$(awk '{print tolower($1)}' /etc/redhat-release)
+	else
+		not_supported
+	fi
+
+	dist=$(echo "${dist}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+
+	case "${dist}" in
+		debian|ubuntu|centos|fedora|rocky)
+			echo "OK"
+			;;
+		cloudlinux|almalinux)
+			echo "WARN ${dist} is not officially supported. Attempting RPM install"
+			;;
+		*)
+			not_supported
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
+
+function check_do() {
+	echo -n "Verifying machine compatibility..."
+	read -r sys_vendor < /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/bios_vendor
+	if ! [ "$sys_vendor" = "DigitalOcean" ]; then
+		cat <<-EOF
+
+		The DigitalOcean Observability Supervisor is only supported on DigitalOcean machines.
+
+		If you are seeing this message on an older droplet, you may need to power-off
+		and then power-on at http://cloud.digitalocean.com. After power-cycling,
+		please re-run this script.
+
+		EOF
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	echo "OK"
+}
+
+function not_supported() {
+	cat <<-EOF
+
+	This script does not support the OS/Distribution on this machine.
+	If you feel that this is an error contact support@digitalocean.com
+	or create an issue at https://github.com/digitalocean/do-agent/issues/new.
+
+	EOF
+	exit 1
+}
+
+# abort with an error message
+function abort() {
+	read -r line func file <<< "$(caller 0)"
+	echo "ERROR in $file:$func:$line: $1" > /dev/stderr
+	exit 1
+}
+
+
+# leave this last to prevent any partial execution
+main
diff --git a/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-update.sh b/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5452717a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/scripts/do-obsd-update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# vim: noexpandtab
+
+main() {
+	# add some jitter to prevent overloading the packaging machines
+	sleep $(( RANDOM % 900 ))
+
+	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+	if command -v apt-get 2&>/dev/null; then
+		apt-get -qq update -o Dir::Etc::SourceParts=/dev/null -o APT::Get::List-Cleanup=no -o Dir::Etc::SourceList="sources.list.d/digitalocean-obsd.list"
+		apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" -qq install -y --only-upgrade do-obsd
+	elif command -v yum 2&>/dev/null; then
+		yum -q -y --disablerepo="*" --enablerepo="digitalocean-obsd" makecache
+		yum -q -y update do-obsd
+	fi
+}
+
+main