diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
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--- a/scripts/release.sh
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-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# usage: release.sh BUILD_NUM
-#
-# Requirements:
-# - curl
-# - jq
-# - sha256sum
-# - awscli
-# - gpg
-#
-# CIRCLE_TOKEN set to a CircleCI API token that can list the artifacts.
-#
-# AWS cli setup to be able to write to the BUCKET.
-#
-# GPG setup with a signing key.
-
-BUILD_NUM="${1:?usage: release.sh BUILD_NUM}"
-BUCKET="${2:-dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases}"
-
-: ${CIRCLE_TOKEN:?"Must set CIRCLE_TOKEN"}
-
-tmpdir="$(mktemp -d -t telegraf.XXXXXXXXXX)"
-
-on_exit() {
-	rm -rf "$tmpdir"
-}
-trap on_exit EXIT
-
-echo "${tmpdir}"
-cd "${tmpdir}" || exit 1
-
-curl -s -S -L -H Circle-Token:${CIRCLE_TOKEN} \
-	"https://circleci.com/api/v2/project/gh/influxdata/telegraf/${BUILD_NUM}/artifacts" \
-	-o artifacts || exit 1
-
-cat artifacts | jq -r '.items[] | "\(.url) \(.path|ltrimstr("build/dist/"))"' > manifest
-
-while read url path;
-do
-	echo $url
-	curl -s -S -L -o "$path" "$url" &&
-	sha256sum "$path" > "$path.DIGESTS" &&
-	gpg --armor --detach-sign "$path.DIGESTS" &&
-	gpg --armor --detach-sign "$path" || exit 1
-done < manifest
-
-echo
-cat *.DIGESTS
-echo
-
-arch() {
-	case ${1} in
-		*i386.*)
-			echo i386;;
-		*armel.*)
-			echo armel;;
-		*armv6hl.*)
-			echo armv6hl;;
-		*armhf.*)
-			echo armhf;;
-		*arm64.* | *aarch64.*)
-			echo arm64;;
-		*amd64.* | *x86_64.*)
-			echo amd64;;
-		*s390x.*)
-			echo s390x;;
-		*ppc64le.*)
-			echo ppc64le;;
-		*mipsel.*)
-			echo mipsel;;
-		*mips.*)
-			echo mips;;
-		*)
-			echo unknown
-	esac
-}
-
-platform() {
-	case ${1} in
-		*".rpm")
-			echo Centos;;
-		*".deb")
-			echo Debian;;
-		*"linux"*)
-			echo Linux;;
-		*"freebsd"*)
-			echo FreeBSD;;
-		*"darwin"*)
-			echo Mac OS X;;
-		*"windows"*)
-			echo Windows;;
-		*)
-			echo unknown;;
-	esac
-}
-
-echo "Arch | Platform | Package | SHA256"
-echo "---| --- | --- | ---"
-while read url path;
-do
-	echo "$(arch ${path}) | $(platform ${path}) | [\`${path}\`](https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/${path}) | \`$(sha256sum ${path} | cut -f1 -d' ')\`"
-done < manifest
-echo ""
-
-package="$(grep *_darwin_amd64.dmg manifest | cut -f2 -d' ')"
-cat -<<EOF
-      {
-        "platform": "macOS (via signed .dmg)",
-        "link": "https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/$package",
-        "code": [
-
-        ]
-      },
-EOF
-package="$(grep *_amd64.deb manifest | cut -f2 -d' ')"
-cat -<<EOF
-      {
-        "platform": "Ubuntu &amp; Debian",
-        "sha256":"$(sha256sum $package | cut -f1 -d' ')",
-        "code":[
-          "wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/$package",
-          "sudo dpkg -i $package"
-        ]
-      },
-EOF
-package="$(grep *.x86_64.rpm manifest | cut -f2 -d' ')"
-cat -<<EOF
-      {
-        "platform": "RedHat &amp; CentOS",
-        "sha256":"$(sha256sum $package | cut -f1 -d' ')",
-        "code":[
-          "wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/$package",
-          "sudo yum localinstall $package"
-        ]
-      },
-EOF
-package="$(grep *windows_amd64.zip manifest | cut -f2 -d' ')"
-cat -<<EOF
-      {
-        "platform": "Windows Binaries (64-bit)",
-        "sha256":"$(sha256sum $package | cut -f1 -d' ')",
-        "code":[
-          "wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/$package -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $package",
-          "Expand-Archive .\\$package -DestinationPath 'C:\\Program Files\\InfluxData\\telegraf\\'"
-        ]
-      },
-EOF
-package="$(grep *_linux_amd64.tar.gz manifest | cut -f2 -d' ')"
-cat -<<EOF
-      {
-        "platform": "Linux Binaries (64-bit)",
-        "sha256":"$(sha256sum $package | cut -f1 -d' ')",
-        "code":[
-          "wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/$package",
-          "tar xf $package"
-        ]
-      },
-EOF
-package="$(grep *_static_linux_amd64.tar.gz manifest | cut -f2 -d' ')"
-cat -<<EOF
-      {
-        "platform": "Linux Binaries (64-bit, static)",
-        "sha256":"$(sha256sum $package | cut -f1 -d' ')",
-        "code":[
-          "wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/$package",
-          "tar xf $package"
-        ]
-      },
-EOF
-package="$(grep *linux_i386.tar.gz manifest | cut -f2 -d' ')"
-cat -<<EOF
-      {
-        "platform": "Linux Binaries (32-bit)",
-        "sha256":"$(sha256sum $package | cut -f1 -d' ')",
-        "code":[
-          "wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/$package",
-          "tar xf $package"
-        ]
-      },
-EOF
-package="$(grep *linux_armhf.tar.gz manifest | cut -f2 -d' ')"
-cat -<<EOF
-      {
-        "platform": "Linux Binaries (ARMv7)",
-        "sha256":"$(sha256sum $package | cut -f1 -d' ')",
-        "code":[
-          "wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/$package",
-          "tar xf $package"
-        ]
-      },
-EOF
-package="$(grep *linux_arm64.tar.gz manifest | cut -f2 -d' ')"
-cat -<<EOF
-      {
-        "platform": "Linux Binaries (ARMv8)",
-        "sha256":"$(sha256sum $package | cut -f1 -d' ')",
-        "code":[
-          "wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/$package",
-          "tar xf $package"
-        ]
-      }
-EOF
-
-aws s3 sync ./ "s3://$BUCKET/" \
-	--exclude "*" \
-	--include "*.tar.gz" \
-	--include "*.deb" \
-	--include "*.rpm" \
-	--include "*.zip" \
-	--include "*.DIGESTS" \
-	--include "*.asc" \
-	--include "*.dmg" \
-	--acl public-read