diff --git a/.github/bootstrap.sh b/.github/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..603b4310d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2164
+
+# Copyright 2019 The Vitess Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This is a next-gen bootstrap which skips Python and Java tests,
+# and does not use the VTROOT/VTTOP layout.
+#
+# My original intention was to use the same bootstrap.sh and gate
+# for new features, but it has turned out to be difficult to do,
+# due to the way that Docker cache works in the CI environment.
+
+function fail() {
+  echo "ERROR: $1"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+[[ "$(dirname "$0")" = "." ]] || fail "bootstrap.sh must be run from its current directory"
+
+# Create main directories.
+
+VTROOT="$PWD"
+
+mkdir -p dist
+mkdir -p bin
+mkdir -p lib
+mkdir -p vthook
+
+source ./dev.env
+
+go version &>/dev/null  || fail "Go is not installed or is not on \$PATH"
+goversion_min 1.12 || fail "Go is not version 1.12+"
+
+# Set up required soft links.
+# TODO(mberlin): Which of these can be deleted?
+ln -snf "$VTROOT/py" "$VTROOT/py-vtdb"
+ln -snf "$VTROOT/go/vt/zkctl/zksrv.sh" "$VTROOT/bin/zksrv.sh"
+ln -snf "$VTROOT/test/vthook-test.sh" "$VTROOT/vthook/test.sh"
+ln -snf "$VTROOT/test/vthook-test_backup_error" "$VTROOT/vthook/test_backup_error"
+ln -snf "$VTROOT/test/vthook-test_backup_transform" "$VTROOT/vthook/test_backup_transform"
+
+# git hooks are only required if someone intends to contribute.
+
+echo "creating git hooks"
+mkdir -p "$VTROOT/.git/hooks"
+ln -sf "$VTROOT/misc/git/pre-commit" "$VTROOT/.git/hooks/pre-commit"
+ln -sf "$VTROOT/misc/git/commit-msg" "$VTROOT/.git/hooks/commit-msg"
+git config core.hooksPath "$VTROOT/.git/hooks"
+
+# install_dep is a helper function to generalize the download and installation of dependencies.
+#
+# If the installation is successful, it puts the installed version string into
+# the $dist/.installed_version file. If the version has not changed, bootstrap
+# will skip future installations.
+function install_dep() {
+  if [[ $# != 4 ]]; then
+    fail "install_dep function requires exactly 4 parameters (and not $#). Parameters: $*"
+  fi
+  local name="$1"
+  local version="$2"
+  local dist="$3"
+  local install_func="$4"
+
+  version_file="$dist/.installed_version"
+  if [[ -f "$version_file" && "$(cat "$version_file")" == "$version" ]]; then
+    echo "skipping $name install. remove $dist to force re-install."
+    return
+  fi
+
+  echo "installing $name $version"
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2064
+  trap "fail '$name build failed'; exit 1" ERR
+
+  # Cleanup any existing data and re-create the directory.
+  rm -rf "$dist"
+  mkdir -p "$dist"
+
+  # Change $CWD to $dist before calling "install_func".
+  pushd "$dist" >/dev/null
+  # -E (same as "set -o errtrace") makes sure that "install_func" inherits the
+  # trap. If here's an error, the trap will be called which will exit this
+  # script.
+  set -E
+  $install_func "$version" "$dist"
+  set +E
+  popd >/dev/null
+
+  trap - ERR
+
+  echo "$version" > "$version_file"
+}
+
+
+#
+# 1. Installation of dependencies.
+#
+
+# Wrapper around the `arch` command which plays nice with OS X
+function get_arch() {
+  case $(uname) in
+    Linux) arch;;
+    Darwin) uname -m;;
+  esac
+}
+
+# Install protoc.
+function install_protoc() {
+  local version="$1"
+  local dist="$2"
+
+  case $(uname) in
+    Linux)  local platform=linux;;
+    Darwin) local platform=osx;;
+  esac
+
+  case $(get_arch) in
+      aarch64)  local target=aarch_64;;
+      x86_64)  local target=x86_64;;
+      *)   echo "ERROR: unsupported architecture"; exit 1;;
+  esac
+
+  wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v$version/protoc-$version-$platform-${target}.zip
+  unzip "protoc-$version-$platform-${target}.zip"
+  ln -snf "$dist/bin/protoc" "$VTROOT/bin/protoc"
+}
+protoc_ver=3.6.1
+install_dep "protoc" "$protoc_ver" "$VTROOT/dist/vt-protoc-$protoc_ver" install_protoc
+
+# Download and install etcd, link etcd binary into our root.
+function install_etcd() {
+  local version="$1"
+  local dist="$2"
+
+  case $(uname) in
+    Linux)  local platform=linux; local ext=tar.gz;;
+    Darwin) local platform=darwin; local ext=zip;;
+  esac
+
+  case $(get_arch) in
+      aarch64)  local target=arm64;;
+      x86_64)  local target=amd64;;
+      *)   echo "ERROR: unsupported architecture"; exit 1;;
+  esac
+
+  download_url=https://github.com/coreos/etcd/releases/download
+  file="etcd-${version}-${platform}-${target}.${ext}"
+
+  wget "$download_url/$version/$file"
+  if [ "$ext" = "tar.gz" ]; then
+    tar xzf "$file"
+  else
+    unzip "$file"
+  fi
+  rm "$file"
+  ln -snf "$dist/etcd-${version}-${platform}-${target}/etcd" "$VTROOT/bin/etcd"
+}
+install_dep "etcd" "v3.3.10" "$VTROOT/dist/etcd" install_etcd
+
+echo
+echo "bootstrap finished"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-example.yml b/.github/workflows/local-example.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a4ec46301a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/local-example.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Go
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    name: Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v1
+      with:
+        go-version: 1.13
+      id: local-example
+
+    - name: Check out code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+    - name: Get dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server mysql-client make unzip g++ etcd curl git wget
+        sudo service mysql stop
+        sudo service etcd stop
+        sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld /etc/apparmor.d/disable/
+        sudo apparmor_parser -R /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.mysqld
+        go mod download
+
+    - name: Run bootstrap.sh
+      run: |
+        echo "Copying new bootstrap over location of legacy one."
+        cp .github/bootstrap.sh .
+        ./bootstrap.sh
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        GOBIN=$PWD/bin make build
+
+    - name: Run Local Example
+      run: |
+        export PATH=$PWD/bin:$PATH
+        VTDATAROOT=/tmp/vtdataroot VTTOP=$PWD VTROOT=$PWD test/local_example.sh
+
diff --git a/examples/local/etcd-down.sh b/examples/local/etcd-down.sh
index 402c1216795..9d05f649c44 100755
--- a/examples/local/etcd-down.sh
+++ b/examples/local/etcd-down.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ script_root=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 source "${script_root}/env.sh"
 
-# Stop etcd servers.
-echo "Stopping etcd servers..."
-kill -9 "$(pgrep -f "${ETCD_BINDIR}/etcd")"
+pid=`cat $VTDATAROOT/tmp/etcd.pid`
+echo "Stopping etcd..."
+kill -9 $pid
diff --git a/examples/local/etcd-up.sh b/examples/local/etcd-up.sh
index 5883d967271..05d25ab0e28 100755
--- a/examples/local/etcd-up.sh
+++ b/examples/local/etcd-up.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ script_root=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
 source "${script_root}/env.sh"
 
 ${ETCD_BINDIR}/etcd --data-dir "${VTDATAROOT}/etcd/"  --listen-client-urls "http://${ETCD_SERVER}" --advertise-client-urls "http://${ETCD_SERVER}" > "${VTDATAROOT}"/tmp/etcd.out 2>&1 &
+PID=$!
+echo $PID > "${VTDATAROOT}/tmp/etcd.pid"
 sleep 5
 
 echo "add /vitess/global"
diff --git a/examples/local/vtctld-down.sh b/examples/local/vtctld-down.sh
index 38ba62c4fce..398311ca043 100755
--- a/examples/local/vtctld-down.sh
+++ b/examples/local/vtctld-down.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,4 @@ source $script_root/env.sh
 
 pid=`cat $VTDATAROOT/tmp/vtctld.pid`
 echo "Stopping vtctld..."
-kill $pid
-
-kill -9 "$(pgrep -f "/bin/vtctld")"
+kill -9 $pid