diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5fb2a70b1fab8f0637781f8826e4df416fb07421..8866e6190b95395d3b7c1a734eb392bb7a176ce9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -463,11 +463,12 @@ test-chart:
   stage: test
   tags:
   - docker-executor
-  image: nexus.engageska-portugal.pt/ska-docker/deploy:0.4.1
+  image: nexus.engageska-portugal.pt/ska-docker/deploy:0.4.2
   script:
   - export KUBE_NAMESPACE="ci-ska-docker-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
   - cd charts/
   - kubectl version
+  - helm version
   - make install-chart
   - make wait
   - make test
@@ -494,7 +495,7 @@ push:
   - make DOCKER_REGISTRY_USER=$DOCKER_REGISTRY_FOLDER DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST=$DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST push
 
 variables:
-    CHARTS_TO_PUBLISH: tango-base archiver tango-util
+    CHARTS_TO_PUBLISH: tango-util tango-base archiver 
 # Ensure your .gitlab-ci.yml has "publish" stage defined!
 include:
   - project: 'ska-telescope/templates-repository'
diff --git a/charts/Makefile b/charts/Makefile
index 726cf84fce6a26ef58dc7684c28cac2e4d33ac07..d73f4e2e234c6225633fbaca15eabdb80232fd15 100644
--- a/charts/Makefile
+++ b/charts/Makefile
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ MARK ?= all
 IMAGE_TO_TEST ?= nexus.engageska-portugal.pt/ska-docker/tango-vscode:0.2.7## docker image that will be run for testing purpose
 TEST_RUNNER = test-makefile-runner-$(CI_JOB_ID)-$(KUBE_NAMESPACE)-$(RELEASE_NAME)##name of the pod running the k8s_tests
 TANGO_HOST=$(shell helm get values ${RELEASE_NAME} -a -n ${KUBE_NAMESPACE} | grep tango_host | head -1 | cut -d':' -f2 | cut -d' ' -f2):10000
-
-CHART_TO_PUB ?= ska-docker## list of charts to be published on gitlab -- umbrella charts for testing purpose
+CHARTS ?= tango-util tango-base archiver ska-docker## list of charts to be published on gitlab -- umbrella charts for testing purpose
 
 CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG ?= ska-docker
 CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG ?= ska-docker
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
+clean: ## clean out references to chart tgz's
+	@rm -f ./*/charts/*.tgz ./*/Chart.lock ./*/requirements.lock ../repository/*
+
 k8s: ## Which kubernetes are we connected to
 	@echo "Kubernetes cluster-info:"
 	@kubectl cluster-info
@@ -47,17 +49,21 @@ help:  ## show this help.
 package: ## package charts
 	@echo "Packaging helm charts. Any existing file won't be overwritten."; \
 	mkdir -p ../tmp
-	@for i in $(CHART_TO_PUB); do \
-	helm package $${i} --destination ../tmp > /dev/null; \
+	@for i in $(CHARTS); do \
+	helm package $${i} --dependency-update --destination ../tmp > /dev/null; \
 	done; \
 	mkdir -p ../repository && cp -n ../tmp/* ../repository; \
 	cd ../repository && helm repo index .; \
 	rm -rf ../tmp
 
-install-chart: namespace## install the helm chart with name RELEASE_NAME and path UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH on the namespace KUBE_NAMESPACE 
-	@sed -e 's/CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG/$(CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG)/' ska-docker/values.yaml > generated_values.yaml; \
+dep-up: ## update dependencies for every charts in the env var CHARTS
+	@for i in $(CHARTS); do \
+	helm dependency update $${i}; \
+	done;
+
+install-chart: clean dep-up namespace## install the helm chart with name RELEASE_NAME and path UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH on the namespace KUBE_NAMESPACE 
+	@sed -e 's/CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG/$(CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG)/' ci-values.yaml > generated_values.yaml; \
 	sed -e 's/CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG/$(CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG)/' generated_values.yaml > values.yaml; \
-	helm dependency update $(UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH); \
 	helm install $(RELEASE_NAME) \
 	--set minikube=$(MINIKUBE) \
 	--values values.yaml \
@@ -65,11 +71,9 @@ install-chart: namespace## install the helm chart with name RELEASE_NAME and pat
 	 rm generated_values.yaml; \
 	 rm values.yaml
 
-
-template-chart: ## install the helm chart with name RELEASE_NAME and path UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH on the namespace KUBE_NAMESPACE 
-	@sed -e 's/CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG/$(CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG)/' ska-docker/values.yaml > generated_values.yaml; \
+template-chart: clean dep-up## install the helm chart with name RELEASE_NAME and path UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH on the namespace KUBE_NAMESPACE 
+	@sed -e 's/CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG/$(CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG)/' ci-values.yaml > generated_values.yaml; \
 	sed -e 's/CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG/$(CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG)/' generated_values.yaml > values.yaml; \
-	helm dependency update $(UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH); \
 	helm template $(RELEASE_NAME) \
 	--set minikube=$(MINIKUBE) \
 	--values values.yaml \
@@ -78,13 +82,13 @@ template-chart: ## install the helm chart with name RELEASE_NAME and path UMBREL
 	 rm values.yaml
 
 uninstall-chart: ## uninstall the ska-docker helm chart on the namespace ska-docker
-	helm template  $(RELEASE_NAME) $(UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH) --namespace $(KUBE_NAMESPACE)  | kubectl delete -f - ; \
+	@helm template  $(RELEASE_NAME) $(UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH) --namespace $(KUBE_NAMESPACE)  | kubectl delete -f - ; \
 	helm uninstall  $(RELEASE_NAME) --namespace $(KUBE_NAMESPACE) 
 
 reinstall-chart: uninstall-chart install-chart ## reinstall the ska-docker helm chart on the namespace ska-docker
 
 upgrade-chart: ## upgrade the ska-docker helm chart on the namespace ska-docker
-	helm upgrade --set minikube=$(MINIKUBE) $(RELEASE_NAME) $(UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH) --namespace $(KUBE_NAMESPACE) 
+	@helm upgrade --set minikube=$(MINIKUBE) $(RELEASE_NAME) $(UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH) --namespace $(KUBE_NAMESPACE) 
 
 chart_lint: ## lint check the helm chart
 	@helm lint $(UMBRELLA_CHART_PATH) \
diff --git a/charts/archiver/Chart.yaml b/charts/archiver/Chart.yaml
index 3f947a107c35f970027a2f2d5671950bfe41e9c6..db674d28dc455d2b807e510507e0ce376eda60d5 100644
--- a/charts/archiver/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/archiver/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
-apiVersion: v1
+apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: "1.0"
 description: A Helm chart for deploying the HDB++ archiver for the MVP on Kubernetes
 name: archiver
-version: 0.2.1
+version: 0.2.2
+appVersion: 1.16.0
 icon: https://www.skatelescope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/09545_NEW_LOGO_2014.png
+dependencies:
+- name: tango-util
+  version: 0.2.0
+  repository: file://../tango-util
+# The archiver cannot have the tango-base since we allow only one level in the chart hierarchies
+# - name: tango-base
+#   version: 0.2.1
+#   repository: file://../tango-base
+#   condition: tango-base.enabled,global.sub-system.tango-base.enabled
diff --git a/charts/ci-values.yaml b/charts/ci-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..61b67ca7c58c997964498617f3deed6daf2fa856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/ci-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+global:
+  annotations:
+    app.gitlab.com/app: CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG
+    app.gitlab.com/env: CI_ENVIRONMENT_SLUG
+  # by setting this parameter we can disable the lower level sub-system tango-base, archiver and webjive
+  # sub-system:
+  #   tango-base:
+  #     enabled: false
+  #   archiver:
+  #     enabled: false
+  #   webjive: 
+  #     enabled: false
+
+# tango-base:
+#   enabled: true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/ska-docker/Chart.yaml b/charts/ska-docker/Chart.yaml
index b8a6fece3234a7e163a65ebf4ae841cde324590b..8ee6b21bb58197f1342baa6470ae079e88e3fbd0 100644
--- a/charts/ska-docker/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/ska-docker/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@ apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: "1.0"
 description: A Helm chart for deploying the TANGO base system on Kubernetes
 name: ska-docker
-version: 0.1.2
+version: 0.1.3
 icon: https://www.skatelescope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/09545_NEW_LOGO_2014.png
 dependencies:
 - name: tango-util
   version: 0.2.0
   repository: file://../tango-util
 - name: tango-base
-  version: 0.2.0
+  version: 0.2.1
   repository: file://../tango-base
+  condition: tango-base.enabled,global.sub-system.tango-base.enabled
 - name: archiver
-  version: 0.2.1
-  repository: file://../archiver
\ No newline at end of file
+  version: 0.2.2
+  repository: file://../archiver
+  condition: archiver.enabled,global.sub-system.archiver.enabled
diff --git a/charts/ska-docker/values.yaml b/charts/ska-docker/values.yaml
index e210104070e7d8fa095cdc6f1d6c631e581eb848..5d0004a73fcf0d1c39fbdce80a5c333de2827eed 100644
--- a/charts/ska-docker/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ska-docker/values.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ global:
       image: tango-dsconfig
       tag: 1.5.0
       pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  # by setting this parameter we can disable the lower level sub-system tango-base, archiver and webjive
+  # sub-system:
+  #   tango-base:
+  #     enabled: false
+  #   archiver:
+  #     enabled: false
+  #   webjive: 
+  #     enabled: false
 
 tango-base:
   itango:
@@ -35,4 +43,3 @@ tango-base:
   ingress:
     enabled: true
     hostname: tango-base.minikube.local
-
diff --git a/charts/tango-base/Chart.yaml b/charts/tango-base/Chart.yaml
index 17d701bf1a8187ef948506a8dc78fff6a665e044..704e4fccef0cff6d5c97112257fdbd662c41e90e 100644
--- a/charts/tango-base/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/tango-base/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,9 @@ apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: "1.0"
 description: A Helm chart for deploying the TANGO base system on Kubernetes
 name: tango-base
-version: 0.2.0
-icon: https://www.skatelescope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/09545_NEW_LOGO_2014.png
\ No newline at end of file
+version: 0.2.1
+icon: https://www.skatelescope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/09545_NEW_LOGO_2014.png
+dependencies:
+- name: tango-util
+  version: 0.2.0
+  repository: file://../tango-util
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/tango-base/requirements.lock b/charts/tango-base/requirements.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 9faa969b5737ac8aea1d3f94fee351a1266879f3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/charts/tango-base/requirements.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-dependencies:
-- name: tango-util
-  repository: file:///home/ubuntu/ska-docker/charts/tango-util
-  version: 0.1.0
-digest: sha256:a2faecd91edca175823640f5a28f6d467481fc2139ec44ea8a67e39409f6cf93
-generated: "2020-09-10T14:40:38.2031008Z"
diff --git a/repository/index.yaml b/repository/index.yaml
index 0e82d6f220b32d6e942ddfce249fd028444948b6..728921032489cf58aafc4cd2077f1cb11fe38940 100644
--- a/repository/index.yaml
+++ b/repository/index.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ entries:
   ska-docker:
   - apiVersion: v2
     appVersion: "1.0"
-    created: "2020-09-16T14:35:46.411669622Z"
+    created: "2020-09-24T14:22:01.30783136Z"
     dependencies:
     - name: tango-util
       repository: file://../tango-util
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ entries:
     urls:
     - ska-docker-0.1.2.tgz
     version: 0.1.2
-generated: "2020-09-16T14:35:46.40556769Z"
+generated: "2020-09-24T14:22:01.300552941Z"