diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy_docker.yaml
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+#
+name: Create and publish a Docker image
+
+# Configures this workflow to run every time a change is pushed to the branch called `release`.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['main']
+
+# Defines two custom environment variables for the workflow. These are used for the Container registry domain, and a name for the Docker image that this workflow builds.
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+# There is a single job in this workflow. It's configured to run on the latest available version of Ubuntu.
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Sets the permissions granted to the `GITHUB_TOKEN` for the actions in this job.
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      #
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3.2.0
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # This step uses [docker/metadata-action](https://github.com/docker/metadata-action#about) to extract tags and labels that will be applied to the specified image. The `id` "meta" allows the output of this step to be referenced in a subsequent step. The `images` value provides the base name for the tags and labels.
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5.5.1
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+      # This step uses the `docker/build-push-action` action to build the image, based on your repository's `Dockerfile`. If the build succeeds, it pushes the image to GitHub Packages.
+      # It uses the `context` parameter to define the build's context as the set of files located in the specified path. For more information, see "[Usage](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action#usage)" in the README of the `docker/build-push-action` repository.
+      # It uses the `tags` and `labels` parameters to tag and label the image with the output from the "meta" step.
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          context: deployment/Dockerfile
+          file: Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
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diff --git a/deployment/Dockerfile b/deployment/Dockerfile
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+FROM mambaorg/micromamba:latest
+
+
+# prevent buffering of output which can cause missed logs
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 
+
+COPY --chown=$MAMBA_USER:$MAMBA_USER . /home/mambauser/lw-reg
+
+WORKDIR /home/mambauser/lw-reg
+
+COPY --chown=$MAMBA_USER:$MAMBA_USER  environment.yml /tmp/env.yaml
+
+RUN micromamba install -y -n base -f /tmp/env.yaml && \
+    micromamba clean --all --yes
+
+ARG MAMBA_DOCKERFILE_ACTIVATE=1
+
+
+RUN pip install .
+RUN lwreg greet
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diff --git a/deployment/README.md b/deployment/README.md
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+# Deployment 
+
+The Dockerfile in this repository can be used to create a production-ready image of the application.
+The image can be built using the following command:
+
+```bash
+cd deployment
+docker build -t <image-name> .
+```
+or a prebuilt one can be pulled from ghcr.io:
+
+```bash
+docker pull ghcr.io/rinikerlab/lightweight-registration:main
+```
+
+