diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b396b66d5..230032f8f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -191,6 +191,20 @@ starter_dev: generate-secrets
 	$(MAKE) starter-finalize ENVIRONMENT=starter_dev
 
 
+.PHONY: production
+production: generate-secrets
+	$(MAKE) download-default-certs
+	$(MAKE) -B docker-compose.yml
+	$(MAKE) pull
+	docker-compose up -d --remove-orphans
+	docker-compose exec -T drupal with-contenv bash -lc 'composer install; chown -R nginx:nginx .'
+	docker-compose exec -T drupal with-contenv bash -lc "drush si -y --existing-config minimal --account-pass '$(shell cat secrets/live/DRUPAL_DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD)'"
+	docker-compose exec -T drupal with-contenv bash -lc "drush -l $(SITE) user:role:add fedoraadmin admin"
+	MIGRATE_IMPORT_USER_OPTION=--userid=1 $(MAKE) hydrate
+	docker-compose exec -T drupal with-contenv bash -lc 'drush -l $(SITE) migrate:import --userid=1 islandora_fits_tags'
+	$(MAKE) login
+
+
 #############################################
 ## Helper Rules for managing your install  ##
 #############################################
@@ -248,7 +262,13 @@ build:
 	if [ ! -f $(PROJECT_DRUPAL_DOCKERFILE) ]; then \
 		cp "$(CURDIR)/sample.Dockerfile" $(PROJECT_DRUPAL_DOCKERFILE); \
 	fi
-	docker build -f $(PROJECT_DRUPAL_DOCKERFILE) -t $(COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME)_drupal --build-arg REPOSITORY=$(REPOSITORY) --build-arg TAG=$(TAG) .
+	docker build -f $(PROJECT_DRUPAL_DOCKERFILE) -t $(CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAMESPACE)/$(CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAME):${CUSTOM_IMAGE_TAG} --build-arg REPOSITORY=$(REPOSITORY) --build-arg TAG=$(TAG) .
+
+
+.PHONY: push-image
+## Push your custom drupal image to dockerhub or a container registry
+push-image:
+	docker push "$(CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAMESPACE)/$(CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAME):${CUSTOM_IMAGE_TAG}"
 
 
 .SILENT: docker-compose.yml
@@ -515,7 +535,7 @@ update-settings-php:
 	docker-compose exec -T drupal with-contenv bash -lc "if [ ! -f /var/www/drupal/web/sites/default/settings.php ]; then cp /var/www/drupal/web/sites/default/default.settings.php  /var/www/drupal/web/sites/default/settings.php; fi"
 	docker-compose exec -T drupal with-contenv bash -lc "for_all_sites update_settings_php"
 	# Make sure the host user can read the settings.php files after they have been updated.
-	sudo find ./codebase -type f -name "settings.php" -exec chown $(shell id -u):101 {} \;
+	if [ -d ./codebase ]; then sudo find ./codebase -type f -name "settings.php" -exec chown $(shell id -u):101 {} \;; fi
 
 
 # Created by the standard profile, need to be deleted to import a site that was
@@ -649,6 +669,4 @@ fix_masonry:
 fix_views:
 	docker cp scripts/patch_views.sh $$(docker ps --format "{{.Names}}" | grep drupal):/var/www/drupal/patch_views.sh
 	docker-compose exec -T drupal with-contenv bash -lc "bash /var/www/drupal/patch_views.sh ; rm /var/www/drupal/patch_views.sh ; drush cr"
-
-
-
+  
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4487c53b..004512e4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,37 +164,36 @@ Then you can `git push` your site to Github and `git clone` it down whenever you
 ## Custom Environment
 
 This environment is used to run your custom `drupal` image which can be produced
-outside of this repository. You can specify the image in your `.env` file using
-the settings `PROJECT_DRUPAL_DOCKERFILE` if you want to build it in the context
-of this repository. You can also set the memory limits for each containers here as well.
-
-For convenience a `sample.Dockerfile` is provided from which you can generate a
-custom image from the [codebase](./codebase) folder. For example if you followed
-the guide above to create the codebase folder from the `islandora/demo` image.
-
-And then run it by changing `ENVIRONMENT` to be `custom` and regenerating the
-`docker-compose.yml` file and building the image.
-
-```bash
-make docker-compose.yml
-make build
-```
-
-At this point you could run it using `docker-compose`:
-
-```bash
-make up
-# Or in some situations you could run this instead.
-docker-compose up -d
-```
-
-To specify an image created outside of this repository, you can add the
-following to `docker-compose.env.yml`:
-
-```yaml
-drupal:
-  image: YOUR_CUSTOM_IMAGE
-```
+outside of this repository, or from another isle-dc instance, such as a local
+development environment as described above. You can specify a namespace, the
+image name, and tag in your `.env` file.
+
+This assumes you have already created an image and have it stored in a container
+registry like Dockerhub or Gitlab. If you are setting this up for the first time
+you should first create a local environment as described above. Once you have
+your local environment created you can do the following:
+- In your .env set the name of the image to create using
+`CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAME`, the namespace using `CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAMESPACE`, and the tag
+using `CUSTOM_IMAGE_TAG`
+- Run `make build` to create an image based on the codebase folder
+    - This will create an image named `namespace/name:tag`
+- Run `make push-image` to push that image to your container registry
+
+For convenience a `sample.Dockerfile` is provided which `make build` will use to
+generate a custom image from the [codebase](./codebase) folder. For example if
+you followed the guide above to create the codebase folder from the
+`islandora/demo` image.
+
+Once you have done that you can create your production or staging site by:
+- Modify your .env
+    - Set ENVIRONMENT=custom
+    - Set DOMAIN=yourdomain.com
+    - Set the namespace, the name of the image, and the tag using
+      `CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAMESPACE`, `CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAME`, and `CUSTOM_IMAGE_TAG`
+        - They should be the same values you used on your local machine when creating the image
+- Create your production site using `make production`
+- Export the database from your local machine and import it to your production
+site
 
 ## Shutting down and bring back up
 To run a non-destructive shutdown and bring it back up without having to know the docker commands needed. This keeps all of the commands for basic operations within the make commands.
diff --git a/build/docker-compose/docker-compose.custom.yml b/build/docker-compose/docker-compose.custom.yml
index 83dcdccf0..8acc481e9 100644
--- a/build/docker-compose/docker-compose.custom.yml
+++ b/build/docker-compose/docker-compose.custom.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ volumes:
 services:
   # The service name is drupal that is the default host name used by micro-services etc.
   drupal:
-    build:
-      context: ../../
-      dockerfile: ${PROJECT_DRUPAL_DOCKERFILE:-./Dockerfile}
+    image: ${CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAMESPACE}/${CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAME}:${CUSTOM_IMAGE_TAG}
     environment:
       #
       # Set environment variables that allow use to install from an existing configuration.
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index 1ac49b431..aec02bcdd 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -32,6 +32,21 @@ DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
 # Dockerfile to use when building the custom project.
 PROJECT_DRUPAL_DOCKERFILE=Dockerfile
 
+# Custom namespace for your created Drupal images (eg. your dockerhub username)
+# preface this with a URL to use a container registry like Github or Gitlab
+# Used in the image name when running `make build` and `make push-image`
+CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAMESPACE=mynamespace
+
+# Image name of custom drupal image
+# This is used when pulling a custom image for environments set to custom and 
+# when building a custom image with make build
+CUSTOM_IMAGE_NAME=${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_drupal
+
+# Tag for custom image
+# This is used when pulling a custom image for environments set to custom and
+# when building a custom image with make build
+CUSTOM_IMAGE_TAG=latest
+
 # Packagist repo to use when creating a site with make starter
 # Change this if you want to build from a different codebase than the starter site
 CODEBASE_PACKAGE=islandora/islandora-starter-site:dev-main