diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 3067f90..4577259 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,11 +1,34 @@
+# .dockerignore
 .git
-.env
+.gitattributes
+.github
 .idea
 .vscode
-node_modules
-vendor
-storage/logs
-storage/framework/sessions
-storage/framework/cache
-storage/framework/views
-docker
+.devcontainer
+.editorconfig
+.env
+.env.example
+.styleci.yml
+.phpunit.result.cache
+/node_modules
+/vendor
+/storage/app
+/storage/framework
+/storage/logs
+/public/storage
+/tests
+/docs
+README.md
+CHANGELOG.md
+CONTRIBUTING.md
+LICENSE
+phpunit.xml
+docker-compose.yml
+compose.dev.yml
+Dockerfile.dev
+docker/development
+docker/common
+render.yaml
+!docker/production
+!docker/production/nginx/nginx.conf
+!docker/production/start.sh
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f97afe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Dockerfile
+# Builder stage
+FROM public.ecr.aws/composer/composer:2 AS builder
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY . .
+RUN composer install --no-dev --no-interaction --optimize-autoloader
+
+# Production stage
+FROM public.ecr.aws/php/php:8.2-fpm-alpine
+WORKDIR /var/www
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN apk add --no-cache nginx libpq
+
+# Copy nginx configuration
+COPY docker/production/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+
+# Copy application files from builder stage
+COPY --from=builder /app .
+
+# Copy start script
+COPY docker/production/start.sh /usr/local/bin/start.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/start.sh
+
+# Set permissions
+RUN chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/storage /var/www/bootstrap/cache
+
+# Expose port 80
+EXPOSE 80
+
+# Start supervisord
+CMD ["/usr/local/bin/start.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/production/nginx/nginx.conf b/docker/production/nginx/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6caa36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/production/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+user www-data;
+worker_processes auto;
+pid /run/nginx.pid;
+include /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/*.conf;
+
+events {
+    worker_connections 768;
+}
+
+http {
+    sendfile on;
+    tcp_nopush on;
+    tcp_nodelay on;
+    keepalive_timeout 65;
+    types_hash_max_size 2048;
+
+    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    default_type application/octet-stream;
+
+    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3; # Dropping SSLv3, ref: POODLE
+    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
+
+    access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
+    error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
+
+    gzip on;
+
+    server {
+        listen 80;
+        server_name _;
+
+        root /var/www/public;
+        index index.php index.html index.htm;
+
+        location / {
+            try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
+        }
+
+        location ~ \.php$ {
+            try_files $uri =404;
+            fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
+            fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
+            fastcgi_index index.php;
+            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+            include fastcgi_params;
+        }
+
+        location ~ /\.ht {
+            deny all;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker/production/start.sh b/docker/production/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e124eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/production/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Start PHP-FPM
+php-fpm &
+
+# Start Nginx
+nginx -g "daemon off;"
diff --git a/docs/RENDER.md b/docs/RENDER.md
index 8e823bc..181149e 100644
--- a/docs/RENDER.md
+++ b/docs/RENDER.md
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@ This project is configured for automatic deployment to the [Render](https://rend
 
 ## How It Works
 
-This repository contains a `render.yaml` file that uses Render's "Blueprint" feature. This file tells Render everything it needs to know to deploy the application, including:
+This repository contains a `render.yaml` file in the root directory that uses Render's "Blueprint" feature. This file tells Render everything it needs to know to deploy the application, including:
 
--   A **web service** running the Laravel application.
+-   A **web service** running the Laravel application. This service is built using the `Dockerfile` in the root of the repository.
 -   A **PostgreSQL database** for storing data.
 
 When you push changes to the `main` branch on GitHub, Render will automatically:
 
 1.  Detect the changes.
-2.  Build the application using the `buildCommand` defined in `render.yaml`. This includes installing dependencies and running database migrations.
-3.  Deploy the new version of the application.
+2.  Build the Docker image for the application.
+3.  Run the `buildCommand` defined in `render.yaml` to execute database migrations (`php artisan migrate --force`).
+4.  Deploy the new version of the application.
 
 ## Initial Setup on Render
 
diff --git a/render.yaml b/render.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..677fd75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/render.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+services:
+  - type: web
+    name: ote
+    env: docker
+    repo: https://github.com/attogram/ote
+    region: oregon
+    plan: free
+    healthCheckPath: /
+    buildCommand: 'php artisan migrate --force'
+    envVars:
+      - key: DB_CONNECTION
+        value: pgsql
+      - key: DB_HOST
+        fromService:
+          type: psql
+          name: ote-db
+          property: host
+      - key: DB_PORT
+        fromService:
+          type: psql
+          name: ote-db
+          property: port
+      - key: DB_DATABASE
+        fromService:
+          type: psql
+          name: ote-db
+          property: database
+      - key: DB_USERNAME
+        fromService:
+          type: psql
+          name: ote-db
+          property: user
+      - key: DB_PASSWORD
+        fromService:
+          type: psql
+          name: ote-db
+          property: password
+      - key: APP_KEY
+        generateValue: true
+      - key: APP_URL
+        fromService:
+          type: web
+          name: ote
+          property: url
+  - type: psql
+    name: ote-db
+    region: oregon
+    plan: free
+    version: "14"