diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81c019fae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# This file is part of daf_butler.
+#
+# Developed for the LSST Data Management System.
+# This product includes software developed by the LSST Project
+# (http://www.lsst.org).
+# See the COPYRIGHT file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# for details of code ownership.
+#
+# This software is dual licensed under the GNU General Public License and also
+# under a 3-clause BSD license. Recipients may choose which of these licenses
+# to use; please see the files gpl-3.0.txt and/or bsd_license.txt,
+# respectively.  If you choose the GPL option then the following text applies
+# (but note that there is still no warranty even if you opt for BSD instead):
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+name: Docker
+on:
+  pull_request: {}
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  docker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 20
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          # Needed to fetch tags, used by Python install process to
+          # figure out version number
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+
+      - uses: lsst-sqre/build-and-push-to-ghcr@v1
+        id: build
+        with:
+          image: ${{ github.repository }}
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - run: echo Pushed ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}:${{ steps.build.outputs.tag }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d8d98cd36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# This file is part of daf_butler.
+#
+# Developed for the LSST Data Management System.
+# This product includes software developed by the LSST Project
+# (http://www.lsst.org).
+# See the COPYRIGHT file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# for details of code ownership.
+#
+# This software is dual licensed under the GNU General Public License and also
+# under a 3-clause BSD license. Recipients may choose which of these licenses
+# to use; please see the files gpl-3.0.txt and/or bsd_license.txt,
+# respectively.  If you choose the GPL option then the following text applies
+# (but note that there is still no warranty even if you opt for BSD instead):
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This Dockerfile is based on the fastapi_safir_app template from
+# lsst/templates
+#
+# This Dockerfile has four stages:
+#
+# base-image
+#   Updates the base Python image with security patches and common system
+#   packages. This image becomes the base of all other images.
+# dependencies-image
+#   Installs third-party dependencies (requirements/main.txt) into a virtual
+#   environment. This virtual environment is ideal for copying across build
+#   stages.
+# install-image
+#   Installs the app into the virtual environment.
+# runtime-image
+#   - Copies the virtual environment into place.
+#   - Runs a non-root user.
+#   - Sets up the entrypoint and port.
+
+FROM python:3.11.6-slim-bullseye as base-image
+
+# Update system packages
+COPY server/scripts/install-base-packages.sh .
+RUN ./install-base-packages.sh && rm ./install-base-packages.sh
+
+FROM base-image AS dependencies-image
+
+# Install system packages only needed for building dependencies.
+COPY server/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh .
+RUN ./install-dependency-packages.sh
+
+# Create a Python virtual environment
+ENV VIRTUAL_ENV=/opt/venv
+RUN python -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
+# Make sure we use the virtualenv
+ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
+# Put the latest pip and setuptools in the virtualenv
+RUN pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir pip setuptools wheel
+
+# Install the app's Python runtime dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt .
+COPY server/requirements.txt server_requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --quiet --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt -r server_requirements.txt
+
+FROM dependencies-image AS install-image
+
+# Use the virtualenv
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+COPY . /workdir
+WORKDIR /workdir
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --no-deps .
+
+FROM base-image AS runtime-image
+
+# Create a non-root user
+RUN useradd --create-home appuser
+
+# Copy the virtualenv
+COPY --from=install-image /opt/venv /opt/venv
+
+# Make sure we use the virtualenv
+ENV PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
+
+# Switch to the non-root user.
+USER appuser
+
+# Expose the port.
+EXPOSE 8080
+
+# Run the application.
+CMD ["uvicorn", "lsst.daf.butler.remote_butler.server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8080"]
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0388699fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Provides a configuration for running Butler Server in docker against
+# test data from the ci_hsc_gen3 package.  Assumes that ci_hsc_gen3
+# has been built via lsstsw in a directory adjacent to the directory
+# containing this file.
+services:
+  butler:
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    environment:
+      BUTLER_SERVER_CONFIG_URI: "/butler_root"
+    volumes:
+      - ../ci_hsc_gen3/DATA:/butler_root
diff --git a/python/lsst/daf/butler/remote_butler/server/_config.py b/python/lsst/daf/butler/remote_butler/server/_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..860fddca83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/lsst/daf/butler/remote_butler/server/_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# This file is part of daf_butler.
+#
+# Developed for the LSST Data Management System.
+# This product includes software developed by the LSST Project
+# (http://www.lsst.org).
+# See the COPYRIGHT file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# for details of code ownership.
+#
+# This software is dual licensed under the GNU General Public License and also
+# under a 3-clause BSD license. Recipients may choose which of these licenses
+# to use; please see the files gpl-3.0.txt and/or bsd_license.txt,
+# respectively.  If you choose the GPL option then the following text applies
+# (but note that there is still no warranty even if you opt for BSD instead):
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+__all__ = ("Config", "get_config_from_env")
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Config:
+    config_uri: str
+
+
+def get_config_from_env() -> Config:
+    config_uri = os.getenv("BUTLER_SERVER_CONFIG_URI")
+    if config_uri is None:
+        raise Exception(
+            "The environment variable BUTLER_SERVER_CONFIG_URI "
+            "must point to a Butler configuration to be used by the server"
+        )
+    return Config(config_uri=config_uri)
diff --git a/python/lsst/daf/butler/remote_butler/server/_server.py b/python/lsst/daf/butler/remote_butler/server/_server.py
index a0c84555bd..981130d9a8 100644
--- a/python/lsst/daf/butler/remote_butler/server/_server.py
+++ b/python/lsst/daf/butler/remote_butler/server/_server.py
@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@
     SerializedDatasetType,
 )
 
+from ._config import get_config_from_env
 from ._factory import Factory
 from ._server_models import FindDatasetModel
 
-BUTLER_ROOT = "ci_hsc_gen3/DATA"
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 app = FastAPI()
@@ -70,7 +69,8 @@ def missing_dataset_type_exception_handler(request: Request, exc: MissingDataset
 
 @cache
 def _make_global_butler() -> Butler:
-    return Butler.from_config(BUTLER_ROOT)
+    config = get_config_from_env()
+    return Butler.from_config(config.config_uri)
 
 
 def factory_dependency() -> Factory:
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a4fe750a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+uvicorn
+psycopg2
diff --git a/server/scripts/install-base-packages.sh b/server/scripts/install-base-packages.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5a5cdfa771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/scripts/install-base-packages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This file is part of daf_butler.
+#
+# Developed for the LSST Data Management System.
+# This product includes software developed by the LSST Project
+# (http://www.lsst.org).
+# See the COPYRIGHT file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# for details of code ownership.
+#
+# This software is dual licensed under the GNU General Public License and also
+# under a 3-clause BSD license. Recipients may choose which of these licenses
+# to use; please see the files gpl-3.0.txt and/or bsd_license.txt,
+# respectively.  If you choose the GPL option then the following text applies
+# (but note that there is still no warranty even if you opt for BSD instead):
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This script is based on the fastapi_safir_app template from
+# lsst/templates
+
+# This script updates packages in the base Docker image that's used by both the
+# build and runtime images, and gives us a place to install additional
+# system-level packages with apt-get.
+#
+# Based on the blog post:
+# https://pythonspeed.com/articles/system-packages-docker/
+
+# Bash "strict mode", to help catch problems and bugs in the shell
+# script. Every bash script you write should include this. See
+# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/ for
+# details.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Display each command as it's run.
+set -x
+
+# Tell apt-get we're never going to be able to give manual
+# feedback:
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Update the package listing, so we know what packages exist:
+apt-get update
+
+# Install security updates:
+apt-get -y upgrade
+
+# libpq is required for psycopg2, the Python postgres bindings
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends libpq5
+
+# Delete cached files we don't need anymore:
+apt-get clean
+rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/server/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh b/server/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d83adb1a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This file is part of daf_butler.
+#
+# Developed for the LSST Data Management System.
+# This product includes software developed by the LSST Project
+# (http://www.lsst.org).
+# See the COPYRIGHT file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# for details of code ownership.
+#
+# This software is dual licensed under the GNU General Public License and also
+# under a 3-clause BSD license. Recipients may choose which of these licenses
+# to use; please see the files gpl-3.0.txt and/or bsd_license.txt,
+# respectively.  If you choose the GPL option then the following text applies
+# (but note that there is still no warranty even if you opt for BSD instead):
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This script is based on the fastapi_safir_app template from
+# lsst/templates
+
+# This script installs additional packages used by the dependency image but
+# not needed by the runtime image, such as additional packages required to
+# build Python dependencies.
+#
+# Since the base image wipes all the apt caches to clean up the image that
+# will be reused by the runtime image, we unfortunately have to do another
+# apt-get update here, which wastes some time and network.
+
+# Bash "strict mode", to help catch problems and bugs in the shell
+# script. Every bash script you write should include this. See
+# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/ for
+# details.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Display each command as it's run.
+set -x
+
+# Tell apt-get we're never going to be able to give manual
+# feedback:
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Update the package listing, so we know what packages exist:
+apt-get update
+
+# Install build-essential because sometimes Python dependencies need to build
+# C modules, particularly when upgrading to newer Python versions.  libffi-dev
+# is sometimes needed to build cffi (a cryptography dependency).
+# Git is needed because we still have some Python dependencies pointing
+# directly at Git repos
+# Libpq-dev is needed to build psycopg2, the postgres bindings for python
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential libffi-dev git libpq-dev
+
+# Delete cached files we don't need anymore:
+apt-get clean
+rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*