diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e43b0f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 714bedc..3605b26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Docker templates for different programming languages
 
-### Angular
+## Angular
 Move Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml and .dockerignore into top level Angular 
 app directory (my_angular_app/ and not my_angular_app/src)
 
@@ -29,7 +29,18 @@
 docker run --name app -p 4200:4200 -v nodemodules:/src/node_modules  -v .:/src  MY_IMAGE_NAME
 ```
 
-or to start via Docker compose
+## Python
+
+For the local version of docker compose, the environment variables 
+shown are required if the app needs to use GCP client libraries.
+
+For production, there may be additional permissions that are required to run
+the application on GCP.
+
+
+## Docker / Docker Compose Notes
+
+### Start via Docker compose
 
 ```bash
 docker compose up
@@ -39,4 +50,14 @@
 
 ```bash
 docker compose down
+```
+
+### Build 
+
+```bash
+docker build -t <TAG_NAME> -f <DOCKERFILE_NAME> .
+```
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f <DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILENAME> {up | down}
 ```
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diff --git a/python/Dockerfile.local b/python/Dockerfile.local
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9acbe3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/Dockerfile.local
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM python:alpine3.12
+
+WORKDIR /src
+
+COPY ./src/requirements.txt /src 
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# RUN gcloud auth application-default login
+
+COPY . /src 
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+ENV FLASK_APP=app
+
+CMD ["flask", "--app" "main.py" "--debug" "run"]
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diff --git a/python/Dockerfile.prod b/python/Dockerfile.prod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53ca220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/Dockerfile.prod
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+FROM python:alpine3.12
+
+WORKDIR /src
+
+COPY ./src/requirements.txt /src 
+RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# RUN gcloud auth application-default login
+
+COPY . /src 
+
+EXPOSE 5000
+
+ENV FLASK_APP=app
+
+CMD ["gunicorn", "-b", "0.0.0.0:5000", "main:app"]
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diff --git a/python/docker-compose.local.yml b/python/docker-compose.local.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8089d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/docker-compose.local.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  app: 
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - 5000:5000
+    volumes:
+      - ./src:/src
+      - ${ADC}:/tmp/keys/application_default_credentials.json:ro
+    environment:
+      GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: /tmp/keys/application_default_credentials.json
+      GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT: ${PROJECT}
+
+# Setting enviornment variables
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74866327/oserror-whilst-trying-to-run-a-python-app-inside-a-docker-container-using-appl
diff --git a/python/docker-compose.prod.yml b/python/docker-compose.prod.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..339d06f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  app: 
+    build: .
+    ports:
+      - 5000:5000
+    volumes:
+      - ./src:/src
+
+# Setting enviornment variables
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74866327/oserror-whilst-trying-to-run-a-python-app-inside-a-docker-container-using-appl