diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de86122ce24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.git
+.github
+node_modules
+dist
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index ceb24e9681e..4911527128d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
     uses: ./.github/workflows/container.yml
 
+  production-container:
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write # Required to exchange for AWS credentials using OIDC
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/container-production.yml
+    secrets:
+      GU_RIFF_RAFF_ROLE_ARN: ${{ secrets.GU_RIFF_RAFF_ROLE_ARN }}
+
   prettier:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/prettier.yml
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-production.yml b/.github/workflows/container-production.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ecf3611a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-production.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Production container
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    secrets:
+      GU_RIFF_RAFF_ROLE_ARN:
+        required: true
+    outputs:
+      imageDigest:
+        description: 'The digest of the generated container image'
+        value: ${{ jobs.build-production-image.outputs.imageDigest }}
+jobs:
+  facts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-slim
+    permissions: {} # This job doesn't need any permissions. Explicitly set it to an empty object to avoid inheriting any default permissions of the workflow.
+    outputs:
+      branchName: ${{ steps.get-build-facts.outputs.branchName }}
+      buildNumber: ${{ steps.get-build-facts.outputs.buildNumber }}
+      commitSha: ${{ steps.get-build-facts.outputs.commitSha }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: guardian/actions-build-facts@v0.0.1
+        id: get-build-facts
+
+  build-production-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - facts
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write # Required to exchange for AWS credentials using OIDC
+    outputs:
+      imageDigest: ${{ steps.publish-image.outputs.imageDigest }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
+      - name: Add commit hash for PRout
+        working-directory: dotcom-rendering
+        run: echo 'export const GIT_COMMIT_HASH = "${{ needs.facts.outputs.commitSha }}";' > src/server/prout.ts
+      - name: Build image
+        run: docker buildx build -f Production.dockerfile -t ${{ github.repository }}:latest .
+      - name: Publish Image
+        uses: guardian/actions-publish-image@v0.0.2
+        id: publish-image
+        with:
+          roleArn: ${{ secrets.GU_RIFF_RAFF_ROLE_ARN }}
+          branchName: ${{ needs.facts.outputs.branchName }}
+          buildNumber: ${{ needs.facts.outputs.buildNumber }}
+          commitSha: ${{ needs.facts.outputs.commitSha }}
diff --git a/Production.dockerfile b/Production.dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c31c688555c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Production.dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+FROM dhi.io/node:24-alpine3.23-dev AS base
+ENV PNPM_HOME="/pnpm"
+ENV PATH="$PNPM_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+RUN corepack enable
+COPY . /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Install dependencies as a separate step to take advantage of Docker's caching.
+# Leverage a cache mount to /pnpm/store to speed up subsequent builds.
+FROM base AS dependencies
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm,target=/pnpm/store pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+WORKDIR /app/dotcom-rendering
+ENV PATH="node_modules/.bin:$PATH"
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+
+# Build the application
+FROM dependencies AS builder
+RUN webpack --config webpack/webpack.config.js --progress
+RUN node scripts/islands/island-descriptions.mjs
+
+# Finally, create the production image with only the necessary files
+FROM dhi.io/node:24-alpine3.23 AS application
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /app/dotcom-rendering/dist /app
+
+# Disable logging with Log4js as console logs will be forwarded to Central ELK with a sidecar
+# TODO Maintain metrics
+ENV DISABLE_LOGGING_AND_METRICS=true
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+
+# Expose the port that the application listens on
+EXPOSE 9000
+
+CMD ["node", "/app/server.js"]
diff --git a/scripts/postinstall.sh b/scripts/postinstall.sh
index feede7c03f7..fae29ac04a3 100755
--- a/scripts/postinstall.sh
+++ b/scripts/postinstall.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 
 # Automatically copy over required settings for vscode
 if [ ! -f .vscode/settings.json ] ;