diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..701a074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.git
+.github
+.husky
+.next
+.turbo
+coverage
+dist
+build
+tmp
+temp
+node_modules
+**/node_modules
+**/.next
+**/coverage
+**/dist
+**/build
+**/.turbo
+**/.cache
+*.log
diff --git a/apps/portal-public/Dockerfile b/apps/portal-public/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ef6396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/portal-public/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+FROM node:20-alpine AS builder
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+RUN npm install -g pnpm
+
+COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm-workspace.yaml ./
+COPY apps/portal-public/package.json ./apps/portal-public/
+COPY packages/api-client/package.json ./packages/api-client/
+COPY packages/schemas/package.json ./packages/schemas/
+COPY packages/ui/package.json ./packages/ui/
+
+RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+
+COPY . .
+
+RUN pnpm --dir apps/portal-public build
+
+FROM node:20-alpine AS runner
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENV NODE_ENV=production
+ENV PORT=3000
+ENV HOSTNAME=0.0.0.0
+
+RUN addgroup -g 1001 -S nodejs \
+  && adduser -S nextjs -u 1001
+
+COPY --from=builder /app/apps/portal-public/.next/standalone ./
+COPY --from=builder /app/apps/portal-public/.next/static ./apps/portal-public/.next/static
+COPY --from=builder /app/apps/portal-public/public ./apps/portal-public/public
+
+USER nextjs
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+STOPSIGNAL SIGTERM
+
+CMD ["node", "apps/portal-public/server.js"]
diff --git a/apps/portal-public/next.config.js b/apps/portal-public/next.config.js
index 1991ec8..83c8f54 100644
--- a/apps/portal-public/next.config.js
+++ b/apps/portal-public/next.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
 const nextConfig = {
   reactStrictMode: true,
+  output: 'standalone',
   transpilePackages: ['@the-order/ui', '@the-order/schemas', '@the-order/api-client'],
 };
 
diff --git a/apps/portal-public/src/app/api/health/route.ts b/apps/portal-public/src/app/api/health/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc4c1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/portal-public/src/app/api/health/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+
+export async function GET(): Promise<NextResponse> {
+  return NextResponse.json(
+    {
+      status: 'ok',
+      service: 'portal-public',
+      timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
+    },
+    { status: 200 }
+  );
+}
diff --git a/infra/k8s/base/kustomization.yaml b/infra/k8s/base/kustomization.yaml
index a5c523c..48a1511 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ resources:
   - finance/deployment.yaml
   - dataroom/deployment.yaml
   - legal-documents/deployment.yaml
-
+  - portal-public/deployment.yaml
+  - portal-public/ingress.yaml
diff --git a/infra/k8s/base/portal-public/deployment.yaml b/infra/k8s/base/portal-public/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0ca01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/k8s/base/portal-public/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: portal-public
+  namespace: the-order
+  labels:
+    app: portal-public
+    version: v1
+spec:
+  replicas: 2
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: portal-public
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: portal-public
+        version: v1
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: portal-public
+          image: theorder/portal-public:latest
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 3000
+              name: http
+          env:
+            - name: NODE_ENV
+              valueFrom:
+                configMapKeyRef:
+                  name: the-order-config
+                  key: ENVIRONMENT
+            - name: NEXT_PUBLIC_ERESIDENCY_SERVICE_URL
+              value: http://intake-service
+            - name: NEXT_PUBLIC_IDENTITY_SERVICE_URL
+              value: http://identity-service
+            - name: NEXT_PUBLIC_FINANCE_SERVICE_URL
+              value: http://finance-service
+            - name: NEXT_PUBLIC_DATAROOM_SERVICE_URL
+              value: http://dataroom-service
+            - name: PORT
+              value: "3000"
+            - name: HOSTNAME
+              value: "0.0.0.0"
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: "256Mi"
+              cpu: "100m"
+            limits:
+              memory: "512Mi"
+              cpu: "500m"
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/health
+              port: 3000
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
+            failureThreshold: 3
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/health
+              port: 3000
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 5
+            timeoutSeconds: 3
+            failureThreshold: 3
+          startupProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /api/health
+              port: 3000
+            initialDelaySeconds: 0
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            timeoutSeconds: 3
+            failureThreshold: 30
+          lifecycle:
+            preStop:
+              exec:
+                command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "sleep 10"]
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: portal-public
+  namespace: the-order
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: portal-public
+  ports:
+    - port: 80
+      targetPort: 3000
+      protocol: TCP
+      name: http
+  type: ClusterIP
+---
+apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
+kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+metadata:
+  name: portal-public-hpa
+  namespace: the-order
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: portal-public
+  minReplicas: 2
+  maxReplicas: 6
+  metrics:
+    - type: Resource
+      resource:
+        name: cpu
+        target:
+          type: Utilization
+          averageUtilization: 70
+    - type: Resource
+      resource:
+        name: memory
+        target:
+          type: Utilization
+          averageUtilization: 80
diff --git a/infra/k8s/base/portal-public/ingress.yaml b/infra/k8s/base/portal-public/ingress.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbd0cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infra/k8s/base/portal-public/ingress.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: portal-public
+  namespace: the-order
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
+spec:
+  rules:
+    - host: the-order.sankofa.nexus
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            pathType: Prefix
+            backend:
+              service:
+                name: portal-public
+                port:
+                  number: 80