diff --git a/deploy/Makefile b/deploy/Makefile
index 6309a6b6f8..ec0b9f72c3 100644
--- a/deploy/Makefile
+++ b/deploy/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ prod:
 			--profile si \
 			up --detach
 
+prod-service:
+	GATEWAY=$(shell $(MAKEPATH)/scripts/gateway.sh) \
+		docker-compose \
+			-f $(MAKEPATH)/docker-compose.yml \
+			-f $(MAKEPATH)/docker-compose.env-static.yml \
+			-f $(MAKEPATH)/docker-compose.pganalyze.yml \
+			-f $(MAKEPATH)/docker-compose.prod.yml \
+			--profile si \
+			up
+
 web: init
 	# REPOPATH=$(REPOPATH) $(MAKEPATH)/scripts/check-for-artifacts-before-mounting.sh
 	$(MAKEPATH)/scripts/generate-ci-yml.sh $(CI_FROM_REF) $(CI_TO_REF)
diff --git a/deploy/docker-compose.env-static.yml b/deploy/docker-compose.env-static.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..321bf11df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/docker-compose.env-static.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+  pinga:
+    volumes:
+      - "/etc/dev.encryption.key:/run/pinga/cyclone_encryption.key:ro"
+  sdf:
+    volumes:
+      - "/etc/jwt_secret_key.bin:/run/sdf/jwt_secret_key.bin"
+      - "/etc/dev.encryption.key:/run/sdf/cyclone_encryption.key:ro"
+  veritech:
+    volumes:
+      - "/etc/dev.decryption.key:/run/cyclone/decryption.key:ro"
+  otel:
+    env_file:
+      - "/etc/honeycomb_env"
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diff --git a/research/staging_host/.gitignore b/research/staging_host/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ffaf9c6e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/staging_host/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.terraform
+terraform.tfstate*
+*.ign
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diff --git a/research/staging_host/README.md b/research/staging_host/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bba816d005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/staging_host/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Staging Host Deployment Documentation
+
+The files in this folder allow you to deploy an EC2
+instance that automatically deploy the latest versions
+of SI's containers, resetting the env on every update.
+
+Right now, it's only bringing up a coreos instance with  
+SI's containers on startup, but no auto-update via watchtower.
+
+It can be started by, while on the folder containing this file,
+running:
+
+```
+butane staging-1.yaml --pretty --strict --files-dir ../../ > staging-1.ign
+terraform apply  -auto-approve
+```
+
+The way it's working right now, butane copies the deployment
+docker compose files and makefile onto the server,
+and executes it. The idea would be to, in the future,
+execute each server via its own systemd unit, and have
+watchtower setup with a pre update
+[lifecycle hook](https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/lifecycle-hooks/)
+that wipes all the data whenever sdf or the dal get updated
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diff --git a/research/staging_host/scripts/docker-auth.sh b/research/staging_host/scripts/docker-auth.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c8deeb6d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/staging_host/scripts/docker-auth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+credential=$(/usr/bin/aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id dockerhub_readonly --region us-east-2 \
+  | /bin/jq --raw-output '.SecretString')
+
+user=$(echo "$credential" | /bin/jq --raw-output '.User')
+pass=$(echo "$credential" | /bin/jq --raw-output '.Password')
+
+echo "$pass" | /usr/bin/docker login --username "$user" --password-stdin
diff --git a/research/staging_host/scripts/load-keys.sh b/research/staging_host/scripts/load-keys.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1df76199c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/staging_host/scripts/load-keys.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Production variable set
+AWS=/usr/bin/aws
+JQ=/bin/jq
+BASE64=/usr/bin/base64
+honeycomb_env=/etc/honeycomb_env
+decryption_file=/etc/dev.decryption.key
+encryption_file=/etc/dev.encryption.key
+jwt_secret_file=/etc/jwt_secret_key.bin
+
+
+# Development variable set
+#AWS=aws
+#JQ=jq
+#BASE64=base64
+# The following declarations point to the stdout file descriptor,  making the system print out the values
+#honeycomb_env=/dev/fd/1
+#decryption_file=/dev/fd/1
+#encryption_file=/dev/fd/1
+#jwt_secret_file=/dev/fd/1
+
+
+honeycomb=$($AWS secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id staging/honeycomb --region us-east-2 \
+  | $JQ --raw-output '.SecretString')
+
+token=$(echo "$honeycomb" | $JQ --raw-output '.token')
+dataset=$(echo "$honeycomb" | $JQ --raw-output '.dataset')
+
+echo "HONEYCOMB_TOKEN=$token" > $honeycomb_env
+echo "HONEYCOMB_DATASET=$dataset" >> $honeycomb_env
+
+keys=$($AWS secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id staging/keys --region us-east-2 \
+  | $JQ --raw-output '.SecretString')
+
+echo "$keys" | $JQ --raw-output '.decryption' | $BASE64 -d > $decryption_file
+echo "$keys" | $JQ --raw-output '.encryption' | $BASE64 -d  > $encryption_file
+echo "$keys" | $JQ --raw-output '.jwt_secret_key' | $BASE64 -d > $jwt_secret_file
diff --git a/research/staging_host/staging-1.yaml b/research/staging_host/staging-1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5a45c5d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/staging_host/staging-1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+variant: fcos
+version: 1.4.0
+storage:
+  trees:
+  files:
+    - path: /etc/hostname
+      contents:
+        inline: staging-1
+    - path: /usr/local/bin/docker-auth.sh
+      mode: 0755
+      contents:
+        local: environments/aws/staging_host/scripts/docker-auth.sh
+    - path: /usr/local/bin/load-keys.sh
+      mode: 0755
+      contents:
+        local: environments/aws/staging_host/scripts/load-keys.sh
+    - path: /opt/deploy/Makefile
+      mode: 0755
+      contents:
+        local: deploy/Makefile
+    - path: /opt/deploy/scripts/gateway.sh
+      mode: 0755
+      contents:
+        local: deploy/scripts/gateway.sh
+    - path: /opt/deploy/docker-compose.yml
+      contents:
+        local: deploy/docker-compose.yml
+    - path: /opt/deploy/docker-compose.env-static.yml
+      contents:
+        local: deploy/docker-compose.env-static.yml
+    - path: /opt/deploy/docker-compose.pganalyze.yml
+      contents:
+        local: deploy/docker-compose.pganalyze.yml
+    - path: /opt/deploy/docker-compose.prod.yml
+      contents:
+        local: deploy/docker-compose.prod.yml
+systemd:
+  units:
+    # installing aws-cli as a layered package with rpm-ostree
+    - name: layer-awscli.service
+      enabled: true
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=Install AWS cli
+        Wants=network-online.target
+        After=network-online.target
+        
+        # We run before `zincati.service` to avoid conflicting rpm-ostree
+        # transactions. - https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-coreos/os-extensions/
+        Before=zincati.service
+
+
+        [Service]
+        Type=oneshot
+        RemainAfterExit=yes
+        ExecStart=/usr/bin/rpm-ostree install --apply-live --allow-inactive --idempotent awscli
+
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
+    - name: layer-make.service
+      enabled: true
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=Install Make
+        Wants=network-online.target
+        After=network-online.target
+        
+        After=layer-awscli.service
+        Before=zincati.service
+
+
+        [Service]
+        Type=oneshot
+        RemainAfterExit=yes
+        ExecStart=/usr/bin/rpm-ostree install --apply-live --allow-inactive --idempotent make
+
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
+    - name: layer-docker-compose.service
+      enabled: true
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=Install docker-compose
+        Wants=network-online.target
+        After=network-online.target
+        
+        After=layer-make.service
+        Before=zincati.service
+
+
+        [Service]
+        Type=oneshot
+        RemainAfterExit=yes
+        ExecStart=/usr/bin/rpm-ostree install --apply-live --allow-inactive --idempotent docker-compose
+
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
+    - name: docker-auth.service
+      enabled: true
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=Authenticate to container image repository
+        After=layer-awscli.service
+        Requires=layer-awscli.service
+        
+        [Service]
+        Type=oneshot
+        RemainAfterExit=yes
+        TimeoutStartSec=30s
+        ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/docker-auth.sh
+
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
+    - name: load-keys.service
+      enabled: true
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=Set
+        After=layer-awscli.service
+        Requires=layer-awscli.service
+        
+        [Service]
+        Type=oneshot
+        RemainAfterExit=yes
+        TimeoutStartSec=30s
+        ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/load-keys.sh
+
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
+    - name: deployment.service
+      enabled: true
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=System Initiative Deployment
+        After=network-online.target
+        Wants=network-online.target
+
+        After=layer-make.service
+        Requires=layer-make.service
+        After=layer-docker-compose.service
+        Requires=layer-docker-compose.service
+
+        After=docker-auth.service
+        Requires=docker-auth.service
+        After=load-keys.service
+        Requires=load-keys.service
+
+        [Service]
+        TimeoutStartSec=60s
+        WorkingDirectory=/opt/deploy
+        ExecStart=make prod-service
+
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
+#    - name: watchtower.service
+#      enabled: true
+#      contents: |
+#        [Unit]
+#        After=network-online.target
+#        Wants=network-online.target
+#
+#        After=deployment.service
+#        Requires=deployment.service
+#
+#
+#        [Service]
+#         ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker kill whiskers1
+#         ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm whiskers1
+#         ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --name watchtower \
+#           -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock docker.io/containrrr/watchtower \
+#           -v /root/.docker/config.json:/config.json \
+#           --interval 30 --label-enable \
+#           containrrr/watchtower
+#
+#        [Install]
+#        WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
diff --git a/research/staging_host/staging.tf b/research/staging_host/staging.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b754ba01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/research/staging_host/staging.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    aws = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
+      version = "~> 4.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+provider "aws" {
+  region = "us-east-2"
+}
+
+data "local_file" "ignition" {
+  filename = "${path.module}/staging-1.ign"
+}
+
+resource "aws_instance" "staging-1" {
+  ami                    = "ami-0e6f4ffb61e585c76"
+  instance_type          = "t3.medium"
+  subnet_id              = "subnet-07d580fee7a806230"
+  vpc_security_group_ids = ["sg-0d0be672e4485feb4"]
+  key_name               = "si_key"
+  iam_instance_profile   = "veritech-ec2"
+
+  user_data = data.local_file.ignition.content
+
+  tags = {
+    Name        = "staging-1"
+    Environment = "staging"
+    Terraform   = "true"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "aws_eip_association" "eip_association" {
+  instance_id   = aws_instance.staging-1.id
+  allocation_id = "eipalloc-0f8bdc206768cb6a7"
+}
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