diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 # ignore editor temp files
 *.swp
 *~
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/production/README.md b/production/README.md
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--- a/production/README.md
+++ b/production/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,119 @@
-Production environment 
-======================
+Deploying and initializing TaxonWorks
+=================================
+
+Assumptions/prerequisites
+-------------------------
+* You have two machines, "deploy" and "server", in this example both are Ubuntu 14.04(+) LTS (not 14.10)
+* You are resonably capable with a command line environment*
+You have "provisioned" production with the pertinent shell script
+* Your "deploy" machine has Ruby, bundler and rubygems installed
+* You can ssh without password to your "server"
+* We are using [Capistrano.](https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano) to deploy TaxonWorks
+* Instructions containing all cap values are variables that you must replace (e.g. USERNAME)
+* Configure "Server" first, "Deploy" second
+
+On "Server"
+-----------
+
+Thanks to [Rob Mclarty's blog post](http://robmclarty.com/blog/how-to-deploy-a-rails-4-app-with-git-and-capistrano) for the general strategy.
+
+Ensure that you can login via ssh with the user that will deploy taxonworks, you can find many places to describe howto set this up.
+
+#### Add a group
+```
+sudo groupadd deployers
+sudo usermod -a -G deployers USERNAME 
+```
+
+```
+sudo mkdir /var/www
+sudo mkdir /var/www/taxonworks
+sudo mkdir /var/www/taxonworks/shared
+sudo mkdir var/www/taxonworks/shared/config/
+sudo chown -R USERNAME:deployers /var/www
+sudo chmod -R g+w /var/www
+```
+
+####Configure postgres
+```
+sudo -u postgres psql postgres
+
+alter user postgres with password 'PASSWORD1';
+create role taxonworks_production login createdb superuser;
+alter user taxonworks_production with password 'PASSWORD2';
+```
+
+Configure nginx to point to your passenger ruby, in ```/etc/nginx/nginx.conf``` add/edit the line (change USERNAME!):
+
+```
+  passenger_ruby /home/USERNAME/.rbenv/shims/ruby;
+```
+
+Set permissions for nginx
+
+```
+sudo chmod g+x,o+x /var/www/taxonworks/current/config.ru
+sudo chmod g+x,o+x /var/www/taxonworks
+sudo chmod g+x,o+x /var/www
+sudo chmod g+x,o+x /var/www/taxonworks/current/public
+```
+
+Create nginx site
+
+* Add an an available site to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled (see example here)
+* Within /etc/nginx/sites-avaiable create a symbolic link
+
+```
+sudo ln -ls ../sites-available/taxonworks taxonworks
+```
+
+
+On "Deploy"
+-----------
+
+#### Clone the master branch of TaxonWorks.
+```
+  git clone https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks.git
+```
+
+#### Install capistrano 
+```
+  gem install capistrano
+```
+
+#### Create a new branch, inside your taxonworks folder:
+```
+  git branch capistrano
+```
+
+#### Checkout that branch 
+```
+  git checkout capistrano
+```
+
+#### Run capistrano to setup "capify" taxonworks 
+```
+ bundle exec cap install
+```
+This creates a ```config/deploy``` directory, and some sample files.
+
+#### Configure the capistrano files
+You can copy the examples from this repository:  
+* config/deploy.rb
+* config/capistrano/production.rb
+
+Minimally, modify ```production.rb``` to point to your machine, and to use your USERNAME.
+
+#### Copy config files
+```
+scp config/database.yml USERNAME@SERVERNAME:/var/www/taxonworks/shared/config/database.yml
+scp config/application_settings.yml USERNAME@SERVERNAME:/var/www/taxonworks/shared/config/application_settings.yml
+```
+
+#### Deploy
+Inside your taxonworks directory, with the capistrano branch checkout out
+```
+cap production deploy
+```
 
-Stub
 
diff --git a/production/deploy/capistrano/deploy.rb b/production/deploy/capistrano/deploy.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5baa222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/deploy/capistrano/deploy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+
+lock '3.4.0'
+
+# config/deploy.rb
+# set :rbenv_path, '~/.rbenv'
+#set :rbenv_type, :user
+
+set :rbenv_ruby, File.read('.ruby-version').strip
+
+# set :rbenv_prefix, "RBENV_ROOT=#{fetch(:rbenv_path)} RBENV_VERSION=#{fetch(:rbenv_ruby)} /usr/bin/rbenv exec"
+# set :rbenv_map_bins, %w{rake gem bundle ruby rails}
+# set :rbenv_roles, :all 
+
+set :application, 'taxonworks'
+set :repo_url, 'git@github.com:SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks.git'
+
+# Default branch is :master
+# ask :branch, proc { `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`.chomp }
+
+# Default deploy_to directory is /var/www/my_app
+# set :deploy_to, Settings.capistrano_settings[:deploy_to] #  '/var/www/my_app'
+# do this in individual environments!
+
+# Default value for :scm is :git
+# set :scm, :git
+
+# Default value for :format is :pretty
+# set :format, :pretty
+
+# Default value for :log_level is :debug
+# set :log_level, :debug
+
+# Default value for :pty is false
+# set :pty, true
+
+# Default value for :linked_files is []
+set :linked_files, %w{config/database.yml config/application_settings.yml config/secrets.yml}
+
+# Default value for linked_dirs is []
+set :linked_dirs, %w{bin log tmp/pids tmp/cache tmp/sockets vendor/bundle public/system public/images/tmp}
+
+# Default value for default_env is {}
+# set :default_env, { path: "/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH" }
+
+# Default value for keep_releases is 5
+# set :keep_releases, 5
+
+namespace :deploy do
+
+  desc 'Restart application'
+  task :restart do
+    on roles(:app), in: :sequence, wait: 5 do
+      # Your restart mechanism here, for example:
+      # run "touch #{current_release}/tmp/restart.txt"
+       execute :touch, release_path.join('tmp/restart.txt')
+    end
+  end
+
+  after :publishing, :restart
+
+  after :restart, :clear_cache do
+    on roles(:web), in: :groups, limit: 3, wait: 10 do
+      # Here we can do anything such as:
+      # within release_path do
+      #   execute :rake, 'cache:clear'
+      # end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+namespace :setup do
+
+  desc "Check that we can access everything"
+  task :check_write_permissions do
+    on roles(:all) do |host|
+      if test("[ -w #{fetch(:deploy_to)} ]")
+        info "#{fetch(:deploy_to)} is writable on #{host}"
+      else
+        error "#{fetch(:deploy_to)} is not writable on #{host}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  desc "Upload database.yml file."
+  task :upload_yml do
+    on roles(:app) do
+      execute "mkdir -p #{shared_path}/config"
+      upload! StringIO.new(File.read("config/database.yml")), "#{shared_path}/config/database.yml"
+    end
+  end
+  
+end
diff --git a/production/deploy/capistrano/deploy/production.rb b/production/deploy/capistrano/deploy/production.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69dbe41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/deploy/capistrano/deploy/production.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+set :stage, :production
+
+set :deploy_to, '/var/www/taxonworks'
+
+set :user, fetch(:remote_user) 
+# Simple Role Syntax
+# ==================
+# Supports bulk-adding hosts to roles, the primary
+# server in each group is considered to be the first
+# unless any hosts have the primary property set.
+# Don't declare `role :all`, it's a meta role
+#
+#Originally uncommented:
+# role :app, %w{deploy@example.com}
+# role :web, %w{deploy@example.com}
+# role :db,  %w{deploy@example.com}
+
+# Extended Server Syntax
+# ======================
+# This can be used to drop a more detailed server
+# definition into the server list. The second argument
+# something that quacks like a hash can be used to set
+# extended properties on the server.
+#
+
+# EDIT THIS LINE: 
+
+server 'your.server.org', roles: %w{app web db}, user: 'username_from_production', primary: true
+
+set :use_sudo, false
+# you can set custom ssh options
+# it's possible to pass any option but you need to keep in mind that net/ssh understand limited list of options
+# you can see them in [net/ssh documentation](http://net-ssh.github.io/net-ssh/classes/Net/SSH.html#method-c-start)
+# set it globally
+#  set :ssh_options, {
+#    keys: %w(/home/rlisowski/.ssh/id_rsa),
+#    forward_agent: false,
+#    auth_methods: %w(password)
+#  }
+# and/or per server
+# server 'example.com',
+#   user: 'user_name',
+#   roles: %w{web app},
+#   ssh_options: {
+#     user: 'user_name', # overrides user setting above
+#     keys: %w(/home/user_name/.ssh/id_rsa),
+#     forward_agent: false,
+#     auth_methods: %w(publickey password)
+#     # password: 'please use keys'
+#   }
+# setting per server overrides global ssh_options
diff --git a/production/server/etc/nginx/sites-available/taxonworks b/production/server/etc/nginx/sites-available/taxonworks
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffe9176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/server/etc/nginx/sites-available/taxonworks
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+server {
+  listen 80 default_server;
+  server_name your.server.name.or.ip; 
+  passenger_enabled on;
+  passenger_app_env production;
+  root /var/www/taxonworks/current/public; 
+}