diff --git a/Capfile b/Capfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f07fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Capfile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+# Load DSL and set up stages
+require 'capistrano/setup'
+
+# Include default deployment tasks
+require 'capistrano/deploy'
+require 'capistrano/scm/git'
+install_plugin Capistrano::SCM::Git
+
+require 'capistrano/maintenance'
+
+require 'dlss/docker/capistrano'
+
+# Load custom tasks from `lib/capistrano/tasks` if you have any defined
+Dir.glob('lib/capistrano/tasks/*.rake').each { |r| import r }
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d149072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+gem 'capistrano'
+gem 'capistrano-maintenance', '~> 1.2', require: false
+gem 'dlss-capistrano-docker', require: false
+gem 'rake'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..030f236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    airbrussh (1.5.2)
+      sshkit (>= 1.6.1, != 1.7.0)
+    base64 (0.2.0)
+    bcrypt_pbkdf (1.1.1)
+    bcrypt_pbkdf (1.1.1-arm64-darwin)
+    bundler-audit (0.9.1)
+      bundler (>= 1.2.0, < 3)
+      thor (~> 1.0)
+    capistrano (3.19.0)
+      airbrussh (>= 1.0.0)
+      i18n
+      rake (>= 10.0.0)
+      sshkit (>= 1.9.0)
+    capistrano-bundle_audit (0.4.0)
+      bundler-audit (~> 0.5)
+      capistrano (~> 3.0)
+      capistrano-bundler (>= 1.4)
+    capistrano-bundler (2.1.0)
+      capistrano (~> 3.1)
+    capistrano-maintenance (1.2.1)
+      capistrano (>= 3.0)
+    capistrano-one_time_key (0.2.0)
+      capistrano (~> 3.0)
+    capistrano-shared_configs (0.2.2)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.3.3)
+    dlss-capistrano-docker (1.1.1)
+      bcrypt_pbkdf
+      capistrano (~> 3.0)
+      capistrano-bundle_audit (>= 0.3.0)
+      capistrano-one_time_key
+      capistrano-shared_configs
+      ed25519
+    ed25519 (1.3.0)
+    i18n (1.14.5)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
+    net-scp (4.0.0)
+      net-ssh (>= 2.6.5, < 8.0.0)
+    net-sftp (4.0.0)
+      net-ssh (>= 5.0.0, < 8.0.0)
+    net-ssh (7.2.3)
+    rake (13.2.1)
+    sshkit (1.23.0)
+      base64
+      net-scp (>= 1.1.2)
+      net-sftp (>= 2.1.2)
+      net-ssh (>= 2.8.0)
+    thor (1.3.1)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  arm64-darwin-23
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  capistrano
+  capistrano-maintenance (~> 1.2)
+  dlss-capistrano-docker
+  rake
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.5.14
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 143f393..f427ce0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,3 +120,13 @@ pytest
 1. Run linting: `ruff check`
 2. Automatically fix linting: `ruff check --fix`
 3. Run formatting: `ruff format` (or `ruff format --check` to identify any unformatted files)
+
+## Deployment
+
+Deployment to https://sul-rialto-airflow-dev.stanford.edu/ is handled like other SDR services using Capistrano. You'll need to have Ruby installed and then:
+
+```
+gem install bundler
+bundle install
+bundle exec cap dev deploy
+```
diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c76c82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+set :application, 'rialto-airflow'
+set :repo_url, 'https://github.com/sul-dlss-labs/rialto-airflow.git'
+
+# Default branch is :master
+ask :branch, `git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`.chomp
+
+# Default deploy_to directory is /var/www/my_app_name
+set :deploy_to, "/opt/app/rialto/#{fetch(:application)}"
+
+# Default value for :format is :airbrussh.
+# set :format, :airbrussh
+
+# You can configure the Airbrussh format using :format_options.
+# These are the defaults.
+# set :format_options, command_output: true, log_file: "log/capistrano.log", color: :auto, truncate: :auto
+
+# Default value for :log_level is :debug
+set :log_level, :info
+
+# Default value for :pty is false
+# set :pty, true
+
+# Only using capistrano for docker compose based deployment of a python app, these aren't currentl used.
+# set :linked_files, %w[config/honeybadger.yml]
+# set :linked_dirs, %w[log config/settings public/system]
+# set :dereference_dirs, %w[config/settings]
+
+# Default value for default_env is {}
+# set :default_env, { path: "/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH" }
+
+# Default value for local_user is ENV['USER']
+# set :local_user, -> { `git config user.name`.chomp }
+
+# Default value for keep_releases is 5
+# set :keep_releases, 5
+
+# Uncomment the following to require manually verifying the host key before first deploy.
+# set :ssh_options, verify_host_key: :secure
+
+# honeybadger_env otherwise defaults to rails_env
+set :honeybadger_env, fetch(:stage)
+
+# Set Rails env to production in all Cap environments
+set :rails_env, 'production'
+
+set :docker_compose_file, 'docker-compose.prod.yaml'
+set :docker_compose_migrate_use_hooks, false
+set :docker_compose_seed_use_hooks, false
+set :docker_compose_rabbitmq_use_hooks, false
+set :docker_compose_build_use_hooks, false
+set :docker_compose_restart_use_hooks, true
+set :docker_compose_copy_assets_use_hooks, false
+set :honeybadger_use_hooks, false
diff --git a/config/deploy/dev.rb b/config/deploy/dev.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e685778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/deploy/dev.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Roles are passed to docker-compose as profiles.
+server 'sul-rialto-airflow-dev.stanford.edu', user: 'rialto', roles: %w[app]
+
+Capistrano::OneTimeKey.generate_one_time_key!
+
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yaml b/docker-compose.prod.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..928fff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+# Basic Airflow cluster configuration for CeleryExecutor with Redis and PostgreSQL.
+#
+# WARNING: This configuration is for local development. Do not use it in a production deployment.
+#
+# This configuration supports basic configuration using environment variables or an .env file
+# The following variables are supported:
+#
+# AIRFLOW_IMAGE_NAME           - Docker image name used to run Airflow.
+#                                Default: apache/airflow:2.9.2
+# AIRFLOW_UID                  - User ID in Airflow containers
+#                                Default: 50000
+# AIRFLOW_PROJ_DIR             - Base path to which all the files will be volumed.
+#                                Default: .
+# Those configurations are useful mostly in case of standalone testing/running Airflow in test/try-out mode
+#
+# _AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_USERNAME   - Username for the administrator account (if requested).
+#                                Default: airflow
+# _AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_PASSWORD   - Password for the administrator account (if requested).
+#                                Default: airflow
+# _PIP_ADDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS - Additional PIP requirements to add when starting all containers.
+#                                Use this option ONLY for quick checks. Installing requirements at container
+#                                startup is done EVERY TIME the service is started.
+#                                A better way is to build a custom image or extend the official image
+#                                as described in https://airflow.apache.org/docs/docker-stack/build.html.
+#                                Default: ''
+#
+# Feel free to modify this file to suit your needs.
+---
+x-airflow-common:
+  &airflow-common
+  # In order to add custom dependencies or upgrade provider packages you can use your extended image.
+  # Comment the image line, place your Dockerfile in the directory where you placed the docker-compose.yaml
+  # and uncomment the "build" line below, Then run `docker-compose build` to build the images.
+   #image: ${AIRFLOW_IMAGE_NAME:-apache/airflow:2.9.2}
+  build: .
+  environment:
+    &airflow-common-env
+    AIRFLOW_UID: 503
+    AIRFLOW_GID: 0
+    AIRFLOW__CORE__EXECUTOR: CeleryExecutor
+    AIRFLOW__DATABASE__SQL_ALCHEMY_CONN: "postgresql+psycopg2://${DATABASE_USERNAME}:${DATABASE_PASSWORD}@${DATABASE_HOSTNAME}/rialto-airflow"
+    AIRFLOW__CELERY__RESULT_BACKEND: "db+postgresql://${DATABASE_USERNAME}:${DATABASE_PASSWORD}@${DATABASE_HOSTNAME}/rialto-airflow"
+    AIRFLOW__CELERY__BROKER_URL: redis://:@redis:6379/0
+    AIRFLOW__CORE__FERNET_KEY: ''
+    AIRFLOW__CORE__DAGS_ARE_PAUSED_AT_CREATION: 'true'
+    AIRFLOW__CORE__LOAD_EXAMPLES: 'false'
+    AIRFLOW__CORE__DAGS_FOLDER: '/opt/airflow/rialto_airflow/dags'
+    AIRFLOW__CORE__PLUGINS_FOLDER: '/opt/airflow/rialto_airflow/plugins'
+    AIRFLOW__API__AUTH_BACKENDS: 'airflow.api.auth.backend.basic_auth'
+    AIRFLOW__SMTP__SMTP_USER: ${AIRFLOW__SMTP__SMTP_USER}
+    AIRFLOW__SMTP__SMTP_HOST: ${AIRFLOW__SMTP__SMTP_HOST}
+    AIRFLOW__SMTP__SMTP_PASSWORD: ''
+    AIRFLOW__SMTP__SMTP_MAIL_FROM: ${AIRFLOW__SMTP__SMTP_MAIL_FROM}
+    AIRFLOW__WEBSERVER__SECRET_KEY: ${AIRFLOW__WEBSERVER__SECRET_KEY}
+    # yamllint disable rule:line-length
+    # Use simple http server on scheduler for health checks
+    # See https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/administration-and-deployment/logging-monitoring/check-health.html#scheduler-health-check-server
+    # yamllint enable rule:line-length
+    AIRFLOW__SCHEDULER__ENABLE_HEALTH_CHECK: 'true'
+    # WARNING: Use _PIP_ADDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS option ONLY for a quick checks
+    # for other purpose (development, test and especially production usage) build/extend Airflow image.
+    _PIP_ADDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS: ${_PIP_ADDITIONAL_REQUIREMENTS:-}
+    # The following line can be used to set a custom config file, stored in the local config folder
+    # If you want to use it, outcomment it and replace airflow.cfg with the name of your config file
+    # AIRFLOW_CONFIG: '/opt/airflow/config/airflow.cfg'
+    AIRFLOW_VAR_DIMENSIONS_API_USER: ${AIRFLOW_VAR_DIMENSIONS_API_USER}
+    AIRFLOW_VAR_DIMENSIONS_API_PASS: ${AIRFLOW_VAR_DIMENSIONS_API_PASS}
+    AIRFLOW_VAR_SUL_PUB_HOST: ${AIRFLOW_VAR_SUL_PUB_HOST}
+    AIRFLOW_VAR_SUL_PUB_KEY: ${AIRFLOW_VAR_SUL_PUB_KEY}
+    AIRFLOW_VAR_DATA_DIR: /opt/airflow/data
+  volumes:
+    - /opt/app/rialto/rialto-airflow/current/rialto_airflow:/opt/airflow/rialto_airflow
+    - /data:/opt/airflow/data
+    - /opt/app/rialto/rialto-airflow/shared/logs:/opt/airflow/logs
+  user: "503:0"
+  depends_on:
+    &airflow-common-depends-on
+    redis:
+      condition: service_healthy
+
+services:
+  redis:
+    # Redis is limited to 7.2-bookworm due to licencing change
+    # https://redis.io/blog/redis-adopts-dual-source-available-licensing/
+    image: redis:7.2-bookworm
+    expose:
+      - 6379
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 30s
+      retries: 50
+      start_period: 30s
+    restart: always
+
+  airflow-webserver:
+    <<: *airflow-common
+    command: webserver
+    ports:
+      - "3000:8080"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "http://localhost:8080/health"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+    restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      <<: *airflow-common-depends-on
+      airflow-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+
+  airflow-scheduler:
+    <<: *airflow-common
+    command: scheduler
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "http://localhost:8974/health"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+    restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      <<: *airflow-common-depends-on
+      airflow-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+
+  airflow-worker:
+    <<: *airflow-common
+    command: celery worker
+    healthcheck:
+      # yamllint disable rule:line-length
+      test:
+        - "CMD-SHELL"
+        - 'celery --app airflow.providers.celery.executors.celery_executor.app inspect ping -d "celery@$${HOSTNAME}" || celery --app airflow.executors.celery_executor.app inspect ping -d "celery@$${HOSTNAME}"'
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+    environment:
+      <<: *airflow-common-env
+      # Required to handle warm shutdown of the celery workers properly
+      # See https://airflow.apache.org/docs/docker-stack/entrypoint.html#signal-propagation
+      DUMB_INIT_SETSID: "0"
+    restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      <<: *airflow-common-depends-on
+      airflow-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+
+  airflow-triggerer:
+    <<: *airflow-common
+    command: triggerer
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", 'airflow jobs check --job-type TriggererJob --hostname "$${HOSTNAME}"']
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+    restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      <<: *airflow-common-depends-on
+      airflow-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
+
+  airflow-init:
+    <<: *airflow-common
+    entrypoint: /bin/bash
+    environment:
+      <<: *airflow-common-env
+      _AIRFLOW_DB_MIGRATE: 'true'
+      _AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_CREATE: 'true'
+      _AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_USERNAME: ${_AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_USERNAME:-airflow}
+      _AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_PASSWORD: ${_AIRFLOW_WWW_USER_PASSWORD:-airflow}
+    command:
+      - -c
+      - exec /entrypoint airflow version
+    
+
+  airflow-cli:
+    <<: *airflow-common
+    profiles:
+      - debug
+    environment:
+      <<: *airflow-common-env
+      CONNECTION_CHECK_MAX_COUNT: "0"
+    # Workaround for entrypoint issue. See: https://github.com/apache/airflow/issues/16252
+    command:
+      - bash
+      - -c
+      - airflow
+
+  # You can enable flower by adding "--profile flower" option e.g. docker-compose --profile flower up
+  # or by explicitly targeted on the command line e.g. docker-compose up flower.
+  # See: https://docs.docker.com/compose/profiles/
+  flower:
+    <<: *airflow-common
+    command: celery flower
+    profiles:
+      - flower
+    ports:
+      - "5555:5555"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "--fail", "http://localhost:5555/"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+      start_period: 30s
+    restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      <<: *airflow-common-depends-on
+      airflow-init:
+        condition: service_completed_successfully
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 8692160..1c237d7 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ x-airflow-common:
     # they can persist across capistrano deploys?
     - ${AIRFLOW_PROJ_DIR:-.}/logs:/opt/airflow/logs
     - ${AIRFLOW_PROJ_DIR:-.}/data:/opt/airflow/data
-  user: "${AIRFLOW_UID:-50000}:${AIRFLOW_GID:-0}"
+  user: "503:0"
   depends_on:
     &airflow-common-depends-on
     redis:
diff --git a/rialto_airflow/dags/harvest.py b/rialto_airflow/dags/harvest.py
index 6cd693e..99ded92 100644
--- a/rialto_airflow/dags/harvest.py
+++ b/rialto_airflow/dags/harvest.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 sul_pub_key = Variable.get("sul_pub_key")
 
 # to artificially limit the API activity in development
-dev_limit = Variable.get("dev_limit")
+dev_limit = Variable.get("dev_limit", default_var=None)
 if dev_limit is not None:
     dev_limit = int(dev_limit)