diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93050391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=2024-08-12--15-15
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image_build_push.yml b/.github/workflows/image_build_push.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..47e0203a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/image_build_push.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+name: docker-image-push-public-dash
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+    
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      docker_image_tag:
+        description: "Latest Docker image tags passed from e-mission-server repository on image build and push"
+        required: true
+
+env:
+  DOCKER_USER: ${{secrets.DOCKER_USER}}
+  DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD}}
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH: ${{ github.event.inputs.docker_image_tag }}
+      
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set docker image tag from .env file
+      run: |
+        set -a; source .env; set +a
+        echo "DOCKER_TAG_FROM_PUSH=${SERVER_IMAGE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Print input docker image tag
+      run: |
+        echo "Event name: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+        echo "Latest docker image tag (push): ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG_FROM_PUSH }}"
+        echo "Latest docker image tag (workflow_dispatch): ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH }}"
+
+    - name: Update .env file 
+      run: |
+        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+          echo "Workflow_dispatch: New server image built and pushed, Updating image tag in .env"
+          echo "SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=$DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH" > .env
+        else
+          echo "Push event: Restoring latest server image tag from .env"
+        fi
+
+    - name: Add, Commit, Push changes to .env file
+      run: |
+        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+        git config --local user.name "Github Actions bot to update .env with latest tags"
+        if git diff --quiet; then
+          echo "Latest timestamp already present in .env file, no changes to commit"
+        else
+          git add .env
+          git commit -m "Updated docker image tag in .env file to the latest timestamp"
+          git push origin 
+        fi
+
+    - name: docker login
+      run: | # log into docker hub account
+        docker login -u $DOCKER_USER -p $DOCKER_PASSWORD
+
+    - name: Get current date # get the date of the build
+      id: date
+      run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y-%m-%d--%M-%S')"
+
+    - name: Run a one-line script
+      run: echo running in repo ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/} branch ${GITHUB_REF##*/} on ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+
+    - name: build docker image
+      run: |
+        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+          SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=$DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH docker compose -f docker-compose.yml build
+        else
+          SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=$DOCKER_TAG_FROM_PUSH docker compose -f docker-compose.yml build
+        fi
+        docker images
+
+    - name: rename docker images
+      run: |
+        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" ]; then
+          docker image tag em-pub-dash/frontend:latest $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_frontend:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+        fi
+        docker image tag em-pub-dash/viz-scripts:latest $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_notebook:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+
+    - name: push docker images
+      run: |
+        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" ]; then
+          docker push $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_frontend:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+        fi
+        docker push $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_notebook:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+   
+    - name: Create a text file
+      run: |
+          echo ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }} > public_dash_tag_file.txt
+          echo "Created tag text file"
+
+    - name: Upload Artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+          name: public-dash-image-tag
+          path: public_dash_tag_file.txt
+          overwrite: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a0eab58..aa7a8ff4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ celerybeat.pid
 *.sage.py
 
 # Environments
-.env
 .venv
 env/
 venv/
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index fdbdbb8c..1906101e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ services:
   notebook-server:
     image: em-pub-dash-dev/viz-scripts
     build:
-        context: viz_scripts
-        dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.dev
+      context: viz_scripts
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile.dev
+      args:
+        SERVER_IMAGE_TAG: ${SERVER_IMAGE_TAG}
     depends_on:
       - db
     environment:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 73a98752..38a975ae 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ services:
        - emission
   notebook-server:
     image: em-pub-dash-prod/viz-scripts
-    build: viz_scripts
+    build: 
+      context: viz_scripts
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      args:
+        SERVER_IMAGE_TAG: ${SERVER_IMAGE_TAG}
     depends_on:
       - db
     environment:
diff --git a/viz_scripts/Dockerfile b/viz_scripts/Dockerfile
index 305b0913..52c5aa55 100644
--- a/viz_scripts/Dockerfile
+++ b/viz_scripts/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # python 3
-FROM shankari/e-mission-server:master_2024-07-19--34-43
+ARG SERVER_IMAGE_TAG
+FROM shankari/e-mission-server:master_${SERVER_IMAGE_TAG}
+
+ADD https://s3.amazonaws.com/rds-downloads/rds-combined-ca-bundle.pem /etc/ssl/certs/
 
 VOLUME /plots
 
diff --git a/viz_scripts/docker/Dockerfile.dev b/viz_scripts/docker/Dockerfile.dev
index 1f306da2..663f60d2 100644
--- a/viz_scripts/docker/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/viz_scripts/docker/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # python 3
-FROM shankari/e-mission-server:master_2024-07-19--34-43
+ARG SERVER_IMAGE_TAG
+FROM shankari/e-mission-server:master_${SERVER_IMAGE_TAG}
 
 VOLUME /plots
 
diff --git a/viz_scripts/docker/start_notebook.sh b/viz_scripts/docker/start_notebook.sh
index 33ba7ee6..c6d1ad6d 100755
--- a/viz_scripts/docker/start_notebook.sh
+++ b/viz_scripts/docker/start_notebook.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #Configure web server
 
-#set database URL using environment variable
 echo "DB host = "${DB_HOST}
-if [ -z ${DB_HOST} ] ; then
-    local_host=`hostname -i`
-    sed "s-localhost-${local_host}_" conf/storage/db.conf.sample > conf/storage/db.conf
-else
-    sed "s-localhost-${DB_HOST}-" conf/storage/db.conf.sample > conf/storage/db.conf
-fi
 
 ### configure the saved-notebooks directory for persistent notebooks
 
@@ -37,7 +30,7 @@ cd saved-notebooks
 # tail -f /dev/null
 if [ -z ${CRON_MODE} ] ; then
     echo "Running notebook in docker, change host:port to localhost:47962 in the URL below"
-    PYTHONPATH=/usr/src/app jupyter notebook --no-browser --ip=${WEB_SERVER_HOST} --allow-root
+    PYTHONPATH=/usr/src/app jupyter notebook --no-browser --ip=0.0.0.0 --allow-root
 else
     echo "Running crontab without user interaction, setting python path"
     export PYTHONPATH=/usr/src/app