diff --git a/README.Docker.md b/README.Docker.md
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index 00000000000..3deb01c4a56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.Docker.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+### Building and running your application
+
+When you're ready, start your application by running:
+`docker compose up --build`.
+
+Your application will be available at http://localhost:8233.
+
+### Deploying your application to the cloud
+
+First, build your image, e.g.: `docker build -t myapp .`.
+If your cloud uses a different CPU architecture than your development
+machine (e.g., you are on a Mac M1 and your cloud provider is amd64),
+you'll want to build the image for that platform, e.g.:
+`docker build --platform=linux/amd64 -t myapp .`.
+
+Then, push it to your registry, e.g. `docker push myregistry.com/myapp`.
+
+Consult Docker's [getting started](https://docs.docker.com/go/get-started-sharing/)
+docs for more detail on building and pushing.
+
+### References
+* [Docker's Rust guide](https://docs.docker.com/language/rust/)
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diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 1ccaa5915a5..a05d468a997 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+# check=skip=UndefinedVar
+
 # If you want to include a file in the Docker image, add it to .dockerignore.
 #
-# We are using five stages:
-# - chef: installs cargo-chef
-# - planner: computes the recipe file
-# - deps: caches our dependencies and sets the needed variables
+# We are using 4 stages:
+# - deps: install build dependencies and sets the needed variables
 # - tests: builds tests
 # - release: builds release binary
 # - runtime: is our runtime environment
@@ -20,29 +21,17 @@ ARG TEST_FEATURES="lightwalletd-grpc-tests zebra-checkpoints"
 ARG EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES=""
 
 ARG APP_HOME="/opt/zebrad"
-# This stage implements cargo-chef for docker layer caching
-FROM rust:bookworm as chef
-RUN cargo install cargo-chef --locked
-
-ARG APP_HOME
-ENV APP_HOME=${APP_HOME}
-WORKDIR ${APP_HOME}
-
-# Analyze the current project to determine the minimum subset of files
-# (Cargo.lock and Cargo.toml manifests) required to build it and cache dependencies
-#
-# The recipe.json is the equivalent of the Python requirements.txt file
-FROM chef AS planner
-COPY . .
-RUN cargo chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json
-
+ARG RUST_VERSION=1.79.0
 # In this stage we download all system requirements to build the project
 #
 # It also captures all the build arguments to be used as environment variables.
 # We set defaults for the arguments, in case the build does not include this information.
-FROM chef AS deps
+FROM rust:${RUST_VERSION}-bookworm AS deps
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-xo", "pipefail", "-c"]
-COPY --from=planner ${APP_HOME}/recipe.json recipe.json
+
+ARG APP_HOME
+ENV APP_HOME=${APP_HOME}
+WORKDIR ${APP_HOME}
 
 # Install zebra build deps and Dockerfile deps
 RUN apt-get -qq update && \
@@ -52,27 +41,8 @@ RUN apt-get -qq update && \
     clang \
     ca-certificates \
     protobuf-compiler \
-    rsync \
     rocksdb-tools \
-    ; \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/*
-
-# Install google OS Config agent to be able to get information from the VMs being deployed
-# into GCP for integration testing purposes, and as Mainnet nodes
-# TODO: this shouldn't be a hardcoded requirement for everyone
-RUN if [ "$(uname -m)" != "aarch64" ]; then \
-      apt-get -qq update && \
-      apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends \
-      curl \
-      lsb-release \
-      && \
-      echo "deb http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt google-compute-engine-$(lsb_release -cs)-stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-compute-engine.list && \
-      curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | apt-key add - && \
-      apt-get -qq update  && \
-      apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends google-osconfig-agent; \
-    fi \
-    && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/*
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/*
 
 # Build arguments and variables set for tracelog levels and debug information
 #
@@ -90,7 +60,7 @@ ARG COLORBT_SHOW_HIDDEN
 ENV COLORBT_SHOW_HIDDEN=${COLORBT_SHOW_HIDDEN:-1}
 
 ARG SHORT_SHA
-# If this is not set, it must be the empty string, so Zebra can try an alternative git commit source:
+# If this is not set, it must be an empty string, so Zebra can try an alternative git commit source:
 # https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/blob/9ebd56092bcdfc1a09062e15a0574c94af37f389/zebrad/src/application.rs#L179-L182
 ENV SHORT_SHA=${SHORT_SHA:-}
 
@@ -102,12 +72,6 @@ ENV CARGO_HOME="${APP_HOME}/.cargo/"
 # An entrypoint.sh is only available in this step for easier test handling with variables.
 FROM deps AS tests
 
-COPY --from=electriccoinco/lightwalletd:latest /usr/local/bin/lightwalletd /usr/local/bin/
-
-# cargo uses timestamps for its cache, so they need to be in this order:
-# unmodified source files < previous build cache < modified source files
-COPY . .
-
 # Skip IPv6 tests by default, as some CI environment don't have IPv6 available
 ARG ZEBRA_SKIP_IPV6_TESTS
 ENV ZEBRA_SKIP_IPV6_TESTS=${ZEBRA_SKIP_IPV6_TESTS:-1}
@@ -120,26 +84,41 @@ ARG EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES
 # TODO: add empty $EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES when we can avoid adding an extra space to the end of the string
 ARG ENTRYPOINT_FEATURES="${FEATURES} ${TEST_FEATURES}"
 
-# Re-hydrate the minimum project skeleton identified by `cargo chef prepare` in the planner stage,
-# over the top of the original source files,
-# and build it to cache all possible sentry and test dependencies.
-#
-# This is the caching Docker layer for Rust tests!
-# It creates fake empty test binaries so dependencies are built, but Zebra is not fully built.
-#
-# TODO: add --locked when cargo-chef supports it
-RUN cargo chef cook --tests --release --features "${ENTRYPOINT_FEATURES}" --workspace --recipe-path recipe.json
-# Undo the source file changes made by cargo-chef.
-# rsync invalidates the cargo cache for the changed files only, by updating their timestamps.
-# This makes sure the fake empty binaries created by cargo-chef are rebuilt.
-COPY --from=planner ${APP_HOME} zebra-original
-RUN rsync --recursive --checksum --itemize-changes --verbose zebra-original/ .
-RUN rm -r zebra-original
-
 # Build Zebra test binaries, but don't run them
-RUN cargo test --locked --release --features "${ENTRYPOINT_FEATURES}" --workspace --no-run
-RUN cp ${APP_HOME}/target/release/zebrad /usr/local/bin
-RUN cp ${APP_HOME}/target/release/zebra-checkpoints /usr/local/bin
+
+# Leverage a cache mount to /usr/local/cargo/registry/
+# for downloaded dependencies, a cache mount to /usr/local/cargo/git/db
+# for git repository dependencies, and a cache mount to ${APP_HOME}/target/ for
+# compiled dependencies which will speed up subsequent builds.
+# Leverage a bind mount to each crate directory to avoid having to copy the
+# source code into the container. Once built, copy the executable to an
+# output directory before the cache mounted ${APP_HOME}/target/ is unmounted.
+RUN --mount=type=bind,source=zebrad,target=zebrad \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-chain,target=zebra-chain \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-network,target=zebra-network \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-state,target=zebra-state \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-script,target=zebra-script \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-consensus,target=zebra-consensus \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-rpc,target=zebra-rpc \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-node-services,target=zebra-node-services \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-test,target=zebra-test \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-utils,target=zebra-utils \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-scan,target=zebra-scan \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-grpc,target=zebra-grpc \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=tower-batch-control,target=tower-batch-control \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=tower-fallback,target=tower-fallback \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=Cargo.toml,target=Cargo.toml \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=Cargo.lock,target=Cargo.lock \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=${APP_HOME}/target/ \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git/db \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry/ \
+cargo test --locked --release --features "${ENTRYPOINT_FEATURES}" --workspace --no-run && \
+cp ${APP_HOME}/target/release/zebrad /usr/local/bin && \
+cp ${APP_HOME}/target/release/zebra-checkpoints /usr/local/bin
+
+# Copy the lightwalletd binary and source files to be able to run tests
+COPY --from=electriccoinco/lightwalletd:latest /usr/local/bin/lightwalletd /usr/local/bin/
+COPY ./ ./
 
 COPY ./docker/entrypoint.sh /etc/zebrad/entrypoint.sh
 
@@ -154,28 +133,34 @@ ENTRYPOINT [ "/etc/zebrad/entrypoint.sh" ]
 
 # In this stage we build a release (generate the zebrad binary)
 #
-# This step also adds `cargo chef` as this stage is completely independent from the
+# This step also adds `cache mounts` as this stage is completely independent from the
 # `test` stage. This step is a dependency for the `runtime` stage, which uses the resulting
 # zebrad binary from this step.
 FROM deps AS release
 
-COPY . .
-
 ARG FEATURES
 
-# This is the caching layer for Rust zebrad builds.
-# It creates a fake empty zebrad binary, see above for details.
-#
-# TODO: add --locked when cargo-chef supports it
-RUN cargo chef cook --release --features "${FEATURES}" --package zebrad --bin zebrad --recipe-path recipe.json
-
-# Undo the source file changes made by cargo-chef, so the fake empty zebrad binary is rebuilt.
-COPY --from=planner ${APP_HOME} zebra-original
-RUN rsync --recursive --checksum --itemize-changes --verbose zebra-original/ .
-RUN rm -r zebra-original
-
-# Build zebrad
-RUN cargo build --locked --release --features "${FEATURES}" --package zebrad --bin zebrad
+RUN --mount=type=bind,source=zebrad,target=zebrad \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-chain,target=zebra-chain \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-network,target=zebra-network \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-state,target=zebra-state \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-script,target=zebra-script \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-consensus,target=zebra-consensus \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-rpc,target=zebra-rpc \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-node-services,target=zebra-node-services \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-test,target=zebra-test \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-utils,target=zebra-utils \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-scan,target=zebra-scan \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=zebra-grpc,target=zebra-grpc \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=tower-batch-control,target=tower-batch-control \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=tower-fallback,target=tower-fallback \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=Cargo.toml,target=Cargo.toml \
+    --mount=type=bind,source=Cargo.lock,target=Cargo.lock \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=${APP_HOME}/target/ \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git/db \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry/ \
+cargo build --locked --release --features "${FEATURES}" --package zebrad --bin zebrad && \
+cp ${APP_HOME}/target/release/zebrad /usr/local/bin
 
 COPY ./docker/entrypoint.sh ./
 
@@ -189,6 +174,8 @@ FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS runtime
 ARG APP_HOME
 ENV APP_HOME=${APP_HOME}
 WORKDIR ${APP_HOME}
+COPY --link --from=release /usr/local/bin /usr/local/bin
+COPY --link --from=release /entrypoint.sh /
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
@@ -196,8 +183,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     curl \
     rocksdb-tools \
     gosu \
-    && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/*
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/*
 
 # Create a non-privileged user that the app will run under.
 # Running as root inside the container is running as root in the Docker host
@@ -224,6 +210,7 @@ ARG FEATURES
 ENV FEATURES=${FEATURES}
 
 # Path and name of the config file
+# This are set here to always this variable set, even if the user does not set it
 ENV ZEBRA_CONF_DIR=${ZEBRA_CONF_DIR:-/etc/zebrad}
 ENV ZEBRA_CONF_FILE=${ZEBRA_CONF_FILE:-zebrad.toml}
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.full.yml b/docker/docker-compose.full.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..815ad941ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.full.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+  zebra:
+    image: zfnd/zebra
+    platform: linux/amd64
+    build:
+      context: ../
+      dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
+      target: runtime
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        reservations:
+          cpus: "4"
+          memory: 16G
+    depends_on:
+      prometheus:
+        condition: service_started
+      grafana:
+        condition: service_started
+    env_file:
+      - .zebra.env
+    # Change this to the commmand you want to run, respecting the entrypoint.sh
+    # For example, to run the tests, use the following command:
+    # command: ["cargo", "test", "--locked", "--release", "--features", "${TEST_FEATURES}", "--package", "zebrad", "--test", "acceptance", "--", "--nocapture", "--include-ignored", "sync_large_checkpoints_"]
+    #! Uncomment the following line to use a zebrad.toml from the host machine
+    # NOTE: This will override the zebrad.toml in the image and make some variables irrelevant
+    # configs:
+    #   - source: zebra_config
+    #     target: /etc/zebrad/zebrad.toml
+    #     uid: '2001' # Rust's container default user uid
+    #     gid: '2001' # Rust's container default group gid
+    #     mode: 0440
+    volumes:
+      - zebrad-cache:/var/cache/zebrad-cache
+      - lwd-cache:/var/cache/lwd-cache
+    ports:
+      # Zebra uses the following inbound and outbound TCP ports
+      - "8232:8232" # Opens an RPC endpoint (for wallet storing and mining)
+      - "8233:8233" # Mainnet Network (for peer connections)
+      - "18233:18233" # Testnet Network
+      # - "9999:9999" # Metrics
+      # - "3000:3000" # Tracing
+    healthcheck:
+      start_period: 3m
+      interval: 15s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+      # test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl --data-binary '{\"jsonrpc\": \"1.0\", \"id\":\"curltest\", \"method\": \"getblockchaininfo\", \"params\": [] }' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8232/ || exit 1"]
+
+  lightwalletd:
+    image: electriccoinco/lightwalletd
+    platform: linux/amd64
+    depends_on:
+      zebra:
+        condition: service_started
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    deploy:
+      resources:
+        reservations:
+          cpus: "4"
+          memory: 16G
+    env_file:
+      - .lightwalletd.env
+    configs:
+      - source: lwd_config
+        target: /etc/lightwalletd/zcash.conf
+    volumes:
+      - litewalletd-data:/var/lib/lightwalletd/db
+    # This setup with --no-tls-very-insecure is only for testing purposes
+    #! For production environments follow the guidelines here: https://github.com/zcash/lightwalletd#production-usage
+    command: >
+      --no-tls-very-insecure
+      --grpc-bind-addr=0.0.0.0:9067
+      --http-bind-addr=0.0.0.0:9068
+      --zcash-conf-path=/etc/lightwalletd/zcash.conf
+      --data-dir=/var/lib/lightwalletd/db
+      --log-file=/dev/stdout
+      --log-level=7
+    ports:
+      - "9067:9067" # gRPC
+      - "9068:9068" # HTTP
+
+  prometheus:
+    image: prom/prometheus
+    configs:
+      - source: prometheus_config
+        target: /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+    volumes:
+      - prometheus-data:/prometheus
+    command:
+      - '--config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml'
+      - '--storage.tsdb.path=/prometheus'
+      - '--web.enable-lifecycle'
+    ports:
+      - "9090:9090"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:9090/status || exit 1
+      start_period: 30s
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 15s
+      retries: 3
+
+  grafana:
+    image: grafana/grafana
+    volumes:
+      - grafana-data:/var/lib/grafana
+      - ../grafana/provisioning/:/etc/grafana/provisioning/
+    # environment:
+    #   GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD: ${GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
+    depends_on:
+      prometheus:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    env_file:
+      - ../grafana/config.monitoring
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3000 || exit 1
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 3
+
+configs:
+  zebra_config:
+    # Change the following line to point to a zebrad.toml on your host machine
+    # to allow for easy configuration changes without rebuilding the image
+    file: ../zebrad/tests/common/configs/v1.0.0-rc.2.toml/
+
+  lwd_config:
+    # Change the following line to point to a zcash.conf on your host machine
+    # to allow for easy configuration changes without rebuilding the image
+    file: ./zcash-lightwalletd/zcash.conf
+
+  prometheus_config:
+    file: ../prometheus.yaml
+
+volumes:
+  zebrad-cache:
+    driver: local
+
+  lwd-cache:
+    driver: local
+
+  litewalletd-data:
+    driver: local
+
+  prometheus-data:
+    driver: local
+
+  grafana-data:
+    driver: local