diff --git a/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template b/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template
index 177bfe54d..f9474e674 100644
--- a/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template
+++ b/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ server {
     location / {
         proxy_http_version 1.1;
         proxy_buffering off;
-        proxy_pass http://${DOMAIN};
+        proxy_pass http://localhost:80;
     }
 
     ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/${DOMAIN}/fullchain.pem;
diff --git a/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template.no-letsencrypt b/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template.no-letsencrypt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85b1965e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/data/nginx/app.conf.template.no-letsencrypt
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+upstream api_server {
+    # fail_timeout=0 means we always retry an upstream even if it failed
+    # to return a good HTTP response
+
+    # for UNIX domain socket setups
+    #server unix:/tmp/gunicorn.sock fail_timeout=0;
+
+    # for a TCP configuration
+    # TODO: use gunicorn to manage multiple processes
+    server api_server:8080 fail_timeout=0;
+}
+
+upstream web_server {
+    server web_server:3000 fail_timeout=0;
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+    server_name ${DOMAIN};
+
+    client_max_body_size 500M;    # Maximum upload size
+
+    location ~ ^/api(.*)$ {
+        rewrite ^/api(/.*)$ $1 break;
+
+        # misc headers
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; 
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+
+        # need to use 1.1 to support chunked transfers
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_buffering off;
+
+        # we don't want nginx trying to do something clever with
+        # redirects, we set the Host: header above already.
+        proxy_redirect off;
+        proxy_pass http://api_server;
+    }
+
+    location / {
+        # misc headers
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host; 
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+
+        # we don't want nginx trying to do something clever with
+        # redirects, we set the Host: header above already.
+        proxy_redirect off;
+        proxy_pass http://web_server;
+    }
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 443 ssl;
+    server_name ${DOMAIN};
+
+    client_max_body_size 500M;    # Maximum upload size
+    
+    location / {
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_buffering off;
+        proxy_pass http://localhost:80;
+    }
+
+    ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/sslcerts/${SSL_CERT_FILE_NAME};
+    ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/sslcerts/${SSL_CERT_KEY_FILE_NAME};
+}
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44f454b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/docker-compose.prod-no-letsencrypt.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+version: '3'
+services:
+  api_server:
+    image: danswer/danswer-backend:latest
+    build:
+      context: ../../backend
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    command: >
+      /bin/sh -c "alembic upgrade head &&
+      echo \"Starting Danswer Api Server\" &&
+      uvicorn danswer.main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080"
+    depends_on:
+      - relational_db
+      - document_index
+    restart: always
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      - AUTH_TYPE=${AUTH_TYPE:-google_oauth}
+      - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
+      - VESPA_HOST=document_index
+    volumes:
+      - local_dynamic_storage:/home/storage
+      - file_connector_tmp_storage:/home/file_connector_storage
+      - model_cache_torch:/root/.cache/torch/
+      - model_cache_nltk:/root/nltk_data/
+      - model_cache_huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface/
+  background:
+    image: danswer/danswer-backend:latest
+    build:
+      context: ../../backend
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    command: /usr/bin/supervisord
+    depends_on:
+      - relational_db
+      - document_index
+    restart: always
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      - AUTH_TYPE=${AUTH_TYPE:-google_oauth}
+      - POSTGRES_HOST=relational_db
+      - VESPA_HOST=document_index
+    volumes:
+      - local_dynamic_storage:/home/storage
+      - file_connector_tmp_storage:/home/file_connector_storage
+      - model_cache_torch:/root/.cache/torch/
+      - model_cache_nltk:/root/nltk_data/
+      - model_cache_huggingface:/root/.cache/huggingface/
+  web_server:
+    image: danswer/danswer-web-server:latest
+    build:
+      context: ../../web
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      args:
+        - NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_STREAMING=${NEXT_PUBLIC_DISABLE_STREAMING:-false}
+    depends_on:
+      - api_server
+    restart: always
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    environment:
+      - INTERNAL_URL=http://api_server:8080
+  relational_db:
+    image: postgres:15.2-alpine
+    restart: always
+    # POSTGRES_USER and POSTGRES_PASSWORD should be set in .env file
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    volumes:
+      - db_volume:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+  document_index:
+    image: vespaengine/vespa:8
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "19071:19071"
+      - "8081:8081"
+    volumes:
+      - vespa_volume:/opt/vespa/var
+  nginx:
+    image: nginx:1.23.4-alpine
+    restart: always
+    # nginx will immediately crash with `nginx: [emerg] host not found in upstream`
+    # if api_server / web_server are not up 
+    depends_on:
+      - api_server
+      - web_server
+    ports:
+      - "80:80"
+      - "443:443"
+    volumes:
+      - ../data/nginx:/etc/nginx/conf.d
+      - ../data/sslcerts:/etc/nginx/sslcerts
+    command: > 
+      /bin/sh -c "envsubst '$$\{DOMAIN\} $$\{SSL_CERT_FILE_NAME\} $$\{SSL_CERT_KEY_FILE_NAME\}' < /etc/nginx/conf.d/app.conf.template.no-letsencrypt > /etc/nginx/conf.d/app.conf 
+      && while :; do sleep 6h & wait $${!}; nginx -s reload; done & nginx -g \"daemon off;\""
+    env_file:
+      - .env.nginx
+volumes:
+  local_dynamic_storage:
+  file_connector_tmp_storage:  # used to store files uploaded by the user temporarily while we are indexing them
+  db_volume:
+  vespa_volume:
+  model_cache_torch:
+  model_cache_nltk:
+  model_cache_huggingface:
diff --git a/deployment/docker_compose/env.nginx.template b/deployment/docker_compose/env.nginx.template
index 32e1b3e64..2fc2923a9 100644
--- a/deployment/docker_compose/env.nginx.template
+++ b/deployment/docker_compose/env.nginx.template
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 # DOMAIN is necessary for https setup, EMAIL is optional
 DOMAIN=
 EMAIL=
+
+# If using the `no-letsencrypt` setup, the below are required.
+# They specify the path within /danswer/deployment/data/sslcerts directory
+# where the certificate / certificate key can be found. You can either
+# name your certificate / certificate key files to follow the convention
+# below or adjust these to match your naming conventions.
+SSL_CERT_FILE_NAME=ssl.cert
+SSL_CERT_KEY_FILE_NAME=ssl.key