diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8bd860..833acb7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ mkdir config
 cp waveform-controller/config.EXAMPLE/controller.env.EXAMPLE config/controller.env
 cp waveform-controller/config.EXAMPLE/exporter.env.EXAMPLE config/exporter.env
 cp waveform-controller/config.EXAMPLE/hasher.env.EXAMPLE config/hasher.env
+cp waveform-controller/config.EXAMPLE/monitoring.env.EXAMPLE config/monitoring.env
+cp waveform-controller/config.EXAMPLE/lgtm.env.EXAMPLE config/lgtm.env
 ```
 From the new config files, remove the comments telling you not to put secrets in it, as instructed.
 
@@ -118,13 +120,22 @@ messages.
 mkdir waveform-export
 ```
 
+##### Create docker network
+If not already done, create the docker network used for bridging the Emap
+portal with the local LGTM (grafana) instance:
+
+`docker network create emap-portal-grafana`
+
 ##### run it!
 
 Build and start the hasher, controller and exporter with docker.
+(the `--profile lgtm` brings up the local telemetry collector,
+which is optional and soon to be replaced
+with a GAE-level lgtm instance)
 ```
 cd waveform-controller
-docker compose build
-docker compose up -d
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml  -f docker-compose.lgtm.yml --profile lgtm build
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml  -f docker-compose.lgtm.yml --profile lgtm up -d
 ```
 
 For more complex deployment scenarios, such as where there is existing data you need to preserve,
diff --git a/config.EXAMPLE/lgtm.env.EXAMPLE b/config.EXAMPLE/lgtm.env.EXAMPLE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cacffef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.EXAMPLE/lgtm.env.EXAMPLE
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# This is an EXAMPLE file, do not put real secrets in here.
+# Copy it to ../config/lgtm.env and then DELETE THIS COMMENT.
+
+# Change the URL hostname for each deployment, to match the hostname
+# that the browser sees when accessing this site. Eg. the GAE hostname.
+# The URL path should not routinely be changed, as it needs to match
+# what the reverse proxy (nginx) is serving us on.
+GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL="%(protocol)s://localhost:7100/local-grafana/"
+
+GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=admin
+# please set to something secure
+GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
diff --git a/docker-compose.lgtm.yml b/docker-compose.lgtm.yml
index 4dbade2..23e2e5c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.lgtm.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.lgtm.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     profiles:
       - lgtm
+    env_file:
+      - ../config/lgtm.env
+    environment:
+      GF_SERVER_SERVE_FROM_SUB_PATH: "true"
+
+      # Grafana is only accessible on localhost or through password-protected
+      # Emap portal, so some non-admin access is fine.
+      GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ENABLED: "true"
+      GF_AUTH_ANONYMOUS_ORG_ROLE: "Editor"
+    networks:
+      - default
+      - emap-portal-grafana
     ports:
       # Grafana UI
       - "127.0.0.1:3000:3000"
@@ -25,13 +37,14 @@ services:
       - "127.0.0.1:4317:4317"
       # OTLP HTTP (OpenTelemetry default)
       - "127.0.0.1:4318:4318"
-      # Optional: query backends directly (Grafana already has them as datasources)
-      - "127.0.0.1:3200:3200" # Tempo
-      - "127.0.0.1:4040:4040" # Pyroscope
-      - "127.0.0.1:9090:9090" # Prometheus / Mimir
     volumes:
       # https://github.com/grafana/docker-otel-lgtm#persist-data-across-container-instantiation
       - lgtm-data:/data
 
 volumes:
   lgtm-data:
+
+networks:
+  # allow the emap-portal to connect to us
+  emap-portal-grafana:
+    external: true
diff --git a/docs/deployment.md b/docs/deployment.md
index c35bf33..2a7f8ba 100644
--- a/docs/deployment.md
+++ b/docs/deployment.md
@@ -110,7 +110,31 @@ When the core service comes back up, it would continue to update the non-wavefor
 
 ### Waveform controller/exporter (ie. this repo)
 
-You may need to delete files in the host directory `waveform-export`, which
+#### Bring down all waveform containers and rebuild
+```
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml  -f docker-compose.lgtm.yml --profile lgtm down
+# check out desired code (example)
+git checkout my_branch
+git pull
+# rebuild
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml  -f docker-compose.lgtm.yml --profile lgtm build
+```
+
+#### Reconfigure
+
+Check all example config files in `config.EXAMPLE`. This shows what config files are expected to be present
+in this version of the code.
+
+Copy any that don't exist in `../config` as per the instructions in each file.
+
+Then make sure that any new/deleted variables are adjusted as appropriate.
+
+You could run this command for each file:
+`vimdiff config.EXAMPLE/exporter.env.EXAMPLE ../config/exporter.env`
+
+#### Reset data
+
+To force re-processing, you would need to delete files in the host directory `waveform-export`, which
 is bind mounted by the `waveform-controller` and `waveform-exporter` containers.
 
 Snakemake won't regenerate files if the timestamps of upstream
@@ -135,7 +159,8 @@ Bring up any Emap services that we brought down:
 Emap repo: `emap docker up -d`
 
 Bring up the waveform controller/export if you brought them down.
-Waveform repo: `docker compose up -d`
+Waveform repo: `docker compose -f docker-compose.yml  -f docker-compose.lgtm.yml --profile lgtm up -d`
+
 
 ### Replay old HL7 data