diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81df23034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copied from .gitignore
+__pycache__
+data
+*.pyc
+*.db
+locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
+*/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
+.sass-cache/
+.coverage
+.direnv
+.envrc
+djangoproject/cache
+djangoproject/static/css/*.map
+djangoproject/static/css/*.css
+# Additional ignores for Docker
+.git/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-test-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-test-build.yml
index 57f9634b0..5492325f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-test-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-test-build.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,21 @@ jobs:
             - name: Checkout repository
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Test docker image build (local development)
+            - if: matrix.req_file != 'tests.txt'
+              name: Test docker image build (${{ matrix.req_file }})
               uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
               with:
                   context: .
                   push: false
                   build-args: |
                       REQ_FILE=requirements/${{ matrix.req_file }}
+
+            - if: matrix.req_file == 'tests.txt'
+              name: Set up Docker Compose
+              uses: docker/setup-compose-action@v1
+
+            - if: matrix.req_file == 'tests.txt'
+              name: Run the tests via Docker
+              run: |
+                  docker compose build
+                  docker compose run --rm web make ci
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 78f59e899..910ce300e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,3 +33,10 @@ test:
 
 watch-scss:
 	watchmedo shell-command --patterns=*.scss --recursive --command="make compile-scss-debug" $(SCSS)
+
+reset-local-db:
+	python -m manage flush --no-input
+	python -m manage loaddata dev_sites
+	python -m manage loaddata doc_releases
+	python -m manage loaddata dashboard_production_metrics
+	python -m manage update_metrics
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1715f5895..5502479f6 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -343,12 +343,26 @@ Running Locally with Docker
 
     docker compose up
 
-3. View the site at http://localhost:8000/
-
-4. Run the tests::
+3. Run the tests::
 
     docker compose run --rm web python -m manage test
 
+4. Load the sample / local dev data::
+
+    docker compose run --rm web make reset-local-db
+
+   If preferred, refer to the "Install and run locally from a virtual environment"
+   for more granular management commands to load specific data sets.
+
+5. View the site at http://www.djangoproject.localhost:8000/
+   or http://dashboard.djangoproject.localhost:8000/.
+
+6. For docs, download the documentation (takes awhile)::
+
+    docker compose exec -it web python -m manage update_docs
+
+7. View the docs at http://docs.djangoproject.localhost:8000/.
+
 Pre-commit checks
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/djangoproject/settings/docker.py b/djangoproject/settings/docker.py
index 35216e40c..1484a008e 100644
--- a/djangoproject/settings/docker.py
+++ b/djangoproject/settings/docker.py
@@ -24,8 +24,3 @@
 SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get("SECRET_KEY")
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = [".localhost", "127.0.0.1", "www.127.0.0.1"]
-
-LOCALE_MIDDLEWARE_EXCLUDED_HOSTS = ["docs.djangoproject.localhost"]
-
-# django-hosts settings
-PARENT_HOST = "djangoproject.localhost:8000"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3cdd08525..ff6432b79 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,9 @@ services:
             timeout: 10s
             retries: 10
         volumes:
-            - ./initdb/tracdb.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/tracdb.sql
+            # Mount the Postgres initialization scripts
+            - ./docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
+            # This file contains the initial Trac database schema, but needs
+            # to be loaded into the database manually (via 02_trac_schema.sh)
+            # since it applies to the trac database, not the main Django database.
+            - ./tracdb/trac.sql:/trac.sql
diff --git a/initdb/tracdb.sql b/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/01_trac_db.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from initdb/tracdb.sql
rename to docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/01_trac_db.sql
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/02_trac_schema.sh b/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/02_trac_schema.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8024f468b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/02_trac_schema.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+PGPASSWORD=secret psql --username=code.djangoproject --dbname=code.djangoproject < /trac.sql
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.dev.sh b/docker-entrypoint.dev.sh
index 9a654950c..06edae540 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.dev.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.dev.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-python -m manage flush --no-input
-PGPASSWORD=secret psql --host db --port 5432 --username=code.djangoproject --dbname=code.djangoproject < tracdb/trac.sql
 python -m manage migrate
 make compile-scss # must come before collectstatic
 python -m manage collectstatic --no-input --clear
-python -m manage loaddata dev_sites
-python -m manage loaddata doc_releases
-# git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git://
-# python -m manage update_docs
-python -m manage loaddata dashboard_production_metrics
-# python -m manage loaddata dashboard_example_data
-python -m manage update_metrics
 
 exec "$@"