diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4babd419..d40e920e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@ K := $(foreach exec,$(EXECUTABLES),\
 ARCH=$(shell uname -m)
 BASEIMAGE_RELEASE = 0.2.2
 PKGNAME = github.com/hyperledger/$(PROJECT_NAME)
-pkgmap.cop := $(PKGNAME)
+SAMPLECONFIG = $(shell git ls-files images/cop/config)
 
 DOCKER_ORG = hyperledger
 IMAGES = $(PROJECT_NAME) $(PROJECT_NAME)-runtime
 
+image-path-map.fabric-cop         := cop
+image-path-map.fabric-cop-runtime := runtime
+
 include docker-env.mk
 
 all: docker unit-tests
@@ -78,15 +81,15 @@ cop:
 
 # We (re)build a package within a docker context but persist the $GOPATH/pkg
 # directory so that subsequent builds are faster
-build/docker/bin/$(PROJECT_NAME):
+build/docker/bin/cop:
 	@echo "Building $@"
-	@mkdir -p build/docker/bin build/docker/$(PROJECT_NAME)/pkg
+	@mkdir -p $(@D) build/docker/$(@F)/pkg
 	@$(DRUN) \
 		-v $(abspath build/docker/bin):/opt/gopath/bin \
-		-v $(abspath build/docker/$(PROJECT_NAME)/pkg):/opt/gopath/pkg \
+		-v $(abspath build/docker/$(@F)/pkg):/opt/gopath/pkg \
 		hyperledger/fabric-baseimage:$(BASE_DOCKER_TAG) \
-		go install -ldflags "$(DOCKER_GO_LDFLAGS)" $(pkgmap.cop)/cli
-	mv build/docker/bin/cli build/docker/bin/$(PROJECT_NAME)
+		go install -ldflags "$(DOCKER_GO_LDFLAGS)" $(PKGNAME)/cli
+	mv build/docker/bin/cli $@
 	@touch $@
 
 build/docker/busybox:
@@ -97,33 +100,29 @@ build/docker/busybox:
 
 build/image/$(PROJECT_NAME)/$(DUMMY): build/image/$(PROJECT_NAME)-runtime/$(DUMMY)
 
-# payload definitions'
-build/image/$(PROJECT_NAME)/payload:	build/docker/bin/$(PROJECT_NAME)
+# payload definitions
+build/image/$(PROJECT_NAME)/payload:	build/docker/bin/cop \
+					build/sampleconfig.tar.bz2
 build/image/$(PROJECT_NAME)-runtime/payload:	build/docker/busybox
 
 build/image/%/payload:
 	mkdir -p $@
 	cp $^ $@
 
-build/image/$(PROJECT_NAME)/$(DUMMY): Makefile build/image/$(PROJECT_NAME)/payload
-	@echo "Building docker $(PROJECT_NAME) image"
-	@cat images/cop/Dockerfile.in \
+build/image/%/$(DUMMY): Makefile build/image/%/payload
+	$(eval TARGET = ${patsubst build/image/%/$(DUMMY),%,${@}})
+	$(eval DOCKER_NAME = $(DOCKER_ORG)/$(TARGET))
+	@echo "Building docker $(TARGET) image"
+	@cat images/$(image-path-map.$(TARGET))/Dockerfile.in \
 		| sed -e 's/_BASE_TAG_/$(BASE_DOCKER_TAG)/g' \
 		| sed -e 's/_TAG_/$(DOCKER_TAG)/g' \
 		> $(@D)/Dockerfile
-	$(DBUILD) -t $(DOCKER_ORG)/$(PROJECT_NAME) $(@D)
-	docker tag $(DOCKER_ORG)/$(PROJECT_NAME) $(DOCKER_ORG)/$(PROJECT_NAME):$(DOCKER_TAG)
+	$(DBUILD) -t $(DOCKER_NAME) $(@D)
+	docker tag $(DOCKER_NAME) $(DOCKER_NAME):$(DOCKER_TAG)
 	@touch $@
 
-build/image/$(PROJECT_NAME)-runtime/$(DUMMY): Makefile build/image/$(PROJECT_NAME)-runtime/payload
-	@echo "Building docker $(PROJECT_NAME)-runtime image"
-	@cat images/runtime/Dockerfile.in \
-		| sed -e 's/_BASE_TAG_/$(BASE_DOCKER_TAG)/g' \
-		| sed -e 's/_TAG_/$(DOCKER_TAG)/g' \
-		> $(@D)/Dockerfile
-	$(DBUILD) -t $(DOCKER_ORG)/$(PROJECT_NAME)-runtime $(@D)
-	docker tag $(DOCKER_ORG)/$(PROJECT_NAME)-runtime $(DOCKER_ORG)/$(PROJECT_NAME)-runtime:$(DOCKER_TAG)
-	@touch $@
+build/sampleconfig.tar.bz2: $(SAMPLECONFIG)
+	tar -jc -C images/cop/config $(patsubst images/cop/config/%,%,$(SAMPLECONFIG)) > $@
 
 unit-tests: checks cop
 	@scripts/run_tests
diff --git a/images/cop/Dockerfile.in b/images/cop/Dockerfile.in
index 61f66b4ea..2a38d3ea4 100644
--- a/images/cop/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/images/cop/Dockerfile.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM hyperledger/fabric-cop-runtime:_TAG_
 ENV COP_HOME /etc/hyperledger/fabric-cop
-RUN mkdir -p /etc/hyperledger/fabric-cop
-COPY payload/fabric-cop /usr/local/bin
-RUN mv /usr/local/bin/fabric-cop /usr/local/bin/cop
+RUN mkdir -p $COP_HOME /var/hyperledger/fabric-cop
+COPY payload/cop /usr/local/bin
+ADD payload/sampleconfig.tar.bz2 $COP_HOME
 EXPOSE 8888
-CMD cop
+CMD cop server start -address 0.0.0.0 -config $COP_HOME/cop.json
diff --git a/images/cop/config/README.md b/images/cop/config/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fe5cd7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/cop/config/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This directory contains sample configuration data for COP.
+
+These files will ultimately be loaded as the default in the docker container under /etc/hyperledger/fabric-cop.  It is intended that these files will be replaced for production deployment, such as with a volume mount or derived image.
diff --git a/images/cop/config/cop.json b/images/cop/config/cop.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29d76d6a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/cop/config/cop.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+ "tls_disable":true,
+ "users": {
+    "admin": {
+      "pass": "adminpw",
+      "type": "client",
+      "group": "bank_a",
+      "attrs": [{"name":"hf.Registrar.Roles","value":"client,peer,validator,auditor"}, {"name":"hf.Registrar.DelegateRoles", "value": "client"}]
+    }
+ },
+ "groups": {
+   "banks_and_institutions": {
+     "banks": ["bank_a", "bank_b", "bank_c"],
+     "institutions": ["institution_a"]
+   }
+ },
+ "signing": {
+    "default": {
+       "usages": ["cert sign"],
+       "expiry": "8000h"
+    }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/images/cop/config/csr.json b/images/cop/config/csr.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa48a377f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/cop/config/csr.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "hosts": [
+        "myhost.com",
+        "www.myhost.com"
+    ],
+    "CN": "admin",
+    "key": {
+        "algo": "ecdsa",
+        "size": 256
+    },
+    "names": [
+        {
+            "O": "Hyperledger Fabric",
+            "OU": "COP",
+            "L": "Raleigh",
+            "ST": "North Carolina",
+            "C": "US"
+        }
+    ]
+}