diff --git a/src/README.md b/src/README.md
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--- a/src/README.md
+++ b/src/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ If you're new to Django, see [Getting Started with Django](https://www.djangopro
 * Initialize the application:
 
   ```shell
+  cd src
   docker-compose build
   ```
 * Run the server: `docker-compose up`
@@ -18,4 +19,4 @@ If you're new to Django, see [Getting Started with Django](https://www.djangopro
 ### Update Dependencies
 
 1. Check the [Pipfile](./src/Pipfile) for pinned dependencies and manually adjust the version numbers
-1. Run `docker-compose up` and `docker-compose exec app pipenv update` to perform the upgrade and generate a new [Pipfile.lock](./src/Pipfile.lock) 
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+1. Run `cd src`, `docker-compose up`, and `docker-compose exec app pipenv update` to perform the upgrade and generate a new [Pipfile.lock](./src/Pipfile.lock) 
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diff --git a/src/manage.py b/src/manage.py
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+++ b/src/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/src/registrar/__init__.py b/src/registrar/__init__.py
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index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/registrar/config/__init__.py b/src/registrar/config/__init__.py
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index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/registrar/config/settings.py b/src/registrar/config/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42d83e98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/registrar/config/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+"""
+Django settings for .gov registrar project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 4.0.6.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/
+
+IF you'd like to see all of these settings in the running app:
+
+```shell
+$ docker-compose exec app python manage.py shell
+>>> from django.conf import settings
+>>> dir(settings)
+```
+
+"""
+import environs
+import os
+from cfenv import AppEnv
+from pathlib import Path
+
+env = environs.Env()
+
+# Get secrets from Cloud.gov user provided service, if exists
+# If not, get secrets from environment variables
+key_service = AppEnv().get_service(name="getgov-credentials")
+if key_service and key_service.credentials:
+    secret = key_service.credentials.get
+else:
+    secret = env
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = secret("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY")
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = env.bool("DJANGO_DEBUG", default=False)
+
+# TODO: configure and document security settings
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
+    'getgov-dev.app.cloud.gov',
+    'get.gov'
+]
+ALLOWED_CIDR_NETS = ['10.0.0.0/8']  # nosec
+USE_X_FORWARDED_HOST = True
+SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+SESSION_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
+CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+CSRF_COOKIE_HTTPONLY = True
+CORS_ALLOW_ALL_ORIGINS = False
+
+
+# TODO: are all of these needed? Need others?
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+]
+
+# TODO: document these for future maintainers
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'allow_cidr.middleware.AllowCIDRMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+    'csp.middleware.CSPMiddleware',
+]
+
+# TODO: decide on template engine and document in ADR
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [BASE_DIR / 'templates'],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+# No file logger is configured, because containerized apps
+# do not log to the file system.
+LOGGING = {
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+    "formatters": {
+        "verbose": {
+            "format": "[%(asctime)s] %(levelname)s [%(name)s:%(lineno)s] "
+            "%(message)s",
+            "datefmt": "%d/%b/%Y %H:%M:%S",
+        },
+        "simple": {
+            "format": "%(levelname)s %(message)s",
+        },
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+        "console": {
+            "level": "DEBUG" if DEBUG else "INFO",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "formatter": "verbose",
+        },
+    },
+    "loggers": {
+        "django": {
+            "handlers": ["console"],
+            "propagate": True,
+            "level": os.getenv("DJANGO_LOG_LEVEL", "DEBUG"),
+        },
+        "django.template": {
+            "handlers": ["console"],
+            "propagate": True,
+            "level": "INFO",
+        },
+        "registrar": {
+            "handlers": ["console"],
+            "propagate": True,
+            "level": "INFO",
+        },
+    },
+}
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': env.dj_db_url('DATABASE_URL'),
+}
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+USE_I18N = True
+USE_TZ = True
+USE_L10N = True
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / 'static'
+
+STATIC_URL = 'static/'
+ADMIN_URL = 'admin/'
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'registrar.config.urls'
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'registrar.config.wsgi.application'
+
+# TODO: FAC example for REST framework
+API_VERSION = "0"
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    "DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES": [
+        "rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication",
+        "users.auth.ExpiringTokenAuthentication",
+    ],
+    "DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES": ("rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated",),
+    "DEFAULT_PAGINATION_CLASS": "rest_framework.pagination.PageNumberPagination",
+    "PAGE_SIZE": 10,
+    "TEST_REQUEST_RENDERER_CLASSES": [
+        "rest_framework.renderers.MultiPartRenderer",
+        "rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer",
+        "rest_framework.renderers.TemplateHTMLRenderer",
+        "rest_framework.renderers.BrowsableAPIRenderer",
+    ],
+    "TEST_REQUEST_DEFAULT_FORMAT": "api",
+}
+
+# TODO: FAC example for login.gov
+SIMPLE_JWT = {
+    'ALGORITHM': 'RS256',
+    'AUDIENCE': None,
+    'ISSUER': 'https://idp.int.identitysandbox.gov/',
+    'JWK_URL': 'https://idp.int.identitysandbox.gov/api/openid_connect/certs',
+    'LEEWAY': 0,
+    'AUTH_TOKEN_CLASSES': ('rest_framework_simplejwt.tokens.UntypedToken',),
+    'USER_ID_CLAIM': 'sub',
+}
+TOKEN_AUTH = {"TOKEN_TTL": 3600}
+
+
+# Default primary key field type
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
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diff --git a/src/registrar/config/urls.py b/src/registrar/config/urls.py
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+++ b/src/registrar/config/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""URL Configuration
+
+For more information see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/topics/http/urls/
+"""
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import include, path
+
+from registrar.views import health
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    path("health/", health.health)
+]
+
+if settings.DEBUG:
+    import debug_toolbar
+
+    urlpatterns = [
+        path("__debug__/", include(debug_toolbar.urls)),
+    ] + urlpatterns
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diff --git a/src/registrar/config/wsgi.py b/src/registrar/config/wsgi.py
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+++ b/src/registrar/config/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+WSGI config.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/src/registrar/views/__init__.py b/src/registrar/views/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/registrar/views/health.py b/src/registrar/views/health.py
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+++ b/src/registrar/views/health.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+def health(request):
+    return HttpResponse("OK")