diff --git a/config/settings/container/dev.py b/config/settings/container/dev.py
index 65c467a37346cf34bfe04b50ec00ee01d54e78ee..f10443b4052a18de7fed5ea1c048a00bd7c6b587 100644
--- a/config/settings/container/dev.py
+++ b/config/settings/container/dev.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Settings for a test/dev GraceDB instance running in a container
 from .base import *
 
-CONFIG_NAME = "TEST"
+CONFIG_NAME = "DEV"
 
 # Debug settings
 DEBUG = True
@@ -62,3 +62,20 @@ if sentry_dsn is not None:
 
     # Turn off default admin error emails
     LOGGING['loggers']['django.request']['handlers'] = []
+
+# Home page stuff
+INSTANCE_TITLE = 'GraceDB Development Server'
+INSTANCE_INFO = """
+<h3>Development Instance</h3>
+<p>
+This GraceDB instance is designed for GraceDB maintainers to develop and
+test in the AWS cloud architecture. There is <b>no guarantee</b> that the
+behavior of this instance will mimic the production system at any time. 
+Events and associated data may change or be removed at any time. 
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Phone and e-mail alerts are turned off.</li>
+<li>Only LIGO logins are provided (no login via InCommon or Google).</li>
+<li>LVAlert messages are sent to lvalert-dev.cgca.uwm.edu.</li>
+</ul>
+"""
diff --git a/config/settings/container/playground.py b/config/settings/container/playground.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c6b3d8ca06fa862d2b81ee3c4528fc12c4a909b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/settings/container/playground.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Settings for a playground GraceDB instance (for user testing) running
+# in a container on AWS. These settings inherent from base.py) 
+# and overrides or adds to them.
+from .base import *
+
+CONFIG_NAME = "USER TESTING"
+
+# Debug settings
+DEBUG = False
+
+# Override EMBB email address
+# TP (8 Aug 2017): not sure why?
+EMBB_MAIL_ADDRESS = 'gracedb@{fqdn}'.format(fqdn=SERVER_FQDN)
+
+# Turn on XMPP alerts
+SEND_XMPP_ALERTS = True
+
+# Enforce that phone and email alerts are off
+SEND_PHONE_ALERTS = False
+SEND_EMAIL_ALERTS = False
+
+# Define correct LVAlert settings
+LVALERT_OVERSEER_INSTANCES = [
+    {
+        "lvalert_server": "lvalert-playground.cgca.uwm.edu",
+        "listen_port": 8001,
+    },
+]
+
+# Add testserver to ALLOWED_HOSTS
+ALLOWED_HOSTS += ['testserver']
+
+# Home page stuff
+INSTANCE_TITLE = 'GraceDB Playground'
+INSTANCE_INFO = """
+<h3>Playground instance</h3>
+<p>
+This GraceDB instance is designed for users to develop and test their own
+applications. It mimics the production instance in all but the following ways:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Phone and e-mail alerts are turned off.</li>
+<li>Only LIGO logins are provided (no login via InCommon or Google).</li>
+<li>LVAlert messages are sent to lvalert-playground.cgca.uwm.edu.</li>
+<li>Events and associated data will <b>not</b> be preserved indefinitely.
+A nightly cron job removes events older than 21 days.</li>
+</ul>
+"""
+
+# Safety check on debug mode for playground
+if (DEBUG == True):
+    raise RuntimeError("Turn off debug mode for playground")
diff --git a/config/settings/container/test.py b/config/settings/container/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f703bb5f5b90ed68acfbf13024a5ae2c1e9c2e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/settings/container/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Settings for a test/dev GraceDB instance running in a container
+from .base import *
+
+CONFIG_NAME = "TEST"
+
+# Debug settings
+DEBUG = True
+
+# Override EMBB email address
+# TP (8 Aug 2017): not sure why?
+EMBB_MAIL_ADDRESS = 'gracedb@{fqdn}'.format(fqdn=SERVER_FQDN)
+
+# Add middleware
+debug_middleware = 'debug_toolbar.middleware.DebugToolbarMiddleware'
+MIDDLEWARE += [
+    debug_middleware,
+    #'silk.middleware.SilkyMiddleware',
+    #'core.middleware.profiling.ProfileMiddleware',
+    #'core.middleware.admin.AdminsOnlyMiddleware',
+]
+
+# Add to installed apps
+INSTALLED_APPS += [
+    'debug_toolbar',
+    #'silk'
+]
+
+# Add testserver to ALLOWED_HOSTS
+ALLOWED_HOSTS += ['testserver']
+
+# Settings for django-silk profiler
+SILKY_AUTHENTICATION = True
+SILKY_AUTHORISATION = True
+if 'silk' in INSTALLED_APPS:
+    # Needed to prevent RequestDataTooBig for files > 2.5 MB
+    # when silk is being used. This setting is typically used to
+    # prevent DOS attacks, so should not be changed in production.
+    DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = 20*(1024**2)
+
+# Tuple of IPs which are marked as internal, useful for debugging.
+# Tanner (5 Dec. 2017): DON'T CHANGE THIS! Django Debug Toolbar exposes
+# some headers which we want to keep hidden.  So to be safe, we only allow
+# it to be used through this server.  You need to configure a SOCKS proxy
+# on your local machine to use DJDT (see admin docs).
+INTERNAL_IPS = [
+    INTERNAL_IP_ADDRESS,
+]
+
+# Define correct LVAlert settings
+LVALERT_OVERSEER_INSTANCES = [
+    {
+        "lvalert_server": "lvalert-test.cgca.uwm.edu",
+        "listen_port": 8001,
+    },
+]
+
+# Set up Sentry for error logging
+sentry_dsn = get_from_env('DJANGO_SENTRY_DSN', fail_if_not_found=False)
+if sentry_dsn is not None:
+    USE_SENTRY = True
+
+    # Set up Sentry
+    import sentry_sdk
+    from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
+    sentry_sdk.init(
+        environment='test',
+        dsn=sentry_dsn,
+        integrations=[DjangoIntegration()]
+    )
+
+    # Turn off default admin error emails
+    LOGGING['loggers']['django.request']['handlers'] = []
+
+# Home page stuff
+INSTANCE_TITLE = 'GraceDB Testing Server'
+INSTANCE_INFO = """
+<h3>Testing Instance</h3>
+<p>
+This GraceDB instance is designed for Quality Assurance (QA) testing and
+validation for GraceDB and electromagnetic follow-up (EMFollow) developers.
+Software should meet QA milestones on the test instance before being moved 
+to Playground or Production. Note, on this GraceDB instance:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Phone and e-mail alerts are turned off.</li>
+<li>Only LIGO logins are provided (no login via InCommon or Google).</li>
+<li>LVAlert messages are sent to lvalert-test.cgca.uwm.edu.</li>
+</ul>
+"""