diff --git a/docs/guides/data-directory.mdx b/docs/guides/data-directory.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e61602bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/guides/data-directory.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+---
+title: How to load model weights
+description: "Load model weights without Hugging Face or S3"
+---
+
+Serving a model requires access to model files, such as model weights. These files are often many gigabytes.
+
+For many models, these files are loaded from Hugging Face. However, model files can come from other sources or be stored directly in the Truss. Model weights and other model data can be:
+
+* Public on Hugging Face (default, [example here](/examples/04-image-generation))
+* [Private on Hugging Face](/examples/09-private-huggingface)
+* [Bundled directly with the Truss](#bundling-model-weights-in-truss)
+* [Public cloud storage like S3](#loading-public-model-weights-from-s3)
+* [Private cloud storage like S3](#loading-private-model-weights-from-s3)
+
+## Bundling model weights in Truss
+
+You can bundle model data directly with your model in Truss. To do so, use the Truss' `data` folder to store any necessary files.
+
+Here's an example of the `data` folder for [a Truss of Stable Diffusion 2.1](https://github.com/basetenlabs/truss-examples/tree/main/stable-diffusion/stable-diffusion).
+
+```
+data/
+    scheduler/
+        scheduler_config.json
+    text_encoder/
+        config.json
+        diffusion_pytorch_model.bin
+    tokenizer/
+        merges.txt
+        special_tokens_map.json
+        tokenizer_config.json
+        vocab.json
+    unet/
+        config.json
+        diffusion_pytorch_model.bin
+    vae/
+        config.json
+        diffusion_pytorch_model.bin
+    model_index.json
+```
+
+To access the data in the model, use the `self._data_dir` variable in the `load()` function of `model/model.py`:
+
+```python
+class Model:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+        self._data_dir = kwargs["data_dir"]
+
+    def load(self):
+        self.model = StableDiffusionPipeline.from_pretrained(
+            str(self._data_dir), # Set to "data" by default from config.yaml
+            revision="fp16",
+            torch_dtype=torch.float16,
+        ).to("cuda")
+```
+
+## Loading public model weights from S3
+
+Bundling multi-gigabyte files with your Truss can be difficult if you have limited local storage and can make deployment slow. Instead, you can store your model weights and other files in cloud storage like S3.
+
+Using files from S3 requires four steps:
+
+1. Uploading the content of your data directory to S3
+2. Setting `external_data` in config.yaml
+3. Removing unneeded files from the `data` directory
+4. Accessing data correctly in the model
+
+Here's an example of that setup for Stable Diffusion, where we have already uploaded the content of our `data/` directory to S3.
+
+First, add the URLs for hosted versions of the large files to `config.yaml`:
+
+```yaml
+external_data:
+  - url: https://baseten-public.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/models/stable-diffusion-truss/unet/diffusion_pytorch_model.bin
+    local_data_path: unet/diffusion_pytorch_model.bin
+  - url: https://baseten-public.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/models/stable-diffusion-truss/text_encoder/pytorch_model.bin
+    local_data_path: text_encoder/pytorch_model.bin
+  - url: https://baseten-public.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/models/stable-diffusion-truss/vae/diffusion_pytorch_model.bin
+    local_data_path: vae/diffusion_pytorch_model.bin
+```
+
+Each URL matches with a local data path that represents where the model data would be stored if everything was bundled together locally. This is how your model code will know where to look for the data.
+
+Then, get rid of the large files from your `data` folder. The Stable Diffusion Truss has the following directory structure after large files are removed:
+
+```
+data/
+    scheduler/
+        scheduler_config.json
+    text_encoder/
+        config.json
+    tokenizer/
+        merges.txt
+        special_tokens_map.json
+        tokenizer_config.json
+        vocab.json
+    unet/
+        config.json
+    vae/
+        config.json
+    model_index.json
+```
+
+The code in `model/model.py` does not need to be changed and will automatically pull the large files from the provided links.
+
+## Loading private model weights from S3
+
+If your model weights are proprietary, you'll be storing them in a private S3 bucket or similar access-restricted data store. Accessing these model files works exactly the same as above, but first uses [secrets](/guides/secrets) to securely authenticate your model with the data store.
+
+First, set the following secrets in `config.yaml`. Set the values to `null`, only the keys are needed here.
+
+```yaml
+secrets:
+  aws_access_key_id: null
+  aws_secret_access_key: null
+  aws_region: null # e.g. us-east-1
+  aws_bucket: null
+```
+
+Then, [add secrets to your Baseten account](https://docs.baseten.co/observability/secrets) for your AWS access key id, secret access key, region, and bucket. This time, use the actual values as they will be securely stored and provided to your model at runtime.
+
+In your model code, authenticate with AWS in the `__init__()` function:
+
+```python
+def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+    self._config = kwargs.get("config")
+    secrets = kwargs.get("secrets")
+    self.s3_config = (
+        {
+            "aws_access_key_id": secrets["aws_access_key_id"],
+            "aws_secret_access_key": secrets["aws_secret_access_key"],
+            "aws_region": secrets["aws_region"],
+        }
+    )
+    self.s3_bucket = (secrets["aws_bucket"])
+```
+
+You can then use the `boto3` package to access your model weights in `load()`.
+
+When you're ready to deploy your model, make sure to pass `is_trusted=True` to `baseten.deploy()`:
+
+```python
+import baseten
+import truss
+
+my_model = truss.load("my-model")
+baseten.deploy(
+    my_model,
+    model_name="My model",
+    is_trusted=True
+)
+```
+
+For further details, see [docs on using secrets in models](/guides/secrets).
diff --git a/docs/guides/model-cache.mdx b/docs/guides/model-cache.mdx
index 855cca50a..954c36f3a 100644
--- a/docs/guides/model-cache.mdx
+++ b/docs/guides/model-cache.mdx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: Caching model weights
+title: How to cache model weights
 description: "Accelerate cold starts by caching your weights"
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/mint.json b/docs/mint.json
index b58d812c7..b47fb7053 100644
--- a/docs/mint.json
+++ b/docs/mint.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
       "pages": [
         "guides/secrets",
         "guides/base-images",
+        "guides/data-directory",
         "guides/model-cache",
         "guides/concurrency",
         "guides/tgi"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 001a03ea8..2663b7766 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "truss"
-version = "0.7.21"
+version = "0.7.22"
 description = "A seamless bridge from model development to model delivery"
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/truss/cli/cli.py b/truss/cli/cli.py
index 32c1b2b60..4864dc2a6 100644
--- a/truss/cli/cli.py
+++ b/truss/cli/cli.py
@@ -409,6 +409,14 @@ def predict(
     default=False,
     help="Trust truss with hosted secrets.",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--promote",
+    type=bool,
+    is_flag=True,
+    required=False,
+    default=False,
+    help="After deploy completes, promotes the truss to production.",
+)
 @error_handling
 def push(
     target_directory: str,
@@ -416,6 +424,7 @@ def push(
     model_name: str,
     publish: bool = False,
     trusted: bool = False,
+    promote: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
     """
     Pushes a truss to a TrussRemote.
@@ -440,7 +449,7 @@ def push(
         tr.spec.config.write_to_yaml_file(tr.spec.config_path, verbose=False)
 
     # TODO(Abu): This needs to be refactored to be more generic
-    service = remote_provider.push(tr, model_name, publish=publish, trusted=trusted)  # type: ignore
+    service = remote_provider.push(tr, model_name, publish=publish, trusted=trusted, promote=promote)  # type: ignore
 
     click.echo(f"✨ Model {model_name} was successfully pushed ✨")
 
@@ -467,6 +476,11 @@ def push(
 """
         console.print(not_trusted_text, style="red")
 
+    if promote:
+        promotion_text = """Your Truss has been deployed as a production model. After it successfully deploys,
+it will become the next production deployment of your model."""
+        console.print(promotion_text, style="green")
+
     logs_url = remote_provider.get_remote_logs_url(service)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
     rich.print(f"🪵  View logs for your deployment at {logs_url}")
 
diff --git a/truss/remote/baseten/api.py b/truss/remote/baseten/api.py
index a8c1f3dc9..e6fbf8092 100644
--- a/truss/remote/baseten/api.py
+++ b/truss/remote/baseten/api.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def create_model_version_from_truss(
         semver_bump: str,
         client_version: str,
         is_trusted: bool,
+        promote: bool = False,
     ):
         query_string = f"""
         mutation {{
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ def create_model_version_from_truss(
                 semver_bump: "{semver_bump}",
                 client_version: "{client_version}",
                 is_trusted: {'true' if is_trusted else 'false'}
+                promote_after_deploy: {'true' if promote else 'false'}
             ) {{
                 id
             }}
diff --git a/truss/remote/baseten/core.py b/truss/remote/baseten/core.py
index a6e572226..685ab65ed 100644
--- a/truss/remote/baseten/core.py
+++ b/truss/remote/baseten/core.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ def create_truss_service(
     config: str,
     semver_bump: str = "MINOR",
     is_trusted: bool = False,
+    promote: bool = False,
     is_draft: Optional[bool] = False,
     model_id: Optional[str] = None,
 ) -> Tuple[str, str]:
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ def create_truss_service(
         config: Base64 encoded JSON string of the Truss config
         semver_bump: Semver bump type, defaults to "MINOR"
         is_trusted: Whether the model is trusted, defaults to False
+        promote: Whether to promote the model after deploy, defaults to False
 
     Returns:
         A tuple of the model ID and version ID
@@ -196,6 +198,7 @@ def create_truss_service(
         semver_bump=semver_bump,
         client_version=f"truss=={truss.version()}",
         is_trusted=is_trusted,
+        promote=promote,
     )
     model_version_id = model_version_json["id"]
     return (model_id, model_version_id)
diff --git a/truss/remote/baseten/remote.py b/truss/remote/baseten/remote.py
index d6d0990c5..15565d8e6 100644
--- a/truss/remote/baseten/remote.py
+++ b/truss/remote/baseten/remote.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def push(  # type: ignore
         model_name: str,
         publish: bool = True,
         trusted: bool = False,
+        promote: bool = False,
     ):
         if model_name.isspace():
             raise ValueError("Model name cannot be empty")
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ def push(  # type: ignore
         gathered_truss = TrussHandle(truss_handle.gather())
         if gathered_truss.spec.model_server != ModelServer.TrussServer:
             publish = True
+
+        if promote:
+            # If we are promoting a model after deploy, it must be published.
+            # Draft models cannot be promoted.
+            publish = True
+
         encoded_config_str = base64_encoded_json_str(
             gathered_truss._spec._config.to_dict()
         )
@@ -70,6 +77,7 @@ def push(  # type: ignore
             is_draft=not publish,
             model_id=model_id,
             is_trusted=trusted,
+            promote=promote,
         )
 
         return BasetenService(