diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 07b7cda..0fecc49 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ LABEL maintainer="tomkralidis@gmail.com"
 
 ENV TZ="Etc/UTC" \
     DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" \
-    DEBIAN_PACKAGES="bash curl git python3-pip python3-setuptools vim"
+    DEBIAN_PACKAGES="bash cron curl git python3-pip python3-setuptools vim"
 
 # copy the app
 COPY . /app
 
+# add to crontab
+COPY ./docker/wis2-gdc-management.cron /etc/cron.d/wis2-gdc-management.cron
+
 RUN apt-get update -y && \
     # install dependencies
     apt-get install -y ${DEBIAN_PACKAGES} && \
@@ -42,6 +45,8 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && \
     # cleanup
     apt autoremove -y && \
     apt-get -q clean && \
-    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
+    chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/wis2-gdc-management.cron && \
+    crontab /etc/cron.d/wis2-gdc-management.cron
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/docker/entrypoint.sh" ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da4e87d..de46515 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ wis2-gdc register /path/to/dir/or/wcmp2-files
 
 # load from wis2box known deployments (https://demo.wis2box.wis.wmo.int)
 wis2-gdc sync wis2box
+
+# create an archive of metadata records to a zipfile
+wis2-gdc archive foo.zip
 ```
 
 ### Docker
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index f43a66b..f9c8699 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -66,9 +66,13 @@ services:
       context: ..
     env_file:
       - wis2-gdc.env
+    environment:
+      - WIS2_GDC_API_URL_DOCKER=http://wis2-gdc-api
     depends_on:
       elasticsearch:
         condition: service_healthy
+    volumes:
+      - wis2-gdc-management-data:/data
     restart: always
     command: ["pywis-pubsub", "subscribe", "--config", "/app/docker/pywis-pubsub.yml", "--verbosity", "DEBUG"]
     networks:
@@ -81,6 +85,8 @@ services:
     image: geopython/pygeoapi:latest
     depends_on:
       - wis2-gdc-management
+    volumes:
+      - wis2-gdc-management-data:/data
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost/conformance"]
       interval: 5s
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   es-data:
+  wis2-gdc-management-data:
 
 networks:
   wis2-gdc-net:
diff --git a/docker/wis2-gdc-api/Dockerfile b/docker/wis2-gdc-api/Dockerfile
index 3e2fb6c..ba8c205 100644
--- a/docker/wis2-gdc-api/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/wis2-gdc-api/Dockerfile
@@ -23,7 +23,16 @@ FROM geopython/pygeoapi:latest
 
 LABEL maintainer="Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis@gmail.com>"
 
+ENV PYGEOAPI_CONFIG=/pygeoapi/local.config.yml
+ENV PYGEOAPI_OPENAPI=/pygeoapi/local.openapi.yml
+
 RUN pip3 install pywcmp && \
     pywcmp bundle sync
 
 COPY ./wis2-gdc.yml /pygeoapi/local.config.yml
+COPY ./app.py /pygeoapi/pygeoapi/app.py
+COPY ./entrypoint.sh /app/docker/wis2-gdc-api/entrypoint.sh
+
+RUN chmod +x /app/docker/wis2-gdc-api/entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/docker/wis2-gdc-api/entrypoint.sh" ]
diff --git a/docker/wis2-gdc-api/app.py b/docker/wis2-gdc-api/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4c9c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/wis2-gdc-api/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+###############################################################################
+
+from flask import Flask, make_response, redirect
+from pygeoapi.flask_app import BLUEPRINT as pygeoapi_blueprint
+
+app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path='/static')
+app.url_map.strict_slashes = False
+
+app.register_blueprint(pygeoapi_blueprint, url_prefix='/')
+
+try:
+    from flask_cors import CORS
+    CORS(app)
+except ImportError:  # CORS needs to be handled by upstream server
+    pass
+
+
+@app.route('/archive.zip')
+def archive():
+
+    headers = {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/zip'
+    }
+
+    with open('/data/archive.zip') as fh:
+        response = make_response(fh.read(), 200)
+        response.headers = headers
+
+        return response
+
+    return redirect('https://docs.wis2box.wis.wmo.int', code=302)
diff --git a/docker/wis2-gdc-api/entrypoint.sh b/docker/wis2-gdc-api/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdd58e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/wis2-gdc-api/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+###############################################################################
+
+# pygeoapi entry script
+
+echo "START /entrypoint.sh"
+
+set +e
+
+# gunicorn env settings with defaults
+SCRIPT_NAME="/"
+CONTAINER_NAME="wis2-gdc-api"
+CONTAINER_HOST=${CONTAINER_HOST:=0.0.0.0}
+CONTAINER_PORT=${CONTAINER_PORT:=80}
+WSGI_WORKERS=${WSGI_WORKERS:=4}
+WSGI_WORKER_TIMEOUT=${WSGI_WORKER_TIMEOUT:=6000}
+WSGI_WORKER_CLASS=${WSGI_WORKER_CLASS:=gevent}
+
+# What to invoke: default is to run gunicorn server
+entry_cmd=${1:-run}
+
+# Shorthand
+function error() {
+    echo "ERROR: $@"
+    exit -1
+}
+
+# Workdir
+cd /pygeoapi
+
+# Lock all Python files (for gunicorn hot reload)
+find . -type f -name "*.py" | xargs chmod -R 0444
+
+echo "Trying to generate OpenAPI document"
+pygeoapi openapi generate ${PYGEOAPI_CONFIG} --output-file ${PYGEOAPI_OPENAPI}
+
+[[ $? -ne 0 ]] && error "ERROR: OpenAPI document could not be generated"
+
+echo "openapi.yml generated continue to pygeoapi"
+
+case ${entry_cmd} in
+    # Run pygeoapi server
+    run)
+        # SCRIPT_NAME should not have value '/'
+        [[ "${SCRIPT_NAME}" = '/' ]] && export SCRIPT_NAME="" && echo "make SCRIPT_NAME empty from /"
+
+        echo "Start gunicorn name=${CONTAINER_NAME} on ${CONTAINER_HOST}:${CONTAINER_PORT} with ${WSGI_WORKERS} workers and SCRIPT_NAME=${SCRIPT_NAME}"
+        exec gunicorn --workers ${WSGI_WORKERS} \
+                --worker-class=${WSGI_WORKER_CLASS} \
+                --timeout ${WSGI_WORKER_TIMEOUT} \
+                --name=${CONTAINER_NAME} \
+                --bind ${CONTAINER_HOST}:${CONTAINER_PORT} \
+                --reload \
+                --reload-extra-file ${PYGEOAPI_CONFIG} \
+                pygeoapi.app:app
+      ;;
+    *)
+      error "unknown command arg: must be run (default)"
+      ;;
+esac
+
+echo "END /entrypoint.sh"
+
diff --git a/docker/wis2-gdc-management.cron b/docker/wis2-gdc-management.cron
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5348064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/wis2-gdc-management.cron
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0 0 * * * su -c "wis2-gdc archive /data/archive.zip" > /proc/1/fd/1 2>/proc/1/fd/2
diff --git a/wis2_gdc/__init__.py b/wis2_gdc/__init__.py
index 5b52bc7..e2b1483 100644
--- a/wis2_gdc/__init__.py
+++ b/wis2_gdc/__init__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import click
 
 from wis2_gdc.registrar import register, setup, teardown
-from wis2_gdc.sync import sync
+from wis2_gdc.sync import archive, sync
 
 __version__ = '0.1.dev0'
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def cli():
     pass
 
 
+cli.add_command(archive)
 cli.add_command(sync)
 cli.add_command(register)
 cli.add_command(setup)
diff --git a/wis2_gdc/env.py b/wis2_gdc/env.py
index 89f2728..a492623 100644
--- a/wis2_gdc/env.py
+++ b/wis2_gdc/env.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import os
 
 API_URL = os.environ.get('WIS2_GDC_API_URL')
+API_URL_DOCKER = os.environ.get('WIS2_GDC_API_URL_DOCKER')
 BACKEND_TYPE = os.environ.get('WIS2_GDC_BACKEND_TYPE')
 BACKEND_CONNECTION = os.environ.get('WIS2_GDC_BACKEND_CONNECTION')
 BROKER_URL = os.environ.get('WIS2_GDC_BROKER_URL')
diff --git a/wis2_gdc/registrar.py b/wis2_gdc/registrar.py
index d1f220c..2dbd193 100644
--- a/wis2_gdc/registrar.py
+++ b/wis2_gdc/registrar.py
@@ -37,10 +37,24 @@
 
 class Registrar:
     def __init__(self):
+        """
+        Initializer
+
+        :returns: `wis2_gdc.registrar.Registrar`
+        """
+
         self.metadata = None
         self.broker = MQTTPubSubClient(BROKER_URL)
 
-    def register(self, metadata: dict):
+    def register(self, metadata: dict) -> None:
+        """
+        Register a metadata document
+
+        :param metadata: `dict` of metadata document
+
+        :returns: `None`
+        """
+
         self.metadata = metadata
         LOGGER.debug(f'Metadata: {self.metadata}')
 
@@ -52,6 +66,12 @@ def register(self, metadata: dict):
         self._publish()
 
     def _run_ets(self) -> dict:
+        """
+        Helper function to run ETS
+
+        :returns: `dict` of ETS results
+        """
+
         LOGGER.info('Running ETS')
         ts = WMOCoreMetadataProfileTestSuite2(self.metadata)
         try:
@@ -64,10 +84,23 @@ def _run_ets(self) -> dict:
             LOGGER.error(err)
 
     def _run_kpi(self):
+        """
+        Helper function to run KPI
+
+        :returns: `dict` of KPI results
+        """
+
         LOGGER.info('Running KPI')
         pass
 
     def _publish(self):
+        """
+        Publish metadata from `wis2_gdc.registrar:Registrar.metadata`
+        to backend
+
+        :returns: `None`
+        """
+
         backend = BACKENDS[BACKEND_TYPE]({'connection': BACKEND_CONNECTION})
         LOGGER.info('Saving metadata to backend')
         backend.save(self.metadata)
diff --git a/wis2_gdc/sync.py b/wis2_gdc/sync.py
index 5718a11..3210097 100644
--- a/wis2_gdc/sync.py
+++ b/wis2_gdc/sync.py
@@ -19,12 +19,85 @@
 #
 ###############################################################################
 
+import json
+import logging
+import zipfile
+
 import click
+import requests
+from typing import Union
 
 from pywis_pubsub import cli_options
+from pywis_pubsub.mqtt import MQTTPubSubClient
 
+from wis2_gdc.env import API_URL, API_URL_DOCKER, BROKER_URL
 from wis2_gdc.harvester import HARVESTERS
 
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def archive_metadata(url: str, archive_zipfile: str) -> None:
+    """
+    Archive all discovery metadata from a GDC to an archive zipfile
+
+    :param url: `str` of GDC API URL
+    :archive_zipfile: `str` of filename of zipfile
+
+    :returns: `None`
+    """
+
+    def _get_next_link(links) -> Union[str, None]:
+        """
+        Inner helper function to derive rel=next link from GDC response
+
+        :param links: `list` of links array
+
+        :returns: `str` of next link or `None`
+        """
+
+        for link in links:
+            if link['rel'] == 'next':
+                return link['href']
+
+        return None
+
+    end = False
+    gdc_items_url = f'{url}/collections/wis2-discovery-metadata/items'
+    response = None
+
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_zipfile, 'w') as zf:
+        while not end:
+            if response is None:
+                gdc_items_url2 = gdc_items_url
+            else:
+                gdc_items_url2 = _get_next_link(response['links'])
+
+            LOGGER.info(f'Querying GDC with {gdc_items_url2}')
+            response = requests.get(gdc_items_url2).json()
+
+            for feature in response['features']:
+                LOGGER.debug(f"Saving {feature['id']} to archive")
+                filename = f"{feature['id']}.json"
+                zf.writestr(filename, json.dumps(feature))
+
+            if _get_next_link(response['links']) is None:
+                end = True
+
+    m = MQTTPubSubClient(BROKER_URL)
+    m.pub('gdc-reports/archive', f'Archive published at {API_URL}/archive.zip')
+    m.close()
+
+
+@click.command()
+@click.pass_context
+@click.argument('archive-zipfile')
+@cli_options.OPTION_VERBOSITY
+def archive(ctx, archive_zipfile, verbosity='NOTSET'):
+    """Archive discovery metadata records"""
+
+    click.echo(f'Achiving metadata from GDC {API_URL}')
+    archive_metadata(API_URL_DOCKER, archive_zipfile)
+
 
 @click.command
 @click.argument('harvest_type', nargs=1,