diff --git a/hail.md b/hail.md
index fe7f4f6..2f7a3b0 100644
--- a/hail.md
+++ b/hail.md
@@ -241,14 +241,10 @@ There are 3 categories of machines:
       kubectl --namespace $NAMESPACE exec -it auth-6d559bd9b6-npw56 -- /bin/bash
       ```
 
-   1. On the pod, connect to the SQL instance and set the `$NAMESPACE` variable (the one you exported earlier is not available to the pod). From `sql-config.cnf`, set the variable `$HOST`, and note the `password`. You may need to install the mysql client if the command isn't available, this can be done with `apt update` and `apt install mysql-client`.
+   1. On the pod, connect to the SQL instance. You may need to install the mysql client if the command isn't available, this can be done with `apt update` and `apt install mysql-client`.
 
       ```bash
-      cd /sql-config
-      cat /sql-config/sql-config.cnf
-      export NAMESPACE="<janedoe>"
-      export HOST="<host-from-sql-config.cnf>"
-      mysql --ssl-ca=server-ca.pem --ssl-cert=client-cert.pem --ssl-key=client-key.pem --host=$HOST --user=$NAMESPACE-auth-user --password
+      mysql --defaults-file=/sql-config/sql-config.cnf
       ```
 
    1. Within `mysql>`, run the following, but note that you'll have to replace `$NAMESPACE`, `$EMAIL`, and `$TOKEN` manually:
@@ -364,7 +360,7 @@ kubectl --namespace $NAMESPACE exec -it $POD -- /bin/bash
 
 # connect to the database:
 apt update && apt install -y mysql-client
-mysql --defaults-file=sql-config/sql-config.cnf
+mysql --defaults-file=/sql-config/sql-config.cnf
 ```
 
 ### Syncing local changes to pod
@@ -529,7 +525,7 @@ Once in, install mysql-client and open SQL client connection:
 
 ```bash
 apt update && apt install mysql-client
-mysql --defaults-file=sql-config/sql-config.cnf
+mysql --defaults-file=/sql-config/sql-config.cnf
 # execute your SQL command
 ```
 
@@ -544,6 +540,24 @@ cd infra
 terraform apply -var-file=global.tfvars
 ```
 
+### Copy an image to the Artifact Registry (Optional)
+
+In the event that you may need to copy over an image to our Artifact Registry, you can launch the `hail-dev` VM which has `skopeo` installed:
+
+```bash
+cd ...your hail checkout...
+cd docker/third-party
+make NAMESPACE=default copy
+```
+
+You can also inspect the following files for more fine-grained control over what/how you are copying:
+
+```txt
+- docker/third-party/Makefile
+- docker/third-party/copy_images.sh
+- docker/copy_image.sh
+```
+
 ### Billing projects
 
 > See [Budgets](budgets.md) for more info