diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/README.md b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/README.md
index 9115f521d6e7..5a0c9343eca9 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/README.md
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ There are a set of simple integration tests that Airbyte provides that can be tr
 
 These simply call commands that Airbyte provides in their connector template. The dev-write one appears to be the most comprehensive, but I've struggled to get that one to consistently run (see TODO).
 
+There are additional tests you can run against the live API in `integration_tests/` that you can run with:
+
+```sh
+./scripts/test-integration.sh
+```
+
 ### Build & Deployment
 
 The Airbyte destination is packed as Docker image. This script uses Airbyte-provided tooling named `airbyte-ci` that leverages the same tooling they use in their CI pipeline to build the container.
@@ -57,7 +63,22 @@ To install the tooling see [`airbyte-ci` README in this repo](https://github.com
 ./scripts/build-docker-image.sh
 ```
 
-We are currently deploying this to a public repository for ease of access from an Airbyte OSS instance. To deploy it to a docker container registry use the script at:
+We are deploying this to Glide's docker repository in Google Artifact Registry (GAR) for ease of access from an Airbyte OSS instance. To deploy it to a docker container registry you need to authenticate docker to GAR and push it. The steps are:
+
+#### Glide Google Artifact Registry Docker Repo:
+
+Our repo is at https://console.cloud.google.com/artifacts/docker/glide-connectors/us-central1/airbyte-glide-destination?project=glide-connectors
+
+#### Pushing a Docker Image to Google Artifact Registry
+
+Read access is available for all, but to push you have to authenticate. Authenticate docker by running the following command which adds credential helper to `~/.docker/config.json`:
+
+```
+gcloud auth configure-docker \
+    us-central1-docker.pkg.dev
+```
+
+Then you can use gcloud and docker commands as normal. To push a new image version run:
 
 ```sh
 ./scripts/push-docker-image.sh
@@ -69,13 +90,48 @@ To install Airbyte follow the guide at https://docs.airbyte.com/deploying-airbyt
 
 Once install it should be available at http://localhost:8000/. You should have been prompted for username/pw during install.
 
-### Installing Glide Destination in Airbyte OSS
+### Installing Glide Destination in Airbyte OSS (on Kubernetes)
+
+Install kind (macOS):
+
+NOTE: abctl installs kind, but it doesn't install the kind CLI, so to work with the airbyte kubernetes cluster follow these steps:
+
+```sh
+brew install kind
+```
+
+Then you can list the clusters and you should see one named `airbyte-abctl`:
+
+```sh
+$ kind get clusters
+airbyte-abctl
+```
+
+To use it with kubectl (or k9s) use:
+
+```sh
+# this updates ~/.kube/config to add the cluster
+kind export kubeconfig --name airbyte-abctl
+
+# set the context to the cluster context that kind added:
+kubectl config set-context kind-airbyte-abctl
+
+# now kubectl works!
+kubectl get namespaces
+kubectl get -n airbyte-abctl pods
+```
+
+Now we follow the course guidance at https://docs.airbyte.com/operator-guides/using-custom-connectors/#for-kubernetes-airbyte-deployments ...
+
+We made our docker registry public so you don't have to authenticate airbyte's kubernetes deployment.
 
 To install the destination into Airbyte OSS follow these steps:
 
 1. Click on **Settings** on the far left then select **Destinations** in the sub-panel. You should see a list of **Available destination connectors**.
 2. At the top click the **+ New Connector** button fill in the fields. The **Docker repository name** and **Docker image tag** are the important bits.
 
+For repository name use `us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/glide-connectors/airbyte-glide-destination/destination-glide` and for tag, run `gcloud artifacts docker tags list us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/glide-connectors/airbyte-glide-destination/destination-glide` to get the available tags and choose the latest.
+
 Once installed, you can upgrade it to a new version by visiting the same settings page and changing the tag in the **Change to** box and clicking the **Change** button.
 
 ---
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/destination_glide/spec.json b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/destination_glide/spec.json
index f32a6b07840a..8f8f8dbe4ee2 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/destination_glide/spec.json
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/destination_glide/spec.json
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
     "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
     "title": "Destination Glide",
     "type": "object",
-    "required": ["api_host", "api_path_root", "api_key"],
+    "required": ["api_key"],
     "additionalProperties": false,
     "properties": {
       "api_host": {
         "type": "string",
-        "description": "The protocol and host name (e.g. 'https://api.glideapp.io'). of the Glide API destination"
+        "description": "The protocol and host name of the Glide API destination. Defaults to 'https://api.glideapps.com'."
       },
       "api_path_root": {
         "type": "string",
-        "description": "The path root of the Glide API destination"
+        "description": "The path root of the Glide API destination. Defaults to empty."
       },
       "api_key": {
         "type": "string",
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/scripts/build-docker-image.sh b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/scripts/build-docker-image.sh
index bdebc21ea741..fe64db0fb333 100755
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/scripts/build-docker-image.sh
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/scripts/build-docker-image.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 this_dir=$(cd $(dirname "$0"); pwd) # this script's directory
 this_script=$(basename $0)
 
-airbyte-ci connectors --name=destination-glide build
+# segment sometimes fails, so AIRBYTE_CI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=true to disable it per airbyte-ci/connectors/pipelines/README.md
+AIRBYTE_CI_DISABLE_TELEMETRY=true airbyte-ci connectors --name=destination-glide build
 
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/scripts/push-docker-image.sh b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/scripts/push-docker-image.sh
index 37054bc1500c..53fb62033fe6 100755
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/scripts/push-docker-image.sh
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-glide/scripts/push-docker-image.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,22 @@ this_dir=$(cd $(dirname "$0"); pwd) # this script's directory
 this_script=$(basename $0)
 
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+LOCAL_BUILT_IMAGE_NAME=airbyte/destination-glide:dev
+GLIDE_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=us-central1-docker.pkg.dev/glide-connectors/airbyte-glide-destination/destination-glide
+
+echo "Pushing to remote image repository: $GLIDE_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME"
+docker inspect --format='Pushing the local image "{{index .RepoTags 0}}" created at "{{.Created}}"' $LOCAL_BUILT_IMAGE_NAME
+
 
 # Fetch the list of tags from Docker Hub
-tags=$(wget -q -O - "https://hub.docker.com/v2/namespaces/activescott/repositories/destination-glide/tags?page_size=10" | grep -o '"name": *"[^"]*' | grep -o '[^"]*$' | grep -E '([0-9]+\.)+[0-9]+' )
-``
-echo "Found tags: $tags"
+#tags=$(wget -q -O - "https://hub.docker.com/v2/namespaces/activescott/repositories/destination-glide/tags?page_size=10" | grep -o '"name": *"[^"]*' | grep -o '[^"]*$' | grep -E '([0-9]+\.)+[0-9]+' )
+# Get the list of tags using gcloud with the appropriate format
+tags=$(gcloud artifacts docker tags list $GLIDE_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME --format="get(tag)")
+
 # Sort the tags and get the highest one
-highest_tag=$(echo "$tags" | sort -V | tail -n 1)
+highest_tag=$(echo "$tags" | awk -F'/' '{print $NF}' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
 
-echo "found highest tag: $highest_tag"
+echo "found highest tag on remote: $highest_tag"
 
 # Increment the version
 IFS='.' read -ra ADDR <<< "$highest_tag"
@@ -28,12 +35,10 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-
 # Tag the local image with the new version
-# TODO: airbyte/destination-glide is the local docker image that airbyte's CI builds it and names it as locally. Can't we change this ??
-docker image tag airbyte/destination-glide:dev activescott/destination-glide:$new_version
-
-# Push the image with the new tag
-docker push activescott/destination-glide:$new_version
+# NOTE: airbyte/destination-glide is the local docker image that airbyte's CI builds and names locally.
 
+docker image tag $LOCAL_BUILT_IMAGE_NAME $GLIDE_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$new_version
 
+# Push the image with the new tag
+docker push $GLIDE_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$new_version