diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a844c87..7a74b8e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 */*.worksheet
+.vagrant
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50d2199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+$package_repo = <<SCRIPT
+wget -qO - https://packages.elasticsearch.org/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -
+sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://packages.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/1.4/debian stable main"
+aptitude update -y
+SCRIPT
+
+$install_and_start_elasticsearch = <<SCRIPT
+aptitude install -y elasticsearch
+sudo update-rc.d elasticsearch defaults 95 10
+sudo /etc/init.d/elasticsearch start
+/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin -i elasticsearch/marvel/latest
+echo "binaries are in /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin"
+SCRIPT
+
+
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+  config.vm.box_url = "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box"
+  config.vm.box_download_checksum_type = "sha256"
+  config.vm.box_download_checksum = "818412bd6b40f9823eb4630c75e6d4c3e0b9d80c51d84a34f226aa61bc64bb93"
+
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+      vb.memory = "4096"
+  end
+
+  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 9200, host: 9200
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $package_repo
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "aptitude install -y default-jre"
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $install_and_start_elasticsearch
+
+end