diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e671afb..56a465dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,3 +58,6 @@ docs/_build/
 # OS X
 .DS_Store
 *.orig
+
+# ignore flight recorder YAML file
+*/hello_world_vcenter.yaml
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6084b8bf..afc3a201 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 argparse
-pyvmomi
+pyvmomi>=5.5.0.2014.1.1
 requests
 suds>=0.4,<0.7
+vcrpy>=1.1.1
diff --git a/samples/hello_world_vcenter_with_yaml_recorder.py b/samples/hello_world_vcenter_with_yaml_recorder.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..83bf5573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/hello_world_vcenter_with_yaml_recorder.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# VMware vSphere Python SDK
+# Copyright (c) 2008-2014 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+
+"""
+Python program to authenticate and print
+a friendly encouragement to joining the community!
+"""
+
+import atexit
+import argparse
+import getpass
+
+import vcr
+
+from pyVim import connect
+from pyVmomi import vmodl
+
+
+def get_args():
+    """Get command line args from the user.
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Standard Arguments for talking to vCenter')
+
+    # because -h is reserved for 'help' we use -s for service
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--host',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='vSphere service to connect to')
+
+    # because we want -p for password, we use -o for port
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--port',
+                        type=int,
+                        default=443,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='Port to connect on')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-u', '--user',
+                        required=True,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='User name to use when connecting to host')
+
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--password',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store',
+                        help='Password to use when connecting to host')
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if not args.password:
+        args.password = getpass.getpass(
+            prompt='Enter password for host {0} and user {1}: '.format(
+                args.host, args.user))
+    return args
+
+
+def main():
+    """
+    Simple command-line program for listing the virtual machines on a system.
+    """
+
+    args = get_args()
+
+    try:
+        my_vcr = vcr.VCR()
+        # use the vcr instance to setup an instance of service_instance
+        with my_vcr.use_cassette('hello_world_vcenter.yaml',
+                                 record_mode='all'):
+            service_instance = connect.SmartConnect(host=args.host,
+                                                    user=args.user,
+                                                    pwd=args.password,
+                                                    port=int(args.port))
+            # the recording will show up in the working directory
+
+        atexit.register(connect.Disconnect, service_instance)
+
+        print "\nHello World!\n"
+        print "If you got here, you authenticted into vCenter."
+        print "The server is {0}!".format(args.host)
+        # NOTE (hartsock): only a successfully authenticated session has a
+        # session key aka session id.
+        session_id = service_instance.content.sessionManager.currentSession.key
+        print "current session id: {0}".format(session_id)
+        print "Well done!"
+        print "\n"
+        print "Download, learn and contribute back:"
+        print "https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi-community-samples"
+        print "\n\n"
+
+    except vmodl.MethodFault as error:
+        print "Caught vmodl fault : " + error.msg
+        return -1
+
+    return 0
+
+# Start program
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()