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+FROM ubuntu:trusty
+
+#Adapted from https://github.com/18F/docker-elasticsearch
+
+# To run: 
+# $: docker build -t esfbopen .
+
+# docker run -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 esfbopen \
+  # && --rm \
+  # && --name es-test \
+  # && -v /home/fbopen:/data
+
+# To ssh into docker cont. -> 
+#   $: docker exec -i -t <containerid> bash
+
+MAINTAINER Colin Craig <colin.craig@gsa.gov>
+
+RUN \
+    apt-get update \
+        -qq \
+    && apt-get install \
+        -qq \
+        --yes \
+        --no-install-recommends \
+        --no-install-suggests \
+    curl \
+    python-software-properties \
+    software-properties-common \
+
+# Clean up packages.
+    && apt-get clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
+# Add Java.
+RUN \
+  echo oracle-java7-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | debconf-set-selections \
+  && add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java \
+  && apt-get update \
+       -qq \
+  && apt-get install \
+       -qq \
+       -y oracle-java7-installer=7u80+7u60arm-0~webupd8~1 \
+  && apt-get clean \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+  && rm -rf /var/cache/oracle-jdk7-installer
+
+# Define commonly used JAVA_HOME variable
+ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle
+
+# Install Elasticsearch.
+ENV ES_PKG_NAME elasticsearch-1.7.1
+RUN \
+  cd / \
+  && wget https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/${ES_PKG_NAME}.tar.gz \
+       --no-verbose \
+  && tar xvzf $ES_PKG_NAME.tar.gz \
+  && rm -f $ES_PKG_NAME.tar.gz \
+  && mv /$ES_PKG_NAME /elasticsearch
+
+# Set up default config.
+ADD elasticsearch/elasticsearch__dev.yml /elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
+
+# mapper-attachments plugin.
+ENV MA_VERSION=2.7.0
+RUN /elasticsearch/bin/plugin \
+  install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/${MA_VERSION} \
+  --silent
+
+# elasticsearch-cloud-aws plugin.
+ENV CA_VERSION=2.7.0
+RUN /elasticsearch/bin/plugin install \
+  elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-aws/${CA_VERSION} \
+  --silent
+
+
+# Create the Elasticsearch user.
+RUN groupadd -r elasticsearch \
+  && useradd -r -g elasticsearch elasticsearch
+
+# Use a reasonable heap size.
+# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/heap-sizing.html
+ENV ES_HEAP_SIZE=1g
+
+# Mount for persistent data.
+VOLUME ["/data"]
+WORKDIR /data
+
+# Expose Elasticsearch ports.
+EXPOSE 9200 9300
+
+# Entry commands.
+#ENTRYPOINT ["/"]
+CMD ["/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ To clean out any new files created from that script, as well as uninstall Elasti
 $ ./initial-dev-uninstall.sh
 ```
 
+### Quickstart (Requires Docker) (experimental)
+
+```sh
+$ cd fbopen
+$ ./fbo-docker-setup.sh
+```
+
+
 ### How to get started (manually)
 * Clone this repo.
 * This repo has an external dependency on another git repo, which needs to be populated at first, so `cd` to the repo and run: `git submodule update --init --recursive`.
diff --git a/fbo-docker-setup.sh b/fbo-docker-setup.sh
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+# http://stackoverflow.com/a/3931779/94154
+command_exists () {
+    type "$1" &> /dev/null ;
+}
+
+# Build our Docker ES image.
+docker build -t es-fbopen .
+
+# Run Docker ES image.
+# Run as Daemon, expose ports 9200:9300, sync /home/fbopen dir to /data
+docker run -d -it -p 9200:9200 -p 9300:9300 -v /home/fbopen:/data esfbopen
+
+# Forward Docker containter ES ports to Host localhost 9200-9300 range.
+VBoxManage controlvm $(docker-machine active) natpf1 "name,tcp,127.0.0.1,9200,,9300"
+
+# Do git stuff.
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+npm i -g mocha elasticdump json
+
+# API
+#echo "Creating api/config.js from sample."
+#cp api/config-sample_dev.js api/config.js
+mkdir -p log/
+touch log/api.log
+
+# init index with mappings and settings on ES Image.
+curl -XPUT -v $(docker-machine ip $(docker-machine active)):9200/fbopen0 --data-binary elasticsearch/init.json
+
+if command_exists node ; then
+  echo
+else
+  echo "It looks like node.js is not installed. Please install it."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+cd api
+npm install
+cd ..
+
+echo "Starting node API server"
+osascript<<EOF
+tell application "System Events"
+  tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down
+end
+tell application "Terminal"
+  activate
+  do script with command "(cd $FBOPEN_ROOT/api && node app.js)" in window 1
+end tell
+EOF
+
+cp sample-www/config-sample_dev.js sample-www/config.js
+
+echo "Starting sample-www server"
+osascript<<EOF
+tell application "System Events"
+  tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down
+end
+tell application "Terminal"
+  activate
+  do script with command "(cd $FBOPEN_ROOT/sample-www && python -m SimpleHTTPServer)" in window 1
+end tell
+EOF
+
+# Loaders
+## bids.state.gov
+#npm install loaders/bids.state.gov/
+cd loaders/bids.state.gov
+npm install
+(cd ../common/ && npm install)
+./bids-nightly.sh
+cd ../..
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