diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/.dockerignore b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73c7e0a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+music/tmp/*
+music/log/*
+music/db/*.sqlite3
+music/.git
diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/.gitignore b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86ba1a16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+music/
diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/Dockerfile b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3339f26eb
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+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/Dockerfile
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+FROM ruby:2.3
+
+MAINTAINER karmi@elastic.co
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes --fix-missing \
+  build-essential \
+  nodejs
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY ./music/Gemfile ./music/Gemfile.lock ./
+RUN gem install bundler && bundle install --jobs 4 --retry 3
+
+COPY ./music ./
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["bundle", "exec"]
+
+ENV RAILS_ENV=production
+
+# ENV ELASTICSEARCH_URL=${ELASTICSEARCH_URL}
+
+CMD ["rails", "server", "-p", "3000", "-b", "0.0.0.0"]
diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/docker-compose.yml b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e70af51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/music/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version: '2'
+services:
+  application:
+    build: .
+    command: rails server -p 3000 -b '0.0.0.0'
+    environment:
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_URL=${ELASTICSEARCH_URL}
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+#    links:
+#      - elasticsearch
+
+#  elasticsearch:
+#    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:5.2.1
+#    ports:
+#      - 9200
diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/.dockerignore b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..677879292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.gitignore
+tmp/
+log/
diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/Dockerfile b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..559fd8632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FROM ruby:2.3
+
+MAINTAINER karmi@elastic.co
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes --fix-missing \
+  build-essential
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY Gemfile Gemfile.lock ./
+RUN gem install bundler && bundle install --jobs 4 --retry 3
+
+COPY . ./
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+CMD ["bundle", "exec", "thin", "--port", "3000", "--rackup", "config.ru", "start"]
diff --git a/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/docker-compose.yml b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39ef3fef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-persistence/examples/notes/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: '2'
+
+services:
+  application:
+    build: .
+    command: bundle exec thin --port 3000 --rackup config.ru start
+    environment:
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_URL=${ELASTICSEARCH_URL}
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
diff --git a/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/.dockerignore b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e88c68ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+tmp/*
+log/*
+.git
diff --git a/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/.gitignore b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f00ed66e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+searchapp-*
diff --git a/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/Dockerfile b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4e4d7cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# docker build --tag searchapp-01 --build-arg PATH_TO_APPLICATION=searchapp-01 .
+
+FROM ruby:2.3
+
+MAINTAINER karmi@elastic.co
+
+ARG PATH_TO_APPLICATION
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --yes --fix-missing \
+  build-essential \
+  sqlite3 \
+  libsqlite3-dev \
+  nodejs
+
+RUN mkdir -p /app
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY ${PATH_TO_APPLICATION}/Gemfile ${PATH_TO_APPLICATION}/Gemfile.lock ./
+RUN gem install bundler && bundle install --jobs 4 --retry 3
+
+COPY ${PATH_TO_APPLICATION} ./
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+ENV RAILS_ENV=production RAILS_SERVE_STATIC_FILES=true
+
+RUN rm -f /app/tmp/pids/server.pid
+
+CMD ["bundle", "exec", "rails", "server", "-p", "3000", "-b", "0.0.0.0"]
diff --git a/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/docker-compose.yml b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a75689ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elasticsearch-rails/lib/rails/templates/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+version: '2'
+
+services:
+  searchapp-01:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args:
+        PATH_TO_APPLICATION: ./searchapp-01
+    command: rails server -p 3000 -b '0.0.0.0'
+    environment:
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_URL=${ELASTICSEARCH_URL}
+    ports:
+      - "3001:3000"
+
+  searchapp-02:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args:
+        PATH_TO_APPLICATION: ./searchapp-02
+    command: rails server -p 3000 -b '0.0.0.0'
+    environment:
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_URL=${ELASTICSEARCH_URL}
+    ports:
+      - "3002:3000"
+
+  searchapp-03:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      args:
+        PATH_TO_APPLICATION: ./searchapp-03
+    command: rails server -p 3000 -b '0.0.0.0'
+    environment:
+      - ELASTICSEARCH_URL=${ELASTICSEARCH_URL}
+      - REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
+    ports:
+      - "3003:3000"
+    links:
+      - redis
+
+  redis:
+    image: redis:alpine
+    command: redis-server
+    ports: ["6379"]