diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b965679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Compiled files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.backup
+### https://raw.github.com/github/gitignore/0a37e32c1d9914e9e5135e90faef42c75f8c5d2a/Global/Vim.gitignore
+
+# swap
+[._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
+[._]*.sw[a-p]
+[._]s[a-v][a-z]
+[._]sw[a-p]
+# session
+Session.vim
+# temporary
+.netrwhist
+*~
+# auto-generated tag files
+tags
+
+
+### https://raw.github.com/github/gitignore/0a37e32c1d9914e9e5135e90faef42c75f8c5d2a/Global/macOS.gitignore
+
+*.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Icon must end with two \r
+Icon

+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk
+
+
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ac6b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 FitnessKeeper, Inc.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9e2a92..331d1f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,41 @@
-# tf_aws_elasticsearch
-Terraform module which creates AWS Elasticsearch resources
+tf_aws_elasticsearch
+===========
+
+Terraform module for deploying and managing AWS ElasticSearch domains
+
+
+----------------------
+#### Required
+
+
+- 
+
+#### Optional
+- 
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+```hcl
+
+module "es" {
+  source = "github.com/terraform-community-modules/tf_aws_elasticsearch?ref=1.0.0"
+  ...
+}
+
+```
+
+Outputs
+=======
+- 
+
+
+Authors
+=======
+
+[Steve Huff](https://github.com/hakamadare)
+
+License
+=======
+
+This software is released under the MIT License (see`LICENSE.md`).