diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/base:ubuntu",
+  "features": {
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2": {},
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/kubectl-helm-minikube:1": {},
+    "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/aws-cli:1": {}
+  },
+  "postCreateCommand": ".devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/home/vscode/conformitron",
+  "workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/home/vscode/conformitron,type=bind",
+  "hostRequirements": {
+    "cpus": 4
+  },
+  "remoteEnv": {
+    "PATH": "${containerEnv:PATH}:/home/vscode/conformitron"
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Step 1 setup autocomplete for kubectl and alias k
+mkdir $HOME/.kube
+echo "source <(kubectl completion bash)" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+echo "alias k=kubectl" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+echo "complete -F __start_kubectl k" >> $HOME/.bashrc
+
+# Step 2 - Installs Flux on your local machine.
+echo "----------------------------------------------------"
+echo "Downloading 'Flux' ..."
+curl -O "https://toolkit.Fluxcd.io/install.sh" --silent --location
+echo "Installing 'Flux' ..."
+chmod +x ./install.sh
+./install.sh
+rm -rf ./install.sh
+
+# Step 3 Setup Minikube
+minikube start
+
+# Step 4 - Installs Flux Controller on your Kubernetes Cluster.
+flux install \
+    --namespace=flux-system \
+    --network-policy=false \
+    --components=source-controller,helm-controller,kustomize-controller,notification-controller
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Refer the example [here](https://github.com/aws-samples/eks-anywhere-addons/blob
 
 ## Pre-requisite (Linux/MacOS)
 
+Please use the dev container configuration in the `.devcontainer` folder with [devpod](devpod.sh) or any other dev container environment to create minikube cluster with all the required pre-requisites such as helm, kubectl and flux for local testing. You can skip over to the local testing section if you use dev container environment.
+
 This solution requires Flux CLI locally and Flux Controller on your Kubernetes cluster. Flux requires access to a source repository via api and access to the kubernetes cluster you want to use for testing. Please follow the below steps for installing these pre-requisites.
 
 If you do not already have access to a running kubernetes cluster you can consider setting up an [EKS Anywhere local cluster](https://anywhere.eks.amazonaws.com/docs/getting-started/local-environment/) on docker provider or a local [k3s](https://k3s.io/) cluster or you may choose a hosted service such as [AWS EKS](https://aws.amazon.com/eks/).