diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0b3fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.idea/*
+/target/*
+/kafkaClient/target/*
+/sampleClient/target/*
+/src/.idea/*
+*/archives/
+*log*
\ No newline at end of file