diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6893b8c429ebbc3a8be3cb4173dd687219a35e68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+*.log
+*.out
+*.pid
+/pids
+/logs
+/node_modules
+/bower_components
+!/config/*.example
+/config/*.yaml
+/doc/build
+/coverage