diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b128ac28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+const db = require("./src/models/index");
+const client = require("./src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/elasticsearchConnection");
+
+const countriesAttributes = [
+  "id",
+  "nameOfCountry",
+  "gallery",
+  "capital",
+  "population",
+  "officialLanguage",
+  "region",
+  "currency",
+];
+let countryDetails;
+db.Countries.findAll({
+  attributes: countriesAttributes,
+  include: [{ model: db.TouristCenters, as: "touristCenters" }, { model: db.States, as: "states" }, { model: db.EthnicGroups, as: "ethnicGroups" }, { model: db.Music, as: "music" }, { model: db.Foods, as: "Food" }]
+})
+  .then(country => {
+    countryDetails = country.map(count => count.dataValues);
+    client.index({
+      index: "country",
+      id: countryDetails[0].id,
+      type: "country",
+      body: { ...countryDetails[0] },
+    }, (err, resp, status) => {
+      console.log(resp);
+    });
+  });
+
+client.ping({
+  requestTimeout: 3000,
+}, error => {
+  if (error) {
+    console.log("cannot connect to elasticsearch.");
+    console.error(error);
+  }
+});
+client.cluster.health({}, (err, resp, status) => {
+  console.log(resp);
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 899e51ac..85131af7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
   "main": "src/app.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "@sendgrid/mail": "^7.2.6",
+    "async": "^3.2.0",
     "bcrypt": "^5.0.0",
+    "bcrypt-nodejs": "0.0.3",
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
-    "async": "^3.2.0",
-    "bcrypt-nodejs": "0.0.3",
     "cross-env": "^7.0.2",
     "crypto": "^1.0.1",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
+    "elasticsearch": "^16.7.1",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "joi": "^17.2.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
diff --git a/search.js b/search.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce6f6180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/search.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+const db = require("./src/models/index");
+const client = require("./src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/elasticsearchConnection");
+
+client.indices.search({
+  index: "country",
+  type: "country",
+}, (error, response) => {
+  if (error) {
+    console.log(error.message);
+  } else {
+    console.log("Mapping:\n", response.country.mappings.country.properties);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/controllers/SearchController.js b/src/controllers/SearchController.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..023f04a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/SearchController.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const client = require("../utilities/elasticsearchUtils/elasticsearchConnection");
+
+client.ping({
+  requestTimeout: 3,
+}, error => {
+  if (error) {
+    console.log("Cannot connect to Elasticsearch.");
+    console.error(error);
+  } else {
+    console.log("connected to Elasticsearch was successful!");
+  }
+});
+
+client.cluster.health({}, (err, resp, status) => {
+  console.log("-- Client Health", resp);
+});
+
+client.indices.delete({ index: "country" }, (err, resp, status) => { console.log("delete", resp); });
diff --git a/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/addDoc.js b/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/addDoc.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b4a5eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/addDoc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const db = require("../../models/index");
+
+const countriesAttributes = [
+  "id",
+  "nameOfCountry",
+  "gallery",
+  "capital",
+  "population",
+  "officialLanguage",
+  "region",
+  "currency",
+];
+db.Countries.findAll({
+  attributes: countriesAttributes,
+  include: [{ model: db.TouristCenters, as: "touristCenters" }, { model: db.States, as: "states" }, { model: db.EthnicGroups, as: "ethnicGroups" }, { model: db.Music, as: "music" }, { model: db.Foods, as: "Food" }]
+})
+  .then(country => {
+    const countryDetails = country.map(count => count.dataValues);
+    console.log(countryDetails);
+  });
diff --git a/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/createElasticsearchIndex.js b/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/createElasticsearchIndex.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4c3c68f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/createElasticsearchIndex.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const client = require("./elasticsearchConnection");
+
+client.indices.create({
+  index: "country"
+}, (err, resp, status) => {
+  if (err) {
+    console.log(err);
+  } else {
+    console.log("create", resp);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/deleteElasticsearchIndex.js b/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/deleteElasticsearchIndex.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63628e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/deleteElasticsearchIndex.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+const client = require("./elasticsearchConnection");
+
+client.indices.delete({ index: "country" }, (err, resp, status) => { console.log("delete", resp); });
diff --git a/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/elasticsearchConnection.js b/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/elasticsearchConnection.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50cba4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utilities/elasticsearchUtils/elasticsearchConnection.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const elasticsearch = require("elasticsearch");
+
+const client = new elasticsearch.Client({
+  host: ["http://localhost:9200"]
+});
+
+module.exports = client;