diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbfdb50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "name": "Datadog Kafka Connect Logs Development",
+    "image": "ubuntu:22.04",
+    "features": {
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/java:1": {
+            "version": "8",
+            "installMaven": true
+        },
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git:1": {}
+    },
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            "extensions": [
+                "vscjava.vscode-java-pack",
+                "vscjava.vscode-maven",
+                "vscjava.vscode-java-debug"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+} 
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diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1ff79c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "Debug (Attach) - Maven Test",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "hostName": "localhost",
+            "port": 5005,
+            "preLaunchTask": "Maven Task (Debug)"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4063e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "java.test.config": {
+        "vmargs": [
+            "-Djetty.port=8080"
+        ]
+    },
+    "java.test.defaultConfig": "default",
+    "java.test.config.default": {
+        "vmargs": [
+            "-Djetty.port=8080"
+        ]
+    },
+    "java.test.config.default.vmargs": [
+        "-Djetty.port=8080"
+    ],
+    "java.test.config.default.vmargs[0]": "-Djetty.port=8080",
+    "java.test.config.default.vmargs[1]": "-DfailIfNoTests=false",
+    "java.test.config.default.vmargs[2]": "-Dmaven.test.failure.ignore=true",
+    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic"
+} 
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diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ab0aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "Maven Task (Debug)",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "mvn",
+            "args": [
+                "test",
+                "-Dmaven.surefire.debug",
+            ],
+            "isBackground": true,
+            "problemMatcher": {
+                "pattern": {
+                    "regexp": "^$",
+                    "file": 1,
+                    "location": 2,
+                    "message": 3
+                },
+                "background": {
+                    "beginsPattern": ".*",
+                    "endsPattern": ".*Listening.*"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}