diff --git a/Makefile.example b/Makefile.example
index 1305da089ec..45080635702 100644
--- a/Makefile.example
+++ b/Makefile.example
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ seed-dbs:	## Seed all databases
 	bundle exec rake spec:setup_vacols
 	bundle exec rake db:seed
 
+setup-metabase:
+	./metabase/metabase_api_script.sh
+
 enable-feature-flags: ## enable all feature flags
 	bundle exec rails runner scripts/enable_features_dev.rb
 
diff --git a/docker-bin/startup.sh b/docker-bin/startup.sh
index 238677951e6..f95463ebc30 100644
--- a/docker-bin/startup.sh
+++ b/docker-bin/startup.sh
@@ -34,5 +34,8 @@ bundle exec rails runner scripts/enable_features_dev.rb
 echo "Enabling caching"
 touch tmp/caching-dev.txt
 
+echo "Initializing metabase"
+/caseflow/metabase/metabase_api_script_demo.sh
+
 echo "Starting Caseflow App RoR"
 rails server --binding 0.0.0.0 -p 3000
diff --git a/docker-compose-m1.yml b/docker-compose-m1.yml
index 7f8da3a3074..c5656b8528a 100644
--- a/docker-compose-m1.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-m1.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,13 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./local/sqs/conf:/conf
 
+  appeals-metabase:
+    platform: linux/amd64
+    container_name: metabase
+    build:
+      context: metabase
+    ports:
+      - "3002:3000"
+
 volumes:
   postgresdata:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0ecd5d4fc06..9527dbb15a8 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -32,5 +32,12 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./local/sqs/conf:/conf
 
+  appeals-metabase:
+    container_name: metabase
+    build:
+      context: metabase
+    ports:
+      - "3002:3000"
+
 volumes:
   postgresdata:
diff --git a/metabase/Dockerfile b/metabase/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9f2bc61bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metabase/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+FROM metabase/metabase:v0.50.21
+MAINTAINER BID Appeals
+
+ENV MB_PLUGINS_DIR /app/plugins
+
+WORKDIR /app
+RUN addgroup --gid 2000 --system metabase
+RUN adduser --disabled-password -u 2000 --ingroup metabase metabase
+RUN mkdir plugins && chmod g-w plugins
+RUN cd plugins && curl -sLO https://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/otn_software/jdbc/235/ojdbc8.jar
+
+RUN chown -R metabase:metabase /app/plugins
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/app/run_metabase.sh"]
diff --git a/metabase/metabase_api_script.sh b/metabase/metabase_api_script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..165e03bd234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metabase/metabase_api_script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@caseflow.demo
+ADMIN_PASSWORD=caseflow1
+USER_EMAIL=caseflow@caseflow.demo
+USER_PASSWORD=caseflow1
+
+CASEFLOW_HOST=appeals-db
+VACOLS_HOST=host.docker.internal
+
+echo "⌚︎ Waiting for Metabase to start"
+while (! curl -s -m 5 http://localhost:3002/api/session/properties -o /dev/null); do sleep 5; done
+
+echo "😎 Creating admin user"
+
+SETUP_TOKEN=$(curl -s -m 5 -X GET \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    http://localhost:3002/api/session/properties \
+    | jq -r '.["setup-token"]'
+)
+
+MB_TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST \
+    -H "Content-type: application/json" \
+    http://localhost:3002/api/setup \
+    -d '{
+    "token": "'${SETUP_TOKEN}'",
+    "user": {
+        "email": "'${ADMIN_EMAIL}'",
+        "first_name": "Caseflow",
+        "last_name": "Admin",
+        "password": "'${ADMIN_PASSWORD}'"
+    },
+    "prefs": {
+      "allow_tracking": false,
+      "site_name": "Caseflow"
+    }
+}' | jq -r '.id')
+
+echo "Logging in as admin"
+ADMIN_SESSION_ID=$(curl -s -X POST -H \
+    "Content-type: application/json" http://localhost:3002/api/session \
+    -d '{"username": "'${ADMIN_EMAIL}'", "password": "'${ADMIN_PASSWORD}'"}' \
+    | jq -r '.id')
+
+echo "Getting Sample Database ID"
+SAMPLE_DB_ID=$(curl -X GET http://localhost:3002/api/database -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}" \
+    | jq '.data[0].id')
+
+echo "Deleting Sample Database"
+curl -X DELETE http://localhost:3002/api/database/${SAMPLE_DB_ID} -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}"
+
+echo "Creating Caseflow Database connection"
+curl -X POST http://localhost:3002/api/database \
+  -H "Content-type: application/json" \
+  -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}" \
+  -d '{
+    "engine": "postgres",
+    "name": "Caseflow DB",
+    "details": {
+      "host": "'${CASEFLOW_HOST}'", "port":"5432", "db": "caseflow_certification_development", "user": "postgres", "password": "postgres"
+    }
+  }'
+
+echo -e "\nCreating VACOLS Database connection"
+curl -X POST http://localhost:3002/api/database \
+  -H "Content-type: application/json" \
+  -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}" \
+  -d '{
+    "engine": "oracle",
+    "name": "VACOLS",
+    "details": {
+      "host": "'${VACOLS_HOST}'", "port": "1521", "sid": "BVAP", "name": "VACOLS_DEV", "user": "VACOLS_DEV", "password": "VACOLS_DEV"
+    }
+  }'
+
+echo -e "\n👥 Creating a basic user: "
+curl -s "http://localhost:3002/api/user" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}" \
+    -d '{"first_name": "Caseflow", "last_name": "User", "email": "'${USER_EMAIL}'", "login_attributes": {"region_filter": "WA"}, "password":"'${USER_PASSWORD}'"}'
+
+echo -e "\nMetabase setup complete!"
diff --git a/metabase/metabase_api_script_demo.sh b/metabase/metabase_api_script_demo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c41565cc28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metabase/metabase_api_script_demo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@caseflow.demo
+ADMIN_PASSWORD=caseflow1
+USER_EMAIL=caseflow@caseflow.demo
+USER_PASSWORD=caseflow1
+
+CASEFLOW_HOST=appeals-db
+# The Metabase port needs to be 3000 because this will run in the appeals-app container in AWS and the port mapping
+# in docker-compose is for the host only
+METABASE_HOST=appeals-metabase
+METABASE_PORT=3000
+VACOLS_HOST=VACOLS_DB-development
+
+echo "Installing JQ"
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y jq
+
+echo "Waiting for Metabase to start"
+while (! curl -s -m 5 http://${METABASE_HOST}:${METABASE_PORT}/api/session/properties -o /dev/null); do sleep 5; done
+
+echo "Creating admin user"
+
+SETUP_TOKEN=$(curl -s -m 5 -X GET \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    http://${METABASE_HOST}:${METABASE_PORT}/api/session/properties \
+    | jq -r '.["setup-token"]'
+)
+
+MB_TOKEN=$(curl -s -X POST \
+    -H "Content-type: application/json" \
+    http://${METABASE_HOST}:${METABASE_PORT}/api/setup \
+    -d '{
+    "token": "'${SETUP_TOKEN}'",
+    "user": {
+        "email": "'${ADMIN_EMAIL}'",
+        "first_name": "Caseflow",
+        "last_name": "Admin",
+        "password": "'${ADMIN_PASSWORD}'"
+    },
+    "prefs": {
+      "allow_tracking": false,
+      "site_name": "Caseflow"
+    }
+}' | jq -r '.id')
+
+echo "Logging in as admin"
+ADMIN_SESSION_ID=$(curl -s -X POST -H \
+    "Content-type: application/json" http://${METABASE_HOST}:${METABASE_PORT}/api/session \
+    -d '{"username": "'${ADMIN_EMAIL}'", "password": "'${ADMIN_PASSWORD}'"}' \
+    | jq -r '.id')
+
+echo "Getting Sample Database ID"
+SAMPLE_DB_ID=$(curl -X GET http://${METABASE_HOST}:${METABASE_PORT}/api/database -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}" \
+    | jq '.data[0].id')
+
+echo "Deleting Sample Database"
+curl -X DELETE http://${METABASE_HOST}:${METABASE_PORT}/api/database/${SAMPLE_DB_ID} -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}"
+
+echo "Creating Caseflow Database connection"
+curl -X POST http://${METABASE_HOST}:${METABASE_PORT}/api/database \
+  -H "Content-type: application/json" \
+  -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}" \
+  -d '{
+    "engine": "postgres",
+    "name": "Caseflow DB",
+    "details": {
+      "host": "'${CASEFLOW_HOST}'", "port":"5432", "db": "caseflow_certification_development", "user": "postgres", "password": "postgres"
+    }
+  }'
+
+echo -e "\nCreating VACOLS Database connection"
+curl -X POST http://${METABASE_HOST}:${METABASE_PORT}/api/database \
+  -H "Content-type: application/json" \
+  -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}" \
+  -d '{
+    "engine": "oracle",
+    "name": "VACOLS",
+    "details": {
+      "host": "'${VACOLS_HOST}'", "port": "1521", "sid": "BVAP", "name": "VACOLS_DEV", "user": "VACOLS_DEV", "password": "VACOLS_DEV"
+    }
+  }'
+
+echo -e "\nCreating a basic user: "
+curl -s "http://${METABASE_HOST}:${METABASE_PORT}/api/user" \
+    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+    -H "X-Metabase-Session: ${ADMIN_SESSION_ID}" \
+    -d '{"first_name": "Caseflow", "last_name": "User", "email": "'${USER_EMAIL}'", "login_attributes": {"region_filter": "WA"}, "password":"'${USER_PASSWORD}'"}'
+
+echo -e "\nMetabase setup complete!"