diff --git a/dev-env.hcl b/dev-env.hcl
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+resource "network" "cloud" {
+  subnet = "10.10.0.0/16"
+}
+resource "nomad_cluster" "dev" {
+  network {
+    id = resource.network.cloud.meta.id
+  }
+}
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+# Url to the jumppad download location
+jumppad_download="https://github.com/jumppad-labs/jumppad/releases/download/0.15.0/jumppad_0.15.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz"
+levant_download="https://releases.hashicorp.com/levant/0.3.3/levant_0.3.3_linux_amd64.zip"
+
+mkdir -p ./.bin
+bin_dir=$(realpath ./.bin)
+export PATH="$PATH:$bin_dir"
+
+echo 'Check if jumppad is installed'
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v jumppad)" ]; then
+  echo 'jumppad is not installed, installing'
+  mkdir -p ./.bin
+  wget -qO- "${jumppad_download}" | tar xvfz - -C "$bin_dir"
+  chmod +x ./.bin/jumppad
+fi
+
+echo 'Check if levant is installed'
+if ! [ -x "$(command -v levant)" ]; then
+  echo 'levant is not installed, installing'
+  mkdir -p ./.bin
+  wget -qO- "${levant_download}" | zcat >> ./.bin/levant
+  chmod +x ./.bin/levant
+fi
+
diff --git a/simple.nomad b/simple.nomad
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+job "example" {
+  group "test" {
+    task "alpine" {
+      driver = "docker"
+      config {
+        image = "alpine:latest"
+        command = "sh"
+        args = ["-c", "while true; do sleep 300; done "]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}