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+===============
+Getting Started
+===============
+
+This guide is meant to get you up and running with bastille, and will show you a number
+of different options to create and manage your jails.
+
+The first step is running `bastille setup` to try to configure bastille initially.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  ishmael ~ # bastille setup
+
+Then we need to bootstrap a release for bastille to use. We will use 14.2-RELEASE.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  ishmael ~ # bastille bootstrap 14.2-RELEASE
+
+Next we can create our first jail. Bastille can create a few different types of jails.
+
+* Thin jails are the default, and are called thin because they use symlinks to the bootstrapped release. They are lightweight and are created quickly.
+
+* Thick jails used the entire release, which is copied into the jail. The jail then acts like a full BSD install, completely independant of the release. Created with `-T`.
+
+* Clone jails are essentially clones of the bootstrapped release. Changes to the release will affect the clone jail. Created with `-C`.
+
+* Empty jails are just that, empty. These should be used only if you know what you are doing. Created with `-E`.
+
+* Linux jails are jails that run linux. Created with `-L`.
+
+Only clone, thin, and thick jails can be created with `-V` `-B` and `-M`.
+
+We will focus on thin jails for the guide.
+
+Classic/Standard Jail
+---------------------
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  ishmael ~ # bastille create nextcloud 14.2-RELEASE 10.1.1.4/24 vtnet0
+
+This will create a classic jail and add the IP as an alias to the vtnet0 interface. This jail will
+use NAT for its outbound traffic. If you want to run a webserver of something similar inside it, you
+will have to redirect traffic from the host using `bastille rdr`
+
+It the IP is reachable within your local subnet, however, then it is not necessary to redirect the
+traffic. It will pass in and out normally.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  ishmael ~ # bastille rdr nextcloud tcp 80 80
+
+This will forward traffic from port 80 on the host to port 80 inside the jail.
+
+VNET Jail
+---------
+
+VNET jails can use either a host interface with `-V` or a manually created bridge interface with `-B`. You can
+also optionally set a static MAC for the jail interface with `-M`.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  ishmael ~ # bastille create -BM nextcloud 14.2-RELEASE 192.168.1.50/24 bridge0
+
+or 
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  ishmael ~ # bastille create -VM nextcloud 14.2-RELEASE 192.168.1.50/24 vtnet0
+
+The IP used for VNET jails should be an IP reachable inside your local network. You can also specify 0.0.0.0 or DHCP
+to use DHCP.
+
+Linux Jail
+----------
+
+Linux jails are still considered experimental, but they seem to work. First we must bootstrap a linux distro.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  ishmael ~ # bastille bootstrap bionic
+
+Then we can create our linux jail using this release. This will take a while...
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  ishmael ~ # bastille create -L linuxjail bionic 10.1.1.7/24 vtnet0