diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-cluster.gfsh b/spring-geode-samples/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-cluster.gfsh
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+# Gfsh shell script to start an Apache Geode cluster with 1 Locator and 2 Servers.
+
+start locator --name=LocatorOne --log-level=config
+start server --name=ServerOne --log-level=config
+start server --name=ServerTwo --log-level=config --server-port=50505
diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-cluster.sh b/spring-geode-samples/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-cluster.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+gfsh -e "run --file=@samples-dir@/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/start-cluster.gfsh"
diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.gfsh b/spring-geode-samples/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.gfsh
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+# Gfsh shell script to stop the cluster.
+
+stop server --name=ServerTwo
+stop server --name=ServerOne
+stop locator --name=LocatorOne
diff --git a/spring-geode-samples/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.sh b/spring-geode-samples/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+gfsh -e "run --file=@samples-dir@/intro/getting-started/src/main/resources/geode/bin/stop-cluster.gfsh"