diff --git a/contrib/nix/README.md b/contrib/nix/README.md
index 40920bfc03..d768f08edb 100644
--- a/contrib/nix/README.md
+++ b/contrib/nix/README.md
@@ -57,3 +57,11 @@ kafka                     => kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 -
 confluent schema-registry => curl http://localhost:8081
 
 ```
+
+## Environemnt Check
+
+you only need install nix to run it!
+
+```
+nix-shell datahub-check.nix -A gms
+```
diff --git a/contrib/nix/datahub-check.nix b/contrib/nix/datahub-check.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aee544283f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/nix/datahub-check.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {} }:
+
+with pkgs ;
+let
+  datahub = import ./datahub-config.nix ;
+  build-prompt = ''
+    echo This derivation is not buildable, instead run it using nix-shell.
+    exit 1
+  '' ;
+  parse-uri = uri : 
+    let
+      uriSchemaSplit = builtins.split "://" uri ;
+      schema = builtins.head uriSchemaSplit ;
+      uriNoSchema = lib.last uriSchemaSplit ;
+
+      uriPathSplit = builtins.split "/" uriNoSchema ;
+      hostPort = builtins.head uriPathSplit ;
+      path = lib.optionalString (builtins.length uriPathSplit > 1) (lib.last uriPathSplit) ;
+      
+      hostPortSplit = builtins.split ":" hostPort ;
+      host = builtins.head hostPortSplit ;
+      port = lib.last hostPortSplit ;
+
+    in { inherit schema host port path ; } ;
+  gms = 
+    let 
+      gms-conf = datahub.services.linkedin-datahub-gms ;
+      jdbc-uri = parse-uri gms-conf.sandbox.jdbc.uri ;
+      elasticsearch-uri = parse-uri (builtins.head gms-conf.sandbox.elasticsearch.uris) ;
+      neo4j-uri = parse-uri gms-conf.sandbox.neo4j.uri ;
+      kafka-uri = parse-uri (builtins.head gms-conf.sandbox.kafka.uris) ;
+      schema-registry-uri = parse-uri (builtins.head gms-conf.sandbox.schema-registry.uris) ;
+      gms-uri = parse-uri gms-conf.listener ;
+
+      check-port = name : uri : ''
+        echo "  [${name}] checking port..."
+        ${netcat-gnu}/bin/nc -z ${uri.host} ${uri.port}
+        if [ $? != 0 ]; then echo "  [${name}] !ERROR: can not connec to ${uri.host}:${uri.port}" && exit 1; fi
+      '' ;
+      check-jdbc-user = ''
+        # echo "  [jdbc] checking username and password..." 
+      '' ;
+      check-jdbc-table = ''
+        # echo "  [jdbc] checking  [metadata_aspect] table..."
+      '' ;
+      check-elasticsearch-index = ''
+        # echo "  [elasticsearch] checking [corpuserinfodocument, datasetdocument] indices ..."
+      '' ;
+      check-neo4j-user = ''
+        # echo "  [neo4j] checking user and password..."      
+      '' ;
+      check-kafka-topic = ''
+        # echo "  [kafka] checking [MetadataChangeEvent, MetadataAuditEvent] indices..."
+      '' ;
+    in 
+      stdenv.mkDerivation {
+        name = "gms-check" ;
+
+        buildInputs = [ netcat-gnu ] ;
+
+        preferLocalBuild = true ;
+        buildCommand = build-prompt ;
+    
+        shellHookOnly = true;
+        shellHook = ''
+          echo "******** checking sandbox.jdbc "
+          ${check-port "jdbc" jdbc-uri}
+          ${check-jdbc-user }
+          ${check-jdbc-table }
+          
+          echo "******** checking sandbox.elasticsearch "
+          ${check-port "elasticsearch" elasticsearch-uri}
+          ${check-elasticsearch-index}
+
+          echo "******** checking sandbox.neo4j "
+          ${check-port "neo4j" neo4j-uri}
+          ${check-neo4j-user }
+
+          echo "******** checking sandbox.kafka "
+          ${check-port "kafka" kafka-uri}
+          ${check-kafka-topic }
+
+          echo "******** checking sandbox.schema-registry "
+          ${check-port "schema-registry" schema-registry-uri}
+
+          echo "******** checking gms "
+          ${check-port "gms" gms-uri}
+          exit 0
+        '' ;
+      } ;
+  frontend = 
+    let
+      frontend-conf = ddatahub.services.linkedin-datahub-frontend ;
+    in {} ;
+  pipeline = 
+    let
+      pipeline-conf = ddatahub.services.linkedin-datahub-pipeline ;
+    in {} ;
+in { inherit gms frontend pipeline;}
diff --git a/contrib/nix/datahub-config.nix b/contrib/nix/datahub-config.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25a212b807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/nix/datahub-config.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  services.linkedin-datahub-gms = {
+    enable = true;
+    sandbox = {
+      jdbc.uri = "jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/datahub" ;
+      jdbc.username = "datahub" ;
+      jdbc.password = "datahub" ;
+      elasticsearch.uris = [ "http://localhost:9200" ] ;
+      neo4j.uri = "bolt://localhost:7687" ;
+      neo4j.username = "neo4j" ;
+      neo4j.password = "datahub" ;
+      kafka.uris = [ "PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092" ] ;
+      schema-registry.uris = [ "http://localhost:8081" ] ;
+    } ;
+    listener = "http://localhost:8080" ;
+  } ;
+
+  services.linkedin-datahub-frontend = {
+    enable = true ;
+    listener = "http://localhost:9001" ;
+    linkedin-datahub-gms.uri = "http://localhost:8080" ;
+  } ;
+  services.linkedin-datahub-pipeline = {
+    enable = true ;
+    linkedin-datahub-gms.uri = "http://localhost:8080" ;
+    sandbox = {
+      kafka.uris = [ "PLAINTEXT://localhost:9092" ] ;
+      schema-registry.uris = [ "http://localhost:8081" ] ;
+    } ;
+  } ;
+}