diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1492269..9fdd9e2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
       <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.quarkiverse.docker</groupId>
+        <artifactId>quarkus-docker-client</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.5</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/la_banquise/backend/rest/ContainerResource.java b/src/main/java/fr/la_banquise/backend/rest/ContainerResource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a16e287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/la_banquise/backend/rest/ContainerResource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package fr.la_banquise.backend.rest;
+
+import fr.la_banquise.backend.services.DockerService;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.*;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+@Path("/containers")
+@Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+public class ContainerResource {
+
+    @Inject
+    DockerService dockerService;
+
+    @POST
+    @Path("/nginx")
+    public Response launchNginx() {
+        try {
+            String id = dockerService.createAndStartNginx();
+            return Response.ok(Map.of("containerId", id, "status", "running")).build();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return Response.status(500).entity(Map.of("error", e.getMessage())).build();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @DELETE
+    @Path("/{id}")
+    public Response remove(@PathParam("id") String id) {
+        try {
+            dockerService.stopAndRemove(id);
+            return Response.ok(Map.of("containerId", id, "status", "removed")).build();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return Response.status(500).entity(Map.of("error", e.getMessage())).build();
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/la_banquise/backend/services/DockerService.java b/src/main/java/fr/la_banquise/backend/services/DockerService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..add12d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/la_banquise/backend/services/DockerService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package fr.la_banquise.backend.services;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.DockerClient;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.CreateContainerResponse;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.ExposedPort;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.HostConfig;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.PortBinding;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Ports;
+import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+
+@ApplicationScoped
+public class DockerService {
+
+    @Inject
+    DockerClient dockerClient;
+
+    public String createAndStartNginx() {
+        ExposedPort tcp80 = ExposedPort.tcp(80);
+
+        Ports portBindings = new Ports();
+        portBindings.bind(tcp80, Ports.Binding.bindPort(8081));
+
+        HostConfig hostConfig = HostConfig.newHostConfig()
+                .withPortBindings(portBindings);
+
+        CreateContainerResponse container = dockerClient.createContainerCmd("nginx:latest")
+                .withName("my-nginx")
+                .withExposedPorts(tcp80)
+                .withHostConfig(hostConfig)
+                .exec();
+
+        dockerClient.startContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+        return container.getId();
+    }
+
+    public void stopAndRemove(String containerId) {
+        dockerClient.stopContainerCmd(containerId).exec();
+        dockerClient.removeContainerCmd(containerId).exec();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 6858101..f562095 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ quarkus.hibernate-orm.database.generation=update
 
 quarkus.quinoa.dev-server.port=5173
 quarkus.quinoa.enable-spa-routing=true
+
+quarkus.docker.docker-host=unix:///var/run/docker.sock