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+defmodule TestcontainersElixir.Reaper do
+  use GenServer
+
+  @impl true
+  @spec init(Tesla.Env.client()) :: {:ok, DockerEngineAPI.Model.ContainerCreateResponse.t()}
+  def init(connection) do
+    request = %DockerEngineAPI.Model.ContainerCreateRequest{
+      Image: "testcontainers/ryuk:0.5.1",
+      ExposedPorts: %{"8080" => %{}},
+      HostConfig: %{
+        PortBindings: %{"8080" => [%{"HostPort" => "8080"}]},
+        Privileged: true,
+        Binds: ["/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:rw"]
+      },
+      Env: ["RYUK_PORT=8080"]
+    }
+
+    {:ok, container} = connection |> DockerEngineAPI.Api.Container.container_create(request)
+    {:ok, container} = connection |> DockerEngineAPI.Api.Container.container_start(container."Id")
+    # TODO establish socket connection
+    # TODO send first message
+    # TODO return {:ok, {container, socket}} for ex
+    {:ok, container}
+  end
+end