diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 3525995bd..1e2845da2 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -28,5 +28,29 @@
 				"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/core"
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			"type": "cargo",
+			"command": "run",
+			"label": "run periphery",
+			"options": {
+				"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/periphery"
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "cargo",
+			"command": "run",
+			"label": "run core",
+			"options": {
+				"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/core"
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"type": "cargo",
+			"command": "run",
+			"label": "run cli",
+			"options": {
+				"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/cli"
+			},
+		}
 	]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2a2bcafd4..d15a9ad86 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.65"
+version = "1.0.66"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "98161a4e3e2184da77bb14f02184cdd111e83bbbcc9979dfee3c44b9a85f5602"
+checksum = "216261ddc8289130e551ddcd5ce8a064710c0d064a4d2895c67151c92b5443f6"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
@@ -209,6 +209,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid 1.1.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "builder"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "axum",
+ "docker_client",
+ "dotenv",
+ "envy",
+ "git_client",
+ "mungos",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.11.0"
@@ -304,6 +322,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "194a7a9e6de53fa55116934067c844d9d749312f75c6f6d0980e8c252f8c2146"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -379,6 +407,15 @@ version = "2.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3ee2393c4a91429dffb4bedf19f4d6abf27d8a732c8ce4980305d782e5426d57"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "db_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "mungos",
+ "types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derivative"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -401,12 +438,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "docker_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "bollard",
+ "thiserror",
+ "types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dotenv"
 version = "0.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77c90badedccf4105eca100756a0b1289e191f6fcbdadd3cee1d2f614f97da8f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding_rs"
+version = "0.8.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9852635589dc9f9ea1b6fe9f05b50ef208c85c834a562f0c6abb1c475736ec2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-as-inner"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -419,6 +475,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "envy"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f47e0157f2cb54f5ae1bd371b30a2ae4311e1c028f575cd4e81de7353215965"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a7a407cfaa3385c4ae6b23e84623d48c2798d06e3e6a1878f7f59f17b3f86499"
+dependencies = [
+ "instant",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.0.24"
@@ -435,6 +509,21 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -554,6 +643,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.14"
@@ -694,6 +787,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "want",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "hyper",
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyperlocal"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -757,6 +863,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "instant"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a5bbe824c507c5da5956355e86a746d82e0e1464f65d862cc5e71da70e94b2c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ipconfig"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -766,7 +881,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "socket2",
  "widestring",
  "winapi",
- "winreg",
+ "winreg 0.7.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -970,12 +1085,15 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "axum-extra",
- "bollard",
+ "docker_client",
  "dotenv",
+ "envy",
+ "git_client",
  "mungos",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
+ "slack_client_rs",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tower-http",
@@ -1010,6 +1128,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -1054,6 +1190,51 @@ version = "1.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e82dad04139b71a90c080c8463fe0dc7902db5192d939bd0950f074d014339e1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.42"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "12fc0523e3bd51a692c8850d075d74dc062ccf251c0110668cbd921917118a13"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b501e44f11665960c7e7fcf062c7d96a14ade4aa98116c004b2e37b5be7d736c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.77"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b03b84c3b2d099b81f0953422b4d4ad58761589d0229b5506356afca05a3670a"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "os_info"
 version = "3.5.1"
@@ -1140,6 +1321,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.26"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ac9a59f73473f1b8d852421e59e64809f025994837ef743615c6d0c5b305160"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -1233,6 +1420,52 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "remove_dir_all"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3acd125665422973a33ac9d3dd2df85edad0f4ae9b00dafb1a05e43a9f5ef8e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "reqwest"
+version = "0.11.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "431949c384f4e2ae07605ccaa56d1d9d2ecdb5cadd4f9577ccfab29f2e5149fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "bytes",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "h2",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "hyper-tls",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "native-tls",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winreg 0.10.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "resolv-conf"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -1310,6 +1543,16 @@ version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4501abdff3ae82a1c1b477a17252eb69cee9e66eb915c1abaa4f44d873df9f09"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "88d6731146462ea25d9244b2ed5fd1d716d25c52e4d54aa4fb0f3c4e9854dbe2"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1326,6 +1569,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "untrusted",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "2.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2bc1bb97804af6631813c55739f771071e0f2ed33ee20b68c86ec505d906356c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0160a13a177a45bfb43ce71c01580998474f556ad854dcbca936dd2841a5c556"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -1456,6 +1722,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slack_client_rs"
+version = "0.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "920a08baac5050ace95378c15984e2ee5552fdcd193302e0f80e294190b8c148"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "strum",
+ "strum_macros",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.9.0"
@@ -1548,6 +1829,20 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f764005d11ee5f36500a149ace24e00e3da98b0158b3e2d53a7495660d3f4d60"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5cdb1ef4eaeeaddc8fbd371e5017057064af0911902ef36b39801f67cc6d79e4"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "remove_dir_all",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "termcolor"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -1659,6 +1954,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7d995660bd2b7f8c1568414c1126076c13fbb725c40112dc0120b78eb9b717b"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-rustls"
 version = "0.23.4"
@@ -1945,6 +2250,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -1998,6 +2309,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-futures"
+version = "0.4.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23639446165ca5a5de86ae1d8896b737ae80319560fbaa4c2887b7da6e7ebd7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
 version = "0.2.83"
@@ -2145,6 +2468,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "80d0f4e272c85def139476380b12f9ac60926689dd2e01d4923222f40580869d"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zstd"
 version = "0.11.2+zstd.1.5.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 276d4bf7e..8ac4cf19f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,5 +4,9 @@ members = [
 	"cli",
 	"core",
 	"periphery",
-	"types"
+	"builder",
+	"types",
+	"docker_client",
+	"git_client",
+	"db_client"
 ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/builder/Cargo.toml b/builder/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91777e9f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "builder"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+docker = {  package = "docker_client", path = "../docker_client" }
+git = { package = "git_client", path = "../git_client" }
+types = { path = "../types" }
+tokio = { version = "1.21", features = ["full"] }
+axum = { version = "0.5", features = ["ws"] }
+serde = "1.0"
+serde_derive = "1.0"
+mungos = "0.2.24"
+anyhow = "1.0"
+thiserror = "1.0"
+envy = "0.4"
+dotenv = "0.15"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/builder/src/config.rs b/builder/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9db97a420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use std::{net::SocketAddr, str::FromStr};
+
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+use mungos::Deserialize;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Env {
+    port: u16,
+}
+
+pub fn load() {
+    pub fn load() -> (SocketAddr) {
+        dotenv().ok();
+
+        let env = envy::from_env::<Env>().unwrap();
+
+        let socket_addr = SocketAddr::from_str(&format!("0.0.0.0:{}", env.port))
+            .expect("failed to parse socket addr");
+
+        (socket_addr)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/builder/src/main.rs b/builder/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..922b1885b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+mod config;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let (socket_addr) = config::load();
+}
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index f481c8182..678e81215 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+docker = {  package = "docker_client", path = "../docker_client" }
+git = { package = "git_client", path = "../git_client" }
 types = { path = "../types" }
 tokio = { version = "1.21", features = ["full"] }
 axum = { version = "0.5", features = ["ws"] }
 axum-extra = { version = "0.3", features = ["spa"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["full"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.3", features = ["cors"] }
+slack = { package = "slack_client_rs", version = "0.0.7" }
 mungos = "0.2.24"
 dotenv = "0.15"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
-bollard = "0.13"
\ No newline at end of file
+envy = "0.4"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/src/api/mod.rs b/core/src/api/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e38923e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use axum::Router;
+
+pub fn router() -> Router {
+    Router::new()
+}
diff --git a/core/src/config.rs b/core/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d045d72f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use std::{
+    net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr},
+    str::FromStr,
+    time::Duration,
+};
+
+use dotenv::dotenv;
+use mungos::{Deserialize, Mungos};
+
+#[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+struct Env {
+    port: u16,
+    mongo_uri: String,
+}
+
+pub async fn load() -> (SocketAddr, Mungos) {
+    dotenv().ok();
+
+    let env = envy::from_env::<Env>().unwrap();
+
+    let socket_addr = SocketAddr::from_str(&format!("0.0.0.0:{}", env.port))
+        .expect("failed to parse socket addr");
+
+    let mungos = Mungos::new(&env.mongo_uri, "monitor_core", Duration::from_secs(3), None)
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to connect to mongo");
+
+    (socket_addr, mungos)
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main.rs b/core/src/main.rs
index 7f755fb76..a614bf553 100644
--- a/core/src/main.rs
+++ b/core/src/main.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,21 @@
+use axum::Router;
+use docker::DockerClient;
+
+mod api;
+mod config;
+
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {}
+async fn main() {
+    let docker_client = DockerClient::new().unwrap();
+    let containers = docker_client.list_containers().await.unwrap();
+    println!("{containers:#?}");
+
+    let (socket_addr, mungos) = config::load().await;
+
+    let app = Router::new().nest("/api", api::router());
+
+    axum::Server::bind(&socket_addr)
+        .serve(app.into_make_service())
+        .await
+        .expect("server crashed");
+}
diff --git a/db_client/Cargo.toml b/db_client/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..517411270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "db_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+types = { path = "../types" }
+mungos = "0.2.24"
+anyhow = "1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db_client/src/collections.rs b/db_client/src/collections.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b1378917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db_client/src/collections.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/db_client/src/lib.rs b/db_client/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3d21151a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db_client/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use mungos::{Collection, Mungos};
+use types::{Build, Deployment, Server, Update, User};
+
+mod collections;
+
+pub struct DbClient {
+    pub users: Collection<User>,
+    pub servers: Collection<Server>,
+    pub deployments: Collection<Deployment>,
+    pub builds: Collection<Build>,
+    pub updates: Collection<Update>,
+}
+
+impl DbClient {
+    pub async fn new(mongo_uri: &str, app_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<DbClient> {
+        let mungos = Mungos::new(mongo_uri, app_name, Duration::from_secs(3), None).await?;
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker_client/Cargo.toml b/docker_client/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3f64df82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "docker_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+types = { path = "../types" }
+bollard = "0.13"
+anyhow = "1.0"
+thiserror = "1.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker_client/src/build.rs b/docker_client/src/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db3bf519a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker_client/src/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use types::Build;
+
+use crate::DockerClient;
+
+impl DockerClient {
+    pub async fn build(&self, build: Build) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker_client/src/deploy.rs b/docker_client/src/deploy.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d98894ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker_client/src/deploy.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use types::Deployment;
+
+use crate::DockerClient;
+
+impl DockerClient {
+    pub async fn deploy(&self, deployment: Deployment) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker_client/src/lib.rs b/docker_client/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d6e3fe53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker_client/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use bollard::{container::ListContainersOptions, Docker};
+use types::BasicContainerInfo;
+
+mod build;
+mod deploy;
+
+pub struct DockerClient {
+    client: Docker,
+}
+
+impl DockerClient {
+    pub fn new() -> anyhow::Result<DockerClient> {
+        Ok(DockerClient {
+            client: Docker::connect_with_local_defaults()?,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub async fn list_containers(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<BasicContainerInfo>> {
+        let res = self
+            .client
+            .list_containers(Some(ListContainersOptions::<String> {
+                all: true,
+                ..Default::default()
+            }))
+            .await?
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|s| {
+                let info = BasicContainerInfo {
+                    name: s
+                        .names
+                        .ok_or(anyhow!("no names on container"))?
+                        .pop()
+                        .ok_or(anyhow!("no names on container (empty vec)"))?
+                        .replace("/", ""),
+                    state: s.state.unwrap().parse().unwrap(),
+                    status: s.status,
+                };
+                Ok::<_, anyhow::Error>(info)
+            })
+            .collect::<anyhow::Result<Vec<BasicContainerInfo>>>()?;
+        Ok(res)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/git_client/Cargo.toml b/git_client/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86fa65e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "git_client"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/git_client/src/lib.rs b/git_client/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4626bc912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git_client/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub struct GitClient;
+
+impl GitClient {}
diff --git a/types/src/lib.rs b/types/src/lib.rs
index a2f1e9b31..467c05849 100644
--- a/types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/types/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ use mungos::ObjectId;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use strum_macros::{Display, EnumString};
 
-pub type PermissionsMap = HashMap<String, u8>;
+pub type PermissionsMap = HashMap<String, PermissionLevel>;
+
+pub type ServerId = String;
+pub type DeploymentId = String;
+pub type BuildId = String;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Default)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
@@ -76,13 +80,13 @@ pub struct Deployment {
     #[serde(rename = "_id", skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub id: Option<ObjectId>,
     pub name: String, // must be formatted to be compat with docker
-    pub server_id: String,
+    pub server_id: ServerId,
     pub permissions: PermissionsMap,
     pub docker_run_args: DockerRunArgs,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub is_core: Option<bool>,
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    pub build_id: Option<String>,
+    pub build_id: Option<BuildId>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Default)]
@@ -151,38 +155,26 @@ pub struct DockerBuildArgs {
     pub dockerfile_path: Option<String>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Default)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct DockerRunArgs {
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub image: Option<String>,
     pub ports: Vec<Conversion>,
     pub volumes: Vec<Conversion>,
     pub environment: Vec<EnvironmentVar>,
-    pub network: String,
-    pub restart: String,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub network: Option<String>,
+    pub restart: RestartMode,
     pub post_image: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub container_user: Option<String>,
-    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    pub docker_account: Option<String>,
+    pub docker_account: Option<String>, // the username of the dockerhub account
 }
 
-impl Default for DockerRunArgs {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            image: None,
-            ports: Vec::new(),
-            volumes: Vec::new(),
-            environment: Vec::new(),
-            network: "bridge".to_string(),
-            restart: "no".to_string(),
-            post_image: None,
-            container_user: None,
-            docker_account: None,
-        }
-    }
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub struct BasicContainerInfo {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub state: ContainerState,
+    pub status: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Default)]
@@ -223,6 +215,13 @@ pub struct EnvironmentVar {
     pub value: String,
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Permission {
+    pub entity_type: EntityType,
+    pub id: String,
+    pub level: PermissionLevel,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Display, EnumString, PartialEq, Hash, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 #[strum(serialize_all = "snake_case")]
@@ -252,3 +251,42 @@ pub enum Operation {
     PullDeployment,
     RecloneDeployment,
 }
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Display, EnumString, PartialEq, Hash, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+#[strum(serialize_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum PermissionLevel {
+    Read,
+    Write,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Display, EnumString, PartialEq, Hash, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+#[strum(serialize_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum ContainerState {
+    Created,
+    Restarting,
+    Running,
+    Removing,
+    Paused,
+    Exited,
+    Dead,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Display, EnumString, PartialEq, Hash, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
+pub enum RestartMode {
+    #[serde(rename = "no")]
+    NoRestart,
+    #[serde(rename = "on-failure")]
+    OnFailure,
+    #[serde(rename = "always")]
+    Always,
+    #[serde(rename = "unless-stopped")]
+    UnlessStopped,
+}
+
+impl Default for RestartMode {
+    fn default() -> RestartMode {
+        RestartMode::NoRestart
+    }
+}