diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 4e77c6dd..3d026afb 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Requirements
 
+### For Virtual Machine Development
 * Vagrant - 2.2+
 * Ansible - 2.14+
 * [Vagrant Libvirt provider plugin](https://github.com/vagrant-libvirt/vagrant-libvirt)
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@
 
 Follow [instruction](https://github.com/theforeman/forklift/blob/master/docs/vagrant.md) to install vagrant
 
+### For Container Development (Alternative)
+* Podman - 5.0+ (recommended for systemd support)
+* Ansible - 2.14+
 
 ## Development environment
 
@@ -21,6 +25,8 @@ source .venv/bin/activate
 
 ## Deployment
 
+### Using Virtual Machines
+
 This setup uses Vagrant to create a basic VM for running the deployment on:
 
 ```
@@ -30,6 +36,34 @@ source .venv/bin/activate
 ./foremanctl deploy --foreman-initial-admin-password=changeme
 ```
 
+### Using Containers (Alternative)
+
+As an alternative to VMs, you can use containers for faster deployment and testing:
+
+```
+./setup-environment
+source .venv/bin/activate
+./forge containers start
+./foremanctl deploy --foreman-initial-admin-password=changeme
+```
+
+The containers command provides the following benefits:
+- **Faster startup** - No VM boot time required
+- **Lower resource usage** - Containers use less memory and CPU than VMs
+- **Systemd support** - Properly configured systemd environment for service management
+
+Container management commands:
+```
+./forge containers start    # Start container (default name: quadlet)
+./forge containers status   # Check container status
+./forge containers stop     # Stop and remove container
+```
+
+You can also specify a custom container name:
+```
+./forge containers start mycontainer
+```
+
 ## Deploy hammer (optional)
 
 ```
@@ -38,10 +72,16 @@ source .venv/bin/activate
 ```
 To teardown the environment:
 
+**For VMs:**
 ```
 ./forge vms stop
 ```
 
+**For containers:**
+```
+./forge containers stop
+```
+
 ## Testing
 
 Ensure you have a deployment. Now run the tests:
diff --git a/development/playbooks/containers/containers.yaml b/development/playbooks/containers/containers.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e410be5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/playbooks/containers/containers.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+---
+- name: Create a container to deploy and test in
+  gather_facts: false
+  hosts:
+    - localhost
+  vars:
+    container: quadlet
+  tasks:
+    - name: Start containers
+      when: container_action == 'start'
+      block:
+        - name: Start CentOS 9 Stream container
+          containers.podman.podman_container:
+            name: "{{ container }}"
+            image: quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
+            state: started
+            force_restart: true
+            privileged: true
+            hostname: "{{ container }}.example.com"
+            restart_policy: "always"
+            ports:
+              - "22"
+              - "8080:80"
+              - "8443:443"
+            command: sleep infinity
+
+        - name: Wait for container to be ready
+          ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+            timeout: 10
+
+        - name: Install systemd and SSH in container
+          containers.podman.podman_container_exec:
+            name: "{{ container }}"
+            command: "{{ item }}"
+          loop:
+            - "dnf install -y systemd openssh-server passwd python3 podman"
+            - "echo 'root:password' | chpasswd"
+            - "sed -i 's/#PermitRootLogin prohibit-password/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config"
+          changed_when: false
+
+        - name: Commit container with systemd installed
+          ansible.builtin.command:
+            cmd: "podman commit {{ container }} {{ container }}-systemd"
+          changed_when: false
+
+        - name: Stop container to restart with systemd
+          containers.podman.podman_container:
+            name: "{{ container }}"
+            state: stopped
+
+        - name: Remove container completely
+          containers.podman.podman_container:
+            name: "{{ container }}"
+            state: absent
+
+        - name: Start new container with systemd as PID 1
+          containers.podman.podman_container:
+            name: "{{ container }}"
+            image: "{{ container }}-systemd"
+            state: started
+            privileged: true
+            hostname: "{{ container }}.example.com"
+            restart_policy: "always"
+            ports:
+              - "22"
+              - "8080:80"
+              - "8443:443"
+            command: /usr/sbin/init
+
+        - name: Wait for systemd to initialize
+          ansible.builtin.wait_for:
+            timeout: 15
+
+        - name: Create local_containers inventory
+          ansible.builtin.copy:
+            dest: "{{ inventory_dir }}/local_containers"
+            content: |
+              all:
+                hosts:
+                  {{ container }}:
+                    ansible_connection: podman
+                    ansible_user: root
+            mode: "0664"
+
+    - name: Stop containers
+      when: container_action == 'stop'
+      block:
+        - name: Stop and remove container
+          containers.podman.podman_container:
+            name: "{{ container }}"
+            state: absent
+
+        - name: Remove containers inventory
+          ansible.builtin.file:
+            state: absent
+            path: "{{ inventory_dir }}/local_containers"
+
+    - name: Show container status
+      when: container_action == 'status'
+      block:
+        - name: Get container status
+          containers.podman.podman_container_info:
+            name: "{{ container }}"
+          register: container_info
+          ignore_errors: true
+
+        - name: Display container status
+          ansible.builtin.debug:
+            msg: |
+              Container Status:
+              {% if container_info.containers | length > 0 %}
+              Name: {{ container_info.containers[0].Name }}
+              State: {{ container_info.containers[0].State.Status }}
+              Image: {{ container_info.containers[0].Config.Image }}
+              Created: {{ container_info.containers[0].Created }}
+              {% else %}
+              Container "{{ container }}" not found or not running
+              {% endif %}
diff --git a/development/playbooks/containers/metadata.obsah.yaml b/development/playbooks/containers/metadata.obsah.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4f6257e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/playbooks/containers/metadata.obsah.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+help: |
+  Manage development and testing containers.
+
+variables:
+  container_action:
+    parameter: container_action
+    help: Start the containers
+    choices:
+      - start
+      - stop
+      - status
+  containers:
+    help: Which containers to manage, defaults to quadlet.
+    action: store
diff --git a/development/requirements.yml b/development/requirements.yml
index b47a2162..1f496e82 100644
--- a/development/requirements.yml
+++ b/development/requirements.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 collections:
   - ansible.posix
   - community.general
+  - name: containers.podman
+    version: ">=1.16.4"
   - name: https://github.com/theforeman/forklift
     type: git
   - name: theforeman.operations