diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 6f5bef1..655b587 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash dev \
     && echo "dev ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers.d/dev \
     && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/dev
 
+# Add docker and docker-compose and add permissions to run without sudo
+COPY --from=library/docker:latest /usr/local/bin/docker /usr/bin/docker
+COPY --from=docker/compose:latest /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose
+
+RUN groupadd docker &&\
+    usermod -aG docker dev &&\
+    newgrp docker
+
 # Add the custom bash prompt with branch info
 RUN printf '\n\
 function modify_prompt { \n\
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index c32a38b..b2ffe09 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "Arch Linux with GCC & Clang++",
-  "build": {
-    "dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
-  },
+  "dockerComposeFile": "docker-compose.yml",
+  "service": "devcontainer",
+  "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}",
+  "forwardPorts": [
+    5222,
+    5269,
+    5280,
+    5443
+  ],
+  "postStartCommand": "/workspaces/larra/.devcontainer/post_create_config.sh",
   "customizations": {
     "vscode": {
       "extensions": [
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9425810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+services:
+  devcontainer:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+
+    # Required for ptrace-based debuggers like C++, Go, and Rust
+    cap_add:
+    - SYS_PTRACE
+    security_opt:
+    - seccomp:unconfined
+
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/workspaces/:cached
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
+    network_mode: service:ejabberd_server # To access ejabberd inside a devcontainer
+    command: sleep infinity # To keep container alive
+    depends_on:
+      - ejabberd_server
+
+  ejabberd_server:
+    image: ghcr.io/processone/ejabberd
+    container_name: ejabberd
+    #
+    # For some reasons below environment variables doesn't work inside vs code dev container
+    # Please, use devcontainer.json 'postStartCommand' for configuring ejabberd_server
+    #
+    environment:
+      - CTL_ON_CREATE=register admin localhost admin ;
+                      register test1 localhost test1 ;
+      - CTL_ON_START=registered_users localhost ;
+                     status
+    ports:
+      - "5222:5222"
+      - "5269:5269"
+      - "5280:5280"
+      - "5443:5443"
+    volumes:
+      - ./ejabberd.yml:/opt/ejabberd/conf/ejabberd.yml:ro
diff --git a/deployment/ejabberd.yml b/.devcontainer/ejabberd.yml
similarity index 99%
rename from deployment/ejabberd.yml
rename to .devcontainer/ejabberd.yml
index 5783b8e..9f52450 100644
--- a/deployment/ejabberd.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/ejabberd.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ listen:
     max_stanza_size: 262144
     shaper: c2s_shaper
     access: c2s
-    starttls_required: true
+    starttls_required: false
   -
     port: 5223
     ip: "::"
diff --git a/.devcontainer/post_create_config.sh b/.devcontainer/post_create_config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3927e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/post_create_config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+sleep 1
+
+printf "\n\n\tConfigure ejabber server\n\n"
+sudo docker exec -it ejabberd ejabberdctl register admin localhost admin
+sudo docker exec -it ejabberd ejabberdctl register sha512sum localhost 12345
+
+printf "\n\n\tList of registered users:\n"
+sudo docker exec -it ejabberd ejabberdctl registered_users localhost
+
+printf "\n\n\tConfigurating ejabber server ended\n\n"
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index b778385..eaea877 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
     // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
     "version": "2.0.0",
     "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "Ejabberd: show logs",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": [
+                "sudo docker exec -it ejabberd tail -f logs/ejabberd.log"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Ejabberd: open shell",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": [
+                "sudo docker exec -it ejabberd sh"
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "label": "Build Debug GCC",
             "type": "shell",
@@ -14,8 +28,7 @@
                 "|| ( printf '\n\n\t\\e[31mERROR: Build failed!\\e[0m\n\n\n' && exit 1 )"
             ],
             "options": {
-                "env": {
-                }
+                "env": {}
             },
             "presentation": {
                 "clear": true
@@ -39,7 +52,7 @@
             "options": {
                 "env": {
                     "CC": "/usr/sbin/clang",
-                    "CXX": "/usr/sbin/clang++",
+                    "CXX": "/usr/sbin/clang++"
                 }
             },
             "presentation": {
diff --git a/deployment/docker-compose.yml b/deployment/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ca82055..0000000
--- a/deployment/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-version: '3.7'
-
-services:
-
-  ejabberd_server:
-    image: ghcr.io/processone/ejabberd
-    container_name: ejabberd
-    environment:
-      - CTL_ON_CREATE=register admin localhost admin ;
-                      register user  localhost password
-      - CTL_ON_START=registered_users localhost ;
-                     status
-    ports:
-      - "5222:5222"
-      - "5269:5269"
-      - "5280:5280"
-      - "5443:5443"
-    volumes:
-      - ./ejabberd.yml:/opt/ejabberd/conf/ejabberd.yml:ro