diff --git a/scripts/create_container.sh b/scripts/create_container.sh
index 0067d72..c9c2db1 100755
--- a/scripts/create_container.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_container.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 chcon -R unconfined_u:object_r:user_home_t:s0 \
   .arcconfig .idea .git
 
+podman pod create --name nexantic
+
 # TODO(leo): mount .cache/bazel on a volume (waiting for podman issue to be fixed)
 # https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/4318
 podman run -it -d \
@@ -35,5 +37,12 @@
     --device /dev/kvm \
     --privileged \
     --userns=keep-id \
+    --pod nexantic \
     --name=nexantic-dev \
     nexantic-builder
+
+podman run -it -d \
+    --pod nexantic \
+    --ulimit nofile=262144:262144 \
+    --name=nexantic-cockroach \
+    cockroachdb/cockroach:v19.1.5 start --insecure
diff --git a/scripts/destroy_container.sh b/scripts/destroy_container.sh
index 11d252d..c60800a 100755
--- a/scripts/destroy_container.sh
+++ b/scripts/destroy_container.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-podman stop nexantic-dev
-podman rm nexantic-dev --force
+podman pod stop nexantic
+podman pod rm nexantic --force