diff --git a/.github/workflows/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples.yml
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+name: 'testcontainers lifecycle examples'
+on: [push]
+env:
+  JAVA_VERSION: '17'
+jobs:
+  testcontainers-lifecycle-examples:
+    name: testcontainers lifecycle examples
+    if: github.event.inputs.trigger == ''
+      || !startsWith(github.event.inputs.trigger, 'm')
+      || !startsWith(github.event.inputs.trigger, 'M')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          # 'temurin' 'zulu' 'adopt' 'adopt-hotspot' 'adopt-openj9' 'liberica' 'microsoft'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.m2/repository
+          key: maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            maven-
+      - run: cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE && ./mvnw -f testcontainers-lifecycle-examples
diff --git a/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/README.md b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/README.md
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+
+```bash
+# use jdk 17
+./mvnw -f testcontainers-lifecycle-examples
+```
+
+<!--
+
+# Getting Started
+
+### Reference Documentation
+For further reference, please consider the following sections:
+
+* [Official Apache Maven documentation](https://maven.apache.org/guides/index.html)
+* [Spring Boot Maven Plugin Reference Guide](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.13/maven-plugin/reference/html/)
+* [Create an OCI image](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.13/maven-plugin/reference/html/#build-image)
+* [Testcontainers MongoDB Module Reference Guide](https://www.testcontainers.org/modules/databases/mongodb/)
+* [Spring Data MongoDB](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.13/reference/htmlsingle/#data.nosql.mongodb)
+* [Testcontainers](https://www.testcontainers.org/)
+* [Spring Web](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.13/reference/htmlsingle/#web)
+
+### Guides
+The following guides illustrate how to use some features concretely:
+
+* [Accessing Data with MongoDB](https://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-data-mongodb/)
+* [Building a RESTful Web Service](https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/)
+* [Serving Web Content with Spring MVC](https://spring.io/guides/gs/serving-web-content/)
+* [Building REST services with Spring](https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/rest/)
+
+-->
diff --git a/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/pom.xml b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+		 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>2.7.13</version>
+		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>io.github.daggerok</groupId>
+	<artifactId>testcontainers-lifecycle-examples</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>${project.artifactId}</name>
+	<description>${project.artifactId}</description>
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
+		<testcontainers.version>1.18.3</testcontainers.version>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<!---->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+		<!---->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<!--<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mongodb</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>-->
+	</dependencies>
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+				<artifactId>testcontainers-bom</artifactId>
+				<version>${testcontainers.version}</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+	<build>
+		<defaultGoal>clean verify</defaultGoal>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<excludes>
+						<exclude>
+							<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+							<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+						</exclude>
+					</excludes>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
diff --git a/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/main/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/TestcontainersLifecycleExamplesApplication.java b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/main/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/TestcontainersLifecycleExamplesApplication.java
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+++ b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/main/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/TestcontainersLifecycleExamplesApplication.java
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+package io.github.daggerok.testcontainerslifecycleexamples;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class TestcontainersLifecycleExamplesApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(TestcontainersLifecycleExamplesApplication.class, args);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/main/resources/application.yaml
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+++ b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/JavaTestcontainersAnnotationTests.java b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/JavaTestcontainersAnnotationTests.java
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+++ b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/JavaTestcontainersAnnotationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package io.github.daggerok.testcontainerslifecycleexamples;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGeneration;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGenerator;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+@DisplayNameGeneration(DisplayNameGenerator.ReplaceUnderscores.class)
+class JavaTestcontainersAnnotationTests {
+
+    @Test
+    void should_test() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/PlainJavaTestcontainersTests.java b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/PlainJavaTestcontainersTests.java
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+++ b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/PlainJavaTestcontainersTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package io.github.daggerok.testcontainerslifecycleexamples;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGeneration;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGenerator;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+@DisplayNameGeneration(DisplayNameGenerator.ReplaceUnderscores.class)
+class PlainJavaTestcontainersTests {
+
+    @Test
+    void should_test() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/SpringBootTestcontainersAnnotationIntegrationTests.java b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/SpringBootTestcontainersAnnotationIntegrationTests.java
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+++ b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/SpringBootTestcontainersAnnotationIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.github.daggerok.testcontainerslifecycleexamples;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGeneration;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGenerator;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+@DisplayNameGeneration(DisplayNameGenerator.ReplaceUnderscores.class)
+class SpringBootTestcontainersAnnotationIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void should_test_context() {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/SpringBootTestcontainersIntegrationTests.java b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/SpringBootTestcontainersIntegrationTests.java
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+++ b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/java/io/github/daggerok/testcontainerslifecycleexamples/SpringBootTestcontainersIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.github.daggerok.testcontainerslifecycleexamples;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGeneration;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayNameGenerator;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+@DisplayNameGeneration(DisplayNameGenerator.ReplaceUnderscores.class)
+class SpringBootTestcontainersIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void should_test_context() {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/resources/application-default.yaml b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/resources/application-default.yaml
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+++ b/testcontainers-lifecycle-examples/src/test/resources/application-default.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+spring:
+  output:
+    ansi:
+      enabled: always