diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f73ca97..49e45fc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -224,3 +224,7 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 *.lnk
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/windows,macos,linux,vim,intellij+all,rust,rust-analyzer,visualstudiocode
+
+# RooFs and Kernel  
+kernel/*
+rootfs/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 715dc56..94d73a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [workspace]
-members = [ "src/api","src/vmm", "src/cli"]
+members = ["src/api", "src/vmm", "src/cli"]
 resolver = "2"
diff --git a/proto/vmm.proto b/proto/vmm.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1debb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/vmm.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package vmmorchestrator;
+
+enum Language {
+  PYTHON = 0;
+  NODE = 1;
+  RUST = 2;
+}
+
+enum LogLevel {
+  DEBUG = 0;
+  INFO = 1;
+  WARN = 2;
+  ERROR = 3;
+}
+
+service VmmService {
+  rpc Run (RunVmmRequest) returns (RunVmmResponse);
+}
+
+message RunVmmRequest {
+
+  Language language = 1;
+  string code = 2;
+  string env = 3;
+  LogLevel log_level = 4;
+
+}
+
+message RunVmmResponse {
+}
diff --git a/src/api/Cargo.toml b/src/api/Cargo.toml
index 088cf4d..5a6f3d0 100644
--- a/src/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4.5.1"
 serde = "1.0.197"
+tonic = "0.9"
+prost = "0.11"
+shared_models = { path="../shared-models" }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+tonic-build = "0.9"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/api/build.rs b/src/api/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c53d705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    tonic_build::compile_protos("../../proto/vmm.proto")?;
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/api/src/client.rs b/src/api/src/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1abc188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/api/src/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use tonic::transport::Channel;
+use vmmorchestrator::vmm_service_client::VmmServiceClient;
+
+pub mod vmmorchestrator {
+    tonic::include_proto!("vmmorchestrator");
+}
+
+pub struct VmmClient {
+    client: VmmServiceClient<Channel>,
+}
+
+impl VmmClient {
+    pub async fn new() -> Result<Self, tonic::transport::Error> {
+        let client = VmmServiceClient::connect("http://[::1]:50051")
+            .await
+            .expect("Failed to connect to VMM service");
+
+        Ok(VmmClient { client })
+    }
+
+    pub async fn run_vmm(&mut self, request: vmmorchestrator::RunVmmRequest) {
+        let request = tonic::Request::new(request);
+        let response = self.client.run(request).await.unwrap();
+        println!("RESPONSE={:?}", response);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/api/src/lib.rs b/src/api/src/lib.rs
index 4e379ae..24f4aba 100644
--- a/src/api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/api/src/lib.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+pub mod client;
 pub mod services;
diff --git a/src/api/src/main.rs b/src/api/src/main.rs
index 162db20..2de501b 100644
--- a/src/api/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/api/src/main.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 use actix_web::{App, HttpServer};
-use api::services::{configuration, logs, metrics, run, shutdown};
+use api::services::{run, shutdown};
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let port = 3000;
 
     println!("Starting server on port:  {}", port);
-    HttpServer::new(|| {
-        App::new()
-            .service(configuration)
-            .service(run)
-            .service(logs)
-            .service(metrics)
-            .service(shutdown)
-    })
-    .bind(("127.0.0.1", port))?
-    .run()
-    .await
+    HttpServer::new(|| App::new().service(run).service(shutdown))
+        .bind(("127.0.0.1", port))?
+        .run()
+        .await
 }
diff --git a/src/api/src/services.rs b/src/api/src/services.rs
index 97d724c..1648667 100644
--- a/src/api/src/services.rs
+++ b/src/api/src/services.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
-use actix_web::{get, post, web, HttpResponse, Responder};
-
-#[post("/configuration")]
-pub async fn configuration(req_body: String) -> impl Responder {
-    // TODO: Use the body to create the vm configuration
-    HttpResponse::Ok().body(req_body)
-}
+use crate::client::vmmorchestrator::RunVmmRequest;
+use crate::client::VmmClient;
+use actix_web::{post, web, HttpResponse, Responder};
+use shared_models::CloudletDtoRequest;
 
 #[post("/run")]
-pub async fn run(req_body: String) -> impl Responder {
-    // TODO: Use the body id to start the fm
-    HttpResponse::Ok().body(req_body)
-}
-
-#[get("/logs/{id}")]
-pub async fn logs(id: web::Path<String>) -> HttpResponse {
-    // TODO: maybe not close the stream and keep sending the logs
-    HttpResponse::Ok().body(format!("Logs here: {}", &id))
-}
+pub async fn run(req_body: web::Json<CloudletDtoRequest>) -> impl Responder {
+    let req = req_body.into_inner();
+    let grpc_client = VmmClient::new().await;
 
-#[get("/metrics/{id}")]
-pub async fn metrics(id: web::Path<String>) -> HttpResponse {
-    // TODO: Get the metrics for a VM with the given ID
+    let vmm_request = RunVmmRequest {
+        code: req.code,
+        env: req.env,
+        language: req.language as i32,
+        log_level: req.log_level as i32,
+    };
 
-    HttpResponse::Ok().body(format!("Metrics here: {}", &id))
+    match grpc_client {
+        Ok(mut client) => {
+            println!("Successfully connected to VMM service");
+            client.run_vmm(vmm_request).await;
+            HttpResponse::Ok().body("Successfully ran VMM")
+        }
+        Err(e) => HttpResponse::InternalServerError()
+            .body("Failed to connect to VMM service with error: ".to_string() + &e.to_string()),
+    }
 }
 
 #[post("/shutdown")]
diff --git a/src/cli/Cargo.toml b/src/cli/Cargo.toml
index 89d519d..ef09404 100644
--- a/src/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 schemars = "0.8.16"
 serde_json = "1.0.115"
 reqwest = "0.12.3"
+shared_models = { path="../shared-models" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cli/src/main.rs b/src/cli/src/main.rs
index 1faebb8..2fa2760 100644
--- a/src/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 use clap::Parser;
 
 use args::{CliArgs, Commands};
-use request::run_request;
-use request::HttpRunRequest;
+use shared_models::YamlClientConfigFile;
+
+use services::CloudletClient;
 use std::io::{self};
-use types::Config;
-use utils::{load_config, read_file};
+use utils::ConfigFileHandler;
 
 mod args;
-mod request;
-mod types;
+mod services;
 mod utils;
 
 #[tokio::main]
@@ -18,20 +17,10 @@ async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
 
     match args.command {
         Commands::Run { config_path } => {
-            let yaml_config: Config =
-                load_config(&config_path).expect("Error while loading the configuration file");
-
-            let code =
-                read_file(&yaml_config.code_path).expect("Error while reading the code file");
-            println!("Code from file: \n{}", code);
-
-            let env =
-                read_file(&yaml_config.env_path).expect("Error while reading the environment file");
-            println!("Env from file : \n{}", env);
-            println!("Configuration from YAML file: \n {:#?}", yaml_config);
-
-            let body = HttpRunRequest::new(yaml_config.language, env, code, yaml_config.log_level);
-            let response = run_request(body).await;
+            let yaml_config: YamlClientConfigFile = ConfigFileHandler::load_config(&config_path)
+                .expect("Error while loading the configuration file");
+            let body = CloudletClient::new_cloudlet_config(yaml_config);
+            let response = CloudletClient::run(body).await;
 
             match response {
                 Ok(_) => println!("Request successful"),
diff --git a/src/cli/src/request.rs b/src/cli/src/request.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index cb7872e..0000000
--- a/src/cli/src/request.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-use crate::types::{Language, LogLevel};
-use reqwest::Client;
-use serde::Serialize;
-use std::error::Error;
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
-pub struct HttpRunRequest {
-    pub language: Language,
-    pub env_content: String,
-    pub code_content: String,
-    pub log_level: LogLevel,
-}
-
-impl HttpRunRequest {
-    pub fn new(
-        language: Language,
-        env_content: String,
-        code_content: String,
-        log_level: LogLevel,
-    ) -> Self {
-        HttpRunRequest {
-            language,
-            env_content,
-            code_content,
-            log_level,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-pub async fn run_request(request: HttpRunRequest) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let client = Client::new();
-    let res = client
-        .post("http://127.0.0.1:3000/run")
-        .body(serde_json::to_string(&request)?)
-        .send()
-        .await?;
-    println!("Response Status: {}", res.status());
-    let body = res.text().await?;
-    println!("Response body: {}", body);
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/src/cli/src/services.rs b/src/cli/src/services.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84835d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/src/services.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use crate::utils::ConfigFileHandler;
+use reqwest::Client;
+use shared_models::{CloudletDtoRequest, YamlClientConfigFile};
+use std::error::Error;
+pub struct CloudletClient {}
+
+impl CloudletClient {
+    pub fn new_cloudlet_config(config: YamlClientConfigFile) -> CloudletDtoRequest {
+        let code: String = ConfigFileHandler::read_file(&config.code_path)
+            .expect("Error while reading the code file");
+        let env = ConfigFileHandler::read_file(&config.env_path)
+            .expect("Error while reading the environment file");
+        let language = config.language;
+        let log_level = config.log_level;
+        CloudletDtoRequest {
+            language,
+            env,
+            code,
+            log_level,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn run(request: CloudletDtoRequest) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+        let client = Client::new();
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(&request)?;
+        println!("REQUEST : {:?}", request);
+        let res = client
+            .post("http://127.0.0.1:3000/run")
+            .header(reqwest::header::CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json")
+            .body(json)
+            .send()
+            .await?;
+
+        match res.status().as_u16() {
+            200 => Ok(()),
+            _ => Err("Error while making the request".into()),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/src/utils.rs b/src/cli/src/utils.rs
index e9a1992..0d80519 100644
--- a/src/cli/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/cli/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
-use crate::types::Config;
+use shared_models::YamlClientConfigFile;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, Read};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
-pub fn load_config(config_path: &PathBuf) -> io::Result<Config> {
-    let mut file = File::open(config_path)?;
-    let mut contents = String::new();
-    file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
-    let config: Config = serde_yaml::from_str(&contents)
-        .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?;
-    Ok(config)
-}
+pub struct ConfigFileHandler {}
+
+impl ConfigFileHandler {
+    pub fn load_config(config_path: &PathBuf) -> io::Result<YamlClientConfigFile> {
+        let mut file = File::open(config_path)?;
+        let mut contents = String::new();
+        file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
+        let config: YamlClientConfigFile = serde_yaml::from_str(&contents)
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, e))?;
+        Ok(config)
+    }
 
-pub fn read_file(file_path: &str) -> io::Result<String> {
-    let mut file = File::open(file_path)?;
-    let mut contents = String::new();
-    file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
-    Ok(contents)
+    pub fn read_file(file_path: &PathBuf) -> io::Result<String> {
+        let mut file = File::open(file_path)?;
+        let mut contents = String::new();
+        file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
+        Ok(contents)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/shared-models/Cargo.toml b/src/shared-models/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2422219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared-models/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "shared_models"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+clap = { version = "4.5.3", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
+serde_json = "1.0.115"
+
+[lib]
+name = "shared_models"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cli/src/types.rs b/src/shared-models/src/lib.rs
similarity index 51%
rename from src/cli/src/types.rs
rename to src/shared-models/src/lib.rs
index 7e6fac6..cfa7582 100644
--- a/src/cli/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/shared-models/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,27 +1,37 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 use clap::ValueEnum;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, ValueEnum, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum Language {
-    Rust,
-    Python,
-    Node,
+    RUST,
+    PYTHON,
+    NODE,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, ValueEnum, Deserialize, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum LogLevel {
-    Debug,
-    Info,
-    Warn,
-    Error,
+    DEBUG,
+    INFO,
+    WARN,
+    ERROR,
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
-pub struct Config {
+pub struct YamlClientConfigFile {
+    pub language: Language,
+    pub env_path: PathBuf,
+    pub code_path: PathBuf,
+    pub log_level: LogLevel,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
+pub struct CloudletDtoRequest {
     pub language: Language,
-    pub env_path: String,
-    pub code_path: String,
+    pub env: String,
+    pub code: String,
     pub log_level: LogLevel,
 }