switch from Spring to Spring-Boot

34 files changed, 1462 insertions, 190 deletions

diff --git a/basicConfig/default_config.properties b/basicConfig/default_config.properties
index fabfdfef..d6cc1317 100644
--- a/basicConfig/default_config.properties
+++ b/basicConfig/default_config.properties
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.workarounds.eidmapping.revisionlog.active=true
 eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.setPlaceOfBirthIfAvailable=true
 eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.setBirthNameIfAvailable=true
 
-eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.logfullmessages=true
-eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.useDummySolution=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.logfullmessages=false
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.useDummySolution=false
 
 ##without mandates
 eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.onlynatural.0=PersonIdentifier,true
diff --git a/connector/checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml b/connector/checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml
index 5d4fd515..281e3796 100644
--- a/connector/checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml
+++ b/connector/checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -19,4 +19,9 @@
       </OR>
       <Bug pattern="SPRING_CSRF_UNRESTRICTED_REQUEST_MAPPING" />               
     </Match>
+    <Match>
+      <!-- Path to application configuration is trusted -->
+      <Class name="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.MsSpecificSpringBootApplicationContextInitializer" />
+      <Bug pattern="PATH_TRAVERSAL_IN" />
+    </Match>
 </FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/connector/pom.xml b/connector/pom.xml
index dad27b38..7fbc2a36 100644
--- a/connector/pom.xml
+++ b/connector/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,15 @@
       <artifactId>authmodule-eIDAS-v2</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <!-- Third party libs -->
+    <!-- Third party libs -->       
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-admin-starter-client</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
@@ -74,11 +82,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
+   <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+    </dependency>    
 
 
     <!-- Testing -->
@@ -104,8 +111,63 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>eaaf-springboot-utils</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>     
 
   </dependencies>
+  
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+     <id>default</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+        <property>
+          <name>default</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+          <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+              <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency> 
+        
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+          <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+          <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+     <id>embbededTomcat</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+          <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency> 
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
+          <artifactId>eaaf-springboot-utils</artifactId>
+        </dependency>        
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+    
+  </profiles>
+  
   <build>
     <finalName>ms_connector</finalName>
 
@@ -126,6 +188,24 @@
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.6.RELEASE</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <executable>true</executable>
+          <!-- layout>ZIP</layout -->
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>build-info</goal>
+              <goal>repackage</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsSpecificEidasNodeSpringResourceProvider.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsSpecificEidasNodeSpringResourceProvider.java
index 6e8e06ef..40ed283b 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsSpecificEidasNodeSpringResourceProvider.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsSpecificEidasNodeSpringResourceProvider.java
@@ -32,11 +32,15 @@ public class MsSpecificEidasNodeSpringResourceProvider implements SpringResource
 
   @Override
   public Resource[] getResourcesToLoad() {
-    final ClassPathResource msEidasNode = new ClassPathResource("/specific_eIDAS_connector.beans.xml",
-        MsSpecificEidasNodeSpringResourceProvider.class);
+    final ClassPathResource generic =
+        new ClassPathResource("/applicationContext.xml", MsSpecificEidasNodeSpringResourceProvider.class);
+    
+    final ClassPathResource msEidasNode = new ClassPathResource(
+        "/specific_eIDAS_connector.beans.xml", MsSpecificEidasNodeSpringResourceProvider.class);
+    
     final ClassPathResource msEidasNodeStorage = new ClassPathResource(
         "/specific_eIDAS_connector.storage.beans.xml", MsSpecificEidasNodeSpringResourceProvider.class);
-    return new Resource[] { msEidasNode, msEidasNodeStorage };
+    return new Resource[] { generic, msEidasNode, msEidasNodeStorage };
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsSpecificSpringBootApplicationContextInitializer.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsSpecificSpringBootApplicationContextInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5160bdf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsSpecificSpringBootApplicationContextInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.env.MutablePropertySources;
+import org.springframework.core.env.PropertiesPropertySource;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.components.spring.api.SpringBootApplicationContextInitializer;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class MsSpecificSpringBootApplicationContextInitializer extends
+    SpringBootApplicationContextInitializer {
+
+  private static final String SYSTEMD_PROP_NAME = "eidas.ms.configuration";
+  private static final String PATH_FILE_PREFIX = "file:";
+  
+  @Override
+  public void initialize(ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext) {    
+    String configPath = System.getProperty(SYSTEMD_PROP_NAME);
+    if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(configPath)) {
+      log.debug("Find configuration-source from SystemD Property: '{}' ...", SYSTEMD_PROP_NAME);      
+      if (configPath.startsWith(PATH_FILE_PREFIX)) {
+        configPath = configPath.substring(PATH_FILE_PREFIX.length());
+        
+      }      
+      injectConfiguration(configPath, applicationContext);            
+
+    } else {
+      log.info("Find NO SystemD Property: '{}' Maybe no configuration available", SYSTEMD_PROP_NAME);
+      
+    }
+    
+    super.initialize(applicationContext);
+    
+  }
+  
+  private void injectConfiguration(String configPath, ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext) {
+    InputStream is = null;
+    try {
+      Path path = Paths.get(configPath);
+      if (Files.exists(path)) {
+        File file = new File(configPath);             
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        is = new FileInputStream(file);
+        props.load(is);      
+        MutablePropertySources sources = applicationContext.getEnvironment().getPropertySources();       
+        sources.addFirst(new PropertiesPropertySource(SYSTEMD_PROP_NAME, props));
+        log.info("Set configuration-source from SystemD-Property: {}", SYSTEMD_PROP_NAME);
+      
+      } else {
+        log.error("Configuration from SystemD Property: '{}' at Location: {} DOES NOT exist", 
+            SYSTEMD_PROP_NAME, configPath);
+        
+      }
+      
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      log.error("Configuration from SystemD Property: '{}' at Location: {} CAN NOT be loaded", 
+          SYSTEMD_PROP_NAME, configPath, e);
+      
+    } finally {
+      try {
+        if (is != null) {
+          is.close();
+          
+        }        
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        log.error("Can not close InputStream of configLoader: {}", configPath, e);
+        
+      }
+    }        
+  }
+}
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringBootApplicationInitializer.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringBootApplicationInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d3226bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringBootApplicationInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.LogMessageProviderFactory;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.SimpleStatusMessager;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+@SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = {"at.gv.egiz.eaaf.utils.springboot.ajp"})
+public class SpringBootApplicationInitializer {
+
+  private static ConfigurableApplicationContext ctx;
+
+  /**
+   * Starts MS-specific eIDAS-Implementation SpringBoot application.
+   *
+   * @param args Starting parameters
+   */
+  public static void main(final String[] args) {
+    try {
+      log.info("=============== Initializing Spring-Boot context! ===============");
+      LogMessageProviderFactory.setStatusMessager(new SimpleStatusMessager());
+      final SpringApplication springApp =
+          new SpringApplication(SpringBootApplicationInitializer.class);
+      springApp.addInitializers(new MsSpecificSpringBootApplicationContextInitializer());
+
+      log.debug("Run SpringBoot initialization process ... ");
+      ctx = springApp.run(args);
+
+      log.info("Initialization of MS-specific eIDAS-Implementation finished.");
+
+    } catch (final Throwable e) {
+      log.error("MS-specific eIDAS-Implementation initialization FAILED!", e);
+      throw e;
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stops SpringBoot application of MS-specific eIDAS-Implementation.
+   * 
+   */
+  public static void exit() {
+    if (ctx != null) {
+      log.info("Stopping SpringBoot application ... ");
+      SpringApplication.exit(ctx, () -> 0);
+      ctx = null;
+      
+    } else {
+      log.info("No SpringBoot context. Nothing todo");
+      
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringContextCloseHandler.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringContextCloseHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a3b659a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringContextCloseHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.context.event.ContextClosedEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskScheduler;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.components.spring.api.IDestroyableObject;
+import eu.eidas.auth.cache.IgniteInstanceInitializerSpecificCommunication;
+
+/**
+ * SpringContext CloseHandler.
+ *
+ * @author tlenz
+ *
+ */
+
+public class SpringContextCloseHandler
+    implements ApplicationListener<ContextClosedEvent>, ApplicationContextAware, BeanPostProcessor {
+
+  private static final Logger log =
+      org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger(SpringContextCloseHandler.class);
+
+  private ApplicationContext context;
+
+  /*
+   * (non-Javadoc)
+   *
+   * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener#onApplicationEvent(org.
+   * springframework.context. ApplicationEvent)
+   */
+  @Override
+  @EventListener
+  public void onApplicationEvent(final ContextClosedEvent arg0) {
+    log.info("MS-specific eIDAS-Node shutdown process started ...");
+
+    try {
+      log.debug("CleanUp objects with implements the IDestroyable interface ... ");
+      final Map<String, IDestroyableObject> objectsToDestroy =
+          context.getBeansOfType(IDestroyableObject.class);
+      internalIDestroyableObject(objectsToDestroy);
+      log.info("Object cleanUp complete");
+
+      log.debug("Stopping Spring Thread-Pools ... ");
+      // shut-down task schedulers
+      final Map<String, ThreadPoolTaskScheduler> schedulers =
+          context.getBeansOfType(ThreadPoolTaskScheduler.class);
+      internalThreadPoolTaskScheduler(schedulers);
+
+      // shut-down task executors
+      final Map<String, ThreadPoolTaskExecutor> executers =
+          context.getBeansOfType(ThreadPoolTaskExecutor.class);
+      internalThreadPoolTaskExecutor(executers);
+      log.debug("Spring Thread-Pools stopped");
+      
+      
+      //clean-up eIDAS node
+      Map<String, IgniteInstanceInitializerSpecificCommunication> nodeIgnite = 
+          context.getBeansOfType(IgniteInstanceInitializerSpecificCommunication.class);
+      log.info("Find #{} Apache Ignite instances from eIDAS Ref. impl.", nodeIgnite.size());
+      for (Entry<String, IgniteInstanceInitializerSpecificCommunication> el : nodeIgnite.entrySet()) {
+        if (el.getValue().getInstance() != null) {
+          el.getValue().getInstance().close();
+          el.getValue().destroyInstance();
+          log.debug("Shutdown Apache-Ignite: {}", el.getKey());
+          
+        }        
+      }
+            
+      log.info("MS-specific eIDAS-Node shutdown process finished");
+
+    } catch (final Exception e) {
+      log.warn("MS-specific eIDAS-Node shutdown process has an error.", e);
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * (non-Javadoc)
+   *
+   * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#
+   * postProcessAfterInitialization(java. lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(final Object arg0, final String arg1)
+      throws BeansException {
+    if (arg0 instanceof ThreadPoolTaskScheduler) {
+      ((ThreadPoolTaskScheduler) arg0).setWaitForTasksToCompleteOnShutdown(true);
+    }
+    if (arg0 instanceof ThreadPoolTaskExecutor) {
+      ((ThreadPoolTaskExecutor) arg0).setWaitForTasksToCompleteOnShutdown(true);
+    }
+    return arg0;
+
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * (non-Javadoc)
+   *
+   * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#
+   * postProcessBeforeInitialization(java .lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(final Object arg0, final String arg1)
+      throws BeansException {
+    return arg0;
+
+  }
+
+  /*
+   * (non-Javadoc)
+   *
+   * @see
+   * org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware#setApplicationContext(org
+   * .springframework. context.ApplicationContext)
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void setApplicationContext(final ApplicationContext arg0) throws BeansException {
+    this.context = arg0;
+
+  }
+
+  private void internalThreadPoolTaskExecutor(final Map<String, ThreadPoolTaskExecutor> executers) {
+    for (final ThreadPoolTaskExecutor executor : executers.values()) {
+      // Not needed yet
+      // int retryCount = 0;
+      // while(executor.getActiveCount()>0 && ++retryCount<51){
+      // try {
+      // log.debug("Executer {} is still working with active {} work. Retry count is
+      // {}",
+      // executor.getThreadNamePrefix(),
+      // executor.getActiveCount(),
+      // retryCount);
+      // Thread.sleep(1000);
+      //
+      // } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
+      // e.printStackTrace();
+      // }
+      // }
+      //
+      // if(!(retryCount<51))
+      // log.debug("Executer {} is still working. Since Retry count exceeded max value
+      // {}, will be
+      // killed immediately",
+      // executor.getThreadNamePrefix(),
+      // retryCount);
+
+      executor.shutdown();
+      log.debug("Executer {} with active {} work has killed", executor.getThreadNamePrefix(),
+          executor.getActiveCount());
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  // Not required at the moment
+  private void internalThreadPoolTaskScheduler(
+      final Map<String, ThreadPoolTaskScheduler> schedulers) {
+    log.trace("Stopping #{} task-schedulers", schedulers.size());
+
+    // for (final ThreadPoolTaskScheduler scheduler : schedulers.values()) {
+    // scheduler.getScheduledExecutor().shutdown();
+    // try {
+    // scheduler.getScheduledExecutor().awaitTermination(20000,
+    // TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+    // if(scheduler.getScheduledExecutor().isTerminated() ||
+    // scheduler.getScheduledExecutor().isShutdown())
+    // log.debug("Scheduler {} has stoped", scheduler.getThreadNamePrefix());
+    //
+    // else{
+    // log.debug("Scheduler {} has not stoped normally and will be shut down
+    // immediately",
+    // scheduler.getThreadNamePrefix());
+    // scheduler.getScheduledExecutor().shutdownNow();
+    // log.info("Scheduler {} has shut down immediately",
+    // scheduler.getThreadNamePrefix());
+    //
+    // }
+    //
+    // } catch (final IllegalStateException e) {
+    // e.printStackTrace();
+    //
+    // } catch (final InterruptedException e) {
+    // e.printStackTrace();
+    //
+    // } finally {
+    // scheduler.shutdown();
+    //
+    // }
+    // }
+
+  }
+
+  private void internalIDestroyableObject(final Map<String, IDestroyableObject> objectsToDestroy) {
+    if (objectsToDestroy != null) {
+      final Iterator<Entry<String, IDestroyableObject>> interator =
+          objectsToDestroy.entrySet().iterator();
+      while (interator.hasNext()) {
+        final Entry<String, IDestroyableObject> object = interator.next();
+        try {
+          object.getValue().fullyDestroy();
+          log.debug("Object with ID: {} is destroyed", object.getKey());
+
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+          log.warn("Destroing object with ID: {} FAILED!", object.getKey(), null, e);
+
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/StaticResourceConfiguration.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/StaticResourceConfiguration.java
index 2a10031b..a1e953f1 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/StaticResourceConfiguration.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/StaticResourceConfiguration.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.config;
 
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -35,11 +36,11 @@ import org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceHandlerRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.CookieLocaleResolver;
 import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.FileTemplateResolver;
 
 import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.MsEidasNodeConstants;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.logging.IMessageSourceLocation;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.FileUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -90,43 +91,63 @@ public class StaticResourceConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Internal i18n message source.
-   * 
+   * Get a message source with only internal message properties.
+   *
+   * @param ressourceLocations List of source-locations
    * @return
    */
   @Bean
-  public ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource internalMessageSource() {
-    final ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource = new ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource();
+  public ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource internalMessageSource(
+      @Autowired(required = false) final List<IMessageSourceLocation> ressourceLocations) {
+    final ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource =
+        new ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource();
 
     // add default message source
     messageSource.setBasename(DEFAULT_MESSAGE_SOURCE);
+
+    if (ressourceLocations != null) {
+      // load more message sources
+      for (final IMessageSourceLocation el : ressourceLocations) {
+        if (el.getMessageSourceLocation() != null) {
+          for (final String source : el.getMessageSourceLocation()) {
+            messageSource.addBasenames(source);
+            log.debug("Add additional messageSources: {}", el.getMessageSourceLocation().toArray());
+
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     messageSource.setDefaultEncoding("UTF-8");
     return messageSource;
 
   }
 
   /**
-   * External i18n message source.
-   * 
+   * Get full message source with internal and external message-properties files.
+   *
+   * @param ressourceLocations List of source-locations
    * @return
    */
   @Bean
-  public ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource() {
-    final ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource = new ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource();
+  public ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource(
+      @Autowired(required = false) final List<IMessageSourceLocation> ressourceLocations) {
+    final ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource messageSource =
+        new ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource();
     messageSource.setDefaultEncoding("UTF-8");
-    messageSource.setParentMessageSource(internalMessageSource());
+    messageSource.setParentMessageSource(internalMessageSource(ressourceLocations));
 
-    final String staticResources = basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
-        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_WEBCONTENT_PROPERTIES_PATH);
+    final String staticResources = basicConfig
+        .getBasicConfiguration(MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_WEBCONTENT_PROPERTIES_PATH);
     try {
       if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(staticResources)) {
-        final String absPath = FileUtils.makeAbsoluteUrl(staticResources, basicConfig
-            .getConfigurationRootDirectory());
+        final String absPath =
+            FileUtils.makeAbsoluteUrl(staticResources, basicConfig.getConfigurationRootDirectory());
         messageSource.setBasename(absPath);
-        messageSource.setFallbackToSystemLocale(false);
 
       } else {
         log.debug("No Ressourcefolder for dynamic Web content templates");
+
       }
 
     } catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
@@ -137,40 +158,28 @@ public class StaticResourceConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer {
     return messageSource;
 
   }
-
+    
   /**
-   * Cookie based i18n language selector.
-   * 
-   * @return
-   */
-  @Bean
-  public CookieLocaleResolver localeResolver() {
-    final CookieLocaleResolver localeResolver = new CookieLocaleResolver();
-    localeResolver.setCookieName("currentLanguage");
-    localeResolver.setCookieMaxAge(3600);
-    return localeResolver;
-  }
-  
-  
-  /**
-   * Thymeleaf based template resolver.
-   * 
+   * Get a Tyhmeleaf Template-Resolver with external configuration path.
+   *
    * @return
    */
   @Bean(name = "templateResolver")
   public FileTemplateResolver templateResolver() {
-    final String staticResources = basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration(
-        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_WEBCONTENT_TEMPLATES_PATH);
+    final String staticResources = basicConfig
+        .getBasicConfiguration(MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_WEBCONTENT_TEMPLATES_PATH);
     try {
       if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(staticResources)) {
-        String absPath = FileUtils.makeAbsoluteUrl(staticResources, basicConfig
-            .getConfigurationRootDirectory());
+        String absPath =
+            FileUtils.makeAbsoluteUrl(staticResources, basicConfig.getConfigurationRootDirectory());
         if (!absPath.endsWith("/")) {
           absPath += "/";
+
         }
 
         if (absPath.startsWith("file:")) {
           absPath = absPath.substring("file:".length());
+
         }
 
         final FileTemplateResolver viewResolver = new FileTemplateResolver();
@@ -179,11 +188,12 @@ public class StaticResourceConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer {
         viewResolver.setTemplateMode("HTML");
         viewResolver.setCacheable(false);
 
-        log.info("Add Ressourcefolder: " + absPath + " for dynamic Web content templates");
+        log.info("Add Ressourcefolder: {} for dynamic Web content templates", absPath);
         return viewResolver;
 
       } else {
         log.debug("No Ressourcefolder for dynamic Web content templates");
+
       }
 
     } catch (final MalformedURLException e) {
@@ -191,8 +201,7 @@ public class StaticResourceConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
     }
 
-    // TODO: implement some backup solution
-    return null;
+    throw new RuntimeException("Can NOT initialize HTML template resolver");
 
   }
 }
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/storage/SimpleInMemoryTransactionStorage.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/storage/SimpleInMemoryTransactionStorage.java
index 26d442cb..3bda2932 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/storage/SimpleInMemoryTransactionStorage.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/storage/SimpleInMemoryTransactionStorage.java
@@ -33,13 +33,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.storage.ITransactionStorage;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafStorageException;
 
-@Service("SimpleInMemoryTransactionStorage")
 public class SimpleInMemoryTransactionStorage implements ITransactionStorage {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SimpleInMemoryTransactionStorage.class);
 
diff --git a/connector/src/main/resources/application.properties b/connector/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cb0c83a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+## Set Spring-Boot profile-configuration to 2.3 style
+spring.config.use-legacy-processing=true
+
+## ApplicationServer configuration 
+server.servlet.contextPath=/ms_connector
+#server.port=7080
+
+app.build.artifactId=ms_connector
+
+
+#############################################################################
+## SpringBoot Admin client
+spring.boot.admin.client.enabled=false
+
+
+#############################################################################
+## MS-speccific eIDAS-Connector configuration
+#proxy.context.url.prefix=
+eidas.ms.context.url.request.validation=false
+#proxy.configRootDir=file:/.../config/
+eidas.ms.context.use.clustermode=true
+
+
+##Monitoring
+eidas.ms.monitoring.eIDASNode.metadata.url=
+
+
+##Specific logger configuration
+eidas.ms.technicallog.write.MDS.into.techlog=true
+eidas.ms.revisionlog.write.MDS.into.revisionlog=true
+eidas.ms.revisionlog.logIPAddressOfUser=true
+
+
+##Directory for static Web content
+eidas.ms.webcontent.static.directory=webcontent/
+eidas.ms.webcontent.templates=templates/
+eidas.ms.webcontent.properties=properties/messages
+eidas.ms.webcontent.templates.countryselection=countrySelection.html
+
+
+## extended validation of pending-request Id's
+eidas.ms.core.pendingrequestid.maxlifetime=300
+eidas.ms.core.pendingrequestid.digist.algorithm=HmacSHA256
+#eidas.ms.core.pendingrequestid.digist.secret=pendingReqIdSecret
+
+
+## eIDAS Ref. Implementation connector ###
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.entityId=ownSpecificConnector
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.forward.endpoint=
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.forward.method=POST
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.countrycode=AT
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.publicSectorTargets=.*
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.workarounds.addAlwaysProviderName=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.workarounds.useRequestIdAsTransactionIdentifier=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.workarounds.useStaticProviderNameForPublicSPs=true
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.loa.requested.minimum=http://eidas.europa.eu/LoA/substantial
+
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.useTestService=true
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.endpoint.prod=
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.endpoint.test=http://localhost:1234/demoszr
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.keyStore.path=keys/junit.jks
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.keyStore.password=password
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.trustStore.path=
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.trustStore.password=
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.timeout.connection=15
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.timeout.response=30
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.vkz=
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.useSZRForbPKCalculation=false
+
+
+# tech. AuthBlock signing for E-ID process
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.password=f/+saJBc3a}*/T^s
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.friendlyName=connectorkeypair
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.path=keys/teststore.jks
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.type=jks
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.key.alias=connectorkeypair
+#eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.key.password=f/+saJBc3a}*/T^s
+
+
+#Raw eIDAS Id data storage
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.workarounds.eidmapping.revisionlog.active=true
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.setPlaceOfBirthIfAvailable=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.setBirthNameIfAvailable=true
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.logfullmessages=false
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.useDummySolution=false
+
+##without mandates
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.onlynatural.0=PersonIdentifier,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.onlynatural.1=FamilyName,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.onlynatural.2=FirstName,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.onlynatural.3=DateOfBirth,true
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.de.onlynatural.4=PlaceOfBirth,false
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.de.onlynatural.5=BirthName,false
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.de.onlynatural.6=Gender,false
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.de.onlynatural.7=CurrentAddress,false
+
+##with mandates ---- NOT FULLY SUPPORTED AT THE MOMENT -----
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.0=PersonIdentifier,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.1=FamilyName,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.2=FirstName,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.3=DateOfBirth,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.4=LegalPerson,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.5=LegalName,true
+
+
+## PVP2 S-Profile end-point configuration
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.keystore.type=jks
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.keystore.path=keys/junit.jks
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.keystore.password=password
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.key.metadata.alias=meta
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.key.metadata.password=password
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.key.signing.alias=sig
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.key.signing.password=password
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.validity=24
+
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.organisation.name=JUnit
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.organisation.friendyname=For testing with jUnit
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.organisation.url=http://junit.test
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.contact.givenname=Max
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.contact.surname=Mustermann
+#eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.contact.email=max@junit.test
+
+
+## Service Provider configuration
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.uniqueID=https://demo.egiz.gv.at/demoportal_moaid-2.0/sp/eidas/metadata
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.pvp2.metadata.truststore=keys/junit.jks
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.pvp2.metadata.truststore.password=password
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.friendlyName=jUnit test
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.pvp2.metadata.url=
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.policy.allowed.requested.targets=.*
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.policy.hasBaseIdTransferRestriction=false
+
+
+##only for advanced config
+eidas.ms.configuration.sp.disableRegistrationRequirement=
+#eidas.ms.configuration.restrictions.baseID.spTransmission=
+eidas.ms.configuration.auth.default.countrycode=
+eidas.ms.configuration.pvp.scheme.validation=
+eidas.ms.configuration.pvp.enable.entitycategories=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/connector/src/main/resources/applicationContext.xml b/connector/src/main/resources/applicationContext.xml
index 76682a2e..8a21e68f 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/resources/applicationContext.xml
+++ b/connector/src/main/resources/applicationContext.xml
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd">
 
   <context:annotation-config />
-  <mvc:annotation-driven />
+  <context:component-scan base-package="at.gv.egiz.eaaf.utils.springboot.ajp"/>
 
+<!--
+  <context:annotation-config />
+  <mvc:annotation-driven />
   <mvc:default-servlet-handler />
-
+-->
+    
   <mvc:interceptors>
     <bean
       class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.interceptor.WebFrontEndSecurityInterceptor" />
@@ -27,13 +31,24 @@
     </bean>
   </mvc:interceptors>
 
+  <bean id="springContextClosingHandler"
+        class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.SpringContextCloseHandler" />
+
+<!-- 
   <context:property-placeholder
     location="${eidas.ms.configuration}" />
+  -->
 
+  <beans profile="!springBoot">
   <bean id="BasicMSSpecificNodeConfig"
     class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.config.BasicConfigurationProvider">
-    <constructor-arg
-      value="#{systemProperties['eidas.ms.configuration']}" />
+    <constructor-arg value="#{systemProperties['eidas.ms.configuration']}" />
   </bean>
+  </beans>
+  <beans profile="springBoot">
+    <bean id="springBootMsSpecificNodeConfig"
+          class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.config.SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider" />
+          
+  </beans>
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/connector/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/connector/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 81e54aae..00000000
--- a/connector/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# commons-logging setup
-org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory=org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Log4jFactory
-
-# define log4j root loggers
-log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout, console
-
-log4j.logger.at.gv.egiz.eaaf=info, msnode
-log4j.logger.at.gv.egiz.eidas.specific=info, msnode
-log4j.logger.at.gv.egiz.eidas.specific.connector.logger.RevisionLogger=info, reversion
-log4j.logger.at.gv.egiz.eidas.specific.connector.logger.StatisticLogger=info, statistic
-log4j.logger.eu.eidas=info, EIDASNODE
-
-log4j.additivity.at.gv.egiz.eidas.specific=false
-log4j.additivity.at.gv.egiz.eidas.specific.connector.logger.RevisionLogger=false
-log4j.additivity.at.gv.egiz.eidas.specific.connector.logger.StatisticLogger=false
-log4j.additivity.eu.eidas=false
-
-log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p | %d{dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} | %20c |  %10t | %m%n
-
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.File=${catalina.base}/logs/console.log
-log4j.appender.stdout.MaxFileSize=10000KB
-log4j.appender.stdout.MaxBackupIndex=9999
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p | %d{dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} | %t | %m%n
-
-log4j.appender.msnode=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.msnode.File=${catalina.base}/logs/eidas-ms-reversion.log
-log4j.appender.msnode.MaxFileSize=10000KB
-log4j.appender.msnode.MaxBackupIndex=9999
-log4j.appender.msnode.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.msnode.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p | %d{dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} | %t | %m%n
-
-log4j.appender.reversion=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.reversion.File=${catalina.base}/logs/eidas-ms-reversion.log
-log4j.appender.reversion.MaxFileSize=10000KB
-log4j.appender.reversion.MaxBackupIndex=9999
-log4j.appender.reversion.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.reversion.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p | %d{dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} | %t | %m%n
-
-log4j.appender.statistic=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.statistic.File=${catalina.base}/logs/eidas-ms-statistic.log
-log4j.appender.statistic.MaxFileSize=10000KB
-log4j.appender.statistic.MaxBackupIndex=9999
-log4j.appender.statistic.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.statistic.layout.ConversionPattern=%m%n
-
-log4j.appender.EIDASNODE=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.EIDASNODE.File=${catalina.base}/logs/eIDAS_node.log
-log4j.appender.EIDASNODE.MaxFileSize=10000KB
-log4j.appender.EIDASNODE.MaxBackupIndex=9999
-log4j.appender.EIDASNODE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.EIDASNODE.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p | %d{dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} | %t | %m%n
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/connector/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/connector/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index a0a9995e..7aa2d0cc 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/connector/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
   <appender name="msnode"
     class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
     <!--See also http://logback.qos.ch/manual/appenders.html#RollingFileAppender -->
-    <File>${catalina.base}/logs/eidas-ms-reversion.log</File>
+    <File>logs/eidas-ms-specific.log</File>
     <encoder>
       <pattern>%5p | %d{dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} | %t | %m%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
     <rollingPolicy
       class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
       <maxIndex>9999</maxIndex>
-      <FileNamePattern>${catalina.base}/logs/eidas-ms-reversion.log.%i
+      <FileNamePattern>logs/eidas-ms-specific.log.%i
       </FileNamePattern>
     </rollingPolicy>
     <triggeringPolicy
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
   <appender name="EIDASNODE"
     class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
     <!--See also http://logback.qos.ch/manual/appenders.html#RollingFileAppender -->
-    <File>${catalina.base}/logs/eIDAS_node.log</File>
+    <File>logs/eIDAS_node.log</File>
     <encoder>
       <pattern>%5p | %d{dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} | %t | %m%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
     <rollingPolicy
       class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
       <maxIndex>9999</maxIndex>
-      <FileNamePattern>${catalina.base}/logs/eIDAS_node.log.%i
+      <FileNamePattern>logs/eIDAS_node.log.%i
       </FileNamePattern>
     </rollingPolicy>
     <triggeringPolicy
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@
   <appender name="reversion"
     class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
     <!--See also http://logback.qos.ch/manual/appenders.html#RollingFileAppender -->
-    <File>${catalina.base}/logs/eidas-ms-reversion.log</File>
+    <File>logs/eidas-ms-reversion.log</File>
     <encoder>
       <pattern>%5p | %d{dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} | %t | %m%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
     <rollingPolicy
       class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
       <maxIndex>9999</maxIndex>
-      <FileNamePattern>${catalina.base}/logs/eidas-ms-reversion.log.%i
+      <FileNamePattern>logs/eidas-ms-reversion.log.%i
       </FileNamePattern>
     </rollingPolicy>
     <triggeringPolicy
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
   <appender name="statistic"
     class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
     <!--See also http://logback.qos.ch/manual/appenders.html#RollingFileAppender -->
-    <File>${catalina.base}/logs/eidas-ms-statistic.log</File>
+    <File>logs/eidas-ms-statistic.log</File>
     <encoder>
       <pattern>%m%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
     <rollingPolicy
       class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
       <maxIndex>9999</maxIndex>
-      <FileNamePattern>${catalina.base}/logs/eidas-ms-statistic.log.%i
+      <FileNamePattern>logs/eidas-ms-statistic.log.%i
       </FileNamePattern>
     </rollingPolicy>
     <triggeringPolicy
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@
   <appender name="stdout"
     class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
     <!--See also http://logback.qos.ch/manual/appenders.html#RollingFileAppender -->
-    <File>${catalina.base}/logs/console.log</File>
+    <File>logs/console.log</File>
     <encoder>
       <pattern>%5p | %d{dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} | %t | %m%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
     <rollingPolicy
       class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.FixedWindowRollingPolicy">
       <maxIndex>9999</maxIndex>
-      <FileNamePattern>${catalina.base}/logs/console.log.%i
+      <FileNamePattern>logs/console.log.%i
       </FileNamePattern>
     </rollingPolicy>
     <triggeringPolicy
diff --git a/connector/src/main/resources/specific_eIDAS_connector.beans.xml b/connector/src/main/resources/specific_eIDAS_connector.beans.xml
index 5cf0d5b8..aa5040fa 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/resources/specific_eIDAS_connector.beans.xml
+++ b/connector/src/main/resources/specific_eIDAS_connector.beans.xml
@@ -11,17 +11,15 @@
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
     http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc.xsd">
 
-  <context:annotation-config />
-  <mvc:annotation-driven />
-  <mvc:default-servlet-handler />
+  <import resource="common_gui.beans.xml"/>
 
   <bean id="WebResourceConfiguration"
     class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.config.StaticResourceConfiguration" />
 
-  <bean id="ProcessEngineSignalController"
+  <bean id="processEngineSignalController"
     class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.controller.ProcessEngineSignalController" />
 
-  <bean id="MonitoringController"
+  <bean id="monitoringController"
     class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.controller.MonitoringController">
     <property name="pvpIdpCredentials">
       <ref bean="PVPEndPointCredentialProvider" />
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@
   <bean id="PVPMetadataConfigurationFactory"
     class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.provider.PvpMetadataConfigurationFactory" />
 
-  <bean id="PVP2XProtocol"
+  <bean id="pvp2SProfileEndpoint"
     class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.controller.Pvp2SProfileEndpoint">
     <property name="pvpIdpCredentials">
       <ref bean="PVPEndPointCredentialProvider" />
@@ -96,17 +94,6 @@
   <bean id="mvcGUIBuilderImpl"
     class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.gui.SpringMvcGuiFormBuilderImpl" />
 
-  <bean id="templateEngine"
-    class="org.thymeleaf.spring5.SpringTemplateEngine">
-    <property name="templateResolver" ref="templateResolver" />
-  </bean>
-
-  <bean class="org.thymeleaf.spring5.view.ThymeleafViewResolver">
-    <property name="order" value="2" />
-    <property name="templateEngine" ref="templateEngine" />
-    <property name="characterEncoding" value="UTF-8" />
-  </bean>
-
   <bean id="StatusMessageProvider"
     class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.provider.StatusMessageProvider" />
 
diff --git a/connector/src/main/resources/tomcat.properties b/connector/src/main/resources/tomcat.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38ab5a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/resources/tomcat.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+tomcat.ajp.enabled=true
+#tomcat.ajp.port=41009
+#tomcat.ajp.additionalAttributes.secretrequired=true
+#tomcat.ajp.additionalAttributes.secret=
+
+server.tomcat.accesslog.buffered=false
+server.tomcat.accesslog.prefix=tomcat-access_log
+server.tomcat.accesslog.directory=logs/
+server.tomcat.accesslog.enabled=true
+server.tomcat.accesslog.file-date-format=.yyyy-MM-dd
+server.tomcat.accesslog.pattern=common
+server.tomcat.accesslog.rename-on-rotate=false
+server.tomcat.accesslog.request-attributes-enabled=true
+server.tomcat.accesslog.rotate=true
+server.tomcat.accesslog.suffix=.log
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/MainClassExecutableModeTest.java b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/MainClassExecutableModeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66147971
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/MainClassExecutableModeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.ignite.Ignition;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.SpringBootApplicationInitializer;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.DummyStatusMessager;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.LogMessageProviderFactory;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+@RunWith(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class MainClassExecutableModeTest {
+
+  /**
+   * jUnit class initializer.
+   * @throws InterruptedException In case of an error
+   *
+   */
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void classInitializer() throws InterruptedException {
+    final String current = new java.io.File(".").toURI().toString();
+    System.clearProperty("eidas.ms.configuration");
+    
+    //eIDAS Ref. Impl. properties
+    System.setProperty("EIDAS_CONFIG_REPOSITORY", current.substring("file:".length())
+        + "../basicConfig/eIDAS/");
+    System.setProperty("SPECIFIC_CONNECTOR_CONFIG_REPOSITORY", current.substring("file:".length())
+        + "../basicConfig/eIDAS/");
+    System.setProperty("SPECIFIC_PROXY_SERVICE_CONFIG_REPOSITORY", current.substring("file:".length())
+        + "../basicConfig/eIDAS/");
+        
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Initializer.
+   * @throws InterruptedException In case of an error 
+   *
+   */
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void closeIgniteNode() throws InterruptedException {
+    System.out.println("Closing Ignite Node ... ");
+    
+    log.info("Stopping already running Apache Ignite nodes ... ");
+    Ignition.stopAll(true);    
+    Thread.sleep(1000);
+    
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Test reseter.
+   *
+   */
+  @After
+  public void cleanJvmState() throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException,
+      IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+    final Field field = LogMessageProviderFactory.class.getDeclaredField("internalMessager");
+    field.setAccessible(true);
+    field.set(null, new DummyStatusMessager());
+    
+    System.clearProperty("eidas.ms.configuration");
+    SpringBootApplicationInitializer.exit();
+    
+  }
+  
+   
+  @Test
+  public void validConfigLocation() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+    SpringBootApplicationInitializer
+        .main(new String[] {
+            "--spring.config.location=src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1_springboot.properties,classpath:/application.properties",
+            "--spring.profiles.active=jUnitTestMode,springBoot" });
+
+    System.out.println("Is started!");
+
+    // test Spring-Actuator http Basic-Auth
+    testSpringActuatorSecurity();
+
+  }
+
+  private void testSpringActuatorSecurity() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+    // check if authentication works on actuator end-point
+    final HttpClientBuilder builder = HttpClients.custom();
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = builder.build();
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+    final HttpUriRequest httpGet1 = new HttpGet("http://localhost:8080/ms_connector/actuator/info");
+    final CloseableHttpResponse httpResp1 = client.execute(httpGet1);
+    Assert.assertEquals("http statusCode", 200, httpResp1.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/MainClassWebAppModeTest.java b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/MainClassWebAppModeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..265edfb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/MainClassWebAppModeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.ignite.Ignition;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.SpringBootApplicationInitializer;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.DummyStatusMessager;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.LogMessageProviderFactory;
+
+@RunWith(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class MainClassWebAppModeTest {
+
+  /**
+   * jUnit class initializer.
+   *
+   */
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void classInitializer() {
+    final String current = new java.io.File(".").toURI().toString();
+    
+    //eIDAS Ref. Impl. properties
+    System.setProperty("EIDAS_CONFIG_REPOSITORY", current.substring("file:".length())
+        + "../basicConfig/eIDAS/");
+    System.setProperty("SPECIFIC_CONNECTOR_CONFIG_REPOSITORY", current.substring("file:".length())
+        + "../basicConfig/eIDAS/");
+    System.setProperty("SPECIFIC_PROXY_SERVICE_CONFIG_REPOSITORY", current.substring("file:".length())
+        + "../basicConfig/eIDAS/");
+    
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Initializer.
+   *
+   */
+  @AfterClass
+  public static void closeIgniteNode() {
+    System.out.println("Closing Ignite Node ... ");
+    Ignition.stopAll(true);
+    
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Test reseter.
+   *
+   */
+  @After
+  public void cleanJvmState() throws NoSuchFieldException, SecurityException,
+      IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+    final Field field = LogMessageProviderFactory.class.getDeclaredField("internalMessager");
+    field.setAccessible(true);
+    field.set(null, new DummyStatusMessager());
+
+    System.clearProperty("eidas.ms.configuration");
+    SpringBootApplicationInitializer.exit();
+       
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void wrongConfigLocation() {
+    //MS-specific connector property
+    final String current = new java.io.File(".").toURI().toString();
+    System.setProperty("eidas.ms.configuration", current
+        + "src/test/resources/config/notextist.properties");
+    
+    try {
+    //starting application
+      SpringBootApplicationInitializer
+          .main(new String[] {
+              "--spring.profiles.active=jUnitTestMode,springBoot" });
+      Assert.fail("Missing configuration not detected");
+
+    } catch (final Exception e) {
+      Assert.assertNotNull("Exception is null", e);      
+
+    }
+  }
+  
+  
+  @Test
+  public void systemdConfigLocation() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {    
+    //MS-specific connector property
+    final String current = new java.io.File(".").toURI().toString();
+    System.setProperty("eidas.ms.configuration", current
+        + "src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1_springboot.properties");
+        
+    //starting application
+    SpringBootApplicationInitializer
+        .main(new String[] {
+            "--spring.profiles.active=jUnitTestMode,springBoot" });
+
+    System.out.println("Is started!");
+
+    // test Spring-Actuator http Basic-Auth
+    testSpringActuatorSecurity();
+
+    
+    
+    
+  }
+  
+  private void testSpringActuatorSecurity() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+    // check if authentication works on actuator end-point
+    final HttpClientBuilder builder = HttpClients.custom();
+    final CloseableHttpClient client = builder.build();
+    Assert.assertNotNull("httpClient", client);
+
+    final HttpUriRequest httpGet1 = new HttpGet("http://localhost:8080/ms_connector/actuator/info");
+    final CloseableHttpResponse httpResp1 = client.execute(httpGet1);
+    Assert.assertEquals("http statusCode", 200, httpResp1.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/BasicConfigurationTest.java b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/config/BasicConfigurationTest.java
index 6e52f113..86342f99 100644
--- a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/BasicConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/config/BasicConfigurationTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test;
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test.config;
 
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
diff --git a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/AuthenticationDataBuilderTest.java b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/utils/AuthenticationDataBuilderTest.java
index 316dcb5f..87abb06f 100644
--- a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/AuthenticationDataBuilderTest.java
+++ b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/utils/AuthenticationDataBuilderTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test;
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test.utils;
 
 import static at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_NEW_EID_MODE;
 
diff --git a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/AuthnRequestValidatorTest.java b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/utils/AuthnRequestValidatorTest.java
index 389f561e..a9929a01 100644
--- a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/AuthnRequestValidatorTest.java
+++ b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/utils/AuthnRequestValidatorTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test;
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test.utils;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
diff --git a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/CountrySelectionProcessImplTest.java b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/utils/CountrySelectionProcessImplTest.java
index 455288f5..d0343eba 100644
--- a/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/CountrySelectionProcessImplTest.java
+++ b/connector/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/utils/CountrySelectionProcessImplTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test;
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test.utils;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
diff --git a/connector/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties b/connector/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties
index 78981b6a..429d3538 100644
--- a/connector/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties
+++ b/connector/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Basic service configuration
 eidas.ms.context.url.prefix=http://localhost
 eidas.ms.context.url.request.validation=false
+eidas.ms.core.configRootDir=file:./
 
 eidas.ms.context.use.clustermode=true
 
diff --git a/connector/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1_springboot.properties b/connector/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1_springboot.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7257df9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1_springboot.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+## embbeded Tomcat
+tomcat.workingdir=./target/work
+tomcat.ajp.enabled=true
+tomcat.ajp.port=8009
+tomcat.ajp.networkAddress=127.0.0.1
+tomcat.ajp.additionalAttributes.secretrequired=true
+tomcat.ajp.additionalAttributes.secret=junit
+
+## Basic service configuration
+eidas.ms.context.url.prefix=http://localhost
+eidas.ms.core.configRootDir=file:./src/test/resources/config/
+
+eidas.ms.context.use.clustermode=true
+
+##Monitoring
+eidas.ms.monitoring.eIDASNode.metadata.url=
+
+## extended validation of pending-request Id's
+eidas.ms.core.pendingrequestid.digist.secret=pendingReqIdSecret
+
+## eIDAS Ref. Implementation connector ###
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.forward.endpoint=
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.useTestService=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.endpoint.prod=
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.endpoint.test=http://localhost:1234/demoszr
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.keyStore.path=keys/junit.jks
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.keyStore.password=password
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.trustStore.path=
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.trustStore.password=
+
+#tech. AuthBlock signing for E-ID process
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.password=f/+saJBc3a}*/T^s
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.friendlyName=connectorkeypair
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.path=keys/teststore.jks
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.type=jks
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.key.alias=connectorkeypair
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.key.password=f/+saJBc3a}*/T^s
+
+
+#Raw eIDAS Id data storage
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.logfullmessages=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.useDummySolution=true
+
+
+
+## PVP2 S-Profile end-point configuration
+eidas.ms.pvp2.keystore.type=jks
+eidas.ms.pvp2.keystore.path=keys/junit.jks
+eidas.ms.pvp2.keystore.password=password
+eidas.ms.pvp2.key.metadata.alias=meta
+eidas.ms.pvp2.key.metadata.password=password
+eidas.ms.pvp2.key.signing.alias=sig
+eidas.ms.pvp2.key.signing.password=password
+eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.validity=24
+
+eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.organisation.name=JUnit
+eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.organisation.friendyname=For testing with jUnit
+eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.organisation.url=http://junit.test
+eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.contact.givenname=Max
+eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.contact.surname=Mustermann
+eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.contact.email=max@junit.test
+
+## Service Provider configuration
+eidas.ms.sp.0.uniqueID=https://demo.egiz.gv.at/demoportal_moaid-2.0/sp/eidas/metadata
+eidas.ms.sp.0.pvp2.metadata.truststore=keys/junit.jks
+eidas.ms.sp.0.pvp2.metadata.truststore.password=password
+eidas.ms.sp.0.friendlyName=jUnit test
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.pvp2.metadata.url=
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.policy.allowed.requested.targets=.*
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.policy.hasBaseIdTransferRestriction=false
+
+## Service Provider configuration
+eidas.ms.sp.1.uniqueID=https://demo.egiz.gv.at/junit_test
+eidas.ms.sp.1.pvp2.metadata.truststore=keys/junit.jks
+eidas.ms.sp.1.pvp2.metadata.truststore.password=password
+eidas.ms.sp.1.friendlyName=jUnit test
+eidas.ms.sp.1.pvp2.metadata.url=http://junit.test/metadata
+eidas.ms.sp.1.policy.allowed.requested.targets=test
+eidas.ms.sp.1.policy.hasBaseIdTransferRestriction=true
+
diff --git a/connector/src/test/resources/config/keys/teststore.jks b/connector/src/test/resources/config/keys/teststore.jks
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fcc6400c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/test/resources/config/keys/teststore.jks
diff --git a/connector_lib/pom.xml b/connector_lib/pom.xml
index b6a2e060..f24a2801 100644
--- a/connector_lib/pom.xml
+++ b/connector_lib/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
@@ -44,20 +48,20 @@
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>    
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
       <artifactId>eaaf_core_utils</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <type>test-jar</type>
-    </dependency>    
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
-        <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
-        <artifactId>eaaf-core</artifactId>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-        <type>test-jar</type>
-    </dependency> 
-    
+      <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>eaaf-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
-      
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
         <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsEidasNodeConstants.java b/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsEidasNodeConstants.java
index 8d1dcc0b..133f104d 100644
--- a/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsEidasNodeConstants.java
+++ b/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/MsEidasNodeConstants.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class MsEidasNodeConstants {
   
   
 
-  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX = "sp.";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX = "sp";
   public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER = EaafConfigConstants.SERVICE_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER;
   public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_FRIENDLYNAME = "friendlyName";
   public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_PVP2_METADATA_URL = "pvp2.metadata.url";
diff --git a/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/BasicConfigurationProvider.java b/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/BasicConfigurationProvider.java
index 355c63f2..8f15a12d 100644
--- a/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/BasicConfigurationProvider.java
+++ b/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/BasicConfigurationProvider.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.MsEidasNodeConstants;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.conf.AbstractConfigurationImpl;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.KeyValueUtils;
 
 @Service("BasicMSSpecificNodeConfig")
+@Profile("!springBoot")
 public class BasicConfigurationProvider extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BasicConfigurationProvider.class);
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ public class BasicConfigurationProvider extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
     if (!spConfigCache.containsKey(entityId)) {
       log.debug("SP: " + entityId + " is NOT cached. Starting load operation ...  ");
       final Map<String, String> allSPs = getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix(
-          MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX);
+          MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX + KeyValueUtils.KEY_DELIMITER);
       for (Entry<String, String> entry : allSPs.entrySet()) {
         if (entry.getKey().endsWith(MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER) 
             && entry.getValue().equals(entityId)) {
diff --git a/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider.java b/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76e2c01f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.config;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.ISpConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.conf.AbstractSpringBootConfigurationImpl;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.KeyValueUtils;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider extends AbstractSpringBootConfigurationImpl {
+
+  private final Map<String, ISpConfiguration> spConfigCache = new HashMap<>();
+  
+  @Override
+  public ISpConfiguration getServiceProviderConfiguration(String entityId) throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    if (!spConfigCache.containsKey(entityId)) {
+      log.debug("SP: " + entityId + " is NOT cached. Starting load operation ...  ");
+      final Map<String, String> allSPs = getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix(
+          MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX);
+      for (Entry<String, String> entry : allSPs.entrySet()) {
+        if (entry.getKey().endsWith(MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER) 
+            && entry.getValue().equals(entityId)) {
+          final String listId = KeyValueUtils.getParentKey(entry.getKey());
+          log.trace("Find SP configuration with list-Id: " + listId
+              + ". Extracting configuration elements ... ");
+          final Map<String, String> spConfig = KeyValueUtils.getSubSetWithPrefix(allSPs, listId
+              + KeyValueUtils.KEY_DELIMITER);
+          spConfigCache.put(entityId,
+              new ServiceProviderConfiguration(spConfig, this));
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (spConfigCache.containsKey(entityId)) {
+        log.info("SP: " + entityId + " is loaded. Continuing auth. process ... ");
+      } else {
+        log.warn("SP: " + entityId + " is NOT found in configuration. Stopping auth. process ... ");
+        return null;
+
+      }
+
+    } else {
+      log.trace("SP: " + entityId + " is already cached. Use configuration from there ... ");
+    }
+
+    return spConfigCache.get(entityId);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public <T> T getServiceProviderConfiguration(String entityId, Class<T> decorator)
+      throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    final ISpConfiguration spConfig = getServiceProviderConfiguration(entityId);
+    if (spConfig != null && decorator != null) {
+      if (decorator.isInstance(spConfig)) {
+        return (T) spConfig;
+      } else {
+        log.error("SPConfig: " + spConfig.getClass().getName() + " is NOT instance of: " + decorator
+            .getName());
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    return null;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String validateIdpUrl(URL url) throws EaafException {
+    log.trace("Validate requested URL: " + url);
+    String urlPrefixFromConfig = getBasicConfiguration(
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_PREFIX);
+    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(urlPrefixFromConfig)) {
+      log.warn("Application config containts NO URL prefix");
+      throw new EaafConfigurationException("config.27",
+          new Object[] { "Application config containts NO "
+              + getApplicationSpecificKeyPrefix()
+              + MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_PREFIX });
+
+    }
+
+    // remove last slash
+    if (urlPrefixFromConfig.endsWith("/")) {
+      urlPrefixFromConfig = urlPrefixFromConfig.substring(0, urlPrefixFromConfig.length() - 1);
+    }
+
+    if (getBasicConfigurationBoolean(
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_REQUEST_VALIDATION, false)) {
+      if (url != null && url.toExternalForm().startsWith(urlPrefixFromConfig)) {
+        return urlPrefixFromConfig;
+      }
+
+      log.info("URL: " + url + " does NOT match to allowed application prefix: " + urlPrefixFromConfig);
+      return null;
+
+    } else {
+      return urlPrefixFromConfig;
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getApplicationSpecificKeyPrefix() {
+    return MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PREFIX;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getBackupConfigPath() {
+    return null;
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/gui/DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl.java b/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/gui/DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl.java
index 7abc6fcb..e7ebc92f 100644
--- a/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/gui/DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl.java
+++ b/connector_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/gui/DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.IVelocityGuiBuilderConfiguration;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.GuiBuildException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.gui.AbstractVelocityGuiFormBuilderImpl;
 
-@Service("DefaultVelocityGUIBuilderImpl")
+@Service("velocityGUIBuilderImpl")
 public class DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl extends AbstractVelocityGuiFormBuilderImpl {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl.class);
 
diff --git a/connector_lib/src/main/resources/common_gui.beans.xml b/connector_lib/src/main/resources/common_gui.beans.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..969a40f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector_lib/src/main/resources/common_gui.beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+  xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
+  xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+  xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.1.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd 
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/task http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task-3.0.xsd">
+
+  <bean id="contentNegotiationManager"
+    class="org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean"
+    primary="true">
+    <property name="parameterName" value="mediaType" />
+    <property name="defaultContentType" value="application/json" />
+    <property name="useRegisteredExtensionsOnly" value="false" />
+    <property name="mediaTypes">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="json" value="application/json" />
+        <entry key="html" value="text/html" />
+      </map>
+    </property>
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean
+    class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
+    <property name="order" value="1" />
+    <property name="defaultViews">
+      <list>
+        <!-- JSON View -->
+        <bean
+          class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJackson2JsonView">
+          <property name="contentType" value="application/json" />
+        </bean>
+      </list>
+    </property>
+  </bean>
+
+
+  <bean id="templateEngine"
+    class="org.thymeleaf.spring5.SpringTemplateEngine">
+    <property name="templateResolver" ref="templateResolver" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean class="org.thymeleaf.spring5.view.ThymeleafViewResolver">
+    <property name="order" value="2" />
+    <property name="templateEngine" ref="templateEngine" />
+    <property name="characterEncoding" value="UTF-8" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean id="valitatorWithI18nSupport"
+    class="org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean">
+    <property name="validationMessageSource"
+      ref="messageSource" />
+  </bean>
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/connector_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProviderTest.java b/connector_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProviderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e7e7dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/test/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProviderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.test.config;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext.ClassMode;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.config.ServiceProviderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfigurationWithSP;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.ISpConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = {
+    "/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml"})
+@TestPropertySource(locations = { "/config/junit_config_1.properties" })
+@ActiveProfiles("springBoot")
+@DirtiesContext(classMode = ClassMode.BEFORE_CLASS)
+public class SpringBootBasicConfigurationProviderTest {
+
+ @Autowired private IConfigurationWithSP basicConfig;
+ 
+  @Test
+  public void configPropInfos() {
+    Assert.assertEquals("size", 2, MsEidasNodeConstants.COUNTRY_SELECTION_PARAM_WHITELIST.size());
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpNoExist() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5));
+    Assert.assertNull("spConfig", spConfig);
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpConfigBasicMode() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration("jUnitTest1");
+    
+    Assert.assertNotNull("spConfig", spConfig);
+    Assert.assertEquals("uniqueId", "jUnitTest1", spConfig.getUniqueIdentifier());
+    Assert.assertEquals("friendlyName", "NO FRIENDLYNAME SET", spConfig.getFriendlyName());
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.truststore", "", spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore"));
+    String test = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5);
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.password", "1234pass", 
+        spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore.password", test));
+    Assert.assertEquals("eidMode", true, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("newEidMode"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("notexistflag", false, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("notexist", false));
+    Assert.assertNotNull("fullConfig", spConfig.getFullConfiguration());
+    Assert.assertEquals("fullConfig", 4, spConfig.getFullConfiguration().size());
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpConfigAdvancedMode() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        "jUnitTest2", ServiceProviderConfiguration.class);
+    
+    Assert.assertNotNull("spConfig", spConfig);
+    Assert.assertEquals("uniqueId", "jUnitTest2", spConfig.getUniqueIdentifier());
+    Assert.assertEquals("friendlyName", "jUnit tester 2", spConfig.getFriendlyName());
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.truststore", "", spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore"));
+    String test = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5);
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.password", test, 
+        spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore.notexist", test));
+    Assert.assertEquals("eidMode", false, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("newEidMode"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("notexistflag", false, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("notexist", false));
+    Assert.assertNotNull("fullConfig", spConfig.getFullConfiguration());
+    Assert.assertEquals("fullConfig", 5, spConfig.getFullConfiguration().size());
+    Assert.assertFalse("baseIdInternal", spConfig.hasBaseIdInternalProcessingRestriction());
+    Assert.assertTrue("baseIdTransfer", spConfig.hasBaseIdTransferRestriction());
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpConfigAdvancedModeWrongDecorator() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig1 = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        "jUnitTest2", null);    
+    Assert.assertNull("spConfig", spConfig1);
+
+    String spConfig2 = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        "jUnitTest2", String.class);    
+    Assert.assertNull("spConfig", spConfig2);
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadConfigValuesString() {
+    Assert.assertEquals("without default", "ownSpecificConnector", 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration("auth.eIDAS.node_v2.entityId"));
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals("with default", "", 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration("auth.eIDAS.szrclient.endpoint.prod", 
+            RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5)));
+    
+    String rand1 = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(5);
+    Assert.assertEquals("unknown with default", rand1, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration("notexist", rand1));
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadConfigValuesBoolean() {
+    Assert.assertEquals("without default", true, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean("auth.eIDAS.szrclient.useTestService"));
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals("not exist with default", false, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean("auth.notexist", 
+            false));
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals("exist but empty with default", true, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean("auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.vkz", true));
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadConfigMap() {
+    Map<String, String> entries = basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix("auth.eIDAS.szrclient");
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong size", 16, entries.size());
+    Assert.assertTrue("missing element", entries.containsKey("endpoint.test"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong entry", "http://localhost:1234/demoszr", entries.get("endpoint.test"));
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void validateUrl() throws MalformedURLException, EaafException {
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong URL", "http://localhost/test", 
+        basicConfig.validateIdpUrl(new URL("http://localhost/test/" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5))));
+   
+    Assert.assertNull("wrong URL",
+        basicConfig.validateIdpUrl(new URL("http://localhost/wrong/" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5))));
+    
+  }
+}
diff --git a/connector_lib/src/test/resources/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml b/connector_lib/src/test/resources/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml
index bcca90b5..fbc4640a 100644
--- a/connector_lib/src/test/resources/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml
+++ b/connector_lib/src/test/resources/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@
 
   <context:annotation-config />
 
+  <beans profile="!springBoot">
   <bean id="BasicMSSpecificNodeConfig"
     class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.config.BasicConfigurationProvider">
-    <constructor-arg
-      value="#{systemProperties['eidas.ms.configuration']}" />
+    <constructor-arg value="#{systemProperties['eidas.ms.configuration']}" />
   </bean>
+  </beans>
+  <beans profile="springBoot">
+    <bean id="springBootMsSpecificNodeConfig"
+          class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.config.SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider" />
+  </beans>
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/connector_lib/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties b/connector_lib/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties
index 01dcf842..160725d4 100644
--- a/connector_lib/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties
+++ b/connector_lib/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Basic service configuration
 eidas.ms.context.url.prefix=http://localhost/test/
 eidas.ms.context.url.request.validation=true
+eidas.ms.core.configRootDir=file:./src/test/resources/config/
 
 eidas.ms.context.use.clustermode=true
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 217b41ec..739cbcbe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
     <!-- ===================================================================== -->
     <egiz-spring-api>0.3</egiz-spring-api>
     <egiz-eventlog-slf4jBackend>0.4</egiz-eventlog-slf4jBackend>
-    <eaaf-core.version>1.1.10</eaaf-core.version>
-    <org.springframework.version>5.2.12.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
+    <eaaf-core.version>1.1.11-SNAPSHOT</eaaf-core.version>
+
+    <spring-boot-starter-web.version>2.4.1</spring-boot-starter-web.version>
+    <spring-boot-admin-starter-client.version>2.3.1</spring-boot-admin-starter-client.version>
+    <org.springframework.version>5.3.2</org.springframework.version>
     <org.thymeleaf-spring5.version>3.0.11.RELEASE</org.thymeleaf-spring5.version>
     <cxf.version>3.4.1</cxf.version>
 
@@ -35,6 +38,9 @@
     <jackson-datatype-jsr310.version>2.12.0</jackson-datatype-jsr310.version>
     <!-- org.xerial.sqlite-jdbc.version>3.34.0</org.xerial.sqlite-jdbc.version -->
 
+    <javax.validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</javax.validation-api.version>
+    <hibernate-validator.version>6.1.5.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+
     <!-- testing -->
     <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <surefire.version>2.22.2</surefire.version>
@@ -123,6 +129,11 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
+        <artifactId>eaaf-springboot-utils</artifactId>
+        <version>${eaaf-core.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
         <artifactId>eaaf_module_pvp2_idp</artifactId>
         <version>${eaaf-core.version}</version>
       </dependency>
@@ -187,6 +198,27 @@
 
       <!-- Third party libs -->
       <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+        <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
+        <version>${spring-boot-starter-web.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>de.codecentric</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-admin-starter-client</artifactId>
+        <version>${spring-boot-admin-starter-client.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
         <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
@@ -257,6 +289,16 @@
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
         <version>${jackson-datatype-jsr310.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${javax.validation-api.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+     <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+        <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
 
 
       <!-- Testing -->
@@ -298,8 +340,8 @@
         <version>${egiz.eidas.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
         <type>test-jar</type>
-      </dependency>      
-      
+      </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <dependencies>
@@ -315,36 +357,36 @@
     <finalName>ms-specific_eidas_node</finalName>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.8</source>
-          <target>1.8</target>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-              <goal>testCompile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>test-jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>        
-        
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <source>1.8</source>
+            <target>1.8</target>
+          </configuration>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>compile</goal>
+                <goal>testCompile</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.1.0</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>test-jar</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
           <artifactId>cxf-codegen-plugin</artifactId>