Merge branch 'base' into issue6

# Conflicts:
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/eidas/v2/Constants.java
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/eidas/v2/dao/SimpleEidasData.java
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/eidas/v2/ernp/DummyErnpClient.java
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/eidas/v2/ernp/IErnpClient.java
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/eidas/v2/handler/AbstractEidProcessor.java
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/eidas/v2/tasks/InitialSearchTask.java
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/eidas/v2/utils/EidasResponseUtils.java
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/resources/eIDAS.Authentication.process.xml
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/resources/eidas_v2_auth.beans.xml
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/eidas/v2/test/tasks/InitialSearchTaskFirstTest.java
#	eidas_modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/test/resources/SpringTest-context_tasks_test.xml

16 files changed, 649 insertions, 566 deletions

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..399d1286
--- /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..428f5f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringBootApplicationInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector;
+
+import org.opensaml.core.config.InitializationException;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.IStatusMessenger;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.LogMessageProviderFactory;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.SimpleStatusMessager;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.impl.opensaml.initialize.EaafOpenSaml3xInitializer;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.component.ComponentInitializationException;
+
+@Slf4j
+@SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = {
+    "at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector", 
+    "at.gv.egiz.eaaf.utils.springboot.ajp"
+    })
+public class SpringBootApplicationInitializer extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
+
+  private static ConfigurableApplicationContext ctx;
+
+  /**
+   * Starts MS-specific eIDAS-Implementation SpringBoot application.
+   *
+   * @param args Starting parameters
+   * @throws Throwable In case of a start-up error
+   */
+  public static void main(final String[] args) throws Throwable {
+    try {
+      log.info("=============== Initializing Spring-Boot context! ===============");
+      LogMessageProviderFactory.setStatusMessager(new SimpleStatusMessager());
+      final SpringApplication springApp =
+          new SpringApplication(SpringBootApplicationInitializer.class);
+      springApp.addInitializers(new MsSpecificSpringBootApplicationContextInitializer());
+
+      log.info("Bootstrap openSAML .... ");
+      EaafOpenSaml3xInitializer.eaafInitialize();
+      
+      log.debug("Run SpringBoot initialization process ... ");
+      ctx = springApp.run(args);
+
+      // initialize status messenger
+      LogMessageProviderFactory.setStatusMessager(ctx.getBean(IStatusMessenger.class));
+      
+      log.info("Initialization of MS-specific eIDAS-Implementation finished.");
+
+    } catch (final Throwable e) {
+      log.error("MS-specific eIDAS-Implementation initialization FAILED!", e);
+      throw e;
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  
+  protected SpringApplicationBuilder createSpringApplicationBuilder() {    
+    try {
+      log.info("Bootstrap openSAML .... ");
+      EaafOpenSaml3xInitializer.eaafInitialize();
+           
+    } catch (InitializationException | ComponentInitializationException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      
+    }
+    
+    SpringApplicationBuilder builder = new SpringApplicationBuilder();
+    builder.initializers(new MsSpecificSpringBootApplicationContextInitializer());    
+    return builder;
+    
+  }
+  
+  protected WebApplicationContext run(SpringApplication application) {
+    WebApplicationContext internalContext = (WebApplicationContext) application.run();
+   
+    // initialize status messenger
+    LogMessageProviderFactory.setStatusMessager(internalContext.getBean(IStatusMessenger.class));
+   
+    log.info("Initialization of MS-specific eIDAS-Implementation finished.");
+    
+    return internalContext;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * 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..e884b5c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringContextCloseHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+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()) {
+      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());
+    
+  }
+
+  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/SpringInitializer.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringInitializer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 417828a6..00000000
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/SpringInitializer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2018 A-SIT Plus GmbH
- * AT-specific eIDAS Connector has been developed in a cooperation between EGIZ,
- * A-SIT Plus GmbH, A-SIT, and Graz University of Technology.
- *
- * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.2 or - as soon they will be approved by
- * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "License");
- * You may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
- * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/understanding-eupl-v12
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
- * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
- * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
- * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
-*/
-
-package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
-import javax.servlet.ServletException;
-import javax.servlet.ServletRegistration;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
-import org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer;
-import org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener;
-import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextListener;
-import org.springframework.web.context.support.GenericWebApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.web.context.support.ServletContextResource;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
-
-import at.gv.egiz.components.spring.api.SpringLoader;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.IStatusMessenger;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.logging.LogMessageProviderFactory;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.Random;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.impl.opensaml.initialize.EaafOpenSaml3xInitializer;
-
-/**
- * Web application initializer.
- *
- * @author Thomas Lenz
- */
-public class SpringInitializer implements WebApplicationInitializer {
-
-  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SpringInitializer.class);
-
-  private String[] rootServletContexts = null;
-  private String[] servletContexts = null;
-
-  /**
-   * Application specific Spring initializer.
-   *  
-   */
-  public SpringInitializer() {
-    this.rootServletContexts = null;
-    this.servletContexts = new String[] {
-        "/applicationContext.xml",
-
-    };
-  }
-
-  /*
-   * (non-Javadoc)
-   * 
-   * @see
-   * org.springframework.web.WebApplicationInitializer#onStartup(javax.servlet.
-   * ServletContext)
-   */
-  @Override
-  public void onStartup(ServletContext servletContext) throws ServletException {
-    try {
-      log.info("=============== Loading Config Root Context! ===============");
-      final ApplicationContext cfgRootContext =
-          new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(new String[] {
-              "/applicationContext.xml"
-          });
-
-      log.info("=============== Loading Root Context! ===============");
-      final GenericWebApplicationContext rootContext = new GenericWebApplicationContext();
-      rootContext.setServletContext(servletContext);
-      rootContext.setParent(cfgRootContext);
-
-      log.info("Spring-context was initialized with active profiles: {}", 
-          Arrays.asList(rootContext.getEnvironment().getActiveProfiles()));
-
-      log.info("=============== Loading Local Contexts! ===============");
-      final XmlBeanDefinitionReader xmlReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(
-          rootContext);
-      if (rootServletContexts != null) {
-        for (final String rootServletContext : rootServletContexts) {
-          log.debug("Loading: " + rootServletContext);
-          xmlReader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ServletContextResource(
-              servletContext, rootServletContext));
-        }
-      }
-      // Manage the lifecycle of the root application context
-      servletContext.addListener(new ContextLoaderListener(rootContext));
-
-      // log.debug("Beans after logAMQP in {}", rootContext);
-      // dumpBeanDefinitions(rootContext);
-
-      log.info("=============== Loading SPI Context! ===============");
-      log.debug("Loading modules and components");
-      SpringLoader.loadSpringServices(rootContext);
-
-      log.trace("Beans after SPI in " + rootContext);
-      dumpBeanDefinitions(rootContext);
-
-      log.debug("Loading servlet config in " + rootContext);
-      if (servletContexts != null) {
-        for (final String servletContextString : servletContexts) {
-          xmlReader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource(servletContextString, SpringInitializer.class));
-        }
-
-      }
-
-      log.debug("Refreshing context " + rootContext);
-      rootContext.refresh();
-
-      log.info("=============== Register Dispatcher Servlet! ===============");
-
-      log.trace("Final Beans in " + rootContext);
-      dumpBeanDefinitions(rootContext);
-
-      log.info("Registering dispatcher configuration");
-      final ServletRegistration.Dynamic dispatcher = servletContext.addServlet("dispatcher",
-          new DispatcherServlet(rootContext));
-      if (dispatcher != null) {
-        dispatcher.setLoadOnStartup(1);
-        dispatcher.addMapping("/");
-        dispatcher.setAsyncSupported(true);
-
-      } else {
-        log.error("Failed to register dispatcher server in servlet context!");
-      }
-
-      log.info("=============== Register RequestContextListener! ===============");
-      servletContext.addListener(new RequestContextListener());
-
-      // initialize status messenger
-      LogMessageProviderFactory.setStatusMessager(rootContext.getBean(IStatusMessenger.class));
-
-      log.info("Bootstrap openSAML .... ");
-      EaafOpenSaml3xInitializer.eaafInitialize();
-
-      log.info("Seed random number generator ... ");
-      Random.seedRandom();
-
-      log.info("Initialization of MS-specific eIDAS-connector finished.");
-
-    } catch (final Throwable e) {
-      log.error("MS-specific eIDAS-connector initialization FAILED!", e);
-
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  private void dumpBeanDefinitions(GenericApplicationContext context) {
-    log.trace("Registered Bean in context " + context.toString());
-
-    final String[] registeredBeans = context.getBeanDefinitionNames();
-    for (final String registeredBean : registeredBeans) {
-      final BeanDefinition beanDefinition = context
-          .getBeanDefinition(registeredBean);
-      log.trace(registeredBean + " -> " + beanDefinition.getBeanClassName());
-
-    }
-
-    log.trace("Registered Bean in context --" + context);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/attributes/AuthBlockAttributeBuilder.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/attributes/AuthBlockAttributeBuilder.java
index be9f8862..1833f377 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/attributes/AuthBlockAttributeBuilder.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/attributes/AuthBlockAttributeBuilder.java
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.attributes;
 import static at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.data.ExtendedPvpAttributeDefinitions.EID_AUTHBLOCK_SIGNED_FRIENDLY_NAME;
 import static at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.data.ExtendedPvpAttributeDefinitions.EID_AUTHBLOCK_SIGNED_NAME;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Base64;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.modules.auth.eidas.v2.Constants;
@@ -48,7 +51,8 @@ public class AuthBlockAttributeBuilder implements IPvpAttributeBuilder {
 
     String authBlock = authData.getGenericData(Constants.SZR_AUTHBLOCK, String.class);
     if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(authBlock)) {
-      return g.buildStringAttribute(EID_AUTHBLOCK_SIGNED_FRIENDLY_NAME, EID_AUTHBLOCK_SIGNED_NAME, authBlock);
+      return g.buildStringAttribute(EID_AUTHBLOCK_SIGNED_FRIENDLY_NAME, EID_AUTHBLOCK_SIGNED_NAME, 
+          Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(authBlock.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
 
     } else {
       throw new UnavailableAttributeException(EID_AUTHBLOCK_SIGNED_NAME);
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/builder/AuthenticationDataBuilder.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/builder/AuthenticationDataBuilder.java
index 13cceafb..c41660ce 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/builder/AuthenticationDataBuilder.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/builder/AuthenticationDataBuilder.java
@@ -25,70 +25,63 @@ package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.builder;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
 
 import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.MsEidasNodeConstants;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.IRequest;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.data.ExtendedPvpAttributeDefinitions;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IAuthData;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.ISpConfiguration;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.auth.data.IAuthProcessDataContainer;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafAuthenticationException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafBuilderException;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafParserException;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.XPathException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.data.Pair;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.AuthenticationData;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.auth.builder.AbstractAuthenticationDataBuilder;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.auth.data.AuthProcessDataWrapper;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 @Service("AuthenticationDataBuilder")
+@Slf4j
 public class AuthenticationDataBuilder extends AbstractAuthenticationDataBuilder {
-  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AuthenticationDataBuilder.class);
-
+  
   @Override
-  public IAuthData buildAuthenticationData(IRequest pendingReq) throws EaafAuthenticationException {
-
-    final IAuthProcessDataContainer authProcessData = pendingReq.getSessionData(AuthProcessDataWrapper.class);
+  protected IAuthData buildDeprecatedAuthData(IRequest pendingReq) throws EaafException {        
+    final IAuthProcessDataContainer authProcessData =
+        pendingReq.getSessionData(AuthProcessDataWrapper.class);    
     AuthenticationData authData = new AuthenticationData();
-
-    boolean isEidModeNew = pendingReq.getServiceProviderConfiguration()
-        .isConfigurationValue(MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_NEW_EID_MODE, false);
-
-    if (isEidModeNew) {
-      authData = (AuthenticationData) super.buildAuthenticationData(pendingReq);
-    } else {
-      try {
-        generateDeprecatedBasicAuthData(authData, pendingReq, authProcessData);
-
-        // set specific informations
-        authData.setSsoSessionValidTo(
-            new Date(new Date().getTime() + MsEidasNodeConstants.DEFAULT_PVP_ASSERTION_VALIDITY * 60 * 1000));
-
-      } catch (EaafBuilderException | EaafParserException
-          | EaafConfigurationException | XPathException | DOMException e) {
-        log.warn("Can not build authentication data from auth. process information");
-        throw new EaafAuthenticationException("builder.11", new Object[]{e.getMessage()}, e);
-
-      }
-    }
+    
+    //set basis infos
+    super.generateDeprecatedBasicAuthData(authData, pendingReq, authProcessData);
+    
+    // set specific informations
+    authData.setSsoSessionValidTo(
+        new Date(new Date().getTime() + MsEidasNodeConstants.DEFAULT_PVP_ASSERTION_VALIDITY * 60 * 1000));
+    
     return authData;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  protected IAuthData buildDeprecatedAuthData(IRequest arg0) throws EaafException {
-    return new AuthenticationData();
 
   }
 
   @Override
-  protected void buildServiceSpecificAuthenticationData(IAuthData arg0, IRequest arg1) throws EaafException {
-    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-
+  protected void buildServiceSpecificAuthenticationData(IAuthData authData, IRequest pendingReq) 
+      throws EaafException {
+    if (authData instanceof AuthenticationData) {
+      ((AuthenticationData)authData).setGenericData(
+          ExtendedPvpAttributeDefinitions.EID_PII_TRANSACTION_ID_NAME, 
+          pendingReq.getUniquePiiTransactionIdentifier());
+      log.trace("Inject piiTransactionId: {} into AuthData", pendingReq.getUniquePiiTransactionIdentifier());
+    
+      // set specific informations
+      ((AuthenticationData)authData).setSsoSessionValidTo(
+          new Date(new Date().getTime() + MsEidasNodeConstants.DEFAULT_PVP_ASSERTION_VALIDITY * 60 * 1000));
+
+      
+    } else {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Can not inject PiiTransactionId because AuthData is of unknown type: " 
+          + authData.getClass().getName());
+      
+    }
+        
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -100,8 +93,6 @@ public class AuthenticationDataBuilder extends AbstractAuthenticationDataBuilder
   @Override
   protected Pair<String, String> buildOAspecificbPK(IRequest pendingReq, AuthenticationData authData)
       throws EaafBuilderException {
-    // TODO: check if bPK already exists
-
     return super.buildOAspecificbPK(pendingReq, authData);
 
   }
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/controller/MonitoringController.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/controller/MonitoringController.java
deleted file mode 100644
index aa45c836..00000000
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/controller/MonitoringController.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,278 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2018 A-SIT Plus GmbH
- * AT-specific eIDAS Connector has been developed in a cooperation between EGIZ,
- * A-SIT Plus GmbH, A-SIT, and Graz University of Technology.
- *
- * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.2 or - as soon they will be approved by
- * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "License");
- * You may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
- * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/understanding-eupl-v12
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
- * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
- * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
- * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
-*/
-
-package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.controller;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactoryConfigurationError;
-
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils;
-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.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
-
-import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.MsEidasNodeConstants;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.data.EaafConstants;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfigurationWithSP;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.storage.ITransactionStorage;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.DomUtils;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.Random;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.metadata.IPvpMetadataBuilderConfiguration;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.metadata.IPvpMetadataConfigurationFactory;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.impl.builder.PvpMetadataBuilder;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.impl.utils.AbstractCredentialProvider;
-
-@Controller
-public class MonitoringController {
-  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MonitoringController.class);
-
-  private static final String MESSAGE_OK = "OK";
-  private static final String MESSAGE_ERROR = "ERROR";
-  private static final String MESSAGE_SKIPPED = "SKIPPED";
-
-  private static final String TEST_STORAGE = "Storage: ";
-  private static final String TEST_CONFIG = "Config: ";
-  private static final String TEST_PVPMETADATA = "PVP_metadata: ";
-  private static final String TEST_EIDASNODEMETADATA = "eIDASNode_metadata: ";
-
-  @Autowired
-  private ITransactionStorage storage;
-  @Autowired
-  private IConfigurationWithSP config;
-
-  @Autowired private IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory;
-  
-  @Autowired
-  private PvpMetadataBuilder metadatabuilder;
-  @Autowired
-  private IPvpMetadataConfigurationFactory configFactory;
-  private AbstractCredentialProvider pvpIdpCredentials;
-
-  /**
-   * Sets a specific credential provider for PVP S-Profile IDP component.
-   * 
-   * @param pvpIdpCredentials credential provider
-   */
-  public void setPvpIdpCredentials(AbstractCredentialProvider pvpIdpCredentials) {
-    this.pvpIdpCredentials = pvpIdpCredentials;
-
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Generic exception handling that wrote an error-message to html response.
-   * 
-   * @param resp Http response object
-   * @param exception Error
-   * @throws IOException In case of a html response error.
-   */
-  @ExceptionHandler({ Throwable.class })
-  public void genericExceptionHandler(HttpServletResponse resp, Exception exception) throws IOException {
-    log.error("Monitoring Servlet receives an error.", exception);
-    resp.setContentType(EaafConstants.CONTENTTYPE_HTML_UTF8);
-    resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-    resp.getWriter().write("Reason: "
-        + StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml4(StringEscapeUtils.escapeEcmaScript(exception.getMessage())));
-
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * MS-Connector status-monitoring end-point.
-   * 
-   * @param req http request
-   * @param resp http response
-   * @throws IOException In case of a general processing error
-   */
-  @RequestMapping(value = { MsEidasNodeConstants.ENDPOINT_MONITORING_MONITOR },
-      method = { RequestMethod.GET })
-  public void startFullTest(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
-    resp.setContentType(EaafConstants.CONTENTTYPE_HTML_UTF8);
-
-    try {
-      testConfig();
-      testStorage();
-      testPvpMetadata();
-      testEidasNodeMetadata();
-      resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
-      resp.getWriter().write(MESSAGE_OK);
-
-    } catch (final Exception e) {
-      resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
-      resp.getWriter().write(MESSAGE_ERROR);
-
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * MS-Connector internal verify monitoring end-point.
-   * 
-   * @param req http request object
-   * @param resp http response object
-   * @throws IOException In case of an internal processing error
-   */
-  @RequestMapping(value = { MsEidasNodeConstants.ENDPOINT_MONITORING_VERIFY },
-      method = { RequestMethod.GET })
-
-  public void startSingleTests(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException {
-    String result = StringUtils.EMPTY;
-    try {
-      result += testConfig() + "<br>";
-    } catch (final Exception e) {
-      result += e.getMessage() + "<br>";
-    }
-
-    try {
-      result += testStorage() + "<br>";
-    } catch (final Exception e) {
-      result += e.getMessage() + "<br>";
-    }
-
-    try {
-      result += testPvpMetadata() + "<br>";
-    } catch (final Exception e) {
-      result += e.getMessage() + "<br>";
-    }
-
-    try {
-      result += testEidasNodeMetadata() + "<br>";
-    } catch (final Exception e) {
-      result += e.getMessage() + "<br>";
-    }
-
-    resp.setContentType(EaafConstants.CONTENTTYPE_HTML_UTF8);
-    resp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
-    resp.getWriter().write(result);
-
-  }
-
-  private String testStorage() throws Exception {
-    try {
-      final String key = Random.nextHexRandom16();
-      final String value = Random.nextHexRandom16();
-
-      storage.put(key, value, -1);
-      final String result = storage.get(key, String.class);
-      storage.remove(key);
-
-      if (result != null && result.equals(value)) {
-        return TEST_STORAGE + MESSAGE_OK;
-      } else {
-        log.warn("Montioring: TestValue: " + value + " does NOT match in Storage test");
-      }
-
-    } catch (final EaafException e) {
-      log.warn("Montioring: Can not read/write to storage.", e);
-
-    }
-
-    throw new Exception(TEST_STORAGE + MESSAGE_ERROR);
-
-  }
-
-  private String testConfig() throws Exception {
-    try {
-      if (config.getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix(MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX) != null
-          && config.getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix(MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX)
-              .size() > 0) {
-        return TEST_CONFIG + MESSAGE_OK;
-      } else {
-        log.warn("Montioring: Can not read from configuration file.");
-      }
-
-    } catch (final Exception e) {
-      log.warn("Montioring: Can not read from configuration file.", e);
-    }
-
-    throw new Exception(TEST_CONFIG + MESSAGE_ERROR);
-
-  }
-
-  private String testPvpMetadata() throws Exception {
-    try {
-      // build metadata
-      final IPvpMetadataBuilderConfiguration metadataConfig =
-          configFactory.generateMetadataBuilderConfiguration(
-              "http://localhost/monitoring",
-              pvpIdpCredentials);
-      metadatabuilder.buildPvpMetadata(metadataConfig);
-      return TEST_PVPMETADATA + MESSAGE_OK;
-
-    } catch (Exception | TransformerFactoryConfigurationError e) {
-      log.warn("Monitoring: Has an error in '" + TEST_PVPMETADATA + "': " + e.getMessage(), e);
-      throw new Exception(TEST_PVPMETADATA + MESSAGE_ERROR, e);
-
-    }
-
-  }
-
-  private String testEidasNodeMetadata() throws Exception {
-    try {
-      final String urlString = config.getBasicConfiguration(
-          MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_MONITORING_EIDASNODE_METADATAURL);
-      if (StringUtils.isEmpty(urlString)) {
-        log.debug("No eIDASNode metadata URL. Skipping test ... ");
-        return TEST_EIDASNODEMETADATA + MESSAGE_SKIPPED;
-
-      }
-
-      // create HTTP client
-      // TODO: update if we switch to openSAML3
-      CloseableHttpClient httpClient = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient();
-      HttpUriRequest request = new HttpGet(urlString);
-
-      final CloseableHttpResponse respCode = httpClient.execute(request);
-      if (respCode.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 200) {
-        log.warn("Monitoring: Has an error in '" + TEST_EIDASNODEMETADATA + "': " + " HTTP responsecode: "
-            + respCode);
-        throw new Exception(TEST_EIDASNODEMETADATA + MESSAGE_ERROR);
-
-      }
-
-      // parse metadata
-      DomUtils.parseXmlNonValidating(respCode.getEntity().getContent());
-
-      return TEST_EIDASNODEMETADATA + MESSAGE_OK;
-
-    } catch (Exception | TransformerFactoryConfigurationError e) {
-      log.warn("Monitoring: Has an error in '" + TEST_EIDASNODEMETADATA + "': " + e.getMessage(), e);
-      throw new Exception(TEST_EIDASNODEMETADATA + MESSAGE_ERROR, e);
-
-    }
-
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/health/EidasNodeMetadataHealthIndicator.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/health/EidasNodeMetadataHealthIndicator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f160916c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/health/EidasNodeMetadataHealthIndicator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.health;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactoryConfigurationError;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
+import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
+import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthIndicator;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.data.Triple;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.HttpUtils;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http.IHttpClientFactory;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.DomUtils;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class EidasNodeMetadataHealthIndicator implements HealthIndicator {
+
+  @Autowired IConfiguration config;
+  @Autowired IHttpClientFactory httpClientFactory;
+  
+  @Override
+  public Health health() {
+    try {
+      final String urlString = config.getBasicConfiguration(
+          MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_MONITORING_EIDASNODE_METADATAURL);
+      if (StringUtils.isEmpty(urlString)) {
+        log.trace("No eIDASNode metadata URL. Skipping test ... ");
+        return Health.unknown().build();
+
+      }
+
+      // create HTTP client
+      CloseableHttpClient httpClient = httpClientFactory.getHttpClient();      
+      URIBuilder uriBuilder = new URIBuilder(urlString);      
+      HttpUriRequest request = new HttpGet(uriBuilder.build());
+
+      final Triple<StatusLine, ByteArrayInputStream, ContentType> respCode = httpClient.execute(request,
+          HttpUtils.bodyStatusCodeResponseHandler());
+      if (respCode.getFirst().getStatusCode() != 200) {
+        log.warn("Monitoring: Get http StatusCode: {} from eIDAS-Node Metadata endpoint", 
+            respCode.getFirst().getStatusCode());
+        return Health.down().withDetail("http StatusCode", respCode.getFirst().getStatusCode()).build();
+
+      }
+
+      // parse metadata
+      DomUtils.parseXmlNonValidating(respCode.getSecond());
+
+      return Health.up().build();
+
+    } catch (Exception | TransformerFactoryConfigurationError e) {
+      log.warn("Monitoring: Can not read SAML2 metadata from eIDAS-Node", e);
+      return Health.down().down(e).build();
+
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/health/IgniteClusterHealthIndicator.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/health/IgniteClusterHealthIndicator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10517565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/health/IgniteClusterHealthIndicator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.health;
+
+import org.apache.ignite.Ignite;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthIndicator;
+
+import eu.eidas.auth.cache.IgniteInstanceInitializerSpecificCommunication;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+/**
+ * HealthCheck that validate Nodes in Apache-Ignite Cluster.
+ * 
+ * @author tlenz
+ *
+ */
+@Slf4j
+public class IgniteClusterHealthIndicator implements HealthIndicator {
+
+  @Setter
+  protected IgniteInstanceInitializerSpecificCommunication igniteInstanceInitializerSpecificCommunication;
+
+  @Override
+  public Health health() {
+    final Ignite instance = igniteInstanceInitializerSpecificCommunication.getInstance();
+
+    // check if Apache Ignite cluster is active
+    if (!instance.cluster().active()) {
+      return Health.outOfService().build();
+
+    }
+
+    final Health.Builder healthBuilder;
+    // Status UP requires more than 1 node because MS-Connector and eIDAS-Node operations as
+    // micro-services
+    if (instance.cluster().nodes().size() > 1) {
+      healthBuilder = Health.up();
+
+    } else {
+      // Something looks wrong if only a single node was found because MS-Connector and eIDAS-Node
+      // operations as micro-services
+      healthBuilder = Health.outOfService();
+
+    }
+
+    healthBuilder.withDetail("#Nodes", instance.cluster().nodes().size());
+    log.trace("Ignite state. #Nodes: {}", instance.cluster().nodes().size());
+    return healthBuilder.build();
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/health/Saml2MetadataHealthIndicator.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/health/Saml2MetadataHealthIndicator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..592231b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/health/Saml2MetadataHealthIndicator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.health;
+
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactoryConfigurationError;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthIndicator;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.metadata.IPvpMetadataBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.api.metadata.IPvpMetadataConfigurationFactory;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.impl.builder.PvpMetadataBuilder;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.modules.pvp2.impl.utils.AbstractCredentialProvider;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class Saml2MetadataHealthIndicator implements HealthIndicator {
+
+  @Autowired
+  private PvpMetadataBuilder metadatabuilder;
+  @Autowired
+  private IPvpMetadataConfigurationFactory configFactory;
+  
+  @Setter
+  private AbstractCredentialProvider pvpIdpCredentials;
+  
+  @Override
+  public Health health() {
+    try {
+      // build metadata
+      final IPvpMetadataBuilderConfiguration metadataConfig =
+          configFactory.generateMetadataBuilderConfiguration(
+              "http://localhost/monitoring",
+              pvpIdpCredentials);
+      metadatabuilder.buildPvpMetadata(metadataConfig);
+      return Health.up().build();
+
+    } catch (Exception | TransformerFactoryConfigurationError e) {
+      return Health.down().down(e).build();
+      
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/processes/tasks/GenerateCountrySelectionFrameTask.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/processes/tasks/GenerateCountrySelectionFrameTask.java
index 86808f01..d3b8116a 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/processes/tasks/GenerateCountrySelectionFrameTask.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/processes/tasks/GenerateCountrySelectionFrameTask.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.processes.tasks;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@ import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.ISpringMvcGuiFormBuilder;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.process.ExecutionContext;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
-import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.GuiBuildException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.TaskExecutionException;
 import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.auth.modules.AbstractAuthServletTask;
 
@@ -51,7 +48,6 @@ import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.auth.modules.AbstractAuthServletTask;
  */
 @Component("GenerateCountrySelectionFrameTask")
 public class GenerateCountrySelectionFrameTask extends AbstractAuthServletTask {
-  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GenerateCountrySelectionFrameTask.class);
 
   @Autowired
   ISpringMvcGuiFormBuilder guiBuilder;
@@ -77,16 +73,11 @@ public class GenerateCountrySelectionFrameTask extends AbstractAuthServletTask {
 
       guiBuilder.build(request, response, config, "BKU-Selection form");
 
-    } catch (final GuiBuildException e) {
-      log.warn("Can not build GUI:'BKU-Selection'. Msg:" + e.getMessage());
+    } catch (final Exception e) {
       throw new TaskExecutionException(pendingReq,
           "Can not build GUI. Msg:" + e.getMessage(),
           new EaafException("gui.00", new Object[] { e.getMessage() }, e));
 
-    } catch (final Exception e) {
-      log.warn("FinalizeAuthenticationTask has an internal error", e);
-      throw new TaskExecutionException(pendingReq, e.getMessage(), e);
-
     }
 
   }
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/provider/StatusMessageProvider.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/provider/StatusMessageProvider.java
index d38da6fe..073f7513 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/provider/StatusMessageProvider.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/provider/StatusMessageProvider.java
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ public class StatusMessageProvider implements IStatusMessenger {
   public String getResponseErrorCode(Throwable throwable) {
     String errorCode = IStatusMessenger.CODES_EXTERNAL_ERROR_GENERIC;
     if (throwable instanceof EaafException) {
-      errorCode = ((EaafException) throwable).getErrorId();
-
+      errorCode = mapInternalErrorToExternalError(((EaafException) throwable).getErrorId());
+      
     }
     // TODO: maybe more internal switches are required
 
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/storage/EidasCacheTransactionStoreDecorator.java b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/storage/EidasCacheTransactionStoreDecorator.java
index 557e245a..1ea5a280 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/storage/EidasCacheTransactionStoreDecorator.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/connector/storage/EidasCacheTransactionStoreDecorator.java
@@ -30,18 +30,47 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthIndicator;
 
 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;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.Random;
 
-public class EidasCacheTransactionStoreDecorator implements ITransactionStorage {
+public class EidasCacheTransactionStoreDecorator implements ITransactionStorage, HealthIndicator {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EidasCacheTransactionStoreDecorator.class);
 
   @Autowired(required = true)
   private CacheWithEidasBackend storage;
 
   @Override
+  public Health health() {
+    try {
+      final String key = Random.nextHexRandom16();
+      final String value = Random.nextHexRandom16();
+
+      this.put(key, value, -1);
+      final String result = this.get(key, String.class);
+      this.remove(key);
+
+      if (result != null && result.equals(value)) {
+        return Health.up().build();
+      
+      } else {
+        log.warn("Montioring: TestValue: " + value + " does NOT match in Storage test");
+        return Health.down().build();
+        
+      }
+
+    } catch (final EaafException e) {
+      log.warn("Montioring: Can not read/write to storage.", e);
+      return Health.down().down(e).build();
+      
+    }
+  }
+  
+  @Override
   public void changeKey(String oldKey, String newKey, Object value) throws EaafException {
     if (containsKey(oldKey)) {
       final TransactionStoreElement el = storage.get(oldKey);
@@ -148,5 +177,4 @@ public class EidasCacheTransactionStoreDecorator implements ITransactionStorage
 
     }
   }
-
 }
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);