<onap-logging-version>1.6.9</onap-logging-version>
     <jackson.version>2.14.3</jackson.version>
     <grpc.version>1.25.0</grpc.version>
-    <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
+    <logback.version>1.2.11</logback.version>
   </properties>
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <citrus.simulator.version>1.1.0</citrus.simulator.version>
-    <spring.boot.version>2.0.9.RELEASE</spring.boot.version>
+    <springboot.version>2.0.9.RELEASE</springboot.version>
+    <spring-cloud.version>Finchley.RC2</spring-cloud.version>
+    <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.0</junit-jupiter.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
+        <version>${springboot.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>${spring-cloud.version}</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- TODO: Update spring-boot > 2.0.9, then remove this
+           This is a transitive dependency of hibernate that
+           in it's original version is not compatibel with Java 11 -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
+        <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
+        <version>3.25.0-GA</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+        <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+        <version>1.4.200</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <dependencies>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+      <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-platform-commons</artifactId>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
+      <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>6.14.3</version>
+    </dependency>
     <!-- Citrus Simulator -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.consol.citrus</groupId>
       <artifactId>aai-client</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.2</version>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>surefire-testng</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.2</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
 
--- /dev/null
+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP - SO
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Deutsche Telekom.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+package org.onap.so.simulator;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+import com.consol.citrus.annotations.CitrusTest;
+import com.consol.citrus.dsl.runner.TestRunner;
+import com.consol.citrus.dsl.runner.TestRunnerBeforeSuiteSupport;
+import com.consol.citrus.dsl.testng.TestNGCitrusTestDesigner;
+import com.consol.citrus.http.client.HttpClient;
+
+@Test
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = org.onap.so.simulator.SimulatorIntegrationTest.EndpointConfig.class)
+public class SimulatorIntegrationTest extends TestNGCitrusTestDesigner {
+
+    @Autowired
+    @Qualifier("simulatorClient")
+    private HttpClient apiClient;
+
+    @CitrusTest
+    public void thatRequestCanBeMade() {
+        http().client(apiClient).send().get("/sim/v1/tenantOne/stacks/network_dummy_id/stackId");
+        http().client(apiClient).receive().response(HttpStatus.OK);
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+
+    @Configuration
+    public static class EndpointConfig {
+        @Bean
+        public TestRunnerBeforeSuiteSupport startEmbeddedSimulator() {
+            return new TestRunnerBeforeSuiteSupport() {
+                @Override
+                public void beforeSuite(TestRunner runner) {
+                    SpringApplication.run(Simulator.class);
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    }
+}
 
        http://www.citrusframework.org/schema/http/config http://www.citrusframework.org/schema/http/config/citrus-http-config.xsd
        http://www.citrusframework.org/schema/config http://www.citrusframework.org/schema/config/citrus-config.xsd">
 
-  <citrus:schema-repository id="schemaRepository">
-    <citrus:locations>
-      <citrus:location path="classpath:xsd/HelloService.xsd"/>
-    </citrus:locations>
-  </citrus:schema-repository>
-
   <!-- Test Http REST client -->
   <citrus-http:client
       id="simulatorClient"
-      request-url="http://localhost:8080/services/rest/simulator"
+      request-url="http://localhost:10000"
       timeout="5000"/>
 
-</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
+</beans>
 
--- /dev/null
+<configuration scan="true" debug="false">
+       <include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/base.xml" />
+
+       <property name="queueSize" value="256" />
+       <property name="maxFileSize" value="20MB" />
+       <property name="maxHistory" value="30" />
+       <property name="totalSizeCap" value="20MB" />
+
+       <!-- log file names -->
+       <property name="debugLogName" value="debug" />
+
+       <property name="currentTimeStamp" value="%d{"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX",UTC}"/>
+
+       <property name="debugPattern"
+               value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX}|%thread|%X{RequestID}| %logger{50} - %msg%n" />
+
+       <appender name="Debug"
+               class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+               <encoder>
+                       <pattern>${debugPattern}</pattern>
+               </encoder>
+       </appender>
+
+       <appender name="asyncDebug" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
+               <queueSize>256</queueSize>
+               <appender-ref ref="Debug" />
+               <includeCallerData>true</includeCallerData>
+       </appender>
+
+       <!-- Sim Logs go here-->
+       <logger name="com.consol.citrus" level="DEBUG" additivity="false">
+               <appender-ref ref="asyncDebug" />
+       </logger>
+
+
+       <logger name="com.consol.citrus.simulator.http.HttpRequestAnnotationMatcher" level="WARN" additivity="false">
+               <appender-ref ref="asyncDebug" />
+       </logger>
+
+       <logger name="org.onap.so" level="DEBUG" additivity="false">
+               <appender-ref ref="asyncDebug" />
+       </logger>
+
+
+       <root level="INFO">
+               <appender-ref ref="asyncDebug" />
+       </root>
+
+</configuration>