diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbbb196382e9686fbe5f90741ae5deda9cf94d32..6e54575c29c12883e1ec5530114946484af611c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.0</junit-jupiter.version>
         <junit-platform-surefire-provider.version>1.3.2</junit-platform-surefire-provider.version>
         <junitparams.version>1.1.1</junitparams.version>
-        <logback.version>1.3.8</logback.version>
+        <!-- Use logback 1.2.x because is the one used by springboot 5.7. Changing to 1.3+ will break springboot logging. -->
+        <logback.version>1.2.12</logback.version>
         <mysql.jdbc.version>8.2.0</mysql.jdbc.version>
         <metro.version>2.2.1-1</metro.version>
         <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
         <servlet-api.version>3.0.1</servlet-api.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
         <spring-modules-jakarta-commons.version>0.8</spring-modules-jakarta-commons.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.7.17</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.7.18</spring-boot.version>
         <spring-boot.tomcat.version>9.0.82</spring-boot.tomcat.version>
         <spring.security.version>5.8.8</spring.security.version>
         <spring.version>5.3.30</spring.version>
diff --git a/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/README.md b/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/README.md
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e7bee7e65bc646fc7e43e6e563bd4e7967636874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Experimental SMP docker image with springboot 
+
+Purpose of compose plan is to startup fully functional SMP environment for demo and testing. The plan contains MySql database
+JDK8, it has disabled SML integration
+ 
+# Run environment
+docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d 
+
+
+## SMP 
+url: http://localhost:8282/smp/
+
+### MYSQL 
+Database client connection (for testing and debugging )
+url: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3208/smp
+Username: smp
+Password: smp
+
+### Volume (-v /opt/dockerdata/sml:/data)
+Mysql database files and tomcat configuration (and logs) can be externalized for experimenting with different SMP settings.
+
+## Mail server
+Mock mail server for monitoring send alert mails. 
+url: http://localhost:9005/monitor 
+    
diff --git a/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/docker-compose.yml b/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..47a6d19eeedb38753992c589214e08c464b4b9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+version: "3.0"
+services:
+  smp-springboot:
+    image: smp-springboot-mysql:${SMP_VERSION}
+    container_name: smp-springboot-mysql
+    environment:
+      - SMP_INIT_PROPERTIES=smp.passwordPolicy.expired.forceChange=false
+        ||smp.automation.authentication.external.tls.SSLClientCert.enabled=true
+        ||smp.cluster.enabled=false
+        ||smp.mode.development=true
+        ||smp.ui.authentication.types=PASSWORD
+        ||bdmsl.integration.enabled=false
+        ||mail.smtp.host=mail-server.smp.local
+        ||mail.smtp.port=2500
+        ||smp.alert.user.login_failure.enabled=true
+        ||smp.alert.user.suspended.enabled=true
+        ||smp.alert.password.imminent_expiration.enabled=true
+        ||smp.alert.password.expired.enabled=true
+        ||smp.alert.accessToken.imminent_expiration.enabled=true
+        ||smp.alert.accessToken.expired.enabled=true
+        ||smp.alert.certificate.imminent_expiration.enabled=true
+        ||smp.alert.certificate.expired.enabled=true
+        ||smp.alert.accessToken.expired.enabled=true
+    volumes:
+      - ./properties/db-scripts:/tmp/custom-data/
+      - ./properties/keystores:/tmp/keystores/
+    ports:
+      - "8282:8084"
+#      - "3208:3306"
+#      - "5005:5005"
+  mail-service:
+    image: inbucket/inbucket:3.0.0
+    hostname: mail-server.smp.local
+    ports:
+      - "9205:9000"
diff --git a/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/runCompose.sh b/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/runCompose.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0337bbcd7c1873fd069d63f6307eed875a474063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/runCompose.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+WORKING_DIR="$(dirname $0)"
+SMP_INIT_DATABASE="../../../smp-webapp/src/main/smp-setup/database-scripts/mysql5innodb.ddl"
+#SMP_INIT_DATABASE_DATA="../../../smp-webapp/src/main/smp-setup/database-scripts/mysql5innodb-data.sql"
+SMP_INIT_DATABASE_DATA="../../../smp-soapui-tests/groovy/mysql-4.1_integration_test_data.sql"
+# soap ui data
+PREFIX="smp-springboot-mysql"
+SMP_VERSION=
+
+
+# READ arguments
+while getopts i:v: option
+do
+  case "${option}"
+  in
+    i) SMP_INIT_DATABASE_DATA=${OPTARG};;
+    v) SMP_VERSION=${OPTARG};;
+  esac
+done
+
+
+if [  -z "${SMP_VERSION}" ]
+then
+  # get version from POM file 
+  SMP_VERSION="$(mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.1.0:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)"
+  
+fi
+
+echo "SMP version: $SMP_VERSION"
+echo "Working Directory: ${WORKING_DIR}"
+cd "$WORKING_DIR"
+
+
+
+# check if property folder exists if not create it
+if  [ ! -d "./properties/db-scripts/" ]
+then
+    mkdir -p "./properties/db-scripts/"
+fi
+
+# create  database init script from l
+cp   "${SMP_INIT_DATABASE}" ./properties/db-scripts/mysql5innodb.ddl
+cp   "${SMP_INIT_DATABASE_DATA}" ./properties/db-scripts/mysql5innodb-data.sql
+cp
+
+
+function clearOldContainers {
+  echo "Clear containers and volumes"
+  docker-compose -p "${PREFIX}" rm -s -f -v 
+  echo "Clear containers and volumes"
+}
+
+
+export SMP_VERSION="${SMP_VERSION}"
+echo "Clear old containers"
+clearOldContainers
+# start " 
+echo "Start compose"
+docker-compose -p ${PREFIX} up -d --force-recreate 
+
+# wait until service is up
+for i in `seq 100`; do timeout 1  bash -c 'curl --silent --fail http://localhost:8282/smp/'; if [ $? -eq 0  ] ; then break;fi; echo "$i. Wait for tomcat to start!";  sleep 5;  done;
+
diff --git a/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/stopClearCompose.sh b/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/stopClearCompose.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53e39789e088781abf5501358cc7a8e9e84ec71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smp-docker/compose/sprinboot-mysql-smp/stopClearCompose.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+WORKING_DIR="$(dirname $0)"
+echo "Working Directory: ${WORKING_DIR}"
+cd "$WORKING_DIR"
+
+PREFIX="smp-springboot-mysql"
+
+# clear volume and containers - to run  restart from scratch
+function clearOldContainers {
+  echo "Save docker log to docker-file"
+  docker logs ${PREFIX} > smp-container.log 2>&1
+  echo "Clear containers and volumes"
+  docker-compose -p "${PREFIX}" rm -s -f -v
+}
+
+
+# stop and clear  
+clearOldContainers
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/build-docker-images.sh b/smp-docker/images/build-docker-images.sh
index 1a2b78158a7b35ec5e27ab2820f9f49b5ef7c657..3a3b17dd267f904fd57749bbbb99577881bf3598 100755
--- a/smp-docker/images/build-docker-images.sh
+++ b/smp-docker/images/build-docker-images.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ SMP_VERSION=
 ORACLE_ARTEFACTS="/CEF/repo"
 
 SMP_ARTEFACTS="../../smp-webapp/target/"
+SMP_SPRINGBOOT_ARTEFACTS="../../smp-springboot/target/"
+SMP_PLUGIN_EXAMPLE="../../smp-examples/smp-spi-payload-validation-example/target/"
 SMP_ARTEFACTS_CLEAR="false"
 
 SMP_IMAGE_PUBLISH="false"
@@ -45,12 +47,13 @@ DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST=${bamboo_DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST}
 DOCKER_FOLDER=${bamboo_DOCKER_FOLDER:-${bamboo_DOCKER_USER}}
 
 # READ arguments
-while getopts v:o:s:c:p: option; do
+while getopts v:o:a:s:c:p: option; do
   case "${option}" in
 
   v) SMP_VERSION=${OPTARG} ;;
   o) ORACLE_ARTEFACTS=${OPTARG} ;;
-  s) SMP_ARTEFACTS=${OPTARG} ;;
+  a) SMP_ARTEFACTS=${OPTARG} ;;
+  s) SMP_SPRINGBOOT_ARTEFACTS=${OPTARG} ;;
   c) SMP_ARTEFACTS_CLEAR=${OPTARG} ;;
   p) SMP_IMAGE_PUBLISH=${OPTARG} ;;
   esac
@@ -65,17 +68,16 @@ if [[ -z "${SMP_VERSION}" ]]; then
     echo "Try to get version from artefacts: $(ls -ltr $SMP_ARTEFACTS)"
     SMP_VERSION="$(ls ${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp-*-setup.zip | sed -e 's/.*smp-//g' | sed -e 's/-setup\.zip$//g')"
   fi
-
 fi
 
-SMP_PLUGIN_EXAMPLE="../../smp-examples/smp-spi-payload-validation-example/target/"
 
 DIRNAME=$(dirname "$0")
 cd "$DIRNAME"
 DIRNAME="$(pwd -P)"
 echo "*****************************************************************"
 echo "* SMP artefact folders: $SMP_ARTEFACTS, (Clear folder after build: $SMP_ARTEFACTS_CLEAR )"
-echo "* Plugin example: $SMP_PLUGIN_EXAMPLE "
+echo "* SMP artefact springboot folders: $SMP_SPRINGBOOT_ARTEFACTS"
+echo "* SMP Plugin example: $SMP_PLUGIN_EXAMPLE "
 echo "* Build SMP image for version $SMP_VERSION"
 echo "* Oracle artefact folders: $ORACLE_ARTEFACTS"
 echo "*****************************************************************"
@@ -145,10 +147,14 @@ validateAndPrepareArtefacts() {
       cp "${ORACLE_ARTEFACTS}/${WEBLOGIC_14_FILE}" ./oracle/weblogic-14.1.1.0/
     fi
 
-  if [[ ! -d "./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/artefacts/" ]]; then
-    mkdir -p "./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/artefacts"
+  if [[ ! -d "./smp-springboot-mysql/artefacts/" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "./smp-springboot-mysql/artefacts"
   fi
 
+  if [[ ! -d "./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/artefacts/" ]]; then
+      mkdir -p "./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/artefacts"
+    fi
+
   if [[ ! -d "./weblogic-14.1-smp/artefacts/" ]]; then
       mkdir -p "./weblogic-14.1-smp/artefacts"
     fi
@@ -157,15 +163,16 @@ validateAndPrepareArtefacts() {
     mkdir -p "./weblogic-12.2-smp/artefacts"
   fi
 
-  # SMP artefats
+  # SMP artefacts
   if [[ ! -f "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp.war" ]]; then
-    echo "SMP artefact '${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp.war' not found. Was project built!"
+    echo "SMP artefact '${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp.war' not found. Was project built?"
     exit 1
   else
     # copy artefact to docker build folder
     cp -r shared-artefacts ./weblogic-12.2-smp/artefacts/
     cp -r shared-artefacts ./weblogic-14.1-smp/artefacts/
     cp -r shared-artefacts ./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/artefacts/
+    cp -r shared-artefacts ./smp-springboot-mysql/artefacts/
     # for weblogic
     cp "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp.war" ./weblogic-12.2-smp/artefacts/smp.war
     cp "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp.war" ./weblogic-14.1-smp/artefacts/smp.war
@@ -173,6 +180,15 @@ validateAndPrepareArtefacts() {
     cp "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp.war" ./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/artefacts/smp.war
   fi
 
+  # add SMP smp-springboot artefacts to smp-springboot-mysql imag
+    if [[ ! -f "${SMP_SPRINGBOOT_ARTEFACTS}/smp-springboot-$SMP_VERSION-exec.jar" ]]; then
+      echo "SMP artefact '${SMP_SPRINGBOOT_ARTEFACTS}/smp-springboot-$SMP_VERSION-exec.jar' not found!"
+      exit 1
+    else
+      # for mysql tomcat
+      cp "${SMP_SPRINGBOOT_ARTEFACTS}/smp-springboot-$SMP_VERSION-exec.jar" ./smp-springboot-mysql/artefacts/smp-springboot-exec.jar
+    fi
+
   # SMP setup zip
   if [[ ! -f "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp-${SMP_VERSION}-setup.zip" ]]; then
     echo "SMP setup bundle '${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp-${SMP_VERSION}-setup.zip' not found. Was project built!"
@@ -182,6 +198,7 @@ validateAndPrepareArtefacts() {
     cp "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp-${SMP_VERSION}-setup.zip" ./weblogic-12.2-smp/artefacts/smp-setup.zip
     cp "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp-${SMP_VERSION}-setup.zip" ./weblogic-14.1-smp/artefacts/smp-setup.zip
     cp "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp-${SMP_VERSION}-setup.zip" ./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/artefacts/smp-setup.zip
+    cp "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp-${SMP_VERSION}-setup.zip" ./smp-springboot-mysql/artefacts/smp-setup.zip
   fi
 
   if [[ ! -d "${SMP_PLUGIN_EXAMPLE}" ]]; then
@@ -202,8 +219,18 @@ buildImages() {
   buildWebLogicOracleImages12
   buildWebLogicOracleImages14
   buildTomcatMysqlImages
+  buildSpringbootMysqlImages
   buildUtils
 }
+buildSpringbootMysqlImages() {
+    # build tomcat mysql image deployment.
+  docker build -t "smp-springboot-mysql:${SMP_VERSION}" ./smp-springboot-mysql/ --build-arg SMP_VERSION=${SMP_VERSION}
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error occurred while building image [smp-springboot-mysql:${SMP_VERSION}]!"
+    exit 10
+  fi
+}
+
 buildTomcatMysqlImages() {
     # build tomcat mysql image deployment.
   docker build -t "smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:${SMP_VERSION}" ./tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/ --build-arg SMP_VERSION=${SMP_VERSION}
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/shared-artefacts/smp-logback.xml b/smp-docker/images/shared-artefacts/smp-logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b0ce159870d58fa0918239ffad2f7c58bd94c873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smp-docker/images/shared-artefacts/smp-logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<configuration>
+    <!-- pattern definition -->
+    <property name="encoderPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} [%X{smp_user}] [%X{smp_session_id}] [%X{smp_request_id}] [%thread] %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n" scope="global"/>
+    <property name="consolePattern" value="%d{ISO8601} [%X{smp_user}] [%X{smp_session_id}] [%X{smp_request_id}] [%thread] %5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n" scope="global"/>
+     <appender name="file" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
+        <file>${log.folder:-logs}/edelivery-smp.log</file>
+        <filter class="ch.qos.logback.core.filter.EvaluatorFilter">
+            <evaluator class="ch.qos.logback.classic.boolex.OnMarkerEvaluator">
+                <marker>SECURITY</marker>
+                <marker>BUSINESS</marker>
+            </evaluator>
+            <onMismatch>NEUTRAL</onMismatch>
+            <onMatch>DENY</onMatch>
+        </filter>
+        <rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.SizeAndTimeBasedRollingPolicy">
+            <!-- rollover daily -->
+            <fileNamePattern>${log.folder:-logs}/edelivery-smp-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.%i.log</fileNamePattern>
+            <!-- each file should be at most 30MB, keep 60 days worth of history, but at most 20GB -->
+            <maxFileSize>30MB</maxFileSize>
+            <maxHistory>60</maxHistory>
+            <totalSizeCap>20GB</totalSizeCap>
+        </rollingPolicy>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>${encoderPattern}</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+    <appender name="stdout" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <Target>System.out</Target>
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>${consolePattern}</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+    <logger name="eu.europa.ec.edelivery" level="INFO" />
+    <logger name="eu.europa.ec.smp" level="INFO" />
+    <logger name="org.springframework.security.cas" level="INFO" />
+    <root level="WARN">
+        <appender-ref ref="file"/>
+        <appender-ref ref="stdout"/>
+    </root>
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/smp-springboot-mysql/Dockerfile b/smp-docker/images/smp-springboot-mysql/Dockerfile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0cb5af3e192b1957d588bd3c448ed030e39dd785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smp-docker/images/smp-springboot-mysql/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+FROM ubuntu:22.04
+MAINTAINER Joze Rihtarsic
+
+ARG SMP_VERSION
+ARG SMP_LOGICAL_ADDRESS="${SMP_LOGICAL_ADDRESS:-http://localhost:8080/smp/}"
+
+# Set the SMP_VERSION env variable  \
+ENV SMP_HOME=/opt/smp  \
+    SMP_DB_SCHEMA=smp  \
+    SMP_DB_USER=smp \
+    SMP_INIT_PROPERTY_DELIMITER="||"  \
+    SMP_INIT_PROPERTIES=""   \
+    SMP_DB_USER_PASSWORD=smp  \
+    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root \
+# misc variables
+    LANG=en_US.utf8  \
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/apr/lib \
+   # set debug
+    JPDA_ADDRESS="5005" \
+    JPDA_TRANSPORT="dt_socket"
+
+
+# Exposing ports used in entrypoint.sh ..
+# - 3306 Mysql port
+# - 8080 springboot port
+# - 5005 JDPA debug port
+EXPOSE 3306 8084 5005
+
+
+VOLUME ["/data"]
+
+# install utils, java, mysql   \
+RUN apt-get -y update \
+    && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        mysql-server \
+        openjdk-8-jdk \
+        locales\
+	    curl \
+        unzip   \
+        haveged \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN   localedef -i en_US -c -f UTF-8 -A /usr/share/locale/locale.alias en_US.UTF-8 \
+# set user
+    && addgroup mysql mysql   \
+    && groupadd smp \
+    && useradd -s /bin/false -g smp -d ${SMP_HOME} smp \
+    && mkdir -p $SMP_HOME/logs   \
+    && cd $SMP_HOME  \
+    && export JAVA_HOME=$(readlink -f /usr/bin/javac | sed "s:/bin/javac::") \
+    && echo "server.port=8084" >  $SMP_HOME/application.properties
+
+ADD ./artefacts /tmp/artefacts
+COPY ./entrypoint.sh /sbin/entrypoint.sh
+
+RUN unzip /tmp/artefacts/smp-setup.zip -d /tmp/    \
+    && mv /tmp/smp-$SMP_VERSION /tmp/smp-setup \
+    && mv /tmp/artefacts/smp-springboot-exec.jar $SMP_HOME/     \
+    && chmod u+x /sbin/entrypoint.sh
+
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/smp-springboot-mysql/README.md b/smp-docker/images/smp-springboot-mysql/README.md
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..548e63b38638790735789e86a992ae7b3ccec9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smp-docker/images/smp-springboot-mysql/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+DomiSMP with sprinboot and mysql database.
+================================
+
+The Image is intended for internal testing of the DomiSMP snapshots builds. The images should not
+be used in production environment.  
+
+Image contains SMP deployed on the spring Embedded Tomcat 9 server with the MYSQL.
+
+# How to build
+
+To build an image with DomiSMP application first copy and rename arterfacts into folder:
+
+    cp "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp-springboot-${SMP_VERSION}-exec.jar" ./artefacts/smp-springboot.jar
+    cp "${SMP_ARTEFACTS}/smp-${SMP_VERSION}-setup.zip" ./artefacts/smp-setup.zip
+
+Then build image with command:
+
+    r build -t smp_springboot_mysql --build-arg SMP_VERSION=5.1-SNAPSHOT .
+
+
+# How to run
+
+Tu run image execute command:
+
+    docker run --name smp -p 8084:8080 -p 3304:3306 smp_springboot_mysql
+
+
+In your browser, enter `https://localhost:8080/smp` .
+
+
+
+# how to run image from edelivery nexus.
+
+The edelivery nexus contains prebuild images for the testing. To start the Tomcat Mysql image
+login to docker registry 'edelivery-docker.devops.tech.ec.europa.eu' and execute the following command. 
+
+    docker run --name smp edelivery-docker.devops.tech.ec.europa.eu/smp_springboot_mysql:5.1-SNAPSHOT  -p 3306:3306 -p 8080:8080
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/smp-springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh b/smp-docker/images/smp-springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee88b363caa690a6170228982b459e7046e633c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smp-docker/images/smp-springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#set -e
+
+# parameters
+MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:-"root"}
+SMP_DB_USER=${SMP_DB_USER:-"smp"}
+SMP_DB_USER_PASSWORD=${SMP_DB_USER_PASSWORD:-"secret123"}
+SMP_DB_SCHEMA=${SMP_DB_SCHEMA:-"smp"}
+
+DATA_DIR=/data
+MYSQL_DATA_DIR=${DATA_DIR}/mysql
+
+if [ ! -d ${DATA_DIR} ]; then
+  mkdir -p ${DATA_DIR}
+fi
+
+init_mysql() {
+  echo "[INFO] init database:"
+  if [ ! -d "/run/mysqld" ]; then
+    mkdir -p /run/mysqld
+    chown -R mysql:mysql /run/mysqld
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -d ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR} ]; then
+    # sleep a little to avoid mv issues
+    sleep 3s
+    mv /var/lib/mysql ${DATA_DIR}
+  fi
+
+  rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
+  ln -sf ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR} /var/lib/mysql
+  chmod -R 0777 ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR}
+  chown -R mysql:mysql ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR}
+  echo '[INFO] start MySQL'
+  sleep 5s
+  service mysql start
+  echo "[INFO] ----------------------------------------"
+  echo "[INFO] create SMP database: ${SMP_DB_SCHEMA}"
+  if [ -d ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR}/${SMP_DB_SCHEMA} ]; then
+    echo "[INFO] MySQL ${SMP_DB_SCHEMA} already present, skipping creation"
+  else
+    echo "[INFO] MySQL ${SMP_DB_SCHEMA}  not found, creating initial DBs"
+
+    echo 'Create smp database'
+    mysql -h localhost -u root -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD';drop schema if exists $SMP_DB_SCHEMA;DROP USER IF EXISTS $SMP_DB_USER;  create schema $SMP_DB_SCHEMA;alter database $SMP_DB_SCHEMA charset=utf8; create user $SMP_DB_USER identified by '$SMP_DB_USER_PASSWORD';grant all on $SMP_DB_SCHEMA.* to $SMP_DB_USER;"
+
+    if [ -f "/tmp/custom-data/mysql5innodb.sql" ]; then
+      echo "Use custom database script! "
+      mysql -h localhost -u root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD $SMP_DB_SCHEMA <"tmp/custom-data/mysql5innodb.ddl"
+    else
+      echo "Use default database ddl script!"
+      mysql -h localhost -u root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD $SMP_DB_SCHEMA <"/tmp/smp-setup/database-scripts/mysql5innodb.ddl"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f "/tmp/custom-data/mysql5innodb-data.sql" ]; then
+      echo "Use custom init script! "
+      mysql -h localhost -u root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD $SMP_DB_SCHEMA <"/tmp/custom-data/mysql5innodb-data.sql"
+    else
+      echo "Use default init script!"
+      mysql -h localhost -u root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD $SMP_DB_SCHEMA < "/tmp/smp-setup/database-scripts/mysql5innodb-data.sql"
+    fi
+  fi
+  sleep 5s
+}
+
+addOrReplaceProperties() {
+
+  PROP_FILE=$1
+  INIT_PROPERTIES=$2
+  INIT_PROPERTY_DELIMITER=$3
+
+  # replace domibus properties
+  if [ -n "$INIT_PROPERTIES" ]; then
+    echo "Parse init properties: $INIT_PROPERTIES"
+    # add delimiter also to end :)
+    s="$INIT_PROPERTIES$INIT_PROPERTY_DELIMITER"
+
+    array=()
+    while [[ $s ]]; do
+      array+=("${s%%"$INIT_PROPERTY_DELIMITER"*}")
+      s=${s#*"$INIT_PROPERTY_DELIMITER"}
+    done
+
+    # replace parameters
+    IFS='='
+    for property in "${array[@]}"; do
+      read -r key value <<<"$property"
+      # escape regex chars and remove trailing and leading spaces..
+      keyRE="$(printf '%s' "${key// /}" | sed 's/[[\*^$()+?{|]/\\&/g')"
+      propertyRE="$(printf '%s' "${property// /}" | sed 's/[[\*^$()+?{|/]/\\&/g')"
+
+      echo "replace or add property: [$keyRE] with value [$propertyRE]"
+      # replace key line and commented #key line with new property
+      sed -i "s/^$keyRE=.*/$propertyRE/;s/^#$keyRE=.*/$propertyRE/" $PROP_FILE
+      # test if replaced if the line not exists add in on the end
+      grep -qF -- "$propertyRE" "$PROP_FILE" || echo "$propertyRE" >>"$PROP_FILE"
+    done
+
+  fi
+}
+
+init_smp() {
+  # set smp data/security folder
+  mkdir -p "${SMP_HOME}/smp/"
+  mkdir -p  "${SMP_HOME}/smp-libs"
+  # copy smp keystore with sml authorized sml certificates
+  cp /tmp/artefacts/shared-artefacts/smp-logback.xml "${SMP_HOME}/logback.xml"
+  cp "/tmp/artefacts/shared-artefacts/smp-keystore-docker-demo.p12" "${SMP_HOME}/smp/smp-keystore-docker-demo.p12"
+  cp "/tmp/artefacts/shared-artefacts/smp-truststore-docker-demo.p12" "${SMP_HOME}/smp/smp-truststore-docker-demo.p12"
+  chown -R smp:smp "${SMP_HOME}"
+}
+
+init_smp_properties() {
+  echo "[INFO] init application.properties:"
+  {
+    echo "# mysql database configuration"
+    echo "smp.jdbc.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect"
+    echo "smp.jdbc.driver=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver"
+    echo "smp.jdbc.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/${SMP_DB_SCHEMA}?allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true"
+    echo "smp.jdbc.user=${SMP_DB_USER}"
+    echo "smp.jdbc.password=${SMP_DB_USER_PASSWORD}"
+    echo "# SMP init parameters"
+    echo "smp.security.folder=${SMP_HOME}/smp/"
+    echo "smp.libraries.folder=${SMP_HOME}/smp-libs"
+    echo "smp.automation.authentication.external.tls.clientCert.enabled=true"
+    echo "bdmsl.integration.enabled=false"
+    echo "bdmsl.participant.multidomain.enabled=false"
+    echo "smp.keystore.filename=smp-keystore-docker-demo.p12"
+    echo "smp.keystore.type=PKCS12"
+    echo "smp.truststore.filename=smp-truststore-docker-demo.p12"
+    echo "smp.truststore.type=PKCS12"
+    echo "smp.keystore.password={DEC}{test123}"
+    echo "smp.truststore.password={DEC}{test123}"
+  } >>"$SMP_HOME/application.properties"
+
+  addOrReplaceProperties "$SMP_HOME/application.properties" "$SMP_INIT_PROPERTIES" "$SMP_INIT_PROPERTY_DELIMITER"
+}
+
+init_mysql
+init_smp_properties
+init_smp
+
+echo '[INFO] start running SMP'
+"${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" -version
+cd $SMP_HOME/
+ls -ltr
+su -s /bin/sh smp -c "${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -jar smp-springboot-exec.jar"
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/springboot-mysql/Dockerfile b/smp-docker/images/springboot-mysql/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100755
index 12be43b7db8581177a779c5f530b848d3c3e974b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/smp-docker/images/springboot-mysql/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-FROM ubuntu:22.04
-
-MAINTAINER jrc
-
-ENV BDMSL_VERSION=5.0-SNAPSHOT \
-    DATA_DIR=/data  \
-    JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/ \
-    DB_SCHEMA=smp \
-    DB_USER=smp \
-    DB_USER_PASSWORD=smp \
-    MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root 
-
-ENV BDMSL_HOME=/opt/bdmsl
-
-RUN apt-get update \
-# get utils, bind9, java, mysql 
-   && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        mysql-server \
-        openjdk-8-jdk \
-	    unzip \
-        wget \
-        curl \
-        vim \
-        haveged \
-	    apache2-utils \
-   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-# create bdmsl user
-   && mkdir "${BDMSL_HOME}" \
-   && groupadd smp \
-   && useradd -s /bin/false -g bdmsl -d ${BDMSL_HOME} smp \
-   && cd /opt
-#install 
-RUN cd /opt \
-   && mkdir -p /opt/smpconf \
-   && echo "[mysqld]" >> /etc/mysql/my.cnf  \
-   && echo "lower_case_table_names=1" >> /etc/mysql/my.cnf  \
-   && echo "collation-server=utf8_unicode_ci" >> /etc/mysql/my.cnf  \
-   && echo "init-connect='SET NAMES utf8'" >> /etc/mysql/my.cnf  \
-   && echo "character-set-server=utf8" >> /etc/mysql/my.cnf  \
-   && echo "default_authentication_plugin=mysql_native_password" >> /etc/mysql/my.cnf  \
-   && sed -i -e "s/127.0.0.1/0.0.0.0/g" /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf
-
-
-# deploy application
-COPY entrypoint.sh /sbin/entrypoint.sh
-COPY ./artefacts/smp-springboot-exec.jar ${BDMSL_HOME}/smp-springboot-exec.jar
-COPY ./artefacts/smp-setup.zip /tmp/smp-setup.zip
-
-# set configuration
-RUN jar -xf /tmp/smp-setup.zip \
-   && cp bdmsl-webapp-*/encriptionPrivateKey.private  /opt/smlconf/encriptionPrivateKey.private \
-   && cp bdmsl-webapp-*/keystore.jks /opt/smlconf/keystore.jks \
-   && cp bdmsl-webapp-*/truststore.p12 /opt/smlconf/truststore.p12 \
-   && mv bdmsl-webapp-*/database-scripts /opt/smlconf/database-scripts \
-   && mv bdmsl-webapp-*/sml.config.properties /tmp/sml.config.properties \
-   && rm -rf bdmsl-webapp-*/ \
-   && chown -R bdmsl:bdmsl /opt/smlconf/ \
-   && chmod 755 /sbin/entrypoint.sh
-
-EXPOSE  3306 8084
-
-VOLUME /data
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/springboot-mysql/README.md b/smp-docker/images/springboot-mysql/README.md
deleted file mode 100755
index 3db2b90893ea8cc8cc9a57591036eb72b08c480e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/smp-docker/images/springboot-mysql/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-BDMSL with sprin-boot and mysql database.
-================================
-
-The Images are intended for internal testing of the BDSML nightly snapshots builds. The images should not
-be used in production environment.  
-
-Image contains BDMSL deployed on the Tomcat 9 server with the MYSQL.
-
-# How to build
-
-To build an image with BDMSL application first copy and rename arterfacts into folder:
-
-    cp "${SML_ARTEFACTS}/bdmsl-springboot-${BDMSL_VERSION}-exec.jar" ./springboot-mysql/artefacts/bdmsl-springboot.jar
-    cp "${SML_ARTEFACTS}/bdmsl-webapp-${BDMSL_VERSION}-setup.zip" ./springboot-mysql/artefacts/bdmsl-webapp-setup.zip
-
-Then build image with command:
-
-    docker build -t bdmsl_springboot_mysql ./springboot-mysql/
-
-
-# How to run
-
-Tu run image execute command:
-
-    docker run --name bdmsl -p 8084:8080 -p 3304:3306 bdmsl_springboot_mysql:4.2-SNAPSHOT
-
-
-In your browser, enter `https://localhost:8080/edelivery-sml` .
-
-
-
-# how to run image from edelivery nexus.
-
-The edelivery nexus contains prebuild images for the testing. To start the Tomcat Mysql image
-login to docker registry 'edelivery-docker.devops.tech.ec.europa.eu' and execute the following command. 
-
-    docker run --name bdmsl-tomcat edelivery-docker.devops.tech.ec.europa.eu/bdmsl_springboot_mysql:4.2-SNAPSHOT  -p 3306:3306 -p 8080:8080
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh b/smp-docker/images/springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ac2d425390ba1d1431b3637edf5efa733e3d0778..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/smp-docker/images/springboot-mysql/entrypoint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,201 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-ROOT_PASSWORD=${ROOT_PASSWORD:-password}
-export JAVA_HOME=`type -p javac|xargs readlink -f|xargs dirname|xargs dirname`
-
-BIND_DATA_DIR=${DATA_DIR}/bind
-MYSQL_DATA_DIR=${DATA_DIR}/mysql
-BDMSL_DIR=${DATA_DIR}/smp
-
-if [ ! -d ${DATA_DIR} ]; then
-   mkdir -p ${DATA_DIR}
-fi
-
-
-init_mysql() {
-  # start MYSQL
-  echo  "[INFO]  Initialize mysql service: $(service mysql status)."
-  #service mysql start
-  # reinitialize mysql to start it with enabled lowercase tables, 'root' password and change the data folder
-  service mysql stop
-  rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
-  if [ ! -d ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR} ]; then
-    mkdir -p ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR}
-  fi
-  ln -sf ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR} /var/lib/mysql
-
-  chmod -R 0775 ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR}
-  usermod -d ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR} mysql
-
-  chown mysql:mysql ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR}
-  chmod 0775 ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR}
-  echo "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}';" > /tmp/mysql-init
-
-  mysqld --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf --initialize --lower_case_table_names=1 --init-file=/tmp/mysql-init --user=mysql --console
-  service mysql start
-
-  PID_MYSQL=$(cat /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock.lock);
-  if  [ ! -d ${MYSQL_DATA_DIR}/${DB_SCHEMA} ]; then
-    # create database
-    mysql -h localhost -u root --password=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} -e "drop schema if exists $DB_SCHEMA;DROP USER IF EXISTS $DB_USER;  create schema $DB_SCHEMA;alter database     $DB_SCHEMA charset=utf8; create user $DB_USER identified by '$DB_USER_PASSWORD';grant all on $DB_SCHEMA.* to $DB_USER;"
-    # initialize database
-    mysql -h localhost -u root --password=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} $DB_SCHEMA < /opt/smlconf/database-scripts/mysql5innodb.ddl
-    # init data
-    mysql -h localhost -u root --password=${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD} $DB_SCHEMA < /opt/smlconf/database-scripts/mysql5innodb-data.sql
-  fi
-}
-
-
-init_bdmsl() {
-
-  echo "[INFO] init smp folders: ${BDMSL_HOME}/application.properties"
-  {
-      echo "# BDMSL application configuration"
-      echo "server.port=8080"
-      echo "# Database configuration"
-      echo "sml.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect"
-      echo "sml.jdbc.driver=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver"
-      echo "sml.jdbc.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/$DB_SCHEMA?allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true"
-      echo "sml.jdbc.user=$DB_USER"
-      echo "sml.jdbc.password=$DB_USER_PASSWORD"
-  } >>  ${BDMSL_HOME}/application.properties
-
-
-
-
-  echo "[INFO] copy smp to shared folders: ${BDMSL_DIR}"
-  if [ ! -d ${BDMSL_DIR} ]; then
-    mv ${BDMSL_HOME} ${BDMSL_DIR}
-  fi
-
-  rm -rf ${BDMSL_HOME}
-  ln -sf ${BDMSL_DIR} ${BDMSL_HOME}
-
-
-  # override init artefacts as keystore, truststore, keys, ...
-  if [  -d /opt/smlconf/init-configuration ]; then
-     cp -r /opt/smlconf/init-configuration/*.*  /opt/smlconf/
-  fi
-
-  # add trusted hostname certificate for CRL download over HTTPS test
-  if [  -f /opt/smlconf/init-configuration/sml_crl_hostname.cer ]; then
-    "${JAVA_HOME}"/bin/keytool -importcert -alias test-host -keystore "/etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts" -storepass changeit -file /opt/smlconf/init-configuration/sml_crl_hostname.cer -noprompt
-  fi
-
-}
-
-#
-# Function initialize  and star squid proxy. Prepositions for function are
-# installed packages squid and apache2-utils!
-#
-function init_squid() {
-
-    PROXY_FOLDER=${PROXY_FOLDER:-/data/proxy}
-    PROXY_CONFIG_LOGS="${PROXY_FOLDER}/logs"
-    PROXY_CONFIG_FILE="${PROXY_FOLDER}/squid.conf"
-    PROXY_USERS_FILE=/etc/squid/passwd
-    PROXY_AUTHENTICATION=${PROXY_AUTHENTICATION:-true}
-    PROXY_USERS=${PROXY_USERS:-proxyuser1:test123,proxyuser2:test123}
-    PROXY_PORT=${PROXY_PORT:-3127}
-    # system dependant
-    PROXY_LIBS=${PROXY_LIBS:-/usr/lib/squid}
-
-    echo "[INFO] starting squid configuration"
-    echo "---------------------------< suquid conf >---------------------------"
-    echo "PROXY_CONFIG_FILE=${PROXY_CONFIG_FILE}"
-    echo "PROXY_FOLDER=${PROXY_FOLDER}"
-    echo "PROXY_USERS_FILE=${PROXY_USERS_FILE}"
-    echo "PROXY_AUTHENTICATION=${PROXY_AUTHENTICATION}"
-    echo "PROXY_USERS=${PROXY_USERS}"
-    echo "------------------------------[ suquid conf ]-------------------------------"; echo
-
-
-    # set configuration
-    [[ ! -d "${PROXY_FOLDER}" ]] &&  mkdir -p "${PROXY_FOLDER}"
-    [[ ! -d "${PROXY_CONFIG_LOGS}" ]] &&  mkdir -p "${PROXY_CONFIG_LOGS}"
-    [[ ! -d "/var/run/squid/" ]] &&  mkdir -p "/var/run/squid/"
-
-
-    echo "# BDMSL squid configuration" > "${PROXY_CONFIG_FILE}"
-
-    {
-        echo "cache_access_log ${PROXY_CONFIG_LOGS}/access.log"
-        echo "cache_log ${PROXY_CONFIG_LOGS}/cache.log"
-        echo "cache_store_log ${PROXY_CONFIG_LOGS}/store.log"
-        echo ""
-        echo "pid_filename /var/run/squid/squidm.pid"
-        echo "cache_effective_user smp"
-        echo ""
-        echo "http_port ${PROXY_PORT}"
-        echo ""
-    } >> "${PROXY_CONFIG_FILE}"
-
-    if [ "${PROXY_AUTHENTICATION}" == "true" ]; then
-        local users=(${PROXY_USERS//,/ })
-        local userNames=()
-
-        # clear file
-        echo "# BDMSL proxy users" > "${PROXY_USERS_FILE}"
-        for user in "${users[@]}"; do
-            local userCredentials=(${user//:/ })
-            userNames+=(${userCredentials[0]})
-            # create a user
-            htpasswd -b  ${PROXY_USERS_FILE} ${userCredentials[0]} ${userCredentials[1]} || exit $?
-        done
-        echo "Created proxy users: ${userNames[*]}"
-
-        # create squid property file
-        {
-            echo "auth_param basic program ${PROXY_LIBS}/basic_ncsa_auth  ${PROXY_USERS_FILE}"
-            echo "auth_param basic children 5"
-            echo "auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server"
-            echo "auth_param basic credentialsttl 1 minute"
-            echo "auth_param basic casesensitive off"
-            echo ""
-            echo "acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED"
-            echo "http_access allow ncsa_users"
-            echo ""
-        } >> ${PROXY_CONFIG_FILE}
-        # example to test
-        # wget -e use_proxy=yes --proxy-user=proxyuser2 --proxy-password=test123 -e http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:3127 -e https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:3127 https://www.google.com/ --no-check-certificate
-    else
-      {
-         echo "http_access allow all"
-         echo ""
-      } >> ${PROXY_CONFIG_FILE}
-    fi
-    chown -R smp:smp ${PROXY_FOLDER}
-    echo "Start squid proxy server"
-   $(nohup $(which squid) -f ${PROXY_CONFIG_FILE} -NYCd 1 &> ${PROXY_CONFIG_LOGS}/squid.out &)
-}
-
-init_squid
-init_bind
-init_mysql
-init_bdmsl
-
-
-#----------------------------------------------------
-# stard bind 9
-# allow arguments to be passed to named
-echo  "[INFO]  Start bind"
-if [[ ${1:0:1} = '-' ]]; then
-  EXTRA_ARGS="$@"
-  set --
-elif [[ ${1} == named || ${1} == $(which named) ]]; then
-  EXTRA_ARGS="${@:2}"
-  set --
-fi
-
-echo "Starting named..."
-service named stop
-$(which named) -4 -u ${BIND_USER} ${EXTRA_ARGS} -d 0 -L ${BIND_DATA_DIR}/logs/stdout.txt  &
-  
-#----------------------------------------------------
-# start tomcat
-echo  "[INFO]  Start smp"
-cd ${BDMSL_DIR}
-ls -ltr
-su -s /bin/sh smp -c "${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java -jar smp-springboot-exec.jar"
-
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/Dockerfile b/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/Dockerfile
index 973a8bf896371a5812a5c051a501737b2f02a640..a0ab2a01a3a6c8bfd3b7f77ef22760401abdfadf 100755
--- a/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/Dockerfile
+++ b/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/Dockerfile
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
         bind9 \
         bind9utils  \
         dnsutils \
+        haveged \
         libapr1 \
 	    libapr1-dev \
 	    libssl-dev \
diff --git a/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/README.md b/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/README.md
index cfc09f732b2e9fa4f9961f0203de44b28490f261..1bb1ae52104cbfeb37792872c53ad1c7360c3b2b 100755
--- a/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/README.md
+++ b/smp-docker/images/tomcat-mysql-smp-sml/README.md
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-# Experiamental SMP docker image
-Purpose of image is to help SMP and AP sofware developers to create development environment for localy testing Dynamic Discovery using SML and SMP.
-Image uses latest version of eDelivery SMP setup on tomcat, mysql ubuntu
+# Test and Domo SMP docker image
+
+The Image is intended for internal testing of the DomiSMP snapshots builds. The images should not
+be used in production environment.
+
 
 # Image build
 
     docker build -t smp .
 
 # Run container based on smp image
-  
+
+    docker run --name smp -p 8080:8080 smp
+
     docker run --name smp -it --rm -p [http-port]:8080  edelivery-docker.devops.tech.ec.europa.eu/edeliverytest/smp-sml-tomcat-mysql:${SMP_VERSION}
 
 example:
diff --git a/smp-springboot/pom.xml b/smp-springboot/pom.xml
index 26ed3fd33cc426083dccc56c1e5babc4a4902e4f..fbc2b81bdfdc8b38c97956ab3e570cb87426bdff 100644
--- a/smp-springboot/pom.xml
+++ b/smp-springboot/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <configuration>
                     <classifier>exec</classifier>
                     <mainClass>eu.europa.ec.springboot.smp.SMPApplication</mainClass>
-                    <layout>ZIP</layout>
+                    <layout>JAR</layout>
                     <!-- Don't copy the war as a dependency, it's included as a resource -->
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ limitations under the License.
                             <artifactId>smp</artifactId>
                         </exclude>
                     </excludes>
-
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -86,10 +85,22 @@ limitations under the License.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
             <artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!--add latest jackson which is used also by the smp.war -->
         <dependency>