diff --git a/it/pom.xml b/it/pom.xml
index 1b9a397927..9b80ef8aa2 100644
--- a/it/pom.xml
+++ b/it/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
         <module>runtime-v1</module>
         <module>runtime-v2</module>
         <module>compat</module>
+
+        <module>testing-server</module>
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/it/testing-server/pom.xml b/it/testing-server/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79089f0176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/it/testing-server/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.walmartlabs.concord.it</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>testing-concord-server</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.walmartlabs.concord.server</groupId>
+            <artifactId>concord-server</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.walmartlabs.concord.server.plugins.ansible</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>concord-ansible-plugin</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.walmartlabs.concord.server.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>concord-oneops-plugin</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.walmartlabs.concord.server.plugins.noderoster</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>concord-noderoster-plugin</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.walmartlabs.concord.server.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>pfed-sso</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.typesafe</groupId>
+            <artifactId>config</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/it/testing-server/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/it/testingserver/TestingConcordServer.java b/it/testing-server/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/it/testingserver/TestingConcordServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ed47ff7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/it/testing-server/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/it/testingserver/TestingConcordServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package com.walmartlabs.concord.it.testingserver;
+
+/*-
+ * *****
+ * Concord
+ * -----
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 - 2023 Walmart Inc.
+ * -----
+ * 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.
+ * =====
+ */
+
+import com.typesafe.config.Config;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigParseOptions;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigResolveOptions;
+import com.walmartlabs.concord.server.ConcordServer;
+import com.walmartlabs.concord.server.ConcordServerModule;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.PostgreSQLContainer;
+
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
+import java.util.Base64;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class TestingConcordServer implements AutoCloseable {
+
+    private PostgreSQLContainer<?> db;
+    private ConcordServer server;
+
+    public TestingConcordServer start() throws Exception {
+        db = new PostgreSQLContainer<>("postgres:15-alpine");
+        db.start();
+
+        server = ConcordServer.withModules(new ConcordServerModule(prepareConfig(db)))
+                .start();
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws Exception {
+        this.stop();
+    }
+
+    public void stop() throws Exception {
+        if (server != null) {
+            server.stop();
+            server = null;
+        }
+
+        if (db != null) {
+            db.stop();
+            db = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Config prepareConfig(PostgreSQLContainer<?> db) {
+        Config testConfig = ConfigFactory.parseMap(Map.of(
+                "db.url", db.getJdbcUrl(),
+                "db.appUsername", db.getUsername(),
+                "db.appPassword", db.getPassword(),
+                "db.inventoryUsername", db.getUsername(),
+                "db.inventoryPassword", db.getPassword(),
+                "db.changeLogParameters.defaultAdminToken", "foobar",
+                "secretStore.serverPassword", randomString(),
+                "secretStore.secretStoreSalt", randomString(),
+                "secretStore.projectSecretSalt", randomString()
+        ));
+
+        Config defaultConfig = ConfigFactory.load("concord-server.conf", ConfigParseOptions.defaults(), ConfigResolveOptions.defaults().setAllowUnresolved(true))
+                .getConfig("concord-server");
+
+        return testConfig.withFallback(defaultConfig).resolve();
+    }
+
+    private static String randomString() {
+        byte[] ab = new byte[64];
+        new SecureRandom().nextBytes(ab);
+        return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(ab);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        TestingConcordServer server = new TestingConcordServer().start();
+        Thread.sleep(100000);
+        server.stop();
+    }
+}