diff --git a/it/testing-server/pom.xml b/it/testing-server/pom.xml
index 23b03d94db..d4cba3fc79 100644
--- a/it/testing-server/pom.xml
+++ b/it/testing-server/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.walmartlabs.concord</groupId>
+            <artifactId>concord-agent</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
@@ -43,5 +47,16 @@
             <groupId>com.typesafe</groupId>
             <artifactId>config</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.walmartlabs.concord</groupId>
+            <artifactId>concord-client2</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/it/testing-server/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/it/testingserver/TestingConcordAgent.java b/it/testing-server/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/it/testingserver/TestingConcordAgent.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2cd4531e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/it/testing-server/src/main/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/it/testingserver/TestingConcordAgent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+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.google.inject.Guice;
+import com.google.inject.Module;
+import com.typesafe.config.Config;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigParseOptions;
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigResolveOptions;
+import com.walmartlabs.concord.agent.Agent;
+import com.walmartlabs.concord.agent.AgentModule;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+/**
+ * A helper class for running concord-agent.
+ * The agent runs in the same JVM as TestingConcordAgent.
+ */
+public class TestingConcordAgent implements AutoCloseable {
+
+    private final Map<String, String> extraConfiguration;
+    private final List<Function<Config, Module>> extraModules;
+    private final String agentApiKey;
+
+    private Agent agent;
+
+    public TestingConcordAgent(String agentApiKey) {
+        this(agentApiKey, Map.of(), List.of());
+    }
+
+    public TestingConcordAgent(String agentApiKey, Map<String, String> extraConfiguration, List<Function<Config, Module>> extraModules) {
+        this.agentApiKey = agentApiKey;
+        this.extraConfiguration = extraConfiguration;
+        this.extraModules = extraModules;
+    }
+
+    public synchronized void start() {
+        var config = prepareConfig();
+        var system = new AgentModule(config);
+        var allModules = Stream.concat(extraModules.stream().map(f -> f.apply(config)), Stream.of(system)).toList();
+        var injector = Guice.createInjector(allModules);
+        agent = injector.getInstance(Agent.class);
+        agent.start();
+    }
+
+    public synchronized void stop() {
+        if (agent != null) {
+            agent.stop();
+            agent = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        this.stop();
+    }
+
+    private Config prepareConfig() {
+        var extraConfig = ConfigFactory.parseMap(this.extraConfiguration);
+
+        var testConfig = ConfigFactory.parseMap(Map.of(
+                "server.apiKey", agentApiKey
+        ));
+
+        var defaultConfig = ConfigFactory.load("concord-agent.conf", ConfigParseOptions.defaults(), ConfigResolveOptions.defaults().setAllowUnresolved(true))
+                .getConfig("concord-agent");
+
+        return extraConfig.withFallback(testConfig.withFallback(defaultConfig)).resolve();
+    }
+}
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
index bcca549988..7bbfc6de86 100644
--- 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
@@ -38,21 +38,29 @@
 
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
+/**
+ * A helper class for running concord-server. It runs PostgreSQL in Docker
+ * and the server runs in the same JVM as TestingConcordServer.
+ */
 public class TestingConcordServer implements AutoCloseable {
 
     private final Map<String, String> extraConfiguration;
     private final List<Function<Config, Module>> extraModules;
+    private final String adminApiKey;
+    private final String agentApiKey;
 
     private PostgreSQLContainer<?> db;
     private ConcordServer server;
 
+    public TestingConcordServer() {
+        this(Map.of(), List.of());
+    }
+
     public TestingConcordServer(Map<String, String> extraConfiguration, List<Function<Config, Module>> extraModules) {
         this.extraConfiguration = requireNonNull(extraConfiguration);
         this.extraModules = requireNonNull(extraModules);
-    }
-
-    public TestingConcordServer() {
-        this(Map.of(), List.of());
+        this.adminApiKey = randomString(8);
+        this.agentApiKey = randomString(16);
     }
 
     public synchronized TestingConcordServer start() throws Exception {
@@ -68,12 +76,7 @@ public synchronized TestingConcordServer start() throws Exception {
         return this;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public synchronized void close() throws Exception {
-        this.stop();
-    }
-
-    public void stop() throws Exception {
+    public synchronized void stop() throws Exception {
         if (server != null) {
             server.stop();
             server = null;
@@ -85,6 +88,11 @@ public void stop() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws Exception {
+        this.stop();
+    }
+
     public ConcordServer getServer() {
         return server;
     }
@@ -93,6 +101,14 @@ public PostgreSQLContainer<?> getDb() {
         return db;
     }
 
+    public String getAdminApiKey() {
+        return adminApiKey;
+    }
+
+    public String getAgentApiKey() {
+        return agentApiKey;
+    }
+
     private Config prepareConfig(PostgreSQLContainer<?> db) {
         var extraConfig = ConfigFactory.parseMap(this.extraConfiguration);
 
@@ -102,10 +118,11 @@ private Config prepareConfig(PostgreSQLContainer<?> db) {
                 "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()
+                "db.changeLogParameters.defaultAdminToken", adminApiKey,
+                "db.changeLogParameters.defaultAgentToken", agentApiKey,
+                "secretStore.serverPassword", randomString(64),
+                "secretStore.secretStoreSalt", randomString(64),
+                "secretStore.projectSecretSalt", randomString(64)
         ));
 
         var defaultConfig = ConfigFactory.load("concord-server.conf", ConfigParseOptions.defaults(), ConfigResolveOptions.defaults().setAllowUnresolved(true))
@@ -114,8 +131,8 @@ private Config prepareConfig(PostgreSQLContainer<?> db) {
         return extraConfig.withFallback(testConfig.withFallback(defaultConfig)).resolve();
     }
 
-    private static String randomString() {
-        byte[] ab = new byte[64];
+    private static String randomString(int minLength) {
+        byte[] ab = new byte[minLength];
         new SecureRandom().nextBytes(ab);
         return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(ab);
     }
@@ -124,18 +141,26 @@ private static String randomString() {
      * Just an example.
      */
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        try (TestingConcordServer server = new TestingConcordServer(Map.of("process.watchdogPeriod", "10 seconds"), List.of())) {
+        try (var server = new TestingConcordServer(Map.of("process.watchdogPeriod", "10 seconds"), List.of())) {
             server.start();
 
-            System.out.println("""
-                    ==============================================================
+            var db = server.getDb();
+            System.out.printf("""
+                            ==============================================================
+                                        
+                              UI: http://localhost:8001/
+                              DB:
+                                JDBC URL: %s
+                                username: %s
+                                password: %s
                                         
-                      UI: http://localhost:8001/
-                      DB:
-                        JDBC URL: %s
-                        username: %s
-                        password: %s
-                    """.formatted(server.getDb().getJdbcUrl(), server.getDb().getUsername(), server.getDb().getPassword()));
+                              admin API key: %s
+                              agent API key: %s
+                            %n""", db.getJdbcUrl(),
+                    db.getUsername(),
+                    db.getPassword(),
+                    server.getAdminApiKey(),
+                    server.getAgentApiKey());
 
             Thread.currentThread().join();
         }
diff --git a/it/testing-server/src/test/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/it/testingserver/TestingConcordIT.java b/it/testing-server/src/test/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/it/testingserver/TestingConcordIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fe1d7f1e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/it/testing-server/src/test/java/com/walmartlabs/concord/it/testingserver/TestingConcordIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+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.walmartlabs.concord.client2.ApiClientConfiguration;
+import com.walmartlabs.concord.client2.DefaultApiClientFactory;
+import com.walmartlabs.concord.client2.ProcessApi;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static com.walmartlabs.concord.client2.ProcessEntry.StatusEnum.FINISHED;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * A test that tests TestingConcordServer and TestingConcordAgent can run together in the same JVM.
+ */
+public class TestingConcordIT {
+
+    private TestingConcordServer concordServer;
+    private TestingConcordAgent concordAgent;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        concordServer = new TestingConcordServer();
+        concordServer.start();
+
+        concordAgent = new TestingConcordAgent(concordServer.getAgentApiKey());
+        concordAgent.start();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        if (concordAgent != null) {
+            concordAgent.close();
+            concordAgent = null;
+        }
+
+        if (concordServer != null) {
+            concordServer.close();
+            concordServer = null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test(timeout = 120_000)
+    public void testRunningSimpleProcess() throws Exception {
+        var client = new DefaultApiClientFactory("http://localhost:8001")
+                .create(ApiClientConfiguration.builder()
+                        .apiKey(concordServer.getAdminApiKey())
+                        .build());
+
+        var processApi = new ProcessApi(client);
+        var response = processApi.startProcess(Map.of("concord.yml", """
+                flows:
+                  default:
+                    - log: "Hello!"
+                """.getBytes()));
+        assertNotNull(response.getInstanceId());
+
+        var process = processApi.waitForCompletion(response.getInstanceId(), Duration.ofSeconds(60).toMillis());
+        assertEquals(FINISHED, process.getStatus());
+    }
+}