diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6bb4bad..a8920dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@
 **/.DS_Store
 **/classpath-data.json
 **/dependencies-and-licenses-overview.txt
+
+
+gradle.properties
+gradlew
+gradlew.bat
+gradle/
+
+**/.gradle
+**/build
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 74990df..ca4e5af 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,21 @@ variables:
 include:
   - project: 'gitlab/gitlab'
     ref: 'main'
-    file: 'ci-templates/maven_java.yml'
+    file: 'ci-templates/gradle_java.yml'
 
+deploy:
+  stage: deploy
+  tags:
+    - dind
+  script:
+    - echo "Building with gradle version ${BUILDVERSION}"
+    - gradle -Pversion=${BUILDVERSION} publish
+    - gradle bootBuildImage --cleanCache --publishImage -PbuildbootDockerHostNetwork=true -Pversion=${BUILDVERSION}
+    - echo "BUILDVERSION=$BUILDVERSION" >> version.env
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      dotenv: version.env
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^release/
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc02e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+plugins {
+    `kotlin-dsl`
+}
+
+repositories {
+    gradlePluginPortal()
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com.iqser.red.service.java-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com.iqser.red.service.java-conventions.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8316136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/com.iqser.red.service.java-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+plugins {
+    `java-library`
+    `maven-publish`
+    pmd
+    checkstyle
+    jacoco
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenLocal()
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven {
+        url = uri("https://nexus.knecon.com/repository/gindev/");
+        credentials {
+            username = providers.gradleProperty("mavenUser").getOrNull();
+            password = providers.gradleProperty("mavenPassword").getOrNull();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+group = "com.iqser.red.service"
+
+java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+java.targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+
+tasks.pmdMain {
+    pmd.ruleSetFiles = files("${rootDir}/config/pmd/pmd.xml")
+}
+
+tasks.pmdTest {
+    pmd.ruleSetFiles = files("${rootDir}/config/pmd/test_pmd.xml")
+}
+
+tasks.named<Test>("test") {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    reports {
+        junitXml.outputLocation.set(layout.buildDirectory.dir("reports/junit"))
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.test {
+    finalizedBy(tasks.jacocoTestReport) // report is always generated after tests run
+}
+
+tasks.jacocoTestReport {
+    dependsOn(tasks.test) // tests are required to run before generating the report
+    reports {
+        xml.required.set(true)
+        csv.required.set(false)
+        html.outputLocation.set(layout.buildDirectory.dir("jacocoHtml"))
+    }
+}
+
+java {
+    withJavadocJar()
+}
diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8faaf13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
+        "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+    <property
+            name="severity"
+            value="error"/>
+    <module name="TreeWalker">
+        <module name="SuppressWarningsHolder"/>
+        <module name="MissingDeprecated"/>
+        <module name="MissingOverride"/>
+        <module name="AnnotationLocation"/>
+        <module name="JavadocStyle"/>
+        <module name="NonEmptyAtclauseDescription"/>
+        <module name="IllegalImport"/>
+        <module name="RedundantImport"/>
+        <module name="RedundantModifier"/>
+        <module name="EmptyBlock"/>
+        <module name="DefaultComesLast"/>
+        <module name="EmptyStatement"/>
+        <module name="EqualsHashCode"/>
+        <module name="ExplicitInitialization"/>
+        <module name="IllegalInstantiation"/>
+        <module name="ModifiedControlVariable"/>
+        <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
+        <module name="PackageDeclaration"/>
+        <module name="ParameterAssignment"/>
+        <module name="SimplifyBooleanExpression"/>
+        <module name="SimplifyBooleanReturn"/>
+        <module name="StringLiteralEquality"/>
+        <module name="OneStatementPerLine"/>
+        <module name="FinalClass"/>
+        <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
+        <module name="UpperEll"/>
+        <module name="OuterTypeFilename"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="FileTabCharacter"/>
+    <module name="SuppressWarningsFilter"/>
+</module>
diff --git a/config/pmd/pmd.xml b/config/pmd/pmd.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22d6d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/pmd/pmd.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="Custom ruleset"
+         xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
+
+    <description>
+        Knecon ruleset checks the code for bad stuff
+    </description>
+
+    <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml">
+        <exclude name="DataflowAnomalyAnalysis"/>
+        <exclude name="MissingSerialVersionUID"/>
+        <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidDuplicateLiterals"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName"/>
+        <exclude name="AssignmentInOperand"/>
+    </rule>
+
+</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/pmd/test_pmd.xml b/config/pmd/test_pmd.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56d37d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/pmd/test_pmd.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="Custom ruleset"
+         xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset/2.0.0 http://pmd.sourceforge.net/ruleset_2_0_0.xsd">
+
+    <description>
+        Knecon test ruleset checks the code for bad stuff
+    </description>
+
+
+    <rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml">
+        <exclude name="DataflowAnomalyAnalysis"/>
+        <exclude name="MissingSerialVersionUID"/>
+        <exclude name="NullAssignment"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidLiteralsInIfCondition"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidDuplicateLiterals"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName"/>
+        <exclude name="AvoidFieldNameMatchingTypeName"/>
+        <exclude name="AssignmentInOperand"/>
+        <exclude name="TestClassWithoutTestCases"/>
+    </rule>
+
+</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.settings.kts b/gradle.settings.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2b849c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.settings.kts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version = 2.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 15a6e68..0000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-
-    <artifactId>search-service</artifactId>
-    <groupId>com.iqser.red.service</groupId>
-    <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-    <modules>
-        <module>search-service-v1</module>
-        <module>search-service-image-v1</module>
-    </modules>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/search-service-image-v1/pom.xml b/search-service-image-v1/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 03c33e6..0000000
--- a/search-service-image-v1/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-<?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">
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>com.knecon.fforesight</groupId>
-        <artifactId>platform-docker-dependency</artifactId>
-        <version>0.1.0</version>
-        <relativePath/>
-    </parent>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <artifactId>search-service-image-v1</artifactId>
-    <groupId>com.iqser.red.service</groupId>
-    <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-
-    <properties>
-        <service.server>search-service-server-v1</service.server>
-        <platform.jar>${service.server}.jar</platform.jar>
-        <docker.skip.push>false</docker.skip.push>
-        <docker.image.name>${docker.image.prefix}/${service.server}</docker.image.name>
-    </properties>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
-                <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>download-platform-jar</id>
-                            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>copy</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <artifactItems>
-                                    <dependency>
-                                        <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>${service.server}</artifactId>
-                                        <version>${project.version}</version>
-                                        <type>jar</type>
-                                        <overWrite>true</overWrite>
-                                        <destFileName>${platform.jar}</destFileName>
-                                    </dependency>
-                                </artifactItems>
-                                <outputDirectory>${docker.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>docker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <images>
-                            <image>
-                                <name>${docker.image.name}</name>
-                                <build>
-                                    <dockerFileDir>${docker.build.directory}</dockerFileDir>
-                                    <args>
-                                        <PLATFORM_JAR>${platform.jar}</PLATFORM_JAR>
-                                    </args>
-                                    <tags>
-                                        <tag>${docker.image.version}</tag>
-                                        <tag>latest</tag>
-                                    </tags>
-                                </build>
-                            </image>
-                        </images>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/search-service-image-v1/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/search-service-image-v1/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 15f1a3c..0000000
--- a/search-service-image-v1/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-FROM red/base-image:2.0.2
-
-ARG PLATFORM_JAR
-
-ENV PLATFORM_JAR ${PLATFORM_JAR}
-
-COPY ["${PLATFORM_JAR}", "/"]
diff --git a/search-service-v1/pom.xml b/search-service-v1/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 155dfe7..0000000
--- a/search-service-v1/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-<?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">
-    <parent>
-        <artifactId>platform-dependency</artifactId>
-        <groupId>com.iqser.red</groupId>
-        <version>2.2.0</version>
-        <relativePath/>
-    </parent>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <artifactId>search-service-v1</artifactId>
-    <groupId>com.iqser.red.service</groupId>
-    <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
-
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
-    <modules>
-        <module>search-service-api-v1</module>
-        <module>search-service-server-v1</module>
-    </modules>
-
-    <dependencyManagement>
-
-        <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.iqser.red</groupId>
-                <artifactId>platform-commons-dependency</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7.0</version>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-                <type>pom</type>
-            </dependency>
-
-        </dependencies>
-
-    </dependencyManagement>
-
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.9.0.2155</version>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
-                    <version>8.1.2</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <format>ALL</format>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>prepare-agent</id>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                        </execution>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>report</id>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>report</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.8.8</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>prepare-agent</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>report</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>report-aggregate</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-api-v1/build.gradle.kts b/search-service-v1/search-service-api-v1/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d329a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-api-v1/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+plugins {
+    id("com.iqser.red.service.java-conventions")
+    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.4"
+}
+
+description = "search-service-api-v1"
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation("org.springframework:spring-web:6.0.6")
+    testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.1.5")
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        create<MavenPublication>(name) {
+            from(components["java"])
+        }
+    }
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            url = uri("https://nexus.knecon.com/repository/red-platform-releases/")
+            credentials {
+                username = providers.gradleProperty("mavenUser").getOrNull();
+                password = providers.gradleProperty("mavenPassword").getOrNull();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-api-v1/pom.xml b/search-service-v1/search-service-api-v1/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d56514c..0000000
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-api-v1/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?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>
-        <artifactId>search-service-v1</artifactId>
-        <groupId>com.iqser.red.service</groupId>
-        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <artifactId>search-service-api-v1</artifactId>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-</project>
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/build.gradle.kts b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0baf570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.bundling.BootBuildImage
+
+plugins {
+    application
+    id("com.iqser.red.service.java-conventions")
+    id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.0.4"
+    id("io.spring.dependency-management") version "1.1.3"
+    id("org.sonarqube") version "4.4.1.3373"
+    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.4"
+}
+
+description = "search-service-server-v1"
+
+configurations {
+    all {
+        exclude(group = "org.springframework.boot", module = "spring-boot-starter-logging")
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    api("com.knecon.fforesight:tenant-commons:0.13.0")
+    api("com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre")
+    api("com.iqser.red.commons:storage-commons:2.27.0")
+    api(project(":search-service-api-v1"))
+    api("com.iqser.red.service:persistence-service-internal-api-v1:2.93.0")
+    api("com.iqser.red.commons:spring-commons:2.1.0")
+    api("com.iqser.red.commons:logging-commons:2.1.0")
+    api("com.iqser.red.commons:metric-commons:2.1.0")
+    api("com.iqser.red.commons:jackson-commons:2.1.0")
+    api("co.elastic.clients:elasticsearch-java:8.6.2")
+    api("org.opensearch.client:opensearch-rest-client:2.6.0")
+    api("org.opensearch.client:opensearch-java:2.3.0")
+    api("jakarta.json:jakarta.json-api:2.1.1")
+    api("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-openfeign:4.0.1")
+    api("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-aop:3.0.4")
+    api("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp:3.0.4")
+    testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.0.4")
+    testImplementation("com.iqser.red.commons:test-commons:2.1.0")
+    testImplementation("org.testcontainers:elasticsearch:1.17.6")
+    testImplementation("org.opensearch:opensearch-testcontainers:2.0.0")
+    testImplementation("org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbit-test:3.0.2")
+}
+
+tasks.named<BootBuildImage>("bootBuildImage") {
+
+    environment.put("BPE_DELIM_JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS", " ")
+    environment.put("BPE_APPEND_JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS", "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8")
+
+    imageName.set("nexus.knecon.com:5001/red/${project.name}:${project.version}")
+    if (project.hasProperty("buildbootDockerHostNetwork")) {
+        network.set("host")
+    }
+    docker {
+        if (project.hasProperty("buildbootDockerHostNetwork")) {
+            bindHostToBuilder.set(true)
+        }
+        verboseLogging.set(true)
+
+        publishRegistry {
+            username.set(providers.gradleProperty("mavenUser").getOrNull())
+            password.set(providers.gradleProperty("mavenPassword").getOrNull())
+            email.set(providers.gradleProperty("mavenEmail").getOrNull())
+            url.set("https://nexus.knecon.com:5001/")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/pom.xml b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e0aaa10..0000000
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         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>
-        <artifactId>search-service-v1</artifactId>
-        <groupId>com.iqser.red.service</groupId>
-        <version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <artifactId>search-service-server-v1</artifactId>
-
-    <properties>
-        <persistence-service.version>2.93.0</persistence-service.version>
-        <tenant-commons.version>0.13.0</tenant-commons.version>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.knecon.fforesight</groupId>
-            <artifactId>tenant-commons</artifactId>
-            <version>${tenant-commons.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.iqser.red.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>storage-commons</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.iqser.red.service</groupId>
-            <artifactId>search-service-api-v1</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.iqser.red.service</groupId>
-            <artifactId>persistence-service-internal-api-v1</artifactId>
-            <version>${persistence-service.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- commons -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.iqser.red.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-commons</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.iqser.red.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logging-commons</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.iqser.red.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>metric-commons</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- other external -->
-        <dependency>
-            <!-- this dependency is necessary to work with java8 zoned timestamps -->
-            <groupId>com.iqser.red.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-commons</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>co.elastic.clients</groupId>
-            <artifactId>elasticsearch-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.6.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.opensearch.client</groupId>
-            <artifactId>opensearch-rest-client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.opensearch.client</groupId>
-            <artifactId>opensearch-java</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.json</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.json-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1.1</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-
-        <!-- spring -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-openfeign</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-amqp</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- test dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.iqser.red.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>test-commons</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
-            <artifactId>elasticsearch</artifactId>
-            <version>1.17.6</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.opensearch</groupId>
-            <artifactId>opensearch-testcontainers</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-rabbit-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <annotationProcessors>
-                        <annotationProcessor>lombok.launch.AnnotationProcessorHider$AnnotationProcessor</annotationProcessor>
-                    </annotationProcessors>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <!-- generate git.properties for exposure in /info -->
-                <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
-                <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>revision</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
-                            <gitDescribe>
-                                <tags>true</tags>
-                            </gitDescribe>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>original-jar</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <classifier>original</classifier>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <!-- repackages the generated jar into a runnable fat-jar and makes it
-                    executable -->
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>repackage</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <executable>true</executable>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/migration/MigrationStarterService.java b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/migration/MigrationStarterService.java
index bc7a2f7..177a433 100644
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/migration/MigrationStarterService.java
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/migration/MigrationStarterService.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @Slf4j
 @Service
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD")
 public class MigrationStarterService {
 
     private final ApplicationContext ctx;
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/IndexInformationService.java b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/IndexInformationService.java
index dc50d12..c9053fc 100644
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/IndexInformationService.java
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/IndexInformationService.java
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ public class IndexInformationService {
         byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
         int count;
         MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
-        BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(new ClassPathResource(PATH_TO_CONFIG).getInputStream());
-        while ((count = bis.read(buffer)) > 0) {
-            digest.update(buffer, 0, count);
-        }
-        bis.close();
+        try (BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(new ClassPathResource(PATH_TO_CONFIG).getInputStream())) {
+            while ((count = bis.read(buffer)) > 0) {
+                digest.update(buffer, 0, count);
+            }
 
-        return Arrays.toString(digest.digest());
+            return Arrays.toString(digest.digest());
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/elasticsearch/EsClient.java b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/elasticsearch/EsClient.java
index ef1f2cf..6a73b31 100644
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/elasticsearch/EsClient.java
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/elasticsearch/EsClient.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.experimental.Delegate;
 
 @Data
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD")
 public class EsClient {
 
     // Lower timeouts should be set per request.
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/elasticsearch/IndexCreatorServiceImpl.java b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/elasticsearch/IndexCreatorServiceImpl.java
index ad61fb7..46ece30 100644
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/elasticsearch/IndexCreatorServiceImpl.java
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/elasticsearch/IndexCreatorServiceImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @Service
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 @ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "search", name = "backend", havingValue = "elasticsearch")
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD")
 public class IndexCreatorServiceImpl {
 
     private final ElasticsearchSettings settings;
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/opensearch/IndexCreatorServiceImpl.java b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/opensearch/IndexCreatorServiceImpl.java
index 1579ee4..377a8f5 100644
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/opensearch/IndexCreatorServiceImpl.java
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/opensearch/IndexCreatorServiceImpl.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @Service
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 @ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "search", name = "backend", havingValue = "opensearch")
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD")
 public class IndexCreatorServiceImpl {
 
     private final ElasticsearchSettings settings;
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/opensearch/OpensearchClient.java b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/opensearch/OpensearchClient.java
index ae06f8a..a6f50d4 100644
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/opensearch/OpensearchClient.java
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/opensearch/OpensearchClient.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.experimental.Delegate;
 
 @Data
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD")
 public class OpensearchClient {
 
     // Lower timeouts should be set per request.
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/AbstractElasticsearchIntegrationTest.java b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/AbstractElasticsearchIntegrationTest.java
index d0efc38..b1f9c2c 100644
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/AbstractElasticsearchIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/AbstractElasticsearchIntegrationTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import com.knecon.fforesight.tenantcommons.model.TenantResponse;
 @EnableFeignClients(basePackageClasses = AbstractElasticsearchIntegrationTest.TestConfiguration.class)
 @DirtiesContext
 @AutoConfigureObservability
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD")
 public abstract class AbstractElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
 
     public static final String WAIT_FOR_WRITE_REQUESTS = "elasticsearch.refreshPolicy=wait_for";
diff --git a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/AbstractOpensearchIntegrationTest.java b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/AbstractOpensearchIntegrationTest.java
index dc60d1b..8b018c5 100644
--- a/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/AbstractOpensearchIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/search/v1/server/service/AbstractOpensearchIntegrationTest.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import com.knecon.fforesight.tenantcommons.model.TenantResponse;
 @ContextConfiguration(initializers = {AbstractOpensearchIntegrationTest.Initializer.class})
 @EnableFeignClients(basePackageClasses = AbstractOpensearchIntegrationTest.TestConfiguration.class)
 @DirtiesContext
+@SuppressWarnings("PMD")
 public abstract class AbstractOpensearchIntegrationTest {
 
     public static final String WAIT_FOR_WRITE_REQUESTS = "elasticsearch.refreshPolicy=wait_for";
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4227536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+rootProject.name = "search-service"
+include(":search-service-api-v1")
+include(":search-service-server-v1")
+project(":search-service-api-v1").projectDir = file("search-service-v1/search-service-api-v1")
+project(":search-service-server-v1").projectDir = file("search-service-v1/search-service-server-v1")