You must setup environment variables to run and test locally These environment variables will be secretes when deployed on kubernetes. AAF_ID (mechid for cadi aaf) AAF_PASSWORD (password for mechid) CADI_KEYFILE (cadi keyfile location for aaf) Generate AAF_PASSWORD and CADI_KEYFILE: java -jar cadi-core-1.4.2.jar keygen keyfile java -jar cadi-core-1.4.2.jar digest AAF_MECHID_PASSWORD keyfile > digest.txt 2>&1 AAF_PERM_TYPE (permission type to check for when authorization a user)