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+package healthz
+
+import (
+	"git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/villas/web-backend-go/amqp"
+	"git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/villas/web-backend-go/database"
+	"git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/villas/web-backend-go/helper"
+	"git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/villas/web-backend-go/routes/user"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var router *gin.Engine
+var db *gorm.DB
+
+const test_amqp_url = "amqp://villas:villas@rabbitmq:5672"
+
+//const test_amqp_url = "amqp://rabbit@goofy:5672"
+
+func TestHealthz(t *testing.T) {
+	database.AMQP_URL = test_amqp_url
+	// connect DB
+	db = database.InitDB(database.DB_NAME, true)
+	defer db.Close()
+
+	assert.NoError(t, database.DBAddAdminAndUserAndGuest(db))
+
+	router = gin.Default()
+	api := router.Group("/api")
+
+	user.RegisterAuthenticate(api.Group("/authenticate"))
+	api.Use(user.Authentication(true))
+	RegisterHealthzEndpoint(api.Group("/healthz"))
+
+	// authenticate as normal user
+	token, err := helper.AuthenticateForTest(router,
+		"/api/authenticate", "POST", helper.UserACredentials)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// connect AMQP client
+
+	err = amqp.ConnectAMQP(database.AMQP_URL)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// test healthz endpoint for connected DB and AMQP client
+	code, resp, err := helper.TestEndpoint(router, token, "api/healthz", http.MethodGet, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equalf(t, 200, code, "Response body: \n%v\n", resp)
+
+}