diff --git a/.jenkins/Dockerfile b/.jenkins/Dockerfile
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+# Base image: Ubuntu 20.04
+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+LABEL maintainer="CPSWT Team"
+
+# Set it to noninteractive mode
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Install necessary packages
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+        apt-transport-https \
+        bison \
+        build-essential \
+        ca-certificates \
+        clang \
+        curl \
+        doxygen \
+        flex \
+        gcc \
+        gdb \
+        git \
+        graphviz \
+        libboost1.71-all-dev \
+        libcppunit-dev \
+        libjsoncpp-dev \
+        libosgearth-dev \
+        libqt5opengl5-dev \
+        libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 \
+        libxml2-dev \
+        lld \
+        make \
+        mongodb \
+        mpi-default-dev \
+        netcat \
+        openjdk-8-jdk \
+        openjdk-17-jdk \
+        openscenegraph-plugin-osgearth \
+        perl \
+        python2 \
+        python3 \
+        python3-pip \
+        python-is-python2 \
+        qt5-qmake \
+        qtbase5-dev \
+        qtbase5-dev-tools \
+        qtchooser \
+        software-properties-common \
+        wget \
+        xterm \
+        zlib1g-dev \
+        unzip \
+        zip
+
+#install Gradle
+ARG GRADLE_VERSION=7.5
+RUN wget -O gradle.zip https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}-bin.zip && \
+    mkdir /opt/gradle && \
+    unzip -d /opt/gradle gradle.zip && \
+    rm gradle.zip
+# Set Gradle in the environment variables
+ENV GRADLE_HOME="/opt/gradle/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}"
+ENV PATH="${GRADLE_HOME}/bin:${PATH}"
+
+# Install Python packages
+RUN python3 -m pip install --system --upgrade \
+    jinja2 \
+    matplotlib \
+    numpy \
+    pandas \
+    posix_ipc \
+    scipy \
+    seaborn \
+    webgme-bindings 
+
+# Download and extract portico
+WORKDIR /home
+RUN wget -O portico.tar.gz https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/portico/Portico/portico-2.1.0/portico-2.1.0-linux64.tar.gz?viasf=1 && \
+    tar xf portico.tar.gz && \
+    rm portico.tar.gz
+ENV RTI_HOME="/home/portico-2.1.0"
+
+# Download and set up Apache Archiva
+WORKDIR /opt
+RUN wget -O archiva.tar.gz https://archive.apache.org/dist/archiva/2.2.5/binaries/apache-archiva-2.2.5-bin.tar.gz && \
+    tar xf archiva.tar.gz && \
+    rm archiva.tar.gz
+
+# Expose the Archiva port
+EXPOSE 8080/tcp
+
+# Use SIGINT for stopping
+STOPSIGNAL SIGINT
+
+# Set up Gradle properties
+COPY gradle.properties /root/.gradle/
+RUN chmod 600 /root/.gradle/gradle.properties
+
+# Clone and build CPSWT packages
+RUN mkdir /home/cpswt
+COPY experiment_wrapper.sh /home/cpswt
+
+WORKDIR /home/cpswt
+# Start Archiva
+CMD ["/usr/bin/bash", "experiment_wrapper.sh"] 
diff --git a/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile b/.jenkins/Jenkinsfile
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+// Do NOT place within the pipeline block 
+properties([ [ $class: 'ThrottleJobProperty',
+               categories: ['ci_cpswt_build'], 
+               limitOneJobWithMatchingParams: false,
+               maxConcurrentPerNode: 1,
+               maxConcurrentTotal: 1,
+               paramsToUseForLimit: '',
+               throttleEnabled: true,
+               throttleOption: 'category' ] ])
+
+pipeline {
+    agent any
+    triggers {
+        pollSCM('*/1 * * * *') // poll the SCM every 1 minutes
+    }
+
+    stages {
+        stage('Clone repository') {
+            steps {
+                echo 'Cloning cpswt-cpp...'
+                deleteDir() // Delete workspace before cloning
+                sh 'git clone git@github.com:justinyeh1995/CI_with_Jenkins.git'
+            }
+        }
+        stage('Build cpswt-cpp image') {
+            steps {
+                echo 'Start a Docker Container for this experiment, which should start the experiment and a archiva server, a inet server, and a omnet++ server..'
+                // sh 'if docker images | grep -q cpswt-cpp:latest; then docker rmi cpswt-cpp:latest; fi' // Remove the existing image with the name:tag cpswt-cpp:latest
+                dir("CI_with_Jenkins/cpswt-cpp") {
+                    sh 'docker build -t cpswt-cpp:latest -f Dockerfile --build-arg ssh_prv_key="$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa)" --build-arg ssh_pub_key="$(cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub)" .'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        stage('Deploy image') {
+            steps {
+                echo 'Run the Docker Container inside Jenkins container'
+                //sh 'if docker ps -a | grep -q cpswt-cpp; then docker stop cpswt-cpp; fi' //Stop the existing container with the name cpswt-cpp
+                //sh 'if docker ps -a | grep -q cpswt-cpp; then docker rm -f cpswt-cpp; fi' // Remove the existing container with the name cpswt-cpp
+                sh 'docker run \
+                        --name cpswt-cpp \
+			-p 8082:8080 \
+                        cpswt-cpp:latest'
+            }
+        }
+        stage('Wait for cpswt-cpp container to stop') {
+            options {
+                timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES')
+            }
+            steps {
+                echo 'Wait for container to stop'
+                sh 'docker wait cpswt-cpp'
+            }
+        }
+        stage('Archive loggings') {
+            steps {
+                echo 'Archiving cpswt-cpp results...'
+                sh 'docker logs cpswt-cpp > cpswt-cpp.log'
+                archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'cpswt-cpp.log', fingerprint: true
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    post {
+        always {
+            echo 'This will always run'
+            emailext body: "${currentBuild.currentResult}: Job ${env.JOB_NAME} build ${env.BUILD_NUMBER}\n More info at: ${env.BUILD_URL}",
+                    recipientProviders: [[$class: 'DevelopersRecipientProvider'], [$class: 'RequesterRecipientProvider']],
+                    subject: "Jenkins Build ${currentBuild.currentResult}: Job ${env.JOB_NAME}",
+                    attachLog: true,
+                    attachmentsPattern: 'cpswt-cpp.log'
+            // echo 'Tearing Down the image & container....'
+            sh 'rm -rf cpswt-cpp'
+            sh 'docker rm -f cpswt-cpp'
+            sh 'docker rmi cpswt-cpp:latest'
+        }
+    }	
+}
diff --git a/.jenkins/experiment_wrapper.sh b/.jenkins/experiment_wrapper.sh
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+# this script is used to build cpswt-core and its dependencies in the docker container 
+ORIGINAL_PATH=$PATH
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
+export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
+/opt/apache-archiva-2.2.5/bin/archiva start
+
+# wait for archiva to start
+echo "Waiting archiva to launch on 8080..."
+
+while ! nc -z localhost 8080; do   
+  sleep 0.1 # wait for 1/10 of the second before check again
+done
+
+echo "archiva launched"
+
+# create admin user
+curl --no-progress-meter -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Origin: http://localhost:8080" -d @- \
+ http://localhost:8080/restServices/redbackServices/userService/createAdminUser <<'TERMINUS'
+{
+    "username": "admin",
+    "password": "adminpass123",
+    "email": "admin@archiva-test.org",
+    "fullName": "Admin",
+    "locked": false,
+    "passwordChangeRequired": false,
+    "permanent": false,
+    "readOnly": false,
+    "validated": true,
+    "confirmPassword": "adminpass123"
+}
+TERMINUS
+
+# disable rest.csrffilter.enabled in archiva.xml
+sed -i '/<rest>/,/<\/csrffilter>/s/<enabled>true/<enabled>false/' /opt/apache-archiva-2.2.5/conf/archiva.xml
+# sed -i 's/<baseUrl\/>/<baseUrl>http:\/\/129.59.107.97\/archiva-core\/<\/baseUrl>/' /opt/apache-archiva-2.2.5/conf/archiva.xml
+
+# # restart archiva
+/opt/apache-archiva-2.2.5/bin/archiva stop
+/opt/apache-archiva-2.2.5/bin/archiva start
+
+echo "Waiting archiva to launch again on 8080..."
+
+while ! nc -z localhost 8080; do   
+  sleep 0.1 # wait for 1/10 of the second before check again
+done
+
+echo "archiva launched  again"
+
+
+# switch to java 17
+unset JAVA_HOME
+export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.17.0-openjdk-amd64
+export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ORIGINAL_PATH
+
+# clone cpswt-core and build it
+cd /home/cpswt
+git clone https://github.com/SimIntToolkit/cpswt-core.git
+cd cpswt-core/cpswt-core
+
+gradle wrapper --gradle-version=8.0
+
+./gradlew :utils:publish 
+./gradlew :root:publish
+./gradlew :base-events:publish 
+./gradlew :config:publish
+./gradlew :federate-base:publish 
+./gradlew :coa:publish 
+./gradlew :federation-manager:publish 
+./gradlew :fedmanager-host:publish 
+
+# build cpswt-cpp
+cd /home/cpswt
+git clone https://github.com/SimIntToolkit/cpswt-cpp.git
+cd cpswt-cpp
+
+gradle wrapper --gradle-version=8.0
+
+./gradlew :foundation:CppTestHarness:publish
+./gradlew :foundation:core-cpp:publish
+./gradlew :foundation:C2WConsoleLogger:publish
+./gradlew :foundation:rti-base-cpp:publish
+./gradlew :foundation:CPSWTConfig:publish
+./gradlew :foundation:SynchronizedFederate:publish
+
+cd /home/cpswt/cpswt-cpp/examples/HelloWorldCpp
+touch build.dummy.kts
+gradle -b build.dummy.kts wrapper --gradle-version=8.0
+./gradlew :Source:build
+./gradlew :Sink:build
+./gradlew :PingCounter:build
+./gradlew :runFederationBatch
diff --git a/.jenkins/gradle.properties b/.jenkins/gradle.properties
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+archivaUser=admin
+archivaPassword=adminpass123
+archivaHostId=localhost
+archivaPort=8080
+version=0.8.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+org.gradle.console=plain
+
+omnetppHome=/opt/omnetpp-5.6.2
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
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-version=0.8.0-SNAPSHOT