diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8d6d113f..188241d8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ test: OISP_TESTS_SKIP_SCALE ?= "true"
 test: prepare-tests test-prep-only
 	kubectl -n $(NAMESPACE) exec $(DEBUGGER_POD) -c debugger \
 		-- /bin/bash -c "cd /home/$(CURRENT_DIR_BASE)/tests && make test TERM=xterm NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE) OISP_TESTS_SKIP_SCALE=$(OISP_TESTS_SKIP_SCALE)"
+	@$(call msg,"Starting the e2e bats testing ...");
+	@cd tests/bats && bats test-*
 
 # ==============
 # BUILD COMMANDS
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 315cd5bd..dc604b5f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ services:
   mqtt-gateway:
     image: ${DOCKER_PREFIX:-oisp}/mqtt-gateway:${DOCKER_TAG}
     build:
-      context: ./oisp-mqtt-gw
+      context: ./oisp-mqtt-gw/
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+  kafka-bridge:
+    image: ${DOCKER_PREFIX:-oisp}/kafka-bridge:${DOCKER_TAG}
+    build:
+      context: ./oisp-mqtt-gw/KafkaBridge
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
   grafana:
     image: ${DOCKER_PREFIX:-oisp}/grafana:${DOCKER_TAG}
diff --git a/kubernetes/templates/kafkabridges/bridge-configmap.yaml b/kubernetes/templates/kafkabridges/bridge-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2bb5ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/templates/kafkabridges/bridge-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+# yamllint disable rule:line-length
+# yamllint disable rule:braces
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: bridge-configmap
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: bridge-configmap
+data:
+  config.json: |
+    {
+      "kafka": {
+              "brokers": [{{ .Values.kafka.fullBrokerList | quote }}]
+      },
+      "kairosdb": {
+              "topic": {{ .Values.kafkaBridge.kairosdb.listenTopic | quote }},
+              "hostname": {{ .Values.backend.tsdbUri | quote }},
+              "port": {{ .Values.backend.tsdbPort | quote }},
+              "protocol": "http:"
+      },
+      "logger": {
+              "loglevel": "info"
+      }
+    }
diff --git a/kubernetes/templates/kafkabridges/kairosdb-bridge-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/templates/kafkabridges/kairosdb-bridge-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b51bcebe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/templates/kafkabridges/kairosdb-bridge-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+---
+# yamllint disable rule:line-length
+# yamllint disable rule:braces
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: kairosdb-bridge
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: kairosdb-bridge
+spec:
+  replicas: {{ .Values.kafkaBridge.kairosdb.replicaCount }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: kairosdb-bridge
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: kairosdb-bridge
+      annotations:
+        checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/kafkabridges/bridge-configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: kairosdb-bridge
+          {{ if .Values.use_local_registry }}
+          image: k3d-iff.localhost:12345/{{ .Values.imagePrefix }}/kafka-bridge:{{ .Values.tag }}
+          {{ else }}
+          image: {{ .Values.imagePrefix }}/kafka-bridge:{{ .Values.tag }}
+          {{ end }}
+          command: ["node"]
+          args: ["/opt/kairosdb/app.js"]
+          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+          livenessProbe:
+            exec:
+              command:
+                - cat
+                - /tmp/healthy
+            initialDelaySeconds: 300
+          readinessProbe:
+            exec:
+              command:
+                - cat
+                - /tmp/ready
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config
+              mountPath: /opt/config
+              readOnly: true
+          resources:
+      volumes:
+        - name: config
+          configMap:
+            # Provide the name of the ConfigMap you want to mount.
+            name: bridge-configmap
+            # An array of keys from the ConfigMap to create as files
+            items:
+              - key: "config.json"
+                path: "config.json"
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        - name: dockercred
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diff --git a/kubernetes/values.yaml b/kubernetes/values.yaml
index 6e299df3..f8cb8f7b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/values.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ kafka:
   retries: 10
   maxPayloadSize: "20000000"
 
+kafkaBridge:
+  kairosdb:
+    repliacCount: 1
+    listenTopic: "iff.ngsild.attributes"
+
+
 zookeeper:
   namespace: zookeeper
   name: zookeeper
diff --git a/tests/bats/test-kairos-bridge/1-kairosdb-bridge-up.bats b/tests/bats/test-kairos-bridge/1-kairosdb-bridge-up.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73fefd3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bats/test-kairos-bridge/1-kairosdb-bridge-up.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Intel Corporation
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+load "../lib/utils"
+load "../lib/detik"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034 # these variables are used by detik
+DETIK_CLIENT_NAME="kubectl"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+DETIK_CLIENT_NAMESPACE="oisp"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+DETIK_DEBUG="true"
+
+
+@test "verify that kairosdb bridge is up and running" {
+    run try "at most 30 times every 60s to find 1 pod named 'kairosdb-bridge' with 'status.containerStatuses[0].ready' being 'true'"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/bats/test-kairos-bridge/2-kairosdb-bridge-test.bats b/tests/bats/test-kairos-bridge/2-kairosdb-bridge-test.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6555018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bats/test-kairos-bridge/2-kairosdb-bridge-test.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+if [ -z "${SELF_HOSTED_RUNNER}" ]; then
+    SUDO="sudo -E"
+fi
+DEBUG=${DEBUG:-false} # set this to true to disable starting and stopping of kubefwd
+SKIP= # set =skip to skip all test (and only remove $SKIP from the test you are interested in)
+OISPNAMESPACE=oisp
+IFFNAMESPACE=iff
+KAIROSDB_SERVICE=$(kubectl -n oisp -l app=kairosdb get services -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
+KAIROSDB_PORT=$(kubectl -n oisp -l app=kairosdb get services -o jsonpath='{.items[0].spec.ports[0].port}')
+KAIROSDB_URL=${KAIROSDB_SERVICE}.${OISPNAMESPACE}:${KAIROSDB_PORT}
+KAIROSDB_PATH_GET_DATAPOINTS=/api/v1/datapoints/query
+ATTRIBUTES_PROPERTY=/tmp/property.txt
+ATTRIBUTES_PROPERTY2=/tmp/property2.txt
+ATTRIBUTES_RELATIONSHIP=/tmp/relationship.txt
+KAIROSDB_METRICS=/tmp/metrics
+KAIROSDB_METRICS_RELATIONSHIP=/tmp/metrics_relationship
+ATTRIBUTES_TOPIC=iff.ngsild.attributes
+KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP=$(kubectl -n oisp get cm/oisp-config -o jsonpath='{.data.kafka}'| jq .uri| tr -d '"')
+URN=urn:iff:serialnr:1
+URN2=urn:iff:serialnr:2
+STATE=https://industry-fusion.com/types/v0.9/state
+REL=https://industry-fusion.com/types/v0.9/relationship
+IDSTATE="${URN}\\\\${STATE}"
+IDREL="${URN}\\\\${REL}"
+VALUE="state"
+VALUE2="1"
+PROPERTY=https://uri.etsi.org/ngsi-ld/Property
+RELATIONSHIP=https://uri.etsi.org/ngsi-ld/Relationship
+
+cat << EOF > ${ATTRIBUTES_PROPERTY}
+{
+    "id": "${IDSTATE}",
+    "entityId": "${URN}",
+    "name": "${STATE}",
+    "type": "${PROPERTY}",
+    "https://uri.etsi.org/ngsi-ld/hasValue": "${VALUE}",
+    "nodeType": "@id",
+    "index": 0
+}
+EOF
+
+cat << EOF > ${ATTRIBUTES_PROPERTY2}
+{
+    "id": "${IDSTATE}",
+    "entityId": "${URN}",
+    "name": "${STATE}",
+    "type": "${PROPERTY}",
+    "https://uri.etsi.org/ngsi-ld/hasValue": "${VALUE2}",
+    "nodeType": "@value",
+    "valueType": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string",
+    "index": 0
+}
+EOF
+
+cat << EOF > ${ATTRIBUTES_RELATIONSHIP}
+{
+    "id": "${IDREL}",
+    "entityId": "${URN}",
+    "name": "${REL}",
+    "type": "${RELATIONSHIP}",
+    "https://uri.etsi.org/ngsi-ld/hasObject": "${URN2}",
+    "nodeType": "@id",
+    "index": 0
+}
+EOF
+
+cat << EOF > ${KAIROSDB_METRICS}
+{
+    "start_relative": {
+        "value": 5,
+        "unit": "seconds"
+    },
+    "metrics": [
+        {
+            "name": "default\\\\${IDSTATE}",
+            "limit": 10
+        }
+    ]
+}
+EOF
+
+cat << EOF > ${KAIROSDB_METRICS_RELATIONSHIP}
+{
+    "start_relative": {
+        "value": 5,
+        "unit": "seconds"
+    },
+    "metrics": [
+        {
+            "name": "default\\\\${IDREL}",
+            "limit": 10
+        }
+    ]
+}
+EOF
+
+# send data to kafka bridge
+# $1: file to send
+# $2: kafka topic
+send_to_kafka_bridge() {
+    tr -d '\n' <"$1" | kafkacat -P -t "$2" -b "${KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP}"
+}
+
+# receive datapoints
+# $1: payload to post
+get_datapoints() {
+    curl -vv -X POST "${KAIROSDB_URL}${KAIROSDB_PATH_GET_DATAPOINTS}" -d @"$1" 
+}
+
+
+# check sample[0]
+# $1: object
+# $2: expected sample_size
+# $3: expected name
+# $4: expected value
+# $5: expected type
+# $6: expected nodeType
+check_sample_size() {
+    echo "# Check_sample_size with $1 $2 $3 $4 $5"
+    sample_size=$(echo "$1" | jq '.queries[0].sample_size' | tr -d '"')
+    [ "$sample_size" = "$2" ] || { echo "# wrong value for field $2: $sample_size!=$2"; return 1; }
+    name=$(echo "$1" | jq '.queries[0].results[0].name' | tr -d '"')
+    [ "$name" = "$3" ] || { echo "# wrong value for field $3: $name!=$3"; return 1; }
+    value=$(echo "$1" | jq '.queries[0].results[0].values[0][1]' | tr -d '"')
+    [ "$value" = "$4" ] || { echo "# wrong value for field $4: $value!=$4"; return 1; }
+    type=$(echo "$1" | jq '.queries[0].results[0].tags.type[0]' | tr -d '"')
+    [ "$type" = "$5" ] || { echo "# wrong value for field $5: $type!=$5"; return 1; }
+    nodeType=$(echo "$1" | jq '.queries[0].results[0].tags.nodeType[0]' | tr -d '"')
+    [ "$nodeType" = "$6" ] || { echo "# wrong value for field $6: $nodeType!=$6"; return 1; }
+    return 0
+    
+}
+
+setup() {
+    kubectl -n oisp label svc -l "app=kairosdb" app.kubernetes.io/name=kairosdb --overwrite=true
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    [ $DEBUG = "true" ] || (exec ${SUDO} kubefwd -n ${IFFNAMESPACE} -n ${OISPNAMESPACE} -l "app.kubernetes.io/name in (kafka, kairosdb)" svc) &
+    echo "# launched kubefwd for kafka, wait some seconds to give kubefwd to launch the services"
+    sleep 3
+}
+teardown(){
+    echo "# now killing kubefwd"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    [ $DEBUG = "true" ] || ${SUDO} killall kubefwd
+}
+
+@test "verify kairosdb-bridge is forwarding iri Property" {
+    $SKIP
+    echo "# Sending property to Kafka"
+    send_to_kafka_bridge ${ATTRIBUTES_PROPERTY} ${ATTRIBUTES_TOPIC}
+    sleep 2
+    data=$(get_datapoints "${KAIROSDB_METRICS}")
+    echo "# result: $data"
+    echo "# Now checking result."
+    run check_sample_size "$data" "1" "default\\\\$IDSTATE" "$VALUE" "$PROPERTY" "@id"
+    [ "$status" -eq "0" ] || (echo -n "$output"; false)
+}
+
+@test "verify kairosdb-bridge is forwarding Relationship" {
+    $SKIP
+    echo "# Sending relationship to Kafka"
+    send_to_kafka_bridge ${ATTRIBUTES_RELATIONSHIP} ${ATTRIBUTES_TOPIC}
+    sleep 2
+    data=$(get_datapoints "${KAIROSDB_METRICS_RELATIONSHIP}")
+    echo "# result: $data"
+    echo "# Now checking result."
+    run check_sample_size "$data" "1" "default\\\\$IDREL" "$URN2" "$RELATIONSHIP" "@id"
+    [ "$status" -eq "0" ] || (echo -n "$output"; false)
+}
+
+@test "verify kairosdb-bridge is forwarding value Property" {
+    $SKIP
+    echo "# Sending property to Kafka"
+    send_to_kafka_bridge ${ATTRIBUTES_PROPERTY2} ${ATTRIBUTES_TOPIC}
+    sleep 2
+    data=$(get_datapoints "${KAIROSDB_METRICS}")
+    echo "# result: $data"
+    echo "# Now checking result."
+    run check_sample_size "$data" "1" "default\\\\$IDSTATE" "$VALUE2" "$PROPERTY" "@value"
+    [ "$status" -eq "0" ] || (echo -n "$output"; false)
+}
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