diff --git a/src/test/resources/clds/sdc-controllers-config-bad.json b/src/test/resources/clds/sdc-controllers-config-bad.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b417b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/clds/sdc-controllers-config-bad.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "sdc-connections":{,
+    "sdc-controller1":{
+        "user": "User1",
+        "consumerGroup": "consumerGroup1",
+        "consumerId": "consumerId1",
+        "environmentName": "environmentName1",
+        "sdcAddress": "hostname1",
+        "password": "bb3871669d893c7fb8aaacda31b77b4f537E67A081C2726889548ED7BC4C2DE6",
+        "pollingInterval":10,
+        "pollingTimeout":30
+        
+    },
+     "sdc-controller2":{
+        "user": "User2",
+        "consumerGroup": "consumerGroup2",
+        "consumerId": "consumerId2",
+        "environmentName": "environmentName2",
+        "sdcAddress": "hostname2",
+        "password": "bb3871669d893c7fb8aaacda31b77b4f537E67A081C2726889548ED7BC4C2DE6",
+        "pollingInterval":10,
+        "pollingTimeout":30
+        
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/clds/sdc-controllers-config-missing-param.json b/src/test/resources/clds/sdc-controllers-config-missing-param.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d99ed58
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+++ b/src/test/resources/clds/sdc-controllers-config-missing-param.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+	"sdc-connections": {
+		"sdc-controller1": {
+			"user": "testuser",
+			"consumerGroup": "consumerGroup",
+			"consumerId": "consumerId",
+			"environmentName": "environmentName",
+			"sdcAddress": "hostname1",
+			"pollingInterval": 10,
+			"pollingTimeout": 30
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/clds/sdc-controllers-config.json b/src/test/resources/clds/sdc-controllers-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df73a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/clds/sdc-controllers-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "sdc-connections":{
+    "sdc-controller1":{
+        "user": "User1",
+        "consumerGroup": "consumerGroup1",
+        "consumerId": "consumerId1",
+        "environmentName": "environmentName1",
+        "sdcAddress": "hostname1",
+        "password": "bb3871669d893c7fb8aaacda31b77b4f537E67A081C2726889548ED7BC4C2DE6",
+        "pollingInterval":10,
+        "pollingTimeout":30
+        
+    },
+     "sdc-controller2":{
+        "user": "User2",
+        "consumerGroup": "consumerGroup2",
+        "consumerId": "consumerId2",
+        "environmentName": "environmentName2",
+        "sdcAddress": "hostname2",
+        "password": "bb3871669d893c7fb8aaacda31b77b4f537E67A081C2726889548ED7BC4C2DE6",
+        "pollingInterval":10,
+        "pollingTimeout":30
+        
+    }
+  }
+}