diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/pom.xml
index 97c440c249..13ae6b4050 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+            <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <version>3.0.2</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/gateway/LiveTest.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/gateway/LiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71ed2cd709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-bootstrap/gateway/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/cloud/bootstrap/gateway/LiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring.cloud.bootstrap.gateway;
+
+import static io.restassured.RestAssured.config;
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import io.restassured.authentication.FormAuthConfig;
+import io.restassured.config.RedirectConfig;
+import io.restassured.http.ContentType;
+import io.restassured.response.Response;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
+
+public class LiveTest {
+
+    private final String ROOT_URI = "http://localhost:8080";
+    private final FormAuthConfig formConfig = new FormAuthConfig("/login", "username", "password");
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        RestAssured.config = config().redirect(RedirectConfig.redirectConfig()
+            .followRedirects(false));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenGetAllBooks_thenSuccess() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.get(ROOT_URI + "/book-service/books");
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+        Assert.assertNotNull(response.getBody());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAccessProtectedResourceWithoutLogin_thenRedirectToLogin() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.get(ROOT_URI + "/book-service/books/1");
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.FOUND.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+        Assert.assertEquals("http://localhost:8080/login", response.getHeader("Location"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAccessProtectedResourceAfterLogin_thenSuccess() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.given()
+            .auth()
+            .form("user", "password", formConfig)
+            .get(ROOT_URI + "/book-service/books/1");
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+        Assert.assertNotNull(response.getBody());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAccessAdminProtectedResource_thenForbidden() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.given()
+            .auth()
+            .form("user", "password", formConfig)
+            .get(ROOT_URI + "/rating-service/ratings");
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAdminAccessProtectedResource_thenSuccess() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.given()
+            .auth()
+            .form("admin", "admin", formConfig)
+            .get(ROOT_URI + "/rating-service/ratings");
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+        Assert.assertNotNull(response.getBody());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAdminAccessDiscoveryResource_thenSuccess() {
+        final Response response = RestAssured.given()
+            .auth()
+            .form("admin", "admin", formConfig)
+            .get(ROOT_URI + "/discovery");
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), response.getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAddnewRating_thenSuccess() {
+
+        final Rating rating = new Rating(1L, 4);
+
+        // request the protected resource
+        final Response ratingResponse = RestAssured.given()
+            .auth()
+            .form("admin", "admin", formConfig)
+            .and()
+            .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
+            .body(rating)
+            .post(ROOT_URI + "/rating-service/ratings");
+        final Rating result = ratingResponse.as(Rating.class);
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), ratingResponse.getStatusCode());
+        Assert.assertEquals(rating.getBookId(), result.getBookId());
+        Assert.assertEquals(rating.getStars(), result.getStars());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAddnewBook_thenSuccess() {
+        final Book book = new Book("Baeldung", "How to spring cloud");
+
+        // request the protected resource
+        final Response bookResponse = RestAssured.given()
+            .auth()
+            .form("admin", "admin", formConfig)
+            .and()
+            .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
+            .body(book)
+            .post(ROOT_URI + "/book-service/books");
+        final Book result = bookResponse.as(Book.class);
+        Assert.assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK.value(), bookResponse.getStatusCode());
+        Assert.assertEquals(book.getAuthor(), result.getAuthor());
+        Assert.assertEquals(book.getTitle(), result.getTitle());
+
+    }
+
+    @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
+    public static class Book {
+
+        private Long id;
+        private String author;
+        private String title;
+
+        public Book() {
+        }
+
+        public Book(String author, String title) {
+            this.author = author;
+            this.title = title;
+        }
+
+        public String getAuthor() {
+            return author;
+        }
+
+        public void setAuthor(String author) {
+            this.author = author;
+        }
+
+        public String getTitle() {
+            return title;
+        }
+
+        public void setTitle(String title) {
+            this.title = title;
+        }
+
+        public Long getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Long id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
+    public static class Rating {
+        private Long id;
+        private Long bookId;
+        private int stars;
+
+        public Rating() {
+        }
+
+        public Rating(Long bookId, int stars) {
+            this.bookId = bookId;
+            this.stars = stars;
+        }
+
+        public Long getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+
+        public void setId(Long id) {
+            this.id = id;
+        }
+
+        public Long getBookId() {
+            return bookId;
+        }
+
+        public void setBookId(Long bookId) {
+            this.bookId = bookId;
+        }
+
+        public int getStars() {
+            return stars;
+        }
+
+        public void setStars(int stars) {
+            this.stars = stars;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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