diff --git a/.github/workflows/catalog.yaml b/.github/workflows/catalog.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ad834e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/catalog.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: CI/CD pipeline for product catalog service
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - develop
+      - feature/**
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - develop
+      - feature/**
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: oracle
+          java-version: 21
+      - name: Setup Task
+        uses: arduino/setup-task@v2
+        with:
+          version: 3.x
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Test product catalog service
+        run: task catalog:test
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62c8935..cc5909d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,40 @@
-.idea/
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+HELP.md
+.gradle
+build/
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+bin/
+!**/src/main/**/bin/
+!**/src/test/**/bin/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+out/
+!**/src/main/**/out/
+!**/src/test/**/out/
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### Gradle ###
+.gradle/
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c80ab85..d3d8d92 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # eshop
+
 Event driven microservice-based c2c ecommerce platform
+
+[![Catalog Pipeline](https://github.com/dksifoua/eshop/actions/workflows/catalog.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/dksifoua/eshop/actions/workflows/catalog.yaml)
diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8b7501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+version: 3
+
+tasks:
+  catalog:clean:
+    desc: Clean product catalog service build
+    cmd: ./gradlew catalog:clean
+    silent: true
+
+  catalog:run:
+    desc: Run product catalog service
+    cmd: ./gradlew catalog:bootRun
+    silent: true
+
+  catalog:test:
+    desc: Test product catalog service
+    cmds:
+      - task: catalog:clean
+      - ./gradlew catalog:test
+    silent: true
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diff --git a/catalog-service/build.gradle b/catalog-service/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7899001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+plugins {
+	id 'java'
+	id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.3.3'
+	id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.6'
+}
+
+group = 'io.dksifoua.eshop'
+version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
+
+java {
+	toolchain {
+		languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(21)
+	}
+}
+
+configurations {
+	compileOnly {
+		extendsFrom annotationProcessor
+	}
+}
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb'
+	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-webflux'
+	compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
+	developmentOnly 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools'
+	developmentOnly 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-docker-compose'
+	annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
+	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
+	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-testcontainers'
+	testImplementation 'io.projectreactor:reactor-test'
+	testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter'
+	testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:mongodb'
+	testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
+}
+
+tasks.named('test') {
+	useJUnitPlatform()
+}
diff --git a/catalog-service/compose.yaml b/catalog-service/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18dadeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: "3.8"
+services:
+  mongodb:
+    image: mongo:latest
+    environment:
+      - MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=catalog
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=secret
+      - MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=root
+    ports:
+      - "27017:27017"
diff --git a/catalog-service/settings.gradle b/catalog-service/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c9978a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rootProject.name = 'catalog'
diff --git a/catalog-service/src/main/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/CatalogServiceApplication.java b/catalog-service/src/main/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/CatalogServiceApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a034d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/src/main/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/CatalogServiceApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package io.dksifoua.eshop.catalog;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class CatalogServiceApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(CatalogServiceApplication.class, args);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/catalog-service/src/main/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/DefaultHandler.java b/catalog-service/src/main/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/DefaultHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a20e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/src/main/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/DefaultHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package io.dksifoua.eshop.catalog;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.server.ServerResponse;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+@Component
+public class DefaultHandler {
+
+    public Mono<ServerResponse> handle() {
+        return ServerResponse.ok().body(Mono.just("Hello world!!!"), String.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/catalog-service/src/main/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/configuration/RouterConfiguration.java b/catalog-service/src/main/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/configuration/RouterConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f46a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/src/main/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/configuration/RouterConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package io.dksifoua.eshop.catalog.configuration;
+
+import io.dksifoua.eshop.catalog.DefaultHandler;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.server.RouterFunction;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.server.RouterFunctions;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.server.ServerResponse;
+
+@Configuration
+public class RouterConfiguration {
+
+    @Bean
+    public RouterFunction<ServerResponse> handler(DefaultHandler handler) {
+        return RouterFunctions.route()
+                .path("/default", builder -> builder.GET(request -> handler.handle()))
+                .build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/catalog-service/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/catalog-service/src/main/resources/application.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bd42b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+spring:
+  application:
+    name: catalog-service
diff --git a/catalog-service/src/test/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/CatalogServiceApplicationTests.java b/catalog-service/src/test/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/CatalogServiceApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0268ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/src/test/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/CatalogServiceApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.dksifoua.eshop.catalog;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+
+@Import(TestcontainersConfiguration.class)
+@SpringBootTest
+class CatalogServiceApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void contextLoads() {
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/catalog-service/src/test/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/TestCatalogServiceApplication.java b/catalog-service/src/test/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/TestCatalogServiceApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7fcbfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/src/test/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/TestCatalogServiceApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package io.dksifoua.eshop.catalog;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+
+public class TestCatalogServiceApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.from(CatalogServiceApplication::main).with(TestcontainersConfiguration.class).run(args);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/catalog-service/src/test/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/TestcontainersConfiguration.java b/catalog-service/src/test/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/TestcontainersConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eaaae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/catalog-service/src/test/java/io/dksifoua/eshop/catalog/TestcontainersConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package io.dksifoua.eshop.catalog;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.TestConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.service.connection.ServiceConnection;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.testcontainers.containers.MongoDBContainer;
+import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
+
+@TestConfiguration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+class TestcontainersConfiguration {
+
+    @Bean
+    @ServiceConnection
+    MongoDBContainer mongoDbContainer() {
+        return new MongoDBContainer(DockerImageName.parse("mongo:latest"));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 6fac9fe..d85c541 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 rootProject.name = 'eshop'
+
+include('catalog-service')
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