diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed77245b..d8bc32d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 This repo now includes a set of modules which contains different acceptances tests. This acceptance tests rely on having an environment to run against.
 
-In order to point to an environment you can export the following *ENVIROMENTAL VARIABLES*
+In order to point to an environment you can export the following *ENVIROMENT VARIABLES*
 
 ```
 > export GATEWAY_HOST=<custom-gateway-host>:<custom-gateway-port>
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ In order to point to an environment you can export the following *ENVIROMENTAL V
 > export REALM=activiti
 ```
 
+to use *https* rather than *http*:
+```
+> export GATEWAY_PROTOCOL=https
+> export SSO_PROTOCOL=https
+```
+
+or specify the full URL:
+```
+> export GATEWAY_URL=<custom-gateway-url>
+> export SSO_URL=<custom-sso-url>
+```
+
 You can use our HELM charts hosted here: [Activiti Cloud HELM Charts](https://github.com/Activiti/activiti-cloud-charts/tree/master/activiti-cloud-full-example) to create these environments
 with all the services that are tested by these acceptance tests.
 
diff --git a/apps-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties b/apps-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
index 7cf47ef4..81311905 100644
--- a/apps-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
+++ b/apps-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-realm=springboot
-auth.url=http://${SSO_HOST}/auth/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
-apps.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/apps
\ No newline at end of file
+realm=activiti
+sso.url=${sso.protocol:http}://${sso.host}/auth
+auth.url=${sso.url}/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
+gateway.url=${gateway.protocol:http}://${gateway.host}
+apps.url=${gateway.url}/apps
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modeling-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties b/modeling-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
index 8f0f6ee9..862f3c99 100644
--- a/modeling-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
+++ b/modeling-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 realm=activiti
-auth.url=http://${SSO_HOST}/auth/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
+sso.url=${sso.protocol:http}://${sso.host}/auth
+auth.url=${sso.url}/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
+gateway.url=${gateway.protocol:http}://${gateway.host}
+modeling.url=${gateway.url}/${modeling.path}
 modeling.path=activiti-cloud-modeling-backend
-modeling.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/${modeling.path}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/multiple-runtime-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties b/multiple-runtime-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
index 0936a1d8..df05fdde 100644
--- a/multiple-runtime-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
+++ b/multiple-runtime-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 realm=springboot
-auth.url=http://${SSO_HOST}/auth/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
-audit.event.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/audit
-runtime.bundle.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/rb-my-app
-runtime.bundle.another.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/rb-other-app
-query.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/query
\ No newline at end of file
+sso.url=${sso.protocol:http}://${sso.host}/auth
+auth.url=${sso.url}/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
+gateway.url=${gateway.protocol:http}://${gateway.host}
+audit.event.url=${gateway.url}/audit
+runtime.bundle.url=${gateway.url}/rb-my-app
+runtime.bundle.another.url=${gateway.url}/rb-other-app
+query.url=${gateway.url}/query
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3ae40112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export REALM=activiti
+export SSO_PROTOCOL=${SSO_PROTOCOL:-http}
+export SSO_HOST=${SSO_HOST:-activiti-keycloak.jx-staging.35.228.195.195.nip.io}
+export GATEWAY_PROTOCOL=${GATEWAY_PROTOCOL:-http}
+export GATEWAY_HOST=${GATEWAY_HOST:-activiti-cloud-gateway.jx-staging.35.228.195.195.nip.io}
+export SSO_URL=${SSO_URL:-${SSO_PROTOCOL}://${SSO_HOST}/auth}
+export GATEWAY_URL=${GATEWAY_URL:-${GATEWAY_PROTOCOL}://${GATEWAY_HOST}}
+echo running tests on env:
+echo REALM=${REALM}
+echo SSO_URL=${SSO_URL}
+echo GATEWAY_URL=${GATEWAY_URL}
+mvn clean verify serenity:aggregate
diff --git a/runtime-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties b/runtime-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
index 794b892a..ecc009f1 100644
--- a/runtime-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
+++ b/runtime-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 realm=activiti
-auth.url=http://${SSO_HOST}/auth/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
-audit.event.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/audit
-runtime.bundle.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/rb-my-app
-query.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/query
-graphql.ws.url=ws://${GATEWAY_HOST}/ws/graphql
-graphql.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/graphql
\ No newline at end of file
+sso.url=${sso.protocol:http}://${sso.host}/auth
+auth.url=${sso.url}/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
+gateway.url=${gateway.protocol:http}://${gateway.host}
+audit.event.url=${gateway.url}/audit
+runtime.bundle.url=${gateway.url}/rb-my-app
+query.url=${gateway.url}/query
+graphql.ws.url=#{"${gateway.url}".replace('http', 'ws')}/ws/graphql
+graphql.url=${gateway.url}/graphql
diff --git a/security-policies-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties b/security-policies-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
index 794b892a..ecc009f1 100644
--- a/security-policies-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
+++ b/security-policies-acceptance-tests/src/main/resources/config-env.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 realm=activiti
-auth.url=http://${SSO_HOST}/auth/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
-audit.event.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/audit
-runtime.bundle.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/rb-my-app
-query.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/query
-graphql.ws.url=ws://${GATEWAY_HOST}/ws/graphql
-graphql.url=http://${GATEWAY_HOST}/graphql
\ No newline at end of file
+sso.url=${sso.protocol:http}://${sso.host}/auth
+auth.url=${sso.url}/realms/${realm}/protocol/openid-connect/token
+gateway.url=${gateway.protocol:http}://${gateway.host}
+audit.event.url=${gateway.url}/audit
+runtime.bundle.url=${gateway.url}/rb-my-app
+query.url=${gateway.url}/query
+graphql.ws.url=#{"${gateway.url}".replace('http', 'ws')}/ws/graphql
+graphql.url=${gateway.url}/graphql