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+package com.hithomelabs.portainer.config;
+
+import com.hithomelabs.common.portainer.client.PortainerApiClient;
+
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.TrustAllStrategy;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.ssl.SSLContexts;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.KeyStoreException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+
+@Configuration
+public class PortainerClientConfig {
+
+    @Bean
+    public RestTemplate portainerRestTemplate() {
+        try {
+            SSLContext sslContext = SSLContexts.custom()
+                    .loadTrustMaterial(TrustAllStrategy.INSTANCE)
+                    .build();
+
+            SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslSocketFactory =
+                    new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext, NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
+
+            HttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.custom()
+                    .setConnectionManager(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder.create()
+                            .setSSLSocketFactory(sslSocketFactory)
+                            .build())
+                    .build();
+
+            HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory factory =
+                    new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(httpClient);
+            factory.setConnectTimeout(10_000);
+            factory.setConnectionRequestTimeout(10_000);
+
+            return new RestTemplate(factory);
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyManagementException | KeyStoreException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to create SSL-friendly RestTemplate", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public PortainerApiClient portainerApiClient(PortainerAutomationProperties properties,
+                                                  RestTemplate portainerRestTemplate) {
+        PortainerApiClient client =
+                new PortainerApiClient(portainerRestTemplate, properties.getBaseUrl());
+        client.authenticateWithApiKey(properties.getApiKey());
+        return client;
+    }
+}