diff --git a/eclipse-ankaios/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/eclipse-ankaios/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 46f2309..ec72351 100644
--- a/eclipse-ankaios/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/eclipse-ankaios/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/eclipse-ankaios/app-ankaios-dev:0.3.1
+FROM ghcr.io/eclipse-ankaios/app-ankaios-dev:0.5.0
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
@@ -13,8 +13,23 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install \
     && curl -sL https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.42.1/yq_linux_${TARGETARCH} -o /usr/bin/yq \
     && chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
 
+# Allow Ankaios log files to be written by root and ankaios user
+RUN groupadd anklogs \
+    && usermod -aG anklogs ankaios \
+    && usermod -aG anklogs root \
+    && mkdir -p /var/log/ankaios \
+    && chown -R root:anklogs /var/log/ankaios \
+    && sudo chmod -R 770 /var/log/ankaios
+
+# work in insecure mode for experimenting with Ankaios in the dev container
+RUN echo 'export ANKAGENT_INSECURE=true' | tee -a /root/.bashrc /home/ankaios/.bashrc \
+    && echo 'export ANKSERVER_INSECURE=true' | tee -a /root/.bashrc /home/ankaios/.bashrc \
+    && echo 'export ANK_INSECURE=true' | tee -a /root/.bashrc /home/ankaios/.bashrc
+
 # Trust all repositories in this container
 RUN git config --global --add safe.directory '*' \
-    && echo "if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then\n . /etc/bash_completion \nfi" >> /root/.bashrc \
-    && echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/workspaces/software-orchestration/scripts' >> /root/.bashrc
+    && echo "if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then . /etc/bash_completion; fi" | tee -a /root/.bashrc /home/ankaios/.bashrc \
+    && echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/workspaces/software-orchestration/scripts' | tee -a /root/.bashrc /home/ankaios/.bashrc \
+    # enable shell completion for ank cli
+    && echo "if command -v ank &> /dev/null; then source <(COMPLETE=bash ank); fi" | tee -a /root/.bashrc /home/ankaios/.bashrc
 
diff --git a/eclipse-ankaios/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/eclipse-ankaios/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index fefa059..4d51aab 100644
--- a/eclipse-ankaios/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/eclipse-ankaios/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 {
     "name": "Ankaios Software Orchestration Blueprint dev container",
     "build": {
-        "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
-		//"args": {
-		//	"TARGETARCH": "" // comment out and set your targetarch if no buildx is available
-		//}
+        "dockerfile": "Dockerfile"
     },
    "mounts": [
 	    "source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/../scenarios/smart_trailer/scripts/start_trailer_applications_ankaios.sh,target=/usr/local/bin/start_trailer_applications.sh,type=bind"
@@ -32,5 +29,6 @@
 		}
 	},
    "workspaceMount": "source=${localWorkspaceFolder},target=/workspaces/software-orchestration/,type=bind",
-   "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/software-orchestration/"
+   "workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/software-orchestration/",
+   "remoteUser": "ankaios"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/eclipse-ankaios/README.md b/eclipse-ankaios/README.md
index 0e58307..46494db 100644
--- a/eclipse-ankaios/README.md
+++ b/eclipse-ankaios/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ The container is designed to have an immediately running environment. Once trigg
 
 ## Links
 
-- [Ankaios docs](https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.3/)
-- [Ankaios quickstart](https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.3/usage/quickstart/)
+- [Ankaios docs](https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.5/)
+- [Ankaios quickstart](https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.5/usage/quickstart/)
 - [Podman](https://docs.podman.io/en/v4.6.1/)
 - [What are devcontainers?](https://containers.dev/)
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ __Note:__ If you have not installed and enabled [docker buildx](https://github.c
 Start the devcontainer with the required mount points by replacing the file paths in the run command below with the full absolute file paths on your local machine:
 
 ```shell
-docker run -it --privileged -p 25551:25551 --name ankaios_orchestration --workdir /workspaces/software-orchestration -v /<absolute-path-to>/software-orchestration/eclipse-ankaios:/workspaces/software-orchestration -v /<absolute-path-to>/software-orchestration/scenarios/smart_trailer/scripts/start_trailer_applications_ankaios.sh:/usr/local/bin/start_trailer_applications.sh ankaios-orchestration:0.1
+docker run -it --privileged -p 25551:25551 --user ankaios --name ankaios_orchestration --workdir /workspaces/software-orchestration -v /<absolute-path-to>/software-orchestration/eclipse-ankaios:/workspaces/software-orchestration -v /<absolute-path-to>/software-orchestration/scenarios/smart_trailer/scripts/start_trailer_applications_ankaios.sh:/usr/local/bin/start_trailer_applications.sh ankaios-orchestration:0.1
 ```
 
 ## Run the smart trailer scenario
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ Start the smart trailer scenario by executing the following steps:
 run_blueprint.sh
 ```
 
+Note: The Ankaios cluster will start in an insecure mode defined by the env variables in the `.bashrc` file inside the container. As an exercise, try modifying run_blueprint.sh to start Ankaios with mTLS enabled. See the Ankaios documentation [Setting up Ankaios with mTLS](https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.5/usage/mtls-setup/) for more information.
+
 2. Next, open a new terminal window and use the Ankaios CLI to verify that all initial workloads are up and running:
 
 ```shell
@@ -173,13 +175,13 @@ Rebuild the container image.
 
 ### Ankaios Control Interface dependencies
 
-The devcontainer includes also dependencies for developing applications using the [Ankaios Control Interface](https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.3/reference/control-interface/):
+The devcontainer includes also dependencies for developing applications using the [Ankaios Control Interface](https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.5/reference/control-interface/):
 
 - protobuf compiler
 - grpcurl
 - Ankaios protobuf file (under `/usr/local/lib/ankaios/ankaios.proto`)
 
-Those dependencies are needed for use-cases in which your app needs to use the [Ankaios Control Interface](https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.3/reference/control-interface/) to be able to communicate with the Ankaios cluster via the API. An example use-case would be to write a workload that shall request Ankaios to dynamically start another workload. You can find example workload applications written in various programming languages inside the Eclipse Ankaios repository [here](https://github.com/eclipse-ankaios/ankaios/tree/v0.3.1/examples).
+Those dependencies are needed for use-cases in which your app needs to use the [Ankaios Control Interface](https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.5/reference/control-interface/) to be able to communicate with the Ankaios cluster via the API. An example use-case would be to write a workload that shall request Ankaios to dynamically start another workload. You can find example workload applications written in various programming languages inside the Eclipse Ankaios repository [here](https://github.com/eclipse-ankaios/ankaios/tree/v0.5.0/examples).
 
 ## Debugging
 
@@ -190,11 +192,11 @@ There are log files for debugging purposes of Ankaios server and agent.
 The Ankaios server logs can be viewed by executing the following command:
 
 ```shell
-tail -f /var/log/ankaios-server.log
+tail -f /var/log/ankaios/ankaios-server.log
 ```
 
 The Ankaios agent logs can be viewed by executing the following command:
 
 ```shell
-tail -f /var/log/ankaios-agent_A.log
+tail -f /var/log/ankaios/ankaios-agent_A.log
 ```
diff --git a/eclipse-ankaios/config/startupState.yaml b/eclipse-ankaios/config/startupManifest.yaml
similarity index 71%
rename from eclipse-ankaios/config/startupState.yaml
rename to eclipse-ankaios/config/startupManifest.yaml
index 18c20d8..7073838 100644
--- a/eclipse-ankaios/config/startupState.yaml
+++ b/eclipse-ankaios/config/startupManifest.yaml
@@ -3,24 +3,28 @@ workloads:
   service_discovery:
     runtime: podman
     agent: agent_A
+    configs:
+      net: default_network
     tags:
       - key: project
         value: chariott
     runtimeConfig: |
       image: ghcr.io/eclipse-sdv-blueprints/software-orchestration/eclipse-chariott/service-discovery:0.2.1
-      commandOptions: ["--network", "host", "--name", "service_discovery"]
+      commandOptions: ["--network", "{{ net }}", "--name", "service_discovery"]
   mqtt_broker:
     runtime: podman
     agent: agent_A
     dependencies:
       service_discovery:
         ADD_COND_RUNNING
+    configs:
+      net: default_network
     tags:
       - key: project
         value: agemo
     runtimeConfig: |
       image: ghcr.io/eclipse-sdv-blueprints/software-orchestration/eclipse-mosquitto/mqtt-broker-agemo-config:0.1.2
-      commandOptions: ["--network", "host", "--name", "mqtt-broker"]
+      commandOptions: ["--network", "{{ net }}", "--name", "mqtt-broker"]
   dynamic_topic_management:
     runtime: podman
     agent: agent_A
@@ -29,12 +33,14 @@ workloads:
         ADD_COND_RUNNING
       mqtt_broker:
         ADD_COND_RUNNING
+    configs:
+      net: default_network
     tags:
       - key: project
         value: agemo
     runtimeConfig: |
       image: ghcr.io/eclipse-sdv-blueprints/software-orchestration/eclipse-agemo/pub-sub-service:0.1.2
-      commandOptions: ["--network", "host", "--name", "pub-sub-service"]
+      commandOptions: ["--network", "{{ net }}", "--name", "pub-sub-service"]
   digital_twin_vehicle:
     runtime: podman
     agent: agent_A
@@ -42,13 +48,15 @@ workloads:
       service_discovery:
         ADD_COND_RUNNING
       dynamic_topic_management:
-        ADD_COND_RUNNING 
+        ADD_COND_RUNNING
+    configs:
+      net: default_network
     tags:
       - key: project
         value: ibeji
     runtimeConfig: |
       image: ghcr.io/eclipse-sdv-blueprints/software-orchestration/eclipse-ibeji/invehicle-digital-twin:0.1.1
-      commandOptions: ["--network", "host", "--name", "invehicle-digital-twin"]
+      commandOptions: ["--network", "{{ net }}", "--name", "invehicle-digital-twin"]
   digital_twin_cloud_sync:
     runtime: podman
     agent: agent_A
@@ -57,9 +65,13 @@ workloads:
         ADD_COND_RUNNING
       digital_twin_vehicle:
         ADD_COND_RUNNING
+    configs:
+      net: default_network
     tags:
       - key: project
         value: freyja
     runtimeConfig: |
       image: ghcr.io/eclipse-sdv-blueprints/software-orchestration/eclipse-freyja/local-with-ibeji:0.1.0
-      commandOptions: ["--network", "host", "--name", "local-cloud-sync"]
+      commandOptions: ["--network", "{{ net }}", "--name", "local-cloud-sync"]
+configs:
+  default_network: "host"
diff --git a/eclipse-ankaios/scripts/run_blueprint.sh b/eclipse-ankaios/scripts/run_blueprint.sh
index 149290b..0d89f6f 100755
--- a/eclipse-ankaios/scripts/run_blueprint.sh
+++ b/eclipse-ankaios/scripts/run_blueprint.sh
@@ -7,22 +7,24 @@ ANKAIOS_SERVER_URL="http://${ANKAIOS_SERVER_SOCKET}"
 trap 'cleanup_routine' EXIT SIGTERM SIGQUIT SIGKILL
 
 cleanup_routine() {
+  printf "\nStopping the blueprint\n"
   $SCRIPT_DIR/shutdown_blueprint.sh
 }
 
 run_ankaios() {
-  ANKAIOS_LOG_DIR="/var/log"
+  ANKAIOS_LOG_DIR="/var/log/ankaios"
   mkdir -p ${ANKAIOS_LOG_DIR}
 
   # Start the Ankaios server
   echo "Starting Ankaios server"
-  ank-server --startup-config ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../config/startupState.yaml --address ${ANKAIOS_SERVER_SOCKET} > ${ANKAIOS_LOG_DIR}/ankaios-server.log 2>&1 &
+  ank-server --insecure --startup-config ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../config/startupManifest.yaml --address ${ANKAIOS_SERVER_SOCKET} > ${ANKAIOS_LOG_DIR}/ankaios-server.log 2>&1 &
 
   sleep 2
   # Start an Ankaios agent
   echo "Starting Ankaios agent agent_A"
-  ank-agent --name agent_A --server-url ${ANKAIOS_SERVER_URL} > ${ANKAIOS_LOG_DIR}/ankaios-agent_A.log 2>&1 &
+  ank-agent --insecure --name agent_A --server-url ${ANKAIOS_SERVER_URL} > ${ANKAIOS_LOG_DIR}/ankaios-agent_A.log 2>&1 &
 
+  echo "Ankaios started in insecure mode (according to env variables in .bashrc). For mTLS setup see https://eclipse-ankaios.github.io/ankaios/0.5/usage/mtls-setup/"
   echo "For graceful shutdown press Ctrl+C. Never exit just the terminal. Otherwise execute 'shutdown_blueprint.sh' manually."
 
   # Wait for any process to exit