diff --git a/examples/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/mgmt/client/Application.java b/examples/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/mgmt/client/Application.java
index aae1bf8da..d94519df2 100644
--- a/examples/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/mgmt/client/Application.java
+++ b/examples/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/mgmt/client/Application.java
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
 package org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client;
 
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.feign.core.client.FeignClientConfiguration;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.feign.core.client.IgnoreMultipleConsumersProducersSpringMvcContract;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.resource.MgmtDistributionSetClientResource;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.resource.MgmtRolloutClientResource;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.resource.MgmtSoftwareModuleClientResource;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.resource.MgmtTargetClientResource;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.scenarios.ConfigurableScenario;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.scenarios.CreateStartedRolloutExample;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.scenarios.upload.FeignMultipartEncoder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.Banner.Mode;
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
@@ -23,12 +25,20 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.EnableFeignClients;
+import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.feign.support.ResponseEntityDecoder;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.hal.Jackson2HalModule;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import feign.Feign;
 import feign.Logger;
 import feign.auth.BasicAuthRequestInterceptor;
+import feign.jackson.JacksonDecoder;
+import feign.slf4j.Slf4jLogger;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 @EnableFeignClients("org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.resource")
@@ -69,8 +79,9 @@ public class Application implements CommandLineRunner {
             final MgmtSoftwareModuleClientResource softwareModuleResource,
             final MgmtTargetClientResource targetResource, final MgmtRolloutClientResource rolloutResource,
             final ClientConfigurationProperties clientConfigurationProperties) {
-        return new ConfigurableScenario(distributionSetResource, softwareModuleResource, targetResource,
-                rolloutResource, clientConfigurationProperties);
+        return new ConfigurableScenario(distributionSetResource, softwareModuleResource,
+                uploadSoftwareModule(clientConfigurationProperties), targetResource, rolloutResource,
+                clientConfigurationProperties);
     }
 
     @Bean
@@ -78,6 +89,19 @@ public class Application implements CommandLineRunner {
         return new CreateStartedRolloutExample();
     }
 
+    @Bean
+    public MgmtSoftwareModuleClientResource uploadSoftwareModule(final ClientConfigurationProperties configuration) {
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper()
+                .configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false)
+                .registerModule(new Jackson2HalModule());
+        return Feign.builder().contract(new IgnoreMultipleConsumersProducersSpringMvcContract())
+                .requestInterceptor(
+                        new BasicAuthRequestInterceptor(configuration.getUsername(), configuration.getPassword()))
+                .logger(new Slf4jLogger()).encoder(new FeignMultipartEncoder())
+                .decoder(new ResponseEntityDecoder(new JacksonDecoder(mapper)))
+                .target(MgmtSoftwareModuleClientResource.class, configuration.getUrl());
+    }
+
     @Bean
     public Logger.Level feignLoggerLevel() {
         return Logger.Level.FULL;
diff --git a/examples/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/mgmt/client/scenarios/ConfigurableScenario.java b/examples/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/mgmt/client/scenarios/ConfigurableScenario.java
index 1b461b178..388516897 100644
--- a/examples/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/mgmt/client/scenarios/ConfigurableScenario.java
+++ b/examples/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/mgmt/client/scenarios/ConfigurableScenario.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.scenarios;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.ClientConfigurationProperties;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.resource.builder.RolloutBuilder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.resource.builder.SoftwareModuleAssigmentBuilder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.resource.builder.SoftwareModuleBuilder;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.resource.builder.TargetBuilder;
+import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.client.scenarios.upload.ArtifactFile;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.json.model.PagedList;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.json.model.distributionset.MgmtDistributionSet;
 import org.eclipse.hawkbit.mgmt.json.model.rollout.MgmtRolloutResponseBody;
@@ -53,12 +55,16 @@ public class ConfigurableScenario {
 
     private final ClientConfigurationProperties clientConfigurationProperties;
 
+    private final MgmtSoftwareModuleClientResource uploadSoftwareModule;
+
     public ConfigurableScenario(final MgmtDistributionSetClientResource distributionSetResource,
             final MgmtSoftwareModuleClientResource softwareModuleResource,
-            final MgmtTargetClientResource targetResource, final MgmtRolloutClientResource rolloutResource,
+            final MgmtSoftwareModuleClientResource uploadSoftwareModule, final MgmtTargetClientResource targetResource,
+            final MgmtRolloutClientResource rolloutResource,
             final ClientConfigurationProperties clientConfigurationProperties) {
         this.distributionSetResource = distributionSetResource;
         this.softwareModuleResource = softwareModuleResource;
+        this.uploadSoftwareModule = uploadSoftwareModule;
         this.targetResource = targetResource;
         this.rolloutResource = rolloutResource;
         this.clientConfigurationProperties = clientConfigurationProperties;
@@ -158,11 +164,12 @@ public class ConfigurableScenario {
 
     private void createDistributionSets(final Scenario scenario) {
         LOGGER.info("Creating {} distribution sets", scenario.getDistributionSets());
+        final byte[] artifact = generateArtifact(scenario);
 
         distributionSetResource.createDistributionSets(new DistributionSetBuilder().name(scenario.getDsName())
                 .type("os_app").version("1.0.").buildAsList(scenario.getDistributionSets())).getBody()
                 .forEach(dsSet -> {
-                    final List<MgmtSoftwareModule> modules = addModules(scenario, dsSet);
+                    final List<MgmtSoftwareModule> modules = addModules(scenario, dsSet, artifact);
 
                     final SoftwareModuleAssigmentBuilder assign = new SoftwareModuleAssigmentBuilder();
                     modules.forEach(module -> assign.id(module.getModuleId()));
@@ -172,7 +179,8 @@ public class ConfigurableScenario {
         LOGGER.info("Creating {} distribution sets -> Done", scenario.getDistributionSets());
     }
 
-    private List<MgmtSoftwareModule> addModules(final Scenario scenario, final MgmtDistributionSet dsSet) {
+    private List<MgmtSoftwareModule> addModules(final Scenario scenario, final MgmtDistributionSet dsSet,
+            final byte[] artifact) {
         final List<MgmtSoftwareModule> modules = softwareModuleResource
                 .createSoftwareModules(new SoftwareModuleBuilder().name(scenario.getSmFwName() + "-os")
                         .version(dsSet.getVersion()).type("os").build())
@@ -182,6 +190,13 @@ public class ConfigurableScenario {
                         .type("application").buildAsList(scenario.getAppModulesPerDistributionSet()))
                 .getBody());
 
+        for (int iArtifact = 0; iArtifact < scenario.getArtifactsPerSM(); iArtifact++) {
+            modules.forEach(module -> {
+                final ArtifactFile file = new ArtifactFile("dummyfile.dummy", null, "multipart/form-data", artifact);
+                uploadSoftwareModule.uploadArtifact(module.getModuleId(), file, null, null, null);
+            });
+        }
+
         return modules;
     }
 
@@ -208,4 +223,19 @@ public class ConfigurableScenario {
         }
         return Integer.valueOf(size);
     }
+
+    private static byte[] generateArtifact(final Scenario scenario) {
+
+        // Exception squid:S2245 - not used for cryptographic function
+        @SuppressWarnings("squid:S2245")
+        final Random random = new Random();
+
+        // create byte array
+        final byte[] nbyte = new byte[parseSize(scenario.getArtifactSize())];
+
+        // put the next byte in the array
+        random.nextBytes(nbyte);
+
+        return nbyte;
+    }
 }