diff --git a/src/test/setup/webserver-test-tls.curl b/src/test/setup/webserver-test-tls.curl
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# example cord webserver post request to run tls test case
+
+cat > /tmp/testrun.json <<EOF
+{
+    "manifest" : "manifest.json",
+    "test" : "tls:eap_auth_exchange.test_eap_tls",
+    "config" : {
+        "VOLTHA_HOST" : "172.17.0.1",
+        "VOLTHA_REST_PORT" : 8881,
+        "VOLTHA_OLT_TYPE" : "ponsim_olt",
+        "VOLTHA_OLT_MAC" : "00:0c:e2:31:10:00"
+    }
+}
+EOF
+status=`curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o /dev/null -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{ "manifest" : "manifest.json" }' http://localhost:5000/start`
+if [ $status -ne 200 ]; then
+  echo "Test setup failed with status code $status"
+  exit 1
+fi
+status=`curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o /dev/null -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d @/tmp/testrun.json http://localhost:5000/test`
+if [ $status -ne 200 ]; then
+  echo "Test run failed with status code $status"
+  exit 1
+fi
+status=`curl -s -w "%{http_code}" -o /dev/null -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d '{ "manifest" : "manifest.json" }' http://localhost:5000/cleanup`
+if [ $status -ne 200 ]; then
+  echo "Test cleanup failed with status code $status"
+fi
+rm -f /tmp/testrun.json
+echo "Test successful"
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