diff --git a/CTestConfig.cmake b/CTestConfig.cmake
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+set(CTEST_PROJECT_NAME "FairMQ")
+set(CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME "00:00:00 CEST")
+
+set(CTEST_DROP_METHOD "https")
+set(CTEST_DROP_SITE "cdash.gsi.de")
+set(CTEST_DROP_LOCATION "/submit.php?project=FairMQ")
+set(CTEST_DROP_SITE_CDASH TRUE)
+
+set(CTEST_TESTING_TIMEOUT 60)
diff --git a/Dart.sh b/Dart.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+function print_example(){
+echo "##################################################################"
+echo "# To set the required parameters as source and the build         #"
+echo "# directory for ctest, the linux flavour and the SIMPATH         #"
+echo "# put the export commands below to a separate file which is read #"
+echo "# during execution and which is defined on the command line.     #"
+echo "# Set all parameters according to your needs.                    #"
+echo "# LINUX_FLAVOUR should be set to the distribution you are using  #"
+echo "# eg Debian, SuSe etc.                                           #"
+echo "# An additional varibale NCPU can overwrite the default number   #"
+echo "# of parallel processes used to compile the project.             #"
+echo "# This can be usefull if one can use a distributed build system  #"
+echo "# like icecream.                                                 #"
+echo "# For example                                                    #"
+echo "#!/bin/bash                                                      #"
+echo "export LINUX_FLAVOUR=<your linux flavour>                        #"
+echo "export FAIRSOFT_VERSION=<version of FairSoft>                    #"
+echo "export SIMPATH=<path to your FairSoft version>                   #"
+echo "export GIT_BRANCH=< master or dev>                               #"
+echo "export BUILDDIR=<dir where the build files go>                   #"
+echo "export SOURCEDIR=<location of the FairRoot sources>              #"
+echo "#export NCPU=100                                                 #"
+echo "##################################################################"
+}
+
+if [ "$#" -lt "2" ]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "-- Error -- Please start script with two parameters"
+  echo "-- Error -- The first parameter is the ctest model."
+  echo "-- Error -- Possible arguments are Nightly, Experimental, "
+  echo "-- Error -- Continuous or Profile."
+  echo "-- Error -- The second parameter is the file containg the"
+  echo "-- Error -- Information about the setup at the client"
+  echo "-- Error -- installation (see example below)."
+  echo ""
+  print_example
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# test if a valid ctest model is defined
+if [ "$1" == "Experimental" -o "$1" == "Nightly" -o "$1" == "Continuous" -o "$1" == "Profile" -o "$1" == "alfa_ci" ]; then
+  echo ""
+else
+  echo "-- Error -- This ctest model is not supported."
+  echo "-- Error -- Possible arguments are Nightly, Experimental, Continuous or Profile."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# test if the input file exists and execute it
+if [ -e "$2" ];then
+  source $2
+else
+  echo "-- Error -- Input file does not exist."
+  echo "-- Error -- Please choose existing input file."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# set the ctest model to command line parameter
+if [ "$1" == "alfa_ci" ]; then
+  export ctest_model=Experimental
+else
+  export ctest_model=$1
+fi
+
+
+# test for architecture
+arch=$(uname -s | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
+chip=$(uname -m | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
+
+# extract information about the system and the machine and set
+# environment variables used by ctest
+SYSTEM=$arch-$chip
+if test -z $CXX ; then
+  if [ "$arch" == "darwin" ]; then
+    COMPILER=$(clang --version | head -n 1 | cut -d' ' -f1,2,4 | tr -d ' ')
+  else
+    COMPILER=gcc$(gcc -dumpversion)
+  fi
+else
+  COMPILER=$CXX$($CXX -dumpversion)
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" == "alfa_ci" ]; then
+  export LABEL1=alfa_ci-$COMPILER-FairLogger_$GIT_BRANCH
+  export LABEL=$(echo $LABEL1 | sed -e 's#/#_#g')
+else
+  export LABEL1=${LINUX_FLAVOUR}-$chip-$COMPILER-FairLogger_$GIT_BRANCH
+  export LABEL=$(echo $LABEL1 | sed -e 's#/#_#g')
+fi
+
+# get the number of processors
+# and information about the host
+if [ "$arch" = "linux" ];
+then
+  if [ "$NCPU" != "" ];
+  then
+    export number_of_processors=$NCPU
+  else
+    export number_of_processors=$(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l)
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$SITE" ]; then
+    export SITE=$(hostname -f)
+    if [ -z "$SITE" ]; then
+      export SITE=$(uname -n)
+    fi
+  fi
+elif [ "$arch" = "darwin" ];
+then
+  if [ "$NCPU" != "" ];
+  then
+    export number_of_processors=$NCPU
+  else
+    export number_of_processors=$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
+  fi
+  if [ -z "$SITE" ]; then
+    export SITE=$(hostname -s)
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "************************"
+date
+echo "LABEL: " $LABEL
+echo "SITE: " $SITE
+echo "Model: " ${ctest_model}
+echo "Nr. of processes: " $number_of_processors
+echo "************************"
+
+cd $SOURCEDIR
+
+ctest -S FairMQTest.cmake -V --VV
diff --git a/FairMQTest.cmake b/FairMQTest.cmake
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+++ b/FairMQTest.cmake
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+################################################################################
+#    Copyright (C) 2018 GSI Helmholtzzentrum fuer Schwerionenforschung GmbH    #
+#                                                                              #
+#              This software is distributed under the terms of the             #
+#              GNU Lesser General Public Licence (LGPL) version 3,             #
+#                  copied verbatim in the file "LICENSE"                       #
+################################################################################
+Set(CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY $ENV{SOURCEDIR})
+Set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY $ENV{BUILDDIR})
+Set(CTEST_SITE $ENV{SITE})
+Set(CTEST_BUILD_NAME $ENV{LABEL})
+Set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
+Set(CTEST_PROJECT_NAME "FairMQ")
+
+Find_Program(CTEST_GIT_COMMAND NAMES git)
+Set(CTEST_UPDATE_COMMAND "${CTEST_GIT_COMMAND}")
+
+Set(BUILD_COMMAND "make")
+Set(CTEST_BUILD_COMMAND "${BUILD_COMMAND} -j$ENV{number_of_processors}")
+
+String(TOUPPER $ENV{ctest_model} _Model)
+Set(configure_options "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${_Model}")
+
+Set(CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS 1)
+Set(configure_options "${configure_options};-DCTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS=${CTEST_USE_LAUNCHERS}")
+
+Set(configure_options "${configure_options};-DDISABLE_COLOR=ON")
+
+Set(EXTRA_FLAGS $ENV{EXTRA_FLAGS})
+If(EXTRA_FLAGS)
+  Set(configure_options "${configure_options};${EXTRA_FLAGS}") 
+EndIf()
+
+If($ENV{ctest_model} MATCHES Nightly OR $ENV{ctest_model} MATCHES Profile)
+
+  Find_Program(GCOV_COMMAND gcov)
+  If(GCOV_COMMAND)
+    Message("Found GCOV: ${GCOV_COMMAND}")
+    Set(CTEST_COVERAGE_COMMAND ${GCOV_COMMAND})
+  EndIf(GCOV_COMMAND)
+
+  Set(ENV{ctest_model} Nightly)
+
+  CTEST_EMPTY_BINARY_DIRECTORY(${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY})
+
+EndIf()
+
+Ctest_Start($ENV{ctest_model})
+
+If(NOT $ENV{ctest_model} MATCHES Experimental)
+  Ctest_Update(SOURCE "${CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY}")
+EndIf()
+
+Ctest_Configure(BUILD "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}"
+                OPTIONS "${configure_options}"
+               )
+
+Ctest_Build(BUILD "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}")
+
+Ctest_Test(BUILD "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}" 
+           PARALLEL_LEVEL $ENV{number_of_processors}
+           RETURN_VALUE _ctest_test_ret_val
+          )
+
+If(GCOV_COMMAND)
+  Ctest_Coverage(BUILD "${CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY}")
+EndIf()
+
+Ctest_Submit()
+ 
+if (_ctest_test_ret_val)
+  Message(FATAL_ERROR "Some tests failed.")
+endif()
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
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+++ b/Jenkinsfile
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+#!groovy
+
+def specToLabel(Map spec) {
+  return "${spec.os}-${spec.arch}-${spec.compiler}-FairSoft_${spec.fairsoft}"
+}
+
+def buildMatrix(List specs, Closure callback) {
+  def nodes = [:]
+  for (spec in specs) {
+    def label = specToLabel(spec)
+    nodes[label] = {
+      node(label) {
+        githubNotify(context: "alfa-ci/${label}", description: 'Building ...', status: 'PENDING')
+        try {
+          deleteDir()
+          checkout scm
+
+          callback.call(spec, label)
+
+          deleteDir()
+          githubNotify(context: "alfa-ci/${label}", description: 'Success', status: 'SUCCESS')
+        } catch (e) {
+          deleteDir()
+          githubNotify(context: "alfa-ci/${label}", description: 'Error', status: 'ERROR')
+          throw e
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return nodes
+}
+
+pipeline{
+  agent none
+  stages {
+    stage("Run Build/Test Matrix") {
+      steps{
+        script {
+          parallel(buildMatrix([
+            [os: 'Debian8',    arch: 'x86_64', compiler: 'gcc4.9',         fairsoft: 'apr18'],
+            [os: 'MacOS10.11', arch: 'x86_64', compiler: 'AppleLLVM8.0.0', fairsoft: 'apr18'],
+            // [os: 'MacOS10.13', arch: 'x86_64', compiler: 'AppleLLVM9.0.0', fairsoft: 'oct17'],
+          ]) { spec, label ->
+            sh '''\
+              echo "export BUILDDIR=$PWD/build" >> Dart.cfg
+              echo "export SOURCEDIR=$PWD" >> Dart.cfg
+              echo "export PATH=$SIMPATH/bin:$PATH" >> Dart.cfg
+              echo "export GIT_BRANCH=$JOB_BASE_NAME" >> Dart.cfg
+            '''
+            sh './Dart.sh alfa_ci Dart.cfg'
+          })
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}