diff --git a/rest-server/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/rest-server/pom.xml.releaseBackup
deleted file mode 100644
index c9b03de14..000000000
--- a/rest-server/pom.xml.releaseBackup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.5</version>
-        <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
-    </parent>
-    <groupId>io.github.nubesgen</groupId>
-    <artifactId>nubesgen</artifactId>
-    <!-- Do not modify this version manually, read https://github.com/microsoft/NubesGen/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#doing-a-release -->
-    <version>0.14.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <name>nubesgen</name>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <description>NubesGen REST server</description>
-    <scm>
-        <url>https://github.com/microsoft/NubesGen</url>
-        <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/microsoft/NubesGen.git</connection>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
-    </scm>
-
-    <properties>
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mustache</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
-            <artifactId>azure-storage-blob</artifactId>
-            <version>12.21.1</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>1.23.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-context-indexer</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
-            <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.4</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <build>
-        <defaultGoal>spring-boot:run</defaultGoal>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <layers>
-                        <enabled>true</enabled>
-                    </layers>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
-                <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <buildArgs>
-                        <arg>--initialize-at-build-time=org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder,org.slf4j.LoggerFactory,ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger,ch.qos.logback.core.spi.AppenderAttachableImpl,ch.qos.logback.core.status.StatusBase,ch.qos.logback.classic.Level,ch.qos.logback.core.status.InfoStatus,ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout,ch.qos.logback.core.CoreConstants,ch.qos.logback.core.util.Loader,ch.qos.logback.core.util.StatusPrinter,ch.qos.logback.core.pattern.parser.Parser</arg>
-                    </buildArgs>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <!--
-                To do a NubesGen release:
-                - mvn release:clean release:prepare
-                - gh release create <TAG_NAME>
-            -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <tagNameFormat>v@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>io.github.git-commit-id</groupId>
-                <artifactId>git-commit-id-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>5.0.0</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>get-the-git-infos</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>revision</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <phase>initialize</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
-                    <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
-                    <includeOnlyProperties>
-                        <includeOnlyProperty>^git.build.(time|version)$</includeOnlyProperty>
-                        <includeOnlyProperty>^git.commit.id.(abbrev|full)$</includeOnlyProperty>
-                    </includeOnlyProperties>
-                    <commitIdGenerationMode>full</commitIdGenerationMode>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-</project>
diff --git a/rest-server/release.properties b/rest-server/release.properties
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--- a/rest-server/release.properties
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@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#release configuration
-#Fri Mar 24 15:04:27 CET 2023
-completedPhase=end-release
-exec.pomFileName=pom.xml
-exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
-pinExternals=false
-preparationGoals=clean verify
-project.dev.io.github.nubesgen\:nubesgen=0.15.1-SNAPSHOT
-project.rel.io.github.nubesgen\:nubesgen=0.15.0
-project.scm.io.github.nubesgen\:nubesgen.connection=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/microsoft/NubesGen.git
-project.scm.io.github.nubesgen\:nubesgen.tag=HEAD
-project.scm.io.github.nubesgen\:nubesgen.url=https\://github.com/microsoft/NubesGen
-projectVersionPolicyConfig=<projectVersionPolicyConfig>${projectVersionPolicyConfig}</projectVersionPolicyConfig>\n
-projectVersionPolicyId=default
-pushChanges=true
-releaseStrategyId=default
-remoteTagging=true
-scm.branchCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare branch @{releaseLabel}
-scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
-scm.developmentCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare for next development iteration
-scm.releaseCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel}
-scm.rollbackCommitComment=@{prefix} rollback the release of @{releaseLabel}
-scm.tag=v0.15.0
-scm.tagNameFormat=v@{project.version}
-scm.url=scm\:git\:https\://github.com/microsoft/NubesGen.git