diff --git a/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/README.md b/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/README.md
index 381b727..6903d60 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/README.md
+++ b/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/README.md
@@ -34,24 +34,32 @@ Note: In case of not being able to connect to "k3stesthost/health", you might ne
 - check files `aws --endpoint-url=http://k3stesthost s3 ls s3://mybucket`
 
 
-## Deploy nextcloud
+## Deploy nextcloud 
 
 ### Requirements
 
 * leiningen (install with: `sudo apt install leiningen` )
-
-### Deploy
-
-* In the project's root execute: 
-`lein uberjar`
-
+* In the project's root execute: `lein uberjar`
 * Change file "valid-config.edn" according to your settings (e.g. `:fqdn "cloudhost"` and `:restic-repository "s3://k3stesthost:mybucket"`).
 
+### Deploy to k3s
+
 * Create and deploy the k8s yaml:
 `java -jar target/uberjar/c4k-nextcloud-standalone.jar valid-config.edn valid-auth.edn | sudo k3s kubectl apply -f -`
 
 Some of the steps may take some min to be effective, but eventually nextcloud should be available at: https://cloudhost
 
+### Deploy to k3d
+
+k3d is a k3s system which is running inside of a container. To install k3d run `curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/k3d/main/install.sh | bash` or have a look at https://k3d.io/v5.0.3/ .
+
+* Start a k3d cluster and deploy s3 on it: `./setup-local-s3-on-k3d.sh`
+* Create and deploy the c4k yaml for nextcloud (incl. postgres etc):
+`java -jar target/uberjar/c4k-nextcloud-standalone.jar valid-config.edn valid-auth.edn | kubectl apply -f -`
+* With `kubectl get ingress` you can view the ingress' ip (e.g. 10.0.2.15), add (resp. change if already existing) a line to file "/etc/hosts" e.g. `10.0.2.15	k3stesthost cloudhost`
+
+Some of the steps may take some min to be effective, but eventually nextcloud should be available at: https://cloudhost
+
 # TODO
 
 * add possibility to use local certificate in dda-backup backup function
diff --git a/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/setup-local-s3-on-k3d.sh b/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/setup-local-s3-on-k3d.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b445528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/setup-local-s3-on-k3d.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+function main()
+{
+  local bucket_name="${1:-mybucket}"; shift
+
+  ./start-k3d.sh
+
+  kubectl apply -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.5.4/cert-manager.yaml
+
+  kubectl apply -f localstack.yaml
+
+  until kubectl apply -f certificate.yaml
+  do
+    echo "*** Waiting for certificate ... ***"
+    sleep 10
+  done
+  echo
+
+  echo
+  echo "[INFO] Waiting for localstack health endpoint"
+  until curl --connect-timeout 3 -s -f -o /dev/null "k3stesthost/health"
+  do
+    sleep 5
+  done
+  echo
+
+  kubectl get secret localstack-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.ca\.crt}" | base64 --decode > ca.crt
+
+  #aws --endpoint-url=http://localhost s3 mb s3://$bucket_name
+  export RESTIC_PASSWORD="test-password"
+  restic init --cacert ca.crt -r s3://k3stesthost/$bucket_name
+
+}
+
+main $@
diff --git a/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/start-k3d.sh b/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/start-k3d.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0fd99ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/local-integration-test/start-k3d.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+k3d cluster create nextcloud --k3s-arg '--tls-san cloudhost@loadbalancer' --port 8080:80@loadbalancer --port 8443:443@loadbalancer --api-port 6443
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