diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e9e62cb4..1425922d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ language: bash
 # See https://github.com/amaiorano/vectrexy/blob/master/.travis.yml
 # for ideas on installing vcpkg
 
+services:
+  - redis-server
+
 matrix:
   include:
     # macOS
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 8565da9b..9be3c850 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,11 +17,15 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.. ixwebsocket)
 
+set (WS ../ws)
+
 include_directories(
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Catch2/single_include
+  ../third_party
   ../third_party/msgpack11
   ../third_party/spdlog/include
   ../ws
+  ../ws/snake
 )
 
 # Shared sources
@@ -30,7 +34,24 @@ set (SOURCES
   IXTest.cpp
   IXGetFreePort.cpp
   ../third_party/msgpack11/msgpack11.cpp
-  ../ws/ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.cpp
+  ../third_party/jsoncpp/jsoncpp.cpp
+
+  ${WS}/ixcore/utils/IXCoreLogger.cpp
+
+  ${WS}/ixcrypto/IXBase64.cpp
+  ${WS}/ixcrypto/IXHash.cpp
+  ${WS}/ixcrypto/IXUuid.cpp
+  ${WS}/ixcrypto/IXHMac.cpp
+
+  ${WS}/ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.cpp
+  ${WS}/ixcobra/IXCobraMetricsPublisher.cpp
+  ${WS}/ixcobra/IXCobraMetricsThreadedPublisher.cpp
+
+  ${WS}/snake/IXSnakeServer.cpp
+  ${WS}/snake/IXSnakeProtocol.cpp
+  ${WS}/snake/IXAppConfig.cpp
+
+  ${WS}/IXRedisClient.cpp
 
   IXSocketTest.cpp
   IXSocketConnectTest.cpp
@@ -41,6 +62,7 @@ set (SOURCES
   IXHttpClientTest.cpp
   IXHttpServerTest.cpp
   IXUnityBuildsTest.cpp
+  IXCobraChatTest.cpp
 )
 
 # Some unittest don't work on windows yet
diff --git a/test/IXCobraChatTest.cpp b/test/IXCobraChatTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09d82637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/IXCobraChatTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+/*
+ *  cmd_satori_chat.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2017 Machine Zone. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <ixcobra/IXCobraConnection.h>
+#include <ixcrypto/IXUuid.h>
+#include "IXTest.h"
+#include "IXSnakeServer.h"
+
+#include "catch.hpp"
+
+using namespace ix;
+
+namespace
+{
+    std::atomic<size_t> incomingBytes(0);
+    std::atomic<size_t> outgoingBytes(0);
+
+    void setupTrafficTrackerCallback()
+    {
+        ix::CobraConnection::setTrafficTrackerCallback(
+            [](size_t size, bool incoming)
+            {
+                if (incoming)
+                {
+                    incomingBytes += size;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    outgoingBytes += size;
+                }
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
+    class SatoriChat
+    {
+        public:
+            SatoriChat(const std::string& user,
+                       const std::string& session);
+
+            void subscribe(const std::string& channel);
+            void start();
+            void stop();
+            void run();
+            bool isReady() const;
+
+            void sendMessage(const std::string& text);
+            size_t getReceivedMessagesCount() const;
+
+            bool hasPendingMessages() const;
+            Json::Value popMessage();
+
+        private:
+            std::string _user;
+            std::string _session;
+
+            std::queue<Json::Value> _publish_queue;
+            mutable std::mutex _queue_mutex;
+
+            std::thread _thread;
+            std::atomic<bool> _stop;
+
+            ix::CobraConnection _conn;
+            std::atomic<bool> _connectedAndSubscribed;
+
+            std::queue<Json::Value> _receivedQueue;
+
+            std::mutex _logMutex;
+    };
+
+    SatoriChat::SatoriChat(const std::string& user,
+                           const std::string& session) :
+        _connectedAndSubscribed(false),
+        _stop(false),
+        _user(user),
+        _session(session)
+    {
+        ;
+    }
+
+    void SatoriChat::start()
+    {
+        _thread = std::thread(&SatoriChat::run, this);
+    }
+
+    void SatoriChat::stop()
+    {
+        _stop = true;
+        _thread.join();
+    }
+
+    bool SatoriChat::isReady() const
+    {
+        return _connectedAndSubscribed;
+    }
+
+    size_t SatoriChat::getReceivedMessagesCount() const
+    {
+        return _receivedQueue.size();
+    }
+
+    bool SatoriChat::hasPendingMessages() const
+    {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_queue_mutex);
+        return !_publish_queue.empty();
+    }
+
+    Json::Value SatoriChat::popMessage()
+    {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_queue_mutex);
+        auto msg = _publish_queue.front();
+        _publish_queue.pop();
+        return msg;
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Callback to handle received messages, that are printed on the console
+    //
+    void SatoriChat::subscribe(const std::string& channel)
+    {
+        std::string filter;
+        _conn.subscribe(channel, filter,
+                        [this](const Json::Value& msg)
+                        {
+                            std::cout << msg.toStyledString() << std::endl;
+                            if (!msg.isObject()) return;
+                            if (!msg.isMember("user")) return;
+                            if (!msg.isMember("text")) return;
+                            if (!msg.isMember("session")) return;
+                        
+                            std::string msg_user = msg["user"].asString();
+                            std::string msg_text = msg["text"].asString();
+                            std::string msg_session = msg["session"].asString();
+
+                            // We are not interested in messages 
+                            // from a different session.
+                            if (msg_session != _session) return;
+
+                            // We are not interested in our own messages
+                            if (msg_user == _user) return;
+
+                            _receivedQueue.push(msg);
+
+                            std::stringstream ss;
+                            ss << std::endl 
+                               << msg_user << " > " << msg_text
+                               << std::endl
+                               << _user << " > ";
+                            log(ss.str());
+                        });
+    }
+
+    void SatoriChat::sendMessage(const std::string& text)
+    {
+        Json::Value msg;
+        msg["user"] = _user;
+        msg["session"] = _session;
+        msg["text"] = text;
+
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_queue_mutex);
+        _publish_queue.push(msg);
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Do satori communication on a background thread, where we can have
+    // something like an event loop that publish, poll and receive data
+    //
+    void SatoriChat::run()
+    {
+        snake::AppConfig appConfig = makeSnakeServerConfig();
+
+        // Display config on the terminal for debugging
+        dumpConfig(appConfig);
+
+        snake::SnakeServer snakeServer(appConfig);
+        snakeServer.run();
+
+        // "chat" conf
+        std::string appkey("FC2F10139A2BAc53BB72D9db967b024f");
+        std::string endpoint("ws://localhost:8008");
+        std::string channel = _session;
+        std::string role = "_sub";
+        std::string secret = "66B1dA3ED5fA074EB5AE84Dd8CE3b5ba";
+
+        // appkey = "1121b8DfbB33E56dE1F82fC2A08cD1D7";
+        // endpoint = "ws://api-internal-cobra.addsrv.com";
+        // endpoint = "ws://localhost:8765";
+        // role = "unittest_subscriber";
+        // secret = "98B69bcdfc145C5fB7C2f4A5aFfe4fd3";
+
+        _conn.configure(appkey, endpoint, role, secret,
+                        ix::WebSocketPerMessageDeflateOptions(true));
+        _conn.connect();
+
+        _conn.setEventCallback(
+            [this, channel]
+            (ix::CobraConnectionEventType eventType,
+             const std::string& errMsg,
+             const ix::WebSocketHttpHeaders& headers,
+             const std::string& subscriptionId,
+             CobraConnection::MsgId msgId)
+            {
+                if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Open)
+                {
+                    log("Subscriber connected: " + _user);
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Authenticated)
+                {
+                    log("Subscriber authenticated: " + _user);
+                    subscribe(channel);
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Error)
+                {
+                    log(errMsg + _user);
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Closed)
+                {
+                    log("Connection closed: " + _user);
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_Subscribed)
+                {
+                    log("Subscription ok: " + _user + " subscription_id " + subscriptionId);
+                    _connectedAndSubscribed = true;
+                }
+                else if (eventType == ix::CobraConnection_EventType_UnSubscribed)
+                {
+                    log("Unsubscription ok: " + _user + " subscription_id " + subscriptionId);
+                }
+            }
+        );
+
+        while (!_stop)
+        {
+            {
+                while (hasPendingMessages())
+                {
+                    auto msg = popMessage();
+
+                    std::string text = msg["text"].asString();
+
+                    std::stringstream ss;
+                    ss << "Sending msg [" << text << "]";
+                    log(ss.str());
+                    
+                    Json::Value channels;
+                    channels.append(channel);
+                    _conn.publish(channels, msg);
+                }
+            }
+
+            ix::msleep(50);
+        }
+
+        _conn.unsubscribe(channel);
+
+        ix::msleep(50);
+        _conn.disconnect();
+        
+        _conn.setEventCallback([]
+                               (ix::CobraConnectionEventType eventType,
+                                const std::string& errMsg,
+                                const ix::WebSocketHttpHeaders& headers,
+                                const std::string& subscriptionId,
+                                CobraConnection::MsgId msgId)
+        {
+            ;
+        });
+
+        snakeServer.stop();
+    }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Cobra_chat", "[cobra_chat]")
+{
+    SECTION("Exchange and count sent/received messages.")
+    {
+        snake::AppConfig appConfig = makeSnakeServerConfig();
+        snake::SnakeServer snakeServer(appConfig);
+        snakeServer.run();
+
+        int timeout;
+        setupTrafficTrackerCallback();
+
+        std::string session = ix::generateSessionId();
+        SatoriChat chatA("jean", session);
+        SatoriChat chatB("paul", session);
+
+        chatA.start();
+        chatB.start();
+
+        // Wait for all chat instance to be ready
+        timeout = 10 * 1000; // 10s
+        while (true)
+        {
+            if (chatA.isReady() && chatB.isReady()) break;
+            ix::msleep(10);
+            
+            timeout -= 10;
+            if (timeout <= 0)
+            {
+                REQUIRE(false); // timeout
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Add a bit of extra time, for the subscription to be active
+        ix::msleep(1000);
+
+        chatA.sendMessage("from A1");
+        chatA.sendMessage("from A2");
+        chatA.sendMessage("from A3");
+
+        chatB.sendMessage("from B1");
+        chatB.sendMessage("from B2");
+
+        // 1. Wait for all messages to be sent
+        timeout = 10 * 1000; // 10s
+        while (chatA.hasPendingMessages() || chatB.hasPendingMessages())
+        {
+            ix::msleep(10);
+            
+            timeout -= 10;
+            if (timeout <= 0)
+            {
+                REQUIRE(false); // timeout
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Give us 1s for all messages to be received
+        ix::msleep(1000);
+
+        chatA.stop();
+        chatB.stop();
+
+        // FIXME: improve this and make it exact matches
+        //        we get unreliable result set
+        REQUIRE(chatA.getReceivedMessagesCount() == 2);
+        REQUIRE(chatB.getReceivedMessagesCount() == 3);
+
+        std::cout << incomingBytes << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "Incoming bytes: " << incomingBytes << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "Outgoing bytes: " << outgoingBytes << std::endl;
+
+        snakeServer.stop();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/IXTest.cpp b/test/IXTest.cpp
index 79924b3a..3f06299f 100644
--- a/test/IXTest.cpp
+++ b/test/IXTest.cpp
@@ -137,4 +137,57 @@ namespace ix
         server.start();
         return true;
     }
+
+    std::vector<uint8_t> load(const std::string& path)
+    {
+        std::vector<uint8_t> memblock;
+
+        std::ifstream file(path);
+        if (!file.is_open()) return memblock;
+
+        file.seekg(0, file.end);
+        std::streamoff size = file.tellg();
+        file.seekg(0, file.beg);
+
+        memblock.resize((size_t) size);
+        file.read((char*)&memblock.front(), static_cast<std::streamsize>(size));
+
+        return memblock;
+    }
+
+    std::string readAsString(const std::string& path)
+    {
+        auto vec = load(path);
+        return std::string(vec.begin(), vec.end());
+    }
+
+    snake::AppConfig makeSnakeServerConfig()
+    {
+        snake::AppConfig appConfig;
+        appConfig.port = 8008;
+        appConfig.hostname = "127.0.0.1";
+        appConfig.verbose = true;
+        appConfig.redisPort = 6379;
+        appConfig.redisPassword = "";
+        appConfig.redisHosts.push_back("localhost"); // only one host supported now
+
+        std::string appsConfigPath("appsConfig.json");
+
+        // Parse config file
+        auto str = readAsString(appsConfigPath);
+        if (str.empty())
+        {
+            std::cout << "Cannot read content of " << appsConfigPath << std::endl;
+            return appConfig;
+        }
+
+        std::cout << str << std::endl;
+        auto apps = nlohmann::json::parse(str);
+        appConfig.apps = apps["apps"];
+
+        // Display config on the terminal for debugging
+        dumpConfig(appConfig);
+
+        return appConfig;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/IXTest.h b/test/IXTest.h
index ccd8e1c3..28816c5f 100644
--- a/test/IXTest.h
+++ b/test/IXTest.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "IXGetFreePort.h"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketServer.h>
+#include "IXAppConfig.h"
 #include <mutex>
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -48,4 +49,6 @@ namespace ix
     void log(const std::string& msg);
 
     bool startWebSocketEchoServer(ix::WebSocketServer& server);
+
+    snake::AppConfig makeSnakeServerConfig();
 } // namespace ix
diff --git a/test/appsConfig.json b/test/appsConfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14f8f48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/appsConfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "apps": {
+    "FC2F10139A2BAc53BB72D9db967b024f": {
+      "roles": {
+        "_sub": {
+          "secret": "66B1dA3ED5fA074EB5AE84Dd8CE3b5ba"
+        },
+        "_pub": {
+          "secret": "1c04DB8fFe76A4EeFE3E318C72d771db"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}