diff --git a/backend/solr/src/main/java/com/rbmhtechnology/vind/solr/backend/SolrSearchServer.java b/backend/solr/src/main/java/com/rbmhtechnology/vind/solr/backend/SolrSearchServer.java
index d888dddf..53ae2901 100644
--- a/backend/solr/src/main/java/com/rbmhtechnology/vind/solr/backend/SolrSearchServer.java
+++ b/backend/solr/src/main/java/com/rbmhtechnology/vind/solr/backend/SolrSearchServer.java
@@ -152,21 +152,11 @@ public Object getBackend() {
 
     @Override
     public StatusResult getBackendStatus() {
-        int statusCode = -1;
-        try {
-            if(SearchConfiguration.get(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_SOLR_CLOUD, false)) {
-                CollectionAdminRequest request = new CollectionAdminRequest.ClusterStatus();
 
-                SolrResponse response = request.process(this.solrClient);
-                statusCode = Integer.valueOf(((NamedList)response.getResponse().get("responseHeader")).get("status").toString());
+        try {
+            SolrPingResponse ping = solrClient.ping();
 
-            }
-            else {
-                CoreAdminRequest request = new CoreAdminRequest();
-                request.setAction(CoreAdminParams.CoreAdminAction.STATUS);
-                CoreAdminResponse response = request.process(this.solrClient);
-                statusCode = response.getStatus();
-            }
+            int statusCode = ping.getStatus();
 
             if(statusCode != 0) {
                 return StatusResult.down().setDetail("status", statusCode);
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/com/rbmhtechnology/vind/test/TestSearchServer.java b/test/src/main/java/com/rbmhtechnology/vind/test/TestSearchServer.java
index 2aaab9cb..82e2851a 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/com/rbmhtechnology/vind/test/TestSearchServer.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/com/rbmhtechnology/vind/test/TestSearchServer.java
@@ -14,19 +14,16 @@ public class TestSearchServer extends ExternalResource {
 
     private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
+    private ServerType serverType = ServerType.Embedded;
+
     private SearchServer searchServer;
 
     @Override
     protected void before() throws Throwable {
         super.before();
-        SearchConfiguration.set(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_PROVIDER, "com.rbmhtechnology.vind.solr.backend.EmbeddedSolrServerProvider");
 
-        //SearchConfiguration.set(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_PROVIDER, "com.rbmhtechnology.vind.solr.backend.RemoteSolrServerProvider");
-        //SearchConfiguration.set(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_HOST, "localhost:9983");
-        //SearchConfiguration.set(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_COLLECTION, "dam_assets");
-        //SearchConfiguration.set(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_SOLR_CLOUD, true);
+        serverType.prepareConfig();
 
-        System.setProperty("runtimeLib", "false");
         searchServer = SearchServer.getInstance();
     }
 
@@ -47,4 +44,39 @@ public SearchServer getSearchServer() {
         return searchServer;
     }
 
+    private enum ServerType {
+
+        Embedded("com.rbmhtechnology.vind.solr.backend.EmbeddedSolrServerProvider", null, null, false),
+
+        //setup:
+        // * docker run --name vind-solr-2.1.0 -p 8983:8983 redlinkgmbh/vind-solr-server:2.1.0
+        RemoteStandalone("com.rbmhtechnology.vind.solr.backend.RemoteSolrServerProvider", "http://localhost:8983/solr", "vind", false),
+
+        //setup:
+        // * ./bin/solr start c
+        // * download exec jar for collection mgtm tool, e.g. http://central.maven.org/maven2/com/rbmhtechnology/vind/collection-managment-tool/2.1.0/
+        // * java -jar collection-managment-tool-2.1.0-exec.jar -cc vind -from com.rbmhtechnology.vind:backend-solr:2.1.0 --in localhost:9983
+        RemoteCloud("com.rbmhtechnology.vind.solr.backend.RemoteSolrServerProvider", "localhost:9983", "vind", true);
+
+        private String provider;
+        private String host;
+        private String collection;
+        private boolean cloud;
+
+        ServerType(String provider, String host, String collection, boolean cloud) {
+            this.provider = provider;
+            this.host = host;
+            this.collection = collection;
+            this.cloud = cloud;
+        }
+
+        void prepareConfig() {
+            SearchConfiguration.set(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_PROVIDER, provider);
+            if(host != null) SearchConfiguration.set(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_HOST, host);
+            if(collection != null) SearchConfiguration.set(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_COLLECTION, collection);
+            SearchConfiguration.set(SearchConfiguration.SERVER_SOLR_CLOUD, cloud);
+            System.setProperty("runtimeLib", String.valueOf(cloud));
+        }
+    }
+
 }