diff --git a/helm/nsc/Chart.yaml b/helm/nsc/Chart.yaml
index 4a7c7d11ce274832bf5e888cc0b1018410894555..4714aa4e101a8c3cfe894fe3ef7bdb5a16a4557f 100644
--- a/helm/nsc/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/nsc/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2026 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is an original contribution from Telefonica Innovación Digital S.L.
+
 apiVersion: v2
 name: nsc
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes deployment of the Network Slice Controller (NSC)
diff --git a/helm/nsc/templates/configmap.yaml b/helm/nsc/templates/configmap.yaml
index 4c48b8a1923cfbe1005b64728b89e19c71b0dd56..666582c092e6f88ee6ee5081629f2142fc99e702 100644
--- a/helm/nsc/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm/nsc/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2026 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is an original contribution from Telefonica Innovación Digital S.L.
+
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
diff --git a/helm/nsc/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/nsc/templates/deployment.yaml
index d1983a52e2917bf952fe36ac2fbafc7668efbd0b..855b0123f8fa7f956d094939fc91b299e29eaff0 100644
--- a/helm/nsc/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/nsc/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2026 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is an original contribution from Telefonica Innovación Digital S.L.
+
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
diff --git a/helm/nsc/templates/ingress.yaml b/helm/nsc/templates/ingress.yaml
index 3296d969b17c8cbf647d4db675a0208fc9469392..9276defaa01f5ea5a6ecf44f35fbee20fd27c3fc 100644
--- a/helm/nsc/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/helm/nsc/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2026 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is an original contribution from Telefonica Innovación Digital S.L.
+
 {{- if .Values.ingress.enabled -}}
 {{- $fullName := include "nsc.fullname" . -}}
 {{- $svcPort := .Values.service.port -}}
diff --git a/helm/nsc/templates/secret.yaml b/helm/nsc/templates/secret.yaml
index 480cd3378b83de7b01ece56a601289196a778073..47db7f08321d08ccd09b6ef73e3c481729603121 100644
--- a/helm/nsc/templates/secret.yaml
+++ b/helm/nsc/templates/secret.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2026 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is an original contribution from Telefonica Innovación Digital S.L.
+
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret
 metadata:
diff --git a/helm/nsc/templates/service.yaml b/helm/nsc/templates/service.yaml
index f00f40a396aff2e353e033e0bdad1449e072927e..4109b4dfde6eaf7e9aa17b255af6da95fab47ebc 100644
--- a/helm/nsc/templates/service.yaml
+++ b/helm/nsc/templates/service.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2026 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is an original contribution from Telefonica Innovación Digital S.L.
+
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
diff --git a/helm/nsc/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/helm/nsc/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
index 35aa8133c5ddc55d38ca2288e5b9e86d3a9f8277..80ab9ab7983873eeaafb0214ffa6bf7d9f6e9a3c 100644
--- a/helm/nsc/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
+++ b/helm/nsc/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2026 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is an original contribution from Telefonica Innovación Digital S.L.
+
 {{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
diff --git a/helm/nsc/values.yaml b/helm/nsc/values.yaml
index e0b2ea4a1c86a79ea13df06deb4431b46bbcf429..eddb6fb5906d9f4864e72c7f02a88630a1ffc7da 100644
--- a/helm/nsc/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/nsc/values.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2022-2026 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file is an original contribution from Telefonica Innovación Digital S.L.
+
 # Default values for nsc.
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
diff --git a/scripts/run_tests.sh b/scripts/run_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad501bd017058bed21f3adee9db84a155e858b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2022-2026 ETSI SDG TeraFlowSDN (TFS) (https://tfs.etsi.org/)
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# This file includes contributions from Telefonica Innovación Digital S.L.
+
+IMAGE_NAME="nsc-test"
+IMAGE_TAG="local-test"
+
+# Get project root directory
+PROJECTDIR=$(pwd)
+
+echo "========================================="
+echo " Starting Local Unit Tests & Coverage"
+echo "========================================="
+
+# 1. Clean up old test containers
+echo ""
+echo "Cleaning up any old test containers..."
+echo "------------------------------------"
+if [ -n "$(docker ps -a -q -f name=$IMAGE_NAME 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+    echo "Stopping and removing existing container '$IMAGE_NAME'..."
+    docker stop $IMAGE_NAME >/dev/null 2>&1
+    docker rm $IMAGE_NAME >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
+# 2. Build the Docker image
+echo ""
+echo "Building Docker image '$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG'..."
+echo "--------------------------------------------------"
+docker build -t "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG" -f ./Dockerfile .
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: Docker build failed."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# 3. Run the container in detached mode
+echo ""
+echo "Starting test container '$IMAGE_NAME'..."
+echo "--------------------------------------"
+docker run --name "$IMAGE_NAME" -d "$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: Failed to run container."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Give the container a few seconds to initialize
+sleep 3
+
+# 4. Run unit tests using pytest & coverage
+echo ""
+echo "Running unit tests inside the container..."
+echo "-----------------------------------------"
+docker exec -i "$IMAGE_NAME" bash -c "coverage run -m pytest --log-level=INFO --verbose"
+TEST_EXIT_CODE=$?
+
+# 5. Report coverage
+echo ""
+echo "Generating Coverage Report..."
+echo "----------------------------"
+docker exec -i "$IMAGE_NAME" bash -c "coverage report --show-missing"
+
+# 6. Post-test clean-up
+echo ""
+echo "Post-test clean-up..."
+echo "--------------------"
+docker stop "$IMAGE_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1
+docker rm "$IMAGE_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1
+
+echo ""
+echo "========================================="
+if [ $TEST_EXIT_CODE -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo " TESTS PASSED SUCCESSFULLY!"
+else
+    echo " TESTS FAILED! (Exit code: $TEST_EXIT_CODE)"
+fi
+echo "========================================="
+
+exit $TEST_EXIT_CODE