diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 84020f4a6b06..3be0aab8c4e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ concurrency:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4edd448067ae..3ac4482c62ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ concurrency:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   build:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/cloudstack'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
index fbd944a758f9..6d5155cf2e2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   build:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/cloudstack'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main-sonar-check.yml b/.github/workflows/main-sonar-check.yml
index 70cc3fbe19f3..91dd97f2f48b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main-sonar-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main-sonar-check.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ permissions:
   contents: read # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
   pull-requests: write # for sonar to comment on pull-request
 
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   build:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/cloudstack'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 1518cfec014a..5c749f124bad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   pre-commit:
     name: Run pre-commit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rat.yml b/.github/workflows/rat.yml
index d71f4b0852d8..3f09cb39eff1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rat.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rat.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ concurrency:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonar-check.yml b/.github/workflows/sonar-check.yml
index 46bfdd7d015c..f04656ed531b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonar-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonar-check.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   build:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/cloudstack' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui.yml b/.github/workflows/ui.yml
index 56b04a6f9c96..07a8ddec49f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ concurrency:
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GE_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index abaef83e4555..1c96edf51e2b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ tools/marvin/marvin/cloudstackAPI/*
 unittest
 venv
 waf-*
+waf3-*
+
+**/.mvn/.develocity*
 
 # this ignores _all files starting with '.'. Don't do that!
 #.*
diff --git a/.mvn/develocity.xml b/.mvn/develocity.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b935f389405f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/develocity.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+
+<develocity
+  xmlns="https://www.gradle.com/develocity-maven" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="https://www.gradle.com/develocity-maven https://www.gradle.com/schema/develocity-maven.xsd">
+  <server>
+    <url>https://ge.apache.org</url>
+    <allowUntrusted>false</allowUntrusted>
+  </server>
+  <buildScan>
+    <backgroundBuildScanUpload>#{isFalse(env['GITHUB_ACTIONS'])}</backgroundBuildScanUpload>
+    <obfuscation>
+      <ipAddresses>#{{'0.0.0.0'}}</ipAddresses>
+    </obfuscation>
+    <publishing>
+      <onlyIf>
+        <![CDATA[authenticated]]>
+      </onlyIf>
+    </publishing>
+  </buildScan>
+  <buildCache>
+    <local>
+      <enabled>false</enabled>
+    </local>
+    <remote>
+      <enabled>false</enabled>
+      <storeEnabled>#{isTrue(env['GITHUB_ACTIONS'])}</storeEnabled>
+    </remote>
+  </buildCache>
+</develocity>
diff --git a/.mvn/extensions.xml b/.mvn/extensions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8f5335529d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/extensions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+    or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    distributed with this work for additional information
+    regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+    to you 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.
+
+-->
+
+<extensions>
+  <extension>
+    <groupId>com.gradle</groupId>
+    <artifactId>develocity-maven-extension</artifactId>
+    <version>1.21.4</version>
+  </extension>
+  <extension>
+    <groupId>com.gradle</groupId>
+    <artifactId>common-custom-user-data-maven-extension</artifactId>
+    <version>2.0</version>
+  </extension>
+</extensions>