diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3206b666..2ea34eca 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -205,6 +205,46 @@ func main() {
 	// 	fmt.Println("pods:", pods[pod].Name)
 	// }
 
+	// start podHandler
+	handlerPodConfig := api.PodHandlerConfig{
+		GetContainerLogs: nodeProvider.GetLogs,
+		GetPods:          nodeProvider.GetPods,
+		GetStatsSummary:  nodeProvider.GetStatsSummary,
+	}
+
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+
+	podRoutes := api.PodHandlerConfig{
+		GetContainerLogs: handlerPodConfig.GetContainerLogs,
+		GetStatsSummary:  handlerPodConfig.GetStatsSummary,
+		GetPods:          handlerPodConfig.GetPods,
+	}
+
+	api.AttachPodRoutes(podRoutes, mux, true)
+
+	parsedIP := net.ParseIP(os.Getenv("POD_IP"))
+	retriever := newSelfSignedCertificateRetriever(cfg.NodeName, parsedIP)
+
+	server := &http.Server{
+		Addr:              fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", 10255),
+		Handler:           mux,
+		ReadHeaderTimeout: 10 * time.Second, // Required to limit the effects of the Slowloris attack.
+		TLSConfig: &tls.Config{
+			GetCertificate: retriever,
+			MinVersion:     tls.VersionTLS12,
+		},
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		log.G(ctx).Infof("Starting the virtual kubelet HTTPs server listening on %q", server.Addr)
+
+		// Key and certificate paths are not specified, since already configured as part of the TLSConfig.
+		if err := server.ListenAndServeTLS("", ""); err != nil {
+			log.G(ctx).Errorf("Failed to start the HTTPs server: %v", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}()
+
 	pc, err := node.NewPodController(podControllerConfig) // <-- instatiates the pod controller
 	if err != nil {
 		log.G(ctx).Fatal(err)
diff --git a/pkg/common/func.go b/pkg/common/func.go
index 1e85b4e2..f03c688c 100644
--- a/pkg/common/func.go
+++ b/pkg/common/func.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"time"
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ func NewServiceAccount() error {
 			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
 			continue
 		} else {
-			returnValue, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			returnValue, _ = os.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		}
 
 		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
diff --git a/pkg/interlink/create.go b/pkg/interlink/create.go
index e98b1c43..184256b7 100644
--- a/pkg/interlink/create.go
+++ b/pkg/interlink/create.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package interlink
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func CreateHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	log.G(Ctx).Info("InterLink: received Create call")
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := os.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
 	if err != nil {
 		statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ func CreateHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				log.G(Ctx).Debug(statusCode)
 			}
 
-			returnValue, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			returnValue, _ := os.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			log.G(Ctx).Debug(string(returnValue))
 			w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
 			w.Write(returnValue)
diff --git a/pkg/interlink/delete.go b/pkg/interlink/delete.go
index 846b8f79..3246b639 100644
--- a/pkg/interlink/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/interlink/delete.go
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package interlink
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	commonIL "github.com/intertwin-eu/interlink/pkg/common"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 func DeleteHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	log.G(Ctx).Info("InterLink: received Delete call")
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := os.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func DeleteHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				return
 			}
 
-			returnValue, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			returnValue, _ := os.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			statusCode = resp.StatusCode
 
 			if statusCode != http.StatusOK {
diff --git a/pkg/interlink/kubeCFG.go b/pkg/interlink/kubeCFG.go
index 1368e0fe..5a423939 100644
--- a/pkg/interlink/kubeCFG.go
+++ b/pkg/interlink/kubeCFG.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package interlink
 
 import (
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ func SetKubeCFGHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	path := "/tmp/.kube/"
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
 
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := os.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
 		w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
diff --git a/pkg/interlink/status.go b/pkg/interlink/status.go
index 085140a0..7a5c7f6c 100644
--- a/pkg/interlink/status.go
+++ b/pkg/interlink/status.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package interlink
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 func StatusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
 	log.G(Ctx).Info("InterLink: received GetStatus call")
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.G(Ctx).Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func StatusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
 	}
 
-	returnValue, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	returnValue, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	log.G(Ctx).Debug("InterLink: status " + string(returnValue))
 
 	w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
diff --git a/pkg/sidecars/docker/handlers.go b/pkg/sidecars/docker/handlers.go
index f453611e..464ced98 100644
--- a/pkg/sidecars/docker/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/sidecars/docker/handlers.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package docker
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func StatusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var req []*v1.Pod
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
 
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
 		w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func CreateHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	log.G(Ctx).Info("Docker Sidecar: received Create call")
 	var execReturn exec.ExecResult
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
 		w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func DeleteHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	log.G(Ctx).Info("Docker Sidecar: received Delete call")
 	var execReturn exec.ExecResult
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
diff --git a/pkg/sidecars/slurm/handlers.go b/pkg/sidecars/slurm/handlers.go
index e2e4e106..ff9732f7 100644
--- a/pkg/sidecars/slurm/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/sidecars/slurm/handlers.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package slurm
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func SubmitHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	log.G(Ctx).Info("Slurm Sidecar: received Submit call")
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
 
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
 		w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func StopHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	log.G(Ctx).Info("Slurm Sidecar: received Stop call")
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
 
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
 		w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func StatusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	statusCode := http.StatusOK
 	log.G(Ctx).Info("Slurm Sidecar: received GetStatus call")
 
-	bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	bodyBytes, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		statusCode = http.StatusInternalServerError
 		w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
diff --git a/pkg/virtualkubelet/execute.go b/pkg/virtualkubelet/execute.go
index 2d3c016f..ff4b2454 100644
--- a/pkg/virtualkubelet/execute.go
+++ b/pkg/virtualkubelet/execute.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func createRequest(pods []*v1.Pod, token string) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("Unexpected error occured while creating Pods. Status code: " + strconv.Itoa(resp.StatusCode) + ". Check InterLink's logs for further informations")
 	} else {
 		log.G(context.Background()).Info(string(returnValue))
-		returnValue, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		returnValue, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.L.Error(err)
 			return nil, err
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func deleteRequest(pods []*v1.Pod, token string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if statusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return nil, errors.New("Unexpected error occured while deleting Pods. Status code: " + strconv.Itoa(resp.StatusCode) + ". Check InterLink's logs for further informations")
 	} else {
-		returnValue, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		returnValue, _ = os.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		log.G(context.Background()).Info(string(returnValue))
 		var response []commonIL.PodStatus
 		err = json.Unmarshal(returnValue, &response)
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func statusRequest(podsList []*v1.Pod, token string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return nil, errors.New("Unexpected error occured while getting status. Status code: " + strconv.Itoa(resp.StatusCode) + ". Check InterLink's logs for further informations")
 	} else {
-		returnValue, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		returnValue, _ = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.L.Error(err)
 			return nil, err