diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.classpath b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.classpath
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cad5db..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.classpath
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.dependency" value="/WEB-INF/lib"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.gitignore b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e5d1453..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-/LICENSE.md
-/README.md
-/changelog.xml
-/gcube-app.xml
-/profile.xml
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.project b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f3f8da..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>dataminer-pool-manager</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jem.workbench.JavaEMFNature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/.jsdtscope b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/.jsdtscope
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index f179e11..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/.jsdtscope
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/webapp"/>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**/bower_components/*|**/node_modules/*|**/*.min.js" kind="src" path="target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.WebProject">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="hide" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.baseBrowserLibrary"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path=""/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 839d647..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
-encoding//src/main/resources=UTF-8
-encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
-encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e80039..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index f897a7f..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-activeProfiles=
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
-version=1
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bfbbcc..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
-    <wb-module deploy-name="dataminer-pool-manager-2.6.0-SNAPSHOT">
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-        <property name="context-root" value="dataminer-pool-manager"/>
-        <property name="java-output-path" value="/dataminer-pool-manager/target/classes"/>
-    </wb-module>
-</project-modules>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc81385..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<root>
-  <facet id="jst.jaxrs">
-    <node name="libprov">
-      <attribute name="provider-id" value="jaxrs-no-op-library-provider"/>
-    </node>
-  </facet>
-</root>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 59fa9ce..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<faceted-project>
-  <fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
-  <installed facet="jst.web" version="2.3"/>
-  <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
-  <installed facet="jst.jaxrs" version="2.0"/>
-</faceted-project>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bd5d0a..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.baseBrowserLibrary
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name
deleted file mode 100644
index 05bd71b..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Window
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 04cad8c..0000000
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-disabled=06target
-eclipse.preferences.version=1