diff --git a/CDB/sdp-sim-config.json b/CDB/sdp-sim-config.json
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+++ b/CDB/sdp-sim-config.json
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+{
+    "servers": {
+        "SDP": {
+            "LTS": {
+                "SDP": {
+                    "LTS/SDP/1": {
+                        "properties": {
+                            "OPC_Server_Name": [
+                                "sdptr-sim"
+                            ],
+                            "OPC_Server_Port": [
+                                "4840"
+                            ],
+                            "OPC_Time_Out": [
+                                "5.0"
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose/sdptr-sim.yml b/docker-compose/sdptr-sim.yml
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+#
+# Docker compose file that launches a SDP translator simulator
+#
+# Defines:
+#   - sdptr-sim
+#
+version: '2'
+
+services:
+  sdptr-sim:
+    build:
+        context: sdptr-sim
+    container_name: ${CONTAINER_NAME_PREFIX}sdptr-sim
+    network_mode: ${NETWORK_MODE}
+    ports:
+        - "4840:4840"
+    restart: on-failure
diff --git a/docker-compose/sdptr-sim/Dockerfile b/docker-compose/sdptr-sim/Dockerfile
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+FROM ubuntu:20.04
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y autoconf automake git make g++ build-essential pkg-config cmake python liburcu-dev libmbedtls-dev libsubunit-dev libboost-dev libboost-regex-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-program-options-dev && \
+    apt-get clean
+
+# Install OPC-UA lib
+RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch 1.2 https://github.com/open62541/open62541 && \
+    cd /open62541 && \
+    git submodule update --init --recursive && \
+    mkdir build && cd build && \
+    bash -c "cmake .. -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DUA_NAMESPACE_ZERO=FULL -DUA_MULTITHREADING=100 && make -j `nproc` install"
+
+# Update shared library cache
+RUN ldconfig
+
+# Install SDPTR
+RUN cd / && git clone --depth 1 --branch master https://git.astron.nl/lofar2.0/sdptr
+
+RUN cd /sdptr && \
+    autoreconf -v -f -i && \
+    ./configure && \
+    bash -c "make -j `nproc` install"
+
+WORKDIR /sdptr/src
+CMD ["sdptr", "--configfile=uniboard.conf", "--nodaemon"]