diff --git a/db.py b/db.py
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+++ b/db.py
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+import mysql.connector
+from mysql.connector import pooling
+import threading
+
+MYSQL_CONFIG = {
+	"host": "localhost",
+	"user": "florian",
+	"password": "password123++",
+	"database": "app"
+}
+
+# Lock to ensure thread-safe pool creation
+_pool_lock = threading.Lock()
+_connection_pool = None
+
+def get_connection_pool():
+	global _connection_pool
+	with _pool_lock:
+		if _connection_pool is None:
+			_connection_pool = mysql.connector.pooling.MySQLConnectionPool(
+				pool_name="mypool",
+				pool_size=5,
+				pool_reset_session=True,
+				**MYSQL_CONFIG
+			)
+	return _connection_pool
+
+# Dependency for FastAPI
+def get_db():
+	pool = get_connection_pool()
+	conn = pool.get_connection()
+	try:
+		yield conn
+	finally:
+		conn.close()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	# Manual test
+	for conn in get_db():
+		cursor = conn.cursor(dictionary=True)
+		cursor.execute("SELECT NOW() AS ts")
+		print(cursor.fetchone())
diff --git a/hvac_handler.py b/hvac_handler.py
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+++ b/hvac_handler.py
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+import base64
+import hvac
+
+
+client = hvac.Client(
+	url='http://127.0.0.1:8200',
+	token='root'
+)
+
+def decrypt_token(ciphertext: str) -> str:
+	response = client.secrets.transit.decrypt_data(
+		name='push-tokens',
+		ciphertext=ciphertext
+	)
+	plaintext_b64 = response['data']['plaintext']
+	return base64.b64decode(plaintext_b64).decode()
+
+
diff --git a/internal_api_database.sql b/internal_api_database.sql
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+++ b/internal_api_database.sql
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+CREATE TABLE internal_api_keys (
+    id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, 
+    program_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, 
+    api_key VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, 
+    created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
+    status VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active',
+    description TEXT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX idx_internal_api_keys_program_name 
+    ON internal_api_keys(program_name);
diff --git a/logger_handler.py b/logger_handler.py
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+++ b/logger_handler.py
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+import logging
+
+def setup_logger(name: str) -> logging.Logger:
+	logger = logging.getLogger(name)
+	if not logger.handlers:
+		handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+		formatter = logging.Formatter(
+			'%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'
+		)
+		handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+		logger.addHandler(handler)
+		logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+	return logger
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
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+++ b/main.py
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+from fastapi import FastAPI, Query, Depends, HTTPException, Header
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
+from fastapi.security.api_key import APIKeyHeader
+from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException as StarletteHTTPException
+from typing import Dict
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from validator import verify_api_key
+from db import get_db
+from logger_handler import setup_logger
+from rabbitmq_handler import send_message_to_rmq
+import uvicorn
+from uvicorn_logging_config import LOGGING_CONFIG
+
+
+
+logger = setup_logger(__name__)
+
+api_key_header_internal = APIKeyHeader(name="X-API-Key-Internal")
+
+class Notification(BaseModel):
+	receipent_user_id : int
+	message : Dict
+
+api = FastAPI(
+		title="Internal Notifier API",
+		description="API to forward messages to RabbitMQ",
+		version="1.0.0"
+)
+
+def verify_api_key_dependency_internal(db=Depends(get_db), api_key: str = Depends(api_key_header_internal)) -> str:
+	cursor = db.cursor()
+	cursor.execute("SELECT program_name, api_key FROM internal_api_keys WHERE status = 'active'")
+	for program_name, hashed_key in cursor.fetchall():
+		if verify_api_key(api_key=api_key, hashed=hashed_key):
+			return program_name
+	raise HTTPException(status_code=403, detail="Unauthorized")
+
+@api.exception_handler(StarletteHTTPException)
+async def custom_http_exception_handler(request,exc):
+	if exc.status_code == 404:
+		return JSONResponse(
+			status_code=403,
+			content={"detail": "Unauthorized"}
+		)
+	return JSONResponse(
+		status_code=exc.status_code,
+		content={"detail": exc.detail}
+	)
+
+
+@api.post("/internal/receive-notifications")
+def receive_notifications(
+	notification_data: Notification,
+	db = Depends(get_db),
+	program_name: str = Depends(verify_api_key_dependency_internal)
+):
+	logger.info(f"Received notifcation data from {program_name} for RMQ")
+	send_message_to_rmq(notification_data.user_id,notification_data.message)
+	logger.info("Successfully delivered message to RMQ")
+	return {"status": "queued"}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	uvicorn.run(
+		"main:api",
+		host="0.0.0.0",
+		port=8101,
+		log_config=LOGGING_CONFIG,
+		log_level="info"
+	)
diff --git a/rabbitmq.md b/rabbitmq.md
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+++ b/rabbitmq.md
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+rabbitmqctl add_vhost app_notifications
+rabbitmqctl add_user notifier strongpassword
+rabbitmqctl set_user_tags notifier management
+rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p app_notifications notifier ".*" ".*" ".*"
+rabbitmqadmin --username "admin" --password "admin" declare exchange --vhost "app_notifications" --name "app_notifications"   --type "topic"   --durable "true"
+rabbitmqadmin --username "admin" --password "admin" declare queue  --vhost "app_notifications"   --name "notifications_retry"
+ --durable "true"
+ rabbitmqadmin --username "admin" --password "admin" declare queue  --vhost "app_notifications"   --name "notifications_dlq"
+ --durable "true"
+rabbitmqadmin --username "admin" --password "admin" declare queue  --vhost "app_notifications"   --name "notifications"
+ --durable "true"
+ rabbitmqadmin --username "admin" --password "admin" declare binding --vhost "app_notifications" --source "app_notifications" --destination "notifications" --destination-type "queue" --routing-key "notify.*"
+
+ # Retry policy: messages stay for 30s before going back to main queue
+rabbitmqctl set_policy \
+  --vhost app_notifications \
+  retry_policy "^notifications_retry$" \
+  '{"dead-letter-exchange":"app_notifications",
+    "dead-letter-routing-key":"notify.retry",
+    "message-ttl":30000}' \
+  --apply-to queues
+
+# DLQ policy: permanent dead letter storage
+rabbitmqctl set_policy \
+  --vhost app_notifications \
+  dlq_policy "^notifications$" \
+  '{"dead-letter-exchange":"app_notifications",
+    "dead-letter-routing-key":"notify.dlq"}' \
+  --apply-to queues
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diff --git a/rabbitmq_handler.py b/rabbitmq_handler.py
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+++ b/rabbitmq_handler.py
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+import pika
+from typing import Dict
+import json
+
+def send_message_to_rmq(user_id: int, message: Dict):
+	credentials = pika.credentials.PlainCredentials(username="notifier",password="strongpassword")
+	conn_params = pika.ConnectionParameters(host="localhost",
+			                                        credentials=credentials,virtual_host="app_notifications")
+	connection = pika.BlockingConnection(conn_params)
+	#connection = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.ConnectionParameters('localhost'))
+	channel = connection.channel()
+	channel.confirm_delivery()
+
+	channel.basic_publish(exchange='app_notifications',
+						routing_key=f"notify.user.{user_id}",
+						body=json.dumps(message),
+							properties=pika.BasicProperties(
+								content_type="application/json",
+								delivery_mode=2
+		))
+
diff --git a/uvicorn_logging_config.py b/uvicorn_logging_config.py
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+++ b/uvicorn_logging_config.py
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+LOGGING_CONFIG = {
+	"version": 1,
+	"disable_existing_loggers": False,
+	"formatters": {
+		"default": {
+			"format": "%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(name)s - %(message)s",
+			"datefmt": "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+		}
+	},
+	"handlers": {
+		"default": {
+			"class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+			"formatter": "default",
+			"stream": "ext://sys.stdout"
+		}
+	},
+	"loggers": {
+		"": {  # root logger
+			"handlers": ["default"],
+			"level": "INFO",
+			"propagate": False
+		},
+		"uvicorn": {
+			"handlers": ["default"],
+			"level": "INFO",
+			"propagate": False
+		},
+		"uvicorn.error": {
+			"handlers": ["default"],
+			"level": "INFO",
+			"propagate": False
+		},
+		"uvicorn.access": {
+			"handlers": ["default"],
+			"level": "INFO",
+			"propagate": False
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/validator.py b/validator.py
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+++ b/validator.py
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+from argon2 import PasswordHasher
+
+ph = PasswordHasher()
+
+def hash_api_key(api_key: str) -> str:
+	return ph.hash(api_key)
+
+def verify_api_key(api_key: str, hashed: str) -> bool:
+	try:
+		return ph.verify(hashed, api_key)
+	except Exception:
+		return False
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+	plain_key = "super-secret-api-key"
+	#hashed_key = hash_api_key(plain_key)
+	hashed_key = '$argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=3,p=4$vqU+MRafVW1b8AtF+zHb0w$p1J4Gyb0jhlVtKgYyjTITxfU97YaayeS3s3qFFP5sVM'
+
+	print("Hashed API Key:", hashed_key)
+	print("Verification:", verify_api_key(plain_key, hashed_key))