diff --git a/integration-tests/conftest.py b/integration-tests/conftest.py
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+import os
+
+import openeo
+import pytest
+import requests
+from openeo.capabilities import ComparableVersion
+
+
+def get_openeo_base_url(version: str = "1.1.0"):
+    try:
+        endpoint = os.environ["ENDPOINT"].rstrip("/")
+    except Exception:
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            "Environment variable 'ENDPOINT' should be set"
+            " with URL pointing to OpenEO backend to test against"
+            " (e.g. 'http://localhost:8080/' or 'http://openeo-dev.vgt.vito.be/')"
+        )
+    return "{e}/openeo/{v}".format(e=endpoint.rstrip("/"), v=version)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(
+    params=[
+        "1.1.0",
+    ]
+)
+def api_version(request) -> ComparableVersion:
+    return ComparableVersion(request.param)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def api_base_url(api_version):
+    return get_openeo_base_url(str(api_version))
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def requests_session(request) -> requests.Session:
+    """
+    Fixture to create a `requests.Session` that automatically injects a query parameter in API URLs
+    referencing the currently running test.
+    Simplifies cross-referencing between integration tests and flask/YARN logs
+    """
+    session = requests.Session()
+    session.params["_origin"] = f"{request.session.name}/{request.node.name}"
+    return session
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def connection(api_base_url, requests_session) -> openeo.Connection:
+    return openeo.connect(api_base_url, session=requests_session)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def connection100(requests_session) -> openeo.Connection:
+    return openeo.connect(get_openeo_base_url("1.0.0"), session=requests_session)
+
+
+# TODO: real authentication?
+TEST_USER = "jenkins"
+TEST_PASSWORD = TEST_USER + "123"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def auth_connection(connection) -> openeo.Connection:
+    """Connection fixture to a backend of given version with some image collections."""
+    connection.authenticate_basic(TEST_USER, TEST_PASSWORD)
+    return connection
diff --git a/integration-tests/test_integration.py b/integration-tests/test_integration.py
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+++ b/integration-tests/test_integration.py
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+import logging
+
+import openeo
+import pytest
+
+_log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def test_openeo_cloud_root_return_sensible_response(connection: openeo.Connection):
+    """Check that ${ENDPOINT}/openeo/1.0/ returns something sensible."""
+    path = "/"
+    response = connection.get(path)
+
+    _log.info("As curl:\n" + connection.as_curl(data={}, path=path, method="GET"))
+    _log.info(f"{response=}")
+    _log.info(f"{response.json()=}")
+
+    response_body = response.json()
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    required_keys = [
+        "api_version",
+        "backend_version",
+        "billing",
+        "description",
+        "endpoints",
+        "federation",
+        "id",
+        "links",
+        "processing:software",
+        "production",
+        "stac_extensions",
+        "stac_version",
+        "title",
+        "version",
+    ]
+    actual_keys_in_response = response_body.keys()
+    assert all([k in actual_keys_in_response for k in required_keys])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Not implemented yet")
+def test_collections():
+    """Does /collections look ok?"""
+    assert False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Not implemented yet")
+def test_processes():
+    """Does /processes look ok?"""
+    assert False
diff --git a/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh b/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh
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+++ b/scripts/run-integration-tests.sh
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+export ENDPOINT=https://openeocloud.vito.be
+pytest -ra -vv integration-tests/