src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/HsHostingAssetController.java

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class HsHostingAssetController implements HsHostingAssetsApi {
 
         final var entityToSave = mapper.map(body, HsHostingAssetEntity.class, RESOURCE_TO_ENTITY_POSTMAPPER);
 
-        final var saved = validated(assetRepo.save(entityToSave));
+        final var saved = saveAndValidate(entityToSave);
 
         final var uri =
                 MvcUriComponentsBuilder.fromController(getClass())
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class HsHostingAssetController implements HsHostingAssetsApi {
 
         new HsHostingAssetEntityPatcher(em, current).apply(body);
 
-        final var saved = validated(assetRepo.save(current));
+        final var saved = saveAndValidate(current);
         final var mapped = mapper.map(saved, HsHostingAssetResource.class);
         return ResponseEntity.ok(mapped);
     }
@@ -144,4 +144,12 @@ public class HsHostingAssetController implements HsHostingAssetsApi {
                             resource.getParentAssetUuid()))));
         }
     };
+
+    HsHostingAssetEntity saveAndValidate(final HsHostingAssetEntity entity) {
+        final var saved = assetRepo.save(entity);
+        // FIXME: this is hacky, better remove the properties from the mapped resource object
+        em.flush();
+        em.detach(saved); // validated(...) is going to remove writeOnly properties
+        return validated(saved);
+    }
 }

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/validators/HsHostingAssetEntityValidatorRegistry.java

@@ -40,7 +40,13 @@ public class HsHostingAssetEntityValidatorRegistry {
     }
 
     public static List<String> doValidate(final HsHostingAssetEntity hostingAsset) {
-        return HsHostingAssetEntityValidatorRegistry.forType(hostingAsset.getType()).validate(hostingAsset);
+        final var validator = HsHostingAssetEntityValidatorRegistry.forType(hostingAsset.getType());
+        final var validated = validator.validate(hostingAsset);
+
+        //validator.cleanup()
+        hostingAsset.getConfig().remove("password"); // FIXME
+        hostingAsset.getConfig().remove("totpKey"); // FIXME
+        return validated;
     }
 
     public static HsHostingAssetEntity validated(final HsHostingAssetEntity entityToSave) {

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/validators/HsUnixUserHostingAssetValidator.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation.EnumerationProperty.enumerationProperty;
 import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation.IntegerProperty.integerProperty;
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation.PasswordProperty.passwordProperty;
 import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation.StringProperty.stringProperty;
 
 class HsUnixUserHostingAssetValidator extends HsHostingAssetEntityValidator {
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ class HsUnixUserHostingAssetValidator extends HsHostingAssetEntityValidator {
                         .values("/bin/false", "/bin/bash", "/bin/csh", "/bin/dash", "/usr/bin/tcsh", "/usr/bin/zsh", "/usr/bin/passwd")
                         .withDefault("/bin/false"),
                 stringProperty("homedir").readOnly(),
-                stringProperty("totpKey").matchesRegEx("^0x([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})+$").minLength(20).maxLength(256).writeOnly().optional(),
+                stringProperty("totpKey").matchesRegEx("^0x([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})+$").minLength(20).maxLength(256).hidden().writeOnly().optional(),
-                stringProperty("password").minLength(8).maxLength(40).writeOnly()); // FIXME: spec
+                passwordProperty("password").minLength(8).maxLength(40).writeOnly());
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/BooleanProperty.java

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import lombok.Setter;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.mapper.Array;
 
 import java.util.AbstractMap;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class BooleanProperty extends ValidatableProperty<Boolean> {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void validate(final ArrayList<String> result, final Boolean propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider) {
+    protected void validate(final List<String> result, final Boolean propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider) {
         if (falseIf != null && propValue) {
             final Object referencedValue = propProvider.directProps().get(falseIf.getKey());
             if (Objects.equals(referencedValue, falseIf.getValue())) {

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/EnumerationProperty.java

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.mapper.Array;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.stream;
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class EnumerationProperty extends ValidatableProperty<String> {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void validate(final ArrayList<String> result, final String propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider) {
+    protected void validate(final List<String> result, final String propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider) {
         if (stream(values).noneMatch(v -> v.equals(propValue))) {
             result.add(propertyName + "' is expected to be one of " + Arrays.toString(values) + " but is '" + propValue + "'");
         }

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/IntegerProperty.java

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import lombok.Setter;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.mapper.Array;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 @Setter
 public class IntegerProperty extends ValidatableProperty<Integer> {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class IntegerProperty extends ValidatableProperty<Integer> {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void validate(final ArrayList<String> result, final Integer propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider) {
+    protected void validate(final List<String> result, final Integer propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider) {
         validateMin(result, propertyName, propValue, min);
         validateMax(result, propertyName, propValue, max);
         if (step != null && propValue % step != 0) {
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ public class IntegerProperty extends ValidatableProperty<Integer> {
         return "integer";
     }
 
-    private static void validateMin(final ArrayList<String> result, final String propertyName, final Integer propValue, final Integer min) {
+    private static void validateMin(final List<String> result, final String propertyName, final Integer propValue, final Integer min) {
         if (min != null && propValue < min) {
             result.add(propertyName + "' is expected to be at least " + min + " but is " + propValue);
         }
     }
 
-    private static void validateMax(final ArrayList<String> result, final String propertyName, final Integer propValue, final Integer max) {
+    private static void validateMax(final List<String> result, final String propertyName, final Integer propValue, final Integer max) {
         if (max != null && propValue > max) {
             result.add(propertyName + "' is expected to be at most " + max + " but is " + propValue);
         }

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/PasswordProperty.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation;
+
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+@Setter
+public class PasswordProperty extends StringProperty {
+
+    private PasswordProperty(final String propertyName) {
+        super(propertyName);
+        hidden();
+    }
+
+    public static PasswordProperty passwordProperty(final String propertyName) {
+        return new PasswordProperty(propertyName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void validate(final List<String> result, final String propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider) {
+        super.validate(result, propValue, propProvider);
+        validatePassword(result, propValue);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String simpleTypeName() {
+        return "password";
+    }
+
+    private void validatePassword(final List<String> result, final String password) {
+        boolean hasLowerCase = false;
+        boolean hasUpperCase = false;
+        boolean hasDigit = false;
+        boolean hasSpecialChar = false;
+        boolean containsColon = false;
+
+        for (char c : password.toCharArray()) {
+            if (Character.isLowerCase(c)) {
+                hasLowerCase = true;
+            } else if (Character.isUpperCase(c)) {
+                hasUpperCase = true;
+            } else if (Character.isDigit(c)) {
+                hasDigit = true;
+            } else if (!Character.isLetterOrDigit(c)) {
+                hasSpecialChar = true;
+            }
+
+            if (c == ':') {
+                containsColon = true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        final long groupsCovered = Stream.of(hasLowerCase, hasUpperCase, hasDigit, hasSpecialChar).filter(v->v).count();
+        if ( groupsCovered < 3) {
+            result.add(propertyName + "' must contain at least one character of at least 3 of the following groups: upper case letters, lower case letters, digits, special characters");
+        }
+        if (containsColon) {
+            result.add(propertyName + "' must not contain colon (':')");
+        }
+
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/PropertiesProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public interface PropertiesProvider {
+
+    Map<String, Object> directProps();
+    Object getContextValue(final String propName);
+
+    default <T> T getDirectValue(final String propName, final Class<T> clazz) {
+        return cast(propName, directProps().get(propName), clazz, null);
+    }
+
+    default <T>  T getContextValue(final String propName, final Class<T> clazz) {
+        return cast(propName, getContextValue(propName), clazz, null);
+    }
+
+    default <T>  T getContextValue(final String propName, final Class<T> clazz, final T defaultValue) {
+        return cast(propName, getContextValue(propName), clazz, defaultValue);
+    }
+
+    private static <T> T cast( final String propName, final Object value, final Class<T> clazz, final T defaultValue) {
+        if (value == null && defaultValue != null) {
+            return defaultValue;
+        }
+        if (value == null || clazz.isInstance(value)) {
+            return clazz.cast(value);
+        }
+        throw new IllegalStateException(propName + " expected to be an "+clazz.getSimpleName()+", but got '" + value + "'");
+    }
+}

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/StringProperty.java

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import net.hostsharing.hsadminng.mapper.Array;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ public class StringProperty extends ValidatableProperty<String> {
     private Integer maxLength;
     private boolean writeOnly;
     private boolean readOnly;
+    private boolean hidden;
 
-    private StringProperty(final String propertyName) {
+    protected StringProperty(final String propertyName) {
         super(String.class, propertyName, KEY_ORDER);
     }
 
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ public class StringProperty extends ValidatableProperty<String> {
         return this;
     }
 
+    public StringProperty hidden() {
+        this.hidden = true;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public StringProperty writeOnly() {
         this.writeOnly = true;
         super.optional();
@@ -56,21 +62,25 @@ public class StringProperty extends ValidatableProperty<String> {
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void validate(final ArrayList<String> result, final String propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider) {
+    protected void validate(final List<String> result, final String propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider) {
         if (minLength != null && propValue.length()<minLength) {
-            result.add(propertyName + "' length is expected to be at min " + minLength + " but length of '" + propValue+ "' is " + propValue.length());
+            result.add(propertyName + "' length is expected to be at min " + minLength + " but length of " + display(propValue) + " is " + propValue.length());
         }
         if (maxLength != null && propValue.length()>maxLength) {
-            result.add(propertyName + "' length is expected to be at max " + maxLength + " but length of '" + propValue+ "' is " + propValue.length());
+            result.add(propertyName + "' length is expected to be at max " + maxLength + " but length of " + display(propValue) + " is " + propValue.length());
         }
         if (regExPattern != null && !regExPattern.matcher(propValue).matches()) {
-            result.add(propertyName + "' is expected to be match " + regExPattern + " but '" + propValue+ "' does not match");
+            result.add(propertyName + "' is expected to be match " + regExPattern + " but " + display(propValue) + " does not match");
         }
         if (readOnly && propValue != null) {
-            result.add(propertyName + "' is readonly but given as '" + propValue+ "'");
+            result.add(propertyName + "' is readonly but given as " + display(propValue));
         }
     }
 
+    private String display(final String propValue) {
+        return hidden ? "provided value" : ("'" + propValue + "'");
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected String simpleTypeName() {
         return "string";

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/ValidatableProperty.java

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public abstract class ValidatableProperty<T> {
         return result;
     }
 
-    protected abstract void validate(final ArrayList<String> result, final T propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider);
+    protected abstract void validate(final List<String> result, final T propValue, final PropertiesProvider propProvider);
 
     public void verifyConsistency(final Map.Entry<? extends Enum<?>, ?> typeDef) {
         if (required == null ) {

src/main/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/mapper/PatchableMapWrapper.java

@@ -53,13 +53,20 @@ public class PatchableMapWrapper<T> implements Map<String, T> {
     }
 
     public String toString() {
-        return "{ "
+        return "{\n"
                 + (
                     keySet().stream().sorted()
-                            .map(k -> k + ": " + get(k)))
+                            .map(k -> "    \"" + k + "\": " + optionallyQuoted(get(k))))
-                            .collect(joining(", ")
+                            .collect(joining(",\n")
                 )
-                + " }";
+                + "\n}\n";
+    }
+
+    private Object optionallyQuoted(final Object value) {
+        if ( value instanceof Number || value instanceof Boolean ) {
+            return value;
+        }
+        return "\"" + value + "\"";
     }
 
     // --- below just delegating methods --------------------------------

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest.java

@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import static java.util.Map.entry;
 import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.hosting.asset.HsHostingAssetType.MANAGED_SERVER;
 import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.hosting.asset.HsHostingAssetType.MANAGED_WEBSPACE;
 import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.hosting.asset.HsHostingAssetType.UNIX_USER;
 import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.rbac.test.JsonMatcher.lenientlyEquals;
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.rbac.test.JsonMatcher.strictlyEquals;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.matchesRegex;
 
@@ -264,7 +266,8 @@ class HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
         void propertyValidationsArePerformend_whenAddingAsset() {
 
             context.define("superuser-alex@hostsharing.net");
-            final var givenBookingItem = givenSomeNewBookingItem("D-1000111 default project",
+            final var givenBookingItem = givenSomeNewBookingItem(
+                    "D-1000111 default project",
                     HsBookingItemType.MANAGED_SERVER,
                     "some PrivateCloud");
 
@@ -299,7 +302,6 @@ class HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
                                 """.replaceAll(" +<<<", "")));  // @formatter:on
         }
 
-
         @Test
         void totalsLimitValidationsArePerformend_whenAddingAsset() {
 
@@ -429,8 +431,23 @@ class HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
         @Test
         void globalAdmin_canPatchAllUpdatablePropertiesOfAsset() {
 
-            final var givenAsset = givenSomeTemporaryHostingAsset("2001", MANAGED_SERVER,
+            final var givenAsset = givenSomeTemporaryHostingAsset(() ->
-                    config("monit_max_ssd_usage", 80), config("monit_max_hdd_usage", 90), config("monit_max_cpu_usage", 90), config("monit_max_ram_usage", 70));
+                    HsHostingAssetEntity.builder()
+                            .uuid(UUID.randomUUID())
+                            .bookingItem(givenSomeNewBookingItem(
+                                    "D-1000111 default project",
+                                    HsBookingItemType.MANAGED_SERVER,
+                                    "temp ManagedServer"))
+                            .type(MANAGED_SERVER)
+                            .identifier("vm2001")
+                            .caption("some test-asset")
+                            .config(Map.ofEntries(
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_ssd_usage", 80),
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_hdd_usage", 90),
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_cpu_usage", 90),
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_ram_usage", 70)
+                            ))
+                            .build());
             final var alarmContactUuid = givenContact().getUuid();
 
             RestAssured // @formatter:off
@@ -474,6 +491,7 @@ class HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
                 // @formatter:on
 
             // finally, the asset is actually updated
+            em.clear();
             context.define("superuser-alex@hostsharing.net");
             assertThat(assetRepo.findByUuid(givenAsset.getUuid())).isPresent().get()
                     .matches(asset -> {
@@ -484,13 +502,76 @@ class HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
                         return true;
                     });
         }
-    }
 
-    private HsOfficeContactEntity givenContact() {
+        @Test
-        return jpaAttempt.transacted(() -> {
+        void assetAdmin_canPatchAllUpdatablePropertiesOfAsset() {
+
+            final var givenAsset = givenSomeTemporaryHostingAsset(() ->
+                    HsHostingAssetEntity.builder()
+                            .uuid(UUID.randomUUID())
+                            .type(UNIX_USER)
+                            .parentAsset(givenHostingAsset(MANAGED_WEBSPACE, "fir01"))
+                            .identifier("fir01-temp")
+                            .caption("some test-unix-user")
+                            .build());
+
+            RestAssured // @formatter:off
+                    .given()
+                        .header("current-user", "superuser-alex@hostsharing.net")
+                        //.header("assumed-roles", "hs_hosting_asset#vm2001:ADMIN")
+                        .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
+                        .body("""
+                            {
+                                "caption": "some patched test-unix-user",
+                                "config": {
+                                    "shell": "/bin/bash",
+                                    "totpKey": "0x1234567890abcdef0123456789abcdef",
+                                    "password": "Ein Passwort mit 4 Zeichengruppen!"
+                                }
+                            }
+                            """)
+                        .port(port)
+                    .when()
+                        .patch("http://localhost/api/hs/hosting/assets/" + givenAsset.getUuid())
+                    .then().log().all().assertThat()
+                        .statusCode(200)
+                        .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
+                        .body("", lenientlyEquals("""
+                            {
+                                "type": "UNIX_USER",
+                                "identifier": "fir01-temp",
+                                "caption": "some patched test-unix-user",
+                                "config": {
+                                    "shell": "/bin/bash"
+                                }
+                             }
+                        """))
+                    // the config separately but not-leniently to make sure that no write-only-properties are listed
+                    .body("config", strictlyEquals("""
+                        {
+                            "shell": "/bin/bash"
+                        }
+                        """))
+            ;
+            // @formatter:on
+
+            // finally, the asset is actually updated
+            assertThat(jpaAttempt.transacted(() -> {
                 context.define("superuser-alex@hostsharing.net");
-            return contactRepo.findContactByOptionalCaptionLike("second").stream().findFirst().orElseThrow();
+                return assetRepo.findByUuid(givenAsset.getUuid());
-        }).returnedValue();
+            }).returnedValue()).isPresent().get()
+                    .matches(asset -> {
+                        assertThat(asset.getCaption()).isEqualTo("some patched test-unix-user");
+                        assertThat(asset.getConfig().toString()).isEqualTo("""
+                               {
+                                   "password": "Ein Passwort mit 4 Zeichengruppen!",
+                                   "shell": "/bin/bash",
+                                   "totpKey": "0x1234567890abcdef0123456789abcdef"
+                               }
+                               """);
+                        return true;
+                    });
+        }
     }
 
     @Nested
@@ -500,9 +581,23 @@ class HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
         @Test
         void globalAdmin_canDeleteArbitraryAsset() {
             context.define("superuser-alex@hostsharing.net");
-            final var givenAsset = givenSomeTemporaryHostingAsset("1002",  MANAGED_SERVER,
+            final var givenAsset = givenSomeTemporaryHostingAsset(() ->
-                    config("monit_max_ssd_usage", 80), config("monit_max_hdd_usage", 90), config("monit_max_cpu_usage", 90), config("monit_max_ram_usage", 70));
+                    HsHostingAssetEntity.builder()
-
+                            .uuid(UUID.randomUUID())
+                            .bookingItem(givenSomeNewBookingItem(
+                                    "D-1000111 default project",
+                                    HsBookingItemType.MANAGED_SERVER,
+                                    "temp ManagedServer"))
+                            .type(MANAGED_SERVER)
+                            .identifier("vm1002")
+                            .caption("some test-asset")
+                            .config(Map.ofEntries(
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_ssd_usage", 80),
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_hdd_usage", 90),
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_cpu_usage", 90),
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_ram_usage", 70)
+                            ))
+                            .build());
             RestAssured // @formatter:off
                 .given()
                     .header("current-user", "superuser-alex@hostsharing.net")
@@ -519,9 +614,23 @@ class HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
         @Test
         void normalUser_canNotDeleteUnrelatedAsset() {
             context.define("superuser-alex@hostsharing.net");
-            final var givenAsset = givenSomeTemporaryHostingAsset("1003",  MANAGED_SERVER,
+            final var givenAsset = givenSomeTemporaryHostingAsset(() ->
-                    config("monit_max_ssd_usage", 80), config("monit_max_hdd_usage", 90), config("monit_max_cpu_usage", 90), config("monit_max_ram_usage", 70));
+                    HsHostingAssetEntity.builder()
-
+                            .uuid(UUID.randomUUID())
+                            .bookingItem(givenSomeNewBookingItem(
+                                    "D-1000111 default project",
+                                    HsBookingItemType.MANAGED_SERVER,
+                                    "temp ManagedServer"))
+                            .type(MANAGED_SERVER)
+                            .identifier("vm1003")
+                            .caption("some test-asset")
+                            .config(Map.ofEntries(
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_ssd_usage", 80),
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_hdd_usage", 90),
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_cpu_usage", 90),
+                                    Map.<String, Object>entry("monit_max_ram_usage", 70)
+                            ))
+                            .build());
             RestAssured // @formatter:off
                 .given()
                     .header("current-user", "selfregistered-user-drew@hostsharing.org")
@@ -559,12 +668,18 @@ class HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
         }).assertSuccessful().returnedValue();
     }
 
-    HsBookingItemEntity givenSomeNewBookingItem(final String projectCaption, final HsBookingItemType bookingItemType, final String bookingItemCaption) {
+    HsBookingItemEntity givenSomeNewBookingItem(
+            final String projectCaption,
+            final HsBookingItemType bookingItemType,
+            final String bookingItemCaption) {
         return jpaAttempt.transacted(() -> {
             context.define("superuser-alex@hostsharing.net");
             final var project = projectRepo.findByCaption(projectCaption).getFirst();
             final var resources = switch (bookingItemType) {
-                case MANAGED_SERVER -> Map.<String, Object>ofEntries(entry("CPUs", 1), entry("RAM", 20), entry("SSD", 25), entry("Traffic", 250));
+                case MANAGED_SERVER -> Map.<String, Object>ofEntries(entry("CPUs", 1),
+                        entry("RAM", 20),
+                        entry("SSD", 25),
+                        entry("Traffic", 250));
                 default -> new HashMap<String, Object>();
             };
             final var newBookingItem = HsBookingItemEntity.builder()
@@ -584,33 +699,18 @@ class HsHostingAssetControllerAcceptanceTest extends ContextBasedTestWithCleanup
         return givenAsset;
     }
 
-    @SafeVarargs
+    private HsHostingAssetEntity givenSomeTemporaryHostingAsset(final Supplier<HsHostingAssetEntity> newAsset) {
-    private HsHostingAssetEntity givenSomeTemporaryHostingAsset(final String identifierSuffix,
-            final HsHostingAssetType hostingAssetType,
-            final Map.Entry<String, Object>... config) {
         return jpaAttempt.transacted(() -> {
             context.define("superuser-alex@hostsharing.net");
-            final var bookingItemType = switch (hostingAssetType) {
+            return toCleanup(assetRepo.save(newAsset.get()));
-                case CLOUD_SERVER -> HsBookingItemType.CLOUD_SERVER;
-                case MANAGED_SERVER -> HsBookingItemType.MANAGED_SERVER;
-                case MANAGED_WEBSPACE -> HsBookingItemType.MANAGED_WEBSPACE;
-                default -> null;
-            };
-            final var newBookingItem = givenSomeNewBookingItem("D-1000111 default project", bookingItemType, "temp ManagedServer");
-            final var newAsset = HsHostingAssetEntity.builder()
-                    .uuid(UUID.randomUUID())
-                    .bookingItem(newBookingItem)
-                    .type(hostingAssetType)
-                    .identifier("vm" + identifierSuffix)
-                    .caption("some test-asset")
-                    .config(Map.ofEntries(config))
-                    .build();
-
-            return assetRepo.save(newAsset);
         }).assertSuccessful().returnedValue();
     }
 
-    private Map.Entry<String, Object> config(final String key, final Object value) {
+    private HsOfficeContactEntity givenContact() {
-        return entry(key, value);
+        return jpaAttempt.transacted(() -> {
+            context.define("superuser-alex@hostsharing.net");
+            return contactRepo.findContactByOptionalCaptionLike("second").stream().findFirst().orElseThrow();
+        }).returnedValue();
     }
+
 }

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/hosting/asset/validators/HsUnixUserHostingAssetValidatorUnitTest.java

@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ class HsUnixUserHostingAssetValidatorUnitTest {
                 "'UNIX_USER:abc00-temp.config.HDD soft quota' is expected to be at most 100 but is 200",
                 "'UNIX_USER:abc00-temp.config.shell' is expected to be one of [/bin/false, /bin/bash, /bin/csh, /bin/dash, /usr/bin/tcsh, /usr/bin/zsh, /usr/bin/passwd] but is '/is/invalid'",
                 "'UNIX_USER:abc00-temp.config.homedir' is readonly but given as '/is/read-only'",
-                "'UNIX_USER:abc00-temp.config.totpKey' is expected to be match ^0x([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})+$ but 'should be a hex number' does not match",
+                "'UNIX_USER:abc00-temp.config.totpKey' is expected to be match ^0x([0-9A-Fa-f]{2})+$ but provided value does not match",
-                "'UNIX_USER:abc00-temp.config.password' length is expected to be at min 8 but length of 'short' is 5"
+                "'UNIX_USER:abc00-temp.config.password' length is expected to be at min 8 but length of provided value is 5",
+                "'UNIX_USER:abc00-temp.config.password' must contain at least one character of at least 3 of the following groups: upper case letters, lower case letters, digits, special characters"
         );
     }
 

src/test/java/net/hostsharing/hsadminng/hs/validation/PasswordPropertyUnitTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+package net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static net.hostsharing.hsadminng.hs.validation.PasswordProperty.passwordProperty;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+class PasswordPropertyUnitTest {
+
+    private final ValidatableProperty<String> passwordProp = passwordProperty("password").minLength(8).maxLength(40).writeOnly();
+    private final List<String> violations = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(strings = {
+            "lowerUpperAndDigit1",
+            "lowerUpperAndSpecial!",
+            "digit1LowerAndSpecial!",
+            "digit1special!lower",
+            "DIGIT1SPECIAL!UPPER" })
+    void shouldValidateValidPassword(final String password) {
+        // when
+        passwordProp.validate(violations, password, null);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(violations).isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(strings = {
+            "noDigitNoSpecial",
+            "!!!!!!12345",
+            "nolower-nodigit",
+            "nolower1nospecial",
+            "NOLOWER-NODIGIT",
+            "NOLOWER1NOSPECIAL"
+    })
+    void shouldRecognizeMissingCharacterGroup(final String givenPassword) {
+        // when
+        passwordProp.validate(violations, givenPassword, null);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(violations)
+                .contains("password' must contain at least one character of at least 3 of the following groups: upper case letters, lower case letters, digits, special characters")
+                .doesNotContain(givenPassword);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldRecognizeTooShortPassword() {
+        // given
+        final String givenPassword = "0123456";
+
+        // when
+        passwordProp.validate(violations, givenPassword, null);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(violations)
+                .contains("password' length is expected to be at min 8 but length of provided value is 7")
+                .doesNotContain(givenPassword);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldRecognizeTooLongPassowrd() {
+        // given
+        final String givenPassword = "password' length is expected to be at max 40 but is 41";
+
+        // when
+        passwordProp.validate(violations, givenPassword, null);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(violations).contains("password' length is expected to be at max 40 but length of provided value is 54")
+                .doesNotContain(givenPassword);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldRecognizeColonInPassword() {
+        // given
+        final String givenPassword = "lowerUpper:1234";
+
+        // when
+        passwordProp.validate(violations, givenPassword, null);
+
+        // then
+        assertThat(violations)
+                .contains("password' must not contain colon (':')")
+                .doesNotContain(givenPassword);
+    }
+}