diff --git a/src/app/core/config/api-config.ts b/src/app/core/config/api-config.ts
index 025faa86fc8d5f0758f4e7cf997af496c7f3541a..dab1cb1fe6ba4daf7645fdb7861900132c833609 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/api-config.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/api-config.ts
@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ export const apiConfig = {
   urlPublishSolution: '/api/publish',
   urlSearchPublishRequest: '/api/publish/request/search/revision',
   withdrawPublishRequestUrl: '/api/publish/request/withdraw/',
+  urlCatalogPath: '/api/catalog',
+  urlSiteConfig: '/api/admin/config',
 };
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/private-catalogs.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/private-catalogs.service.ts
index c9266cee3e2edbf9cde61c921d0d10f04dcadbbe..ef5b8f766d74561ed0621dac97a0b78092994d34 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/private-catalogs.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/private-catalogs.service.ts
@@ -935,4 +935,61 @@ export class PrivateCatalogsService {
       }),
     );
   }
+
+  createCatalog(catalog: Catalog) {
+    const requestObj = {
+      request_body: {
+        ...catalog,
+        url: 'http://localhost',
+      },
+    };
+    const url = apiConfig.apiBackendURL + apiConfig.urlCatalogPath;
+
+    return this._httpSharedService.post(url, undefined, requestObj).pipe(
+      catchError((error) => {
+        throw error;
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  updateCatalog(catalog: Catalog) {
+    const requestObj = {
+      request_body: {
+        ...catalog,
+        url: 'http://localhost',
+      },
+    };
+    const url = apiConfig.apiBackendURL + apiConfig.urlCatalogPath;
+
+    return this._httpSharedService.put(url, undefined, requestObj).pipe(
+      catchError((error) => {
+        throw error;
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  deleteCatalog(catalog: Catalog) {
+    const url =
+      apiConfig.apiBackendURL +
+      apiConfig.urlCatalogPath +
+      '/' +
+      catalog.catalogId;
+
+    return this._httpSharedService.delete(url).pipe(
+      catchError((error) => {
+        throw error;
+      }),
+    );
+  }
+
+  getSiteConfig() {
+    const url =
+      apiConfig.apiBackendURL + apiConfig.urlSiteConfig + '/site_config';
+
+    return this._httpSharedService.get(url, undefined).pipe(
+      catchError((error) => {
+        throw error;
+      }),
+    );
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/environments/environment.ts b/src/environments/environment.ts
index e0a56ed7d55e9f9aa1d58ec3f18c09d3a7f976da..87f4dc1fec574da1a6f1df0291aed272c28e7703 100644
--- a/src/environments/environment.ts
+++ b/src/environments/environment.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export const environment = {
   // local with session
   production: false,
   skipAuth: false,
-  apiBackendURL: 'https://aiexp-dev.ai4europe.eu',
+  apiBackendURL: 'https://dev02.ki-lab.nrw',
   isDebugMode: true,
   logging: {
     level: {