diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/rater.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/rater.go
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+/*
+Real-time Charging System for Telecom & ISP environments
+Copyright (C) ITsysCOM GmbH
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/apier/v1"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/apier/v2"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/balancer2go"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/engine"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/history"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/scheduler"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
+)
+
+func startBalancer(internalBalancerChan chan *balancer2go.Balancer, stopHandled *bool, exitChan chan bool) {
+	bal := balancer2go.NewBalancer()
+	go stopBalancerSignalHandler(bal, exitChan)
+	*stopHandled = true
+	internalBalancerChan <- bal
+}
+
+func cacheRaterData(doneChan chan struct{}, ratingDb engine.RatingStorage, accountDb engine.AccountingStorage, exitChan chan bool) {
+	if err := ratingDb.CacheRatingAll(); err != nil {
+		engine.Logger.Crit(fmt.Sprintf("Cache rating error: %s", err.Error()))
+		exitChan <- true
+		return
+	}
+	if err := accountDb.CacheAccountingAll(); err != nil {
+		engine.Logger.Crit(fmt.Sprintf("Cache accounting error: %s", err.Error()))
+		exitChan <- true
+		return
+	}
+	close(doneChan)
+}
+
+// Starts rater and reports on chan
+func startRater(internalRaterChan chan *engine.Responder, internalBalancerChan chan *balancer2go.Balancer, internalSchedulerChan chan *scheduler.Scheduler,
+	internalCdrStatSChan chan engine.StatsInterface, internalHistorySChan chan history.Scribe,
+	internalPubSubSChan chan engine.PublisherSubscriber, internalUserSChan chan engine.UserService, internalAliaseSChan chan engine.AliasService,
+	cacheChan chan struct{}, server *engine.Server,
+	ratingDb engine.RatingStorage, accountDb engine.AccountingStorage, loadDb engine.LoadStorage, cdrDb engine.CdrStorage, logDb engine.LogStorage,
+	stopHandled *bool, exitChan chan bool) {
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup // Sync all external connections in a group
+
+	var sched *scheduler.Scheduler // Need the scheduler in APIer
+	if cfg.SchedulerEnabled {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			sched = <-internalSchedulerChan
+			internalSchedulerChan <- sched
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// Connection to balancer
+	var bal *balancer2go.Balancer
+	if cfg.RaterBalancer != "" {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			if cfg.RaterBalancer == utils.INTERNAL {
+				bal = <-internalBalancerChan
+				internalBalancerChan <- bal // Put it back if someone else is interested about
+			} else {
+				go registerToBalancer(exitChan)
+				go stopRaterSignalHandler(internalCdrStatSChan, exitChan)
+				*stopHandled = true
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// Connection to CDRStats
+	var cdrStats engine.StatsInterface
+	if cfg.RaterCdrStats != "" {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			if cfg.RaterCdrStats == utils.INTERNAL {
+				cdrStats = <-internalCdrStatSChan
+				internalCdrStatSChan <- cdrStats
+			} else if cdrStats, err = engine.NewProxyStats(cfg.RaterCdrStats, cfg.ConnectAttempts, -1); err != nil {
+				engine.Logger.Crit(fmt.Sprintf("<CdrStats> Could not connect to the server, error: %s", err.Error()))
+				exitChan <- true
+				return
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// Connection to HistoryS
+	if cfg.RaterHistoryServer != "" {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			var scribeServer history.Scribe
+			if cfg.RaterHistoryServer == utils.INTERNAL {
+				scribeServer = <-internalHistorySChan
+				internalHistorySChan <- scribeServer
+			} else if scribeServer, err = history.NewProxyScribe(cfg.RaterHistoryServer, cfg.ConnectAttempts, -1); err != nil {
+				engine.Logger.Crit(fmt.Sprintf("<HistoryServer> Could not connect to the server, error: %s", err.Error()))
+				exitChan <- true
+				return
+			}
+			engine.SetHistoryScribe(scribeServer) // ToDo: replace package sharing with connection based one
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// Connection to pubsubs
+	if cfg.RaterPubSubServer != "" {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			var pubSubServer engine.PublisherSubscriber
+			if cfg.RaterPubSubServer == utils.INTERNAL {
+				pubSubServer = <-internalPubSubSChan
+				internalPubSubSChan <- pubSubServer
+			} else if pubSubServer, err = engine.NewProxyPubSub(cfg.RaterPubSubServer, cfg.ConnectAttempts, -1); err != nil {
+				engine.Logger.Crit(fmt.Sprintf("<PubSubServer> Could not connect to the server, error: %s", err.Error()))
+				exitChan <- true
+				return
+			}
+			engine.SetPubSub(pubSubServer) // ToDo: replace package sharing with connection based one
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// Connection to AliasService
+	if cfg.RaterAliasesServer != "" {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			var aliasesServer engine.AliasService
+			if cfg.RaterAliasesServer == utils.INTERNAL {
+				aliasesServer = <-internalAliaseSChan
+				internalAliaseSChan <- aliasesServer
+			} else if aliasesServer, err = engine.NewProxyAliasService(cfg.RaterAliasesServer, cfg.ConnectAttempts, -1); err != nil {
+				engine.Logger.Crit(fmt.Sprintf("<AliasesServer> Could not connect to the server, error: %s", err.Error()))
+				exitChan <- true
+				return
+			}
+			engine.SetAliasService(aliasesServer) // ToDo: replace package sharing with connection based one
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// Connection to UserService
+	var userServer engine.UserService
+	if cfg.RaterUserServer != "" {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			if cfg.RaterUserServer == utils.INTERNAL {
+				userServer = <-internalUserSChan
+				internalUserSChan <- userServer
+			} else if userServer, err = engine.NewProxyUserService(cfg.RaterUserServer, cfg.ConnectAttempts, -1); err != nil {
+				engine.Logger.Crit(fmt.Sprintf("<UserServer> Could not connect to the server, error: %s", err.Error()))
+				exitChan <- true
+				return
+			}
+			engine.SetUserService(userServer)
+		}()
+	}
+
+	// Wait for all connections to complete before going further
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	responder := &engine.Responder{Bal: bal, ExitChan: exitChan, Stats: cdrStats}
+	apierRpcV1 := &v1.ApierV1{StorDb: loadDb, RatingDb: ratingDb, AccountDb: accountDb, CdrDb: cdrDb, LogDb: logDb, Sched: sched,
+		Config: cfg, Responder: responder, CdrStatsSrv: cdrStats, Users: userServer}
+	apierRpcV2 := &v2.ApierV2{
+		ApierV1: *apierRpcV1}
+
+	// internalSchedulerChan shared here
+	server.RpcRegister(responder)
+	server.RpcRegister(apierRpcV1)
+	server.RpcRegister(apierRpcV2)
+	internalRaterChan <- responder // Rater done
+}