diff --git a/test/services/ipendpoint/telegraf_ipendpoint.conf b/test/services/ipendpoint/telegraf_ipendpoint.conf
index 1fdd33a7b4c8eef188469cd9c94bcef746351ed4..efe72dc2d05e785c1615f1b6c55794294f630be2 100644
--- a/test/services/ipendpoint/telegraf_ipendpoint.conf
+++ b/test/services/ipendpoint/telegraf_ipendpoint.conf
@@ -1,68 +1,3 @@
-
-###############################################################################
-#                                  INPUTS                                     #
-###############################################################################
-# # Read metrics about network interface usage
- [[inputs.net]]
-#   ## By default, telegraf gathers stats from any up interface (excluding loopback)
-#   ## Setting interfaces will tell it to gather these explicit interfaces,
-#   ## regardless of status.
-#   ##
-#   # interfaces = ["eth0"]
-
-# Read metrics about cpu usage
-[[inputs.cpu]]
-  ## Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
-  percpu = true
-  ## Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
-  totalcpu = true
-  ## If true, collect raw CPU time metrics.
-  collect_cpu_time = false
-  ## If true, compute and report the sum of all non-idle CPU states.
- #report_active = false
-
-
-# Read metrics about disk usage by mount point
-[[inputs.disk]]
-  ## By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
-  ## Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
-  # mount_points = ["/"]
-
-  ## Ignore some mountpoints by filesystem type. For example (dev)tmpfs (usually
-  ## present on /run, /var/run, /dev/shm or /dev).
-  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs"]
-
-
-# Read metrics about disk IO by device
-[[inputs.diskio]]
-  ## By default, telegraf will gather stats for all devices including
-  ## disk partitions.
-  ## Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified devices.
-  # devices = ["sda", "sdb"]
-  ## Uncomment the following line if you need disk serial numbers.
-  # skip_serial_number = false
-  #
-  ## On systems which support it, device metadata can be added in the form of
-  ## tags.
-  ## Currently only Linux is supported via udev properties. You can view
-  ## available properties for a device by running:
-  ## 'udevadm info -q property -n /dev/sda'
-  # device_tags = ["ID_FS_TYPE", "ID_FS_USAGE"]
-  #
-  ## Using the same metadata source as device_tags, you can also customize the
-  ## name of the device via templates.
-  ## The 'name_templates' parameter is a list of templates to try and apply to
-  ## the device. The template may contain variables in the form of '$PROPERTY' or
-  ## '${PROPERTY}'. The first template which does not contain any variables not
-  ## present for the device is used as the device name tag.
-  ## The typical use case is for LVM volumes, to get the VG/LV name instead of
-  ## the near-meaningless DM-0 name.
-  # name_templates = ["$ID_FS_LABEL","$DM_VG_NAME/$DM_LV_NAME"]
-
-# Read metrics about memory usage
-[[inputs.mem]]
-  # no configuration
-
 # # Influx HTTP write listener
 [[inputs.http_listener]]
   ## Address and port to host HTTP listener on
diff --git a/test/streaming-sim/StreamingSim.py b/test/streaming-sim/StreamingSim.py
index 68374ff040eafa49e9da78611e20313275326022..cb66ccb72d01a783d918b73d88bdc48af9db249f 100644
--- a/test/streaming-sim/StreamingSim.py
+++ b/test/streaming-sim/StreamingSim.py
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ DEFAULT_REQUEST_RATE_INC_PERIOD = 10
 SIMULATION_TIME_SEC = 60 * 60
 
 # CLMC parameters
-INFLUX_DB_URL = 'http://192.168.50.10:8086'
+INFLUX_DB_URL = 'http://172.23.1.20:8086'
 INFLUX_DB_NAME = 'CLMCMetrics'
-AGENT_URL1 = 'http://192.168.50.11:8186'
-AGENT_URL2 = 'http://192.168.50.12:8186'
+AGENT1_URL = 'http://172.23.1.21:8186'
+AGENT2_URL = 'http://172.23.1.22:8186'
 
 
 class Sim(object):
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Sim(object):
     Simulator for services
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, influx_url, influx_db_name):
+    def __init__(self, influx_url, influx_db_name, agent1_url, agent2_url):
         """
         Sets up the simulator object
 
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class Sim(object):
         """
 
         self.influx_db_name = influx_db_name
+        self.agent1_url = agent1_url       
+        self.agent2_url = agent2_url          
 
         # influx db client is created on initialisation, which will handle the influx DB queries
         url_object = urllib.parse.urlparse(influx_url)
@@ -61,10 +63,10 @@ class Sim(object):
 
         # segment_size : the length of video requested at a time
         # bit_rate: MPEG-2 High 1080p 25fps = 80Mbps
-        ip_endpoints = [{'agent_url': AGENT_URL1, 'location': 'DC1', 'cpu': 16,
+        ip_endpoints = [{'agent_url': self.agent1_url, 'location': 'DC1', 'cpu': 16,
                          'mem': '8GB', 'storage': '1TB', 'request_queue': 0, 'request_arrival_rate': 0,
                          'segment_size': 2, 'video_bit_rate': 80, 'packet_size': 1500},
-                        {'agent_url': AGENT_URL2, 'location': 'DC2', 'cpu': 4,
+                        {'agent_url': self.agent2_url, 'location': 'DC2', 'cpu': 4,
                          'mem': '8GB', 'storage': '1TB', 'request_queue': 0, 'request_arrival_rate': 0,
                          'segment_size': 2, 'video_bit_rate': 80, 'packet_size': 1500}
                         ]
@@ -223,26 +225,34 @@ class Sim(object):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='module')
-def run_simulation_fixture():
+def run_simulation_fixture(streaming_sim_config):
     """
     A fixture, which checks if the the DB has been created, if not it runs the simulator with a 10 seconds timeout after that
     """
 
+    influx_db_url = "http://" + streaming_sim_config['hosts'][0]['ip_address'] + ":8086"
+    agent1_url = "http://" + streaming_sim_config['hosts'][1]['ip_address'] + ":8186"
+    agent2_url = "http://" + streaming_sim_config['hosts'][2]['ip_address'] + ":8186"  
+
     global INFLUX_DB_URL
     global INFLUX_DB_NAME
     global SIMULATION_TIME_SEC
+    global AGENT1_URL
+    global AGENT2_URL    
 
-    simulator = Sim(INFLUX_DB_URL, INFLUX_DB_NAME)
+    simulator = Sim(influx_db_url, INFLUX_DB_NAME, agent1_url, agent2_url)
     dbs = simulator.db_client.get_list_database()
     dbs = [db.get("name") for db in dbs]
 
-    if INFLUX_DB_NAME not in dbs:
-        simulator.reset()
-        simulator.run(SIMULATION_TIME_SEC)
+    # This check needed to be disabled as the CLMCMetrics database is always created when
+    # the test starts, irrespective of whether this is the 1st time or not
+#    if INFLUX_DB_NAME not in dbs:
+    simulator.reset()
+    simulator.run(SIMULATION_TIME_SEC)
 
-        print("10 seconds timeout is given so that the data could properly be inserted into the database.")
-        import time
-        time.sleep(10)
+    print("10 seconds timeout is given so that the data could properly be inserted into the database.")
+    import time
+    time.sleep(10)
 
 
 def run_simulation(generate=True):
@@ -254,8 +264,10 @@ def run_simulation(generate=True):
     global INFLUX_DB_NAME
     global INFLUX_DB_URL
     global SIMULATION_TIME_SEC
+    global AGENT1_URL
+    global AGENT2_URL
 
-    simulator = Sim(INFLUX_DB_URL, INFLUX_DB_NAME)
+    simulator = Sim(INFLUX_DB_URL, INFLUX_DB_NAME, AGENT1_URL, AGENT2_URL)
 
     if generate:
         simulator.reset()
diff --git a/test/streaming-sim/rspec.yml b/test/streaming-sim/rspec.yml
index 5709115b88f6b201e56278aa45933ef7f34ab071..399af32ec7b41dbbc94043c5cff8d9e3ea01bdf5 100644
--- a/test/streaming-sim/rspec.yml
+++ b/test/streaming-sim/rspec.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ hosts:
         host: 8888
       - guest: 9092
         host: 9092
-    ip_address: "192.168.50.10"
+    ip_address: "203.0.113.100"
   - name: ipendpoint1
     cpus: 1
     memory: 2048
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ hosts:
     forward_ports:
       - guest: 80
         host: 8081
-    ip_address: "192.168.50.11"
+    ip_address: "203.0.113.101"
     location: "DC1"
     sfc_id: "MS_Template_1"
     sfc_id_instance: "MS_I1"
     sf_id: "adaptive_streaming"
     sf_id_instance: "adaptive_streaming_I1"
     ipendpoint_id: "adaptive_streaming_I1_apache1"
-    influxdb_url: "http://192.168.50.10:8086"
+    influxdb_url: "http://203.0.113.100:8086"
     database_name: "CLMCMetrics"
   - name: ipendpoint2
     cpus: 1
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ hosts:
     forward_ports:
       - guest: 80
         host: 8082
-    ip_address: "192.168.50.12"
+    ip_address: "203.0.113.102"
     location: "DC2"
     sfc_id: "MS_Template_1"
     sfc_id_instance: "MS_I1"
     sf_id: "adaptive_streaming"
     sf_id_instance: "adaptive_streaming_I1"
     ipendpoint_id: "adaptive_streaming_I1_apache2"
-    influxdb_url: "http://192.168.50.10:8086"
+    influxdb_url: "http://203.0.113.100:8086"
     database_name: "CLMCMetrics"      
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/telegraf-agents/rspec.yml b/test/telegraf-agents/rspec.yml
index 0aef98861c3299a6788b53ad4eb641c2cd4ae6b3..e2290d4342ae999e89af4ddc8506a7a7d1ee5f48 100644
--- a/test/telegraf-agents/rspec.yml
+++ b/test/telegraf-agents/rspec.yml
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ hosts:
     ipendpoint_id: "metadata_database_I1_apache1"
     influxdb_url: "http://192.168.50.10:8086"
     database_name: "CLMCMetrics" 
-  - name: ipendpoint
+  - name: host
     cpus: 1
     memory: 2048
     disk: "10GB"
-    service_name: "ipendpoint"
+    service_name: "host"
     forward_ports:
       - guest: 80
         host: 8085
diff --git a/test/telegraf-agents/test_telegraf_agents.py b/test/telegraf-agents/test_telegraf_agents.py
index 77b6290e1603a24e0886f59f6ceb9ba86a1a7c35..b55f46a515940c7d6ab109fb7ea4caba7f0ff3ee 100644
--- a/test/telegraf-agents/test_telegraf_agents.py
+++ b/test/telegraf-agents/test_telegraf_agents.py
@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
 import pytest
-
+from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("service_name", [
+    ('clmc-service'),
+    ('apache'),
+    ('nginx'),
+    ('mongo'),
+    ('ffmpeg'),
+    ('host'),
+    ])
+def test_service_name(telegraf_agent_config, service_name):
+    assert any(s['name'] == service_name for s in telegraf_agent_config['hosts']), "{0} not in list of hosts".format(service_name)
+    
+def test_ping(telegraf_agent_config):
+    """This test will only run on linux as the process call is not portable, there's a better way"""
+    for host in telegraf_agent_config['hosts']:
+        response = os.system("ping -c 1 " + host['ip_address'])
+        assert response == 0, "Could not ping {0} on ip address {1}".format(host['name'], host['ip_address'])
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("measurement, query, expected_result", [
     ('nginx', 'SELECT mean("requests") AS "mean" FROM "CLMCMetrics"."autogen"."nginx"', 0),
     ('cpu', 'SELECT mean("usage_idle") AS "mean" FROM "CLMCMetrics"."autogen"."cpu"', 0),
-    ('mongodb', 'SELECT mean("net_in_bytes") AS "mean" FROM "CLMCMetrics"."autogen"."mongodb"', 0)
+    ('mongodb', 'SELECT mean("net_in_bytes") AS "mean" FROM "CLMCMetrics"."autogen"."mongodb"', 0),
+    ('net', 'SELECT mean("bytes_sent") AS "mean" FROM "CLMCMetrics"."autogen"."net"', 0),
+    ('disk', 'SELECT mean("free") AS "mean" FROM "CLMCMetrics"."autogen"."disk"', 0),
+    ('diskio', 'SELECT mean("write_bytes") AS "mean" FROM "CLMCMetrics"."autogen"."diskio"', 0),
+    ('mem', 'SELECT mean("free") AS "mean" FROM "CLMCMetrics"."autogen"."mem"', 0)              
     ])
 def test_all_inputs(influxdb, measurement, query, expected_result):
     """
@@ -28,22 +49,11 @@ def test_all_inputs(influxdb, measurement, query, expected_result):
     assert actual_result > expected_result, "actual result {0} is not > expected result {1} for query {2}".format(actual_result, str(expected_result), query)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("ipendpoint, measurements", [
-    ('id1', [{'measurement': 'cpu', 'query': 'query', 'result': 'result'} , {'measurement': 'nginx', 'query': 'query', 'result': 'result'}, {'measurement': 'mongo', 'query': 'query', 'result': 'result'}]),
-    ('id2', [{'measurement': 'cpu', 'query': 'query', 'result': 'result'} , {'measurement': 'nginx', 'query': 'query', 'result': 'result'}])
-])
-def test_multiple_inputs_on_a_service(influxdb, ipendpoint, measurements):
-    """This test checks that a service configured with multiple input plugins as separate telegraf config files generates measurements in the database
-    """
-    # for each item in the measurement list run the query and test the result 
-    assert 1
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("query, expected_result", [
-    ('filter query', 0),
-    ('filter query', 0),
-    ('filter query', 0)
-])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("query, expected_result", 
+    [('filter query', 0),
+     ('filter query', 0),
+     ('filter query', 0)
+    ])
 def test_global_tag_filtering(influxdb, query, expected_result):
     """Tests that the global tags are inserted correctly into the global configuration using the install CLMC script
     """