diff --git a/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py b/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py
index 09cf3132247ed421b7c23fc8da962f5260168cd7..d5d41b2a560397f493cad9349b3b5c0c2d58564c 100644
--- a/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py
+++ b/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py
@@ -124,9 +124,11 @@ class AlertsConfigurationAPI(object):
 
         if len(alert_tasks_errors) > 0:
             return_msg["triggers_specification_errors"] = alert_tasks_errors
+            self.request.response.status = 400
 
         if len(alert_handlers_errors) > 0:
             return_msg["triggers_action_errors"] = alert_handlers_errors
+            self.request.response.status = 400
 
         return return_msg
 
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml
index 8100fda2ab8bdb1c6d14cf48bd35c1798a585c3c..3fd6b04b8c05523e3b411ad8bb41baee4e3f11be 100644
--- a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/alerts_test_config.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ topology_template:
             action:
               implementation:
                 - http://172.40.231.200:9999/
-    - deadman_policies:
+    - deadman_policy:
         type: eu.ict-flame.policies.StateChange
         triggers:
           no_measurements:
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/conftest.py b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/conftest.py
index 3d40a90fcc14f9f21edd9dcd2f4408f24f5ea1c7..73a65b726d0f6af32e18f71d21b90d30e4189b77 100644
--- a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/conftest.py
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/conftest.py
@@ -91,19 +91,17 @@ def set_up_tear_down_fixture(rspec_config):
         rmtree(LOG_TEST_FOLDER_PATH)
 
     print("Deleting Kapacitor tasks, topics and handlers that were created for this test...")
-    test_sfc_instance_scope = "CLMCMetrics.MS_I1"
     # get all tasks from kapacitor (that were created in this test) and delete them
     kapacitor_tasks = get("{0}/kapacitor/v1/tasks".format(kapacitor_url)).json()["tasks"]
-    kapacitor_task_links = [task["link"]["href"] for task in kapacitor_tasks if task["id"].startswith(test_sfc_instance_scope)]
+    kapacitor_task_links = [task["link"]["href"] for task in kapacitor_tasks]
     for task_link in kapacitor_task_links:
         delete("{0}{1}".format(kapacitor_url, task_link))
 
     # get all topics and handlers from kapacitor (that were created in this test) and delete them
     kapacitor_topics = get("{0}/kapacitor/v1/alerts/topics".format(kapacitor_url)).json()["topics"]
     for topic in kapacitor_topics:
-        if topic["id"].startswith(test_sfc_instance_scope):
-            topic_handlers = get("{0}{1}".format(kapacitor_url, topic["handlers-link"]["href"])).json()["handlers"]
-            for handler in topic_handlers:
-                delete("{0}{1}".format(kapacitor_url, handler["link"]["href"]))
+        topic_handlers = get("{0}{1}".format(kapacitor_url, topic["handlers-link"]["href"])).json()["handlers"]
+        for handler in topic_handlers:
+            delete("{0}{1}".format(kapacitor_url, handler["link"]["href"]))
 
-            delete("{0}{1}".format(kapacitor_url, topic["link"]["href"]))
+        delete("{0}{1}".format(kapacitor_url, topic["link"]["href"]))
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/resources_test_config.yaml b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/resources_test_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee1bc956c09b4b009fc8a5efb5ea47ce55f1c54c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/resources_test_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_profile_for_nfv_1_0_0
+
+metadata:
+  template_name: Flame CLMC Alerts Integration Test
+  sfc: CLMCMetrics
+  sfci: MS_I1
+
+
+# Import own definitions of nodes, capabilities and policy syntax.
+imports:
+  - flame_definitions-0.1.7.yaml
+
+# Starting the template
+
+## Topology
+topology_template:
+  node_templates:
+    database:
+      type: eu.ict-flame.nodes.ServiceFunction
+      capabilities:
+        host:
+          properties:
+            num_cpus: 2
+            mem_size: 4096 MB
+            disk_size: 10 GB
+      properties:
+        hypervisor: kvm
+        image_url: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/current-9/debian-9-openstack-amd64.qcow2
+        fqdn:
+          - db.app.ict-flame.eu
+
+
+    frontend:
+      type: eu.ict-flame.nodes.ServiceFunction
+      capabilities:
+        host:
+          properties:
+            num_cpus: 2
+            disk_size: 10 GB
+            mem_size: 4096 MB
+      properties:
+        hypervisor: kvm
+        image_url: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/openstack/current-9/debian-9-openstack-amd64.qcow2
+        fqdn:
+          - frontend.app.ict-flame.eu
+          - www.app.ict-flame.eu
+
+  policies:
+    - init:
+        type: eu.ict-flame.policies.InitialPolicy
+        description: Start the nodes initially
+        properties:
+          parent: service_paid
+        triggers:
+          inital_trigger:
+            condition:
+              constraint: initialise
+            action:
+              frontend:
+                -
+                  fqdn: frontend.app.ict-flame.eu
+                  lifecycle_actions:
+                    London: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.connected
+                    Bristol: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.booted
+                    Manchester: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.connected
+              database:
+                -
+                  fqdn: db.app.ict-flame.eu
+                  lifecycle_actions:
+                    London: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.connected
+
+    - scale_nginx_policy:
+        type: eu.ict-flame.policies.StateChange
+        properties:
+          parent: service_paid
+        triggers:
+          tigger_a:
+            condition:
+              constraint: clmc::high_requests
+            action:
+              frontend:
+                -
+                  fqdn: frontend.app.ict-flame.eu
+                  lifecycle_actions:
+                    Bristol: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.connected
+          tigger_b:
+            condition:
+              constraint: clmc::high_cpu_usage
+              period: 600 # integer required, unit: seconds
+            action:
+              frontend:
+              - fqdn: frontend.app.ict-flame.eu
+                lifecycle_actions:
+                  Bristol: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.connected
+          tigger_c:
+            condition:
+              constraint: clmc::increase_in_active_requests
+              period: 600 # integer required, unit: seconds
+            action:
+              frontend:
+              - fqdn: frontend.app.ict-flame.eu
+                lifecycle_actions:
+                  Bristol: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.connected
+
+    - deadman_policy:
+        type: eu.ict-flame.policies.StateChange
+        properties:
+          parent: service_paid
+        triggers:
+          tigger_a:
+            condition:
+              constraint: clmc::no_measurements
+            action:
+              frontend:
+                -
+                  fqdn: frontend.app.ict-flame.eu
+                  lifecycle_actions:
+                    Bristol: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.connected
+
+    - service_paid:
+        type: eu.ict-flame.policies.StateChange
+        description: Check outstanding payments. If there are outstanding payments, we shutdown the deployed service.
+        triggers:
+          not_paid_trigger:
+            description: Check if the payment is late
+            condition:
+              constraint: clmc-user-db::serviceIsNotPaid  # this will be ignored, source must be clmc
+              period: 3600 # integer required, unit: seconds
+            action:
+              frontend:
+                -
+                  fqdn: frontend.app.ict-flame.eu
+                  lifecycle_actions:
+                    London: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.shutdown
+                    Bristol: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.shutdown
+                    Manchester: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.shutdown
+              database:
+                -
+                  fqdn: db.app.ict-flame.eu
+                  lifecycle_action:
+                    London: eu.ict-flame.sfe.state.lifecycle.shutdown
diff --git a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py
index 645bff025441abdf1c317dcd1bf7e8512a05bcb4..2f338b5c335d34a75e49ac4ba1d1325c02e9d50a 100644
--- a/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py
+++ b/src/test/clmctest/alerts/test_alerts.py
@@ -61,11 +61,16 @@ class TestAlerts(object):
 
         print("Sending alerts specification to clmc service...")
         alerts_spec = join(dirname(__file__), "alerts_test_config.yaml")
-
-        with open(alerts_spec, 'rb') as fh:
-            files = {'alert-spec': fh}
-            response = post("http://{0}:{1}/alerts".format(clmc_service_host, CLMC_SERVICE_PORT), files=files)
-            assert response.status_code == 200
+        resources_spec = join(dirname(__file__), "resources_test_config.yaml")
+
+        with open(alerts_spec, 'rb') as alerts:
+            with open(resources_spec, 'rb') as resources:
+                files = {'alert-spec': alerts, 'resource-spec': resources}
+                response = post("http://{0}:{1}/alerts".format(clmc_service_host, CLMC_SERVICE_PORT), files=files)
+                assert response.status_code == 200
+                clmc_service_response = response.json()
+                assert "triggers_specification_errors" not in clmc_service_response, "Unexpected error was returned for triggers specification"
+                assert "triggers_action_errors" not in clmc_service_response, "Unexpected error was returned for handlers specification"
         print("Alert spec sent successfully")
 
         print("Wait 10 seconds for Kapacitor stream/batch tasks to start working...")