diff --git a/src/service/clmcservice/__init__.py b/src/service/clmcservice/__init__.py
index 94354234b6be0fdafa6272be365cc1d0ac0955a7..b34c2c9fdbef516b960c22745dcf33360935a34b 100644
--- a/src/service/clmcservice/__init__.py
+++ b/src/service/clmcservice/__init__.py
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ def main(global_config, **settings):
     DBSession.configure(bind=engine)  # bind the engine to a DB session
     Base.metadata.bind = engine  # bind the engine to the Base class metadata
 
-    # validate and use (if valid) the configuration file
+    # validate and use (if valid) the configuration file for the aggregator
     conf_file_path = settings[CONF_FILE_ATTRIBUTE]
     conf = validate_conf_file(conf_file_path)  # if None returned here, service is in unconfigured state
     settings[CONF_OBJECT] = conf
-
     settings[MALFORMED_FLAG] = False
+
     settings['influx_port'] = int(settings['influx_port'])  # the influx port setting must be converted to integer instead of a string
+    settings['kapacitor_port'] = int(settings['kapacitor_port'])  # the kapacitor port setting must be converted to integer instead of a string
 
     network_config_file_path = settings["network_configuration_path"]
     with open(network_config_file_path) as f:
diff --git a/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/tests.py b/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/tests.py
index 9707a707dcce678deddd48c69a1d33cac1e2bf58..556120f1bc8850a49bb480260aa64ce928199a8c 100644
--- a/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/tests.py
+++ b/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/tests.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class TestAlertsConfigurationAPI(object):
         """
 
         self.registry = testing.setUp()
+        self.registry.add_settings({"kapacitor_host": "localhost", "kapacitor_port": 9092})
 
         yield
 
diff --git a/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py b/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py
index 5f9e24ef84890f439e448fa39ea22df3718d0e04..01c91b5f747fd40689a2af1b59c14615f52b320f 100644
--- a/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py
+++ b/src/service/clmcservice/alertsapi/views.py
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class AlertsConfigurationAPI(object):
         :raises HTTPBadRequest: if the request doesn't contain a (YAML) file input referenced as alert-spec representing the TOSCA Alerts Specification
         """
 
+        kapacitor_host, kapacitor_port = self.request.registry.settings['kapacitor_host'], self.request.registry.settings['kapacitor_port']
+
         if not hasattr(self.request.POST.get('alert-spec'), "file") or not hasattr(self.request.POST.get('alert-spec'), "filename"):
             raise HTTPBadRequest("Request to this API endpoint must include a (YAML) file input referenced as 'alert-spec' representing the TOSCA Alerts Specification.")
 
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ class AlertsConfigurationAPI(object):
                                                                             topic_id=topic_id, where_clause=where_clause)
 
                 # create and activate alert task through the kapacitor HTTP API
-                kapacitor_api_tasks_url = "http://localhost:9092/kapacitor/v1/tasks"
+                kapacitor_api_tasks_url = "http://{0}:{1}/kapacitor/v1/tasks".format(kapacitor_host, kapacitor_port)
                 kapacitor_http_request_body = {
                     "id": alert_id,
                     "template-id": template_id,
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ class AlertsConfigurationAPI(object):
                 http_handlers = trigger.trigger_tpl["action"]["implementation"]
 
                 # subscribe all http handlers to the created topic
-                kapacitor_api_handlers_url = "http://localhost:9092/kapacitor/v1/alerts/topics/{0}/handlers".format(topic_id)
+                kapacitor_api_handlers_url = "http://{0}:{1}/kapacitor/v1/alerts/topics/{2}/handlers".format(kapacitor_host, kapacitor_port, topic_id)
                 for http_handler_url in http_handlers:
                     http_handler_host = urlparse(http_handler_url).hostname
                     handler_id = "{0}.{1}.{2}".format(policy.name, event_id, http_handler_host)
diff --git a/src/service/development.ini b/src/service/development.ini
index 3d14f33fa23e32ac0ec50d839efcdcf4d080704f..07fccc62d52a1e55d428e05948ecf9f5e7a3fe6b 100644
--- a/src/service/development.ini
+++ b/src/service/development.ini
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://clmc:clmc_service@localhost:5432/whoamidb
 influx_host = localhost
 influx_port = 8086
 
+# Kapacitor connection
+kapacitor_host = localhost
+kapacitor_port = 9092
+
 # Neo4j connection
 neo4j_host = localhost
 neo4j_password = admin
diff --git a/src/service/production.ini b/src/service/production.ini
index 33c7ca6cb032aceffb2ac12e21af9416ab1624d2..00aa006bbf7cef627c93f29485a41290e0ff968b 100644
--- a/src/service/production.ini
+++ b/src/service/production.ini
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://clmc:clmc_service@localhost:5432/whoamidb
 influx_host = localhost
 influx_port = 8086
 
+# Kapacitor connection
+kapacitor_host = localhost
+kapacitor_port = 9092
+
 # Neo4j connection
 neo4j_host = localhost
 neo4j_password = admin