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"      
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