diff --git a/src/monitoring/.gitlab-ci.yml b/src/monitoring/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1cfbde21f02a3217df88154ed6184f46800ef754..b1aa8e2edd4763f8ea3426dcad131bc1b496bfca 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/src/monitoring/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ test monitoring run:
     - docker ps
   after_script:
     - docker stop "$IMAGE_NAME"
+    - docker network rm teraflowbridge
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && ($CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "develop" || $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH)'
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"' 
@@ -82,9 +83,15 @@ test monitoring pytest:
   stage: unit_test
   needs:
     - build monitoring
+  before_script:
+    - if docker network list | grep teraflowbridge; then echo "teraflowbridge is already created"; else docker network create -d bridge teraflowbridge; fi
   script:
+    - docker run -p 8086:8086 -e INFLUXDB_DB=$INFLUXDB_DATABASE -e INFLUXDB_ADMIN_USER=$INFLUXDB_USER -e INFLUXDB_ADMIN_PASSWORD=$INFLUXDB_PASSWORD -e INXLUXDB_HTTP_AUTH_ENABLED=True --network=teraflowbridge --name influxdb-tests influxdb:1.8
     - docker build -t "$IMAGE_NAME_TEST:$IMAGE_TAG" -f ./src/$IMAGE_NAME/tests/Dockerfile ./src/
-    - docker run -v "$PWD/src/$IMAGE_NAME/tests:/opt/results" $IMAGE_NAME_TEST:$IMAGE_TAG
+    - docker run -v "$PWD/src/$IMAGE_NAME/tests:/opt/results" --build-arg user=$INFLUXDB_USER --build-arg pass=$INFLUXDB_PASSWORD --build-arg db=$INFLUXDB_DATABASE  --network=teraflowbridge  $IMAGE_NAME_TEST:$IMAGE_TAG
+  after_script:
+    - docker stop influxdb-tests
+    - docker network rm teraflowbridge
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" && ($CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == "develop" || $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH)'
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"' 
diff --git a/src/monitoring/service/MonitoringServiceServicerImpl.py b/src/monitoring/service/MonitoringServiceServicerImpl.py
index f1ee6d1cd55f99d2867bdf162b702368b0e6a4ef..0e85d6bb46bcd1b9e219de187db505591171d8b9 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/service/MonitoringServiceServicerImpl.py
+++ b/src/monitoring/service/MonitoringServiceServicerImpl.py
@@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ INFLUXDB_DB = os.environ.get("INFLUXDB_DATABASE")
 class MonitoringServiceServicerImpl(monitoring_pb2_grpc.MonitoringServiceServicer):
     def __init__(self):
         LOGGER.info('Init monitoringService')
+
         # Init sqlite monitoring db
         self.sql_db = sqlite_tools.SQLite('monitoring.db')
 
         # Create influx_db client
-        self.influx_db = influx_tools.Influx("localhost","8086",INFLUXDB_USER,INFLUXDB_PASS,INFLUXDB_DB)
+        self.influx_db = influx_tools.Influx("influxdb-tests","8086",INFLUXDB_USER,INFLUXDB_PASS,INFLUXDB_DB)
 
     # CreateKpi (CreateKpiRequest) returns (KpiId) {}
     def CreateKpi(self, request : monitoring_pb2.CreateKpiRequest, context) -> monitoring_pb2.KpiId :
diff --git a/src/monitoring/tests/Dockerfile b/src/monitoring/tests/Dockerfile
index 6d57e059ed92b5e9a2a1bc71b9531656954ad3fe..13524052d125ef23358b686871967996f6d911d4 100644
--- a/src/monitoring/tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/monitoring/tests/Dockerfile
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
 COPY monitoring/. monitoring
 COPY common/logger.py common
 
+# define variables for the influxdb
+ARG user
+ARG pass
+ARG db
+ENV INFLUXDB_USER=$user
+ENV INFLUXDB_PASSWORD=$pass
+ENV INFLUXDB_DATABASE=$db
+
 # set listen port
 ENV PORT=7070
 EXPOSE 7070