diff --git a/server/app/configurations/constants.js b/server/app/configurations/constants.js
index 58824ede..b487c4c6 100644
--- a/server/app/configurations/constants.js
+++ b/server/app/configurations/constants.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import readConfig from 'read-config'
 
-
 const config = readConfig(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../config.json'));
+var os = require("os");
 
 const defaultConfig = {
   env: config.NODE_ENV,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const defaultConfig = {
     };
   },
   port: config.MIDDLEWARE_SERVER_PORT || 8010,
-  ip: config.MIDDLEWARE_SERVER_IP || 'localhost',
+  ip: config.MIDDLEWARE_SERVER_IP || os.hostname(),
   release: require('../../package.json').version,
   baseDir: path.normalize(__dirname + '/../..'),
   apiPrefix: config.APP_PREFIX || '/middleware/api',
diff --git a/server/config.example.json b/server/config.example.json
index f6f31e0a..fe88021f 100644
--- a/server/config.example.json
+++ b/server/config.example.json
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 {
     "MIDDLEWARE_SERVER_PORT": 8010,
-    "MIDDLEWARE_SERVER_IP": "localhost",
+    //
+    // leave empty or use fqdn on production (e.g. vsd-1.mvdcdev20.us.alcatel-lucent.com)
+    // "MIDDLEWARE_SERVER_IP": "localhost",
+    //
+    // use actual fqdn on production (e.g. elastic-1.mvdcdev20.us.alcatel-lucent.com)
+    //
     "APP_ELASTICSEARCH_HOST": "http://localhost:9200",
-    "REACT_APP_VSD_API_ENDPOINT": "https://vsd.com:8443/nuage/api/",
     "APP_PREFIX": "/middleware/api",
     "HTTPS_KEY_PATH": null,
     "HTTPS_CERT_PATH": null,
     "NODE_ENV": "development" // possible env - test, development, production
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/services/configurations/index.js b/src/services/configurations/index.js
index 7fac61ef..3b89e278 100644
--- a/src/services/configurations/index.js
+++ b/src/services/configurations/index.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import "whatwg-fetch";
 import { checkStatus, parseJSON } from "../common";
-
+var os = require("os");
 
 const config = {
     path: process.env.PUBLIC_URL + "/configurations/",
-    api: process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL ? process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL : "http://localhost:8010/middleware/api/",
+    api: process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL ? process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL : "https://" + os.hostname() + ":8010/middleware/api/",
     cachingTime: 120000, // (ms) -> default 30s
 }
 
diff --git a/src/services/servicemanager/index.js b/src/services/servicemanager/index.js
index 73f631a6..c7a8b0d4 100644
--- a/src/services/servicemanager/index.js
+++ b/src/services/servicemanager/index.js
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ import { DatasetService } from "../dataset";
 import "whatwg-fetch";
 import { checkStatus, parseJSON } from "../common";
 
+var os = require("os");
 let config = {
     timingCache: 30000,
-    api: process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL || "http://localhost:8010/middleware/api/",
+    api: process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL || "https://" + os.hostname() + ":8010/middleware/api/",
 }
 
 /*