diff --git a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsReporter.java b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsReporter.java
index 923e3db..7ff636c 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsReporter.java
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsReporter.java
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
     public void activate() {
         cfgService.registerProperties(getClass());
         coreService.registerApplication("org.onosproject.influxdbmetrics");
+        metricsService.registerReporter(this);
+
+        startReport();
 
         log.info("Started");
     }
@@ -101,6 +104,9 @@
     public void deactivate() {
         cfgService.unregisterProperties(getClass(), false);
 
+        stopReport();
+        metricsService.unregisterReporter(this);
+
         log.info("Stopped");
     }
 
@@ -112,20 +118,10 @@
 
     @Override
     public void startReport() {
-        try {
-            influxDbHttpSender = new InfluxDbHttpSender(DEFAULT_PROTOCOL, address,
-                    port, database, username + SEPARATOR + password, REPORT_TIME_UNIT,
-                    DEFAULT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT);
-            MetricRegistry mr = metricsService.getMetricRegistry();
-            influxDbReporter = InfluxDbReporter.forRegistry(addHostPrefix(filter(mr)))
-                    .convertRatesTo(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-                    .convertDurationsTo(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
-                    .build(influxDbHttpSender);
-            influxDbReporter.start(REPORT_PERIOD, REPORT_TIME_UNIT);
-            log.info("Start to report metrics to influxDB.");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Fail to connect to given influxDB server!");
-        }
+        configSender();
+        influxDbReporter = buildReporter(influxDbHttpSender);
+        influxDbReporter.start(REPORT_PERIOD, REPORT_TIME_UNIT);
+        log.info("Start to report metrics to influxDB.");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -143,6 +139,14 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public void notifyMetricsChange() {
+        influxDbReporter.stop();
+        influxDbReporter = buildReporter(influxDbHttpSender);
+        influxDbReporter.start(REPORT_PERIOD, REPORT_TIME_UNIT);
+        log.info("Metric registry has been changed, apply changes.");
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void config(String address, int port, String database,
                        String username, String password) {
         this.address = address;
@@ -226,4 +230,31 @@
                     monitorAll ? "enabled" : "disabled");
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Configures parameters for sender.
+     */
+    private void configSender() {
+        try {
+            influxDbHttpSender = new InfluxDbHttpSender(DEFAULT_PROTOCOL, address,
+                    port, database, username + SEPARATOR + password, REPORT_TIME_UNIT,
+                    DEFAULT_CONN_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Fail to connect to given influxDB server!");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Builds reporter with the given sender.
+     *
+     * @param sender sender
+     * @return reporter
+     */
+    private InfluxDbReporter buildReporter(InfluxDbHttpSender sender) {
+        MetricRegistry mr = metricsService.getMetricRegistry();
+        return InfluxDbReporter.forRegistry(addHostPrefix(filter(mr)))
+                .convertRatesTo(TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .convertDurationsTo(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                .build(sender);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsConfig.java b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsConfig.java
index 7c879b9..8b79c71 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsConfig.java
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsConfig.java
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@
         coreService.registerApplication("org.onosproject.influxdbmetrics");
 
         configReporter(influxDbMetricsReporter);
-        influxDbMetricsReporter.startReport();
-
         configRetriever(influxDbMetricsRetriever);
 
         log.info("Started");
@@ -97,7 +95,6 @@
     public void deactivate() {
         cfgService.unregisterProperties(getClass(), false);
 
-        influxDbMetricsReporter.stopReport();
         log.info("Stopped");
     }
 
diff --git a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsReporter.java b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsReporter.java
index 1645ee9..e0090ee 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsReporter.java
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsReporter.java
@@ -15,25 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.influxdbmetrics;
 
+import org.onlab.metrics.MetricsReporter;
+
 /**
  * A Metric reporter interface for reporting all metrics to influxDB server.
  */
-public interface InfluxDbMetricsReporter {
-
-    /**
-     * Starts to report metrics to InfluxDB server.
-     */
-    void startReport();
-
-    /**
-     * Stops reporting metrics.
-     */
-    void stopReport();
-
-    /**
-     * Restarts metrics reporter.
-     */
-    void restartReport();
+public interface InfluxDbMetricsReporter extends MetricsReporter {
 
     /**
      * Configures default parameters for influx database metrics reporter.