diff --git a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsRetriever.java b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsRetriever.java
index c911e27..4757561 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsRetriever.java
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/DefaultInfluxDbMetricsRetriever.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Activate;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Deactivate;
-import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Modified;
-import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Property;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Reference;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.ReferenceCardinality;
 import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Service;
@@ -33,14 +31,10 @@
 import org.influxdb.InfluxDBFactory;
 import org.influxdb.dto.Query;
 import org.influxdb.dto.QueryResult;
-import org.onlab.util.Tools;
-import org.onosproject.cfg.ComponentConfigService;
 import org.onosproject.cluster.NodeId;
 import org.onosproject.core.CoreService;
-import org.osgi.service.component.ComponentContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-import java.util.Dictionary;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -58,11 +52,6 @@
     private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_PROTOCOL = "http";
-    private static final String DEFAULT_ADDRESS = "localhost";
-    private static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 8086;
-    private static final String DEFAULT_DATABASE = "onos";
-    private static final String DEFAULT_USERNAME = "onos";
-    private static final String DEFAULT_PASSWORD = "onos.password";
     private static final String DEFAULT_POLICY = "default";
     private static final String COLON_SEPARATOR = ":";
     private static final String SLASH_SEPARATOR = "//";
@@ -86,58 +75,24 @@
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected CoreService coreService;
 
-    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
-    protected ComponentConfigService cfgService;
-
-    @Property(name = "address", value = DEFAULT_ADDRESS,
-            label = "IP address of influxDB server; " +
-                    "default is localhost")
-    protected String address = DEFAULT_ADDRESS;
-
-    @Property(name = "port", intValue = DEFAULT_PORT,
-            label = "Port number of influxDB server; " +
-                    "default is 8086")
-    protected int port = DEFAULT_PORT;
-
-    @Property(name = "database", value = DEFAULT_DATABASE,
-            label = "Database name of influxDB server; " +
-                    "default is onos")
-    protected String database = DEFAULT_DATABASE;
-
-    @Property(name = "username", value = DEFAULT_USERNAME,
-            label = "Username of influxDB server; default is onos")
-    protected String username = DEFAULT_USERNAME;
-
-    @Property(name = "password", value = DEFAULT_PASSWORD,
-            label = "Password of influxDB server; default is onos.password")
-    protected String password = DEFAULT_PASSWORD;
+    protected String database;
 
     InfluxDB influxDB;
 
     @Activate
     public void activate() {
-        cfgService.registerProperties(getClass());
         coreService.registerApplication("org.onosproject.influxdbmetrics");
 
-        config();
-
         log.info("Started");
     }
 
     @Deactivate
     public void deactivate() {
-        cfgService.unregisterProperties(getClass(), false);
-
         log.info("Stopped");
     }
 
-    @Modified
-    public void modified(ComponentContext context) {
-        readComponentConfiguration(context);
-        config();
-    }
-
-    private void config() {
+    @Override
+    public void config(String address, int port, String database, String username, String password) {
         StringBuilder url = new StringBuilder();
         url.append(DEFAULT_PROTOCOL);
         url.append(COLON_SEPARATOR + SLASH_SEPARATOR);
@@ -145,7 +100,8 @@
         url.append(COLON_SEPARATOR);
         url.append(port);
 
-        influxDB = InfluxDBFactory.connect(url.toString(), username, password);
+        this.influxDB = InfluxDBFactory.connect(url.toString(), username, password);
+        this.database = database;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -427,38 +383,4 @@
             return null;
         }
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Extracts properties from the component configuration context.
-     *
-     * @param context the component context
-     */
-    private void readComponentConfiguration(ComponentContext context) {
-        Dictionary<?, ?> properties = context.getProperties();
-
-        String addressStr = Tools.get(properties, "address");
-        address = addressStr != null ? addressStr : DEFAULT_ADDRESS;
-        log.info("Configured. InfluxDB server address is {}", address);
-
-        String databaseStr = Tools.get(properties, "database");
-        database = databaseStr != null ? databaseStr : DEFAULT_DATABASE;
-        log.info("Configured. InfluxDB server database is {}", database);
-
-        String usernameStr = Tools.get(properties, "username");
-        username = usernameStr != null ? usernameStr : DEFAULT_USERNAME;
-        log.info("Configured. InfluxDB server username is {}", username);
-
-        String passwordStr = Tools.get(properties, "password");
-        password = passwordStr != null ? passwordStr : DEFAULT_PASSWORD;
-        log.info("Configured. InfluxDB server password is {}", password);
-
-        Integer portConfigured = Tools.getIntegerProperty(properties, "port");
-        if (portConfigured == null) {
-            port = DEFAULT_PORT;
-            log.info("InfluxDB port is not configured, default value is {}", port);
-        } else {
-            port = portConfigured;
-            log.info("Configured. InfluxDB port is configured to {}", port);
-        }
-    }
 }
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 c34cff8..ca3fe09 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsConfig.java
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsConfig.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_ADDRESS = "localhost";
     private static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 8086;
-
     private static final String DEFAULT_DATABASE = "onos";
     private static final String DEFAULT_USERNAME = "onos";
     private static final String DEFAULT_PASSWORD = "onos.password";
@@ -55,6 +54,9 @@
     protected InfluxDbMetricsReporter influxDbMetricsReporter;
 
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
+    protected InfluxDbMetricsRetriever influxDbMetricsRetriever;
+
+    @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.MANDATORY_UNARY)
     protected ComponentConfigService cfgService;
 
     @Property(name = "address", value = DEFAULT_ADDRESS,
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@
         configReporter(influxDbMetricsReporter);
         influxDbMetricsReporter.startReport();
 
+        configRetriever(influxDbMetricsRetriever);
+
         log.info("Started");
     }
 
@@ -103,12 +107,18 @@
 
         configReporter(influxDbMetricsReporter);
         influxDbMetricsReporter.restartReport();
+
+        configRetriever(influxDbMetricsRetriever);
     }
 
     private void configReporter(InfluxDbMetricsReporter reporter) {
         reporter.config(address, port, database, username, password);
     }
 
+    private void configRetriever(InfluxDbMetricsRetriever retriever) {
+        retriever.config(address, port, database, username, password);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Extracts properties from the component configuration context.
      *
diff --git a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsRetriever.java b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsRetriever.java
index d83d032..2455a35 100644
--- a/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsRetriever.java
+++ b/apps/influxdbmetrics/src/main/java/org/onosproject/influxdbmetrics/InfluxDbMetricsRetriever.java
@@ -97,4 +97,15 @@
      * @return metric value of a node
      */
     List<InfluxMetric> metric(NodeId nodeId, String metricName, int period, TimeUnit unit);
+
+    /**
+     * Configures default parameters for influx database metrics retriever.
+     *
+     * @param address   IP address of influxDB server
+     * @param port      Port number of influxDB server
+     * @param database  Database name of influxDB server
+     * @param username  Username of influxDB server
+     * @param password  Password of influxDB server
+     */
+    void config(String address, int port, String database, String username, String password);
 }