diff --git a/app/config.yml b/app/config.yml
index 42ba2c385ef6bf2db5e8a3d9f706afba1b0baaf3..024f0052208148616abaa5389cbb113e451ea670 100644
--- a/app/config.yml
+++ b/app/config.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@
   #API ENDPOINTS
   'stored_intents_url': 'http://ibi-api:7777/stored_intents',
   'intents_url': 'http://ibi-api:7777/intents',
+  'alerts_url': 'http://ibi-api:7777/alerts',
   'stored_qos_intents_url': 'http://ibi-api:7777/stored_qos_intents',
   'qos_intents_url': 'http://ibi-api:7777/qos_intents',
 
   #PROVISIONED BY THE IBI
   #eg API endpoint for sending intents: "http://172.21.0.1:7777/intents"
-  #the API for sending intents is where the DTE sends intents
+  #the API for sending alerts is where the DTE sends alerts
+  'to_enter_alerts': '/alerts',
+  #the API for sending intents
   'to_enter_intents': '/intents',
   #the receive_whatif API is the API for receiving what-if answers from the SAN
   'to_receive_whatif': '/whatif_receives',
@@ -95,30 +98,30 @@
 
   #TOPOLOGY
   'hosts': {
-    'dns_c1': '192.168.56.11',
-    'dns_c2': '192.168.56.12',
-    'dns_c3': '192.168.56.13',
-    'dns_c4': '192.168.56.14',
-    'dns_c5': '192.168.56.15',
-    'dns_c6': '192.168.56.16',
-    'dns_c7': '192.168.56.17',
-    'dns_c8': '192.168.56.18',
-    'dns_c9': '192.168.56.19',
-    'dns_c10': '192.168.56.20',
-    'gnb': '192.168.56.21',
-    'r1': '192.168.56.22',
-    'r2': '192.168.56.23',
-    'upf': '192.168.56.24',
-    'dns_s': '192.168.56.25',
-    'gateway': '192.168.56.26',
-    'ausf': '192.168.56.27',
-    'amf': '192.168.56.28',
-    'smf': '192.168.56.29',
-    'udm': '192.168.56.30',
-    'nssf': '192.168.56.31',
-    'udr': '192.168.56.32',
-    'nrf': '192.168.56.33',
-    'pcf': '192.168.56.34',
+    'dns_c1': '',
+    'dns_c2': '',
+    'dns_c3': '',
+    'dns_c4': '',
+    'dns_c5': '',
+    'dns_c6': '',
+    'dns_c7': '',
+    'dns_c8': '',
+    'dns_c9': '',
+    'dns_c10': '',
+    'gnb': '',
+    'r1': '',
+    'r2': '',
+    'upf': '',
+    'dns_s': '',
+    'gateway': '',
+    'ausf': '',
+    'amf': '',
+    'smf': '',
+    'udm': '',
+    'nssf': '',
+    'udr': '',
+    'nrf': '',
+    'pcf': '',
   },
 
   'links': [