diff --git a/services/node_manager/src/main/resources/application.properties b/services/node_manager/src/main/resources/application.properties
index a5e45f7a3..36e669569 100644
--- a/services/node_manager/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/services/node_manager/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+#redis configuration
+spring.redis.host=localhost
+spring.redis.port=6380
 #ignite configuration
 ignite.host=localhost
-ignite.port=10800
+ignite.port=10801
 ignite.key-store-path=keystore.jks
 ignite.key-store-password=123456
 ignite.trust-store-path=truststore.jks
diff --git a/services/node_manager/src/test/java/com/futurewei/alcor/nodemanager/controller/NodeControllerTest.java b/services/node_manager/src/test/java/com/futurewei/alcor/nodemanager/controller/NodeControllerTest.java
index 4ef156919..8f07a91be 100644
--- a/services/node_manager/src/test/java/com/futurewei/alcor/nodemanager/controller/NodeControllerTest.java
+++ b/services/node_manager/src/test/java/com/futurewei/alcor/nodemanager/controller/NodeControllerTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package com.futurewei.alcor.nodemanager.controller;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.futurewei.alcor.common.db.ignite.MockIgniteServer;
 import com.futurewei.alcor.common.exception.ParameterUnexpectedValueException;
 import com.futurewei.alcor.nodemanager.service.NodeService;
 import com.futurewei.alcor.web.entity.NodeInfo;
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.*;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultHandlers.print;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @SpringBootTest()
 @AutoConfigureMockMvc
-public class NodeControllerTest {
+public class NodeControllerTest extends MockIgniteServer {
     private static final ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
     @MockBean
     NodeService service;
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ public void test_createNodeInfo_invalidInputNull() throws Exception {
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON))
                 .andDo(print())
                 .andExpect(status().isBadRequest())
-                .andExpect((rslt) -> assertTrue(rslt.getResolvedException().getClass() != null));
+                .andExpect((rslt) -> assertNotNull(Objects.requireNonNull(rslt.getResolvedException()).getClass()));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ public void test_getNodeInfoByNodeId_invalidId() throws Exception {
         MvcResult result = this.mockMvc.perform(get("/nodes/" + strNodeId))
                 .andDo(print())
                 .andReturn();
-        assertTrue(result.getResponse().getContentAsString().length() == 0);
+        assertEquals(0, result.getResponse().getContentAsString().length());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ public void deleteNodeInfo() throws Exception {
                 .andDo(print())
                 .andExpect(status().isOk())
                 .andReturn();
-        assertTrue(result.getResponse().getContentAsString().equals(strNodeId));
+        assertEquals(result.getResponse().getContentAsString(), strNodeId);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -202,6 +205,6 @@ public void deleteNodeInfo_invalidId() throws Exception {
         MvcResult result = this.mockMvc.perform(delete("/nodes/" + strNodeId))
                 .andDo(print())
                 .andReturn();
-        assertTrue(result.getResponse().getContentAsString().length() == 0);
+        assertEquals(0, result.getResponse().getContentAsString().length());
     }
 }
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