diff --git a/.env.json b/.env.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fa6162d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "salixHost": "localhost",
+    "salixPort": "3306",
+    "salixUser": "root",
+    "salixPassword": "root"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index d004f86bc..958de4d57 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ def branchTest = "test";
 
 env.BRANCH_NAME = branchName;
 env.TAG = "${env.BUILD_NUMBER}";
+env.salixUser="${env.salixUser}";
+env.salixPassword="${env.salixPassword}";
 
 switch (branchName){
     case branchTest: 
         env.NODE_ENV = "test";
+        env.salixHost = "${env.testSalixHost}";
+        env.salixPort = "${env.testSalixPort}";
         break;
     case branchProduction:
         env.DOCKER_HOST = "tcp://172.16.255.29:2375";
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ switch (branchName){
 node 
 {
     stage ('Print environment variables'){
-        echo "Branch ${branchName}, Build ${env.TAG}, NODE_ENV ${env.NODE_ENV} en docker Host ${env.DOCKER_HOST}"
+        echo "Branch ${branchName}, Build ${env.TAG}, salixHost ${env.salixHost}, NODE_ENV ${env.NODE_ENV} en docker Host ${env.DOCKER_HOST}"
     }
     stage ('Checkout') {
         checkout scm
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index e1b3df473..b2d6f6d3f 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const exec = require('child_process').exec;
 const PluginError = require('plugin-error');
 const argv = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2));
 const log = require('fancy-log');
+const environment = require('gulp-env');
 
 // Configuration
 
@@ -37,7 +38,13 @@ let defaultPort = proxyConf.defaultPort;
 // Development
 
 gulp.task('default', () => {
-    return gulp.start('services', 'client');
+    return gulp.start('environment', 'services', 'client');
+});
+
+gulp.task('environment', async () => {
+    await environment({
+        file: '.env.json'
+    });
 });
 
 gulp.task('client', ['build-clean'], async () => {
@@ -48,7 +55,7 @@ gulp.task('client', ['build-clean'], async () => {
  * Starts all backend services, including the nginx proxy and the database.
  */
 gulp.task('services', async () => {
-    await runSequenceP('docker-start', 'services-only', 'nginx');
+    await runSequenceP('environment', 'docker-start', 'services-only', 'nginx');
 });
 
 /**
@@ -137,7 +144,7 @@ gulp.task('install', () => {
 // Deployment
 
 gulp.task('build', ['clean'], async () => {
-    await runSequenceP(['routes', 'locales', 'webpack', 'docker-compose', 'nginx-conf']);
+    await runSequenceP(['environment', 'routes', 'locales', 'webpack', 'docker-compose', 'nginx-conf']);
 });
 
 gulp.task('docker-compose', async () => {
@@ -154,7 +161,9 @@ gulp.task('docker-compose', async () => {
         //    dockerFile = 'Dockerfile';
 
         composeYml.services[service.name] = {
-            environment: ['NODE_ENV=${NODE_ENV}'],
+            environment: ['NODE_ENV=${NODE_ENV}' ,'salixHost=${salixHost}', 'salixPort=${salixPort}',
+            'salixUser=${salixUser}', 'salixPassword=${salixPassword}'
+            ],
             container_name: `\${BRANCH_NAME}-${service.name}`,
             image: `${service.name}:\${TAG}`,
             build: {
@@ -480,7 +489,8 @@ gulp.task('docker-wait', callback => {
 
         let conn = mysql.createConnection({
             host: 'localhost',
-            user: 'root'
+            user: 'root',
+            password: 'root'
         });
         conn.on('error', () => {});
         conn.connect(err => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 059a1bedd..7b4c19023 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "file-loader": "^1.1.6",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
+    "gulp-env": "^0.4.0",
     "gulp-extend": "^0.2.0",
     "gulp-install": "^1.1.0",
     "gulp-jasmine": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/services-test.config.js b/services-test.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index aa8866fc8..000000000
--- a/services-test.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-// const SpecReporter = require('jasmine-spec-reporter').SpecReporter;
-
-// module.exports = {
-//     reporter: new SpecReporter({
-//         spec: {
-//             // displayStacktrace: 'summary',
-//             displaySuccessful: false,
-//             displayFailedSpec: true,
-//             displaySpecDuration: true
-//         }
-//     }),
-//     config: {
-//         spec_dir: 'services',
-//         spec_files: [
-//             // '**/*.spec.js',
-//             'auth/server/**/*.spec.js',
-//             'client/common/**/*.spec.js',
-//             'loopback/common/**/*.spec.js'
-//         ],
-//         helpers: [
-//             '/services/utils/jasmineHelpers.js'
-//         ]
-//     }
-// };
diff --git a/services/db/03-changes.sh b/services/db/03-changes.sh
index 4e0d23d3a..0f714b2aa 100644
--- a/services/db/03-changes.sh
+++ b/services/db/03-changes.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 for file in changes/*/*.sql; do
     echo "Importing $file"
-    mysql -u root < $file
+    mysql -u root -proot < $file
 done
diff --git a/services/db/Dockerfile b/services/db/Dockerfile
index 1cc2b17eb..55ca078d2 100644
--- a/services/db/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/db/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM mysql:5.6.37
 
-ENV MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD yes
+ENV MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD root
 ENV TZ GMT-1
 
 WORKDIR /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/services/db/testing_fixtures.js b/services/db/testing_fixtures.js
index ca525ccb1..a6e32c0d5 100644
--- a/services/db/testing_fixtures.js
+++ b/services/db/testing_fixtures.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ let connection = mysql.createConnection({
     multipleStatements: true,
     host: 'localhost',
     user: 'root',
-    password: '',
+    password: 'root',
     database: 'salix'
 });
 
diff --git a/services/loopback/server/datasources.json b/services/loopback/server/datasources.json
index da7bcd44a..945c81966 100644
--- a/services/loopback/server/datasources.json
+++ b/services/loopback/server/datasources.json
@@ -1,37 +1,41 @@
 {
   "db": {
+    "name": "db",
     "connector": "memory"
   },
   "vn": {
+    "name": "mysql",
     "connector": "mysql",
     "database": "vn",
     "debug": false,
-    "host": "localhost",
-    "port": 3306,
-    "username": "root",
-    "password": "",
+    "host": "${salixHost}",
+    "port": "${salixPort}",
+    "username": "${salixUser}",
+    "password": "${salixPassword}",
     "connectTimeout": 20000,
     "acquireTimeout": 20000
   },
   "salix": {
+    "name": "mysql",
     "connector": "mysql",
     "database": "salix",
     "debug": false,
-    "host": "localhost",
-    "port": 3306,
-    "username": "root",
-    "password": "",
+    "host": "${salixHost}",
+    "port": "${salixPort}",
+    "username": "${salixUser}",
+    "password": "${salixPassword}",
     "connectTimeout": 20000,
     "acquireTimeout": 20000
   },
   "account": {
+    "name": "mysql",
     "connector": "mysql",
     "database": "account",
     "debug": false,
-    "host": "localhost",
-    "port": 3306,
-    "username": "root",
-    "password": "",
+    "host": "${salixHost}",
+    "port": "${salixPort}",
+    "username": "${salixUser}",
+    "password": "${salixPassword}",
     "connectTimeout": 20000,
     "acquireTimeout": 20000
   },
@@ -39,10 +43,10 @@
     "connector": "mysql",
     "database": "edi",
     "debug": false,
-    "host": "localhost",
-    "port": 3306,
-    "username": "root",
-    "password": "",
+    "host": "${salixHost}",
+    "port": "${salixPort}",
+    "username": "${salixUser}",
+    "password": "${salixPassword}",
     "connectTimeout": 20000,
     "acquireTimeout": 20000
   }
diff --git a/services/mailer/application/config/datasources.json b/services/mailer/application/config/datasources.json
index 865c68e47..6d489ec36 100644
--- a/services/mailer/application/config/datasources.json
+++ b/services/mailer/application/config/datasources.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         "port": 3306,
         "database": "vn",
         "user": "root",
-        "password": ""
+        "password": "root"
     },
     "smtp": {
         "host": "localhost",
diff --git a/services/print/application/config/datasources.json b/services/print/application/config/datasources.json
index c797136ea..0c08c7d0a 100644
--- a/services/print/application/config/datasources.json
+++ b/services/print/application/config/datasources.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "port": 3306,
         "database": "vn",
         "user": "root",
-        "password": ""
+        "password": "root"
     },
     "pdf": {
         "format": "A4",
diff --git a/services_tests.js b/services_tests.js
index fe3c907da..cbd7e7f81 100644
--- a/services_tests.js
+++ b/services_tests.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ if (process.argv[2] === '--v') {
 var Jasmine = require('jasmine');
 var jasmine = new Jasmine();
 var SpecReporter = require('jasmine-spec-reporter').SpecReporter;
+let environment = require('gulp-env');
+
+environment(".env.json");
 
 jasmine.loadConfig({
     spec_dir: 'services',