diff --git a/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/conftest.py b/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b15e9fdef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+def pytest_addoption(parser):
+    parser.addoption("--island", action="store", default="default name")
+
+
+def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
+    # This is called for every test. Only get/set command line arguments
+    # if the argument is specified in the list of test "fixturenames".
+    option_value = metafunc.config.option.name
+    if 'name' in metafunc.fixturenames and option_value is not None:
+        metafunc.parametrize("island", [option_value])
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diff --git a/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/test_blackbox.py b/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/test_blackbox.py
index a9afd5244..7fba9035e 100644
--- a/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/test_blackbox.py
+++ b/envs/monkey_zoo/blackbox/test_blackbox.py
@@ -6,38 +6,68 @@ import requests
 
 from config import *
 
+# SHA3-512 of '1234567890!@#$%^&*()_nothing_up_my_sleeve_1234567890!@#$%^&*()'
+NO_AUTH_CREDS = '55e97c9dcfd22b8079189ddaeea9bce8125887e3237b800c6176c9afa80d2062' \
+                '8d2c8d0b1538d2208c1444ac66535b764a3d902b35e751df3faec1e477ed3557'
 
-def generic_blackbox_test_case(config_file_path, analyzers):
-    load_config_into_server(config_file_path)
+
+def generic_blackbox_test_case(client, config_file_path, analyzers):
+    load_config_into_server(client, config_file_path)
     run_local_monkey_on_island()
     for analyzer in analyzers:
         assert analyzer.analyze_test_results()
 
 
-class TestMonkeyBlackbox(unittest.TestCase):
+class MonkeyIslandClient(object):
+    def __init__(self, server_address):
+        self.addr = "https://{IP}/".format(IP=server_address)
+        self.token = self.get_jwt_token_from_server()
 
+    def get_jwt_token_from_server(self):
+        resp = requests.post(self.addr + "api/auth", json={"username": NO_AUTH_CREDS, "password": NO_AUTH_CREDS}, verify=False)
+        return resp.json()["access_token"]
+
+    def get_api_status(self):
+        return requests.get(self.addr + "api", headers={"Authorization": "JWT " + self.token}, verify=False)
+
+    def import_config(self, config_contents):
+        resp = requests.post(
+            self.addr + "api/configuration/island",
+            headers={"Authorization": "JWT " + self.token},
+            data=config_contents,
+            verify=False)
+        print(resp.text)
+
+
+class TestMonkeyBlackbox(unittest.TestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
-        GCPHandler().start_machines("elastic-4")
+        #GCPHandler().start_machines("elastic-4")
         print("Setting up all GCP machines...")
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
-        GCPHandler().stop_machines("elastic-4")
+        #GCPHandler().stop_machines("elastic-4")
         print("Killing all GCP machines...")
 
+    def test_server_online(self):
+        client = MonkeyIslandClient(ISLAND_SERVER_ADDRESS)
+        assert client.get_api_status() is not None
+
     def test_ssh_exec(self):
-        conf_file_name = "ssh.conf"
-        generic_blackbox_test_case(get_conf_file_path(conf_file_name), [])
+        client = MonkeyIslandClient(ISLAND_SERVER_ADDRESS)
+        conf_file_name = "SSH.conf"
+        generic_blackbox_test_case(client, get_conf_file_path(conf_file_name), [])
 
 
 def run_local_monkey_on_island():
     print("Trying to run local monkey on {}".format(ISLAND_SERVER_ADDRESS))
-    print(ISLAND_SERVER_URL + "api")
 
 
-def load_config_into_server(config_file_path):
+def load_config_into_server(client, config_file_path):
     print("uploading {} to {}".format(config_file_path, ISLAND_SERVER_ADDRESS))
+    with open(config_file_path, "r") as config_file:
+        client.import_config(config_file.read())
 
 
 def get_conf_file_path(conf_file_name):