diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/ITMonitoringExporter.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/ITMonitoringExporter.java
index 23ed3e8a66e..087af1a6a65 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/ITMonitoringExporter.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/ITMonitoringExporter.java
@@ -197,8 +197,13 @@ public void test03_AppendConfiguration() throws Exception {
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    // scale cluster to 1 managed server only to test functionality of the exporter without
+    // coordinator layer
+    scaleCluster(1);
+
     // make sure some config is there
     HtmlPage page = submitConfigureForm(exporterUrl, "replace", configPath + "/rest_jvm.yml");
+
     assertTrue(page.asText().contains("JVMRuntime"));
     assertFalse(page.asText().contains("WebAppComponentRuntime"));
     // run append
@@ -228,6 +233,8 @@ public void test04_ReplaceOneAttributeValueAsArrayConfiguration() throws Excepti
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
 
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
+
     HtmlPage page =
         submitConfigureForm(exporterUrl, "replace", configPath + "/rest_oneattribval.yml");
     assertTrue(page.asText().contains("values: invocationTotalCount"));
@@ -249,6 +256,7 @@ public void test05_AppendArrayWithOneExistedAndOneDifferentAttributeValueAsArray
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
     HtmlPage page =
         submitConfigureForm(exporterUrl, "replace", configPath + "/rest_oneattribval.yml");
     assertTrue(page.asText().contains("values: invocationTotalCount"));
@@ -269,6 +277,7 @@ public void test06_ReplaceWithEmptyConfiguration() throws Exception {
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
     HtmlPage page = submitConfigureForm(exporterUrl, "replace", configPath + "/rest_empty.yml");
     assertTrue(page.asText().contains("queries:") && !page.asText().contains("values"));
     testCompletedSuccessfully = true;
@@ -286,6 +295,7 @@ public void test07_AppendWithEmptyConfiguration() throws Exception {
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
     final WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
     HtmlPage originalPage = webClient.getPage(exporterUrl);
     assertNotNull(originalPage);
@@ -306,6 +316,7 @@ public void test08_1AppendWithNotYmlConfiguration() throws Exception {
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
     changeConfigNegative(
         "append", configPath + "/rest_notymlformat.yml", "Configuration is not in YAML format");
     testCompletedSuccessfully = true;
@@ -323,6 +334,7 @@ public void test08_2ReplaceWithNotYmlConfiguration() throws Exception {
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
     changeConfigNegative(
         "replace", configPath + "/rest_notymlformat.yml", "Configuration is not in YAML format");
   }
@@ -358,6 +370,7 @@ public void test10_ReplaceWithCorruptedYmlConfiguration() throws Exception {
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
     changeConfigNegative(
         "replace",
         configPath + "/rest_notyml.yml",
@@ -377,6 +390,7 @@ public void test11_ReplaceWithDublicatedValuesConfiguration() throws Exception {
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
     changeConfigNegative(
         "replace",
         configPath + "/rest_dublicatedval.yml",
@@ -396,6 +410,7 @@ public void test12_AppendWithDublicatedValuesConfiguration() throws Exception {
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
     changeConfigNegative(
         "append",
         configPath + "/rest_dublicatedval.yml",
@@ -416,6 +431,7 @@ public void test13_ReplaceMetricsNameSnakeCaseFalseConfiguration() throws Except
     String testMethodName = new Object() {}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod().getName();
     logTestBegin(testMethodName);
     boolean testCompletedSuccessfully = false;
+    resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig();
     final WebClient webClient = new WebClient();
     HtmlPage originalPage = webClient.getPage(exporterUrl);
     assertNotNull(originalPage);
@@ -608,6 +624,8 @@ private HtmlPage submitConfigureForm(
     HtmlPage page2 = button.click();
     assertNotNull(page2);
     assertFalse((page2.asText()).contains("Error 500--Internal Server Error"));
+    // wait time for coordinator to update both managed configuration
+    Thread.sleep(15 * 1000);
     return page2;
   }
 
@@ -643,7 +661,7 @@ private static void gitCloneBuildMonitoringExporter() throws Exception {
         logger.info(" Cloning and building Weblogic Server Monitoring Exporter application");
         // git clone exporter project
         removeAndClone
-            .append(" git clone  https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-monitoring-exporter.git ")
+            .append(" git clone   https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-monitoring-exporter.git ")
             .append(monitoringExporterSrcDir);
         TestUtils.exec(removeAndClone.toString());
       }
@@ -721,6 +739,21 @@ private static void deployMonitoringExporterPrometethusGrafana(
         "wlsexporter", exporterAppPath, BaseTest.getUsername(), BaseTest.getPassword());
   }
 
+  private static void redeployMonitoringExporter(Domain domain) throws Exception {
+    String exporterAppPath = monitoringExporterDir + "/apps/monitoringexporter/wls-exporter.war";
+
+    domain.undeployWebAppViaREST(
+        "wlsexporter", exporterAppPath, BaseTest.getUsername(), BaseTest.getPassword());
+    domain.deployWebAppViaREST(
+        "wlsexporter", exporterAppPath, BaseTest.getUsername(), BaseTest.getPassword());
+    // check if exporter is up
+    domain.callWebAppAndVerifyLoadBalancing("wls-exporter", false);
+  }
+
+  private static void resetMonitoringExporterToPreBuiltConfig() throws Exception {
+    redeployMonitoringExporter(domain);
+  }
+
   private static void deletePrometheusGrafana() throws Exception {
 
     String samplesDir = monitoringExporterDir + "/src/samples/kubernetes/";
@@ -846,6 +879,17 @@ private static void upgradeTraefikHostName() throws Exception {
     TestUtils.exec(cmd.toString());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * call operator to scale to specified number of replicas
+   *
+   * @param replicas - number of managed servers
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
+  private void scaleCluster(int replicas) throws Exception {
+    logger.info("Scale up/down to " + replicas + " managed servers");
+    operator.scale(domain.getDomainUid(), domain.getClusterName(), replicas);
+  }
+
   /**
    * call webapp and verify load balancing by checking server name in the response
    *
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/utils/Domain.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/utils/Domain.java
index 027e374e03c..b6d0c63757e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/utils/Domain.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/utils/Domain.java
@@ -386,6 +386,36 @@ public void deployWebAppViaREST(
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * undeploy webapp using nodehost and nodeport
+   *
+   * @throws Exception
+   */
+  public void undeployWebAppViaREST(
+      String webappName, String webappLocation, String username, String password) throws Exception {
+    StringBuffer cmd = new StringBuffer();
+    cmd.append("curl --noproxy '*' --silent  --user ")
+        .append(username)
+        .append(":")
+        .append(password)
+        .append(" -H X-Requested-By:MyClient -H Accept:application/json")
+        .append(" -H Content-Type:application/json -d \"{}\" ")
+        .append(" -X DELETE http://")
+        .append(getNodeHost())
+        .append(":")
+        .append(getNodePort())
+        .append("/management/weblogic/latest/edit/appDeployments/")
+        .append(webappName)
+        .append(" --write-out %{http_code} -o /dev/null");
+    logger.fine("Command to undeploy webapp " + cmd);
+    ExecResult result = TestUtils.exec(cmd.toString());
+    String output = result.stdout().trim();
+    if (!output.contains("200")) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+          "FAILURE: Webapp undeployment failed with response code " + output);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * deploy webapp using t3 channel port for wlst
    *
@@ -498,7 +528,7 @@ public void callWebAppAndVerifyLoadBalancing(String webappName, boolean verifyLo
       }
       testAppUrl.append(webappName).append("/");
       // curl cmd to call webapp
-      StringBuffer curlCmd = new StringBuffer("curl --silent ");
+      StringBuffer curlCmd = new StringBuffer("curl --silent --noproxy '*' ");
       curlCmd
           .append(" -H 'host: ")
           .append(domainUid)
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest.yml
index 8ca726d3168..af836a54651 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
 metricsNameSnakeCase: true
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - applicationRuntimes:
     key: name
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_dublicatedval.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_dublicatedval.yml
index 8716829523a..ad234e5dff7 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_dublicatedval.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_dublicatedval.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
 metricsNameSnakeCase: true
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - applicationRuntimes:
     key: name
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_jvm.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_jvm.yml
index af1f861d05c..2cc998bd4e6 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_jvm.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_jvm.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
 metricsNameSnakeCase: true
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - JVMRuntime:
     key: name
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_notyml.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_notyml.yml
index 93951ab9b9b..18ddf78b397 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_notyml.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_notyml.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright 2019, Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at http://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
-
+restPort: 8001
 query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_oneattribval.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_oneattribval.yml
index e958f3494d3..519b3533c34 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_oneattribval.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_oneattribval.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
 metricsNameSnakeCase: true
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - applicationRuntimes:
     key: name
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_snakecasefalse.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_snakecasefalse.yml
index 3718c6c8d6c..7a52fabc90c 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_snakecasefalse.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_snakecasefalse.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - applicationRuntimes:
     key: name
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_snakecasetrue.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_snakecasetrue.yml
index bfa3bd1aee9..135d8faf90b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_snakecasetrue.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_snakecasetrue.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
 metricsNameSnakeCase: true
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - applicationRuntimes:
     key: name
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_twoattribs.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_twoattribs.yml
index 92898324012..c32f3522532 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_twoattribs.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_twoattribs.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
 metricsNameSnakeCase: true
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - applicationRuntimes:
     key: name
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_webapp.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_webapp.yml
index bfa3bd1aee9..135d8faf90b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_webapp.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_webapp.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
 metricsNameSnakeCase: true
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - applicationRuntimes:
     key: name
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_workmanagers.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_workmanagers.yml
index bcfef022404..ad572932b63 100755
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_workmanagers.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_workmanagers.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
 metricsNameSnakeCase: true
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - applicationRuntimes:
     key: name
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_wseeclient.yml b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_wseeclient.yml
index 832b2469a66..ec71edf144b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_wseeclient.yml
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/resources/exporter/rest_wseeclient.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ query_sync:
   url: http://coordinator:8999/
   refreshInterval: 5
 metricsNameSnakeCase: true
+restPort: 8001
 queries:
 - applicationRuntimes:
     key: name