--- a/stress-tester/src/main/java/com/passus/st/client/http/ReporterNodeDefinitionCreator.java	Tue Jan 23 11:08:35 2018 +0100
+++ b/stress-tester/src/main/java/com/passus/st/client/http/ReporterNodeDefinitionCreator.java	Tue Jan 23 11:39:31 2018 +0100
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
     public static NodeDefinition createDef() {
         return mapDef(
                 tupleDef("active", valueDefBool()).setRequired(false),
-                tupleDef("address", valueDef()).setRequired(false),
+                tupleDef("host", valueDef()).setRequired(false),
                 tupleDef("port", valueDefInteger().addValidator(PortValidator.INSTANCE)).setRequired(false),
-                tupleDef("threads", valueDefInteger()),
+                tupleDef("threads", valueDefInteger()).setRequired(false),
                 tupleDef("destinations", createDestinationsListDef()).setRequired(false)
         );
     }

--- a/stress-tester/src/test/java/com/passus/st/client/http/ReporterConfiguratorTest.java	Tue Jan 23 11:08:35 2018 +0100
+++ b/stress-tester/src/test/java/com/passus/st/client/http/ReporterConfiguratorTest.java	Tue Jan 23 11:39:31 2018 +0100
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@
  */
 public class ReporterConfiguratorTest {
 
-    @Test
-    public void testValidate() {
+    private static void validate(String cfgString) throws Exception {
+        Configuration config = YamlConfigurationReader.readFromString(cfgString);
+        ReporterConfigurator configurator = new ReporterConfigurator();
+        Errors errors = new Errors();
+        ConfigurationContext context = new ConfigurationContextImpl();
+
+        configurator.validate(config, errors, context);
+        errors.getAllErrors().forEach(System.out::println);
+        assertEquals(0, errors.getErrorCount());
     }
 
     private static void configure(String cfgString, ConfigurationContext context) throws Exception {
@@ -30,7 +37,6 @@
         configurator.configure(config, errors, context);
         errors.getAllErrors().forEach(System.out::println);
         assertEquals(0, errors.getErrorCount());
-
     }
 
     private static void checkRemote(ReporterRemoteDestination remote, String host, int port, int threads) {
@@ -41,9 +47,28 @@
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testConfigure_default_noParams() throws Exception {
-        String cfgString
-                = "    active: true\n";
+    public void testValidate_noParams() throws Exception {
+        String cfgString = "    active: true\n";
+        validate(cfgString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testValidate() throws Exception {
+        String cfgString = "    active: true\n"
+                + "    host: 1.1.1.1\n"
+                + "    port: 11111 \n"
+                + "    destinations:\n"
+                + "        - type: remote\n"
+                + "          host: 1.1.1.1\n"
+                + "          port: 11111\n"
+                + "        - type: file\n"
+                + "          directory: 'c:\\reporter'";
+        validate(cfgString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConfigure_noParams() throws Exception {
+        String cfgString = "    active: true\n";
         ConfigurationContext context = new ConfigurationContextImpl();
 
         configure(cfgString, context);