diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 6309bf61..dbeb2f78 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 - job:
     name: monascalog-tempest-base
     parent: devstack-tempest
+    description: |
+      Job for running tempest tests on monasca-log-api devstack plugin.
     timeout: 7800
     required-projects:
       - openstack-infra/devstack-gate
diff --git a/devstack/Vagrantfile b/devstack/Vagrantfile
index 59895bee..16220484 100644
--- a/devstack/Vagrantfile
+++ b/devstack/Vagrantfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   config.ssh.forward_agent = true
 
   config.vm.hostname = "devstack"
-  config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-16.04"
+  config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-18.04"
   config.vm.network "private_network",ip:"192.168.10.6"
   config.vm.synced_folder "~/", "/vagrant_home"
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-influxdb}
 # MONASCA_LOG_API_USE_MOD_WSGI=True
 
 # Uncomment one of the following lines and modify accordingly to enable the Monasca DevStack Plugin
-enable_plugin monasca-api https://git.openstack.org/openstack/monasca-api
+enable_plugin monasca-api https://git.openstack.org/openstack/monasca-api.git
 enable_plugin monasca-log-api https://git.openstack.org/openstack/monasca-log-api.git
 
 ' > local.conf
diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index f01052ff..8b1e5d3a 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ source ${MONASCA_LOG_API_DIR}/devstack/lib/config.sh
 ###############################################################################
 function pre_install {
     install_elk
-    install_node_nvm
+    install_nodejs
     install_gate_config_holder
 }
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ function clean_monasca_log {
     clean_kibana
     clean_elasticsearch
     clean_logstash
-    clean_node_nvm
+    clean_nodejs
     clean_gate_config_holder
 }
 ###############################################################################
@@ -678,38 +678,22 @@ function start_monasca_log_agent {
     fi
 }
 
-function install_node_nvm {
-    set -i
-    if [[ ! -f "${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]] && is_service_enabled kibana; then
-        # note(trebskit) we need node to build kibana plugin
-        # so if kibana is enabled in this environment, let's install node
-        echo_summary "Install Node ${NODE_JS_VERSION} with NVM ${NVM_VERSION}"
-        local nvmUrl=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v${NVM_VERSION}/install.sh
-
-        local nvmDest
-        nvmDest=`get_extra_file ${nvmUrl}`
-
-        bash ${nvmDest}
-    fi
+function install_nodejs {
     if is_service_enabled kibana; then
         # refresh installation
+        apt_get install nodejs npm
         (
-            source "${HOME}"/.nvm/nvm.sh >> /dev/null; \
-            nvm install ${NODE_JS_VERSION}; \
-            nvm use ${NODE_JS_VERSION}; \
             npm config set registry "http://registry.npmjs.org/"; \
             npm config set proxy "${HTTP_PROXY}"; \
             npm set strict-ssl false;
         )
     fi
-    set +i
 }
 
-function clean_node_nvm {
-    if [[ -f "${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]] && is_service_enabled kibana; then
-        echo_summary "Cleaning Node ${NODE_JS_VERSION} with NVM ${NVM_VERSION}"
-        sudo rm ${FILES}/nvm_install.sh
-        sudo rm -rf "${HOME}/.nvm/nvm.sh"
+function clean_nodejs {
+    if is_service_enabled kibana; then
+        echo_summary "Cleaning Node.js"
+        apt_get purge nodejs npm
     fi
 }
 
@@ -730,10 +714,8 @@ function build_kibana_plugin {
         monasca_kibana_plugin_version="$(python -c 'import json; \
             obj = json.load(open("package.json")); print obj["version"]')"
 
-        set -i
-        (source "${HOME}"/.nvm/nvm.sh >> /dev/null; nvm use ${NODE_JS_VERSION}; npm install)
-        (source "${HOME}"/.nvm/nvm.sh >> /dev/null; nvm use ${NODE_JS_VERSION}; npm run package)
-        set +i
+        npm install
+        npm run package
 
         local pkg=$MONASCA_KIBANA_PLUGIN_DIR/target/monasca-kibana-plugin-${monasca_kibana_plugin_version}.tar.gz
         local easyPkg=$DEST/monasca-kibana-plugin.tar.gz