diff --git a/Documentation/dev-e2e-tests.txt b/Documentation/dev-e2e-tests.txt
index 17334e32d2..56668c74d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-e2e-tests.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-e2e-tests.txt
@@ -105,16 +105,16 @@ The `CloneUsingBothProtocols` scenario is fed with the data coming from the
 file contains the commands and repository used during the e2e test. That file currently looks like
 below. This scenario serves as a simple example with no actual load in it. It can be used to test
 or validate the local setup. More complex scenarios can be further developed, under the
-`com.google.gerrit.scenarios` package.
+`com.google.gerrit.scenarios` package. The uppercase keywords are discussed further below.
 
 ----
 [
   {
-    "url": "ssh://admin@localhost:29418/loadtest-repo",
+    "url": "ssh://admin@HOSTNAME:SSH_PORT/loadtest-repo",
     "cmd": "clone"
   },
   {
-    "url": "http://localhost:8080/loadtest-repo",
+    "url": "http://HOSTNAME:HTTP_PORT/loadtest-repo",
     "cmd": "clone"
   }
 ]
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ file's `http` section shows which shell environment variables can be used to set
 Executing the `CloneUsingBothProtocols` scenario, as is, does require setting the http credentials.
 That is because of the aforementioned create/delete project (http) scenarios composed within it.
 
+=== Environment properties
+
+The `JAVA_OPTS` environment variable
+link:https://gatling.io/docs/current/cookbook/passing_parameters[can optionally be used] to define
+non-default values for keys found in scenario `json` data files. That variable can currently be set
+with either one or many of these supported properties, from the core framework:
+
+* `-Dcom.google.gerrit.scenarios.hostname=localhost`
+* `-Dcom.google.gerrit.scenarios.ssh_port=29418`
+* `-Dcom.google.gerrit.scenarios.http_port=8080`
+
+Above, the properties can be set with values matching specific deployment topologies under test.
+The example values shown above are the currently coded default ones. The framework could support
+differing or more properties over time. Plugin (non-core) scenarios may do so just as well.
+
 == How to run tests
 
 Run all tests:
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CloneUsingBothProtocols.json b/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CloneUsingBothProtocols.json
index 0335b2f0f1..11256873b4 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CloneUsingBothProtocols.json
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CloneUsingBothProtocols.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [
   {
-    "url": "ssh://admin@localhost:29418/loadtest-repo",
+    "url": "ssh://admin@HOSTNAME:SSH_PORT/loadtest-repo",
     "cmd": "clone"
   },
   {
-    "url": "http://localhost:8080/loadtest-repo",
+    "url": "http://HOSTNAME:HTTP_PORT/loadtest-repo",
     "cmd": "clone"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CreateProject.json b/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CreateProject.json
index 2e54de55c2..f1a38ae788 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CreateProject.json
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CreateProject.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [
   {
-    "url": "http://localhost:8080/a/projects/loadtest-repo"
+    "url": "http://HOSTNAME:HTTP_PORT/a/projects/loadtest-repo"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/DeleteProject.json b/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/DeleteProject.json
index 9312fb47a0..e5167b5ddd 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/DeleteProject.json
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/test/resources/data/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/DeleteProject.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [
   {
-    "url": "http://localhost:8080/a/projects/loadtest-repo/delete-project~delete"
+    "url": "http://HOSTNAME:HTTP_PORT/a/projects/loadtest-repo/delete-project~delete"
   }
 ]
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CloneUsingBothProtocols.scala b/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CloneUsingBothProtocols.scala
index 19fbf1bb27..182ac4853f 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CloneUsingBothProtocols.scala
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CloneUsingBothProtocols.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import io.gatling.core.structure.ScenarioBuilder
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
 class CloneUsingBothProtocols extends GitSimulation {
-  private val data: FileBasedFeederBuilder[Any]#F = jsonFile(resource).queue
+  private val data: FileBasedFeederBuilder[Any]#F#F = jsonFile(resource).convert(url).queue
 
   private val test: ScenarioBuilder = scenario(name)
       .feed(data)
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CreateProject.scala b/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CreateProject.scala
index 58c8994d8c..13d3519c88 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CreateProject.scala
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/CreateProject.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import io.gatling.core.feeder.FileBasedFeederBuilder
 import io.gatling.core.structure.ScenarioBuilder
 
 class CreateProject extends GerritSimulation {
-  private val data: FileBasedFeederBuilder[Any]#F = jsonFile(resource).queue
+  private val data: FileBasedFeederBuilder[Any]#F#F = jsonFile(resource).convert(url).queue
 
   val test: ScenarioBuilder = scenario(name)
       .feed(data)
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/DeleteProject.scala b/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/DeleteProject.scala
index 4b723cb0b8..70b901da97 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/DeleteProject.scala
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/DeleteProject.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import io.gatling.core.feeder.FileBasedFeederBuilder
 import io.gatling.core.structure.ScenarioBuilder
 
 class DeleteProject extends GerritSimulation {
-  private val data: FileBasedFeederBuilder[Any]#F = jsonFile(resource).queue
+  private val data: FileBasedFeederBuilder[Any]#F#F = jsonFile(resource).convert(url).queue
 
   val test: ScenarioBuilder = scenario(name)
       .feed(data)
diff --git a/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/GerritSimulation.scala b/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/GerritSimulation.scala
index b628bc7924..a159977edf 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/GerritSimulation.scala
+++ b/e2e-tests/src/test/scala/com/google/gerrit/scenarios/GerritSimulation.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import io.gatling.http.request.builder.HttpRequestBuilder
 class GerritSimulation extends Simulation {
   implicit val conf: GatlingGitConfiguration = GatlingGitConfiguration()
 
-  private val path: String = this.getClass.getPackage.getName.replaceAllLiterally(".", "/")
+  private val pack: String = this.getClass.getPackage.getName
+  private val path: String = pack.replaceAllLiterally(".", "/")
   protected val name: String = this.getClass.getSimpleName
   protected val resource: String = s"data/$path/$name.json"
 
@@ -31,4 +32,27 @@ class GerritSimulation extends Simulation {
   protected val httpProtocol: HttpProtocolBuilder = http.basicAuth(
     conf.httpConfiguration.userName,
     conf.httpConfiguration.password)
+
+  protected val url: PartialFunction[(String, Any), Any] = {
+    case ("url", url) =>
+      var in = replaceProperty("hostname", "localhost", url.toString)
+      in = replaceProperty("http_port", 8080, in)
+      replaceProperty("ssh_port", 29418, in)
+  }
+
+  private def replaceProperty(term: String, default: Any, in: String): String = {
+    val key: String = term.toUpperCase
+    val property = pack + "." + term
+    var value = default
+    default match {
+      case _: String =>
+        val propertyValue = Option(System.getProperty(property))
+        if (propertyValue.nonEmpty) {
+          value = propertyValue.get
+        }
+      case _: Integer =>
+        value = Integer.getInteger(property, default.asInstanceOf[Integer])
+    }
+    in.replaceAllLiterally(key, value.toString)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticV6QueryChangesTest.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticV6QueryChangesTest.java
index 9875f7a93c..d734f1eb6f 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticV6QueryChangesTest.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticV6QueryChangesTest.java
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ public class ElasticV6QueryChangesTest extends AbstractQueryChangesTest {
 
   @After
   public void closeIndex() throws Exception {
+    // Close the index after each test to prevent exceeding Elasticsearch's
+    // shard limit (see Issue 10120).
     client
         .execute(
             new HttpPost(
diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticV7QueryChangesTest.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticV7QueryChangesTest.java
index 300cd01e1f..cbb8300d85 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticV7QueryChangesTest.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/elasticsearch/ElasticV7QueryChangesTest.java
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ public class ElasticV7QueryChangesTest extends AbstractQueryChangesTest {
 
   @After
   public void closeIndex() throws Exception {
+    // Close the index after each test to prevent exceeding Elasticsearch's
+    // shard limit (see Issue 10120).
     client
         .execute(
             new HttpPost(