diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 479ca120..897e1ffb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ The same configuration can also be manually run:
     cephnvmf host add --subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 --host "*"
     ```
 
+These can also be run by setting environment variables `CEPH_NVMEOF_SERVER_ADDRESS` and `CEPH_NVMEOF_SERVER_PORT` before running nvmeof-cli commands, example:
+```
+export CEPH_NVMEOF_SERVER_ADDRESS=x.x.x.x 
+export CEPH_NVMEOF_SERVER_PORT=5500
+
+// using containers
+docker-compose run --it <container_image> subsystem add --subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 
+// using pypi package
+ceph-nvmeof subsystem add --subsystem nqn.2016-06.io.spdk:cnode1 
+```
 
 ### Mounting the NVMe-oF volume
 
diff --git a/control/cli.py b/control/cli.py
index d82f385b..178d99e9 100644
--- a/control/cli.py
+++ b/control/cli.py
@@ -108,13 +108,13 @@ def __init__(self):
             required=False)
         self.parser.add_argument(
             "--server-address",
-            default="localhost",
+            default=(os.getenv('CEPH_NVMEOF_SERVER_ADDRESS') or "localhost"),
             type=str,
             help="Server address",
         )
         self.parser.add_argument(
             "--server-port",
-            default=5500,
+            default=int(os.getenv('CEPH_NVMEOF_SERVER_PORT') or "5500"),
             type=int,
             help="Server port",
         )