Fix 1527 for v9.0

Manual cherry pick of c395a454

 to swtich from defunct xip.io to nip.io

Fixes bug 1527 in v9.0

Change-Id: I56ba9ef730a3b5ca6be4994cf7270605453fa459
Signed-off-by: beierlm <mark.beierl@canonical.com>