diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/README b/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/README
index 76040e5..817816d 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/README
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/README
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
    ii.Update entry_point.txt:
        copy the contents of ceilometer_entry_points.txt to /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/ceilometer-6.0.0.egg-info/entry_points.txt under [ceilometer.notification]
 9. Update /home/ubuntu/monitoring/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_pub_sub/pub_sub.conf with proper IP and port numbers and rabbitmq credentials.
-10.update /etc/ceilmeter/pipeline.yaml with required publisher info for coressponding meters.
+10.
+  i.update /etc/ceilmeter/pipeline.yaml with required publisher info for coressponding meters.
    ex:
     sources:
     - name: meter_source
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@
       publishers:
           - notifier://
           - kafka://localhost:9092?topic=ceilometer 
+  ii.Please set the following config in /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf
+   [api]
+   default_api_return_limit = 1000
   
 11.This setup by default created ceilometer topic for kafka.If any other topic is needed to use in this setup please
    create the topic before using it wih the following command.
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/mitaka-v2/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2 b/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/mitaka-v2/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
index b89a3d9..6deb9a4 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/mitaka-v2/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/mitaka-v2/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
@@ -958,3 +958,6 @@
 password = password
 interface = internalURL
 region_name = RegionOne
+
+[api]
+default_api_return_limit = 1000
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/mitaka-v3/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2 b/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/mitaka-v3/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
index b89a3d9..6deb9a4 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/mitaka-v3/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/mitaka-v3/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
@@ -958,3 +958,6 @@
 password = password
 interface = internalURL
 region_name = RegionOne
+
+[api]
+default_api_return_limit = 1000
diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/startup-scripts/zxceilostartup.sh b/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/startup-scripts/zxceilostartup.sh
index 3bb04e7..52a46d1 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/startup-scripts/zxceilostartup.sh
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/startup-scripts/zxceilostartup.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-sudo sed -i "s/.*127.0.0.1.*/127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)/" /etc/hosts
-STARTUP_PATH=/home/ubuntu/monitoring/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_service_custom_image/startup-scripts
 PUB_SUB_PATH=/home/ubuntu/monitoring/xos/synchronizer/ceilometer/ceilometer_pub_sub
-$STARTUP_PATH/ceilometer_init_script.sh
 echo $PWD
 cd $PUB_SUB_PATH
 sleep 5