diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 849d27a..ea51f67 100755
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 views/
 applications/
-containers/
-xos/tests/api/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+xos/tests/api/node_modules
diff --git a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.devel b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.devel
index 5dc62a6..2b796e4 100644
--- a/containers/xos/Dockerfile.devel
+++ b/containers/xos/Dockerfile.devel
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
 
 ADD http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suit/static/suit/js/
 
+# Include certificates from Openstack
+ADD containers/xos/local_certs.crt /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/local_certs.crt
+RUN update-ca-certificates
+
 # Install XOS
 ADD xos /opt/xos
 RUN chmod +x /opt/xos/tools/xos-manage
@@ -92,4 +96,4 @@
 WORKDIR /opt/xos
 
 # Define default command.
-CMD update-ca-certificates && python /opt/xos/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 --insecure --makemigrations
+CMD python /opt/xos/manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 --insecure --makemigrations
diff --git a/containers/xos/local_certs.crt b/containers/xos/local_certs.crt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/xos/local_certs.crt
diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord-pod/Makefile b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/Makefile
index 1b42f68..0850686 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord-pod/Makefile
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/Makefile
@@ -62,5 +62,6 @@
 
 .PHONY: local_containers
 local_containers:
+	cat /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/* > ../../../containers/xos/local_certs.crt
 	cd ../../../containers/xos; make devel
 	cd ../../../containers/synchronizer; make
diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord-pod/make-vtn-external-yaml.sh b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/make-vtn-external-yaml.sh
index 8d0885d..34ddfb7 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord-pod/make-vtn-external-yaml.sh
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord-pod/make-vtn-external-yaml.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
           privateGatewayMac: 00:00:00:00:00:01
           localManagementIp: 172.27.0.1/24
           ovsdbPort: 6641
-          sshUser: root
+          sshUser: ubuntu
           sshKeyFile: /root/node_key
           sshPort: 22
           xosEndpoint: http://xos/
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@
       properties:
           dependencies: org.onosproject.drivers, org.onosproject.drivers.ovsdb, org.onosproject.openflow-base, org.onosproject.ovsdb-base, org.onosproject.dhcp, org.onosproject.cordvtn, org.onosproject.olt, org.onosproject.igmp, org.onosproject.cordmcast
           autogenerate: vtn-network-cfg
-EOF
\ No newline at end of file
+EOF
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/base/ansible.py b/xos/synchronizers/base/ansible.py
index b6f1ca2..b8bbcaa 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/base/ansible.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/base/ansible.py
@@ -201,7 +201,6 @@
             proxy_command = "ProxyCommand ssh -q -i %s -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no %s@%s" % (private_key_pathname, instance_id, hostname)
         f.write('ssh_args = -o "%s"\n' % proxy_command)
     f.write('scp_if_ssh = True\n')
-    f.write('pipelining = True\n')
     f.write('\n[defaults]\n')
     f.write('host_key_checking = False\n')
     f.close()
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/base/run_ansible b/xos/synchronizers/base/run_ansible
index a504ec3..8f4ea96 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizers/base/run_ansible
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/base/run_ansible
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 source /opt/ansible/hacking/env-setup >> /dev/null
+export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 ansible-playbook -v "$@"
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/base/run_ansible_verbose b/xos/synchronizers/base/run_ansible_verbose
index d17cad7..360ce94 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizers/base/run_ansible_verbose
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/base/run_ansible_verbose
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 source /opt/ansible/hacking/env-setup >> /dev/null
+export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 ansible-playbook -vvv "$@"