diff --git a/xos/core/xoslib/methods/ceilometerview.py b/xos/core/xoslib/methods/ceilometerview.py
index f26d84a..c2ecb15 100644
--- a/xos/core/xoslib/methods/ceilometerview.py
+++ b/xos/core/xoslib/methods/ceilometerview.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import urllib2
 import pytz
 import datetime
+import time
 from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
@@ -29,17 +30,23 @@
     if not monitoring_channel:
         raise XOSMissingField("Monitoring channel is missing for this tenant...Create one and invoke this REST API")
     #TODO: Wait until URL is completely UP
+    MAX_ATTEMPTS = 5
+    attempts = 0
     while True:
         try:
-            response = urllib2.urlopen(monitoring_channel.ceilometer_url,timeout=1)
+            response = urllib2.urlopen(monitoring_channel.ceilometer_url)
             break
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
-            logger.info('SRIKANTH: HTTP error %(reason)s' % {'reason':e.reason})
+            logger.info('HTTP error %(reason)s' % {'reason':e.reason})
             break
         except urllib2.URLError, e:
-            logger.info('SRIKANTH: URL error %(reason)s' % {'reason':e.reason})
+            attempts += 1
+            if attempts >= MAX_ATTEMPTS:
+                raise XOSServiceUnavailable("Ceilometer channel is not ready yet...Try again later")
+            logger.info('URL error %(reason)s' % {'reason':e.reason})
+            time.sleep(1)
             pass
-    logger.info("SRIKANTH: Ceilometer proxy URL for user %(user)s is %(url)s" % {'user':user.username,'url':monitoring_channel.ceilometer_url})
+    logger.info("Ceilometer proxy URL for user %(user)s is %(url)s" % {'user':user.username,'url':monitoring_channel.ceilometer_url})
     return monitoring_channel.ceilometer_url
 
 def getTenantControllerTenantMap(user, slice=None):
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml b/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml
index 6cda511..89f1aaf 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml
@@ -42,19 +42,19 @@
   - name: install Docker
     apt: name=lxc-docker state=present update_cache=yes
 
-  - name: install python-setuptools
-    apt: name=python-setuptools state=present
+#  - name: install python-setuptools
+#    apt: name=python-setuptools state=present
 
-  - name: install pip
-    easy_install: name=pip
+#  - name: install pip
+#    easy_install: name=pip
 
-  - name: install docker-py
-    pip: name=docker-py version=0.5.3
+#  - name: install docker-py
+#    pip: name=docker-py version=0.5.3
 
-  - name: install Pipework
-    get_url: url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpetazzo/pipework/master/pipework
-       dest=/usr/local/bin/pipework
-       mode=0755
+#  - name: install Pipework
+#    get_url: url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jpetazzo/pipework/master/pipework
+#       dest=/usr/local/bin/pipework
+#       mode=0755
 
   - name: Disable resolvconf service
     shell: service resolvconf stop
diff --git a/xos/xos/exceptions.py b/xos/xos/exceptions.py
index 52badf8..9ab2605 100644
--- a/xos/xos/exceptions.py
+++ b/xos/xos/exceptions.py
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@
                             "specific_error": why,
                             "fields": fields})
 
+class XOSServiceUnavailable(APIException):
+    status_code=503
+    def __init__(self, why="Service temporarily unavailable, try again later", fields={}):
+        APIException.__init__(self, {"error": "XOSServiceUnavailable",
+                            "specific_error": why,
+                            "fields": fields})