diff --git a/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf b/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf
index 0c71280..38cd20c 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf
+++ b/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 DOWNLOAD_DEFAULT_IMAGES=false
 IMAGE_URLS="http://www.planet-lab.org/cord/trusty-server-multi-nic.img"
 LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER=nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
-enable_plugin ceilometer https://git.openstack.org/openstack/ceilometer
+# Append the git branch name if you wish to download ceilometer from a specific branch
+enable_plugin ceilometer https://git.openstack.org/openstack/ceilometer 
 
 disable_service n-net
 enable_service q-svc
@@ -15,5 +16,16 @@
 # Optional, to enable tempest configuration as part of devstack
 enable_service tempest
 
+# Uncomment below lines if you are installing kilo version of ceilometer
+#enable_service ceilometer-acentral
+#enable_service ceilometer-anotification
+#enable_service ceilometer-collector
+#enable_service ceilometer-alarm-singleton
+#enable_service ceilometer-alarm-notifier
+#enable_service ceilometer-alarm-evaluator
+#enable_service ceilometer-api
+#enable_service ceilometer-acompute
+CEILOMETER_BACKEND=mongodb
+
 ## Neutron options
 Q_USE_SECGROUP=False
diff --git a/xos/services/ceilometer/models.py b/xos/services/ceilometer/models.py
index 2684097..65bffef 100644
--- a/xos/services/ceilometer/models.py
+++ b/xos/services/ceilometer/models.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         proxy = True
 
     KIND = CEILOMETER_KIND
-    LOOK_FOR_IMAGES=[ "trusty-server-multi-nic-docker", # CloudLab
+    LOOK_FOR_IMAGES=[ #"trusty-server-multi-nic-docker", # CloudLab
                       "trusty-server-multi-nic",
                     ]
 
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml b/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml
index c868be9..06403a6 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml
@@ -32,24 +32,24 @@
      - remove container
 {% else %}
 {% if full_setup %}
-#  - name: Docker repository
-#    copy: src=/opt/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/files/docker.list
-#      dest=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
-#
-#  - name: Import the repository key
-#    apt_key: keyserver=keyserver.ubuntu.com id=36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9
-#
-#  - name: install Docker
-#    apt: name=lxc-docker state=present update_cache=yes
-#
-#  - name: install python-setuptools
-#    apt: name=python-setuptools state=present
-#
-#  - name: install pip
-#    easy_install: name=pip
-#
-#  - name: install docker-py
-#    pip: name=docker-py version=0.5.3
+  - name: Docker repository
+    copy: src=/opt/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/files/docker.list
+      dest=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
+
+  - name: Import the repository key
+    apt_key: keyserver=keyserver.ubuntu.com id=36A1D7869245C8950F966E92D8576A8BA88D21E9
+
+  - name: install Docker
+    apt: name=lxc-docker state=present update_cache=yes
+
+  - name: install python-setuptools
+    apt: name=python-setuptools state=present
+
+  - name: install pip
+    easy_install: name=pip
+
+  - 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