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",
                     ]