diff --git a/xos/configurations/acord/Makefile b/xos/configurations/acord/Makefile
index 5231e79..d8e8a0e 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/acord/Makefile
+++ b/xos/configurations/acord/Makefile
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@
 
 cloudlab: common_cloudlab acord
 
-devstack: upgrade_pkgs common_devstack devstack_net_fix acord
+devstack: upgrade_pkgs common_devstack devstack_net_fix devstack_images acord
 
-acord: ceilometer_dashboard
+cord: ceilometer_dashboard
 	sudo MYIP=$(MYIP) docker-compose up -d
 	bash ../common/wait_for_xos.sh
 	sudo MYIP=$(MYIP) docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /opt/xos/configurations/common/fixtures.yaml
 	sudo MYIP=$(MYIP) docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /opt/xos/configurations/common/base.yaml
 	sudo MYIP=$(MYIP) docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /root/setup/nodes.yaml
+
+acord: cord
 	sudo MYIP=$(MYIP) docker-compose run xos python /opt/xos/tosca/run.py padmin@vicci.org /opt/xos/configurations/acord/ceilometer.yaml
 
 containers:
@@ -57,3 +59,6 @@
 
 rebuild_synchronizer:
 	make -C ../../../containers/synchronizer
+
+devstack_images:
+	bash -c "source ../setup/admin-openrc.sh; glance image-show ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic || ! mkdir -p /opt/stack/images || ! wget http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 -P /opt/stack/images || glance image-create --name ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic --disk-format qcow2 --file /opt/stack/images/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2 --container-format bare"
diff --git a/xos/configurations/acord/ceilometer.yaml b/xos/configurations/acord/ceilometer.yaml
index 874c577..ff56579 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/acord/ceilometer.yaml
+++ b/xos/configurations/acord/ceilometer.yaml
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@
           view_url: /admin/ceilometer/ceilometerservice/$id$/
           kind: ceilometer
           ceilometer_pub_sub_url: http://10.11.10.1:4455/
-#          public_key: { get_artifact: [ SELF, pubkey, LOCAL_FILE] }
-#      artifacts:
-#          pubkey: /opt/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/vcpe_public_key
+          public_key: { get_artifact: [ SELF, pubkey, LOCAL_FILE] }
+      artifacts:
+          pubkey: /opt/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/monitoring_channel_public_key
 
 #    service_sflow:
 #      type: tosca.nodes.SFlowService
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@
     trusty-server-multi-nic:
       type: tosca.nodes.Image
 
+    ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic:
+      type: tosca.nodes.Image
+
     mysite_ceilometer:
       description: Ceilometer Proxy Slice
       type: tosca.nodes.Slice
@@ -172,10 +175,10 @@
               node: mysite
               relationship: tosca.relationships.MemberOfSite
           - default_image:
-                node: trusty-server-multi-nic
+                node: ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic
                 relationship: tosca.relationships.DefaultImage
       properties:
-          default_flavor: m1.medium
+          default_flavor: m1.small
           max_instances: 2
 
 #    mysite_sflow:
diff --git a/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf b/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf
index 38cd20c..6e4d4cb 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf
+++ b/xos/configurations/common/devstack/local.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 DOWNLOAD_DEFAULT_IMAGES=false
 IMAGE_URLS="http://www.planet-lab.org/cord/trusty-server-multi-nic.img"
+IMAGE_URLS+="http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.qcow2"
 LIBVIRT_FIREWALL_DRIVER=nova.virt.firewall.NoopFirewallDriver
 # Append the git branch name if you wish to download ceilometer from a specific branch
 enable_plugin ceilometer https://git.openstack.org/openstack/ceilometer 
diff --git a/xos/configurations/cord/ceilometer.yaml b/xos/configurations/cord/ceilometer.yaml
index a5655b4..063d6b1 100644
--- a/xos/configurations/cord/ceilometer.yaml
+++ b/xos/configurations/cord/ceilometer.yaml
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@
           view_url: /admin/ceilometer/ceilometerservice/$id$/
           kind: ceilometer
           ceilometer_pub_sub_url: http://10.11.10.1:4455/
-#          public_key: { get_artifact: [ SELF, pubkey, LOCAL_FILE] }
-#      artifacts:
-#          pubkey: /opt/xos/synchronizers/vcpe/vcpe_public_key
+          public_key: { get_artifact: [ SELF, pubkey, LOCAL_FILE] }
+      artifacts:
+          pubkey: /opt/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/monitoring_channel_public_key
 
     service_sflow:
       type: tosca.nodes.SFlowService
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@
     trusty-server-multi-nic:
       type: tosca.nodes.Image
 
+    ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic:
+      type: tosca.nodes.Image
+
     mysite_ceilometer:
       description: Ceilometer Proxy Slice
       type: tosca.nodes.Slice
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@
               node: mysite
               relationship: tosca.relationships.MemberOfSite
           - default_image:
-                node: trusty-server-multi-nic
+                node: ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic
                 relationship: tosca.relationships.DefaultImage
       properties:
           default_flavor: m1.small
diff --git a/xos/services/ceilometer/models.py b/xos/services/ceilometer/models.py
index 65bffef..d8fb0fa 100644
--- a/xos/services/ceilometer/models.py
+++ b/xos/services/ceilometer/models.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
 
     KIND = CEILOMETER_KIND
     LOOK_FOR_IMAGES=[ #"trusty-server-multi-nic-docker", # CloudLab
-                      "trusty-server-multi-nic",
+                      "ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic",
+                      #"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 06403a6..1c4da12 100644
--- a/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/steps/sync_monitoringchannel.yaml
@@ -32,38 +32,38 @@
      - 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: 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
-    shell: echo manual > /etc/init/resolvconf.override
-    shell: rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
-
-  - name: Install resolv.conf
-    copy: src=/opt/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/files/vm-resolv.conf
-      dest=/etc/resolv.conf
+#  - 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
+#       dest=/usr/local/bin/pipework
+#       mode=0755
+#
+#  - name: Disable resolvconf service
+#    shell: service resolvconf stop
+#    shell: echo manual > /etc/init/resolvconf.override
+#    shell: rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
+#
+#  - name: Install resolv.conf
+#    copy: src=/opt/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/files/vm-resolv.conf
+#      dest=/etc/resolv.conf
 {% endif %}
 
   - name: ceilometer proxy config
diff --git a/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/templates/start-monitoring-channel.sh.j2 b/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/templates/start-monitoring-channel.sh.j2
index a0ebb0c..1685e07 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/templates/start-monitoring-channel.sh.j2
+++ b/xos/synchronizers/monitoring_channel/templates/start-monitoring-channel.sh.j2
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 if [ "$?" == 1 ]
 then
     #sudo docker build -t monitoring-channel -f Dockerfile.monitoring_channel .
-    sudo docker pull srikanthvavila/monitoring-channel
+    #sudo docker pull srikanthvavila/monitoring-channel
 if [ -z "$HEADNODEFLATLANIP" ] || [ "$HEADNODEFLATLANIP" == "None" ]
 then
     docker run -d --name=$MONITORING_CHANNEL --privileged=true -p $HOST_FORWARDING_PORT_FOR_CEILOMETER:8000 -v /usr/local/share/monitoring-channel-{{ unique_id }}_ceilometer_proxy_config:/usr/local/share/ceilometer_proxy_config srikanthvavila/monitoring-channel
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
 #cat /usr/local/share/monitoring-channel-{{ unique_id }}_ceilometer_proxy_config | sudo docker exec -i $MONITORING_CHANNEL bash -c 'cat > /usr/local/share/ceilometer_proxy_config'
 
 # Attach to container
-docker start -a $MONITORING_CHANNEL
+#docker start -a $MONITORING_CHANNEL