diff --git a/lib/ceilometer b/lib/ceilometer
index 7154ccb..043f481 100644
--- a/lib/ceilometer
+++ b/lib/ceilometer
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 # - functions
 # - OS_USERNAME, OS_PASSWORD, OS_TENANT_NAME, OS_AUTH_URL set for admin credentials
 # - DEST set to the destination directory
-# - NOVA_CONF set to the nova configuration file
 
 # stack.sh
 # ---------
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@
     CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR=/usr/local/bin
 fi
 CEILOMETER_CONF_DIR=/etc/ceilometer
-CEILOMETER_AGENT_CONF=$CEILOMETER_CONF_DIR/ceilometer-agent.conf
-CEILOMETER_COLLECTOR_CONF=$CEILOMETER_CONF_DIR/ceilometer-collector.conf
+CEILOMETER_CONF=$CEILOMETER_CONF_DIR/ceilometer.conf
 CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR=/var/log/ceilometer-api
 
 # cleanup_ceilometer() - Remove residual data files, anything left over from previous
@@ -57,13 +55,14 @@
     [ ! -d $CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR ] &&  sudo mkdir -m 755 -p $CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR
     sudo chown $USER $CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR
 
-    # ceilometer confs are copy of /etc/nova/nova.conf which must exist first
-    grep -v format_string $NOVA_CONF > $CEILOMETER_AGENT_CONF
-    iniset $CEILOMETER_AGENT_CONF DEFAULT rpc_backend 'ceilometer.openstack.common.rpc.impl_kombu'
+    iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF DEFAULT rpc_backend 'ceilometer.openstack.common.rpc.impl_kombu'
+    iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF DEFAULT notification_topics 'notifications,glance_notifications'
+    iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF DEFAULT verbose True
+    iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF DEFAULT rabbit_host $RABBIT_HOST
+    iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF DEFAULT rabbit_password $RABBIT_PASSWORD
+    iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF DEFAULT sql_connection $BASE_SQL_CONN/nova?charset=utf8
 
-    grep -v format_string $NOVA_CONF > $CEILOMETER_COLLECTOR_CONF
-    iniset $CEILOMETER_COLLECTOR_CONF DEFAULT rpc_backend 'ceilometer.openstack.common.rpc.impl_kombu'
-    iniset $CEILOMETER_COLLECTOR_CONF DEFAULT notification_topics 'notifications,glance_notifications'
+    iniset $CEILOMETER_CONF keystone_authtoken auth_protocol http
 }
 
 # install_ceilometer() - Collect source and prepare
@@ -73,10 +72,10 @@
 
 # start_ceilometer() - Start running processes, including screen
 function start_ceilometer() {
-    screen_it ceilometer-acompute "cd $CEILOMETER_DIR && sg libvirtd \"$CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR/ceilometer-agent-compute --config-file $CEILOMETER_AGENT_CONF\""
-    screen_it ceilometer-acentral "export OS_USERNAME=$OS_USERNAME OS_PASSWORD=$OS_PASSWORD OS_TENANT_NAME=$OS_TENANT_NAME OS_AUTH_URL=$OS_AUTH_URL && cd $CEILOMETER_DIR && $CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR/ceilometer-agent-central --config-file $CEILOMETER_AGENT_CONF"
-    screen_it ceilometer-collector "cd $CEILOMETER_DIR && $CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR/ceilometer-collector --config-file $CEILOMETER_COLLECTOR_CONF"
-    screen_it ceilometer-api "cd $CEILOMETER_DIR && $CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR/ceilometer-api -d -v --log-dir=$CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR"
+    screen_it ceilometer-acompute "cd $CEILOMETER_DIR && sg libvirtd \"$CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR/ceilometer-agent-compute --config-file $CEILOMETER_CONF\""
+    screen_it ceilometer-acentral "export OS_USERNAME=$OS_USERNAME OS_PASSWORD=$OS_PASSWORD OS_TENANT_NAME=$OS_TENANT_NAME OS_AUTH_URL=$OS_AUTH_URL && cd $CEILOMETER_DIR && $CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR/ceilometer-agent-central --config-file $CEILOMETER_CONF"
+    screen_it ceilometer-collector "cd $CEILOMETER_DIR && $CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR/ceilometer-collector --config-file $CEILOMETER_CONF"
+    screen_it ceilometer-api "cd $CEILOMETER_DIR && $CEILOMETER_BIN_DIR/ceilometer-api -d -v --log-dir=$CEILOMETER_API_LOG_DIR --config-file $CEILOMETER_CONF"
 }
 
 # stop_ceilometer() - Stop running processes