Based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS x86_64

we will install Telemetry service on controller node

1. aptitude -y install ceilometer-api ceilometer-collector ceilometer-agent-central ceilometer-agent-notification ceilometer-alarm-evaluator ceilometer-alarm-notifier python-ceilometerclient

2. mysql -uroot -p

mysql> create database ceilometer;
mysql> grant all privileges on ceilometer.* to 'ceilometer'@'localhost' identified by 'CEILOMETER-DBPASS';
mysql> grant all privileges on ceilometer.* to 'ceilometer'@'%' identified by 'CEILOMETER-DBPASS';
mysql> flush privileges;

3. vi /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf

[database]
connection=mysql://ceilometer:ceilometer@MYSQL-SERVER/ceilometer

rm -rf /var/lib/ceilometer/ceilometer.sqlite

ceilometer-dbsync

4. # create ceilometer user

keystone user-create --tenant service --name ceilometer --pass CEILOMETER-USER-PASS
# Add role to the ceilometer user
keystone user-role-add --user=ceilometer --tenant=service --role=admin
# create ceilometer service
keystone service-create --name=ceilometer --type=metering --description="Telemetry Service"
# create ceilometer endpoint
keystone endpoint-create --region RegionOne --service ceilometer --publicurl= --internalurl= --adminurl=

5. vi /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf

[publisher]

metering_secret=SECRET-STRING-YOU-SPECIFY

[DEFAULT]

rabbit_host = controller

rabbit_password = GUEST-PASS

log_dir = /var/log/ceilometer

auth_strategy=keystone

[keystone_authtoken]

auth_host = controller
auth_port = 35357
auth_protocol = http
auth_uri =
admin_tenant_name = service
admin_user = ceilometer
admin_password = CEILOMETER-USER-PASSWORD
[service_credentials]
os_username=ceilometer
os_password=CEILOMETER-USER-PASSWORD
os_tenant_name=service
os_auth_url=
6. chown -R ceilometer:ceilometer /etc/ceilometer /var/log/ceilometer

service ceilometer-agent-central restart

service ceilometer-agent-notification restart
service ceilometer-api restart
service ceilometer-collector restart
service ceilometer-alarm-evaluator restart
service ceilometer-alarm-notifier restart

Install the Compute agent for Telemetry on computer node

1. aptitude -y install ceilometer-agent-compute

2. vi /etc/nova/nova.conf

[DEFAULT]
instance_usage_audit=True
instance_usage_audit_period=hour
notify_on_state_change=vm_and_task_state
notification_driver=nova.openstack.common.notifier.rpc_notifier
notification_driver=ceilometer.compute.nova_notifier

service nova-compute restart

3. vi /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf

[publisher]

metering_secret=SECRET-STRING-YOU-SPECIFY

[DEFAULT]

rabbit_host = controller

rabbit_password = GUEST-PASS

log_dir = /var/log/ceilometer

[keystone_authtoken]

auth_host = controller
auth_port = 35357
auth_protocol = http
auth_uri =
admin_tenant_name = service
admin_user = ceilometer
admin_password = CEILOMETER-USER-PASSWORD
[service_credentials]
os_username=ceilometer
os_password=CEILOMETER-USER-PASSWORD
os_tenant_name=service
os_auth_url=

4. chown -R ceilometer:ceilometer /etc/ceilometer /var/log/ceilometer

service ceilometer-agent-compute restart

Configure the Image Service for Telemetry

on Glance Image Service node
1. vi /etc/glance/glance-api.conf
notification_driver=messaging
2. service glance-registry restart
service glance-api restart

Config the Block Storage service agent for Telemetry

on the cinder controller and volume nodes
vi /etc/cinder/cinder.conf

[DEFAULT]

control_exchange=cinder
notification_driver=cinder.openstack.common.notifier.rpc_notifier
On the cinder controller node:
service cinder-api restart
service cinder-scheduler restart

On the cinder volume node:

service cinder-volume restart

Configure the Object Storage service for Telemetry

on keystone node:
keystone role-create --name=ResellerAdmin
keystone user-role-add --tenant service --user ceilometer --role ResellerAdmin
on swift proxy node:
vi /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf
# include ceilometer
[pipeline:main]
pipeline = healthcheck cache authtoken keystoneauth ceilometer proxyserver
# add at the last line
[filter:ceilometer]
use = egg:ceilometer#swift
service swift-proxy restart

Verify Telemetry Installation

source ~/adminrc

keystone user-role-add --tenant admin --user admin --role ResellerAdmin

keystone user-role-add --tenant demo1 --user demo1 --role ResellerAdmin

ceilometer meter-list