diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/defaults/main.yml
index 6546dc1d033bba6235adacb274c1d8acd35ad3fa..fc30fc8deeefeea194e5a2cf1823cdb76aa84a64 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/defaults/main.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ project_name: "ceilometer"
 ####################
 ceilometer_database_name: "ceilometer"
 ceilometer_database_user: "ceilometer"
-ceilometer_database_address: "{% for host in groups['mongodb'] %}{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + hostvars[host]['api_interface']]['ipv4']['address'] }}:{{ mongodb_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}"
+ceilometer_database_address_mappings:
+  mongodb: "{% for host in groups['mongodb'] %}{{ hostvars[host]['ansible_' + hostvars[host]['api_interface']]['ipv4']['address'] }}:{{ mongodb_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}"
+  mysql: "{{ kolla_internal_fqdn }}:{{ database_port }}"
+ceilometer_database_address: "{{ ceilometer_database_address_mappings[ceilometer_database_type] }}"
 
 
 ####################
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index 0e6f77fc217745927d1c73d5df13c829a87ae031..e6780394f58eaf016be07f78a09d15003338300e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -49,3 +49,6 @@
     - ceilometer_database_type == "mysql"
 
 - include: bootstrap_service.yml
+  when:
+    - ceilometer_database_type == "mysql"
+    - database.created
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/config.yml
index d227d757ddce9bd32674725e35d7f2813241dcae..bb3519ceb45f53048e6e9e458906a06ead1abe4f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/tasks/config.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@
     - "ceilometer-central"
     - "ceilometer-compute"
 
+- name: Copying over ceilometer-api.conf
+  template:
+    src: "{{ item }}"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/ceilometer-api/wsgi-ceilometer-api.conf"
+  with_first_found:
+    - "{{ node_custom_config }}/ceilometer/{{ inventory_hostname }}/wsgi-ceilometer-api.conf"
+    - "{{ node_custom_config }}/ceilometer/wsgi-ceilometer-api.conf"
+    - "wsgi-ceilometer-api.conf.j2"
+
 - name: Copying over ceilometer.conf
   merge_configs:
     vars:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer-api.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer-api.json.j2
index 4fa11e321b5149beb9e2b3ccd554aa7545b613e6..ed8ae5ebe1aa54eb3305c931430068648a2968df 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer-api.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer-api.json.j2
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
+{% set apache_cmd = 'apache2' if kolla_base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] else 'httpd' %}
+{% set apache_dir = 'apache2/conf-enabled' if kolla_base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] else 'httpd/conf.d' %}
+{% set apache_file = '000-default.conf' if kolla_base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] else 'ceilometer-api.conf' %}
 {
-    "command": "ceilometer-api",
+    "command": "/usr/sbin/{{ apache_cmd }} -DFOREGROUND",
     "config_files": [
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/ceilometer.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf",
             "owner": "ceilometer",
             "perm": "0600"
+        },
+        {
+            "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/wsgi-ceilometer-api.conf",
+            "dest": "/etc/{{ apache_dir }}/{{ apache_file }}",
+            "owner": "ceilometer",
+            "perm": "0644"
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
index e54211d1fe80de2d6cf37716a05c5ff62cb90c22..cb27a26f8e73a61180db85f7eb043f7bd16be2cc 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/ceilometer.conf.j2
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ host = {{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_' + api_interface]['ipv4']['addr
 
 [database]
 {% if ceilometer_database_type == "mongodb" %}
-connection = mongodb://{{ ceilometer_database_user }}:{{ ceilometer_database_password }}@{{ ceilometer_database_address }}/{{ ceilometer_database_name }}
+event_connection = mongodb://{{ ceilometer_database_user }}:{{ ceilometer_database_password }}@{{ ceilometer_database_address }}/{{ ceilometer_database_name }}
+metering_connection = mongodb://{{ ceilometer_database_user }}:{{ ceilometer_database_password }}@{{ ceilometer_database_address }}/{{ ceilometer_database_name }}
 {% elif ceilometer_database_type == "mysql" %}
-connection = mysql+pymysql://{{ ceilometer_database_user }}:{{ ceilometer_database_password }}@{{ ceilometer_database_address }}/{{ ceilometer_database_name }}
+event_connection = mysql+pymysql://{{ ceilometer_database_user }}:{{ ceilometer_database_password }}@{{ ceilometer_database_address }}/{{ ceilometer_database_name }}
+metering_connection = mysql+pymysql://{{ ceilometer_database_user }}:{{ ceilometer_database_password }}@{{ ceilometer_database_address }}/{{ ceilometer_database_name }}
 {% endif %}
 
 [keystone_authtoken]
diff --git a/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/wsgi-ceilometer-api.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/wsgi-ceilometer-api.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c91167f3ec937ef49fb141fb2b0380cc95095a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/ceilometer/templates/wsgi-ceilometer-api.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{% set python_path = '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages' if kolla_install_type == 'binary' else '/var/lib/kolla/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages' %}
+Listen {{ api_interface_address }}:{{ ceilometer_api_port }}
+
+<VirtualHost *:{{ ceilometer_api_port }}>
+    LogLevel info
+    ErrorLog /var/log/kolla/ceilometer/ceilometer-api.log
+    CustomLog /var/log/kolla/ceilometer/ceilometer-api-access.log combined
+
+    WSGIScriptReloading On
+    WSGIDaemonProcess ceilometer-api processes=5 threads=1 user=ceilometer group=ceilometer display-name=%{GROUP} python-path={{ python_path }}
+    WSGIProcessGroup ceilometer-api
+    WSGIScriptAlias / {{ python_path }}/ceilometer/api/app.wsgi
+
+    <Directory "{{ python_path }}/ceilometer/api">
+        <IfVersion >= 2.4>
+            Require all granted
+        </IfVersion>
+        <IfVersion < 2.4>
+            Order allow,deny
+            Allow from all
+        </IfVersion>
+    </Directory>
+
+</VirtualHost>
diff --git a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-api/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-api/Dockerfile.j2
index 422ecefc13d737360767adbc3e7ef966c50783d7..b279a4c0bc3affd7a2e0242600bcedc91edc44a9 100644
--- a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-api/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-api/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -7,13 +7,55 @@ MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
 
 {% if install_type == 'binary' %}
     {% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
-        {% set ceilometer_api_packages = ['openstack-ceilometer-api'] %}
+        {% set ceilometer_api_packages = [
+            'openstack-ceilometer-api',
+            'httpd',
+            'mod_wsgi'
+        ] %}
+{{ macros.install_packages(ceilometer_api_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
+RUN sed -i -r 's,^(Listen 80),#\1,' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
     {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu'] %}
-        {% set ceilometer_api_packages = ['ceilometer-api'] %}
+        {% set ceilometer_api_packages = [
+            'ceilometer-api',
+            'apache2',
+            'libapache2-mod-wsgi'
+        ] %}
+{{ macros.install_packages(ceilometer_api_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
+RUN echo > /etc/apache2/ports.conf
     {% endif %}
 
+
+{% elif install_type == 'source' %}
+
+    {% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
+
+        {% set ceilometer_api_packages = [
+                'httpd',
+                'mod_wsgi',
+                'gettext'
+        ] %}
+
 {{ macros.install_packages(ceilometer_api_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
 
+{% block ceilometer_api_redhat_source_setup %}
+RUN sed -i -r 's,^(Listen 80),#\1,' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+{% endblock %}
+
+    {% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] %}
+
+        {% set ceilometer_api_packages = [
+                'apache2',
+                'libapache2-mod-wsgi',
+                'gettext'
+        ] %}
+
+{{ macros.install_packages(ceilometer_api_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
+
+{% block ceilometer_api_ubuntu_source_setup %}
+RUN echo > /etc/apache2/ports.conf
+{% endblock %}
+    {% endif %}
+
 {% endif %}
 
 COPY extend_start.sh /usr/local/bin/kolla_ceilometer_extend_start
@@ -22,5 +64,3 @@ RUN chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/kolla_ceilometer_extend_start
 {% block ceilometer_api_footer %}{% endblock %}
 {% block footer %}{% endblock %}
 {{ include_footer }}
-
-USER ceilometer
diff --git a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-api/extend_start.sh b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-api/extend_start.sh
index 0a8cb6b6f97f751440542ae8983b125386ebe547..7918a860533b7c407fbdd6705c3b4c2d6e81ea07 100644
--- a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-api/extend_start.sh
+++ b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-api/extend_start.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@
 # Bootstrap and exit if KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP variable is set. This catches all cases
 # of the KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP variable being set, including empty.
 if [[ "${!KOLLA_BOOTSTRAP[@]}" ]]; then
-    ceilometer-dbsync
+    sudo -H -u ceilometer ceilometer-upgrade --skip-gnocchi-resource-types
     sudo chown -R ceilometer: /var/lib/ceilometer/
     exit 0
 fi
+
+if [[ "${KOLLA_BASE_DISTRO}" =~ debian|ubuntu ]]; then
+    # Loading Apache2 ENV variables
+    . /etc/apache2/envvars
+    rm -rf /var/run/apache2/*
+else
+    rm -rf /var/run/httpd/* /run/httpd/* /tmp/httpd*
+fi
diff --git a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-base/extend_start.sh b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-base/extend_start.sh
index b6027cf6d2c8c87f458692738667a7a2360a94eb..4d3fe6b61882dcfd2905c235cd6a5c4508c49ad3 100644
--- a/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-base/extend_start.sh
+++ b/docker/ceilometer/ceilometer-base/extend_start.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [[ ! -d "/var/log/kolla/ceilometer" ]]; then
-    mkdir -p /var/log/kolla/ceilometer
+CEILOMETER_LOG_DIR=/var/log/kolla/ceilometer
+
+if [[ ! -d "${CEILOMETER_LOG_DIR}" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "${CEILOMETER_LOG_DIR}"
+fi
+if [[ $(stat -c %U:%G "${CEILOMETER_LOG_DIR}") != "ceilometer:kolla" ]]; then
+    chown ceilometer:kolla "${CEILOMETER_LOG_DIR}"
 fi
-if [[ $(stat -c %a /var/log/kolla/ceilometer) != "755" ]]; then
-    chmod 755 /var/log/kolla/ceilometer
+if [[ $(stat -c %a "${CEILOMETER_LOG_DIR}") != "755" ]]; then
+    chmod 755 "${CEILOMETER_LOG_DIR}"
 fi
 
 . /usr/local/bin/kolla_ceilometer_extend_start