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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Ceilometer depends on having notifications enabled for all monitored
+# services.  This script demonstrates the configuration changes needed
+# in order to enable the rabbit notifier for the supported services.
+
+bindir=$(dirname $0)
+devstackdir=${bindir}/../../devstack
+
+devstack_funcs=${devstackdir}/functions
+if [ ! -f "$devstack_funcs" ]
+then
+    echo "Could not find $devstack_funcs"
+    exit 1
+fi
+source ${devstack_funcs}
+
+CINDER_CONF=/etc/cinder/cinder.conf
+if ! grep -q "notification_driver=cinder.openstack.common.notifier.rabbit_notifier" $CINDER_CONF
+then
+    echo "notification_driver=cinder.openstack.common.notifier.rabbit_notifier" >> $CINDER_CONF
+fi
+
+QUANTUM_CONF=/etc/quantum/quantum.conf
+if ! grep -q "notification_driver=quantum.openstack.common.notifier.rabbit_notifier" $QUANTUM_CONF
+then
+    echo "notification_driver=quantum.openstack.common.notifier.rabbit_notifier" >> $QUANTUM_CONF
+fi
+
+# For nova we set both the rabbit notifier and the special ceilometer
+# notifier that forces one more poll to happen before an instance is
+# removed.
+NOVA_CONF=/etc/nova/nova.conf
+if ! grep -q "notification_driver=ceilometer.compute.nova_notifier" $NOVA_CONF
+then
+    echo "notification_driver=ceilometer.compute.nova_notifier" >> $NOVA_CONF
+fi
+if ! grep -q "notification_driver=nova.openstack.common.notifier.rabbit_notifier" $NOVA_CONF
+then
+    echo "notification_driver=nova.openstack.common.notifier.rabbit_notifier" >> $NOVA_CONF
+fi
+
+# SPECIAL CASE
+# Glance does not use the openstack common notifier library,
+# so we have to set a different option.
+GLANCE_CONF=/etc/glance/glance-api.conf
+iniuncomment $GLANCE_CONF DEFAULT notifier_strategy
+iniset $GLANCE_CONF DEFAULT notifier_strategy rabbit