diff --git a/devstack/README.md b/devstack/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5093b33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+# Monasca DevStack Plugin
+
+The Monasca DevStack plugin currently only works on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty).
+More Linux Distributions will be supported in the future.
+
+Running the Monasca DevStack plugin requires a machine with 10GB of RAM.
+
+Directions for installing and running Devstack can be found here:
+
+    http://docs.openstack.org/developer/devstack/
+
+To run Monasca in DevStack, do the following three steps.
+
+1. Clone the DevStack repo.
+
+    git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack-dev/devstack
+
+2. Add the following to the DevStack local.conf file in the root of the devstack directory. You may
+   need to create the local.conf if it does not already exist.
+
+    \# BEGIN DEVSTACK LOCAL.CONF CONTENTS
+
+    [[local|localrc]]
+    MYSQL_PASSWORD=secretmysql
+    DATABASE_PASSWORD=secretdatabase
+    RABBIT_PASSWORD=secretrabbit
+    ADMIN_PASSWORD=secretadmin
+    SERVICE_PASSWORD=secretservice
+    SERVICE_TOKEN=111222333444
+
+    LOGFILE=$DEST/logs/stack.sh.log
+    LOGDIR=$DEST/logs
+    LOG_COLOR=False
+
+    \# The following two variables allow switching between Java and Python for the implementations
+    \# of the Monasca API and the Monasca Persister. If these variables are not set, then the
+    \# default is to install the Python implementations of both the Monasca API and the Monasca Persister.
+
+    \# Uncomment one of the following two lines to choose Java or Python for the Monasca API.
+    MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
+    \# MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
+
+    \# Uncomment of the following two lines to choose Java or Python for the Monasca Pesister.
+    MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
+    \# MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
+
+    \# Uncomment one of the following two lines to choose either InfluxDB or Vertica.
+    MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-influxdb}
+    \# MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-vertica}
+
+    \# This line will enable all of Monasca.
+    enable_plugin monasca-api git://git.openstack.org/openstack/monasca-api
+
+    \# END DEVSTACK LOCAL.CONF CONTENTS
+
+3.   Run './stack.sh' from the root of the devstack directory.
+
+If you want to run Monasca with the bare mininum of OpenStack components
+you can add the following two lines to the local.conf file.
+
+    disable_all_services
+    enable_service rabbit mysql key
+
+If you also want the Tempest tests to be installed then add `tempest`
+
+    enable_service rabbit mysql key tempest
+
+To enable Horizon and the Monasca UI add `horizon`
+
+    enable_service rabbit mysql key horizon tempest
+
+# Using Vagrant
+
+Vagrant can be used to deploy a VM with Devstack and Monasca running in it using the Vagrantfile. After installing Vagrant, just run the command `vagrant up` as usual in the `../monasca-api/devstack` directory.
+
+## Enable Vertica as the Metrics DB using Vagrant
+
+Monasca supports using both InfluxDB and Vertica for storing metrics and alarm state history.
+InfluxDB is enabled by default in the DevStack environment.
+
+Vertica is a commercial database from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
+A free Community Edition (CE) installer is available for download.
+
+To enable Vertica, do the following:
+
+1. Register and download the Vertica Debian installer from `https://my.vertica.com/download/vertica/community-edition/` and put it in your home directory.
+Unfortunately, there isn't a URL that the DevStack installer can automatically use, so it must be downloaded seperately, and put in a location where the installer can find it when it runs.
+The installer assumes this location is your home directory.
+When using Vagrant, your home directory will normally be mounted inside the VM as "/vagrant_home". 
+
+2. Modify the environment variable `MONASCA_METRICS_DB` in the `local.conf`, `settings` or `Vagrantfile` file from influxdb to vertica as follows:
+
+    MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-vertica}
+
+```
+# (C) Copyright 2015-2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Company LP
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+```
diff --git a/devstack/README.txt b/devstack/README.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 5970771a8..000000000
--- a/devstack/README.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-#
-# (C) Copyright 2015 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Company LP
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
-# implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-The Monasca DevStack plugin currently only works on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty).
-More Linux Distributions will be supported as soon as is possible.
-
-Running the Monasca DevStack plugin requires a machine with 10GB of RAM.
-
-Directions for installing an running Devstack can be found here:
-
-    http://docs.openstack.org/developer/devstack/
-
-To run Monasca in DevStack, do the following three steps.
-
-1. Clone the DevStack repo.
-
-    git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack-dev/devstack
-
-2. Add the following to the DevStack local.conf file in the root of the devstack directory. You may
-   need to create the local.conf if it does not already exist.
-
-    # BEGIN DEVSTACK LOCAL.CONF CONTENTS
-
-    [[local|localrc]]
-    MYSQL_PASSWORD=secretmysql
-    DATABASE_PASSWORD=secretdatabase
-    RABBIT_PASSWORD=secretrabbit
-    ADMIN_PASSWORD=secretadmin
-    SERVICE_PASSWORD=secretservice
-    SERVICE_TOKEN=111222333444
-
-    LOGFILE=$DEST/logs/stack.sh.log
-    LOGDIR=$DEST/logs
-    LOG_COLOR=False
-
-    # The following two variables allow switching between Java and Python for the implementations
-    # of the Monasca API and the Monasca Persister. If these variables are not set, then the
-    # default is to install the Python implementations of both the Monasca API and the Monasca Persister.
-
-    # Uncomment one of the following two lines to choose Java or Python for the Monasca API.
-    MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
-    #MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
-
-    # Uncomment of the following two lines to choose Java or Python for the Monasca Pesister.
-    MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
-    #MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
-
-    # This line will enable all of Monasca.
-    enable_plugin monasca-api git://git.openstack.org/openstack/monasca-api
-
-    # END DEVSTACK LOCAL.CONF CONTENTS
-
-3.   Run './stack.sh' from the root of the devstack directory.
-
-
-If you want to run Monasca with the bare mininum of OpenStack components
-you can add the following two lines to the local.conf file.
-
-  disable_all_services
-  enable_service rabbit mysql key tempest
-
-
-Using Vagrant:
-
-Vagrant can be used to deploy a VM with Devstack and Monasca running in it
-using the Vagrantfile. After installing Vagrant, just "vagrant up".
-
-
-Known Issues:
-
-1. The Python Monasca API has various bugs.
-2. The RabbitMQ Check Plugin is not configured correctly.
diff --git a/devstack/Vagrantfile b/devstack/Vagrantfile
index b9bc12c86..145bcda9b 100644
--- a/devstack/Vagrantfile
+++ b/devstack/Vagrantfile
@@ -91,22 +91,28 @@ LOGDIR=$DEST/logs
 LOG_COLOR=False
 
 disable_all_services
-enable_service rabbit mysql key tempest
+enable_service rabbit mysql key tempest horizon
 
 # The following two variables allow switching between Java and Python for the implementations
 # of the Monasca API and the Monasca Persister. If these variables are not set, then the
 # default is to install the Python implementations of both the Monasca API and the Monasca Persister.
 
 # Uncomment one of the following two lines to choose Java or Python for the Monasca API.
-#MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
+# MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
 MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
 
 # Uncomment one of the following two lines to choose Java or Python for the Monasca Pesister.
-#MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
+# MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
 MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
 
-# This line will enable all of Monasca.
+# Uncomment one of the following two lines to choose either InfluxDB or Vertica.
+# MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-vertica}
+MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-influxdb}
+
+# Uncomment one of the following lines and modify accordingly to enable the Monasca DevStack Plugin
 enable_plugin monasca-api https://git.openstack.org/openstack/monasca-api
+# enable_plugin monasca-api file:///vagrant_home/Documents/repos/openstack/monasca-api.vertica
+
 ' > local.conf
     ./stack.sh
   SHELL
diff --git a/devstack/files/vertica/mon_alarms.sql b/devstack/files/vertica/mon_alarms.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..518d7af13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/files/vertica/mon_alarms.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+CREATE SCHEMA MonAlarms;
+
+CREATE TABLE MonAlarms.StateHistory(
+    id AUTO_INCREMENT,
+    tenant_id VARCHAR,
+    alarm_id VARCHAR,
+    metrics VARCHAR (65000),
+    old_state VARCHAR,
+    new_state VARCHAR,
+    sub_alarms VARCHAR (65000),
+    reason VARCHAR(65000),
+    reason_data VARCHAR(65000),
+    time_stamp TIMESTAMP NOT NULL
+) PARTITION BY EXTRACT('year' FROM time_stamp)*10000 + EXTRACT('month' FROM time_stamp)*100 + EXTRACT('day' FROM time_stamp);
diff --git a/devstack/files/vertica/mon_metrics.sql b/devstack/files/vertica/mon_metrics.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8b5a4ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/files/vertica/mon_metrics.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+DROP SCHEMA MonMetrics CASCADE;
+
+CREATE SCHEMA MonMetrics;
+
+CREATE TABLE MonMetrics.Measurements (
+    definition_dimensions_id BINARY(20) NOT NULL,
+    time_stamp TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
+    value FLOAT NOT NULL,
+    value_meta VARCHAR(2048)
+) PARTITION BY EXTRACT('year' FROM time_stamp)*10000 + EXTRACT('month' FROM time_stamp)*100 + EXTRACT('day' FROM time_stamp);
+
+CREATE TABLE MonMetrics.Definitions(
+    id BINARY(20) NOT NULL,
+    name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    tenant_id VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    region VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    PRIMARY KEY(id),
+    CONSTRAINT MetricsDefinitionsConstraint UNIQUE(name, tenant_id, region)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE MonMetrics.Dimensions (
+    dimension_set_id BINARY(20) NOT NULL,
+    name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    value VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+    CONSTRAINT MetricsDimensionsConstraint UNIQUE(dimension_set_id, name, value)
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE MonMetrics.DefinitionDimensions (
+    id BINARY(20) NOT NULL,
+    definition_id BINARY(20) NOT NULL,
+    dimension_set_id BINARY(20) NOT NULL,
+    CONSTRAINT MetricsDefinitionDimensionsConstraint UNIQUE(definition_id, dimension_set_id)
+ );
+
+-- Projections
+-- ** These are for a single node system with no k safety
+
+CREATE PROJECTION Measurements_DBD_1_rep_MonMetrics /*+createtype(D)*/
+(
+ definition_dimensions_id ENCODING RLE,
+ time_stamp ENCODING DELTAVAL,
+ value ENCODING AUTO,
+ value_meta ENCODING RLE
+)
+AS
+ SELECT definition_dimensions_id,
+        time_stamp,
+        value,
+        value_meta
+ FROM MonMetrics.Measurements
+ ORDER BY definition_dimensions_id,
+          time_stamp,
+          value_meta
+UNSEGMENTED ALL NODES;
+
+CREATE PROJECTION Definitions_DBD_2_rep_MonMetrics /*+createtype(D)*/
+(
+ id ENCODING AUTO,
+ name ENCODING AUTO,
+ tenant_id ENCODING RLE,
+ region ENCODING RLE
+)
+AS
+ SELECT id,
+        name,
+        tenant_id,
+        region
+ FROM MonMetrics.Definitions
+ ORDER BY region,
+          tenant_id,
+          name
+UNSEGMENTED ALL NODES;
+
+CREATE PROJECTION Dimensions_DBD_3_rep_MonMetrics /*+createtype(D)*/
+(
+ dimension_set_id ENCODING AUTO,
+ name ENCODING RLE,
+ value ENCODING AUTO
+)
+AS
+ SELECT dimension_set_id,
+        name,
+        value
+ FROM MonMetrics.Dimensions
+ ORDER BY name,
+          value,
+          dimension_set_id
+UNSEGMENTED ALL NODES;
+
+CREATE PROJECTION DefinitionDimensions_DBD_4_rep_MonMetrics /*+createtype(D)*/
+(
+ id ENCODING AUTO,
+ definition_id ENCODING RLE,
+ dimension_set_id ENCODING AUTO
+)
+AS
+ SELECT id,
+        definition_id,
+        dimension_set_id
+ FROM MonMetrics.DefinitionDimensions
+ ORDER BY definition_id,
+          dimension_set_id
+UNSEGMENTED ALL NODES;
+
+select refresh('MonMetrics.Measurements, MonMetrics.Definitions, MonMetrics.Dimensions, MonMetrics.DefinitionDimensions');
diff --git a/devstack/files/vertica/roles.sql b/devstack/files/vertica/roles.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc9e30321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/files/vertica/roles.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+CREATE ROLE monasca_persister;
+CREATE ROLE monasca_api;
+
+GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA MonMetrics TO monasca_persister;
+GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA MonAlarms TO monasca_persister;
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE MonMetrics.Measurements TO monasca_persister;
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE MonMetrics.Definitions TO monasca_persister;
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE MonMetrics.Dimensions TO monasca_persister;
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE MonMetrics.DefinitionDimensions TO monasca_persister;
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE MonAlarms.StateHistory TO monasca_persister;
+
+GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA MonMetrics TO monasca_api;
+GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA MonAlarms TO monasca_api;
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE MonMetrics.Measurements TO monasca_api;
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE MonMetrics.Definitions TO monasca_api;
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE MonMetrics.Dimensions TO monasca_api;
+GRANT SELECT ON TABLE MonMetrics.DefinitionDimensions TO monasca_api;
+GRANT ALL ON TABLE MonAlarms.StateHistory TO monasca_api;
diff --git a/devstack/files/vertica/users.sql b/devstack/files/vertica/users.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f19413548
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/files/vertica/users.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CREATE USER mon_api IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
+GRANT monasca_api TO mon_api;
+ALTER USER mon_api DEFAULT ROLE monasca_api;
+
+CREATE USER mon_persister IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
+GRANT monasca_persister TO mon_persister;
+ALTER USER mon_persister DEFAULT ROLE monasca_persister;
diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index 083e5377f..89397c598 100755
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ set -o errexit
 export MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
 export MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
 
+# Set default metrics DB to InfluxDB
+export MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-influxdb}
+
 # Determine if we are running in devstack-gate or devstack.
 if [[ $DEST ]]; then
 
@@ -67,6 +70,8 @@ function pre_install_monasca {
 
 function install_monasca {
 
+    install_git
+
     update_maven
 
     install_monasca_virtual_env
@@ -77,7 +82,21 @@ function install_monasca {
 
     install_kafka
 
-    install_influxdb
+    if [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'influxdb' ]]; then
+
+        install_monasca_influxdb
+
+    elif [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'vertica' ]]; then
+
+        install_monasca_vertica
+
+    else
+
+        echo "Found invalid value for variable MONASCA_METRICS_DB: $MONASCA_METRICS_DB"
+        echo "Valid values for MONASCA_METRICS_DB are \"influxdb\" and \"vertica\""
+        die "Please set MONASCA_METRICS_DB to either \"influxdb'' or \"vertica\""
+
+    fi
 
     install_cli_creds
 
@@ -85,8 +104,6 @@ function install_monasca {
 
     install_maven
 
-    install_git
-
     install_monasca_common
 
     if [[ "${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG,,}" == 'java' ]]; then
@@ -261,7 +278,21 @@ function clean_monasca {
 
     clean_cli_creds
 
-    clean_influxdb
+    if [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'influxdb' ]]; then
+
+        clean_monasca_influxdb
+
+    elif [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'vertica' ]]; then
+
+        clean_monasca_vertica
+
+    else
+
+        echo "Found invalid value for variable MONASCA_METRICS_DB: $MONASCA_METRICS_DB"
+        echo "Valid values for MONASCA_METRICS_DB are \"influxdb\" and \"vertica\""
+        die "Please set MONASCA_METRICS_DB to either \"influxdb'' or \"vertica\""
+
+    fi
 
     clean_kafka
 
@@ -435,7 +466,7 @@ function clean_kafka {
 
 }
 
-function install_influxdb {
+function install_monasca_influxdb {
 
     echo_summary "Install Monasca Influxdb"
 
@@ -464,7 +495,38 @@ function install_influxdb {
 
 }
 
-function clean_influxdb {
+function install_monasca_vertica {
+
+    echo_summary "Install Monasca Vertica"
+
+    sudo mkdir -p /opt/monasca_download_dir || true
+
+    sudo apt-get -y install dialog
+
+    sudo dpkg --skip-same-version -i /vagrant_home/vertica_${VERTICA_VERSION}_amd64.deb
+
+    # Download Vertica JDBC driver
+    # sudo curl https://my.vertica.com/client_drivers/7.2.x/${VERTICA_VERSION}/vertica-jdbc-{VERTICA_VERSION}.jar -o /opt/monasca_download_dir/vertica-jdbc-${VERTICA_VERSION}.jar
+
+    sudo /opt/vertica/sbin/install_vertica --hosts "127.0.0.1" --deb /vagrant_home/vertica_${VERTICA_VERSION}_amd64.deb --dba-user-password password --license CE --accept-eula --failure-threshold NONE
+
+    sudo su dbadmin -c '/opt/vertica/bin/admintools -t create_db -s "127.0.0.1" -d mon -p password'
+
+    /opt/vertica/bin/vsql -U dbadmin -w password < "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/vertica/mon_metrics.sql
+
+    /opt/vertica/bin/vsql -U dbadmin -w password < "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/vertica/mon_alarms.sql
+
+    /opt/vertica/bin/vsql -U dbadmin -w password < "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/vertica/roles.sql
+
+    /opt/vertica/bin/vsql -U dbadmin -w password < "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/vertica/users.sql
+
+    # Copy Vertica JDBC driver to /opt/monasca
+    # sudo cp /opt/monasca_download_dir/vertica-jdbc-${VERTICA_VERSION}.jar /opt/monasca/vertica-jdbc-${VERTICA_VERSION}.jar
+    sudo cp /vagrant_home/vertica-jdbc-${VERTICA_VERSION}.jar /opt/monasca/vertica-jdbc-${VERTICA_VERSION}.jar
+
+}
+
+function clean_monasca_influxdb {
 
     echo_summary "Clean Monasca Influxdb"
 
@@ -497,6 +559,12 @@ function clean_influxdb {
     sudo rm -f /etc/init.d/influxdb
 }
 
+function clean_monasca_vertica {
+
+    echo_summary "Clean Monasca Vertica"
+
+}
+
 function install_cli_creds {
 
     echo_summary "Install Monasca CLI Creds"
@@ -525,13 +593,17 @@ function install_schema {
 
     sudo chmod 0755 /opt/monasca/sqls
 
-    sudo cp -f "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/schema/influxdb_setup.py /opt/monasca/influxdb_setup.py
+    if [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'influxdb' ]]; then
 
-    sudo chmod 0750 /opt/monasca/influxdb_setup.py
+        sudo cp -f "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/schema/influxdb_setup.py /opt/monasca/influxdb_setup.py
 
-    sudo chown root:root /opt/monasca/influxdb_setup.py
+        sudo chmod 0750 /opt/monasca/influxdb_setup.py
 
-    sudo /opt/monasca/influxdb_setup.py
+        sudo chown root:root /opt/monasca/influxdb_setup.py
+
+        sudo /opt/monasca/influxdb_setup.py
+
+    fi
 
     sudo cp -f "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/schema/mon_mysql.sql /opt/monasca/sqls/mon.sql
 
@@ -663,6 +735,13 @@ function install_monasca_api_java {
 
     sudo cp -f "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/monasca-api/monasca-api.conf /etc/init/monasca-api.conf
 
+    if [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'vertica' ]]; then
+
+        # Add the Vertica JDBC to the class path.
+        sudo sed -i "s/-cp \/opt\/monasca\/monasca-api.jar/-cp \/opt\/monasca\/monasca-api.jar:\/opt\/monasca\/vertica-jdbc-${VERTICA_VERSION}.jar/g" /etc/init/monasca-api.conf
+
+    fi
+
     sudo chown root:root /etc/init/monasca-api.conf
 
     sudo chmod 0744 /etc/init/monasca-api.conf
@@ -687,14 +766,26 @@ function install_monasca_api_java {
 
     sudo cp -f "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/monasca-api/api-config.yml /etc/monasca/api-config.yml
 
+    if [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'vertica' ]]; then
+
+        # Switch databaseType from influxdb to vertica
+        sudo sed -i "s/databaseType: \"influxdb\"/databaseType: \"vertica\"/g" /etc/monasca/api-config.yml
+
+    fi
+
     sudo chown mon-api:root /etc/monasca/api-config.yml
 
     sudo chmod 0640 /etc/monasca/api-config.yml
 
     if [[ ${SERVICE_HOST} ]]; then
 
-        # set influxdb ip address
-        sudo sed -i "s/url: \"http:\/\/127\.0\.0\.1:8086\"/url: \"http:\/\/${SERVICE_HOST}:8086\"/g" /etc/monasca/api-config.yml
+        if [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'influxdb' ]]; then
+
+            # set influxdb ip address
+            sudo sed -i "s/url: \"http:\/\/127\.0\.0\.1:8086\"/url: \"http:\/\/${SERVICE_HOST}:8086\"/g" /etc/monasca/api-config.yml
+
+        fi
+
         # set kafka ip address
         sudo sed -i "s/127\.0\.0\.1:9092/${SERVICE_HOST}:9092/g" /etc/monasca/api-config.yml
         # set zookeeper ip address
@@ -882,6 +973,13 @@ function install_monasca_persister_java {
 
     sudo chmod 0640 /etc/monasca/persister-config.yml
 
+    if [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'vertica' ]]; then
+
+        # Switch databaseType from influxdb to vertica
+        sudo sed -i "s/databaseType: influxdb/databaseType: vertica/g" /etc/monasca/persister-config.yml
+
+    fi
+
     if [[ ${SERVICE_HOST} ]]; then
 
         # set zookeeper ip address
@@ -895,6 +993,13 @@ function install_monasca_persister_java {
 
     sudo cp -f "${MONASCA_BASE}"/monasca-api/devstack/files/monasca-persister/monasca-persister.conf /etc/init/monasca-persister.conf
 
+    if [[ "${MONASCA_METRICS_DB,,}" == 'vertica' ]]; then
+
+        # Add the Vertica JDBC to the class path.
+        sudo sed -i "s/-cp \/opt\/monasca\/monasca-persister.jar/-cp \/opt\/monasca\/monasca-persister.jar:\/opt\/monasca\/vertica-jdbc-${VERTICA_VERSION}.jar/g" /etc/init/monasca-persister.conf
+
+    fi
+
     sudo chown root:root /etc/init/monasca-persister.conf
 
     sudo chmod 0744 /etc/init/monasca-persister.conf
diff --git a/devstack/settings b/devstack/settings
index 2bc95deca..ca5d0f880 100644
--- a/devstack/settings
+++ b/devstack/settings
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@
 # of the Monasca API and the Monasca Persister. These variables can be set here
 # or in the DevStack local.conf file.
 
-#MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
+# MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
 MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_API_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
 
-#MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
+# MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-java}
 MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG=${MONASCA_PERSISTER_IMPLEMENTATION_LANG:-python}
 
+# MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-vertica}
+MONASCA_METRICS_DB=${MONASCA_METRICS_DB:-influxdb}
+
 # Turn on all the Monasca services by default. Currently enabling specific services
 # has no effect. All services are enabled by default. There is currently no mechanism
 # implemented to turn off specific Monasca services.
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ enable_service monasca-cli
 #
 
 INFLUXDB_VERSION=${INFLUXDB_VERSION:-0.9.5}
+VERTICA_VERSION=${VERTICA_VERSION:-7.2.1-0}
 # Kafka deb consists of the version of scala plus the version of kafka
 BASE_KAFKA_VERSION=${BASE_KAFKA_VERSION:-0.8.1.1}
 SCALA_VERSION=${SCALA_VERSION:-2.9.2}