diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 9f523d69..b2ea4023 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -295,17 +295,6 @@ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_default_file_path: "/etc/openstack_
 ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_default_file_path: "/etc/openstack_deploy/ceilometer/osprofiler_event_definitions.yaml"
 ceilometer_polling_default_file_path: "/etc/openstack_deploy/ceilometer/polling.yaml"
 
-# If the above-mentioned files do not exist, then these
-# paths will be used to find the files from the git config
-# lookup location.
-ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/ceilometer/plain
-ceilometer_data_meters_git_file_path: "ceilometer/data/meters.d/meters.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
-ceilometer_event_definitions_git_file_path: "ceilometer/pipeline/data/event_definitions.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
-ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_git_file_path: "ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
-ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_git_file_path: "etc/ceilometer/examples/loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
-ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_git_file_path: "etc/ceilometer/examples/osprofiler_event_definitions.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
-ceilometer_polling_git_file_path: "etc/ceilometer/polling.yaml?h={{ ceilometer_git_install_branch }}"
-
 ## Tunable var-based overrides
 # The contents of these are templated over the default files.
 ceilometer_ceilometer_conf_overrides: {}
diff --git a/files/rootwrap.d/ipmi.filters b/files/rootwrap.d/ipmi.filters
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ef74b04..00000000
--- a/files/rootwrap.d/ipmi.filters
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# ceilometer-rootwrap command filters for IPMI capable nodes
-# This file should be owned by (and only-writeable by) the root user
-
-[Filters]
-# ceilometer/ipmi/nodemanager/node_manager.py: 'ipmitool'
-ipmitool: CommandFilter, ipmitool, root
-
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/smart-sources-59cd0811dcf1ae49.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/smart-sources-59cd0811dcf1ae49.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67c6d59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/smart-sources-59cd0811dcf1ae49.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Due to the smart-reources implementation, variables, related to custom git path
+    of exact config files were removed. Now all config files are taken from
+    upstream git repo, but overrides and client configs are still supported.
+    The following variables are not supported now:
+    * ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location
+    * ceilometer_data_meters_git_file_path
+    * ceilometer_event_definitions_git_file_path
+    * ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_git_file_path
+    * ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_git_file_path
+    * ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_git_file_path
+    * ceilometer_polling_git_file_path
+    If you are maintaining custom ceilometer git repository, you still may use
+    ``ceilometer_git_repo`` variable, to provide url to your git repository.
diff --git a/tasks/ceilometer_post_install.yml b/tasks/ceilometer_post_install.yml
index ae8a38d6..a8ac6a65 100644
--- a/tasks/ceilometer_post_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceilometer_post_install.yml
@@ -13,19 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-- name: Retrieve default configuration files
-  uri:
-    url: "{{ item }}"
-    return_content: yes
-  with_items:
-    - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_data_meters_git_file_path }}"
-    - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_event_definitions_git_file_path }}"
-    - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_git_file_path }}"
-    - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_git_file_path }}"
-    - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_git_file_path }}"
-    - "{{ ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location }}/{{ ceilometer_polling_git_file_path }}"
-  register: _git_file_fetch
-
 - name: Copy ceilometer configuration files
   config_template:
     content: "{{ item.content | default(omit) }}"
@@ -47,53 +34,58 @@
       config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_pipeline_yaml_overrides }}"
       config_type: "yaml"
       list_extend: false
-    - src: "rootwrap.conf.j2"
-      dest: "/etc/ceilometer/rootwrap.conf"
-      owner: "root"
-      group: "root"
-      config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_rootwrap_conf_overrides }}"
-      config_type: "ini"
-    - dest: "/etc/ceilometer/loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions.yaml"
-      config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_yaml_overrides }}"
-      config_type: "yaml"
-      list_extend: false
-      content: "{{ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_user_content | default(ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_default_content, true) }}"
-    - dest: "/etc/ceilometer/osprofiler_event_definitions.yaml"
-      config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_yaml_overrides }}"
-      config_type: "yaml"
-      list_extend: false
-      content: "{{ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_user_content | default(ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_default_content, true) }}"
-    - dest: "/etc/ceilometer/polling.yaml"
-      config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_polling_yaml_overrides }}"
-      config_type: "yaml"
-      list_extend: false
-      content: "{{ ceilometer_polling_user_content | default(ceilometer_polling_default_content, true) }}"
-    - dest: "{{ ceilometer_lib_dir }}/ceilometer/data/meters.d/meters.yaml"
-      config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_data_meters_yaml_overrides }}"
-      config_type: "yaml"
-      list_extend: false
-      content: "{{ ceilometer_data_meters_user_content | default(ceilometer_data_meters_default_content, true) }}"
-    - dest: "{{ ceilometer_lib_dir }}/ceilometer/pipeline/data/event_definitions.yaml"
-      config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_event_definitions_yaml_overrides }}"
-      config_type: "yaml"
-      list_extend: false
-      content: "{{ ceilometer_event_definitions_user_content | default(ceilometer_event_definitions_default_content, true) }}"
-    - dest: "{{ ceilometer_lib_dir }}/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml"
-      config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_yaml_overrides }}"
-      config_type: "yaml"
-      list_extend: false
-      content: "{{ ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_user_content | default(ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_default_content, true) }}"
   notify:
     - Restart ceilometer services
 
-- name: Copy rootwrap filters
-  copy:
-    src: "{{ item }}"
-    dest: "/etc/ceilometer/rootwrap.d/"
+# NOTE(cloudnull): This is using "cp" instead of copy with a remote_source
+#                  because we only want to copy the original files once. and we
+#                  don't want to need multiple tasks.
+- name: Preserve original configuration file(s)
+  command: "cp {{ item.source_f }} {{ item.source_f }}.original"
+  args:
+    creates: "{{ item.source_f }}.original"
+  with_items: "{{ ceilometer_core_files }}"
+  when: "{{ item.condition | default(True) }}"
+
+- name: Fetch override files
+  fetch:
+    src: "{{ item.source_f }}.original"
+    dest: "{{ item.tmp_f }}"
+    flat: yes
+  changed_when: false
+  with_items: "{{ ceilometer_core_files }}"
+  when: "{{ item.condition | default(True) }}"
+  run_once: true
+
+- name: Copy common config
+  config_template:
+    src: "{{ item.tmp_f }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.target_f | default(item.source_f) }}"
+    owner: "{{ item.owner | default(ceilometer_system_user_name) }}"
+    group: "{{ item.group | default(ceilometer_system_group_name) }}"
+    mode: "{{ item.mode | default('0640') }}"
+    config_overrides: "{{ item.config_overrides }}"
+    config_type: "{{ item.config_type }}"
+    content: "{{ item.content | default(omit) }}"
+  with_items: "{{ ceilometer_core_files }}"
+  when: "{{ item.condition | default(True) }}"
+  notify:
+    - Restart ceilometer services
+
+- name: Cleanup fetched temp files
+  file:
+    path: "{{ item.tmp_f }}"
+    state: absent
+  changed_when: false
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  with_items: "{{ ceilometer_core_files }}"
+  when: "{{ item.condition | default(True) }}"
+
+# NOTE(cloudnull): This will ensure strong permissions on all rootwrap files.
+- name: Set rootwrap.d permissions
+  file:
+    path: "/etc/ceilometer/rootwrap.d"
     owner: "root"
     group: "root"
-  with_fileglob:
-    - rootwrap.d/*
-  notify:
-    - Restart ceilometer services
-
+    mode: "0640"
+    recurse: true
diff --git a/tasks/ceilometer_pre_install.yml b/tasks/ceilometer_pre_install.yml
index d3569dda..a967dec7 100644
--- a/tasks/ceilometer_pre_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/ceilometer_pre_install.yml
@@ -40,17 +40,57 @@
     home: "{{ swift_system_home_folder }}"
   when: swift_ceilometer_enabled | bool
 
+
+# NOTE(cloudnull): During an upgrade the local directory may exist on a source
+#                  install. If the directory does exist it will need to be
+#                  removed. This is required on source installs because the
+#                  config directory is a link.
+- name: Source config block
+  block:
+    - name: Stat config directory
+      stat:
+        path: "/etc/ceilometer"
+      register: ceilometer_conf_dir_stat
+
+    - name: Remove the config directory
+      file:
+        path: "/etc/cinder"
+        state: absent
+      when:
+        - ceilometer_conf_dir_stat.stat.isdir is defined and
+          ceilometer_conf_dir_stat.stat.isdir
+  when:
+    - ceilometer_install_method == 'source'
+
 - name: Create ceilometer dir
   file:
-    path: "{{ item.path }}"
-    state: directory
+    path: "{{ item.path | default(omit) }}"
+    src: "{{ item.src | default(omit) }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest | default(omit) }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state | default('directory') }}"
     owner: "{{ item.owner|default(ceilometer_system_user_name) }}"
     group: "{{ item.group|default(ceilometer_system_group_name) }}"
-    mode: "{{ item.mode|default('0755') }}"
+    mode: "{{ item.mode | default(omit) }}"
+    force: "{{ item.force | default(omit) }}"
+  when:
+    - (item.condition | default(true)) | bool
   with_items:
-    - { path: "/openstack", owner: "root", group: "root" }
-    - { path: "/etc/ceilometer" }
-    - { path: "/etc/ceilometer/rootwrap.d", owner: "root", group: "root" }
-    - { path: "{{ ceilometer_system_user_home }}" }
-    - { path: "{{ ceilometer_system_user_home }}/.ssh", mode: "0700" }
-    - { path: "/var/cache/ceilometer", mode: "0700" }
+    - path: "/openstack"
+      owner: "root"
+      group: "root"
+      mode: "0755"
+    - path: "/var/cache/ceilometer"
+      mode: "0700"
+    - path: "{{ (ceilometer_install_method == 'distro') | ternary('/etc/ceilometer', (ceilometer_bin | dirname) + '/etc/ceilometer') }}"
+      mode: "0755"
+    - path: "/etc/ceilometer"
+      src: "{{ ceilometer_bin | dirname | regex_replace('^/', '../') }}/etc/ceilometer"
+      state: link
+      force: true
+      condition: "{{ ceilometer_install_method == 'source' }}"
+    - path: "/etc/ceilometer/rootwrap.d"
+      owner: "root"
+      group: "root"
+    - path: "{{ ceilometer_system_user_home }}"
+    - path: "{{ ceilometer_system_user_home }}/.ssh"
+      mode: "0700"
diff --git a/templates/rootwrap.conf.j2 b/templates/rootwrap.conf.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 3724f388..00000000
--- a/templates/rootwrap.conf.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for ceilometer-rootwrap
-# This file should be owned by (and only-writeable by) the root user
-
-[DEFAULT]
-# List of directories to load filter definitions from (separated by ',').
-# These directories MUST all be only writeable by root !
-filters_path=/etc/ceilometer/rootwrap.d,/usr/share/ceilometer/rootwrap
-
-# List of directories to search executables in, in case filters do not
-# explicitely specify a full path (separated by ',')
-# If not specified, defaults to system PATH environment variable.
-# These directories MUST all be only writeable by root !
-exec_dirs={{ ceilometer_bin }},/sbin,/usr/sbin,/bin,/usr/bin,/usr/local/sbin,/usr/local/bin
-
-# Enable logging to syslog
-# Default value is False
-use_syslog=False
-
-# Which syslog facility to use.
-# Valid values include auth, authpriv, syslog, user0, user1...
-# Default value is 'syslog'
-syslog_log_facility=syslog
-
-# Which messages to log.
-# INFO means log all usage
-# ERROR means only log unsuccessful attempts
-syslog_log_level=ERROR
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 8c879278..f9248cac 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -21,16 +21,56 @@ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_user_content: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'c
 ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_user_content: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'cat ' ~ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_default_file_path ~ ' 2>/dev/null || true') }}"
 ceilometer_polling_user_content: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'cat ' ~ ceilometer_polling_default_file_path ~ ' 2>/dev/null || true') }}"
 
-# These vars find the appropriate result content from the with_items loop
-ceilometer_data_meters_default_content: |
-  {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location  ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_data_meters_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
-ceilometer_event_definitions_default_content: |
-  {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location  ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_event_definitions_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }} 
-ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_default_content: |
-  {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
-ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_default_content: |
-  {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
-ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_default_content: |
-  {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
-ceilometer_polling_default_content: |
-  {{ _git_file_fetch.results | selectattr('item', 'equalto', ceilometer_git_config_lookup_location ~ '/' ~ ceilometer_polling_git_file_path) | map(attribute='content') | first }}
+_ceilometer_rootwrap_conf_overrides:
+  DEFAULT:
+    filters_path: "/etc/ceilometer/rootwrap.d,/usr/share/ceilometer/rootwrap"
+    exec_dirs: "{{ ceilometer_bin }},/sbin,/usr/sbin,/bin,/usr/bin,/usr/local/bin,/usr/local/sbin"
+
+ceilometer_core_files:
+  - tmp_f: "/tmp/rootwrap.conf"
+    source_f: "/etc/ceilometer/rootwrap.conf"
+    config_overrides: "{{ _ceilometer_rootwrap_conf_overrides | combine(ceilometer_rootwrap_conf_overrides, recursive=True) }}"
+    config_type: "ini"
+    owner: "root"
+    group: "{{ ceilometer_system_group_name }}"
+    mode: "0640"
+  - tmp_f: "/tmp/polling.yaml"
+    source_f: "/etc/ceilometer/polling.yaml"
+    config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_polling_yaml_overrides }}"
+    config_type: "yaml"
+    list_extend: false
+    content: "{{ ceilometer_polling_user_content }}"
+  - tmp_f: "/tmp/loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions.yaml"
+    source_f: "/etc/ceilometer/examples/loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions.yaml"
+    target_f: "/etc/ceilometer/loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions.yaml"
+    config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_yaml_overrides }}"
+    config_type: "yaml"
+    list_extend: false
+    content: "{{ ceilometer_loadbalancer_v2_meter_definitions_user_content }}"
+    condition: "{{ ceilometer_install_method == 'source' }}"
+  - tmp_f: "/tmp/osprofiler_event_definitions.yaml"
+    source_f: "/etc/ceilometer/examples/osprofiler_event_definitions.yaml"
+    target_f: "/etc/ceilometer/osprofiler_event_definitions.yaml"
+    config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_yaml_overrides }}"
+    config_type: "yaml"
+    list_extend: false
+    content: "{{ ceilometer_osprofiler_event_definitions_user_content }}"
+    condition: "{{ ceilometer_install_method == 'source' }}"
+  - tmp_f: "/tmp/meters.yaml"
+    source_f: "{{ ceilometer_lib_dir }}/ceilometer/data/meters.d/meters.yaml"
+    config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_data_meters_yaml_overrides }}"
+    config_type: "yaml"
+    list_extend: false
+    content: "{{ ceilometer_data_meters_user_content }}"
+  - tmp_f: "/tmp/event_definitions.yaml"
+    source_f: "{{ ceilometer_lib_dir }}/ceilometer/pipeline/data/event_definitions.yaml"
+    config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_event_definitions_yaml_overrides }}"
+    config_type: "yaml"
+    list_extend: false
+    content: "{{ ceilometer_event_definitions_user_content }}"
+  - tmp_f: "/tmp/gnocchi_resources.yaml"
+    source_f: "{{ ceilometer_lib_dir }}/ceilometer/publisher/data/gnocchi_resources.yaml"
+    config_overrides: "{{ ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_yaml_overrides }}"
+    config_type: "yaml"
+    list_extend: false
+    content: "{{ ceilometer_gnocchi_resources_user_content }}"