diff --git a/doc/source/install/developer/deploy-with-ceph.rst b/doc/source/install/developer/deploy-with-ceph.rst
index a0c51768b1..b28cb4a1aa 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/developer/deploy-with-ceph.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/developer/deploy-with-ceph.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 Deployment With Ceph
 ====================
 
+This script will create two loopback devices for ceph as one disk for OSD data and other disk for
+block DB and block WAL.
+If loop0 and loop1  devices are busy in your case , feel free to change them in
+parameters.
+
 .. note::
   For other deployment options, select appropriate ``Deployment with ...``
   option from `Index <../developer/index.html>`__ page.
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ Alternatively, this step can be performed by running the script directly:
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-  ./tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh
+  ./tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh /dev/loop0 /dev/loop1
 
 Activate the OpenStack namespace to be able to use Ceph
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/doc/source/install/multinode.rst b/doc/source/install/multinode.rst
index 6b43bf1636..bf39bfd246 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/multinode.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/multinode.rst
@@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ Create loopback devices for CEPH
 
 Create two loopback devices for ceph as one disk for OSD data and other disk for
 block DB and block WAL.
+If loop0 and loop1  devices are busy in your case , feel free to change them in parameters
+by using --ceph-osd-data and --ceph-osd-dbwal options.
 
 .. code-block:: shell
 
-  ansible all -i /opt/openstack-helm-infra/tools/gate/devel/multinode-inventory.yaml -m shell -s -a "/opt/openstack-helm/tools/deployment/common/setup-ceph-loopback-device.sh"
+  ansible all -i /opt/openstack-helm-infra/tools/gate/devel/multinode-inventory.yaml -m shell -s -a "/opt/openstack-helm/tools/deployment/common/setup-ceph-loopback-device.sh --ceph-osd-data /dev/loop0 --ceph-osd-dbwal /dev/loop1"
 
 Deploy Ceph
 -----------
diff --git a/tools/deployment/common/setup-ceph-loopback-device.sh b/tools/deployment/common/setup-ceph-loopback-device.sh
index ca81c604e7..94eb18b804 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/common/setup-ceph-loopback-device.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/common/setup-ceph-loopback-device.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -xe
 
-sudo df -lh
-sudo lsblk
-sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph
-sudo truncate -s 10G /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-data-loopbackfile.img
-sudo truncate -s 8G /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-db-wal-loopbackfile.img
-sudo losetup /dev/loop0 /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-data-loopbackfile.img
-sudo losetup /dev/loop1 /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-db-wal-loopbackfile.img
-#lets verify the devices
-sudo df -lh
-sudo lsblk
+function setup_loopback_devices() {
+  osd_data_device="$1"
+  osd_wal_db_device="$2"
+  sudo df -lh
+  sudo lsblk
+  sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph
+  sudo truncate -s 10G /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-data-loopbackfile.img
+  sudo truncate -s 8G /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-db-wal-loopbackfile.img
+  sudo losetup $osd_data_device /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-data-loopbackfile.img
+  sudo losetup $osd_wal_db_device /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-db-wal-loopbackfile.img
+  #lets verify the devices
+  sudo df -lh
+  sudo lsblk
+}
+
+while [[ "$#" > 0 ]]; do case $1 in
+  -d|--ceph-osd-data) OSD_DATA_DEVICE="$2"; shift;shift;;
+  -w|--ceph-osd-dbwal) OSD_DB_WAL_DEVICE="$2";shift;shift;;
+  -v|--verbose) VERBOSE=1;shift;;
+  *) echo "Unknown parameter passed: $1"; shift; shift;;
+esac; done
+
+# verify params
+if [ -z "$OSD_DATA_DEVICE" ]; then OSD_DATA_DEVICE=/dev/loop0; echo "Ceph osd data device is not set so using ${OSD_DATA_DEVICE}"; fi
+if [ -z "$OSD_DB_WAL_DEVICE" ]; then OSD_DB_WAL_DEVICE=/dev/loop1; echo "Ceph osd db/wal device is not set so using ${OSD_DB_WAL_DEVICE}"; fi
+
+
+setup_loopback_devices $OSD_DATA_DEVICE $OSD_DB_WAL_DEVICE
diff --git a/tools/deployment/component/ceph/ceph.sh b/tools/deployment/component/ceph/ceph.sh
index da7e4e52d3..5ace4c96d6 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/component/ceph/ceph.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/component/ceph/ceph.sh
@@ -169,8 +169,6 @@ pod:
     mds: 1
     mgr: 1
     rgw: 1
-deploy:
-  tool: "ceph-volume"
 
 EOF
 
diff --git a/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh b/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh
index 39cacf7904..c8615bcc33 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/developer/ceph/040-ceph.sh
@@ -14,17 +14,10 @@
 
 set -xe
 
+export CEPH_OSD_DATA_DEVICE="$1"
+export CEPH_OSD_DB_WAL_DEVICE="$2"
 # Create loop back devices for ceph osds.
-sudo df -lh
-sudo lsblk
-sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph
-sudo truncate -s 10G /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-data-loopbackfile.img
-sudo truncate -s 8G /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-db-wal-loopbackfile.img
-sudo losetup /dev/loop0 /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-data-loopbackfile.img
-sudo losetup /dev/loop1 /var/lib/openstack-helm/ceph/ceph-osd-db-wal-loopbackfile.img
-# lets check the devices
-sudo df -lh
-sudo lsblk
+./tools/deployment/common/setup-ceph-loopback-device.sh --ceph-osd-data ${CEPH_OSD_DATA_DEVICE} --ceph-osd-dbwal ${CEPH_OSD_DB_WAL_DEVICE}
 
 #NOTE: Lint and package chart
 export HELM_CHART_ROOT_PATH="${HELM_CHART_ROOT_PATH:="${OSH_INFRA_PATH:="../openstack-helm-infra"}"}"