diff --git a/contrail/environment/modules/ceph/manifests/mon.pp b/contrail/environment/modules/ceph/manifests/mon.pp
index 91fd1298..68277acd 100644
--- a/contrail/environment/modules/ceph/manifests/mon.pp
+++ b/contrail/environment/modules/ceph/manifests/mon.pp
@@ -130,12 +130,15 @@
 mon_data=\$(ceph-mon ${cluster_option} --id ${id} --show-config-value mon_data)
 if [ ! -d \$mon_data ] ; then
   mkdir -p \$mon_data
+  chown -h ceph:ceph \$mon_data
   if ceph-mon ${cluster_option} \
+        --setuser ceph --setgroup ceph \
         ${public_addr_option} \
         --mkfs \
         --id ${id} \
         --keyring ${keyring_path} ; then
     touch \$mon_data/done \$mon_data/${init} \$mon_data/keyring
+    chown -h ceph:ceph \$mon_data/done \$mon_data/${init} \$mon_data/keyring
   else
     rm -fr \$mon_data
   fi
diff --git a/contrail/environment/modules/contrail/manifests/common.pp b/contrail/environment/modules/contrail/manifests/common.pp
index 44bd2e88..6969723c 100644
--- a/contrail/environment/modules/contrail/manifests/common.pp
+++ b/contrail/environment/modules/contrail/manifests/common.pp
@@ -40,13 +40,16 @@
     $contrail_group_details = {
       'nova'     => { gid => '499'},
       'kvm'      => { gid => '498'},
-      'libvirtd' => { gid => '497'}
+      'libvirtd' => { gid => '497'},
+      'ceph'     => { gid => '496'}
     }
     $contrail_users_details = {
       'nova'            => { ensure => present, uid => '499', gid => '499', home => '/var/lib/nova' , managehome => true},
       'libvirt-qemu'    => { ensure => present, uid => '498', gid => '498', home => '/var/lib/libvirt',  managehome => true},
       'libvirt-dnsmasq' => { ensure => present, uid => '497', gid => '497', home => '/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq',  managehome => true},
+      'ceph'            => { ensure => present, uid => '496', gid => '496', home => '/var/lib/ceph',  managehome => true},
     }
+
     create_resources(group, $contrail_group_details)
     create_resources(user, $contrail_users_details)
 
diff --git a/contrail/environment/modules/contrail/manifests/lib/storage_common.pp b/contrail/environment/modules/contrail/manifests/lib/storage_common.pp
index ed62d700..5a7be1c6 100644
--- a/contrail/environment/modules/contrail/manifests/lib/storage_common.pp
+++ b/contrail/environment/modules/contrail/manifests/lib/storage_common.pp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
     contrail::lib::report_status { 'storage_started': state => 'storage_started' }
     ->
-    package { 'contrail-storage' : ensure => present, }
+    package { 'contrail-storage' : ensure => latest, }
     ->
     file { 'contrail-storage-rest-api.conf':
         ensure => present,