diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index 4b2685ae..12309ac4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -16,17 +16,16 @@ env:
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-  metrics:
-    name: "[metrics] handler: ceilometer-metrics, collectd-metrics; application: prometheus"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+  collectd-metrics-bridge:
+    name: "[metrics] transport: socket(sg-bridge); handler: collectd-metrics; application: prometheus"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
-      QDR_CHANNEL_CEILOMTR: ceilometer/metering.sample
-      QDR_CHANNEL_COLLECTD: collectd/metrics
+      QDR_CHANNEL: collectd/metrics
       BRIDGE_SOCKET: /tmp/sg-bridge/test-socket
       PROMETHEUS_IMAGE: prom/prometheus:latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Prepare environment
         run: |
           mkdir -p /opt/stack/
@@ -39,6 +38,13 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
           sudo dpkg -l | grep -i mysql
           sudo apt-get clean
+      - name: Prepare environment for postgres-server installation
+        run: |
+          sudo apt remove postgresql-client-common
+          sudo apt install postgresql-client-common=238
+          sudo apt install postgresql-common
+          sudo python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          sudo python -m pip install --upgrade virtualenv
       - name: Install devstack
         run: |
           SOURCE=$(pwd)
@@ -58,17 +64,111 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
           git ls-remote --exit-code --heads https://github.com/infrawatch/sg-bridge.git "$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
-      - name: Start sg-bridge for collectd from container image
+      - name: Start sg-bridge from container image
         if: steps.bridge_branch.outcome != 'success'
         run: |
           docker run --name=sgbridge --network host $BRIDGE_VOLUME -d \
-            $BRIDGE_IMAGE --amqp_url amqp://localhost:5666/$QDR_CHANNEL_COLLECTD \
+            $BRIDGE_IMAGE --amqp_url amqp://localhost:5666/$QDR_CHANNEL \
             --gw_unix=$BRIDGE_SOCKET
-      - name: Start sg-bridge for collectd with same branch
+      - name: Start sg-bridge from same branch
         if: steps.bridge_branch.outcome == 'success'
         run: |
           docker run --name=sgbridge --network host $BRIDGE_VOLUME -d -uroot \
-            -e GITHUB_REF -e BRIDGE_SOCKET -e QDR_CHANNEL_COLLECTD -e OPSTOOLS_REPO \
+            -e GITHUB_REF -e BRIDGE_SOCKET -e QDR_CHANNEL -e OPSTOOLS_REPO \
+            --workdir=$(dirname $BRIDGE_SOCKET) \
+            $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/run_bridge.sh
+      - name: Install collectd
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install collectd
+          sudo systemctl stop collectd && sudo systemctl disable collectd
+          sudo cp ci/integration/metrics/collectd/collectd.conf /etc/collectd/collectd.conf
+          sudo touch /var/log/collectd.log && sudo chmod a+rw /var/log/collectd.log
+          sudo collectd -C ci/integration/metrics/collectd/collectd.conf
+      - name: Run sg-core to process metrics
+        run: |
+          docker run --name=sgcore -d -uroot --network host $BRIDGE_VOLUME -e OPSTOOLS_REPO \
+            --volume ${{ github.workspace }}:$PROJECT_ROOT:z --workdir $PROJECT_ROOT \
+            $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/run_sg.sh
+      - name: Run Prometheus to store metrics
+        run: |
+          docker run --name=prometheus -d --network host \
+          --volume ${{ github.workspace }}/ci/integration/metrics/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml:ro \
+          $PROMETHEUS_IMAGE
+      - name: Debug output
+        run: |
+          sleep 360
+          echo "=========================== qdr =========================" && \
+          docker exec qdr qdstat -b 127.0.0.1:5666 -a
+          docker logs qdr
+          echo "========================= sg-core =======================" && \
+          docker logs sgcore
+          echo "======================== prometheus =====================" && \
+          docker logs prometheus
+      - name: Validate metrics processing
+        run: |
+          docker run --name=validate -uroot --network host \
+            --volume ${{ github.workspace }}:$PROJECT_ROOT:z --workdir $PROJECT_ROOT \
+            $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/run_validation.sh
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  ceilometer-metrics-bridge:
+    name: "[metrics] transport: socket(sg-bridge); handler: ceilometer-metrics; application: prometheus"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      QDR_CHANNEL: anycast/ceilometer/metering.sample
+      BRIDGE_SOCKET: /tmp/sg-bridge/test-socket
+      PROMETHEUS_IMAGE: prom/prometheus:latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Prepare environment
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /opt/stack/
+          sudo setfacl -Rdm u::7,g::0,o:0 /opt/stack
+      - name: Prepare environment for mysql-server installation # https://stackoverflow.com/a/66026366
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get -f install -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
+          sudo apt-get purge mysql\*
+          sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
+          sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
+          sudo dpkg -l | grep -i mysql
+          sudo apt-get clean
+      - name: Prepare environment for postgres-server installation
+        run: |
+          sudo apt remove postgresql-client-common
+          sudo apt install postgresql-client-common=238
+          sudo apt install postgresql-common
+          sudo python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          sudo python -m pip install --upgrade virtualenv
+      - name: Install devstack
+        run: |
+          SOURCE=$(pwd)
+          git clone http://github.com/openstack/devstack /opt/stack/devstack
+          pushd /opt/stack/devstack
+          cp $SOURCE/ci/integration/metrics/local.conf .
+          sudo apt-get update
+          ./stack.sh
+          popd
+      # start message bus services
+      - name: Start QDR service
+        run: |
+          docker run --name=qdr $QDR_VOLUME $QDR_PORT -d $QDR_IMAGE
+      - name: Check if sg-bridge repository has same topic branch
+        id: bridge_branch
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          echo "${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
+          git ls-remote --exit-code --heads https://github.com/infrawatch/sg-bridge.git "$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
+      - name: Start sg-bridge from container image
+        if: steps.bridge_branch.outcome != 'success'
+        run: |
+          docker run --name=sgbridge --network host $BRIDGE_VOLUME -d \
+            $BRIDGE_IMAGE --amqp_url amqp://localhost:5666/$QDR_CHANNEL \
+            --gw_unix=$BRIDGE_SOCKET
+      - name: Start sg-bridge from same branch
+        if: steps.bridge_branch.outcome == 'success'
+        run: |
+          docker run --name=sgbridge --network host $BRIDGE_VOLUME -d -uroot \
+            -e GITHUB_REF -e BRIDGE_SOCKET -e QDR_CHANNEL -e OPSTOOLS_REPO \
             --workdir=$(dirname $BRIDGE_SOCKET) \
             $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/run_bridge.sh
       - name: Set Ceilometer pipelines to QDR output and restart notification agent
@@ -78,22 +178,15 @@ jobs:
           echo pseudo_vhost=true | crudini --merge /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf oslo_messaging_amqp
           echo rpc_address_prefix="" | crudini --merge /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf oslo_messaging_amqp
           echo notify_address_prefix="" | crudini --merge /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf oslo_messaging_amqp
-          cp ci/integration/metrics/*pipeline.yaml /etc/ceilometer/.
+          cp ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/*pipeline.yaml /etc/ceilometer/.
           cat /etc/ceilometer/*
           sudo pip install pyngus
           sudo systemctl restart devstack@ceilometer-anotification.service
-      - name: Install collectd
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get install collectd
-          sudo systemctl stop collectd && sudo systemctl disable collectd
-          sudo cp ci/integration/metrics/collectd.conf /etc/collectd/collectd.conf
-          sudo touch /var/log/collectd.log && sudo chmod a+rw /var/log/collectd.log
-          sudo collectd -C ci/integration/metrics/collectd.conf
       - name: Run sg-core to process metrics
         run: |
           docker run --name=sgcore -d -uroot --network host $BRIDGE_VOLUME -e OPSTOOLS_REPO \
             --volume ${{ github.workspace }}:$PROJECT_ROOT:z --workdir $PROJECT_ROOT \
-            $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/run_sg.sh
+            $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/run_sg.sh
       - name: Run Prometheus to store metrics
         run: |
           docker run --name=prometheus -d --network host \
@@ -104,23 +197,94 @@ jobs:
           sleep 360
           echo "=========================== qdr =========================" && \
           docker exec qdr qdstat -b 127.0.0.1:5666 -a
+          docker logs qdr
           echo "========================= sg-core =======================" && \
           docker logs sgcore
-          echo "======================== collectd =======================" && \
-          cat /var/log/collectd.log
           echo "========================= ceilometer ====================" && \
           sudo journalctl -xu devstack@ceilometer-anotification.service
+          echo "======================== prometheus =====================" && \
+          docker logs prometheus
+      - name: Validate metrics processing
+        run: |
+          docker run --name=validate -uroot --network host \
+            --volume ${{ github.workspace }}:$PROJECT_ROOT:z --workdir $PROJECT_ROOT \
+            $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/run_validation.sh
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  ceilometer-metrics-tcp:
+    name: "[metrics] transport: socket(tcp); handler: ceilometer-metrics; application: prometheus"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      PROMETHEUS_IMAGE: prom/prometheus:latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Prepare environment
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /opt/stack/
+          sudo setfacl -Rdm u::7,g::0,o:0 /opt/stack
+      - name: Prepare environment for mysql-server installation # https://stackoverflow.com/a/66026366
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get -f install -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite"
+          sudo apt-get purge mysql\*
+          sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql
+          sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql
+          sudo dpkg -l | grep -i mysql
+          sudo apt-get clean
+      - name: Prepare environment for postgres-server installation
+        run: |
+          sudo apt remove postgresql-client-common
+          sudo apt install postgresql-client-common=238
+          sudo apt install postgresql-common
+          sudo python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          sudo python -m pip install --upgrade virtualenv
+      - name: Install devstack
+        run: |
+          SOURCE=$(pwd)
+          git clone http://github.com/openstack/devstack /opt/stack/devstack
+          pushd /opt/stack/devstack
+          cp $SOURCE/ci/integration/metrics/local.conf .
+          sudo apt-get update
+          ./stack.sh
+          popd
+      - name: Set Ceilometer pipelines to TCP output and restart notification agent
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y crudini
+          echo addressing_mode="dynamic" | crudini --merge /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf oslo_messaging_amqp
+          echo pseudo_vhost=true | crudini --merge /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf oslo_messaging_amqp
+          echo rpc_address_prefix="" | crudini --merge /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf oslo_messaging_amqp
+          echo notify_address_prefix="" | crudini --merge /etc/ceilometer/ceilometer.conf oslo_messaging_amqp
+          cp ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/*pipeline.yaml /etc/ceilometer/.
+          cat /etc/ceilometer/*
+          sudo pip install pyngus
+          sudo systemctl restart devstack@ceilometer-anotification.service
+      - name: Run sg-core to process metrics
+        run: |
+          docker run --name=sgcore -d -uroot --network host $BRIDGE_VOLUME -e OPSTOOLS_REPO \
+            --volume ${{ github.workspace }}:$PROJECT_ROOT:z --workdir $PROJECT_ROOT \
+            $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/run_sg.sh
+      - name: Run Prometheus to store metrics
+        run: |
+          docker run --name=prometheus -d --network host \
+          --volume ${{ github.workspace }}/ci/integration/metrics/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml:ro \
+          $PROMETHEUS_IMAGE
+      - name: Debug output
+        run: |
+          sleep 360
           echo "========================= sg-core =======================" && \
+          docker logs sgcore
+          echo "========================= ceilometer ====================" && \
+          sudo journalctl -xu devstack@ceilometer-anotification.service
+          echo "======================== prometheus =====================" && \
           docker logs prometheus
       - name: Validate metrics processing
         run: |
           docker run --name=validate -uroot --network host \
             --volume ${{ github.workspace }}:$PROJECT_ROOT:z --workdir $PROJECT_ROOT \
-            $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/run_validation.sh
+            $TEST_IMAGE bash $PROJECT_ROOT/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/run_validation.sh
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   logging:
     name: "[logging] handler: logs; application: elasticsearch, loki"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       BRIDGE_SOCKET: /tmp/sg-bridge/test-socket
 
@@ -135,7 +299,7 @@ jobs:
       RSYSLOG_VOLUME: "--volume ${{ github.workspace }}/ci/service_configs/rsyslog/rsyslog_config.conf:/etc/rsyslog.d/integration.conf:z"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       # start data store services
       - name: Start Elasticsearch service
         run: |
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/event_pipeline.yaml b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/event_pipeline.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/integration/metrics/event_pipeline.yaml
rename to ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/event_pipeline.yaml
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/pipeline.yaml b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/pipeline.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/integration/metrics/pipeline.yaml
rename to ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/pipeline.yaml
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/run_sg.sh b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/run_sg.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6bcb071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/run_sg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/env bash
+# CI script for UBI8 job
+# purpose: spawn sg-core to process messages sent by rsyslog
+
+set -ex
+
+# enable required repo(s)
+curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-OpsTools.repo $OPSTOOLS_REPO
+sed -i 's/gpgcheck=1/gpgcheck=0/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-OpsTools.repo
+
+dnf install -y git golang gcc make qpid-proton-c-devel
+
+export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
+export PATH=$PATH:$GOBIN
+
+go install golang.org/dl/go1.19@latest
+go1.19 download
+
+# install sg-core and start sg-core
+mkdir -p /usr/lib64/sg-core
+PLUGIN_DIR=/usr/lib64/sg-core/ GOCMD=go1.19 BUILD_ARGS=-buildvcs=false ./build.sh
+
+./sg-core -config ./ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/sg_config.yaml
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/sg_config.yaml b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/sg_config.yaml
similarity index 63%
rename from ci/integration/metrics/sg_config.yaml
rename to ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/sg_config.yaml
index f2b1fd4d..db3fdab3 100644
--- a/ci/integration/metrics/sg_config.yaml
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/bridge/sg_config.yaml
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@ transports:
   - name: socket
     config:
       path: /tmp/sg-bridge/test-socket
-    handlers:
-      - name: collectd-metrics
-  - name: amqp1
-    config:
-      uri: amqp://127.0.0.1:5666
-      channel: anycast/ceilometer/metering.sample
     handlers:
       - name: ceilometer-metrics
 
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/run_validation.sh b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/run_validation.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c9b5724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/run_validation.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/env bash
+# CI script for UBI8 job
+# purpose: verify the expected metric data is scraped by Prometheus
+
+set -ex
+
+dnf install -y jq hostname
+
+PROMETHEUS_URL=http://127.0.0.1:9090
+METRICS=$(curl -s "$PROMETHEUS_URL/api/v1/label/__name__/values"  | jq -r .data)
+
+######################### gather ceilometer data #########################
+ceilo_found=""
+for item in $METRICS; do
+  if [[ $item == \"ceilometer_* ]]; then
+    if [[ -z "$ceilo_found" ]]; then
+      ceilo_found=$item
+    else
+      ceilo_found="$ceilo_found, $item"
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+
+############################### validate ###############################
+echo "Ceilometer metrics stored: $ceilo_found"
+
+if [[ -z "$ceilo_found" ]] ; then
+  echo "Missing expected metrics data"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/event_pipeline.yaml b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/event_pipeline.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f05c696a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/event_pipeline.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+sources:
+    - name: event_source
+      events:
+          - "*"
+      sinks:
+          - event_sink
+sinks:
+    - name: event_sink
+      transformers:
+      triggers:
+      publishers:
+          - tcp://127.0.0.1:4242
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/pipeline.yaml b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/pipeline.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9527c24e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/pipeline.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+sources:
+    - name: meter_source
+      meters:
+          - "*"
+      sinks:
+          - meter_sink
+sinks:
+    - name: meter_sink
+      publishers:
+          - tcp://127.0.0.1:4242
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/run_sg.sh b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/run_sg.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ab3da08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/run_sg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/env bash
+# CI script for UBI8 job
+# purpose: spawn sg-core to process messages sent by rsyslog
+
+set -ex
+
+# enable required repo(s)
+curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-OpsTools.repo $OPSTOOLS_REPO
+sed -i 's/gpgcheck=1/gpgcheck=0/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-OpsTools.repo
+
+dnf install -y git golang gcc make qpid-proton-c-devel
+
+export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
+export PATH=$PATH:$GOBIN
+
+go install golang.org/dl/go1.19@latest
+go1.19 download
+
+# install sg-core and start sg-core
+mkdir -p /usr/lib64/sg-core
+PLUGIN_DIR=/usr/lib64/sg-core/ GOCMD=go1.19 BUILD_ARGS=-buildvcs=false ./build.sh
+
+./sg-core -config ./ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/sg_config.yaml
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/sg_config.yaml b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/sg_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd9e8aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/ceilometer/tcp/sg_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+
+pluginDir: /usr/lib64/sg-core
+logLevel: debug
+
+transports:
+  - name: socket
+    config:
+      type: tcp
+      socketaddr: 127.0.0.1:4242
+    handlers:
+      - name: ceilometer-metrics
+        config:
+          source: tcp
+
+applications:
+  - name: prometheus
+    config:
+        host: 0.0.0.0
+        port: 3000
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/collectd.conf b/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/collectd.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/integration/metrics/collectd.conf
rename to ci/integration/metrics/collectd/collectd.conf
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/run_sg.sh b/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/run_sg.sh
similarity index 89%
rename from ci/integration/metrics/run_sg.sh
rename to ci/integration/metrics/collectd/run_sg.sh
index cbc18cff..7e186cd0 100644
--- a/ci/integration/metrics/run_sg.sh
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/run_sg.sh
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ go1.19 download
 mkdir -p /usr/lib64/sg-core
 PLUGIN_DIR=/usr/lib64/sg-core/ GOCMD=go1.19 BUILD_ARGS=-buildvcs=false ./build.sh
 
-./sg-core -config ./ci/integration/metrics/sg_config.yaml
+./sg-core -config ./ci/integration/metrics/collectd/sg_config.yaml
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/run_validation.sh b/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/run_validation.sh
similarity index 65%
rename from ci/integration/metrics/run_validation.sh
rename to ci/integration/metrics/collectd/run_validation.sh
index 1e453719..d13ccc21 100644
--- a/ci/integration/metrics/run_validation.sh
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/run_validation.sh
@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ dnf install -y jq hostname
 PROMETHEUS_URL=http://127.0.0.1:9090
 METRICS=$(curl -s "$PROMETHEUS_URL/api/v1/label/__name__/values"  | jq -r .data)
 
-######################### gather ceilometer data #########################
-ceilo_found=""
-for item in $METRICS; do
-  if [[ $item == \"ceilometer_* ]]; then
-    if [[ -z "$ceilo_found" ]]; then
-      ceilo_found=$item
-    else
-      ceilo_found="$ceilo_found, $item"
-    fi
-  fi
-done
-
 ######################### gather collectd data #########################
 collectd_found=""
 for item in $METRICS; do
@@ -34,10 +22,9 @@ for item in $METRICS; do
 done
 
 ############################### validate ###############################
-echo "Ceilometer metrics stored: $ceilo_found"
 echo "Collectd metrics stored: $collectd_found"
 
-if [[ -z "$ceilo_found" ]] || [[ -z "$collectd_found" ]]; then
+if [[ -z "$collectd_found" ]]; then
   echo "Missing expected metrics data"
   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/sg_config.yaml b/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/sg_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0516a4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/collectd/sg_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+
+pluginDir: /usr/lib64/sg-core
+logLevel: debug
+
+transports:
+  - name: socket
+    config:
+      path: /tmp/sg-bridge/test-socket
+    handlers:
+      - name: collectd-metrics
+
+applications:
+  - name: prometheus
+    config:
+        host: 0.0.0.0
+        port: 3000
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/local.conf b/ci/integration/metrics/local.conf
index b696c197..c6f02d56 100644
--- a/ci/integration/metrics/local.conf
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/local.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ REDIS_PASSWORD=$ADMIN_PASSWORD
 
 enable_plugin ceilometer https://opendev.org/openstack/ceilometer.git
 CEILOMETER_BACKEND=none
+CEILOMETER_PIPELINE_INTERVAL=60
 enable_service ceilometer-acompute ceilometer-acentral ceilometer-anotification
 
 disable_service horizon
diff --git a/ci/integration/metrics/run_bridge.sh b/ci/integration/metrics/run_bridge.sh
index bb79e043..fa0e0b68 100644
--- a/ci/integration/metrics/run_bridge.sh
+++ b/ci/integration/metrics/run_bridge.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 
 set -ex
 
-CHANNEL=$QDR_CHANNEL_CEILOMTR
-CHANNEL=${CHANNEL:-$QDR_CHANNEL_COLLECTD}
+CHANNEL=$QDR_CHANNEL
 
 # enable required repo(s)
 curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-OpsTools.repo $OPSTOOLS_REPO