diff --git a/cluster/get-kube-local.sh b/cluster/get-kube-local.sh
index c3400d4f4bd..5631efc30fc 100755
--- a/cluster/get-kube-local.sh
+++ b/cluster/get-kube-local.sh
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ function create_cluster {
       --api-servers=http://localhost:8080 \
       --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests \
       --allow-privileged=true \
+      --cluster-dns=10.0.0.10 \
+      --cluster-domain=cluster.local \
       --v=2"
 
   echo -e -n "\tWaiting for master components to start..."
diff --git a/cluster/images/hyperkube/Dockerfile b/cluster/images/hyperkube/Dockerfile
index 2c33882656b..2ff58cd987a 100644
--- a/cluster/images/hyperkube/Dockerfile
+++ b/cluster/images/hyperkube/Dockerfile
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ COPY hyperkube /hyperkube
 RUN chmod a+rx /hyperkube
 
 COPY master-multi.json /etc/kubernetes/manifests-multi/master.json
+COPY kube-proxy.json /etc/kubernetes/manifests-multi/kube-proxy.json
+
 COPY master.json /etc/kubernetes/manifests/master.json
 COPY etcd.json /etc/kubernetes/manifests/etcd.json
 COPY kube-proxy.json /etc/kubernetes/manifests/kube-proxy.json
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode.md
index 9288bffb686..47cd9df357a 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode.md
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ _Note_:
 These instructions are somewhat significantly more advanced than the [single node](docker.md) instructions.  If you are
 interested in just starting to explore Kubernetes, we recommend that you start there.
 
-_Note_:
-There is a [bug](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/14106) in Docker 1.7.0 that prevents this from working correctly.
-Please install Docker 1.6.2 or Docker 1.7.1.
-
 **Table of Contents**
 
 - [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
@@ -53,7 +49,7 @@ Please install Docker 1.6.2 or Docker 1.7.1.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-1. You need a machine with docker of right version installed.
+The only thing you need is a machine with **Docker 1.7.1 or higher**
 
 ## Overview
 
@@ -74,10 +70,13 @@ This pattern is necessary because the `flannel` daemon is responsible for settin
 all of the Docker containers created by Kubernetes.  To achieve this, it must run outside of the _main_ Docker daemon.  However,
 it is still useful to use containers for deployment and management, so we create a simpler _bootstrap_ daemon to achieve this.
 
-You can specify k8s version on very node before install:
+You can specify the version on every node before install:
 
-```
-export K8S_VERSION=<your_k8s_version (e.g. 1.0.3)>
+```sh
+export K8S_VERSION=<your_k8s_version (e.g. 1.1.3)>
+export ETCD_VERSION=<your_etcd_version (e.g. 2.2.1)>
+export FLANNEL_VERSION=<your_flannel_version (e.g. 0.5.5)>
+export FLANNEL_IFACE=<flannel_interface (defaults to eth0)>
 ```
 
 Otherwise, we'll use latest `hyperkube` image as default k8s version.
@@ -86,7 +85,8 @@ Otherwise, we'll use latest `hyperkube` image as default k8s version.
 
 The first step in the process is to initialize the master node.
 
-Clone the Kubernetes repo, and run [master.sh](docker-multinode/master.sh) on the master machine with root:
+The MASTER_IP step here is optional, it defaults to the first value of `hostname -I`.
+Clone the Kubernetes repo, and run [master.sh](docker-multinode/master.sh) on the master machine _with root_:
 
 ```console
 $ export MASTER_IP=<your_master_ip (e.g. 1.2.3.4)>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ See [here](docker-multinode/master.md) for detailed instructions explanation.
 
 Once your master is up and running you can add one or more workers on different machines.
 
-Clone the Kubernetes repo, and run [worker.sh](docker-multinode/worker.sh) on the worker machine with root:
+Clone the Kubernetes repo, and run [worker.sh](docker-multinode/worker.sh) on the worker machine _with root_:
 
 ```console
 $ export MASTER_IP=<your_master_ip (e.g. 1.2.3.4)>
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md
index 3899b8c3a23..51404495aeb 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.md
@@ -35,7 +35,17 @@ Documentation for other releases can be found at
 
 We'll begin by setting up the master node.  For the purposes of illustration, we'll assume that the IP of this machine
 is `${MASTER_IP}`.  We'll need to run several versioned Kubernetes components, so we'll assume that the version we want
-to run is `${K8S_VERSION}`, which should hold a value such as "1.0.7".
+to run is `${K8S_VERSION}`, which should hold a value such as "1.1.3".
+
+Enviroinment variables used:
+
+```sh
+export MASTER_IP=<the_master_ip_here>
+export K8S_VERSION=<your_k8s_version (e.g. 1.1.3)>
+export ETCD_VERSION=<your_etcd_version (e.g. 2.2.1)>
+export FLANNEL_VERSION=<your_flannel_version (e.g. 0.5.5)>
+export FLANNEL_IFACE=<flannel_interface (defaults to eth0)>
+```
 
 There are two main phases to installing the master:
    * [Setting up `flanneld` and `etcd`](#setting-up-flanneld-and-etcd)
@@ -45,10 +55,9 @@ There are two main phases to installing the master:
 ## Setting up flanneld and etcd
 
 _Note_:
-There is a [bug](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/14106) in Docker 1.7.0 that prevents this from working correctly.
-Please install Docker 1.6.2 or Docker 1.7.1 or Docker 1.8.3.
+This guide expects **Docker 1.7.1 or higher**.
 
-### Setup Docker-Bootstrap
+### Setup Docker Bootstrap
 
 We're going to use `flannel` to set up networking between Docker daemons.  Flannel itself (and etcd on which it relies) will run inside of
 Docker containers themselves.  To achieve this, we need a separate "bootstrap" instance of the Docker daemon.  This daemon will be started with
@@ -70,13 +79,22 @@ across reboots and failures.
 Run:
 
 ```sh
-sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run --net=host -d gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:2.2.1 /usr/local/bin/etcd --listen-client-urls=http://127.0.0.1:4001,http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 --advertise-client-urls=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 --data-dir=/var/etcd/data
+sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d \
+    --net=host \
+    gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:${ETCD_VERSION} \
+    /usr/local/bin/etcd \
+        --listen-client-urls=http://127.0.0.1:4001,http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 \
+        --advertise-client-urls=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 \
+        --data-dir=/var/etcd/data
 ```
 
 Next, you need to set a CIDR range for flannel.  This CIDR should be chosen to be non-overlapping with any existing network you are using:
 
 ```sh
-sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run --net=host gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:2.2.1 etcdctl set /coreos.com/network/config '{ "Network": "10.1.0.0/16" }'
+sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run \
+    --net=host \
+    gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:${ETCD_VERSION} \
+    etcdctl set /coreos.com/network/config '{ "Network": "10.1.0.0/16" }'
 ```
 
 
@@ -115,10 +133,16 @@ or it may be something else.
 Now run flanneld itself:
 
 ```sh
-sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.5 --ip-masq
+sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d \
+    --net=host \
+    --privileged \
+    -v /dev/net:/dev/net \
+    quay.io/coreos/flannel:${FLANNEL_VERSION} \
+        --ip-masq \
+        --iface=${FLANNEL_IFACE}
 ```
 
-The previous command should have printed a really long hash, copy this hash.
+The previous command should have printed a really long hash, the container id, copy this hash.
 
 Now get the subnet settings from flannel:
 
@@ -179,24 +203,29 @@ sudo docker run \
     --privileged=true \
     --pid=host \
     -d \
-    gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} /hyperkube kubelet --api-servers=http://localhost:8080 --v=2 --address=0.0.0.0 --enable-server --hostname-override=127.0.0.1 --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests-multi --cluster-dns=10.0.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local
+    gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
+    /hyperkube kubelet \
+        --allow-privileged=true \
+        --api-servers=http://localhost:8080 \
+        --v=2 \
+        --address=0.0.0.0 \
+        --enable-server \
+        --hostname-override=127.0.0.1 \
+        --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests-multi \
+        --containerized \
+        --cluster-dns=10.0.0.10 \
+        --cluster-domain=cluster.local
 ```
 
 > Note that `--cluster-dns` and `--cluster-domain` is used to deploy dns, feel free to discard them if dns is not needed.
 
-### Also run the service proxy
-
-```sh
-sudo docker run -d --net=host --privileged gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} /hyperkube proxy --master=http://127.0.0.1:8080 --v=2
-```
-
 ### Test it out
 
 At this point, you should have a functioning 1-node cluster.  Let's test it out!
 
 Download the kubectl binary for `${K8S_VERSION}` (look at the URL in the following links) and make it available by editing your PATH environment variable.
-([OS X](http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.0.7/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl))
-([linux](http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.0.7/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl))
+([OS X](http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.1.3/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl))
+([linux](http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.1.3/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl))
 
 For example, OS X:
 
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh
index 8dab143c268..86ed0028416 100755
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/master.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# A scripts to install k8s worker node.
-# Author @wizard_cxy @reouser
+# A script to setup the k8s master in docker containers.
+# Authors @wizard_cxy @resouer
 
 set -e
 
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@ if ( ! ps -ef | grep "/usr/bin/docker" | grep -v 'grep' &> /dev/null ); then
 fi
 
 # Make sure k8s version env is properly set
-if [ -z ${K8S_VERSION} ]; then
-    K8S_VERSION="1.0.7"
-    echo "K8S_VERSION is not set, using default: ${K8S_VERSION}"
-else
-    echo "k8s version is set to: ${K8S_VERSION}"
-fi
+K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-"1.1.3"}
+ETCD_VERSION=${ETCD_VERSION:-"2.2.1"}
+FLANNEL_VERSION=${FLANNEL_VERSION:-"0.5.5"}
+FLANNEL_IFACE=${FLANNEL_IFACE:-"eth0"}
 
 # Run as root
 if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
@@ -41,12 +39,15 @@ fi
 
 # Make sure master ip is properly set
 if [ -z ${MASTER_IP} ]; then
-    echo "Please export MASTER_IP in your env"
-    exit 1
-else
-    echo "k8s master is set to: ${MASTER_IP}"
+    MASTER_IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
 fi
 
+echo "K8S_VERSION is set to: ${K8S_VERSION}"
+echo "ETCD_VERSION is set to: ${ETCD_VERSION}"
+echo "FLANNEL_VERSION is set to: ${FLANNEL_VERSION}"
+echo "FLANNEL_IFACE is set to: ${FLANNEL_IFACE}"
+echo "MASTER_IP is set to: ${MASTER_IP}"
+
 # Check if a command is valid
 command_exists() {
     command -v "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1
@@ -95,16 +96,17 @@ detect_lsb() {
 
 
 # Start the bootstrap daemon
+# TODO: do not start docker-bootstrap if it's already running
 bootstrap_daemon() {
-    sudo -b docker -d \
-    -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock \
-    -p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid \
-    --iptables=false \
-    --ip-masq=false \
-    --bridge=none \
-    --graph=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap \
-    2> /var/log/docker-bootstrap.log \
-    1> /dev/null
+    docker -d \
+        -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock \
+        -p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid \
+        --iptables=false \
+        --ip-masq=false \
+        --bridge=none \
+        --graph=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap \
+            2> /var/log/docker-bootstrap.log \
+            1> /dev/null &
     
     sleep 5
 }
@@ -115,34 +117,34 @@ DOCKER_CONF=""
 start_k8s(){
     # Start etcd 
     docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run \
-    --restart=always \
-    --net=host \
-    -d \
-    gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:2.2.1 \
-    /usr/local/bin/etcd \
-    --listen-client-urls=http://127.0.0.1:4001,http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 \
-    --advertise-client-urls=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 \
-    --data-dir=/var/etcd/data
+        --restart=always \
+        --net=host \
+        -d \
+        gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:${ETCD_VERSION} \
+        /usr/local/bin/etcd \
+            --listen-client-urls=http://127.0.0.1:4001,http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 \
+            --advertise-client-urls=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 \
+            --data-dir=/var/etcd/data
 
     sleep 5
     # Set flannel net config
     docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run \
-    --net=host gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:2.2.1 \
-    etcdctl \
-    set /coreos.com/network/config \
-    '{ "Network": "10.1.0.0/16", "Backend": {"Type": "vxlan"}}'
+        --net=host gcr.io/google_containers/etcd:${ETCD_VERSION} \
+        etcdctl \
+        set /coreos.com/network/config \
+            '{ "Network": "10.1.0.0/16", "Backend": {"Type": "vxlan"}}'
 
     # iface may change to a private network interface, eth0 is for default
     flannelCID=$(docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run \
-    --restart=always \
-    -d \
-    --net=host \
-    --privileged \
-    -v /dev/net:/dev/net \
-    quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.5 \
-    /opt/bin/flanneld \
-    --ip-masq \
-    -iface="eth0")
+        --restart=always \
+        -d \
+        --net=host \
+        --privileged \
+        -v /dev/net:/dev/net \
+        quay.io/coreos/flannel:${FLANNEL_VERSION} \
+        /opt/bin/flanneld \
+            --ip-masq \
+            --iface="${FLANNEL_IFACE}")
 
     sleep 8
 
@@ -155,13 +157,13 @@ start_k8s(){
     case "${lsb_dist}" in
         amzn)
             DOCKER_CONF="/etc/sysconfig/docker"
-            echo "OPTIONS=\"\$OPTIONS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | sudo tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
+            echo "OPTIONS=\"\$OPTIONS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
             ifconfig docker0 down
             yum -y -q install bridge-utils && brctl delbr docker0 && service docker restart
             ;;
         centos)
             DOCKER_CONF="/etc/sysconfig/docker"
-            echo "OPTIONS=\"\$OPTIONS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | sudo tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
+            echo "OPTIONS=\"\$OPTIONS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
             if ! command_exists ifconfig; then
                 yum -y -q install net-tools
             fi
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ start_k8s(){
             ;;
         ubuntu|debian)
             DOCKER_CONF="/etc/default/docker"
-            echo "DOCKER_OPTS=\"\$DOCKER_OPTS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | sudo tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
+            echo "DOCKER_OPTS=\"\$DOCKER_OPTS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
             ifconfig docker0 down
             apt-get install bridge-utils
             brctl delbr docker0
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ start_k8s(){
     # sleep a little bit
     sleep 5
 
-    # Start kubelet & proxy, then start master components as pods
+    # Start kubelet and then start master components as pods
     docker run \
         --net=host \
         --pid=host \
@@ -205,18 +207,16 @@ start_k8s(){
         -v /var/lib/kubelet/:/var/lib/kubelet:rw \
         gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
         /hyperkube kubelet \
-        --v=2 --address=0.0.0.0 --enable-server \
-        --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests-multi \
-        --cluster-dns=10.0.0.10 \
-        --cluster-domain=cluster.local \
-        --containerized
+            --address=0.0.0.0 \
+            --allow-privileged=true \
+            --enable-server \
+            --api-servers=http://localhost:8080 \
+            --config=/etc/kubernetes/manifests-multi \
+            --cluster-dns=10.0.0.10 \
+            --cluster-domain=cluster.local \
+            --containerized \
+            --v=2
 
-    docker run \
-        -d \
-        --net=host \
-        --privileged \
-        gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
-        /hyperkube proxy --master=http://127.0.0.1:8080 --v=2   
 }
 
 echo "Detecting your OS distro ..."
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md
index c468fef7da9..498dea2c7ea 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.md
@@ -34,11 +34,19 @@ Documentation for other releases can be found at
 ## Adding a Kubernetes worker node via Docker.
 
 
-
 These instructions are very similar to the master set-up above, but they are duplicated for clarity.
 You need to repeat these instructions for each node you want to join the cluster.
-We will assume that the IP address of this node is `${NODE_IP}` and you have the IP address of the master in `${MASTER_IP}` that you created in the [master instructions](master.md).  We'll need to run several versioned Kubernetes components, so we'll assume that the version we want
-to run is `${K8S_VERSION}`, which should hold a value such as "1.0.7".
+We will assume that you have the IP address of the master in `${MASTER_IP}` that you created in the [master instructions](master.md).  We'll need to run several versioned Kubernetes components, so we'll assume that the version we want
+to run is `${K8S_VERSION}`, which should hold a value such as "1.1.3".
+
+Enviroinment variables used:
+
+```sh
+export MASTER_IP=<the_master_ip_here>
+export K8S_VERSION=<your_k8s_version (e.g. 1.1.3)>
+export FLANNEL_VERSION=<your_flannel_version (e.g. 0.5.5)>
+export FLANNEL_IFACE=<flannel_interface (defaults to eth0)>
+```
 
 For each worker node, there are three steps:
    * [Set up `flanneld` on the worker node](#set-up-flanneld-on-the-worker-node)
@@ -50,8 +58,7 @@ For each worker node, there are three steps:
 As before, the Flannel daemon is going to provide network connectivity.
 
 _Note_:
-There is a [bug](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/14106) in Docker 1.7.0 that prevents this from working correctly.
-Please install Docker 1.6.2 or Docker 1.7.1 or Docker 1.8.3.
+This guide expects **Docker 1.7.1 or higher**.
 
 
 #### Set up a bootstrap docker
@@ -91,10 +98,18 @@ or it may be something else.
 Now run flanneld itself, this call is slightly different from the above, since we point it at the etcd instance on the master.
 
 ```sh
-sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d --net=host --privileged -v /dev/net:/dev/net quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.5 /opt/bin/flanneld --ip-masq --etcd-endpoints=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001
+sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run -d \
+    --net=host \
+    --privileged \
+    -v /dev/net:/dev/net \
+    quay.io/coreos/flannel:${FLANNEL_VERSION} \
+    /opt/bin/flanneld \
+        --ip-masq \
+        --etcd-endpoints=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 \
+        --iface=${FLANNEL_IFACE}
 ```
 
-The previous command should have printed a really long hash, copy this hash.
+The previous command should have printed a really long hash, the container id, copy this hash.
 
 Now get the subnet settings from flannel:
 
@@ -134,7 +149,7 @@ Again this is system dependent, it may be:
 sudo /etc/init.d/docker start
 ```
 
-it may be:
+or it may be:
 
 ```sh
 systemctl start docker
@@ -158,7 +173,16 @@ sudo docker run \
     --privileged=true \
     --pid=host \ 
     -d \
-    gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} /hyperkube kubelet --api-servers=http://${MASTER_IP}:8080 --v=2 --address=0.0.0.0 --enable-server --hostname-override=$(hostname -i) --cluster-dns=10.0.0.10 --cluster-domain=cluster.local
+    gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
+    /hyperkube kubelet \
+        --allow-privileged=true \
+        --api-servers=http://${MASTER_IP}:8080 \
+        --v=2 \
+        --address=0.0.0.0 \
+        --enable-server \
+        --containerized \
+        --cluster-dns=10.0.0.10 \
+        --cluster-domain=cluster.local
 ```
 
 #### Run the service proxy
@@ -166,7 +190,13 @@ sudo docker run \
 The service proxy provides load-balancing between groups of containers defined by Kubernetes `Services`
 
 ```sh
-sudo docker run -d --net=host --privileged gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} /hyperkube proxy --master=http://${MASTER_IP}:8080 --v=2
+sudo docker run -d \
+    --net=host \
+    --privileged \
+    gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
+    /hyperkube proxy \
+        --master=http://${MASTER_IP}:8080 \
+        --v=2
 ```
 
 ### Next steps
diff --git a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh
index 0362e220d37..3d78a61fc4e 100755
--- a/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh
+++ b/docs/getting-started-guides/docker-multinode/worker.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# A scripts to install k8s worker node.
-# Author @wizard_cxy @reouser
+# A script to the k8s worker in docker containers.
+# Authors @wizard_cxy @resouer
 
 set -e
 
@@ -26,12 +26,9 @@ if ( ! ps -ef | grep "/usr/bin/docker" | grep -v 'grep' &> /dev/null  ); then
 fi
 
 # Make sure k8s version env is properly set
-if [ -z ${K8S_VERSION} ]; then
-    K8S_VERSION="1.0.7"
-    echo "K8S_VERSION is not set, using default: ${K8S_VERSION}"
-else
-    echo "k8s version is set to: ${K8S_VERSION}"
-fi
+K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION:-"1.1.3"}
+FLANNEL_VERSION=${FLANNEL_VERSION:-"0.5.5"}
+FLANNEL_IFACE=${FLANNEL_IFACE:-"eth0"}
 
 # Run as root
 if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
@@ -43,10 +40,13 @@ fi
 if [ -z ${MASTER_IP} ]; then
     echo "Please export MASTER_IP in your env"
     exit 1
-else
-    echo "k8s master is set to: ${MASTER_IP}"
 fi
 
+echo "K8S_VERSION is set to: ${K8S_VERSION}"
+echo "FLANNEL_VERSION is set to: ${FLANNEL_VERSION}"
+echo "FLANNEL_IFACE is set to: ${FLANNEL_IFACE}"
+echo "MASTER_IP is set to: ${MASTER_IP}"
+
 # Check if a command is valid
 command_exists() {
     command -v "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1
@@ -96,17 +96,15 @@ detect_lsb() {
 
 # Start the bootstrap daemon
 bootstrap_daemon() {
-    sudo -b \
-        docker \
-        -d \
+    docker -d \
         -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock \
         -p /var/run/docker-bootstrap.pid \
         --iptables=false \
         --ip-masq=false \
         --bridge=none \
         --graph=/var/lib/docker-bootstrap \
-        2> /var/log/docker-bootstrap.log \
-        1> /dev/null
+            2> /var/log/docker-bootstrap.log \
+            1> /dev/null &
 
     sleep 5
 }
@@ -116,24 +114,22 @@ DOCKER_CONF=""
 # Start k8s components in containers
 start_k8s() {
     # Start flannel
-    flannelCID=$(sudo \
-        docker \
-        -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock \
-        run \
+    flannelCID=$(docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock run \
         -d \
         --restart=always \
         --net=host \
         --privileged \
         -v /dev/net:/dev/net \
-        quay.io/coreos/flannel:0.5.5 \
+        quay.io/coreos/flannel:${FLANNEL_VERSION} \
         /opt/bin/flanneld \
-        --ip-masq \
-        --etcd-endpoints=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 -iface="eth0")
+            --ip-masq \
+            --etcd-endpoints=http://${MASTER_IP}:4001 \
+            --iface="${FLANNEL_IFACE}")
 
     sleep 8
 
     # Copy flannel env out and source it on the host
-    sudo docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock \
+    docker -H unix:///var/run/docker-bootstrap.sock \
         cp ${flannelCID}:/run/flannel/subnet.env .
     source subnet.env
 
@@ -141,7 +137,7 @@ start_k8s() {
     case "${lsb_dist}" in
         centos)
             DOCKER_CONF="/etc/sysconfig/docker"
-            echo "OPTIONS=\"\$OPTIONS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | sudo tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
+            echo "OPTIONS=\"\$OPTIONS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
             if ! command_exists ifconfig; then
                 yum -y -q install net-tools
             fi
@@ -150,13 +146,13 @@ start_k8s() {
             ;;
         amzn)
             DOCKER_CONF="/etc/sysconfig/docker"
-            echo "OPTIONS=\"\$OPTIONS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | sudo tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
+            echo "OPTIONS=\"\$OPTIONS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
             ifconfig docker0 down
             yum -y -q install bridge-utils && brctl delbr docker0 && service docker restart
             ;;
         ubuntu|debian)
             DOCKER_CONF="/etc/default/docker"
-            echo "DOCKER_OPTS=\"\$DOCKER_OPTS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | sudo tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
+            echo "DOCKER_OPTS=\"\$DOCKER_OPTS --mtu=${FLANNEL_MTU} --bip=${FLANNEL_SUBNET}\"" | tee -a ${DOCKER_CONF}
             ifconfig docker0 down
             apt-get install bridge-utils
             brctl delbr docker0
@@ -191,11 +187,15 @@ start_k8s() {
         -v /var/lib/docker/:/var/lib/docker:rw \
         -v /var/lib/kubelet/:/var/lib/kubelet:rw \
         gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
-        /hyperkube kubelet --api-servers=http://${MASTER_IP}:8080 \
-        --v=2 --address=0.0.0.0 --enable-server \
-        --cluster-dns=10.0.0.10 \
-        --cluster-domain=cluster.local \
-        --containerized
+        /hyperkube kubelet \
+            --allow-privileged=true \
+            --api-servers=http://${MASTER_IP}:8080 \
+            --address=0.0.0.0 \
+            --enable-server \
+            --cluster-dns=10.0.0.10 \
+            --cluster-domain=cluster.local \
+            --containerized \
+            --v=2
     
     docker run \
         -d \
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ start_k8s() {
         --privileged \
         --restart=always \
         gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube:v${K8S_VERSION} \
-        /hyperkube proxy --master=http://${MASTER_IP}:8080 \
-        --v=2
+        /hyperkube proxy \
+            --master=http://${MASTER_IP}:8080 \
+            --v=2
 }
 
 echo "Detecting your OS distro ..."