diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/default b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/default
index f44190cdfd6..350410ca0c2 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/default
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/default
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
-{% set hostname = grains.host %}
-DAEMON_ARGS="-peer-addr {{hostname}}:7001 -name {{hostname}}"
+{% set etcd_servers = "127.0.0.1" -%}
+{% if grains.etcd_servers is defined -%}
+  {% set etcd_servers = grains.etcd_servers -%}
+{% endif -%}
+
+DAEMON_ARGS="-addr {{etcd_servers}}:4001 -bind-addr {{etcd_servers}}:4001 -data-dir /var/etcd"
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.service b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.service
index a33f0142afc..26f0771837b 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.service
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/etcd/etcd.service
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Documentation=https://github.com/coreos/etcd
 Type=simple
 EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/etcd
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/etcd $DAEMON_ARGS
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=30
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
index a073f43afa4..8bb0a29135a 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/init.sls
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@
     - user: root
     - group: root
 
-/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/kube-addons:
+/etc/kubernetes/kube-addons.sh:
   file.managed:
-    - source: salt://kube-addons/initd
+    - source: salt://kube-addons/kube-addons.sh
     - user: root
     - group: root
     - mode: 755
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/kube-addons.service b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/kube-addons.service
index 6942e87587b..086394e857a 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/kube-addons.service
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/kube-addons.service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Description=Kubernetes Addon Object Manager
 Documentation=https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/usr/lib/systemd/scripts/kube-addons start
+ExecStart=/etc/kubernetes/kube-addons.sh
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/kube-addons.sh b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/kube-addons.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6eca8eae1e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/kube-addons/kube-addons.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# The business logic for whether a given object should be created
+# was already enforced by salt, and /etc/kubernetes/addons is the
+# managed result is of that. Start everything below that directory.
+echo "== Kubernetes addon manager started at $(date -Is) =="
+KUBECTL=/usr/local/bin/kubectl
+for obj in $(find /etc/kubernetes/addons -name \*.yaml); do
+  ${KUBECTL} --server="127.0.0.1:8080" create -f ${obj} &
+  echo "++ addon ${obj} started in pid $! ++"
+done
+noerrors="true"
+for pid in $(jobs -p); do
+  wait ${pid} || noerrors="false"
+  echo "++ pid ${pid} complete ++"
+done
+if [ ${noerrors} == "true" ]; then
+  echo "== Kubernetes addon manager completed successfully at $(date -Is) =="
+else
+  echo "== Kubernetes addon manager completed with errors at $(date -Is) =="
+fi
+
+# We stay around so that status checks by salt make it look like
+# the service is good. (We could do this is other ways, but this
+# is simple.)
+sleep infinity
diff --git a/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/init.sls b/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/init.sls
index a0e5af0277a..5af1fa7cfe2 100644
--- a/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/init.sls
+++ b/cluster/saltbase/salt/monit/init.sls
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{% if grains['os_family'] != 'RedHat' %}
+
 monit:
   pkg:
     - installed
@@ -17,3 +19,5 @@ monit-service:
     - watch:
       - pkg: monit 
       - file: /etc/monit/conf.d/etcd
+
+{% endif %}
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