diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7c5533..322c17b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ Attributes
 
 Data Bags
 ---------
-A simple data bag item named hosts in node[:mon_notification][:data_bag] is required for running. It simply has 4 dictionary items
-for the host names to connect to. The names and services are, kafka, mysql, smtp and zookeeper
+A data bag item named hosts in node[:mon_notification][:data_bag] is required for running. It simply has 4 dictionary items
+for the host names and auth infomation to connect to the services: kafka, mysql, smtp and zookeeper
 
 Usage
 -----
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 2de31c0..9ef3072 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ maintainer_email 'hpcs-mon@hp.com'
 license          'All rights reserved'
 description      'Installs/Configures mon_notification'
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          '0.1.14'
+version          '0.1.15'
 depends          'python'
diff --git a/templates/default/notification.yaml.erb b/templates/default/notification.yaml.erb
index d569150..4751b82 100644
--- a/templates/default/notification.yaml.erb
+++ b/templates/default/notification.yaml.erb
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 kafka:
-    url: <%= @hosts['kafka'] %>
+    url: <%= @hosts['kafka']['url'] %>
     group: <%= node[:mon_notification][:group] %>
-    alarm_topic: alarm-state-transitions
-    notification_topic: alarm-notifications
+    alarm_topic: <%= @hosts['kafka']['alarm_topic'] %>
+    notification_topic: <%= @hosts['kafka']['notification_topic'] %>
 
 mysql:
-    host: <%= @hosts['mysql'] %>
-    user: notification
-    passwd: password
-    db: mon
+    host: <%= @hosts['mysql']['url'] %>
+    user: <%= @hosts['mysql']['user'] %>
+    passwd: <%= @hosts['mysql']['password'] %>
+    db: <%= @hosts['mysql']['database'] %>
 
 email:
-    server: <%= @hosts['smtp'] %>
+    server: <%= @hosts['smtp']['url'] %>
     port: 25
-    user:
-    password:
-    timeout: 60
-    from_addr: hpcs.mon@hp.com
+    user: <%= @hosts['smtp']['user'] %>
+    password: <%= @hosts['smtp']['password'] %>
+    timeout: <%= @hosts['smtp']['timeout'] %>
+    from_addr: <%= @hosts['smtp']['from_addr'] %>
 
 processors:
     alarm:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ queues:
     sent_notifications_size: 50  # limiting this size reduces potential # of re-sent notifications after a failure
 
 zookeeper:
-    url: <%= @hosts['zookeeper'] %>
+    url: <%= @hosts['zookeeper']['url'] %>
     max_offset_lag: 600  # In seconds, undefined for none
 
 logging: # Used in logging.dictConfig