diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index ceade1f..1a8b081 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ default[:mon_notification][:user] = 'mon-notification'
 default[:mon_notification][:group] = 'mon-notification'
 default[:mon_notification][:conf_dir] = '/etc/mon'
 default[:mon_notification][:log_dir] = '/var/log/mon-notification'
-default[:mon_notification][:smtp_server] = 'localhost'
+default[:mon_notification][:data_bag] = 'mon_notification'
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 19ae034..3f86697 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ 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          '0.1.8'
+version          '0.1.9'
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index e6e2d89..295949a 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -43,12 +43,16 @@ directory node[:mon_notification][:log_dir] do
   mode 0775
 end
 
-# todo - setup a data bag for the config details and an encrypted one for credentials
+# todo - setup an encrypted data bag for credentials
+hosts = data_bag_item(node[:mon_notification][:data_bag], 'hosts')
 template "#{node[:mon_notification][:conf_dir]}/notification.yaml" do
   action :create
   source 'notification.yaml.erb'
   owner 'root'
   group node[:mon_notification][:group]
   mode 0640
+  variables(
+    :hosts => hosts
+  )
   notifies :restart, "service[mon-notification]"
 end
diff --git a/templates/default/notification.yaml.erb b/templates/default/notification.yaml.erb
index e1788b8..328f587 100644
--- a/templates/default/notification.yaml.erb
+++ b/templates/default/notification.yaml.erb
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 kafka:
-    url: 192.168.10.10:9092
+    url: <%= @hosts['kafka'] %>:9092
     group: <%= node[:mon_notification][:group] %>
     alarm_topic: alarm-state-transitions
     notification_topic: alarm-notifications
 
 mysql:
-    host: 192.168.10.6
+    host: <%= @hosts['mysql'] %>
     user: notification
     passwd: password
     db: mon
 
 email:
-    server: <%= node[:mon_notification][:smtp_server] %>
+    server: <%= @hosts['smtp'] %>
     port: 25
     user:
     password:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ queues:
     sent_notifications_size: 50  # limiting this size reduces potential # of re-sent notifications after a failure
 
 zookeeper:
-    url: 192.168.10.10:2181
+    url: <%= @hosts['zookeeper'] %>:2181
     max_offset_lag: 600  # In seconds, undefined for none
 
 logging: # Used in logging.dictConfig