diff --git a/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile.j2
index 907ce08..3663817 100644
--- a/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/rabbitmq/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -7,16 +7,10 @@ RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 
 RUN rm -rf /var/lib/rabbitmq/*
 
-COPY rabbitmq.config /etc/rabbitmq/
-COPY start.sh /usr/local/bin/start.sh
 COPY rabbitmq_sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/rabbitmq_sudoers
-RUN chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/start.sh \
-    && chmod 750 /etc/sudoers.d \
+RUN chmod 750 /etc/sudoers.d \
     && chmod 440 /etc/sudoers.d/rabbitmq_sudoers \
-    && usermod -a -G microservices rabbitmq
-
-ENV RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE "password"
+    && usermod -a -G microservices rabbitmq \
+    && chown -R rabbitmq: /var/lib/rabbitmq /var/log/rabbitmq /etc/rabbitmq
 
 USER rabbitmq
-
-CMD ["start.sh"]
diff --git a/docker/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config b/docker/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
deleted file mode 100644
index c9d2228..0000000
--- a/docker/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[
-  {rabbit, [
-    {tcp_listeners, [
-      {"IPADDR", 5672}
-    ]},
-    {default_user, <<"rabbitmq">>},
-    {default_pass, <<"RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE">>},
-    {cluster_partition_handling, autoheal}
-  ]}
-].
-% EOF
diff --git a/docker/rabbitmq/start.sh b/docker/rabbitmq/start.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f234ebd..0000000
--- a/docker/rabbitmq/start.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# bootstrap
-sudo chown -R rabbitmq: /var/lib/rabbitmq
-sudo chown -R rabbitmq: /etc/rabbitmq
-echo "${RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE}" > /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie
-chmod 400 /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie
-
-# delme in future
-sed -i "s/IPADDR_COMMAS/`hostname -i | sed 's/\./,/g'`/g" /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
-sed -i "s/IPADDR/`hostname -i`/g" /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
-sed -i "s/RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE/$RABBITMQ_CLUSTER_COOKIE/g" /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
-
-# run daemon
-rabbitmq-server
diff --git a/service/files/defaults.yaml b/service/files/defaults.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b555f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/files/defaults.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+configs:
+    rabbitmq_port: 5672
+    rabbitmq_password: password
+    rabbitmq_user: rabbitmq
diff --git a/service/files/erlang.cookie b/service/files/erlang.cookie
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dc245f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/files/erlang.cookie
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ rabbitmq_password }}
diff --git a/service/files/rabbitmq.config.j2 b/service/files/rabbitmq.config.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b166f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/files/rabbitmq.config.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[
+  {rabbit, [
+    {tcp_listeners, [
+      {"0.0.0.0", {{ rabbitmq_port }} }
+    ]},
+    {default_user, <<"{{ rabbitmq_user }}">>},
+    {default_pass, <<"{{ rabbitmq_password }}">>},
+    {cluster_partition_handling, autoheal}
+  ]}
+].
+% EOF
diff --git a/service/rabbitmq.yaml b/service/rabbitmq.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04aaf18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service/rabbitmq.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+service:
+    name: rabbitmq
+    ports:
+        - rabbitmq_port
+    probes:
+        readiness: "true"
+        liveness: "true"
+    daemon:
+        files:
+            - rabbitmq-conf
+            - erlang-cookie
+        command: rabbitmq-server
+files:
+    rabbitmq-conf:
+        path: /etc/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.config
+        content: rabbitmq.config.j2
+    erlang-cookie:
+        path: /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie
+        content: erlang.cookie
+        perm: "400"