diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c33bae77..6bd3284e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Notable changes between versions.
 ### Flatcar Linux
 
 * Rename `container-linux` modules to `flatcar-linux` ([#858](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/issues/858)) (**action required**)
+* Change `etcd-member.service` container runnner from rkt to docker ([#867](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/867))
 * Change `kubelet.service` container runner from rkt to docker ([#855](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/855))
 * Change `delete-node.service` to use docker and an inline ExecStart ([#855](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/855))
 * Fix local node delete oneshot on node shutdown ([#855](https://github.com/poseidon/typhoon/pull/855))
diff --git a/aws/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml b/aws/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
index 3965f560..279be567 100644
--- a/aws/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
+++ b/aws/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
@@ -3,30 +3,31 @@ systemd:
   units:
     - name: etcd-member.service
       enabled: true
-      dropins:
-        - name: 40-etcd-cluster.conf
-          contents: |
-            [Service]
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_TAG=v3.4.12"
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_URL=docker://quay.io/coreos/etcd"
-            Environment="RKT_RUN_ARGS=--insecure-options=image"
-            Environment="ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}"
-            Environment="ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}"
-            Environment="ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_SSL_DIR=/etc/ssl/etcd"
-            Environment="ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=etcd (System Container)
+        Documentation=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd
+        Requires=docker.service
+        After=docker.service
+        [Service]
+        Environment=ETCD_IMAGE=quay.io/coreos/etcd:v3.4.12
+        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker run -d \
+          --name etcd \
+          --network host \
+          --env-file /etc/etcd/etcd.env \
+          --user 232:232 \
+          --volume /etc/ssl/etcd:/etc/ssl/certs:ro \
+          --volume /var/lib/etcd:/var/lib/etcd:rw \
+          $${ETCD_IMAGE}
+        ExecStart=docker logs -f etcd
+        ExecStop=docker stop etcd
+        ExecStopPost=docker rm etcd
+        Restart=always
+        RestartSec=10s
+        TimeoutStartSec=0
+        LimitNOFILE=40000
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
     - name: docker.service
       enabled: true
     - name: locksmithd.service
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ systemd:
       enabled: true
       contents: |
         [Unit]
-        Description=Kubelet
+        Description=Kubelet (System Container)
         Requires=docker.service
         After=docker.service
         Wants=rpc-statd.service
@@ -187,6 +188,28 @@ storage:
       contents:
         inline: |
           fs.inotify.max_user_watches=16184
+    - path: /etc/etcd/etcd.env
+      filesystem: root
+      mode: 0644
+      contents:
+          inline: |
+            ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}
+            ETCD_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/etcd
+            ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2379
+            ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379
+            ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381
+            ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}
+            ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true
+            ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt
+            ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt
+            ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key
+            ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
+            ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key
+            ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
 passwd:
   users:
     - name: core
diff --git a/azure/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml b/azure/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
index 3965f560..279be567 100644
--- a/azure/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
+++ b/azure/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
@@ -3,30 +3,31 @@ systemd:
   units:
     - name: etcd-member.service
       enabled: true
-      dropins:
-        - name: 40-etcd-cluster.conf
-          contents: |
-            [Service]
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_TAG=v3.4.12"
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_URL=docker://quay.io/coreos/etcd"
-            Environment="RKT_RUN_ARGS=--insecure-options=image"
-            Environment="ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}"
-            Environment="ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}"
-            Environment="ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_SSL_DIR=/etc/ssl/etcd"
-            Environment="ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=etcd (System Container)
+        Documentation=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd
+        Requires=docker.service
+        After=docker.service
+        [Service]
+        Environment=ETCD_IMAGE=quay.io/coreos/etcd:v3.4.12
+        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker run -d \
+          --name etcd \
+          --network host \
+          --env-file /etc/etcd/etcd.env \
+          --user 232:232 \
+          --volume /etc/ssl/etcd:/etc/ssl/certs:ro \
+          --volume /var/lib/etcd:/var/lib/etcd:rw \
+          $${ETCD_IMAGE}
+        ExecStart=docker logs -f etcd
+        ExecStop=docker stop etcd
+        ExecStopPost=docker rm etcd
+        Restart=always
+        RestartSec=10s
+        TimeoutStartSec=0
+        LimitNOFILE=40000
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
     - name: docker.service
       enabled: true
     - name: locksmithd.service
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ systemd:
       enabled: true
       contents: |
         [Unit]
-        Description=Kubelet
+        Description=Kubelet (System Container)
         Requires=docker.service
         After=docker.service
         Wants=rpc-statd.service
@@ -187,6 +188,28 @@ storage:
       contents:
         inline: |
           fs.inotify.max_user_watches=16184
+    - path: /etc/etcd/etcd.env
+      filesystem: root
+      mode: 0644
+      contents:
+          inline: |
+            ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}
+            ETCD_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/etcd
+            ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2379
+            ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379
+            ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381
+            ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}
+            ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true
+            ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt
+            ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt
+            ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key
+            ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
+            ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key
+            ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
 passwd:
   users:
     - name: core
diff --git a/bare-metal/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml b/bare-metal/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
index e30c18d5..77dea65b 100644
--- a/bare-metal/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
+++ b/bare-metal/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
@@ -3,30 +3,31 @@ systemd:
   units:
     - name: etcd-member.service
       enabled: true
-      dropins:
-        - name: 40-etcd-cluster.conf
-          contents: |
-            [Service]
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_TAG=v3.4.12"
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_URL=docker://quay.io/coreos/etcd"
-            Environment="RKT_RUN_ARGS=--insecure-options=image"
-            Environment="ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}"
-            Environment="ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${domain_name}:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${domain_name}:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}"
-            Environment="ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_SSL_DIR=/etc/ssl/etcd"
-            Environment="ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=etcd (System Container)
+        Documentation=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd
+        Requires=docker.service
+        After=docker.service
+        [Service]
+        Environment=ETCD_IMAGE=quay.io/coreos/etcd:v3.4.12
+        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker run -d \
+          --name etcd \
+          --network host \
+          --env-file /etc/etcd/etcd.env \
+          --user 232:232 \
+          --volume /etc/ssl/etcd:/etc/ssl/certs:ro \
+          --volume /var/lib/etcd:/var/lib/etcd:rw \
+          $${ETCD_IMAGE}
+        ExecStart=docker logs -f etcd
+        ExecStop=docker stop etcd
+        ExecStopPost=docker rm etcd
+        Restart=always
+        RestartSec=10s
+        TimeoutStartSec=0
+        LimitNOFILE=40000
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
     - name: docker.service
       enabled: true
     - name: locksmithd.service
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ systemd:
     - name: kubelet.service
       contents: |
         [Unit]
-        Description=Kubelet
+        Description=Kubelet (System Container)
         Requires=docker.service
         After=docker.service
         Wants=rpc-statd.service
@@ -201,6 +202,28 @@ storage:
       contents:
         inline: |
           fs.inotify.max_user_watches=16184
+    - path: /etc/etcd/etcd.env
+      filesystem: root
+      mode: 0644
+      contents:
+          inline: |
+            ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}
+            ETCD_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/etcd
+            ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${domain_name}:2379
+            ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${domain_name}:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379
+            ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381
+            ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}
+            ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true
+            ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt
+            ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt
+            ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key
+            ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
+            ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key
+            ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
 passwd:
   users:
     - name: core
diff --git a/digital-ocean/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml b/digital-ocean/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
index e775bfde..18af23ee 100644
--- a/digital-ocean/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
+++ b/digital-ocean/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
@@ -3,30 +3,31 @@ systemd:
   units:
     - name: etcd-member.service
       enabled: true
-      dropins:
-        - name: 40-etcd-cluster.conf
-          contents: |
-            [Service]
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_TAG=v3.4.12"
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_URL=docker://quay.io/coreos/etcd"
-            Environment="RKT_RUN_ARGS=--insecure-options=image"
-            Environment="ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}"
-            Environment="ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}"
-            Environment="ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_SSL_DIR=/etc/ssl/etcd"
-            Environment="ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=etcd (System Container)
+        Documentation=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd
+        Requires=docker.service
+        After=docker.service
+        [Service]
+        Environment=ETCD_IMAGE=quay.io/coreos/etcd:v3.4.12
+        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker run -d \
+          --name etcd \
+          --network host \
+          --env-file /etc/etcd/etcd.env \
+          --user 232:232 \
+          --volume /etc/ssl/etcd:/etc/ssl/certs:ro \
+          --volume /var/lib/etcd:/var/lib/etcd:rw \
+          $${ETCD_IMAGE}
+        ExecStart=docker logs -f etcd
+        ExecStop=docker stop etcd
+        ExecStopPost=docker rm etcd
+        Restart=always
+        RestartSec=10s
+        TimeoutStartSec=0
+        LimitNOFILE=40000
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
     - name: docker.service
       enabled: true
     - name: locksmithd.service
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ systemd:
     - name: kubelet.service
       contents: |
         [Unit]
-        Description=Kubelet
+        Description=Kubelet(System Container)
         Requires=docker.service
         After=docker.service
         Requires=coreos-metadata.service
@@ -194,3 +195,25 @@ storage:
       contents:
         inline: |
           fs.inotify.max_user_watches=16184
+    - path: /etc/etcd/etcd.env
+      filesystem: root
+      mode: 0644
+      contents:
+          inline: |
+            ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}
+            ETCD_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/etcd
+            ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2379
+            ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379
+            ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381
+            ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}
+            ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true
+            ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt
+            ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt
+            ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key
+            ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
+            ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key
+            ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
diff --git a/docs/architecture/operating-systems.md b/docs/architecture/operating-systems.md
index 174cc938..191a0dea 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/operating-systems.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/operating-systems.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Together, they diversify Typhoon to support a range of container technologies.
 | control plane     | static pods   | static pods   |
 | kubelet image     | kubelet [image](https://github.com/poseidon/kubelet) with upstream binary | kubelet [image](https://github.com/poseidon/kubelet) with upstream binary |
 | control plane images | upstream images | upstream images |
-| on-host etcd      | rkt-fly   | podman |
+| on-host etcd      | docker    | podman |
 | on-host kubelet   | docker    | podman |
 | CNI plugins       | calico, cilium, flannel | calico, cilium, flannel |
 | coordinated drain & OS update | [FLUO](https://github.com/kinvolk/flatcar-linux-update-operator) addon | [fleetlock](https://github.com/poseidon/fleetlock) |
diff --git a/google-cloud/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml b/google-cloud/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
index e791acba..879089b2 100644
--- a/google-cloud/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
+++ b/google-cloud/flatcar-linux/kubernetes/cl/controller.yaml
@@ -3,30 +3,31 @@ systemd:
   units:
     - name: etcd-member.service
       enabled: true
-      dropins:
-        - name: 40-etcd-cluster.conf
-          contents: |
-            [Service]
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_TAG=v3.4.12"
-            Environment="ETCD_IMAGE_URL=docker://quay.io/coreos/etcd"
-            Environment="RKT_RUN_ARGS=--insecure-options=image"
-            Environment="ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}"
-            Environment="ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380"
-            Environment="ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381"
-            Environment="ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}"
-            Environment="ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_SSL_DIR=/etc/ssl/etcd"
-            Environment="ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key"
-            Environment="ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true"
+      contents: |
+        [Unit]
+        Description=etcd (System Container)
+        Documentation=https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd
+        Requires=docker.service
+        After=docker.service
+        [Service]
+        Environment=ETCD_IMAGE=quay.io/coreos/etcd:v3.4.12
+        ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/docker run -d \
+          --name etcd \
+          --network host \
+          --env-file /etc/etcd/etcd.env \
+          --user 232:232 \
+          --volume /etc/ssl/etcd:/etc/ssl/certs:ro \
+          --volume /var/lib/etcd:/var/lib/etcd:rw \
+          $${ETCD_IMAGE}
+        ExecStart=docker logs -f etcd
+        ExecStop=docker stop etcd
+        ExecStopPost=docker rm etcd
+        Restart=always
+        RestartSec=10s
+        TimeoutStartSec=0
+        LimitNOFILE=40000
+        [Install]
+        WantedBy=multi-user.target
     - name: docker.service
       enabled: true
     - name: locksmithd.service
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ systemd:
       enabled: true
       contents: |
         [Unit]
-        Description=Kubelet
+        Description=Kubelet (System Container)
         Requires=docker.service
         After=docker.service
         Wants=rpc-statd.service
@@ -185,6 +186,28 @@ storage:
       contents:
         inline: |
           fs.inotify.max_user_watches=16184
+    - path: /etc/etcd/etcd.env
+      filesystem: root
+      mode: 0644
+      contents:
+          inline: |
+            ETCD_NAME=${etcd_name}
+            ETCD_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/etcd
+            ETCD_ADVERTISE_CLIENT_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2379
+            ETCD_INITIAL_ADVERTISE_PEER_URLS=https://${etcd_domain}:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_CLIENT_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2379
+            ETCD_LISTEN_PEER_URLS=https://0.0.0.0:2380
+            ETCD_LISTEN_METRICS_URLS=http://0.0.0.0:2381
+            ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER=${etcd_initial_cluster}
+            ETCD_STRICT_RECONFIG_CHECK=true
+            ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server-ca.crt
+            ETCD_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.crt
+            ETCD_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/server.key
+            ETCD_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
+            ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer-ca.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.crt
+            ETCD_PEER_KEY_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/etcd/peer.key
+            ETCD_PEER_CLIENT_CERT_AUTH=true
 passwd:
   users:
     - name: core