diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 230ff77..395c7e2 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,28 @@
 #
 
 default[:collectd][:base_dir] = "/var/lib/collectd"
-default[:collectd][:plugin_dir] = "/usr/lib/collectd"
+
+case node['platform']
+when "debian","ubuntu"
+  default[:collectd][:plugin_dir] = "/usr/lib/collectd"
+  default[:collectd][:config_dir] = "/etc/collectd"
+  default[:collectd][:config_file] = "/etc/collectd/collectd.conf"
+when "redhat","centos","scientific","fedora","suse"
+  default[:collectd][:plugin_dir] = "/usr/lib64/collectd"
+  default[:collectd][:config_dir] = "/etc/collectd.d"
+  default[:collectd][:config_file] = "/etc/collectd.conf"
+else
+  default[:collectd][:plugin_dir] = "/usr/lib/collectd"
+  default[:collectd][:config_dir] = "/etc/collectd.d"
+  default[:collectd][:config_file] = "/etc/collectd.conf"
+end
+
 default[:collectd][:types_db] = ["/usr/share/collectd/types.db"]
 default[:collectd][:interval] = 10
 default[:collectd][:read_threads] = 5
+default[:collectd][:fqdn_lookup] = true
+default[:collectd][:hostname] = node[:fqdn]
+default[:collectd][:servers] = []
 
 default[:collectd][:collectd_web][:path] = "/srv/collectd_web"
-default[:collectd][:collectd_web][:hostname] = "collectd"
+default[:collectd][:collectd_web][:hostname] = "collectd"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/definitions/collectd_plugin.rb b/definitions/collectd_plugin.rb
index f4a4e89..f1f8d9f 100644
--- a/definitions/collectd_plugin.rb
+++ b/definitions/collectd_plugin.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 define :collectd_plugin, :options => {}, :template => nil, :cookbook => nil do
-  template "/etc/collectd/plugins/#{params[:name]}.conf" do
+  template "#{node[:collectd][:config_dir]}/plugins/#{params[:name]}.conf" do
     owner "root"
     group "root"
     mode "644"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 define :collectd_python_plugin, :options => {}, :module => nil, :path => nil do
   begin
-    t = resources(:template => "/etc/collectd/plugins/python.conf")
+    t = resources(:template => "#{node[:collectd][:config_dir]}/plugins/python.conf")
   rescue ArgumentError
     collectd_plugin "python" do
       options :paths=>[node[:collectd][:plugin_dir]], :modules=>{}
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 05ec153..05a691c 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,90 @@
-maintainer       "Noan Kantrowitz"
-maintainer_email "noah@coderanger.net"
-license          "Apache 2.0"
-description      "Install and configure the collectd monitoring daemon"
-long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version          "1.0.0"
-supports         "ubuntu"
+name              "collectd"
+maintainer        "Noan Kantrowitz"
+maintainer_email  "noah@coderanger.net"
+license           "Apache 2.0"
+description       "Install and configure the collectd monitoring daemon"
+long_description  IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
+version           "1.0.0"
+
+depends "apache2"
+
+%w{ debian ubuntu centos redhat fedora }.each do |os|
+  supports os
+end
+
+recipe "collectd", "Install a standalone daemon."
+recipe "collectd::client", "Install collectd and configure it to send data to a server."
+recipe "collectd::server", "Install collectd and configure it to recieve data from clients."
+recipe "collectd::collectd_web", "Installs and configures collectd_web."
+
+attribute "collectd/base_dir",
+  :display_name => "collectd Base Directory",
+  :description => "The base directory for collectd.",
+  :required => "optional",
+  :default => "/var/lib/collectd",
+  :recipes => [ "collectd::default" ]
+
+attribute "collectd/plugin_dir",
+  :display_name => "collectd Plugin Directory",
+  :description => "The plugin directory for collectd.",
+  :required => "optional",
+  :default => "/usr/lib/collectd" ,
+  :recipes => [ "collectd::default" ]
+
+attribute "collectd/types_db",
+  :display_name => "collectd Types Database",
+  :description => "The location of the collectd types.db file.",
+  :required => "optional",
+  :type => "array",
+  :default => [ "/usr/share/collectd/types.db" ],
+  :recipes => [ "collectd::default" ]
+
+attribute "collectd/interval",
+  :display_name => "collectd Polling Interval",
+  :description => "The collectd interval setting value.",
+  :required => "optional",
+  :default => "20",
+  :recipes => [ "collectd::default" ]
+
+attribute "collectd/read_threads",
+  :display_name => "collectd Read Threads",
+  :description => "The collectd read threads setting value.",
+  :required => "optional",
+  :default => "5",
+  :recipes => [ "collectd::default" ]
+
+#attribute "collectd/servers",
+#  :display_name => "collectd Servers",
+#  :description => "The collectd servers to send to as a client.",
+#  :required => "optional",
+#  :default => nil,
+#  :type => "array",
+#  :recipes => [ "collectd::client" ]
+
+attribute "collectd/hostname",
+  :display_name => "collectd Hostname",
+  :description => "The collectd Hostname setting value.",
+  :required => "optional",
+  :recipes => [ "collectd::default" ]
+
+attribute "collectd/fqdn_lookup",
+  :display_name => "collectd FQDNLookup",
+  :description => "The collectd FQDNLookup setting value.",
+  :required => "optional",
+  :recipes => [ "collectd::default" ],
+  :choice => [ "true", "false" ],
+  :default => "true"
+
+attribute "collectd/collectd_web/path",
+  :display_name => "collectd_web path",
+  :description => "The collectd_web install path.",
+  :required => "optional",
+  :default => "/srv/collectd_web",
+  :recipes => [ "collectd::collectd_web" ]
+
+attribute "collectd/collectd_web/hostname",
+  :display_name => "collectd_web hostname",
+  :description => "The collectd_web hostname.",
+  :required => "optional",
+  :default => "collectd",
+  :recipes => [ "collectd::collectd_web" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/client.rb b/recipes/client.rb
index 5c1be7d..72cc42d 100644
--- a/recipes/client.rb
+++ b/recipes/client.rb
@@ -19,15 +19,20 @@
 
 include_recipe "collectd"
 
-servers = []
-search(:node, 'recipes:"collectd::server"') do |n|
-  servers << n['fqdn']
-end
-
+servers =
+  if !node[:collectd][:servers].empty?
+    node[:collectd][:servers]
+  elsif !Chef::Config[:solo]
+    search(:node, 'recipes:"collectd::server"').map {|n| n['fqdn'] }
+  end
 if servers.empty?
-  raise "No servers found. Please configure at least one node with collectd::server."
+  if Chef::Config[:solo]
+    raise "No collectd servers found. Please configure at least one server in Chef Solo with collectd['servers']."
+  else
+    raise "No collectd servers found. Please configure at least one server node using collectd::server."
+  end
 end
 
 collectd_plugin "network" do
   options :server=>servers
-end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index cf5277e..f880cc7 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -17,21 +17,28 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-package "collectd" do
-  package_name "collectd-core"
-end
+package = value_for_platform(
+  ["centos", "redhat", "suse", "fedora" ] => {
+   "default" => "collectd"
+  },
+  ["ubuntu", "debian"] => {
+   "default" => "collectd-core"
+  },
+  "default" => "collectd"
+)
+package package
 
 service "collectd" do
   supports :restart => true, :status => true
 end
 
-directory "/etc/collectd" do
+directory node[:collectd][:config_dir] do
   owner "root"
   group "root"
   mode "755"
 end
 
-directory "/etc/collectd/plugins" do
+directory "#{node[:collectd][:config_dir]}/plugins" do
   owner "root"
   group "root"
   mode "755"
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@
 end
 
 %w(collectd collection thresholds).each do |file|
-  template "/etc/collectd/#{file}.conf" do
+  template "#{node[:collectd][:config_dir]}/#{file}.conf" do
     source "#{file}.conf.erb"
     owner "root"
     group "root"
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@
 
 ruby_block "delete_old_plugins" do
   block do
-    Dir['/etc/collectd/plugins/*.conf'].each do |path|
+    Dir["#{node[:collectd][:config_dir]}/plugins/*.conf"].each do |path|
       autogen = false
       File.open(path).each_line do |line|
         if line.start_with?('#') and line.include?('autogenerated')
diff --git a/templates/default/collectd.conf.erb b/templates/default/collectd.conf.erb
index b1e3964..68e5d2d 100644
--- a/templates/default/collectd.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/collectd.conf.erb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 # You should also read /usr/share/doc/collectd/README.Debian.plugins before
 # enabling any more plugins.
 
-Hostname "<%= @node[:fqdn] %>"
-FQDNLookup true
+Hostname "<%= @node[:collectd][:hostname] %>"
+FQDNLookup <%= @node[:collectd][:fqdn_lookup] %>
 BaseDir "<%= @node[:collectd][:base_dir] %>"
 PluginDir "<%= @node[:collectd][:plugin_dir] %>"
 TypesDB "<%= @node[:collectd][:types_db].join('", "') %>"