diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -4,4 +4,55 @@ haproxy
 haproxy
 -------
 
-Install and run haproxy
+Install, configure and run haproxy based on:
+
+- haproxy.install
+- haproxy.config
+- haproxy.service
+
+Use the supplied haproxy.cfg for a flat file approach,
+or the jinja template and the pillar for a salt approach.
+
+haproxy.config
+--------------
+
+Currently, only a handful of options can be set using the pillar:
+
+- Global
+
+  + stats: enable stats, curently only via a unix socket which can be set to a path
+  + user: sets the user haproxy shall run as
+  + group: sets the group haproxy shall run as
+  + chroot: allows you to turn on chroot and set a directory
+  + daemon: allows you to turn daemon mode on and off
+
+- Default
+
+  + log: set the default log
+  + mode: sets the mode (i.e. http)
+  + retries: sets the number of retries
+  + options: an array of options that is simply looped with no special treatment
+  + timeouts: an array of timeouts that is simply looped with no special treatment
+  + errorfiles: an array of k:v errorfiles to point to the correct file matching an HTTP error code
+
+- Frontend; Frontend(s) is a list of the frontends you desire to have in your haproxy setup
+  Per frontend you can set:
+
+  + name: the name haproxy will use for the frontend
+  + bind: the bind string: this allows you to set the IP, Port and other paramters for the bind
+  + reqadd: an array of reqadd statements. Looped over and put in the configuration, no parsing
+  + default_backend: sets the default backend
+  + acls: a list of acls, not parsed, simply looped and put in to the configuration
+  + use_backends: a list of use_backend statements, looped over, not parsed
+
+- Backend; Backend(s) is a list of the backends you desire to have in your haproxy setup, per backend you can set:
+
+  + name: set the backend name, used in the frontend references by haproxy
+  + balance: set the balance type, string
+  + redirect: if set, can be used to redirect; simply a string, not parsed
+  + servers: a list of servers this backend will contact, is looped over; per server you can set:
+
+    + name: name of the server for haproxy
+    + host: the host to be contacted
+    + port: the port to contact the server on
+    + check: set to check to enable checking
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diff --git a/haproxy/config.sls b/haproxy/config.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63f51f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/config.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+haproxy.config:
+ file.managed:
+   - name: /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
+   - source: salt://haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja
+   - template: jinja
+   - user: root
+   - group: root
+   - mode: 644
diff --git a/haproxy/files/haproxy-debian-package-default.cfg b/haproxy/files/haproxy-debian-package-default.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8feacd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/files/haproxy-debian-package-default.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+global
+    log /dev/log    local0
+    log /dev/log    local1 notice
+    chroot /var/lib/haproxy
+    user haproxy
+    group haproxy
+    daemon
+
+defaults
+    log global
+    mode    http
+    option  httplog
+    option  dontlognull
+        contimeout 5000
+        clitimeout 50000
+        srvtimeout 50000
+    errorfile 400 /etc/haproxy/errors/400.http
+    errorfile 403 /etc/haproxy/errors/403.http
+    errorfile 408 /etc/haproxy/errors/408.http
+    errorfile 500 /etc/haproxy/errors/500.http
+    errorfile 502 /etc/haproxy/errors/502.http
+    errorfile 503 /etc/haproxy/errors/503.http
+    errorfile 504 /etc/haproxy/errors/504.http
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diff --git a/haproxy/files/haproxy-init-disable b/haproxy/files/haproxy-init-disable
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da2bf11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/files/haproxy-init-disable
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# **** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE ****
+#
+# This file is managed by Salt.
+# Any changes will be overwritten.
+
+ENABLED=0
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diff --git a/haproxy/files/haproxy-init-enable b/haproxy/files/haproxy-init-enable
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e97f190
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/files/haproxy-init-enable
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# **** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE ****
+#
+# This file is managed by Salt.
+# Any changes will be overwritten.
+
+ENABLED=1
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diff --git a/haproxy/init.sls b/haproxy/init.sls
index 19f0c0f..afdc9f8 100644
--- a/haproxy/init.sls
+++ b/haproxy/init.sls
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
-haproxy:
-  pkg.installed: []
-  file.managed:
-    - name: /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
-    - source: salt://haproxy/files/haproxy.cfg
-    - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - mode: 644
-    - template: jinja
-  service.running:
-    - enable: True
-    - require:
-      - pkg: haproxy
-    - watch:
-      - file: haproxy
+# haproxy
+#
+# Meta-state to fully setup haproxy on debian. (or any other distro that has haproxy in their repo)
+
+include:
+  - haproxy.install
+  - haproxy.service
+  - haproxy.config
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diff --git a/haproxy/install.sls b/haproxy/install.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7355f1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/install.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+haproxy.install:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - name: haproxy
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diff --git a/haproxy/service.sls b/haproxy/service.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1f3b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/service.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+haproxy.service:
+  service.running:
+    - name: haproxy
+    - enable: True
+    - require:
+      - pkg: haproxy
+    - watch:
+      - file: haproxy.config
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /etc/default/haproxy
+#TODO: Add switch to turn the service on and off based on pillar configuration.
+    - source: salt://haproxy/files/haproxy-init-enable
+    - create: True
+    - user: "root"
+    - group: "root"
+    - mode: "0644"
diff --git a/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja b/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c70203c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haproxy/templates/haproxy.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# HAProxy configuration
+#
+# **** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE ****
+#
+# This file is managed by Salt.
+# Any changes will be overwritten.
+
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Global settings
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+global
+    log /dev/log    local0
+    log /dev/log    local1 notice
+    user {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:user', 'haproxy') }}
+    group {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:group', 'haproxy') }}
+{%- if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:chroot:enable', 'no') == True %}
+    chroot  {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:chroot:path', '/tmp') }}
+{%- endif -%}
+{% if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:daemon', 'no') == True %}
+    daemon
+{% endif %}
+{%- if salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:stats:enable', 'no') == True %}
+    #Stats support is currently limited to socket mode
+    stats socket {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:global:stats:socketpath', '/tmp/ha_stats.sock') }}
+ {% endif %}
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# common defaults that all the 'listen' and 'backend' sections will
+# use if not designated in their block
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+defaults
+    log {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults:log') }}
+    mode {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults:mode') }}
+    retries {{ salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults:retries') }}
+{%- if 'options' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults', {}) %}
+{%- for option in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults:options') %}
+    option {{ option }}{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{%- if 'timeouts' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults', {}) %}
+{%- for timeout in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults:timeouts') %}
+    timeout {{ timeout }}{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{%- if 'errorfiles' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults', {}) %}
+{%- for errorfile in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:defaults:errorfiles').iteritems() %}
+    errorfile {{ errorfile[0] }} {{ errorfile[1] }}{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+
+
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# frontend instances
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+{%- if 'frontends' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy', {}) %}
+{%- for frontend in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:frontends', {}).iteritems() %}
+frontend {{ frontend[1].name }}
+    bind {{ frontend[1].bind }}
+{%- if 'acls' in frontend[1] %}
+{%- for acl in frontend[1].acls %}
+    acl {{ acl }}
+{%- endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
+{%- if 'reqadd' in frontend[1] %}
+{%- for reqadd in frontend[1].reqadd %}
+    reqadd {{ reqadd }}
+{%- endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
+    default_backend {{ frontend[1].default_backend }}
+{%-if 'use_backends' in frontend[1] -%}
+{%- for use_backend in frontend[1].use_backends %}
+    use_backend {{ use_backend }}
+{% endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{%- endif %}
+
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# backend instances
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+{%- if 'backends' in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy', {}) %}
+{%- for backend in salt['pillar.get']('haproxy:backends', {}).iteritems() %}
+backend {{ backend[1].name }}
+    balance {{ backend[1].balance }}
+    {%- if 'servers' in backend[1] %}
+    {%- for server in backend[1].servers.iteritems() %}
+    server {{ server[1].name }} {{ server[1].host }}:{{ server[1].port }} {{ server[1].check }}{% endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
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diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index e69de29..78ed658 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#
+# Example pillar configuration
+#
+
+haproxy:
+  global:
+    stats:
+      enable: True
+      socketpath: /var/lib/haproxy/stats
+
+    user: haproxy
+    group: haproxy
+    chroot:
+      enable: True
+      path: /var/lib/haproxy
+
+    daemon: True
+
+  defaults:
+    log: global
+    mode: http
+    retries: 3
+    options:
+      - httplog
+      - dontlognull
+      - forwardfor
+      - http-server-close
+    timeouts:
+      - http-request    10s
+      - queue           1m
+      - connect         10s
+      - client          1m
+      - server          1m
+      - http-keep-alive 10s
+      - check           10s
+
+    errorfiles:
+      400: /etc/haproxy/errors/400.http
+      403: /etc/haproxy/errors/403.http
+      408: /etc/haproxy/errors/408.http
+      500: /etc/haproxy/errors/500.http
+      502: /etc/haproxy/errors/502.http
+      503: /etc/haproxy/errors/503.http
+      504: /etc/haproxy/errors/504.http
+
+  frontends:
+    frontend1:
+      name: www-http
+      bind: "*:80"
+      reqadd:
+        - "X-Forwarded-Proto:\\ http"
+      default_backend: www-backend
+
+    frontend2:
+      name: www-https
+      bind: "*:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/private/certificate-chain-and-key-combined.pem"
+      reqadd:
+        - "X-Forwarded-Proto:\\ https"
+      default_backend: www-backend
+      acls:
+        - url_static       path_beg       -i /static /images /javascript /stylesheets
+        - url_static       path_end       -i .jpg .gif .png .css .js
+      use_backends:
+        - static  if url_static
+
+  backends:
+    backend1:
+      name: www-backend
+      balance: roundrobin
+      redirect: scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
+      servers:
+        server1:
+          name: server1-its-name
+          host: 192.168.1.213
+          check: check
+    backend2:
+      name: static
+      balance: roundrobin
+      redirect: scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
+      servers:
+        server1:
+          name: some-server
+          host: 123.156.189.111
+          port: 8080
+          check: check
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