diff --git a/ansible-imalive/defaults/main.yml b/ansible-imalive/defaults/main.yml
index 17da77c..4a9d30e 100644
--- a/ansible-imalive/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible-imalive/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ---
-imalive_api_version: 1.7
+imalive_api_version: 4.0.1
 imalive_port: 8099
 imalive_wait_time: 300
+imalive_force_recreate: true
+imalive_monitors: []
diff --git a/ansible-imalive/meta/main.yml b/ansible-imalive/meta/main.yml
index ae8a47c..60db9aa 100644
--- a/ansible-imalive/meta/main.yml
+++ b/ansible-imalive/meta/main.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ galaxy_info:
   min_ansible_version: 2.2
 
   platforms:
-    - name: CentOS
     - name: RaspberrypiOS
diff --git a/ansible-imalive/tasks/main.yml b/ansible-imalive/tasks/main.yml
index 3d9981b..2a597d2 100644
--- a/ansible-imalive/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible-imalive/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
   template:
     src: "{{ item.template }}.j2"
     dest: "{{ item.path }}/{{ item.template }}"
-    mode: '0644'
+    mode: "{{ item.mode }}"
   with_items:
-    - { template: docker-compose-imalive.yml , path: "{{ node_home }}" }
+    - { template: docker-compose-imalive.yml , path: "{{ node_home }}", mode: '0644' }
+    - { template: .env.imalive , path: "{{ node_home }}", mode: '0644' }
+    - { template: imalive.yml , path: "{{ node_home }}", mode: '0644' }
+    - { template: imalive_start.sh , path: "{{ node_home }}", mode: '0755' }
 
 - name: Run the container
   become: yes
-  command: "docker-compose -f {{ node_home }}/docker-compose-imalive.yml up -d --force-recreate"
+  command: "bash {{ node_home }}/imalive_start.sh"
diff --git a/ansible-imalive/templates/.env.imalive.j2 b/ansible-imalive/templates/.env.imalive.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..087ed69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-imalive/templates/.env.imalive.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+WAIT_TIME={{ imalive_wait_time }}
+IMALIVE_NODE_NAME={{ node_name }}
+
+{% if imalive_otel_collector_endpoint is defined and imalive_otel_collector_endpoint %}
+OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT={{ imalive_otel_collector_endpoint }}
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/ansible-imalive/templates/docker-compose-imalive.yml.j2 b/ansible-imalive/templates/docker-compose-imalive.yml.j2
index 18e5c44..383b23d 100644
--- a/ansible-imalive/templates/docker-compose-imalive.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible-imalive/templates/docker-compose-imalive.yml.j2
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ services:
     image: comworkio/imalive-api:{{ imalive_api_version }}-x86
     container_name: imalive-api
     restart: always
-    environment: 
-      - WAIT_TIME={{ imalive_wait_time }}
-      - IMALIVE_NODE_NAME={{ node_name }}
+    env_file:
+      - .env.imalive
+    volumes:
+      - {{ node_home }}/imalive.yml:/app/imalive.yml:ro
     ports: 
       - {{ imalive_port }}:8080
diff --git a/ansible-imalive/templates/imalive.yml.j2 b/ansible-imalive/templates/imalive.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07c228c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-imalive/templates/imalive.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+monitors: {{ imalive_monitors }}
diff --git a/ansible-imalive/templates/imalive_start.sh.j2 b/ansible-imalive/templates/imalive_start.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e6f689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible-imalive/templates/imalive_start.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+FORCE_RECREATE_OPT=""
+FORCE_RECREATE_FLAG="{{ imalive_force_recreate }}"
+
+if [[ $FORCE_RECREATE_FLAG = "True" ]]; then
+  FORCE_RECREATE_OPT="--force-recreate"
+  docker ps -a|awk '($2 ~ "comworkio/imalive"){system("docker rm -f "$1)}' || :
+fi
+
+{% if centos_version is defined and (centos_version == "9" or centos_version == 9) %}
+COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1 DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker compose -f {{ node_home }}/docker-compose-imalive.yml up -d $FORCE_RECREATE_OPT
+{% else %}
+COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1 DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker-compose -f {{ node_home }}/docker-compose-imalive.yml up -d $FORCE_RECREATE_OPT
+{% endif %}