diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e06f2dd5..702f370e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Development
 
+- Add configuration for redis based coordination and remove old style `$::osfamily` references. Contributed by @rush-skills
 
 ## 2.3.0 (Sep 15, 2021)
 
diff --git a/manifests/auth/ldap.pp b/manifests/auth/ldap.pp
index 56f5d7b6..e9d09a18 100644
--- a/manifests/auth/ldap.pp
+++ b/manifests/auth/ldap.pp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
   }
 
   # install package dependency
-  $_dep_pkgs = $::osfamily ? {
+  $_dep_pkgs = $facts['os']['family'] ? {
     'Debian' => ['gcc', 'libldap2-dev'],
     'RedHat' => ['gcc', 'openldap-devel'],
     default  => undef,
diff --git a/manifests/auth/pam.pp b/manifests/auth/pam.pp
index da4f8d1c..f1dc1185 100644
--- a/manifests/auth/pam.pp
+++ b/manifests/auth/pam.pp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   }
 
   # install package dependency
-  $_dep_pkgs = $::osfamily ? {
+  $_dep_pkgs = $facts['os']['family'] ? {
     'Debian' => 'libpam0g',
     'RedHat' => 'pam-devel',
     default  => undef,
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 2191d7a8..7ef0181a 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@
   $erlang_url               = $st2::params::erlang_url,
   $erlang_key               = $st2::params::erlang_key,
   $redis_bind_ip            = $st2::params::redis_bind_ip,
+  $redis_hostname           = $st2::params::redis_hostname,
+  $redis_port               = $st2::params::redis_port,
+  $redis_password           = $st2::params::redis_password,
   $timersengine_enabled     = $st2::params::timersengine_enabled,
   $timersengine_timezone    = $st2::params::timersengine_timezone,
   $scheduler_sleep_interval = $st2::params::scheduler_sleep_interval,
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index a4b96fd4..b04d7b18 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   $st2_web_packages = [
     'st2web',
   ]
-  case $::osfamily {
+  case $facts['os']['family'] {
     'Debian': {
       $st2_client_packages = [
         'python-st2client',
@@ -186,18 +186,24 @@
   $rabbitmq_vhost = '/'
   $erlang_url = "https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/erlang/el/${facts['os'][release][major]}/\$basearch"
   $erlang_key = 'https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/gpgkey'
+
+  ## Redis
   $redis_bind_ip = '127.0.0.1'
+  $redis_hostname = '127.0.0.1'
+  $redis_port = 6379
+  $redis_password = ''
+
 
   ## actionrunner config
   $actionrunner_workers = 10
-  $actionrunner_global_env_file = $::osfamily ? {
+  $actionrunner_global_env_file = $facts['os']['family'] ? {
     'Debian' => '/etc/default/st2actionrunner',
     'RedHat' => '/etc/sysconfig/st2actionrunner',
   }
 
   ## chatops default config
   $st2_chatops_dir  = '/opt/stackstorm/chatops'
-  $st2_chatops_global_env_file = $::osfamily ? {
+  $st2_chatops_global_env_file = $facts['os']['family'] ? {
     'Debian' => '/etc/default/st2chatops',
     'RedHat' => '/etc/sysconfig/st2chatops',
   }
diff --git a/manifests/profile/mongodb.pp b/manifests/profile/mongodb.pp
index 1300798b..3147e87a 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/mongodb.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/mongodb.pp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
       # database, the re-enables auth.
       #
       # To prevent this from running every time we've create a puppet fact
-      # called $::mongodb_auth_init that is set when
+      # called $mongodb_auth_init that is set when
       if !$facts['mongodb_auth_init'] {
         # unfortinately there is no way to synchronously force a service restart
         # in Puppet, so we have to revert to exec... sorry
diff --git a/manifests/profile/nodejs.pp b/manifests/profile/nodejs.pp
index fdf40fda..fc18354e 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/nodejs.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/nodejs.pp
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 
   # Red Hat 7.x + already have NodeJS 6.x installed
   # trying to install from nodesource repos fails, so just use the builtin
-  if ($::osfamily == 'RedHat' and
-      versioncmp($::operatingsystemmajrelease, '7') >= 0) {
+  if ($facts['os']['family'] == 'RedHat' and
+      versioncmp($facts['os']['release']['major'], '7') >= 0) {
     if $use_rhel7_builtin {
       class { 'nodejs':
         manage_package_repo => false,
diff --git a/manifests/profile/rabbitmq.pp b/manifests/profile/rabbitmq.pp
index a8ee86cc..562ae6f9 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/rabbitmq.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/rabbitmq.pp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 ) inherits st2 {
 
   # RHEL 8 Requires another repo in addition to epel to be installed
-  if ($::osfamily == 'RedHat') and ($facts['os']['release']['major'] == '8') {
+  if ($facts['os']['family'] == 'RedHat') and ($facts['os']['release']['major'] == '8') {
     $repos_ensure = true
 
     # This is required because when using the latest version of rabbitmq because the latest version in EPEL
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
   }
 
   # RHEL needs EPEL installed prior to rabbitmq
-  if $::osfamily == 'RedHat' {
+  if $facts['os']['family'] == 'RedHat' {
     Class['epel']
     -> Class['rabbitmq']
 
diff --git a/manifests/profile/server.pp b/manifests/profile/server.pp
index e714d42c..0b82bf2a 100644
--- a/manifests/profile/server.pp
+++ b/manifests/profile/server.pp
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@
   $rabbitmq_hostname      = $st2::rabbitmq_hostname,
   $rabbitmq_port          = $st2::rabbitmq_port,
   $rabbitmq_vhost         = $st2::rabbitmq_vhost,
+  $redis_hostname         = $st2::redis_hostname,
+  $redis_port             = $st2::redis_port,
+  $redis_password         = $st2::redis_password,
   $index_url              = $st2::index_url,
   $packs_group            = $st2::packs_group_name,
 ) inherits st2 {
@@ -269,6 +272,17 @@
     tag     => 'st2::config',
   }
 
+  ## Coordination Settings (Redis)
+
+  $_redis_url  = "redis://:${redis_password}@${redis_hostname}:${redis_port}/"
+  ini_setting { 'coordination_url':
+    path    => '/etc/st2/st2.conf',
+    section => 'coordination',
+    setting => 'url',
+    value   => $_redis_url,
+    tag     => 'st2::config',
+  }
+
   ## Resultstracker Settings
   ini_setting { 'resultstracker_logging':
     ensure  => present,