diff --git a/.kitchen.do.local.yml b/.kitchen.do.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .kitchen.do.local.yml
rename to .kitchen.do.yml
diff --git a/.kitchen.dokken.yml b/.kitchen.dokken.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b1eef4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.kitchen.dokken.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# this file is used for configuration of kitchen dokken
+# for integration tests in the CI
+---
+driver:
+  name: dokken
+  privileged: true # because Docker and SystemD/Upstart
+<% if ENV['CHEF_VERSION'] %>
+  chef_version: <%= ENV['CHEF_VERSION'] %>
+<% end %>
+
+transport:
+  name: dokken
+
+provisioner:
+  name: dokken
+
+verifier:
+  name: inspec
+  sudo: true
+
+platforms:
+- name: ubuntu-14-04
+  driver:
+    image: ubuntu:14.04
+- name: ubuntu-16-04
+  driver:
+    image: ubuntu:16.04
+    intermediate_instructions:
+    - RUN /usr/bin/apt-get update
+    pid_one_command: /bin/systemd
+- name: centos-6
+  driver:
+    image: centos:6
+    intermediate_instructions:
+      - RUN yum install -y initscripts
+- name: centos-7
+  driver:
+    image: centos:7
+    pid_one_command: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
+- name: oracle-6
+  driver:
+    image: oraclelinux:6
+- name: oracle-7
+  driver:
+    image: oraclelinux:7
+    pid_one_command: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
+- name: debian-7
+  driver:
+    image: debian:7
+    intermediate_instructions:
+    - RUN /usr/bin/apt-get update
+    - RUN /usr/bin/apt-get install -y procps
+- name: debian-8
+  driver:
+    image: debian:8
+    intermediate_instructions:
+    - RUN /usr/bin/apt-get update
+    - RUN /usr/bin/apt-get install -y procps
+    pid_one_command: /bin/systemd
+- name: fedora-26
+  driver:
+    image: fedora:26
+    pid_one_command: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
+    intermediate_instructions:
+    - RUN dnf install -y yum
+- name: fedora-27
+  driver:
+    image: fedora:27
+    pid_one_command: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
+    intermediate_instructions:
+    - RUN dnf install -y yum
+- name: opensuse-42
+  driver:
+    image: opensuse:leap
+    pid_one_command: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
+- name: amazonlinux-2
+  driver:
+    image: dokken/amazonlinux-2
+    pid_one_command: /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
diff --git a/.kitchen.yml b/.kitchen.yml
index 4562d216..5b35b1ed 100644
--- a/.kitchen.yml
+++ b/.kitchen.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ platforms:
 - name: opensuse-leap-42
   driver_config:
     box: bento/opensuse-leap-42.1
-- name: amzn2
+- name: amazonlinux-2
   driver_config:
     box: stakahashi/amazonlinux2
 
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4fe38ffb..879c1546 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,42 +1,54 @@
 ---
-sudo: false
+sudo: required
 language: ruby
 bundler_args: "--without development"
 dist: trusty
 cache: bundler
 
+services:
+- docker
+
 rvm: 2.4.1
 
 before_install:
   - gem update --system # see https://github.com/bundler/bundler/issues/5357
 
 env:
- - INSTANCE=ubuntu-14-04
- - INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04
- - INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60
- - INSTANCE=centos-6
- - INSTANCE=centos-7
- - INSTANCE=centos-7 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60
- - INSTANCE=debian-7
- - INSTANCE=debian-8
- - INSTANCE=fedora-26
- - INSTANCE=fedora-27
+ - INSTANCE=ubuntu-14-04 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=centos-6 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=centos-7 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=centos-7 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=debian-7 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=debian-8 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=fedora-26 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=fedora-27 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.yml
+ - INSTANCE=ubuntu-14-04 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=centos-6 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=centos-7 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=centos-7 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=oracle-6 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=oracle-7 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=debian-7 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=debian-8 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=fedora-26 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=fedora-27 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=opensuse-42 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+ - INSTANCE=amazonlinux-2 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
 
 script:
-  -  bundle exec rake prepare_do_env kitchen KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.do.local.yml
+  -  bundle exec rake kitchen
 
 matrix:
-  allow_failures: # allow failues of integration tests as the forks might miss the DO token
-  - env: INSTANCE=ubuntu-14-04
-  - env: INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04
-  - env: INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60
-  - env: INSTANCE=centos-6
-  - env: INSTANCE=centos-7
-  - env: INSTANCE=centos-7 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60
-  - env: INSTANCE=debian-7
-  - env: INSTANCE=debian-8
-  - env: INSTANCE=fedora-26
-  - env: INSTANCE=fedora-27
+  allow_failures: # temporaray disable failing tests until all problems are fixed
+    - env: INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+    - env: INSTANCE=ubuntu-16-04 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+    - env: INSTANCE=centos-7 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+    - env: INSTANCE=centos-7 CHEF_VERSION=12.14.60 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
+    - env: INSTANCE=opensuse-42 KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML=.kitchen.dokken.yml
   include:
     - env: UNIT_AND_LINT=1
       script:
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 465c54ea..16e92a31 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ end
 
 group :integration do
   gem 'kitchen-digitalocean'
-  gem 'kitchen-inspec'
+  gem 'kitchen-dokken'
+  gem 'kitchen-inspec', '>= 0.23.1'
   gem 'kitchen-vagrant'
   gem 'test-kitchen', '~> 1.0'
 end
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0acc116b..2fc939a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ It will not:
 
 ## Attributes
 
+* `['os-hardening']['components'][COMPONENT_NAME]` - allows the fine control over which components should be executed via default recipe. See below for more details
 * `['os-hardening']['desktop']['enable'] = false`
   true if this is a desktop system, ie Xorg, KDE/GNOME/Unity/etc
 * `['os-hardening']['network']['forwarding'] = false`
@@ -104,6 +105,22 @@ It will not:
 * `['os-hardening']['security']['selinux_mode'] = 'unmanaged'`
   set to `unmanaged` if you want to let selinux configuration as it is. Set to `enforcing` to enforce or `permissive` to permissive SELinux.
 
+### Controlling the included components
+
+`default.rb` includes other components based on the ohai autodetection attributes of your system. E.g. do not execute selinux on non-RHEL systems. You can override this behavior and force components to be executed or not via setting attributes in `node['os-hardening']['components']` on the override level. Example
+
+```ruby
+# some attribute file
+# do not include sysctl and auditd
+override['os-hardening']['components']['sysctl'] = false
+override['os-hardening']['components']['auditd'] = false
+
+# force selinux to be included
+override['os-hardening']['components']['selinux'] = true
+```
+
+In the current implementation different components are located in the different recipes. See the available recipes or `default.rb` for possible component names.
+
 ## Usage
 
 Add the recipes to the `run_list`, it should be last:
@@ -149,11 +166,12 @@ $ kitchen test
 
 ### CI testing of forks
 
-You can enable testing of your fork in [Travis CI](http://travis-ci.org/). By default you will get linting and spec tests.
+You can enable testing of your fork in [Travis CI](http://travis-ci.org/). By default you will get linting, spec tests and integration tests with [kitchen-dokken].
 
-Integration tests of this repository are conducted using [DigitalOcean](http://digitalocean.com/).
+Integration tests with [kitchen-dokken] do not cover everything as they run in the container environment.
+Full integration tests can be executed using [DigitalOcean](http://digitalocean.com/).
 
-If you want to have integration tests for your fork, you will have to add following [environment variables](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/environment-variables/#Defining-Variables-in-Repository-Settings) in the settings of your fork:
+If you want to have full integration tests for your fork, you will have to add following [environment variables](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/environment-variables/#Defining-Variables-in-Repository-Settings) in the settings of your fork:
 - `DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN` - [access token for DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-the-digitalocean-api-v2)
 - `CI_SSH_KEY` - private part of some ssh key, available on DigitalOcean for your instances, in base64 encoded form (e.g. `cat id_rsa | base64 -w0 ; echo`)
 - `DIGITALOCEAN_SSH_KEY_IDS` - ID in DigitalOcean of `CI_SSH_KEY`, see [this](https://github.com/test-kitchen/kitchen-digitalocean#installation-and-setup) for more information
@@ -165,6 +183,7 @@ If you want to have integration tests for your fork, you will have to add follow
 * Christoph Hartmann [chris-rock](https://github.com/chris-rock)
 * Edmund Haselwanter [ehaselwanter](https://github.com/ehaselwanter)
 * Patrick Meier [atomic111](https://github.com/atomic111)
+* Artem Sidorenko [artem-sidorenko](https://github.com/artem-sidorenko)
 
 This cookbook is mostly based on guides by:
 
@@ -202,3 +221,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 [3]: https://coveralls.io/r/dev-sec/chef-os-hardening
 [4]: https://gemnasium.com/dev-sec/chef-os-hardening
 [5]: https://gitter.im/dev-sec/general
+[kitchen-dokken]: https://github.com/someara/kitchen-dokken
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3a0592a6..887ae111 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -65,24 +65,30 @@ end
 
 desc 'Run kitchen integration tests'
 task :kitchen do
+  SSH_KEY_FILE = '~/.ssh/ci_id_rsa'.freeze
+  SSH_KEY_ENV_VAR_NAME = 'CI_SSH_KEY'.freeze
   concurrency = ENV['CONCURRENCY'] || 1
   instance = ENV['INSTANCE'] || ''
   args = ENV['CI'] ? '--destroy=always' : ''
-  sh('sh', '-c', "bundle exec kitchen test -c #{concurrency} #{args} #{instance}")
-end
 
-desc 'Prepare CI environment for DigitalOcean usage'
-task :prepare_do_env do
-  SSH_KEY_FILE = '~/.ssh/ci_id_rsa'.freeze
-  ENV_VAR_NAME = 'CI_SSH_KEY'.freeze
+  if ENV['CI'] && ENV['KITCHEN_LOCAL_YAML'] == '.kitchen.do.yml'
+    puts 'Preparing CI environment for DigitalOcean...'
+
+    ['DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'DIGITALOCEAN_SSH_KEY_IDS', SSH_KEY_ENV_VAR_NAME].each do |var|
+      unless ENV[var] # rubocop:disable Style/Next
+        puts "#{var} isn't defined. Skipping the task"
+        # We are not raising exit 1 as we want our CI tests in the forks to succeed.
+        # Our forks usually do not have the DO environment variables and are tested via dokken
+        exit
+      end
+    end
 
-  ['DIGITALOCEAN_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'DIGITALOCEAN_SSH_KEY_IDS', ENV_VAR_NAME].each do |var|
-    raise "Environment variable #{var} should be set" unless ENV[var]
+    ssh_file = File.expand_path(SSH_KEY_FILE)
+    dir = File.dirname(ssh_file)
+    Dir.mkdir(dir, 0o700) unless Dir.exist?(dir)
+    File.open(ssh_file, 'w') { |f| f.puts Base64.decode64(ENV[SSH_KEY_ENV_VAR_NAME]) }
+    File.chmod(0o600, ssh_file)
   end
 
-  ssh_file = File.expand_path(SSH_KEY_FILE)
-  dir = File.dirname(ssh_file)
-  Dir.mkdir(dir, 0o700) unless Dir.exist?(dir)
-  File.open(ssh_file, 'w') { |f| f.puts Base64.decode64(ENV[ENV_VAR_NAME]) }
-  File.chmod(0o600, ssh_file)
+  sh('sh', '-c', "bundle exec kitchen test -c #{concurrency} #{args} #{instance}")
 end
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index c0bed613..0b03c312 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -20,14 +20,31 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-include_recipe('os-hardening::packages')
-include_recipe('os-hardening::limits')
-include_recipe('os-hardening::login_defs')
-include_recipe('os-hardening::minimize_access')
-include_recipe('os-hardening::pam')
-include_recipe('os-hardening::profile')
-include_recipe('os-hardening::securetty')
-include_recipe('os-hardening::suid_sgid') if node['os-hardening']['security']['suid_sgid']['enforce']
-include_recipe('os-hardening::sysctl')
-include_recipe('os-hardening::auditd')
-include_recipe('os-hardening::selinux') if node['platform_family'] == 'rhel' || node['platform_family'] == 'fedora'
+# here we try to determine which components should be included.
+# You can control the behaviour via setting the node['os-hardening']['components'][recipe_name]
+# to true (to include it) or to false (to skip it) on the override level, e.g.
+#
+# override['os-hardening']['components']['sysctl'] = false
+#
+
+# generic components, include them per default
+%w[packages limits login_defs minimize_access pam profile securetty].each do |cp|
+  node.default['os-hardening']['components'][cp] = true
+end
+
+node.default['os-hardening']['components']['suid_sgid'] = node['os-hardening']['security']['suid_sgid']['enforce']
+
+# components which are not suitable for containers
+unless node['virtualization']['system'] =~ /^(lxc|docker)$/ && node['virtualization']['role'] == 'guest'
+  node.default['os-hardening']['components']['sysctl'] = true
+  node.default['os-hardening']['components']['auditd'] = true
+
+  # selinux should be included only on RH based systems
+  node.default['os-hardening']['components']['selinux'] =
+    node['platform_family'] == 'rhel' || node['platform_family'] == 'fedora'
+end
+
+# include all required components
+node['os-hardening']['components'].each do |component, state|
+  include_recipe "#{cookbook_name}::#{component}" if state
+end
diff --git a/recipes/minimize_access.rb b/recipes/minimize_access.rb
index e67b7e2d..0dbc4b76 100644
--- a/recipes/minimize_access.rb
+++ b/recipes/minimize_access.rb
@@ -57,5 +57,10 @@
 # /var/log should restricted to root or syslog on ubuntu systems
 directory '/var/log' do
   owner 'root'
-  group node['platform'] == 'ubuntu' ? 'syslog' : 'root'
+  # ubuntu with containers does not have rsyslog installed and syslog group does not exist
+  if node['platform'] == 'ubuntu' && node['packages']['rsyslog']
+    group 'syslog'
+  else
+    group 'root'
+  end
 end