diff --git a/charts/magnum/templates/bin/_magnum-api.sh.tpl b/charts/magnum/templates/bin/_magnum-api.sh.tpl
index 5786cea..4f82862 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/templates/bin/_magnum-api.sh.tpl
+++ b/charts/magnum/templates/bin/_magnum-api.sh.tpl
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 COMMAND="${@:-start}"
 
 function start () {
-  exec magnum-api \
-        --config-file /etc/magnum/magnum.conf
+  exec uwsgi --ini /etc/magnum/magnum-api-uwsgi.ini
 }
 
 function stop () {
diff --git a/charts/magnum/templates/configmap-etc.yaml b/charts/magnum/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
index 466e2ae..247b3f6 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
+++ b/charts/magnum/templates/configmap-etc.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@
 {{- $_ := set .Values.conf.magnum.trust "trustee_domain_admin_password" .Values.endpoints.identity.auth.magnum_stack_user.password -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{- if empty .Values.conf.magnum_api_uwsgi.uwsgi.processes -}}
+{{- $_ := set .Values.conf.magnum_api_uwsgi.uwsgi "processes" .Values.conf.magnum.api.workers -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- if empty (index .Values.conf.magnum_api_uwsgi.uwsgi "http-socket") -}}
+{{- $http_socket_port := tuple "container-infra" "service" "api" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" | toString }}
+{{- $http_socket := printf "0.0.0.0:%s" $http_socket_port }}
+{{- $_ := set .Values.conf.magnum_api_uwsgi.uwsgi "http-socket" $http_socket -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{- if and (empty .Values.conf.logging.handler_fluent) (has "fluent" .Values.conf.logging.handlers.keys) -}}
 {{- $fluentd_host := tuple "fluentd" "internal" $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.hostname_namespaced_endpoint_lookup" }}
 {{- $fluentd_port := tuple "fluentd" "internal" "service" $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" }}
@@ -91,6 +100,7 @@
 type: Opaque
 data:
   magnum.conf: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_oslo_conf" .Values.conf.magnum | b64enc }}
+  magnum-api-uwsgi.ini: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_oslo_conf" .Values.conf.magnum_api_uwsgi | b64enc }}
   logging.conf: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_oslo_conf" .Values.conf.logging | b64enc }}
   api-paste.ini: {{ include "helm-toolkit.utils.to_ini" .Values.conf.paste | b64enc }}
   policy.yaml: {{ toYaml .Values.conf.policy | b64enc }}
diff --git a/charts/magnum/templates/deployment-api.yaml b/charts/magnum/templates/deployment-api.yaml
index fbb43d2..9eb4967 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/templates/deployment-api.yaml
+++ b/charts/magnum/templates/deployment-api.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
               scheme: HTTP
               path: /
               port: {{ tuple "container-infra" "internal" "api" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_port_lookup" }}
-            initialDelaySeconds: 15
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
             periodSeconds: 10
           volumeMounts:
             - name: pod-tmp
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
               mountPath: /etc/magnum/magnum.conf
               subPath: magnum.conf
               readOnly: true
+            - name: magnum-etc
+              mountPath: /etc/magnum/magnum-api-uwsgi.ini
+              subPath: magnum-api-uwsgi.ini
+              readOnly: true
             {{- if .Values.conf.magnum.DEFAULT.log_config_append }}
             - name: magnum-etc
               mountPath: {{ .Values.conf.magnum.DEFAULT.log_config_append }}
diff --git a/charts/magnum/values.yaml b/charts/magnum/values.yaml
index 91a5055..56232eb 100644
--- a/charts/magnum/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/magnum/values.yaml
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@
     formatter_default:
       format: "%(message)s"
       datefmt: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+  magnum_api_uwsgi:
+    uwsgi:
+      add-header: "Connection: close"
+      buffer-size: 65535
+      die-on-term: true
+      enable-threads: true
+      exit-on-reload: false
+      hook-master-start: unix_signal:15 gracefully_kill_them_all
+      lazy-apps: true
+      log-x-forwarded-for: true
+      master: true
+      procname-prefix-spaced: "magnum-api:"
+      route-user-agent: '^kube-probe.* donotlog:'
+      thunder-lock: true
+      worker-reload-mercy: 80
+      wsgi-file: /var/lib/openstack/bin/magnum-api-wsgi
 
 network:
   api: