diff --git a/classes/cluster/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/init.yml b/classes/cluster/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/init.yml
index 808d64f..0dade38 100644
--- a/classes/cluster/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/init.yml
+++ b/classes/cluster/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/init.yml
@@ -51,4 +51,52 @@
     openstack_gateway_address: 172.16.10.110
     openstack_gateway_node01_address: ${_param:openstack_gateway_address}
     stacklight_telemetry_address: ${_param:stacklight_monitor_address}
-
+    remote_rsyslog_host: 127.0.0.3
+    remote_rsyslog_port: 10514
+  rsyslog:
+    client:
+      run_user: syslog
+      run_group: adm
+      enabled: true
+      rainerscript:
+        module:
+          imfile: {}
+        input:
+          imfile:
+            nginx:
+              File: "/var/log/nginx/*.log"
+              Tag: "nginx__"
+              Severity: "notice"
+              Facility: "local0"
+              PersistStateInterval: "0"
+              Ruleset: "myapp_logs"
+            apache2:
+              File: "/var/log/apache2/*.log"
+              Tag: "apache2__"
+              Severity: "notice"
+              Facility: "local0"
+              Ruleset: "myapp_logs"
+              PersistStateInterval: "0"
+            rabbitmq:
+              File: "/var/log/rabbitmq/*.log"
+              Tag: "rabbitmq__"
+              Severity: "notice"
+              Facility: "local0"
+              PersistStateInterval: "0"
+              Ruleset: "myapp_logs"
+        template:
+          ImfileFilePath:
+            parameter:
+              type: string
+              string: "<%PRI%>%TIMESTAMP:::date-rfc3339% %HOSTNAME% %syslogtag:1:32%%$.suffix%%msg:::sp-if-no-1st-sp%%msg%\n"
+        ruleset:
+          remote_logs:
+            description: 'action(type="omfwd" Target="${_param:remote_rsyslog_host}" Port="${_param:remote_rsyslog_port}" Protocol="udp" Template="ImfileFilePath")'
+          myapp_logs:
+            description: 'set $.suffix=re_extract($!metadata!filename, "(.*)/([^/]*[^/.log])", 0, 2, "all.log"); call remote_logs'
+      output:
+        remote:
+          somehost.domain:
+            action: "@${_param:remote_rsyslog_host}:${_param:remote_rsyslog_port}"
+            filter: "*.*"
+            enabled: true
diff --git a/classes/cluster/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/openstack/init.yml b/classes/cluster/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/openstack/init.yml
index 9f1aba9..2f132ed 100644
--- a/classes/cluster/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/openstack/init.yml
+++ b/classes/cluster/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/openstack/init.yml
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
     mongodb_admin_password: cloudlab
     mongodb_shared_key: eoTh1AwahlahqueingeejooLughah4tei9feing0eeVaephooDi2li1TaeV1ooth
     ceilometer_influxdb_password: lmapass
+    openstack_log_appender: true
+    openstack_ossyslog_handler_enabled: true
   linux:
     network:
       purge_hosts: true