diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/rsyslog.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/rsyslog.conf.j2
index 4b6b26a0ce..d040a19339 100755
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/rsyslog.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/rsyslog.conf.j2
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ $template GlanceApiFile,"/var/log/glance/glance_api.log"
 $template GlanceRegistryFile,"/var/log/glance/glance_registry.log"
 :syslogtag,contains,"glance-registry" ?GlanceRegistryFile
 
+$template NovaApiFile,"/var/log/nova/nova-api.log"
+:syslogtag,contains,"nova-api" ?NovaApiFile
+
+$template NovaConductorFile,"/var/log/nova/nova-conductor.log"
+:syslogtag,contains,"nova-conductor" ?NovaConductorFile
+
+$template NovaConsoleauthFile,"/var/log/nova/nova-consoleauth.log"
+:syslogtag,contains,"nova-consoleauth" ?NovaConsoleauthFile
+
+$template NovaNovncFile,"/var/log/nova/nova-novncproxy.log"
+:syslogtag,contains,"nova-novncproxy" ?NovaNovncFile
+
+$template NovaSchedulerFile,"/var/log/nova/nova-scheduler.log"
+:syslogtag,contains,"nova-scheduler" ?NovaSchedulerFile
+
+$template NovaComputeFile,"/var/log/nova/nova-compute.log"
+:syslogtag,contains,"nova-compute" ?NovaComputeFile
+
 $template DynFile,"/var/log/syslog.log"
 *.* ?DynFile
 & ~
diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/start.yml b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/start.yml
index 09501330b0..ee1c032d8f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/start.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/tasks/start.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     name: nova_api
     image: "{{ nova_api_image_full }}"
     volumes:
+      - "/var/lib/kolla/dev/log:/dev/log"
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-api/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
       - "/lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro"
     env:
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@
     insecure_registry: "{{ docker_insecure_registry }}"
     name: nova_conductor
     image: "{{ nova_conductor_image_full }}"
-    volumes: "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-conductor/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/lib/kolla/dev/log:/dev/log"
+      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-conductor/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
     env:
       KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY: "{{ config_strategy }}"
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['nova-conductor']
@@ -80,7 +83,9 @@
     insecure_registry: "{{ docker_insecure_registry }}"
     name: nova_consoleauth
     image: "{{ nova_consoleauth_image_full }}"
-    volumes: "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-consoleauth/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/lib/kolla/dev/log:/dev/log"
+      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-consoleauth/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
     env:
       KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY: "{{ config_strategy }}"
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['nova-consoleauth']
@@ -99,7 +104,9 @@
     insecure_registry: "{{ docker_insecure_registry }}"
     name: nova_novncproxy
     image: "{{ nova_novncproxy_image_full }}"
-    volumes: "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-novncproxy/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/lib/kolla/dev/log:/dev/log"
+      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-novncproxy/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
     env:
       KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY: "{{ config_strategy }}"
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['nova-novncproxy']
@@ -118,7 +125,9 @@
     insecure_registry: "{{ docker_insecure_registry }}"
     name: nova_scheduler
     image: "{{ nova_scheduler_image_full }}"
-    volumes: "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-scheduler/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/lib/kolla/dev/log:/dev/log"
+      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-scheduler/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
     env:
       KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY: "{{ config_strategy }}"
   when: inventory_hostname in groups['nova-scheduler']
@@ -142,6 +151,7 @@
       - "{{ node_config_directory }}/nova-compute/:/opt/kolla/config_files/:ro"
       - "/lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro"
       - "/run:/run"
+      - "/var/lib/kolla/dev/log:/dev/log"
     volumes_from:
       - nova_data
     env:
diff --git a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
index 79f0e0fbb0..d1e7be0cbf 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/nova/templates/nova.conf.j2
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 verbose = true
 debug = true
 
+syslog_log_facility=LOG_LOCAL0
+use_syslog=yes
+
 api_paste_config = /etc/nova/api-paste.ini
 state_path = /var/lib/nova