diff --git a/xos-core/templates/_core.tpl b/xos-core/templates/_core.tpl
index a766082..d83dfe7 100644
--- a/xos-core/templates/_core.tpl
+++ b/xos-core/templates/_core.tpl
@@ -31,11 +31,17 @@
       filename: /var/log/xos.log
       maxBytes: 10485760
       backupCount: 5
+    kafka:
+      class: kafkaloghandler.kafkaloghandler.KafkaLogHandler
+      bootstrap_servers:
+        - "cord-kafka:9092"
+      topic: xos.log.core
   loggers:
     'multistructlog':
       handlers:
         - console
         - file
+        - kafka
       level: DEBUG
 {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/xos-core/templates/_tosca.tpl b/xos-core/templates/_tosca.tpl
index 3292f4b..fe2ebf1 100644
--- a/xos-core/templates/_tosca.tpl
+++ b/xos-core/templates/_tosca.tpl
@@ -28,10 +28,16 @@
       filename: /var/log/xos.log
       maxBytes: 10485760
       backupCount: 5
+    kafka:
+      class: kafkaloghandler.kafkaloghandler.KafkaLogHandler
+      bootstrap_servers:
+        - "cord-kafka:9092"
+      topic: xos.log.tosca
   loggers:
     'multistructlog':
       handlers:
         - console
         - file
+        - kafka
       level: DEBUG
 {{- end }}