diff --git a/roles/cord-profile/defaults/main.yml b/roles/cord-profile/defaults/main.yml
index 2b9b9f2..03be231 100644
--- a/roles/cord-profile/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cord-profile/defaults/main.yml
@@ -4,17 +4,14 @@
 # where the cord_profile directory is on the config node
 config_cord_profile_dir: "/opt/cord_profile"
 
-head_cord_dir: "/opt/cord"
-
 pki_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/pki"
 ssh_pki_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/ssh_pki"
 credentials_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/credentials"
 
-head_credentials_dir: "/opt/credentials"
-
 # where cord files are copied to on head node
-head_cord_profile_dir: "/opt/cord_profile"
 head_cord_dir: "/opt/cord"
+head_cord_profile_dir: "/opt/cord_profile"
+head_credentials_dir: "/opt/credentials"
 
 # For storing OpenStack images
 image_dir: /opt/images
diff --git a/roles/cord-profile/tasks/main.yml b/roles/cord-profile/tasks/main.yml
index b9b5017..830462e 100644
--- a/roles/cord-profile/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/cord-profile/tasks/main.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     mode: 0644
   with_items:
     - xos_config.yaml
+    - xos_config_synchronizer.yaml
     - deployment.yaml
     - xos.yaml
     - gateway-config.yml
diff --git a/roles/cord-profile/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/roles/cord-profile/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
index 74551a3..84994e1 100644
--- a/roles/cord-profile/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/cord-profile/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@
       - xos_redis:redis
 {% endif %}
     volumes:
+      - {{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/xos_config_synchronizer.yaml:/opt/xos/xos_config.yaml:ro
       - {{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/node_key:/opt/cord_profile/node_key:ro
       - {{ head_credentials_dir }}:/opt/xos/services/{{ svc.name }}/credentials:ro
       - {{ head_cord_profile_dir }}/im_cert_chain.pem:/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/local_certs.crt:ro
diff --git a/roles/cord-profile/templates/xos_config_synchronizer.yaml.j2 b/roles/cord-profile/templates/xos_config_synchronizer.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc12c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/cord-profile/templates/xos_config_synchronizer.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+# generated by cord-profile from xos_config_synchronizer.yaml.j2
+
+accessor:
+  endpoint: "xos-core.{{ site_suffix }}:50051"
+
+logging:
+  file: '/var/log/xos_synchronizer.log'
+  logstash_hostport: 'cordloghost.{{ site_suffix }}:5617'
+  level: {{ xos_logging_level }}
+  channels:
+{% for channel in xos_logging_channels %}
+    - {{ channel }}
+{% endfor %}
+