diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-agg-cluster.yml b/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-agg-cluster.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e74e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-agg-cluster.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+version: "3"
+services:
+
+#
+# Deploying a Fluentd cluster using this file assumes that overlay network 'voltha_net'
+# has already been created. To deploy the fluentd cluster, issue the command:
+#
+#     docker stack deploy -c docker-compose-fluentd-cluster.yml fluentd
+#
+# This spins up two Fluentd Forwarders and one each Fluentd Aggregator-Active, Fluentd Aggregator-Standby.
+# The forwards listens for voltha components logs on port 23224 and sends them towards Fluentd Aggregator. 
+# Fluentd Aggregator writes them to their host mounted disk
+#
+
+  fluentdactv:
+    image: fluent/fluentd
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 1
+      restart_policy:
+        condition: on-failure
+    networks:
+      - voltha-net
+    ports:
+      - "24224"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/log/voltha:/fluentd/log"
+
+  fluentdstby:
+    image: fluent/fluentd
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 1
+      restart_policy:
+        condition: on-failure
+    networks:
+      - voltha-net
+    ports:
+      - "24224"
+    volumes:
+      - "/var/log/voltha:/fluentd/log"
+
+networks:
+  voltha-net:
+    external:
+      name: voltha_net
+
diff --git a/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-cluster.yml b/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-cluster.yml
index 5e46f54..257dbd4 100644
--- a/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-cluster.yml
+++ b/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-cluster.yml
@@ -12,32 +12,6 @@
 # Fluentd Aggregator writes them to their host mounted disk
 #
 
-  fluentdactv:
-    image: fluent/fluentd
-    deploy:
-      replicas: 1
-      restart_policy:
-        condition: on-failure
-    networks:
-      - voltha-net
-    ports:
-      - "24224"
-    volumes:
-      - "/var/log/voltha:/fluentd/log"
-
-  fluentdstby:
-    image: fluent/fluentd
-    deploy:
-      replicas: 1
-      restart_policy:
-        condition: on-failure
-    networks:
-      - voltha-net
-    ports:
-      - "24224"
-    volumes:
-      - "/var/log/voltha:/fluentd/log"
-
   fluentd:
     image: cord/fluentd
     deploy:
diff --git a/install/voltha-swarm-start.sh b/install/voltha-swarm-start.sh
index 4b40887..ee9cc49 100755
--- a/install/voltha-swarm-start.sh
+++ b/install/voltha-swarm-start.sh
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@
 done
 
 
+docker stack deploy -c ${voltha_base_dir}/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-agg-cluster.yml fluentd
+sleep 2
+docker stack deploy -c ${voltha_base_dir}/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-cluster.yml fluentd
 docker stack deploy -c ${voltha_base_dir}/compose/docker-compose-voltha-swarm.yml vcore
 docker stack deploy -c ${voltha_base_dir}/compose/docker-compose-ofagent-swarm.yml ofagent
 docker stack deploy -c ${voltha_base_dir}/compose/docker-compose-envoy-swarm.yml voltha
 docker stack deploy -c ${voltha_base_dir}/compose/docker-compose-vcli.yml cli
 docker stack deploy -c ${voltha_base_dir}/compose/docker-compose-chameleon-swarm.yml chameleon
 docker stack deploy -c ${voltha_base_dir}/compose/docker-compose-netconf-swarm.yml netconf
-docker stack deploy -c ${voltha_base_dir}/compose/docker-compose-fluentd-cluster.yml fluentd
 docker service create -d --name tools --network voltha_net  --network kafka_net --publish "4022:22" voltha/tools