diff --git a/fluentd_config/fluent-agg.conf b/fluentd_config/fluent-agg.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c201df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluentd_config/fluent-agg.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Configuration for the Fluentd Forwarders, it collects logs from voltha components and sends to Fluentd Log Aggregrators.
+# TCP input
+<source>
+  @type forward
+  port 24224
+</source>
+<match **>
+  @type file
+
+  path /fluentd/log/voltha
+  buffer_path /fluentd/log/*.log
+  append true
+  time_slice_wait 10m
+  time_format %Y%m%dT%H%M%S%z
+  time_slice_format %Y%m%d%H
+</match>
diff --git a/fluentd_config/fluent.conf b/fluentd_config/fluent.conf
index 0beab19..79e6590 100644
--- a/fluentd_config/fluent.conf
+++ b/fluentd_config/fluent.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 </source>
 <match **>
   @type forward
+  heartbeat_type tcp
 
   # primary host
   <server>