diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_configmap.tpl b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_configmap.tpl
index 5313b07..f76be4c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_configmap.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_configmap.tpl
@@ -52,19 +52,6 @@
   application_config.yaml: |
 {{ $appConf | toYaml | indent 4 }}
 
-{{- if .Values.logDirectory }}
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-filebeat-configmap
-  namespace: {{ include "common.namespace" . }}
-  labels: {{ include "common.labels" . | nindent 6 }}
-data:
-  filebeat.yml: |-
-{{ include "dcaegen2-services-common.filebeatConfiguration" . | indent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
-
 {{- if .Values.drFeedConfig }}
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
@@ -124,4 +111,4 @@
   {{ $topics | toJson | indent 2 }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
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+{{- end }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_deployment.tpl b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_deployment.tpl
index 5ba7d29..ef49f8c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_deployment.tpl
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_deployment.tpl
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 */}}
 
 {{- define "dcaegen2-services-common.microserviceDeployment" -}}
-{{- $logDir :=  default "" .Values.logDirectory -}}
+{{- $logDir :=  default "" .Values.log.path -}}
 {{- $certDir := default "" .Values.certDirectory . -}}
 {{- $tlsServer := default "" .Values.tlsServer -}}
 {{- $commonRelease :=  print (include "common.release" .) -}}
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
           name: app-config-input
         {{- if $logDir }}
         - mountPath: {{ $logDir}}
-          name: component-log
+          name: logs
         {{- end }}
         {{- if $certDir }}
         - mountPath: {{ $certDir }}
@@ -370,24 +370,7 @@
         {{- end }}
         {{- include "dcaegen2-services-common._externalVolumeMounts" . | nindent 8 }}
       {{- if $logDir }}
-      - image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.image.logging" . }}
-        imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.global.pullPolicy | default .Values.pullPolicy }}
-        name: filebeat
-        env:
-        - name: POD_IP
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              apiVersion: v1
-              fieldPath: status.podIP
-        resources: {{ include "common.resources" . | nindent 2 }}
-        volumeMounts:
-        - mountPath: /var/log/onap/{{ include "common.name" . }}
-          name: component-log
-        - mountPath: /usr/share/filebeat/data
-          name: filebeat-data
-        - mountPath: /usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml
-          name: filebeat-conf
-          subPath: filebeat.yml
+      {{ include "common.log.sidecar" . | nindent 6 }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- if $policy }}
       - image: {{ include "repositoryGenerator.repository" . }}/{{ .Values.dcaePolicySyncImage }}
@@ -448,13 +431,8 @@
         name: app-config
       {{- if $logDir }}
       - emptyDir: {}
-        name: component-log
-      - emptyDir: {}
-        name: filebeat-data
-      - configMap:
-          defaultMode: 420
-          name: {{ include "common.fullname" . }}-filebeat-configmap
-        name: filebeat-conf
+        name: logs
+      {{ include "common.log.volumes" (dict "dot" . "configMapNamePrefix" (tpl .Values.logConfigMapNamePrefix . )) | nindent 6 }}
       {{- end }}
       {{- if $certDir }}
       - emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_filebeat-config.tpl b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_filebeat-config.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index a402517..0000000
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/common/dcaegen2-services-common/templates/_filebeat-config.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-#============LICENSE_START========================================================
-# ================================================================================
-# Copyright (c) 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
-# Modifications Copyright © 2018 Amdocs, Bell Canada
-# Copyright (c) 2021 J. F. Lucas.  All rights reserved.
-# ================================================================================
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
-*/}}
-{{/*
-dcaegen2-services-common.filebeatConfiguration:
-This template generates configuration data for filebeat (log file aggregation).
-
-The template is used to create a configMap mounted by a filebeat sidecar pod
-running alongside a DCAE microservice pod.
-
-See dcaegen2-services-common.configMap for more information.
-*/}}
-{{- define "dcaegen2-services-common.filebeatConfiguration" -}}
-filebeat.prospectors:
-#it is mandatory, in our case it's log
-- input_type: log
-  #This is the canolical path as mentioned in logback.xml, *.* means it will monitor all files in the directory.
-  paths:
-    - /var/log/onap/*/*/*/*.log
-    - /var/log/onap/*/*/*.log
-    - /var/log/onap/*/*.log
-  #Files older than this should be ignored.In our case it will be 48 hours i.e. 2 days. It is a helping flag for clean_inactive
-  ignore_older: 48h
-  # Remove the registry entry for a file that is more than the specified time. In our case it will be 96 hours, i.e. 4 days. It will help to keep registry records with in limit
-  clean_inactive: 96h
-
-
-# Name of the registry file. If a relative path is used, it is considered relative to the
-# data path. Else full qualified file name.
-#filebeat.registry_file: ${path.data}/registry
-
-
-output.logstash:
-  #List of logstash server ip addresses with port number.
-  #But, in our case, this will be the loadbalancer IP address.
-  #For the below property to work the loadbalancer or logstash should expose 5044 port to listen the filebeat events or port in the property should be changed appropriately.
-  hosts: ["{{.Values.filebeatConfig.logstashServiceName}}.{{.Release.Namespace}}:{{.Values.filebeatConfig.logstashPort}}"]
-  #If enable will do load balancing among availabe Logstash, automatically.
-  loadbalance: true
-
-  #The list of root certificates for server verifications.
-  #If certificate_authorities is empty or not set, the trusted
-  #certificate authorities of the host system are used.
-  #ssl.certificate_authorities: $ssl.certificate_authorities
-
-  #The path to the certificate for SSL client authentication. If the certificate is not specified,
-  #client authentication is not available.
-  #ssl.certificate: $ssl.certificate
-
-  #The client certificate key used for client authentication.
-  #ssl.key: $ssl.key
-
-  #The passphrase used to decrypt an encrypted key stored in the configured key file
-  #ssl.key_passphrase: $ssl.key_passphrase
-
-logging:
-  level: debug
-
-  # enable file rotation with default configuration
-  to_files: true
-
-  # do not log to syslog
-  to_syslog: false
-
-  files:
-    path: /usr/share/filebeat/logs
-    name: mybeat.log
-    keepfiles: 7
-{{- end -}}
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