diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc.conf
index 0d9f54f..6971b2b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc.conf
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 heartbeat.max.misses=25
 
 [common]
+log.dir = logs/
 log.level = INFO
 compiler.framesize=32KB
 compiler.sortmemory=320KB
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc2.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc2.conf
index ddf1438..65dbafc 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc2.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc2.conf
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 heartbeat.max.misses=25
 
 [common]
+log.dir = logs/
 log.level = WARN
 compiler.framesize=32KB
 compiler.sortmemory=320KB
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc3.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc3.conf
index b819f24..20aa70d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc3.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc3.conf
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 heartbeat.max.misses=25
 
 [common]
+log.dir = logs/
 log.level = WARN
 compiler.framesize=32KB
 compiler.sortmemory=320KB
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc4.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc4.conf
index 3b7a993..5bdf8ea 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc4.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cc4.conf
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 heartbeat.max.misses=25
 
 [common]
+log.dir = logs/
 log.level = INFO
 compiler.framesize=32KB
 compiler.sortmemory=320KB
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index 1debf82..2ea8d4a 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -17,15 +17,24 @@
  ! under the License.
  !-->
 <Configuration status="WARN">
+   <CustomLevels>
+    <CustomLevel name="ACCESS" intLevel="550" />
+  </CustomLevels>
   <Appenders>
     <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
       <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
     </Console>
+    <Console name="AccessLog" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%m%n"/>
+    </Console>
   </Appenders>
   <Loggers>
     <Root level="WARN">
       <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
     </Root>
     <Logger name="org.apache.hyracks.control.nc.service" level="INFO"/>
+    <Logger name="org.apache.hyracks.http.server.CLFLogger" level="ACCESS" additivity="false">
+        <AppenderRef ref="AccessLog"/>
+    </Logger>
   </Loggers>
 </Configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc.conf b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc.conf
index fc95dd4..2694408 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc.conf
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/cc.conf
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 heartbeat.max.misses=25
 
 [common]
+log.dir = logs/
 log.level = INFO
 compiler.framesize=32KB
 compiler.sortmemory=320KB
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
index ccb8c45..79db9ae 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "compiler\.sortmemory" : 327680,
     "compiler\.textsearchmemory" : 163840,
     "default\.dir" : "target/io/dir/asterixdb",
+    "log\.dir" : "logs/",
     "log\.level" : "INFO",
     "max\.wait\.active\.cluster" : 60,
     "max.web.request.size" : 52428800,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
index 56fdf91..6e5547d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "compiler\.sortmemory" : 327680,
     "compiler\.textsearchmemory" : 163840,
     "default\.dir" : "target/io/dir/asterixdb",
+    "log\.dir" : "logs/",
     "log\.level" : "WARN",
     "max\.wait\.active\.cluster" : 60,
     "max.web.request.size" : 52428800,
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
index 658f4b1..3237551 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "compiler\.sortmemory" : 327680,
     "compiler\.textsearchmemory" : 163840,
     "default\.dir" : "target/io/dir/asterixdb",
+    "log\.dir" : "logs/",
     "log\.level" : "WARN",
     "max\.wait\.active\.cluster" : 60,
     "max.web.request.size" : 52428800,