diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
index 731113b..ff03ab6 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
@@ -98,4 +98,10 @@
 		<description>Enabling plot of Algebricks plan to tmp folder. (Default = false)
 		</description>
 	</property>
+    <property>
+        <name>log.level</name>
+        <value>WARNING</value>
+        <description>The minimum log level to be displayed. (Default = INFO)
+        </description>
+    </property>
 </asterixConfiguration>
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cluster.xml b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cluster.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f0b694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/cluster.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!--
+ ! Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ ! or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ ! distributed with this work for additional information
+ ! regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ ! to you 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.
+ !-->
+<cluster xmlns="cluster">
+  <instance_name>asterix</instance_name>
+  <store>storage</store>
+
+  <data_replication>
+    <enabled>false</enabled>
+    <replication_port>2016</replication_port>
+    <replication_factor>2</replication_factor>
+    <auto_failover>false</auto_failover>
+    <replication_time_out>30</replication_time_out>
+  </data_replication>
+
+  <master_node>
+    <id>master</id>
+    <client_ip>127.0.0.1</client_ip>
+    <cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
+    <client_port>1098</client_port>
+    <cluster_port>1099</cluster_port>
+    <http_port>8888</http_port>
+  </master_node>
+  <node>
+    <id>nc1</id>
+    <cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
+    <replication_port>2016</replication_port>
+  </node>
+  <node>
+    <id>nc2</id>
+    <cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
+    <replication_port>2017</replication_port>
+  </node>
+</cluster>
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