diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix.conf b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix.conf
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+output_dir=/tmp/asterix_output/
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/installer-conf.xml b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/installer-conf.xml
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+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/installer-conf.xml
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+<configuration xmlns="installer">
+  <backup>
+    <hdfs>
+      <version>0.20.2</version>
+      <url></url>
+      <backupDir></backupDir>
+    </hdfs>
+  </backup>
+  <zookeeper>
+    <homeDir>/tmp/zookeeper</homeDir>
+    <clientPort>2900</clientPort>
+    <servers>
+      <server>localhost</server>
+    </servers>
+  </zookeeper>
+</configuration>
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/log4j.properties b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/log4j.properties
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+log4j.rootLogger=info, A1
+
+log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+# Print the date in ISO 8601 format
+log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-p: %n%m%n
+
+log4j.logger.edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.management=error
+log4j.logger.org.apache.zookeeper=error