diff --git a/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/tasks/configure.yml b/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/tasks/configure.yml
index 73ab4715..efb809cf 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/tasks/configure.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/tasks/configure.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 
 - name: setup daemons
   include: ceph_daemon_config.yml
+
+- name: prepare variables for storage stats
+  include: contrail_storage_stats_prep_vars.yml
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/tasks/contrail_storage_stats_prep_vars.yml b/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/tasks/contrail_storage_stats_prep_vars.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41ade829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/tasks/contrail_storage_stats_prep_vars.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+- name: create contrail-storage-stats config file
+  template:
+    src: contrail.storage.nodemgr.conf.j2
+    dest: "{{ contrail_storage_nodemgr_file }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/templates/contrail.storage.nodemgr.conf.j2 b/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/templates/contrail.storage.nodemgr.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..116d683f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/templates/contrail.storage.nodemgr.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[DEFAULTS]
+node_type=storage-master
+#disc_server_port=5998
+log_file=/var/log/contrail/contrail-storage-stats.log
+log_level=SYS_NOTICE
+log_local=1
+disc_server_ip= {{ analytics_ip }}
+# Sandesh send rate limit can be used to throttle system logs transmitted per
+# second. System logs are dropped if the sending rate is exceeded
+# sandesh_send_rate_limit=
+
+[SANDESH]
+#sandesh_ssl_enable=False
+#introspect_ssl_enable=False
+#sandesh_keyfile=/etc/contrail/ssl/private/server-privkey.pem
+#sandesh_certfile=/etc/contrail/ssl/certs/server.pem
+#sandesh_ca_cert=/etc/contrail/ssl/certs/ca-cert.pem
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/vars/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/vars/main.yml
index 631a67ee..1b1e47ca 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/vars/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/storage/ceph_controller/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 ceph_controller_conf_file: /etc/contrailctl/cephcontroller.conf
 ceph_conf_file: /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
+contrail_storage_nodemgr_file: /etc/contrail/contrail-storage-nodemgr.conf
 ceph_mon_keyring_file: /tmp/ceph.mon.keyring
 ceph_client_admin_keyring_file: /etc/ceph/ceph.client.admin.keyring
 ceph_monip_list: ''