diff --git a/scripts/logging/README b/scripts/logging/README
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+EFK log stack install
+=======================
+
+cd kar/scripts/efk
+
+With k3d cluster running, add a new cluster node to host EFK specific pods by running:
+./add-efk-node.sh
+
+To deploy EFK log stack, run the following from kar/scripts:
+./start-k3d-logstack.sh
+
+Once EFK log stack deploys succefully, access Kibana GUI by forwarding local port to the Kubernetes node hosting Kibana pod.
+
+kubectl port-forward svc/kibana 5602:5601 --namespace=logging
+
+Deploy reefer application.
+
+Next, in your web browser, visit the following URL: http://localhost:5602
+When the GUI loads, there is a vertical menu on the very left side of the app. The first active icon (from the top) in this menu will
+show "Discover" in its tooltip., click it to show "Create Index Pattern" screen with Index Pattern value= index-patttern-*. Replace the
+value with logstash-*, and press Next Step button. You will then see "Configure Settings" screen. Click on a drop-down
+selector and choose "@timestamp" field, and hit Create Index Pattern button. Now, hit Discover again on the left hand navigation menu.
+You should see log entries from the reefer app, sorted by time (newest on top).
+
+
+To remove EFK log stack, run the following from kar/scripts:
+./stop-k3d-logstack.sh
+
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/logging/add-efk-node.sh b/scripts/logging/add-efk-node.sh
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+k3d node create efk-master --wait
+kubectl label nodes k3d-efk-master-0 efk-type=master
diff --git a/scripts/logging/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_svc.yaml b/scripts/logging/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_svc.yaml
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: elasticsearch
+  namespace: logging
+  labels:
+    app: elasticsearch
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: elasticsearch
+  clusterIP: None
+  ports:
+    - port: 9200
+      name: rest
+    - port: 9300
+      name: inter-node
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diff --git a/scripts/logging/elasticsearch/template/elasticsearch_statefulset.template.yaml b/scripts/logging/elasticsearch/template/elasticsearch_statefulset.template.yaml
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: elasticsearch
+  namespace: logging
+spec:
+  serviceName: elasticsearch
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: elasticsearch
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: elasticsearch
+    spec:
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+            - matchExpressions:
+              - key: efk-type
+                operator: In
+                values:
+                - master
+      hostname: elasticsearch-0
+      containers:
+      - name: elasticsearch
+        image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.2.0
+        resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 1000m
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 9200
+          name: rest
+          protocol: TCP
+        - containerPort: 9300
+          name: inter-node
+          protocol: TCP
+        env:
+          - name: cluster.name
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                 apiVersion: v1
+                 fieldPath: metadata.name
+          - name: discovery.seed_hosts
+            value: elasticsearch-0
+          - name: cluster.initial_master_nodes
+            value: elasticsearch-0
+          - name: network.host
+            value: 0.0.0.0
+          - name: node.data
+            value: "true"
+          - name: node.ingest
+            value: "true"
+          - name: node.master
+            value: "true"    
+          - name: ES_JAVA_OPTS
+            value: "-Xms512m -Xmx512m"
+          - name: "xpack.security.enabled"
+            value: "false"
+          - name: discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes
+            value: "1"
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: {{data-dir}}
+    
+      initContainers:
+      - name: fix-permissions
+        image: busybox
+        command: ["sh", "-c", "chown -R 1000:1000 {{data-dir}}"]
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: data
+          mountPath: {{data-dir}}
+      - name: increase-vm-max-map
+        image: busybox
+        command: ["sysctl", "-w", "vm.max_map_count=262144"]
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+      - name: increase-fd-ulimit
+        image: busybox
+        command: ["sh", "-c", "ulimit -n 65536"]
+        securityContext:
+          privileged: true
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: data
+      labels:
+        app: elasticsearch
+    spec:
+      accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+#      storageClassName: "standard"
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: {{es-storage-size}}
diff --git a/scripts/logging/fluentd/aggregator-cm.yaml b/scripts/logging/fluentd/aggregator-cm.yaml
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+apiVersion: v1
+data: 
+  fluent.conf: |
+    <source>
+      @type forward
+      bind 0.0.0.0
+      port 24224
+    </source>
+    <source>
+      @type http
+      bind 0.0.0.0
+      port 9880
+    </source>
+    <match fluentd.healthcheck>
+      @type stdout
+    </match>
+    <match fluentd-**>
+      @type null
+    </match>
+    <match kubernetes.var.log.containers.fluentd-**>
+      @type null
+    </match>
+    <filter kubernetes.**>
+      @id filter_kubernetes_metadata
+      @type kubernetes_metadata
+    </filter>
+    
+    <match **>
+      @type elasticsearch
+      host elasticsearch.logging
+      logstash_format true
+      port 9200
+      path ""
+      <buffer>
+        flush_at_shutdown true
+        flush_thread_count 8
+        flush_thread_interval 20
+        flush_thread_burst_interval 1
+        retry_forever true
+        retry_type exponential_backoff
+      </buffer>
+    </match>
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata: 
+  name: fluentd-aggregator-conf
+  namespace: logging
diff --git a/scripts/logging/fluentd/aggregator.yaml b/scripts/logging/fluentd/aggregator.yaml
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-agg
+#  namespace: logging  
+  labels:
+    app: fluentd-agg
+---
+
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-agg
+#  namespace: logging  
+  labels:
+    app: fluentd-agg
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  - namespaces
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+---
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-agg
+#  namespace: logging  
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: fluentd-agg
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: fluentd-agg
+  namespace: logging  
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-agg
+  namespace: logging
+  labels:
+    app: fluentd-agg
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: fluentd-agg
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: fluentd-agg
+    spec:
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                  - key: efk-type
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - master
+
+      serviceAccount: fluentd-agg
+      serviceAccountName: fluentd-agg
+      tolerations:
+      - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
+        effect: NoSchedule
+
+      containers:
+      - name: fluentd-agg
+        image: fluent/fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset:v1.4.2-debian-elasticsearch-1.1
+        env:
+          - name:  FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_HOST
+            value: "elasticsearch.logging.svc.cluster.local"
+          - name:  FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_PORT
+            value: "9200"
+          - name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_SCHEME
+            value: "http"
+          - name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_USER
+            value: "user"
+          - name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD
+            value: "changeme"
+#          - name: FLUENT_CONTAINER_TAIL_EXCLUDE_PATH
+#            value: >
+#              [
+#                "/var/log/containers/fluentd-agg-*",
+#                "/var/log/containers/svclb*",
+#                "/var/log/containers/kibana*",		
+#                "/var/log/containers/elasticsearch*"
+#              ]
+          - name: FLUENTD_SYSTEMD_CONF
+            value: disable
+#          - name: FLUENT_CONTAINER_TAIL_PARSER_TYPE
+#            value: /^(?<time>.+) (?<stream>stdout|stderr) [^ ]* (?<log>.*)$/
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            memory: 512Mi
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 200Mi
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: config
+          mountPath: /fluentd/etc
+#          subPath: aggregator.conf
+        - name: varlog
+          mountPath: /var/log
+        - name: varlibdockercontainers
+          mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
+          readOnly: true
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+      volumes:
+      - name: config
+        configMap:
+          name: fluentd-aggregator-conf
+      - name: varlog
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/log
+      - name: varlibdockercontainers
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/docker/containers
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diff --git a/scripts/logging/fluentd/collector-cm.yaml b/scripts/logging/fluentd/collector-cm.yaml
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+apiVersion: v1
+data: 
+  fluent.conf: |
+    # HTTP input for the liveness and readiness probes
+    <source>
+      @type http
+      port 9880
+    </source>
+
+    # Throw the healthcheck to the standard output instead of forwarding it
+    <match fluentd.healthcheck>
+      @type stdout
+    </match>
+    <source>
+      @id fluentd-containers.log
+      @type tail
+      path /var/log/containers/*.log
+      pos_file /var/log/fluentd-pos/es-containers.log.pos
+      tag kubernetes.*
+      include_tag_key true
+      read_from_head true
+      <parse>
+        @type multi_format
+        <pattern>
+          format json
+          time_key time
+          time_format %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%NZ
+        </pattern>
+        <pattern>
+          format /^(?<time>.+) (?<stream>stdout|stderr) [^ ]* (?<log>.*)$/
+          time_format %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%N%:z
+        </pattern>
+      </parse>
+      refresh_interval 1s
+    </source>
+    # Enriches records with Kubernetes metadata
+    <filter kubernetes.**>
+      @id filter_kubernetes_metadata
+      @type kubernetes_metadata
+      annotation_match ["kar.ibm.com/app"]     
+    </filter>
+    <match **>
+      @type forward
+      # Forward all logs to the aggregators
+      #  host elasticsearch.logging.svc.cluster.local
+      <server>
+        host fluentd-agg-svc.logging.svc.cluster.local
+        port 24000
+      </server>
+
+      <buffer>
+        flush_at_shutdown true
+        flush_mode immediate
+        flush_thread_count 8
+        flush_thread_interval 1
+        flush_thread_burst_interval 1
+        retry_forever true
+        retry_type exponential_backoff
+      </buffer>
+    </match>
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata: 
+  name: fluentd-collector-conf
+  namespace: logging
diff --git a/scripts/logging/fluentd/collector.yaml b/scripts/logging/fluentd/collector.yaml
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-col
+  namespace: logging
+  labels:
+    app: fluentd-col
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-col
+  namespace: logging  
+  labels:
+    app: fluentd-col
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  - namespaces
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+---
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-col
+  namespace: logging  
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: fluentd-col
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: fluentd-col
+  namespace: logging
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-col
+  namespace: logging
+  labels:
+    app: fluentd-col
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: fluentd-col
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: fluentd-col
+    spec:
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+              - matchExpressions:
+                  - key: kar-type
+                    operator: In
+                    values:
+                      - worker
+
+      serviceAccount: fluentd-col
+      serviceAccountName: fluentd-col
+      tolerations:
+      - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
+        effect: NoSchedule
+
+      containers:
+      - name: fluentd-col
+        image: fluent/fluentd-kubernetes-daemonset:v1.4.2-debian-elasticsearch-1.1
+        env:
+          - name: FLUENTD_SYSTEMD_CONF
+            value: disable
+#          - name: FLUENT_CONTAINER_TAIL_PARSER_TYPE
+#            value: /^(?<time>.+) (?<stream>stdout|stderr) [^ ]* (?<log>.*)$/
+          - name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_USER
+            value: "user"
+          - name: FLUENT_ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD
+            value: "changeme"	    
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            memory: 512Mi
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 200Mi
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: config
+          mountPath: /fluentd/etc
+        - name: varlog
+          mountPath: /var/log
+        - name: varlibdockercontainers
+          mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
+          readOnly: true
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30
+      volumes:
+      - name: config
+        configMap:
+          name: fluentd-collector-conf
+      - name: varlog
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/log
+      - name: varlibdockercontainers
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/lib/docker/containers
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diff --git a/scripts/logging/fluentd/fluentd-agg-svc.yaml b/scripts/logging/fluentd/fluentd-agg-svc.yaml
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: fluentd-agg-svc
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: fluentd-agg
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 24000
+      targetPort: 24224
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/logging/kibana/kibana.yaml b/scripts/logging/kibana/kibana.yaml
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+++ b/scripts/logging/kibana/kibana.yaml
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: kibana
+  namespace: logging
+  labels:
+    app: kibana
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - port: 5601
+  selector:
+    app: kibana
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: kibana
+  namespace: logging
+  labels:
+    app: kibana
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: kibana
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: kibana
+    spec:
+      affinity:
+        nodeAffinity:
+          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            nodeSelectorTerms:
+            - matchExpressions:
+              - key: efk-type
+                operator: In
+                values:
+                - master    
+      containers:
+      - name: kibana
+        image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.2.0
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 1000m
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+        env:
+          - name: ELASTICSEARCH_URL
+            value: http://elasticsearch:9200
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 5601
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/start-k3d-logstack.sh b/scripts/start-k3d-logstack.sh
new file mode 100755
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+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+#!/bin/bash
+
+NAMESPACE=logging
+
+nsStatus=$(kubectl get ns $NAMESPACE -o json 2>/dev/null | jq .status.phase -r)
+if [[ $nsStatus != "Active" ]]
+then
+   echo ".... Creating logging namespace"
+   kubectl create namespace "$NAMESPACE"
+fi
+
+kctl() {
+    kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" "$@"
+}
+#  define vars for elasticsearch_statefulset.template.yaml below
+if [ -z "${ES_DATA_DIR}" ]; then
+   ES_DATA_DIR=/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+fi
+if [ -z "${ES_STORAGE_SIZE}" ]; then
+   ES_STORAGE_SIZE=5Gi
+fi
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------
+# deploy elasticsearch service
+#---------------------------------------------------------
+kctl create -f logging/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_svc.yaml
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# use elasticsearch template to customize deployment properties like data dir, size of the ES data volume 
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sed < logging/elasticsearch/template/elasticsearch_statefulset.template.yaml -e "s|{{data-dir}}|$ES_DATA_DIR|g" -e "s|{{es-storage-size}}|$ES_STORAGE_SIZE|g" > /tmp/elasticsearch_statefulset.yaml
+# -----------------------------------------------------------
+# ELASTICSEARCH
+# ----------------------------------------------------------
+kctl create -f /tmp/elasticsearch_statefulset.yaml
+kctl rollout status sts/elasticsearch
+#
+# Test if ES deploy:
+# kubectl port-forward es-cluster-0 9200:9200 --namespace=logging
+# curl -X GET "localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty"
+#
+# ------------------------------
+# KIBANA
+# -----------------------------
+kctl create -f logging/kibana/kibana.yaml
+kctl rollout status deployment/kibana 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Deploy fluentd aggregator config map. It contains fluentd aggregator configuration
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+kctl create -f logging/fluentd/aggregator-cm.yaml
+# ----------------------------------------------
+# FLUENTD AGGREGATOR (deploys onlastic search master node)
+# ----------------------------------------------
+kctl create -f logging/fluentd/aggregator.yaml
+kctl rollout status daemonset/fluentd-agg 
+# ----------------------------------------------
+# Deploy service in front of the aggregate so that
+# the collector can connect to it by name
+#----------------------------------------------
+kctl create -f logging/fluentd/fluentd-agg-svc.yaml
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Deploy fluentd collector config map. It contains fluentd collector configuration
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+kctl create -f logging/fluentd/collector-cm.yaml
+# ---------------------------------------
+# FLUENTD COLLECTOR (one per worker node)
+# ---------------------------------------
+kctl create -f logging/fluentd/collector.yaml
+kctl rollout status daemonset/fluentd-col 
+echo "EFK log stack deployed"
+echo "Use port-forward to access Kibana GUI: kubectl port-forward svc/kibana  5602:5601 --namespace=logging"
diff --git a/scripts/stop-k3d-logstack.sh b/scripts/stop-k3d-logstack.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4d441ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/stop-k3d-logstack.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#
+# Copyright IBM Corporation 2020,2021
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+NAMESPACE=logging
+
+kctl() {
+    kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" "$@"
+}
+
+
+kctl delete -f /tmp/elasticsearch_statefulset.yaml
+
+kctl delete -f logging/kibana/kibana.yaml
+
+kctl delete -f logging/fluentd/aggregator-cm.yaml
+
+kctl delete -f logging/fluentd/aggregator.yaml 2>/dev/null
+
+kctl delete -f logging/fluentd/collector-cm.yaml 
+
+kctl delete -f logging/fluentd/collector.yaml 2>/dev/null
+
+kubectl delete ns ${NAMESPACE}