diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/AbstractConfiguration.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/AbstractConfiguration.java
index e772c7917f5..7d537a8fe2f 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/AbstractConfiguration.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/conf/AbstractConfiguration.java
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@
 import static org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.ClientConfiguration.CLIENT_AUTH_PROVIDER_FACTORY_CLASS;
 
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
 
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.feature.Feature;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.meta.LedgerManagerFactory;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.util.EntryFormatter;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.util.JsonUtil;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.util.JsonUtil.ParseJsonException;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.util.LedgerIdFormatter;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.util.StringEntryFormatter;
@@ -618,4 +623,27 @@ public String getTLSEnabledProtocols() {
      * Trickery to allow inheritance with fluent style.
      */
     protected abstract T getThis();
+
+    /**
+     * returns the string representation of json format of this config.
+     *
+     * @return
+     * @throws ParseJsonException
+     */
+    public String asJson() throws ParseJsonException {
+        return JsonUtil.toJson(toMap());
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> toMap() {
+        Map<String, Object> configMap = new HashMap<>();
+        Iterator<String> iterator = this.getKeys();
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            String key = iterator.next().toString();
+            Object property = this.getProperty(key);
+            if (property != null) {
+                configMap.put(key, property.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        return configMap;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/proto/BookieServer.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/proto/BookieServer.java
index 602134a98d7..4765c449657 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/proto/BookieServer.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/proto/BookieServer.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.tls.SecurityException;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.tls.SecurityHandlerFactory;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.tls.SecurityProviderFactoryFactory;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.util.JsonUtil.ParseJsonException;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -81,6 +82,14 @@ public BookieServer(ServerConfiguration conf, StatsLogger statsLogger)
             BookieException, UnavailableException, CompatibilityException, SecurityException {
         this.conf = conf;
         validateUser(conf);
+        String configAsString;
+        try {
+            configAsString = conf.asJson();
+            LOG.info(configAsString);
+        } catch (ParseJsonException pe) {
+            LOG.error("Got ParseJsonException while converting Config to JSONString", pe);
+        }
+
         this.statsLogger = statsLogger;
         this.nettyServer = new BookieNettyServer(this.conf, null);
         try {
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/ConfigurationService.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/ConfigurationService.java
index 983da4aca2b..2ac9e8e6a0e 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/ConfigurationService.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/server/http/service/ConfigurationService.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.ServerConfiguration;
@@ -48,8 +47,7 @@ public HttpServiceResponse handle(HttpServiceRequest request) throws Exception {
         HttpServiceResponse response = new HttpServiceResponse();
         // GET
         if (HttpServer.Method.GET == request.getMethod()) {
-            Map<String, Object> configMap = toMap(conf);
-            String jsonResponse = JsonUtil.toJson(configMap);
+            String jsonResponse = conf.asJson();
             response.setBody(jsonResponse);
             return response;
         } else if (HttpServer.Method.PUT == request.getMethod()) {
@@ -75,17 +73,4 @@ public HttpServiceResponse handle(HttpServiceRequest request) throws Exception {
         }
 
     }
-
-    private Map<String, Object> toMap(ServerConfiguration conf) {
-        Map<String, Object> configMap = new HashMap<>();
-        Iterator iterator = conf.getKeys();
-        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
-            String key = iterator.next().toString();
-            Object property = conf.getProperty(key);
-            if (property != null) {
-                configMap.put(key, property.toString());
-            }
-        }
-        return configMap;
-    }
 }