diff --git a/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec b/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec
index 99e37a33257..25970ea5a35 100644
--- a/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/centos63/cloud.spec
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ install -D packaging/centos63/cloud-management.rc ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_initrddir}
 install -D packaging/centos63/cloud-management.sysconfig ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}-management
 install -D server/target/conf/cloudstack-sudoers ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sudoers.d/%{name}-management
 install -D packaging/centos63/tomcat.sh ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_initrddir}/tomcat.sh
+install -D server/target/conf/cloudstack-catalina.logrotate ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}-catalina
 
 chmod 440 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sudoers.d/%{name}-management
 chmod 770 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/Catalina
@@ -580,6 +581,7 @@ fi
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-management-%{version}/LICENSE
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-management-%{version}/NOTICE
 %attr(0644,cloud,cloud) %{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}/management/catalina.out
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}-catalina
 
 %files agent
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/%{name}-setup-agent
diff --git a/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec b/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
index ae26c059ddd..68cc048a482 100644
--- a/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/centos7/cloud.spec
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ install -D server/target/conf/cloudstack-sudoers ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}
 install -D packaging/centos7/cloud-management.service ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_unitdir}/%{name}-management.service
 install -D packaging/centos7/cloud.limits ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/security/limits.d/cloud
 touch ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_localstatedir}/run/%{name}-management.pid
+install -D server/target/conf/cloudstack-catalina.logrotate ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}-catalina
 
 chmod 440 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sudoers.d/%{name}-management
 chmod 770 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/Catalina
@@ -476,6 +477,7 @@ fi
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-management-%{version}/LICENSE
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-management-%{version}/NOTICE
 %attr(0644,cloud,cloud) %{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}/management/catalina.out
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}-catalina
 
 %files agent
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/%{name}-setup-agent
diff --git a/packaging/fedora20/cloud.spec b/packaging/fedora20/cloud.spec
index 704e4f79c4e..b1d11b13a47 100644
--- a/packaging/fedora20/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/fedora20/cloud.spec
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ install -D packaging/centos63/cloud-ipallocator.rc ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_initrddir
 install -D packaging/centos63/cloud-management.rc ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_initrddir}/%{name}-management
 install -D packaging/centos63/cloud-management.sysconfig ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}-management
 install -D packaging/centos63/tomcat.sh ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_initrddir}/tomcat.sh
+install -D server/target/conf/cloudstack-catalina.logrotate ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}-catalina
 
 chmod 440 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sudoers.d/%{name}-management
 chmod 770 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/Catalina
@@ -578,6 +579,7 @@ fi
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-management-%{version}/LICENSE
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-management-%{version}/NOTICE
 %attr(0644,cloud,cloud) %{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}/management/catalina.out
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}-catalina
 
 %files agent
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/%{name}-setup-agent
diff --git a/packaging/fedora21/cloud.spec b/packaging/fedora21/cloud.spec
index 2314ef2fdcc..561452e3e92 100644
--- a/packaging/fedora21/cloud.spec
+++ b/packaging/fedora21/cloud.spec
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ install -D packaging/centos63/cloud-ipallocator.rc ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_initrddir
 install -D packaging/centos63/cloud-management.rc ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_initrddir}/%{name}-management
 install -D packaging/centos63/cloud-management.sysconfig ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/%{name}-management
 install -D packaging/centos63/tomcat.sh ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_initrddir}/tomcat.sh
+install -D server/target/conf/cloudstack-catalina.logrotate ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}-catalina
 
 chmod 440 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/sudoers.d/%{name}-management
 chmod 770 ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_sysconfdir}/%{name}/management/Catalina
@@ -578,6 +579,7 @@ fi
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-management-%{version}/LICENSE
 %{_defaultdocdir}/%{name}-management-%{version}/NOTICE
 %attr(0644,cloud,cloud) %{_localstatedir}/log/%{name}/management/catalina.out
+%attr(0644,root,root) %{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/%{name}-catalina
 
 %files agent
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/%{name}-setup-agent
diff --git a/python/lib/cloudutils/serviceConfigServer.py b/python/lib/cloudutils/serviceConfigServer.py
index 7812fff4f73..dce85a028e4 100644
--- a/python/lib/cloudutils/serviceConfigServer.py
+++ b/python/lib/cloudutils/serviceConfigServer.py
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ class cloudManagementConfig(serviceCfgBase):
         bash("chown cloud.cloud /var/run/cloudstack-management.pid")
         #distro like sl 6.1 needs this folder, or tomcat6 failed to start
         checkHostName()
-        bash("mkdir /var/log/cloudstack-management/")
         bash("chown cloud:cloud -R /var/lib/cloudstack/")
         bash("chmod +x -R /usr/share/cloudstack-management/webapps/client/WEB-INF/classes/scripts/")
         #set max process per account is unlimited
diff --git a/server/conf/cloudstack-catalina.logrotate b/server/conf/cloudstack-catalina.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..498f690dd07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/conf/cloudstack-catalina.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# 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.
+
+
+/var/log/cloudstack/management/catalina.out {
+    copytruncate
+    daily
+    rotate 14
+    compress
+    missingok
+    create 0644 cloud cloud
+}
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