diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
index bb5722867114b6b2be588f788675472b38d98b8a..26abea99ab503f7f5f7a59167dcc5f0cc643e800 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ ansible_image_full: "{{ ansible_image }}:{{ ansible_tag }}"
 heka_image: "{{ docker_registry ~ '/' if docker_registry else '' }}{{ docker_namespace }}/{{ kolla_base_distro }}-{{ kolla_install_type }}-heka"
 heka_tag: "{{ openstack_release }}"
 heka_image_full: "{{ heka_image }}:{{ heka_tag }}"
+
+cron_image: "{{ docker_registry ~ '/' if docker_registry else '' }}{{ docker_namespace }}/{{ kolla_base_distro }}-{{ kolla_install_type }}-cron"
+cron_tag: "{{ openstack_release }}"
+cron_image_full: "{{ cron_image }}:{{ cron_tag }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
index 88ac7ba11cdbe030f5974466f1cf64d89bf3980f..30e7a64007b5383bfe3cf340a411031ae535d5a1 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     recurse: yes
   with_items:
     - "heka"
+    - "cron"
+    - "cron/logrotate"
 
 - name: Copying over config.json files for services
   template:
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
     dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/{{ item }}/config.json"
   with_items:
     - "heka"
+    - "cron"
 
 - name: Copying over heka config files
   template:
@@ -55,3 +58,26 @@
   with_items:
     - "elasticsearch"
   when: "{{ enable_central_logging | bool }}"
+
+- name: Copying over cron logrotate config files
+  template:
+    src: "cron-logrotate-{{ item }}.conf.j2"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/cron/logrotate/{{ item }}.conf"
+  with_items:
+    - "ansible"
+    - "cinder"
+    - "glance"
+    - "global"
+    - "haproxy"
+    - "heat"
+    - "keepalived"
+    - "keystone"
+    - "magnum"
+    - "manila"
+    - "mariadb"
+    - "mistral"
+    - "murano"
+    - "neutron"
+    - "nova"
+    - "rabbitmq"
+    - "swift"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/start.yml b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/start.yml
index c6e44d59826d9c5bf6fcf664299a2930da161706..b3d3a3096b500345bac5b6c550fecef57863da35 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/start.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/start.yml
@@ -28,3 +28,14 @@
       - "/dev/:/dev/"
       - "/run/:/run/"
       - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
+
+- name: Starting cron container
+  kolla_docker:
+    action: "start_container"
+    common_options: "{{ docker_common_options }}"
+    image: "{{ cron_image_full }}"
+    name: "cron"
+    volumes:
+      - "{{ node_config_directory }}/cron/:{{ container_config_directory }}/:ro"
+      - "heka_socket:/var/lib/kolla/heka/"
+      - "kolla_logs:/var/log/kolla/"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-ansible.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-ansible.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3bc0f435b0b2048352df1edb971a08fb3122b3bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-ansible.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/ansible.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-cinder.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-cinder.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b5e59abd2623843f4a1abcd945d4604c591d2fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-cinder.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/cinder/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-glance.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-glance.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5b20985bd002f8f9d529b03604d3021081f631f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-glance.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/glance/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-global.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-global.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c21e3d1c0753e2349103b4c53db1b95b5aa39e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-global.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+weekly
+
+rotate 6
+
+copytruncate
+
+compress
+
+delaycompress
+
+notifempty
+
+missingok
+
+minsize 30M
+
+maxsize 100M
+
+su root kolla
+
+include /etc/logrotate.d
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-haproxy.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-haproxy.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7af26dd38b4b72e2e68337698a174cb352aa3fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-haproxy.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/haproxy/haproxy.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-heat.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-heat.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7f5e89a77e5be83c7b80d5768b89f2ffb8c22f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-heat.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/heat/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-keepalived.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-keepalived.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0346c051d8130f7f3d3fe3244e239a3919045ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-keepalived.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/haproxy/keepalived.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-keystone.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-keystone.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..22dded903d0c748bfb72e90eb15b8e0ca1fe445b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-keystone.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{% set apache_dir = 'apache2' if kolla_base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] else 'httpd' %}
+"/var/log/kolla/keystone/*.log"
+"/var/log/kolla/{{ apache_dir }}/keystone-apache-*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-magnum.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-magnum.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4b2c2af4e648414bd73bb03e536b52141b9c63de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-magnum.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/magnum/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-manila.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-manila.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9b9719514f1bd8ebcc59665c4edf58b632614f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-manila.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/manila/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-mariadb.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-mariadb.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8543983e042a90d76f7dc4b31f416cf9b4d0409e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-mariadb.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/mariadb/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-mistral.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-mistral.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8e6da8e39f4db7a8374013ef1cd639319952679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-mistral.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/mistral/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-murano.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-murano.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ab33090192dc5aa98ec1ca927097581e4ef2f5fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-murano.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/murano/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-neutron.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-neutron.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f4c226829215660399c7d47b9c88bef5101d7283
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-neutron.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/neutron/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-nova.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-nova.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..657a994da18cf637f018587932a9776067267d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-nova.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/nova/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-rabbitmq.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-rabbitmq.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cf2dc3f367d25ed75da1c4b9e30d3291206bb7a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-rabbitmq.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/rabbitmq/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-swift.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-swift.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0ad2badf1b2d9b1d1ece7a36a35098461e5ff5b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron-logrotate-swift.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"/var/log/kolla/swift/*.log"
+{
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron.json.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d6c51d8f0c768580f6b1237484ea1710768f6fbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/cron.json.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{% set cron_cmd = 'cron -f' if kolla_base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] else 'crond -s -n' %}
+{% set services = ["ansible", "cinder", "glance", "haproxy", "heat", "keepalived", "keystone", "magnum", "manila", "mariadb", "mistral", "murano", "neutron", "nova", "rabbitmq", "swift"] %}
+{
+    "command": "{{ cron_cmd }}",
+    "config_files": [
+        {
+            "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/logrotate/global.conf",
+            "dest": "/etc/logrotate.conf",
+            "owner": "root",
+            "perm": "0644"
+        },
+{% for service in services %}
+        {
+            "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/logrotate/{{ service }}.conf",
+            "dest": "/etc/logrotate.d/{{ service }}.conf",
+            "owner": "root",
+            "perm": "0644"
+        }{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-keystone.toml.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-keystone.toml.j2
index 5747d417ce45ec1f46865ac5ccc01dc2cd0130a6..6d7874d5663e798828f6a3c34d855700b2067f89 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-keystone.toml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-keystone.toml.j2
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ filename = "lua_decoders/os_keystone_apache_log.lua"
 type = "LogstreamerInput"
 decoder = "keystone_apache_log_decoder"
 log_directory = "/var/log/kolla"
-file_match = '{{ apache_dir }}/keystone-apache-(?P<Service>.+)-access\.log'
+file_match = '{{ apache_dir }}/keystone-apache-(?P<Service>.+)-access\.log\.?(?P<Seq>\d*)$'
+priority = ["^Seq"]
 differentiator = ["keystone-apache-", "Service"]
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-mariadb.toml.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-mariadb.toml.j2
index 85fad0d0422a2df992b00cf269def122f4e7b722..07d71054101d95b9720f2bbe0752ed4536737a1e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-mariadb.toml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-mariadb.toml.j2
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ filename = "lua_decoders/os_mysql_log.lua"
 type = "LogstreamerInput"
 decoder = "mariadb_log_decoder"
 log_directory = "/var/log/kolla"
-file_match = 'mariadb/mariadb\.log'
+file_match = 'mariadb/mariadb\.log\.?(?P<Seq>\d*)$'
+priority = ["^Seq"]
 differentiator = ['mariadb']
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-openstack.toml.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-openstack.toml.j2
index 32c20514a2a9007010e8f7c945e12a2994cbd15b..9cf3782db5cdb7ba9e30a498b6d209cc1643aa8f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-openstack.toml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-openstack.toml.j2
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ filename = "lua_decoders/os_openstack_log.lua"
 type = "LogstreamerInput"
 decoder = "openstack_log_decoder"
 log_directory = "/var/log/kolla"
-file_match = '(?P<Service>nova|glance|keystone|neutron|cinder|heat|murano|magnum|mistral|manila)/(?P<Program>.*)\.log'
+file_match = '(?P<Service>nova|glance|keystone|neutron|cinder|heat|murano|magnum|mistral|manila)/(?P<Program>.*)\.log\.?(?P<Seq>\d*)$'
+priority = ["^Seq"]
 differentiator = ["Service", "_", "Program"]
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-rabbitmq.toml.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-rabbitmq.toml.j2
index d8e16ec3bee8b1a7e9f8e1eb29427aca804e75de..d2c49aa1e786e82e9f236483279893cae9e930d5 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-rabbitmq.toml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/heka-rabbitmq.toml.j2
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ type = "LogstreamerInput"
 decoder = "rabbitmq_log_decoder"
 splitter = "rabbitmq_log_splitter"
 log_directory = "/var/log/kolla"
-file_match = 'rabbitmq/(?P<Service>rabbit.*)\.log'
+file_match = 'rabbitmq/(?P<Service>rabbit.*)\.log\.?(?P<Seq>\d*)$'
+priority = ["^Seq"]
 differentiator = ["Service"]
diff --git a/docker/cron/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/cron/Dockerfile.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fd7b53cd5ed63c114c478f0312050eee071648fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/cron/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+FROM {{ namespace }}/{{ image_prefix }}base:{{ tag }}
+MAINTAINER {{ maintainer }}
+
+{% if base_distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
+
+RUN yum -y install \
+        cronie \
+        logrotate \
+    && yum clean all
+
+{% elif base_distro in ['ubuntu', 'debian'] %}
+
+RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        cron \
+        logrotate \
+    && apt-get clean
+
+{% endif %}
+
+COPY extend_start.sh /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start
+RUN chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/kolla_extend_start
+
+{{ include_footer }}
diff --git a/docker/cron/extend_start.sh b/docker/cron/extend_start.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..08efca96fa1130658377df7e4ce2f5fc62afd1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/cron/extend_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# NOTE(elemoine): the cron daemon sends its logs to /dev/log. Heka's log socket
+# is at /var/lib/kolla/heka/log so we symlink /dev/log to that location.
+if [[ ! -h /dev/log ]]; then
+    ln -sf /var/lib/kolla/heka/log /dev/log
+fi
diff --git a/kolla/common/config.py b/kolla/common/config.py
index 3816230af0686c6b206119eac27ded1d7e35900f..2c6ec6714f6ff7239b7b8359e4c1a5062bfc8d1c 100644
--- a/kolla/common/config.py
+++ b/kolla/common/config.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ INSTALL_TYPE_CHOICES = ['binary', 'source', 'rdo', 'rhos']
 
 _PROFILE_OPTS = [
     cfg.ListOpt('infra',
-                default=['ceph', 'mariadb', 'haproxy',
+                default=['ceph', 'cron', 'mariadb', 'haproxy',
                          'keepalived', 'kolla-toolbox', 'memcached',
                          'mongodb', 'openvswitch', 'rabbitmq', 'heka'],
                 help='Infra images'),
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ _PROFILE_OPTS = [
                          'magnum', 'mistral', 'trove,' 'zaqar', 'zookeeper'],
                 help='Aux Images'),
     cfg.ListOpt('default',
-                default=['kolla-toolbox', 'glance', 'haproxy',
+                default=['cron', 'kolla-toolbox', 'glance', 'haproxy',
                          'heat', 'horizon', 'keepalived', 'keystone',
                          'memcached', 'mariadb', 'neutron', 'nova',
                          'openvswitch', 'rabbitmq', 'heka'],
                 help='Default images'),
     cfg.ListOpt('gate',
-                default=['glance', 'haproxy', 'keepalived', 'keystone',
+                default=['cron', 'glance', 'haproxy', 'keepalived', 'keystone',
                          'kolla-toolbox', 'mariadb', 'memcached', 'neutron',
                          'nova', 'openvswitch', 'rabbitmq', 'heka'],
                 help='Gate images'),
diff --git a/tools/cleanup-containers b/tools/cleanup-containers
index 38772e6547183d158bf28183b0c2697e046b247a..da716b0607c15bb63627e0336e4dc7d081025a23 100755
--- a/tools/cleanup-containers
+++ b/tools/cleanup-containers
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ else
         bootstrap_{ceph_mon,cinder,glance,heat,heka,ironic,ironic_pxe,keystone,magnum,mistral,mongodb,murano,neutron,nova,nova_compute} \
         cinder_{volume,scheduler,backup,api} \
         ceph_{mon,rgw} \
+        cron \
         elasticsearch \
         glance_{api,registry} \
         haproxy \