diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
index 946f0c0852..b33217de3f 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/tasks/config.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@
 
 - name: Copying over fluentd ouput config files
   template:
-    src: "conf/output/{{ item }}.conf.j2"
-    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/fluentd/output/{{ item }}.conf"
+    src: "conf/output/{{ item.name }}.conf.j2"
+    dest: "{{ node_config_directory }}/fluentd/output/{{ item.name }}.conf"
+  when: item.enabled | bool
   with_items:
-    - "00-local"
-    - "01-es"
+    - name: "00-local"
+      enabled: true
+    - name: "01-es"
+      enabled: "{{ enable_elasticsearch }}"
+
 - name: Copying over fluentd format config files
   template:
     src: "conf/format/{{ item }}.conf.j2"
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@
     - "apache_access"
     - "wsgi_access"
     - "wsgi_python"
-    
+
 - name: Copying over fluentd filter config files
   template:
     src: "conf/filter/{{ item }}.conf.j2"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/output/00-local.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/output/00-local.conf.j2
index 650f5730ba..0b2f470169 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/output/00-local.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/output/00-local.conf.j2
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     append true
     compress gzip
   </store>
+{% if enable_elasticsearch | bool %}
   <store>
        type elasticsearch
        host {{ kolla_external_vip_address }}
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
        logstash_prefix flog
        flush_interval 15s
   </store>
+{% endif %}
 </match>
 
 <match syslog.local1.**>
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
     append true
     compress gzip
   </store>
+{% if enable_elasticsearch | bool %}
   <store>
        type elasticsearch
        host {{ kolla_external_vip_address }}
@@ -38,4 +41,5 @@
        logstash_prefix flog
        flush_interval 15s
   </store>
+{% endif %}
 </match>
diff --git a/ansible/roles/common/templates/fluentd.json.j2 b/ansible/roles/common/templates/fluentd.json.j2
index a4e01142ec..3451c265fa 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/common/templates/fluentd.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/common/templates/fluentd.json.j2
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@
             "dest": "/etc/td-agent/format/wsgi_python.conf",
             "owner": "td-agent",
             "perm": "0600"
-        },
+        },{% if enable_elasticsearch | bool %}
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/output/01-es.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/td-agent/output/01-es.conf",
             "owner": "td-agent",
             "perm": "0600"
-        },
+        },{% endif %}
         {
             "source": "{{ container_config_directory }}/output/00-local.conf",
             "dest": "/etc/td-agent/output/00-local.conf",