diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/open-bao-logging-setup.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/open-bao-logging-setup.yaml
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+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: openbao-logging-setup
+  namespace: argocd
+  labels:
+    env: dev
+  finalizers:
+    - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+  project: default
+  source:
+    repoURL: https://{{{ .Env.DOMAIN_GITEA }}}/giteaAdmin/edfbuilder
+    targetRevision: HEAD
+    path: "stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging"
+  destination:
+    server: "https://kubernetes.default.svc"
+    namespace: openbao
+  syncPolicy:
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
+    automated:
+      selfHeal: true
+    retry:
+      limit: -1
+      backoff:
+        duration: 15s
+        factor: 1
+        maxDuration: 15s
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diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/create-logging-directory.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao-logging/create-logging-directory.yaml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: openbao-logging-dir
+  namespace: openbao
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: openbao-logging-dir
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: openbao-logging-dir
+    spec:
+      initContainers:
+      - name: creator
+        image: busybox
+        command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+        args:
+        - |
+          set -e
+          mkdir -p /var/log/openbao
+          chown 100:100 /var/log/openbao          
+        securityContext:
+          runAsUser: 0 
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: host-log
+          mountPath: /var/log
+      containers:
+      - name: running-container
+        image: busybox
+        command: ["sleep", "infinity"]
+      volumes:
+      - name: host-log
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/log
+          type: Directory
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