diff --git a/devstack/plugin.sh b/devstack/plugin.sh
index ff6b00336..f4991a3d5 100644
--- a/devstack/plugin.sh
+++ b/devstack/plugin.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_DEBUG=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_DEBUG:-True}
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_DIR=$DEST/ironic-inspector
+IRONIC_INSPECTOR_DATA_DIR=$DATA_DIR/ironic-inspector
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_BIN_DIR=$(get_python_exec_prefix)
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_BIN_FILE=$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_BIN_DIR/ironic-inspector
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_DBSYNC_BIN_FILE=$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_BIN_DIR/ironic-inspector-dbsync
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ IRONIC_AGENT_KERNEL_URL=${IRONIC_AGENT_KERNEL_URL:-http://tarballs.openstack.org
 IRONIC_AGENT_RAMDISK_URL=${IRONIC_AGENT_RAMDISK_URL:-http://tarballs.openstack.org/ironic-python-agent/coreos/files/coreos_production_pxe_image-oem.cpio.gz}
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_ELEMENT=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_ELEMENT:-ironic-discoverd-ramdisk}
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_FLAVOR=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_FLAVOR:-fedora $IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_ELEMENT}
+IRONIC_INSPECTOR_COLLECTORS=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_COLLECTORS:-default,logs}
+IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_LOGDIR=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_LOGDIR:-$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_DATA_DIR/ramdisk-logs}
+IRONIC_INSPECTOR_ALWAYS_STORE_RAMDISK_LOGS=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_ALWAYS_STORE_RAMDISK_LOGS:-True}
 # These should not overlap with other ranges/networks
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_INTERNAL_IP=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_INTERNAL_IP:-172.24.42.254}
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_INTERNAL_SUBNET_SIZE=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_INTERNAL_SUBNET_SIZE:-24}
@@ -98,6 +102,7 @@ function prepare_tftp {
 
     if  inspector_uses_ipa; then
         IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KERNEL_CMDLINE="ipa-inspection-callback-url=$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CALLBACK_URI systemd.journald.forward_to_console=yes"
+        IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KERNEL_CMDLINE="$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KERNEL_CMDLINE ipa-inspection-collectors=$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_COLLECTORS"
         if [[ "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_BUILD_RAMDISK" == "True" ]]; then
             IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KERNEL_PATH="$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_IMAGE_PATH.vmlinuz"
             if [ ! -e "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KERNEL_PATH" -o ! -e "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_INITRAMFS_PATH" ]; then
@@ -143,6 +148,7 @@ EOF
 
 function configure_inspector {
     mkdir_chown_stack "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CONF_DIR"
+    mkdir_chown_stack "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_DATA_DIR"
 
     create_service_user "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_ADMIN_USER" "admin"
 
@@ -184,6 +190,10 @@ function configure_inspector {
     sudo mv $tempfile /etc/sudoers.d/ironic-inspector-rootwrap
 
     inspector_iniset DEFAULT rootwrap_config $IRONIC_INSPECTOR_ROOTWRAP_CONF_FILE
+
+    mkdir_chown_stack "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_LOGDIR"
+    inspector_iniset processing ramdisk_logs_dir "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_LOGDIR"
+    inspector_iniset processing always_store_ramdisk_logs "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_ALWAYS_STORE_RAMDISK_LOGS"
 }
 
 function configure_inspector_swift {
@@ -238,6 +248,7 @@ function cleanup_inspector {
     rm -f $IRONIC_TFTPBOOT_DIR/ironic-inspector.*
     sudo rm -f /etc/sudoers.d/ironic-inspector-rootwrap
     sudo rm -rf $IRONIC_INSPECTOR_AUTH_CACHE_DIR
+    sudo rm -rf "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_RAMDISK_LOGDIR"
 
     # Try to clean up firewall rules
     sudo iptables -D INPUT -i $IRONIC_INSPECTOR_INTERFACE -p udp \
diff --git a/ironic_inspector/main.py b/ironic_inspector/main.py
index 51d5cd2d8..ecd57cd48 100644
--- a/ironic_inspector/main.py
+++ b/ironic_inspector/main.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ CURRENT_API_VERSION = (1, 2)
 _MIN_VERSION_HEADER = 'X-OpenStack-Ironic-Inspector-API-Minimum-Version'
 _MAX_VERSION_HEADER = 'X-OpenStack-Ironic-Inspector-API-Maximum-Version'
 _VERSION_HEADER = 'X-OpenStack-Ironic-Inspector-API-Version'
+_LOGGING_EXCLUDED_KEYS = ('logs',)
 
 
 def _format_version(ver):
@@ -169,7 +170,10 @@ def api_continue():
         raise utils.Error(_('Invalid data: expected a JSON object, got %s') %
                           data.__class__.__name__)
 
-    LOG.debug("/v1/continue got JSON %s", data)
+    logged_data = {k: (v if k not in _LOGGING_EXCLUDED_KEYS else '<hidden>')
+                   for k, v in data.items()}
+    LOG.debug("Received data from the ramdisk: %s", logged_data)
+
     return flask.jsonify(process.process(data))
 
 
diff --git a/ironic_inspector/plugins/standard.py b/ironic_inspector/plugins/standard.py
index 41a3b5420..7bd04260e 100644
--- a/ironic_inspector/plugins/standard.py
+++ b/ironic_inspector/plugins/standard.py
@@ -227,8 +227,11 @@ class RamdiskErrorHook(base.ProcessingHook):
         error = introspection_data.get('error')
         logs = introspection_data.get('logs')
 
-        if logs and (error or CONF.processing.always_store_ramdisk_logs):
-            self._store_logs(logs, introspection_data)
+        if error or CONF.processing.always_store_ramdisk_logs:
+            if logs:
+                self._store_logs(logs, introspection_data)
+            else:
+                LOG.debug('No logs received from the ramdisk')
 
         if error:
             raise utils.Error(_('Ramdisk reported error: %s') % error)
@@ -250,3 +253,4 @@ class RamdiskErrorHook(base.ProcessingHook):
         with open(os.path.join(CONF.processing.ramdisk_logs_dir, file_name),
                   'wb') as fp:
             fp.write(base64.b64decode(logs))
+        LOG.info(_LI('Ramdisk logs stored in file %s'), file_name)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/logs-collector-logging-356e56cd70a04a2b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/logs-collector-logging-356e56cd70a04a2b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..032f69f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/logs-collector-logging-356e56cd70a04a2b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+other:
+  - Improve logging for ramdisk logs collection.