diff --git a/manifests/profile/base/rsyslog/sidecar.pp b/manifests/profile/base/rsyslog/sidecar.pp
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+# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed 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.
+#
+# == Class: tripleo::profile::base::rsyslog::sidecar
+#
+# Configure the rsyslog sidecar container configuration.
+#
+# === Parameters
+#
+# [*socket_path*]
+#   (Optional) Path to the socket that rsyslog with read from.
+#   Defaults to '/sockets/log'
+#
+class tripleo::profile::base::rsyslog::sidecar (
+  $socket_path = '/sockets/log'
+) {
+  file { '/etc/rsyslog.conf':
+    ensure  => file,
+    content => template('tripleo/rsyslog_sidecar/rsyslog.conf.erb'),
+    owner   => 'root',
+    group   => 'root',
+    mode    => '0440',
+  }
+}
diff --git a/templates/rsyslog_sidecar/rsyslog.conf.erb b/templates/rsyslog_sidecar/rsyslog.conf.erb
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+module(load="imuxsock" syssock.Use="off")
+
+input(type="imuxsock" socket="<%= @socket_path %>")
+
+template(name="messageonly" type="string" string="%msg%\n")
+
+action(type="omfile" file="/dev/stdout" template="messageonly")