diff --git a/bin/common.sh b/bin/common.sh
index 138e23de967..8d2b6a75677 100755
--- a/bin/common.sh
+++ b/bin/common.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-export SMART_SERVER_LOG_FILE_NAME=smartserver-master-$(hostname)-$(whoami).log
-export SMART_STANDBY_LOG_FILE_NAME=smartserver-standby-$(hostname)-$(whoami).log
-export SMART_AGENT_LOG_FILE_NAME=smartagent-$(hostname)-$(whoami).log
+export SMART_SERVER_LOG_FILE_NAME=smartserver-master-$(hostname)-$(whoami)
+export SMART_STANDBY_LOG_FILE_NAME=smartserver-standby-$(hostname)-$(whoami)
+export SMART_AGENT_LOG_FILE_NAME=smartagent-$(hostname)-$(whoami)
+export LOG_FILE_EXTENSION=.log
+export STDOUT_FILE_EXTENSION=.out
+export STDERR_FILE_EXTENSION=.err
 export SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME=${SMART_SERVER_LOG_FILE_NAME}
 
 if [ -L ${BASH_SOURCE-$0} ]; then
@@ -40,7 +43,6 @@ fi
 if [[ -z "${SMART_LOG_DIR}" ]]; then
   export SMART_LOG_DIR="/var/log/ssm"
 fi
-export SMART_LOG_FILE=${SMART_LOG_DIR}/${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}
 
 if [[ -z "$SMART_PID_DIR" ]]; then
   export SMART_PID_DIR="${SMART_HOME}/run"
@@ -137,7 +139,6 @@ fi
 
 # JAVA_OPTS+=" ${SMART_JAVA_OPTS} -Dfile.encoding=${SMART_ENCODING} ${SMART_MEM}"
 # JAVA_OPTS+=" -Dlog4j.configuration=file://${SMART_CONF_DIR}/log4j.properties"
-JAVA_OPTS+=" -Dlog4j2.configurationFile=file://${SMART_CONF_DIR}/log4j.properties"
 export JAVA_OPTS
 
 JAVA_INTP_OPTS="${SMART_INTP_JAVA_OPTS} -Dfile.encoding=${SMART_ENCODING}"
@@ -195,7 +196,9 @@ function smart_start_daemon() {
     rm -f "${pidfile}" >/dev/null 2>&1
   fi
 
-  start_daemon "${pidfile}" >>${SMART_LOG_FILE} 2>&1 < /dev/null &
+  SMART_OUT_FILE=${SMART_LOG_DIR}/${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}${STDOUT_FILE_EXTENSION}
+  SMART_ERR_FILE=${SMART_LOG_DIR}/${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}${STDERR_FILE_EXTENSION}
+  start_daemon "${pidfile}" >>${SMART_OUT_FILE} 2>>${SMART_ERR_FILE} < /dev/null &
   daemon_pid=$!
 
   (( counter=0 ))
@@ -296,10 +299,11 @@ function init_command() {
       SMART_CLASSNAME=org.smartdata.server.SmartDaemon
       SMART_PID_FILE=/tmp/SmartServer.pid
       ALLOW_DAEMON_OPT=true
+      export SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME=${SMART_SERVER_LOG_FILE_NAME}
       if [ $SSM_DEBUG_ENABLED == "true" ]; then
         JAVA_OPTS+=" -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8008,server=y,suspend=y"
       fi
-      JAVA_OPTS+=" -Dsmart.log.file="${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}
+      JAVA_OPTS+=" -Dsmart.log.file="${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}${LOG_FILE_EXTENSION}
       JAVA_OPTS+=" ${SSM_JAVA_OPT} ${SSM_SERVER_JAVA_OPT}"
       SMART_VARGS+=" -D smart.agent.master.address="${SSM_EXEC_HOST}
       reorder_lib
@@ -309,11 +313,10 @@ function init_command() {
       SMART_PID_FILE=/tmp/SmartAgent.pid
       ALLOW_DAEMON_OPT=true
       export SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME=${SMART_AGENT_LOG_FILE_NAME}
-      export SMART_LOG_FILE=${SMART_LOG_DIR}/${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}
       if [ $SSM_DEBUG_ENABLED == "true" ]; then
        JAVA_OPTS+=" -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8008,server=y,suspend=y"
       fi
-      JAVA_OPTS+=" -Dsmart.log.file="${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}
+      JAVA_OPTS+=" -Dsmart.log.file="${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}${LOG_FILE_EXTENSION}
       JAVA_OPTS+=" ${SSM_JAVA_OPT} ${SSM_AGENT_JAVA_OPT}"
       SMART_VARGS+=" -D smart.agent.address="${SSM_EXEC_HOST}
     ;;
@@ -322,11 +325,10 @@ function init_command() {
       SMART_PID_FILE=/tmp/SmartServer.pid
       ALLOW_DAEMON_OPT=true
       export SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME=${SMART_STANDBY_LOG_FILE_NAME}
-      export SMART_LOG_FILE=${SMART_LOG_DIR}/${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}
       if [ $SSM_DEBUG_ENABLED == "true" ]; then
         JAVA_OPTS+=" -Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8008,server=y,suspend=y"
       fi
-      JAVA_OPTS+=" -Dsmart.log.file="${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}
+      JAVA_OPTS+=" -Dsmart.log.file="${SMART_LOG_FILE_NAME}${LOG_FILE_EXTENSION}
       JAVA_OPTS+=" ${SSM_JAVA_OPT} ${SSM_SERVER_JAVA_OPT}"
       SMART_VARGS+=" -D smart.agent.master.address="${SSM_EXEC_HOST}
       reorder_lib
diff --git a/conf/log4j.properties b/conf/log4j2.properties
similarity index 73%
rename from conf/log4j.properties
rename to conf/log4j2.properties
index 46cc03d4fcb..9d6136a6f86 100644
--- a/conf/log4j.properties
+++ b/conf/log4j2.properties
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
 rootLogger.level = INFO
-property.filename = ${env:smart.log.dir}/${env:smart.log.file}
+property.filename = ${sys:smart.log.dir}/${sys:smart.log.file}
 appenders = R, console
 
 appender.console.type = Console
 appender.console.name = STDOUT
 appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.console.layout.pattern = %d %5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
 
 appender.R.type = RollingFile
 appender.R.name = File
@@ -35,8 +35,15 @@ rootLogger.appenderRefs = R, console
 rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = STDOUT
 rootLogger.appenderRef.R.ref = File
 
-# The below configurations are supposed to be workable when log4j 1.2.17 is used.
-log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server=ERROR
+logger.ipc.name = org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server
+logger.ipc.level = ERROR
+
+logger.securedIpc.name = SecurityLogger
+logger.securedIpc.level = WARN
+
 # Downgrade Hadoop Retry Exception, please remove this line during debug
-log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler=ERROR
-log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DataStreamer=ERROR
\ No newline at end of file
+logger.hadoopRetry.name = org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler
+logger.hadoopRetry.level = ERROR
+
+logger.dataStreamer.name = org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DataStreamer
+logger.dataStreamer.level = ERROR
diff --git a/smart-hadoop-support/smart-hadoop/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/smart-action/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
similarity index 70%
rename from smart-hadoop-support/smart-hadoop/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
rename to smart-action/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
index 1a6baaec65a..9eaa484e2a2 100644
--- a/smart-hadoop-support/smart-hadoop/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/smart-action/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 #   limitations under the License.
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
-log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
+rootLogger = INFO, STDOUT
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/smart-agent/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/smart-agent/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
similarity index 66%
rename from smart-agent/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
rename to smart-agent/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
index 4227aa5a843..be629616c4a 100644
--- a/smart-agent/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/smart-agent/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -16,16 +16,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-# Define the root logger
-log4j.rootLogger=INFO,console
+rootLogger = INFO, STDOUT
 
-# Logging Threshold
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
-
-#
-# console appender
-# Add "console" to rootlogger above if you want to use this
-#
-log4j.appender.console=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=[%p] [%d{MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS}] [%c{1}] %m%n
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/smart-engine/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/smart-engine/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dc270fcc9e..00000000000
--- a/smart-engine/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#   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.
-# log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
-
-#log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-#log4j.threshhold=ALL
-#log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-#log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-#log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
-log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
diff --git a/smart-action/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/smart-engine/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
similarity index 70%
rename from smart-action/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
rename to smart-engine/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
index 1a6baaec65a..9eaa484e2a2 100644
--- a/smart-action/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/smart-engine/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 #   limitations under the License.
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
-log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
+rootLogger = INFO, STDOUT
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/smart-hadoop-support/smart-hadoop/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties b/smart-hadoop-support/smart-hadoop/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
index 25dfb7b6b48..9eaa484e2a2 100644
--- a/smart-hadoop-support/smart-hadoop/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
+++ b/smart-hadoop-support/smart-hadoop/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #   limitations under the License.
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
-rootLogger=info,stdout
+rootLogger = INFO, STDOUT
 
-appender.console.name=stdout
-appender.console.type=Console
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
 appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
-appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
\ No newline at end of file
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/smart-integration/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/smart-integration/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
similarity index 70%
rename from smart-integration/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
rename to smart-integration/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
index 1a6baaec65a..9eaa484e2a2 100644
--- a/smart-integration/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/smart-integration/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 #   limitations under the License.
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
-log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
+rootLogger = INFO, STDOUT
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/smart-metastore/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/smart-metastore/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
similarity index 70%
rename from smart-metastore/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
rename to smart-metastore/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
index 9c23d8c1fdf..9eaa484e2a2 100644
--- a/smart-metastore/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/smart-metastore/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 #   limitations under the License.
 # log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
 
-#log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-#log4j.threshhold=ALL
-#log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-#log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-#log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
+rootLogger = INFO, STDOUT
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/smart-server/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/smart-server/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 336cf347a8b..00000000000
--- a/smart-server/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#   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.
-# log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
-
-log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
-log4j.threshhold=ALL
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
-#log4j.rootLogger=info,stdout
diff --git a/smart-server/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties b/smart-server/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9eaa484e2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smart-server/src/test/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#   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.
+# log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
+
+rootLogger = INFO, STDOUT
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
diff --git a/smart-web-server/pom.xml b/smart-web-server/pom.xml
index fc0b1bef65f..a8f6ea30a73 100644
--- a/smart-web-server/pom.xml
+++ b/smart-web-server/pom.xml
@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
diff --git a/smart-web-server/src/main/java/org/smartdata/server/SmartRestServer.java b/smart-web-server/src/main/java/org/smartdata/server/SmartRestServer.java
index 4398d8b4789..c890f33df57 100644
--- a/smart-web-server/src/main/java/org/smartdata/server/SmartRestServer.java
+++ b/smart-web-server/src/main/java/org/smartdata/server/SmartRestServer.java
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 import static org.smartdata.conf.SmartConfKeys.SMART_CONF_KEYS_PREFIX;
 
 public class SmartRestServer {
+  private static final String SPRING_LOGGING_PROPERTY =
+      "org.springframework.boot.logging.LoggingSystem";
+  private static final String SPRING_DISABLED_LOGGER = "none";
+
   private final SpringApplication springApplication;
 
   private volatile ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext;
@@ -38,13 +42,14 @@ public SmartRestServer(SmartConf ssmConfig, SmartEngine smartEngine) {
     this.springApplication = new SpringApplication(RestServerApplication.class);
 
     injectToSpringProperties(ssmConfig);
-
     SsmContextInitializer contextInitializer =
         new SsmContextInitializer(smartEngine, ssmConfig);
     springApplication.addInitializers(contextInitializer);
   }
 
   public void start() {
+    // disable repeated log4j loggers global configuration by Spring
+    System.setProperty(SPRING_LOGGING_PROPERTY, SPRING_DISABLED_LOGGER);
     applicationContext = springApplication.run();
   }
 
diff --git a/supports/tools/docker/multihost/conf/log4j2.properties b/supports/tools/docker/multihost/conf/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d6136a6f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supports/tools/docker/multihost/conf/log4j2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#   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.
+# log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
+
+rootLogger.level = INFO
+property.filename = ${sys:smart.log.dir}/${sys:smart.log.file}
+appenders = R, console
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{ISO8601} %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
+
+appender.R.type = RollingFile
+appender.R.name = File
+appender.R.fileName = ${filename}
+appender.R.filePattern = ${filename}.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}
+appender.R.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.R.layout.pattern = %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %c{1} [%p] %m%n
+appender.R.policies.type = Policies
+appender.R.policies.time.type = TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy
+appender.R.policies.time.interval = 1
+
+rootLogger.appenderRefs = R, console
+
+rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = STDOUT
+rootLogger.appenderRef.R.ref = File
+
+logger.ipc.name = org.apache.hadoop.ipc.Server
+logger.ipc.level = ERROR
+
+logger.securedIpc.name = SecurityLogger
+logger.securedIpc.level = WARN
+
+# Downgrade Hadoop Retry Exception, please remove this line during debug
+logger.hadoopRetry.name = org.apache.hadoop.io.retry.RetryInvocationHandler
+logger.hadoopRetry.level = ERROR
+
+logger.dataStreamer.name = org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DataStreamer
+logger.dataStreamer.level = ERROR
diff --git a/supports/tools/docker/multihost/ssm/ssm-server-entrypoint.sh b/supports/tools/docker/multihost/ssm/ssm-server-entrypoint.sh
index 8004047c25f..49f46ad72d9 100644
--- a/supports/tools/docker/multihost/ssm/ssm-server-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/supports/tools/docker/multihost/ssm/ssm-server-entrypoint.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ cp /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub /tmp/shared/id_rsa.pub
 service ssh start
 ssh-keyscan "$HOSTNAME" >> /root/.ssh/known_hosts
 echo "export JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}" >> /root/.bashrc
+echo "export SMART_HOME=${SSM_HOME}" >> /root/.bashrc
+echo "export SMART_CONF_DIR=${SSM_HOME}/conf/" >> /root/.bashrc
 
 # Starting Smart Storage Manager
 cd $SSM_HOME || exit
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ echo "---------------------------"
 echo "Starting SSM server locally"
 echo "---------------------------"
 
-source bin/start-ssm.sh --config conf/ &
+source bin/start-ssm.sh --config ${SSM_HOME}/conf/ &
 wait_for_it $(hostname -f):8081
 
 echo "-------------------"