diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f6e5baf6..1f303ae6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -81,12 +81,11 @@ ENV RUSTFS_ADDRESS=":9000" \
     RUSTFS_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS="*" \
     RUSTFS_CONSOLE_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS="*" \
     RUSTFS_VOLUMES="/data" \
-    RUST_LOG="warn" \
-    RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY="/logs" 
+    RUST_LOG="warn"
     
 EXPOSE 9000 9001
 
-VOLUME ["/data", "/logs"]
+VOLUME ["/data"]
 
 USER rustfs
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.source b/Dockerfile.source
index f2825a37..c4d9a430 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.source
+++ b/Dockerfile.source
@@ -166,14 +166,13 @@ ENV RUSTFS_ADDRESS=":9000" \
     RUSTFS_CONSOLE_ENABLE="true" \
     RUSTFS_VOLUMES="/data" \
     RUST_LOG="warn" \
-    RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY="/logs" \
     RUSTFS_USERNAME="rustfs" \
     RUSTFS_GROUPNAME="rustfs" \
     RUSTFS_UID="1000" \
     RUSTFS_GID="1000"
 
 EXPOSE 9000
-VOLUME ["/data", "/logs"]
+VOLUME ["/data"]
 
 # Keep root here; entrypoint will drop privileges using chroot --userspec
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 97178bfc..492803e3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ services:
       - RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY=devadmin
       - RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY=devadmin
       - RUSTFS_OBS_LOGGER_LEVEL=debug
+      - RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY=/logs
     volumes:
       - .:/app # Mount source code to /app for development
       - deploy/data/dev:/data
@@ -180,20 +181,6 @@ services:
     profiles:
       - observability
 
-  # Redis for caching (optional)
-  redis:
-    image: redis:7-alpine
-    container_name: redis
-    ports:
-      - "6379:6379"
-    volumes:
-      - redis_data:/data
-    networks:
-      - rustfs-network
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    profiles:
-      - cache
-
   # NGINX reverse proxy (optional)
   nginx:
     security_opt:
@@ -241,7 +228,5 @@ volumes:
     driver: local
   grafana_data:
     driver: local
-  redis_data:
-    driver: local
   logs:
     driver: local
diff --git a/docs/examples/mnmd/docker-compose.yml b/docs/examples/mnmd/docker-compose.yml
index 50547f34..a3cc4822 100644
--- a/docs/examples/mnmd/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docs/examples/mnmd/docker-compose.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ x-node-template: &node-template
     - RUSTFS_ACCESS_KEY=rustfsadmin
     - RUSTFS_SECRET_KEY=rustfsadmin
     - RUSTFS_CMD=rustfs
+    - RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY=/logs
   command: [ "sh", "-c", "sleep 3 && rustfs" ]
   healthcheck:
     test:
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 585278b3..f9e605f6 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,20 @@ process_data_volumes() {
 
 # 3) Process log directory (separate from data volumes)
 process_log_directory() {
-  LOG_DIR="${RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY:-/logs}"
+  # Output logs to stdout
+  if [ -z "$RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY" ]; then
+    echo "OBS log directory not configured and logs outputs to stdout"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Output logs to remote endpoint
+  if [ "${RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY}" != "${RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY#*://}" ]; then
+    echo "Output logs to remote endpoint"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  # Outputs logs to local directory
+  LOG_DIR="${RUSTFS_OBS_LOG_DIRECTORY}"
   
   echo "Initializing log directory: $LOG_DIR"
   if [ ! -d "$LOG_DIR" ]; then