Index: config/jvm.options
--- config/jvm.options.orig
+++ config/jvm.options
@@ -61,20 +61,20 @@
 -XX:HeapDumpPath=data
 
 # specify an alternative path for JVM fatal error logs
--XX:ErrorFile=logs/hs_err_pid%p.log
+-XX:ErrorFile=${VARBASE}/log/opensearch/hs_err_pid%p.log
 
 ## JDK 8 GC logging
 8:-XX:+PrintGCDetails
 8:-XX:+PrintGCDateStamps
 8:-XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution
 8:-XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime
-8:-Xloggc:logs/gc.log
+8:-Xloggc:${VARBASE}/log/opensearch/gc.log
 8:-XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation
 8:-XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=32
 8:-XX:GCLogFileSize=64m
 
 # JDK 9+ GC logging
-9-:-Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=logs/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m
+9-:-Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=${VARBASE}/log/opensearch/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m
 
 # Explicitly allow security manager (https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8270380)
 18-:-Djava.security.manager=allow