diff --git a/projects/gateway2/admin/krt_snapshot.go b/projects/gateway2/admin/krt_snapshot.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d459dfd8669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/gateway2/admin/krt_snapshot.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"istio.io/istio/pkg/kube/krt"
+)
+
+func addKrtSnapshotHandler(path string, mux *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]dynamicProfileDescription, dbg *krt.DebugHandler) {
+	mux.HandleFunc(path, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		writeJSON(w, dbg, r)
+	})
+	profiles[path] = func() string { return "KRT Snapshot" }
+}
diff --git a/projects/gateway2/admin/logging.go b/projects/gateway2/admin/logging.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4de9287a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/gateway2/admin/logging.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/solo-io/go-utils/contextutils"
+)
+
+// The logging handler is an AtomicLevel that supports dynamically changing the log level at runtime.
+func addLoggingHandler(path string, mux *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]dynamicProfileDescription) {
+	mux.Handle(path, contextutils.GetLogHandler())
+	profiles[path] = getLoggingDescription
+}
+
+// Gets a string representation of the current log level.
+func getLogLevel() string {
+	return contextutils.GetLogLevel().String()
+}
+
+// Gets the html/js to display in the UI for the logging endpoint.
+func getLoggingDescription() string {
+	currentLogLevel := getLogLevel()
+
+	// build the options selector, with the current log level selected by default
+	selectorText := `<select id="loglevelselector">`
+	supportedLogLevels := []string{"debug", "info", "warn", "error"}
+	for _, level := range supportedLogLevels {
+		if level == currentLogLevel {
+			selectorText += fmt.Sprintf(`<option value="%s" selected>%s</option>`, level, level)
+		} else {
+			selectorText += fmt.Sprintf(`<option value="%s">%s</option>`, level, level)
+		}
+	}
+	selectorText += `</select>`
+
+	return `View or change the log level of the program. Note: does not persist across pod restarts.<br/>
+
+Log level:
+` + selectorText + `
+
+<button onclick="setlevel(document.getElementById('loglevelselector').value)">Submit</button>
+
+<script>
+function setlevel(l) {
+	var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+	xhr.open('PUT', '/logging', true);
+	xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
+
+	xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+		if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
+			var resp = JSON.parse(this.responseText);
+			alert("log level set to: " + resp["level"]);
+		}
+	};
+
+	xhr.send('{"level":"' + l + '"}');
+}
+</script>
+	`
+}
diff --git a/projects/gateway2/admin/pprof.go b/projects/gateway2/admin/pprof.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..612ec78e670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/gateway2/admin/pprof.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/pprof"
+)
+
+func addPprofHandler(path string, mux *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]dynamicProfileDescription) {
+	mux.HandleFunc(path, pprof.Index)
+	mux.HandleFunc(path+"cmdline", pprof.Cmdline)
+	mux.HandleFunc(path+"profile", pprof.Profile)
+	mux.HandleFunc(path+"symbol", pprof.Symbol)
+	mux.HandleFunc(path+"trace", pprof.Trace)
+
+	profiles[path] = func() string {
+		return `PProf related things:<br/>
+	<a href="` + path + `goroutine?debug=2">full goroutine stack dump</a>
+	`
+	}
+}
diff --git a/projects/gateway2/admin/server.go b/projects/gateway2/admin/server.go
index 63591385cd2..f7e66a3a5f1 100644
--- a/projects/gateway2/admin/server.go
+++ b/projects/gateway2/admin/server.go
@@ -6,38 +6,41 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"sort"
 
-	"github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/pkg/cache/v3"
 	envoycache "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/pkg/cache/v3"
-	"github.com/rotisserie/eris"
 	"github.com/solo-io/gloo/projects/gateway2/controller"
 	"github.com/solo-io/go-utils/contextutils"
-	"github.com/solo-io/go-utils/stats"
 	"istio.io/istio/pkg/kube/krt"
 )
 
 const (
-	AdminPort = 9095
+	AdminPort = 9091
 )
 
 func RunAdminServer(ctx context.Context, setupOpts *controller.SetupOpts) error {
 	// serverHandlers defines the custom handlers that the Admin Server will support
 	serverHandlers := getServerHandlers(ctx, setupOpts.KrtDebugger, setupOpts.Cache)
 
-	stats.StartCancellableStatsServerWithPort(ctx, stats.DefaultStartupOptions(), func(mux *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]string) {
-		// let people know these moved
-		profiles[fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d/snapshots/", AdminPort)] = fmt.Sprintf("To see snapshots, port forward to port %d", AdminPort)
-	})
+	// initialize the atomic log level
+	if envLogLevel := os.Getenv(contextutils.LogLevelEnvName); envLogLevel != "" {
+		contextutils.SetLogLevelFromString(envLogLevel)
+	}
+
 	startHandlers(ctx, serverHandlers)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
+// use a function for the profile descriptions so that every time the admin page is displayed, it can show
+// up-to-date info in the description (e.g. the current log level)
+type dynamicProfileDescription func() string
+
 // getServerHandlers returns the custom handlers for the Admin Server, which will be bound to the http.ServeMux
-// These endpoints serve as the basis for an Admin Interface for the Control Plane (https://github.com/solo-io/gloo/issues/6494)
-func getServerHandlers(ctx context.Context, dbg *krt.DebugHandler, cache envoycache.SnapshotCache) func(mux *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]string) {
-	return func(m *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]string) {
+// These endpoints serve as the basis for an Admin Interface for the Control Plane (https://github.com/kgateway-dev/kgateway/issues/6494)
+func getServerHandlers(ctx context.Context, dbg *krt.DebugHandler, cache envoycache.SnapshotCache) func(mux *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]dynamicProfileDescription) {
+	return func(m *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]dynamicProfileDescription) {
 
 		/*
 			// The Input Snapshot is intended to return a list of resources that are persisted in the Kubernetes DB, etcD
@@ -57,18 +60,13 @@ func getServerHandlers(ctx context.Context, dbg *krt.DebugHandler, cache envoyca
 			profiles["/snapshots/proxies"] = "Proxy Snapshot"
 		*/
 
-		// The xDS Snapshot is intended to return the full in-memory xDS cache that the Control Plane manages
-		// and serves up to running proxies.
-		m.HandleFunc("/snapshots/xds", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			response := getXdsSnapshotDataFromCache(cache)
-			writeJSON(w, response, r)
-		})
-		profiles["/snapshots/xds"] = "XDS Snapshot"
+		addXdsSnapshotHandler("/snapshots/xds", m, profiles, cache)
 
-		m.HandleFunc("/snapshots/krt", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			writeJSON(w, dbg, r)
-		})
-		profiles["/snapshots/krt"] = "KRT Snapshot"
+		addKrtSnapshotHandler("/snapshots/krt", m, profiles, dbg)
+
+		addLoggingHandler("/logging", m, profiles)
+
+		addPprofHandler("/debug/pprof/", m, profiles)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -116,9 +114,9 @@ func writeJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, obj any, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
-func startHandlers(ctx context.Context, addHandlers ...func(mux *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]string)) error {
+func startHandlers(ctx context.Context, addHandlers ...func(mux *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]dynamicProfileDescription)) error {
 	mux := new(http.ServeMux)
-	profileDescriptions := map[string]string{}
+	profileDescriptions := map[string]dynamicProfileDescription{}
 	for _, addHandler := range addHandlers {
 		addHandler(mux, profileDescriptions)
 	}
@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@ func startHandlers(ctx context.Context, addHandlers ...func(mux *http.ServeMux,
 	return nil
 }
 
-func index(profileDescriptions map[string]string) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func index(profileDescriptions map[string]dynamicProfileDescription) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 		type profile struct {
@@ -159,11 +157,11 @@ func index(profileDescriptions map[string]string) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 			Desc string
 		}
 		var profiles []profile
-		for href, desc := range profileDescriptions {
+		for href, descFunc := range profileDescriptions {
 			profiles = append(profiles, profile{
 				Name: href,
 				Href: href,
-				Desc: desc,
+				Desc: descFunc(),
 			})
 		}
 
@@ -181,28 +179,3 @@ func index(profileDescriptions map[string]string) func(w http.ResponseWriter, r
 		w.Write(buf.Bytes())
 	}
 }
-
-func getXdsSnapshotDataFromCache(xdsCache cache.SnapshotCache) SnapshotResponseData {
-	cacheKeys := xdsCache.GetStatusKeys()
-	cacheEntries := make(map[string]interface{}, len(cacheKeys))
-
-	for _, k := range cacheKeys {
-		xdsSnapshot, err := getXdsSnapshot(xdsCache, k)
-		if err != nil {
-			cacheEntries[k] = err.Error()
-		} else {
-			cacheEntries[k] = xdsSnapshot
-		}
-	}
-
-	return completeSnapshotResponse(cacheEntries)
-}
-
-func getXdsSnapshot(xdsCache cache.SnapshotCache, k string) (cache cache.ResourceSnapshot, err error) {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			err = eris.New(fmt.Sprintf("panic occurred while getting xds snapshot: %v", r))
-		}
-	}()
-	return xdsCache.GetSnapshot(k)
-}
diff --git a/projects/gateway2/admin/xds_snapshot.go b/projects/gateway2/admin/xds_snapshot.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a05c4a7948b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/gateway2/admin/xds_snapshot.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/pkg/cache/v3"
+	envoycache "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/pkg/cache/v3"
+	"github.com/rotisserie/eris"
+)
+
+// The xDS Snapshot is intended to return the full in-memory xDS cache that the Control Plane manages
+// and serves up to running proxies.
+func addXdsSnapshotHandler(path string, mux *http.ServeMux, profiles map[string]dynamicProfileDescription, cache envoycache.SnapshotCache) {
+	mux.HandleFunc(path, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		response := getXdsSnapshotDataFromCache(cache)
+		writeJSON(w, response, r)
+	})
+	profiles[path] = func() string { return "XDS Snapshot" }
+}
+
+func getXdsSnapshotDataFromCache(xdsCache cache.SnapshotCache) SnapshotResponseData {
+	cacheKeys := xdsCache.GetStatusKeys()
+	cacheEntries := make(map[string]interface{}, len(cacheKeys))
+
+	for _, k := range cacheKeys {
+		xdsSnapshot, err := getXdsSnapshot(xdsCache, k)
+		if err != nil {
+			cacheEntries[k] = err.Error()
+		} else {
+			cacheEntries[k] = xdsSnapshot
+		}
+	}
+
+	return completeSnapshotResponse(cacheEntries)
+}
+
+func getXdsSnapshot(xdsCache cache.SnapshotCache, k string) (cache cache.ResourceSnapshot, err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			err = eris.New(fmt.Sprintf("panic occurred while getting xds snapshot: %v", r))
+		}
+	}()
+	return xdsCache.GetSnapshot(k)
+}
diff --git a/test/ginkgo/parallel/ports.go b/test/ginkgo/parallel/ports.go
index 9f13611c203..a3c64012852 100644
--- a/test/ginkgo/parallel/ports.go
+++ b/test/ginkgo/parallel/ports.go
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ func portInUseListen(proposedPort uint32) error {
 }
 
 var denyListPorts = map[uint32]struct{}{
-	// See gloo/pkg/servers/admin/server.go
-	// See https://github.com/solo-io/solo-projects/issues/7307 for more details
-	9095: {},
+	// See projects/gateway2/admin/server.go
+	// This port is reserved for the admin server
+	9091: {},
 }
 
 func portInDenyList(proposedPort uint32) error {