diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0f60ed7a..bf109844 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Start demo
         run: |
           git clone https://github.com/DIRACGrid/diracx-charts.git ../diracx-charts
-          ../diracx-charts/run_demo.sh --enable-coverage --exit-when-done --set-value developer.autoReload=false $PWD
+          ../diracx-charts/run_demo.sh --enable-open-telemetry --enable-coverage --exit-when-done --set-value developer.autoReload=false $PWD
       - name: Debugging information
         run: |
           DIRACX_DEMO_DIR=$PWD/../diracx-charts/.demo
diff --git a/diracx-routers/pyproject.toml b/diracx-routers/pyproject.toml
index 9f32ee40..e31edbca 100644
--- a/diracx-routers/pyproject.toml
+++ b/diracx-routers/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "httpx",
     "pydantic",
     "sqlalchemy",
+    "opentelemetry-api",
+    "opentelemetry-exporter-otlp",
+    "opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi",
+    "opentelemetry-instrumentation-logging",
+    "opentelemetry-sdk",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
diff --git a/diracx-routers/src/diracx/routers/__init__.py b/diracx-routers/src/diracx/routers/__init__.py
index 18d5ab10..e39305c4 100644
--- a/diracx-routers/src/diracx/routers/__init__.py
+++ b/diracx-routers/src/diracx/routers/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import os
 from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
 from functools import partial
+from logging import Formatter, StreamHandler
 from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Iterable, TypeVar, cast
 
 import dotenv
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@
 from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from pydantic import parse_raw_as
 
+# from starlette.types import ASGIApp
+from uvicorn.logging import AccessFormatter, DefaultFormatter
+
 from diracx.core.config import ConfigSource
-from diracx.core.exceptions import (
-    DiracError,
-    DiracHttpResponse,
-)
+from diracx.core.exceptions import DiracError, DiracHttpResponse
 from diracx.core.extensions import select_from_extension
 from diracx.core.settings import ServiceSettingsBase
 from diracx.core.utils import dotenv_files_from_environment
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 
 from .auth import verify_dirac_access_token
 from .fastapi_classes import DiracFastAPI, DiracxRouter
+from .otel import instrument_otel
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 T2 = TypeVar("T2", bound=BaseSQLDB | BaseOSDB)
@@ -38,6 +40,45 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+###########################################3
+
+
+def configure_logger():
+    """Configure the console logger
+
+    Access logs come from uvicorn, which configure its logger in a certain way
+    (https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/discussions/7457)
+    This method adds a timestamp to the uvicorn output,
+    and define a console handler for all the diracx loggers
+    We cannot configure just the root handler, as uvicorn
+    attaches handler to the `uvicorn` logger
+    """
+
+    diracx_handler = StreamHandler()
+    diracx_handler.setFormatter(Formatter("%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s"))
+    logging.getLogger("diracx").addHandler(diracx_handler)
+    logging.getLogger("diracx").setLevel("INFO")
+
+    # Recreate the formatters for the uvicorn loggers adding the timestamp
+    uvicorn_access_logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn.access")
+    try:
+        previous_fmt = uvicorn_access_logger.handlers[0].formatter._fmt
+        new_format = f"%(asctime)s - {previous_fmt}"
+        uvicorn_access_logger.handlers[0].setFormatter(AccessFormatter(new_format))
+    # There may not be any handler defined, like in the CI
+    except IndexError:
+        pass
+
+    uvicorn_logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn")
+    try:
+        previous_fmt = uvicorn_logger.handlers[0].formatter._fmt
+        new_format = f"%(asctime)s - {previous_fmt}"
+        uvicorn_logger.handlers[0].setFormatter(DefaultFormatter(new_format))
+    # There may not be any handler defined, like in the CI
+    except IndexError:
+        pass
+
+
 # Rules:
 # All routes must have tags (needed for auto gen of client)
 # Form headers must have a description (autogen)
@@ -189,6 +230,9 @@ def create_app_inner(
         allow_headers=["*"],
     )
 
+    configure_logger()
+    instrument_otel(app)
+
     return app
 
 
diff --git a/diracx-routers/src/diracx/routers/otel.py b/diracx-routers/src/diracx/routers/otel.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37e12630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diracx-routers/src/diracx/routers/otel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import logging
+import os
+
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+
+# https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2023/logs-collection/
+# https://github.com/mhausenblas/ref.otel.help/blob/main/how-to/logs-collection/yoda/main.py
+from opentelemetry import _logs, metrics, trace
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc._log_exporter import OTLPLogExporter
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.metric_exporter import OTLPMetricExporter
+from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.trace_exporter import OTLPSpanExporter
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi import FastAPIInstrumentor
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.logging import LoggingInstrumentor
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.logging.constants import DEFAULT_LOGGING_FORMAT
+from opentelemetry.sdk._logs import LoggerProvider, LoggingHandler
+from opentelemetry.sdk._logs.export import BatchLogRecordProcessor
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics import MeterProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export import PeriodicExportingMetricReader
+from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import Resource
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
+
+from diracx.core.settings import ServiceSettingsBase
+
+
+class OTELSettings(ServiceSettingsBase, env_prefix="DIRACX_OTEL_"):
+    """Settings for the Open Telemetry Configuration."""
+
+    enabled: bool = False
+    application_name: str = "diracx"
+    grpc_endpoint: str = ""
+    grpc_insecure: bool = True
+
+
+def instrument_otel(app: FastAPI) -> None:
+    """
+    Instrument the application to send OpenTelemetryData.
+    Metrics, Traces and Logs are sent to an OTEL collector.
+    The Collector can then redirect it to whatever is configured.
+    Typically: Jaeger for traces, Prometheus for metrics, ElasticSearch for logs
+
+    Note: this is highly experimental, and OpenTelemetry is a quickly moving target
+
+    """
+
+    otel_settings = OTELSettings()
+    if not otel_settings.enabled:
+        return
+
+    # set the service name to show in traces
+    resource = Resource.create(
+        attributes={
+            "service.name": otel_settings.application_name,
+            "service.instance.id": os.uname().nodename,
+        }
+    )
+
+    # set the tracer provider
+    tracer_provider = TracerProvider(resource=resource)
+
+    # elif MODE == "otel-collector-http":
+    #     tracer.add_span_processor(
+    #         BatchSpanProcessor(OTLPSpanExporterHTTP(endpoint=OTEL_HTTP_ENDPOINT))
+    #     )
+    # else:
+    # default otel-collector-grpc
+    tracer_provider.add_span_processor(
+        BatchSpanProcessor(
+            OTLPSpanExporter(
+                endpoint=otel_settings.grpc_endpoint,
+                insecure=otel_settings.grpc_insecure,
+            )
+        )
+    )
+    trace.set_tracer_provider(tracer_provider)
+
+    # metric_reader = PeriodicExportingMetricReader(ConsoleMetricExporter(),export_interval_millis=1000)
+    metric_reader = PeriodicExportingMetricReader(
+        OTLPMetricExporter(
+            endpoint=otel_settings.grpc_endpoint,
+            insecure=otel_settings.grpc_insecure,
+        ),
+        export_interval_millis=3000,
+    )
+    meter_provider = MeterProvider(metric_readers=[metric_reader])
+    metrics.set_meter_provider(meter_provider)
+
+    ###################################
+
+    # # override logger format which with trace id and span id
+    # https://github.com/mhausenblas/ref.otel.help/blob/main/how-to/logs-collection/yoda/main.py
+
+    LoggingInstrumentor().instrument(set_logging_format=False)
+
+    logger_provider = LoggerProvider(resource=resource)
+    _logs.set_logger_provider(logger_provider)
+
+    otlp_exporter = OTLPLogExporter(
+        endpoint=otel_settings.grpc_endpoint,
+        insecure=otel_settings.grpc_insecure,
+    )
+    logger_provider.add_log_record_processor(BatchLogRecordProcessor(otlp_exporter))
+    handler = LoggingHandler(level=logging.DEBUG, logger_provider=logger_provider)
+    handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(DEFAULT_LOGGING_FORMAT))
+    # Add the handler to diracx and all uvicorn logger
+    # Note adding it to just 'uvicorn' or the root logger
+    # is not enough because uvicorn sets propagate=False
+    for logger_name in logging.root.manager.loggerDict:
+        if "diracx" == logger_name or "uvicorn" in logger_name:
+            logging.getLogger(logger_name).addHandler(handler)
+
+    ####################
+
+    FastAPIInstrumentor.instrument_app(
+        app, tracer_provider=tracer_provider, meter_provider=meter_provider
+    )
diff --git a/docs/OPENTELEMETRY.md b/docs/OPENTELEMETRY.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a209c805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/OPENTELEMETRY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# OpenTelemetry
+
+> :warning: **Experimental**: opentelemetry is an evolving product, and so is our implementation of it.
+
+``diracx`` is capable of sending [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) data to a collector. The settings are controled by the
+``diracx.routers.otel.OTELSettings`` classes
+
+``diracx`` will then export metrics, traces, and logs. For the moment, nothing is really instrumented, but the infrastructure is there
+
+![OTEL Logs](./otel-logs.png)
+![OTEL Metrics](./otel-metrics.png)
+![OTEL Traces](./otel-traces.png)
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