diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/opentelemetry/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/opentelemetry/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48ef36e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/opentelemetry/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+  - namespace.yaml
diff --git a/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/opentelemetry/namespace.yaml b/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/opentelemetry/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d342b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/base/core/namespaces/opentelemetry/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: opentelemetry
+spec: {}
diff --git a/cluster-scope/bundles/opentelemetry/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/bundles/opentelemetry/kustomization.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2297dc7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster-scope/bundles/opentelemetry/kustomization.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+commonLabels:
+  nerc.mghpcc.org/bundle: opentelemetry
+resources:
+- ../../base/core/namespaces/opentelemetry
diff --git a/cluster-scope/overlays/nerc-ocp-obs/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-scope/overlays/nerc-ocp-obs/kustomization.yaml
index 6f7bcb57..2a88f0f0 100644
--- a/cluster-scope/overlays/nerc-ocp-obs/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/cluster-scope/overlays/nerc-ocp-obs/kustomization.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ resources:
 - ../../bundles/prom-keycloak-proxy
 - ../../bundles/zookeeper
 - ../../bundles/solr
+- ../../bundles/opentelemetry
 - ../../base/core/namespaces/openshift-gitops
 - ../../base/core/namespaces/dex
 - ../../base/rbac.authorization.k8s.io/clusterroles/allow-edit-rbac
diff --git a/opentelemetry/base/opentelemetry-collector.yaml b/opentelemetry/base/opentelemetry-collector.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19d07507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry/base/opentelemetry-collector.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+apiVersion: opentelemetry.io/v1alpha1
+kind: OpenTelemetryCollector
+metadata:
+  name: opentelemetry-collector
+  namespace: opentelemetry
+spec:
+  mode: deployment
+  config: |
+    exporters: 
+      otlp:
+        endpoint: tempo-ingester:<enter-value-here>
+        tls:
+          ca_file: ca.pem
+          cert_file: cert.pem
+          key_file: key.pem
+          insecure: false
+          insecure_skip_verify: false
+          reload_interval: 1h
+          server_name_override: <enter-value-here>
+        headers:
+          X-Scope-OrgID: "dev"
+    service:
+      pipelines:
+        traces:
+          exporters: [otlp]
diff --git a/opentelemetry/overlays/nerc-ocp-obs/externalsecrets/patch-opentelemetry-admin-credentials.yaml b/opentelemetry/overlays/nerc-ocp-obs/externalsecrets/patch-opentelemetry-admin-credentials.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0a6a04c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry/overlays/nerc-ocp-obs/externalsecrets/patch-opentelemetry-admin-credentials.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
+kind: ExternalSecret
+metadata:
+  name: opentelemetry-admin-credentials
+  namespace: opentelemetry
+spec:
+  dataFrom:
+    - extract:
+        key: nerc/nerc-ocp-obs/ai-telemetry/opentelemetry