diff --git a/.github/README.md b/.github/README.md
index d97bba6560..8136108a34 100644
--- a/.github/README.md
+++ b/.github/README.md
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ Additionally, the OpenTelemetry Contrib collector has also been changed to the [
    helm repo update open-telemetry
 
    # deploy the configuration for the Elastic OpenTelemetry collector distribution
-   kubectl apply -f configmap-elastic.yaml
+   kubectl apply -f configmap-deployment.yaml
 
    # deploy the demo through helm install
-   helm install -f values.yaml my-otel-demo open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo
+   helm install -f deployment.yaml my-otel-demo open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo
    ```
 
 #### Kubernetes monitoring
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ In order to add Node level metrics collection we can run an additional Otel coll
 
 2. Execute the following command to deploy the OpenTelemetry Collector to your Kubernetes cluster:
 
-`helm install otel-daemonset open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector --values daemonset.yaml`
+```
+# deploy the configuration for the Elastic OpenTelemetry collector distribution
+kubectl apply -f configmap-daemonset.yaml
+
+# deploy the Elastic OpenTelemetry collector distribution through helm install
+helm install otel-daemonset open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector --values daemonset.yaml
+```
 
 ## Explore and analyze the data With Elastic
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-daemonset.yaml b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-daemonset.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..839e5ea645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-daemonset.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: elastic-otelcol-agent-ds
+  namespace: default
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: otelcol
+
+data:
+  relay: |
+    exporters:
+      debug:
+      elasticsearch:
+        endpoints:
+        - ${env:ELASTIC_ENDPOINT}
+        api_key: ${env:ELASTIC_API_KEY}
+        logs_dynamic_index:
+          enabled: true
+        metrics_dynamic_index:
+          enabled: true
+        mapping:
+          mode: ecs
+    processors:
+      batch: {}
+      elasticinframetrics:
+        add_system_metrics: true
+        add_k8s_metrics: true
+      resourcedetection/eks:
+        detectors: [env, eks]
+        timeout: 15s
+        override: true
+        eks:
+          resource_attributes:
+            k8s.cluster.name:
+              enabled: true
+      resourcedetection/gcp:
+        detectors: [env, gcp]
+        timeout: 2s
+        override: false
+      resource/k8s:
+        attributes:
+          - key: service.name
+            from_attribute: app.label.component
+            action: insert
+      attributes/k8s_logs_dataset:
+        actions:
+          - key: data_stream.dataset
+            value: "kubernetes.container_logs"
+            action: upsert
+      attributes/dataset:
+        actions:
+          - key: event.dataset
+            from_attribute: data_stream.dataset
+            action: upsert
+      resource/cloud:
+        attributes:
+          - key: cloud.instance.id
+            from_attribute: host.id
+            action: insert
+      resource/process:
+        attributes:
+          - key: process.executable.name
+            action: delete
+          - key: process.executable.path
+            action: delete
+      resourcedetection/system:
+        detectors: ["system", "ec2"]
+        system:
+          hostname_sources: [ "os" ]
+          resource_attributes:
+            host.name:
+              enabled: true
+            host.id:
+              enabled: false
+            host.arch:
+              enabled: true
+            host.ip:
+              enabled: true
+            host.mac:
+              enabled: true
+            host.cpu.vendor.id:
+              enabled: true
+            host.cpu.family:
+              enabled: true
+            host.cpu.model.id:
+              enabled: true
+            host.cpu.model.name:
+              enabled: true
+            host.cpu.stepping:
+              enabled: true
+            host.cpu.cache.l2.size:
+              enabled: true
+            os.description:
+              enabled: true
+            os.type:
+              enabled: true
+        ec2:
+          resource_attributes:
+            host.name:
+              enabled: false
+            host.id:
+              enabled: true
+      k8sattributes:
+        filter:
+          node_from_env_var: K8S_NODE_NAME
+        passthrough: false
+        pod_association:
+          - sources:
+              - from: resource_attribute
+                name: k8s.pod.ip
+          - sources:
+              - from: resource_attribute
+                name: k8s.pod.uid
+          - sources:
+              - from: connection
+        extract:
+          metadata:
+            - "k8s.namespace.name"
+            - "k8s.deployment.name"
+            - "k8s.statefulset.name"
+            - "k8s.daemonset.name"
+            - "k8s.cronjob.name"
+            - "k8s.job.name"
+            - "k8s.node.name"
+            - "k8s.pod.name"
+            - "k8s.pod.uid"
+            - "k8s.pod.start_time"
+          labels:
+            - tag_name: app.label.component
+              key: app.kubernetes.io/component
+              from: pod
+    receivers:
+      filelog:
+        retry_on_failure:
+          enabled: true
+        start_at: end
+        exclude:
+        # exlude collector logs
+        - /var/log/pods/default_otel-daemonset-opentelemetry-collector-agent*_*/opentelemetry-collector/*.log
+        # exlude demo services logs
+        - /var/log/pods/default_my-otel-demo*/*/*.log
+        include:
+        - /var/log/pods/*/*/*.log
+        include_file_name: false
+        include_file_path: true
+        operators:
+        - id: container-parser
+          type: container
+      hostmetrics:
+        collection_interval: 10s
+        root_path: /hostfs
+        scrapers:
+          cpu:
+            metrics:
+              system.cpu.utilization:
+                enabled: true
+              system.cpu.logical.count:
+                enabled: true
+          memory:
+            metrics:
+              system.memory.utilization:
+                enabled: true
+          process:
+            mute_process_exe_error: true
+            mute_process_io_error: true
+            mute_process_user_error: true
+            metrics:
+              process.threads:
+                enabled: true
+              process.open_file_descriptors:
+                enabled: true
+              process.memory.utilization:
+                enabled: true
+              process.disk.operations:
+                enabled: true
+          network:
+          processes:
+          load:
+          disk:
+          filesystem:
+            exclude_mount_points:
+              mount_points:
+                - /dev/*
+                - /proc/*
+                - /sys/*
+                - /run/k3s/containerd/*
+                - /var/lib/docker/*
+                - /var/lib/kubelet/*
+                - /snap/*
+              match_type: regexp
+            exclude_fs_types:
+              fs_types:
+                - autofs
+                - binfmt_misc
+                - bpf
+                - cgroup2
+                - configfs
+                - debugfs
+                - devpts
+                - devtmpfs
+                - fusectl
+                - hugetlbfs
+                - iso9660
+                - mqueue
+                - nsfs
+                - overlay
+                - proc
+                - procfs
+                - pstore
+                - rpc_pipefs
+                - securityfs
+                - selinuxfs
+                - squashfs
+                - sysfs
+                - tracefs
+              match_type: strict
+      kubeletstats:
+        auth_type: serviceAccount
+        collection_interval: 20s
+        endpoint: ${env:K8S_NODE_NAME}:10250
+        node: '${env:K8S_NODE_NAME}'
+        # Required to work for all CSPs without an issue
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+        k8s_api_config:
+          auth_type: serviceAccount
+        metrics:
+          k8s.pod.cpu.node.utilization:
+            enabled: true
+          k8s.container.cpu_limit_utilization:
+            enabled: true
+          k8s.pod.cpu_limit_utilization:
+            enabled: true
+          k8s.container.cpu_request_utilization:
+            enabled: true
+          k8s.container.memory_limit_utilization:
+            enabled: true
+          k8s.pod.memory_limit_utilization:
+            enabled: true
+          k8s.container.memory_request_utilization:
+            enabled: true
+          k8s.node.uptime:
+            enabled: true
+          k8s.node.cpu.usage:
+            enabled: true
+          k8s.pod.cpu.usage:
+            enabled: true
+        extra_metadata_labels:
+          - container.id
+    service:
+      pipelines:
+        logs:
+          receivers: [filelog]
+          processors: [batch, k8sattributes, resourcedetection/system, resourcedetection/eks, resourcedetection/gcp, resource/k8s, resource/cloud, attributes/k8s_logs_dataset]
+          exporters: [debug, elasticsearch]
+        metrics:
+          receivers: [hostmetrics, kubeletstats]
+          processors: [batch, k8sattributes, elasticinframetrics, resourcedetection/system, resourcedetection/eks, resourcedetection/gcp, resource/k8s, resource/cloud, attributes/dataset, resource/process]
+          exporters: [debug, elasticsearch]
+      telemetry:
+        metrics:
+          address: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:8888
diff --git a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-elastic.yaml b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-elastic.yaml
rename to kubernetes/elastic-helm/configmap-deployment.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/daemonset.yaml b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/daemonset.yaml
index 41f89a485d..85c8279573 100644
--- a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/daemonset.yaml
@@ -40,257 +40,6 @@ extraEnvs:
       fieldRef:
         fieldPath: spec.nodeName
 
-config:
-  extensions:
-    health_check: null
-  exporters:
-    elasticsearch:
-      endpoints:
-      - ${env:ELASTIC_ENDPOINT}
-      api_key: ${env:ELASTIC_API_KEY}
-      logs_dynamic_index:
-        enabled: true
-      metrics_dynamic_index:
-        enabled: true
-      mapping:
-        mode: ecs
-  processors:
-    batch: {}
-    elasticinframetrics:
-      add_system_metrics: true
-      add_k8s_metrics: true
-    resourcedetection/eks:
-      detectors: [env, eks]
-      timeout: 15s
-      override: true
-      eks:
-        resource_attributes:
-          k8s.cluster.name:
-            enabled: true
-    resourcedetection/gcp:
-      detectors: [env, gcp]
-      timeout: 2s
-      override: false
-    resource/k8s:
-      attributes:
-        - key: service.name
-          from_attribute: app.label.component
-          action: insert
-    attributes/k8s_logs_dataset:
-      actions:
-        - key: data_stream.dataset
-          value: "kubernetes.container_logs"
-          action: upsert
-    attributes/dataset:
-      actions:
-        - key: event.dataset
-          from_attribute: data_stream.dataset
-          action: upsert
-    resource/cloud:
-      attributes:
-        - key: cloud.instance.id
-          from_attribute: host.id
-          action: insert
-    resource/process:
-      attributes:
-        - key: process.executable.name
-          action: delete
-        - key: process.executable.path
-          action: delete
-    resourcedetection/system:
-      detectors: ["system", "ec2"]
-      system:
-        hostname_sources: [ "os" ]
-        resource_attributes:
-          host.name:
-            enabled: true
-          host.id:
-            enabled: false
-          host.arch:
-            enabled: true
-          host.ip:
-            enabled: true
-          host.mac:
-            enabled: true
-          host.cpu.vendor.id:
-            enabled: true
-          host.cpu.family:
-            enabled: true
-          host.cpu.model.id:
-            enabled: true
-          host.cpu.model.name:
-            enabled: true
-          host.cpu.stepping:
-            enabled: true
-          host.cpu.cache.l2.size:
-            enabled: true
-          os.description:
-            enabled: true
-          os.type:
-            enabled: true
-      ec2:
-        resource_attributes:
-          host.name:
-            enabled: false
-          host.id:
-            enabled: true
-    k8sattributes:
-      filter:
-        node_from_env_var: K8S_NODE_NAME
-      passthrough: false
-      pod_association:
-        - sources:
-            - from: resource_attribute
-              name: k8s.pod.ip
-        - sources:
-            - from: resource_attribute
-              name: k8s.pod.uid
-        - sources:
-            - from: connection
-      extract:
-        metadata:
-          - "k8s.namespace.name"
-          - "k8s.deployment.name"
-          - "k8s.statefulset.name"
-          - "k8s.daemonset.name"
-          - "k8s.cronjob.name"
-          - "k8s.job.name"
-          - "k8s.node.name"
-          - "k8s.pod.name"
-          - "k8s.pod.uid"
-          - "k8s.pod.start_time"
-        labels:
-          - tag_name: app.label.component
-            key: app.kubernetes.io/component
-            from: pod
-  receivers:
-    jaeger: null
-    prometheus: null
-    zipkin: null
-    filelog:
-      retry_on_failure:
-        enabled: true
-      start_at: end
-      exclude:
-      - /var/log/pods/default_elastic-otel-collector-agent*_*/elastic-opentelemetry-collector/*.log
-      include:
-      - /var/log/pods/*/*/*.log
-      include_file_name: false
-      include_file_path: true
-      operators:
-      - id: container-parser
-        type: container
-    hostmetrics:
-      collection_interval: 10s
-      root_path: /hostfs
-      scrapers:
-        cpu:
-          metrics:
-            system.cpu.utilization:
-              enabled: true
-            system.cpu.logical.count:
-              enabled: true
-        memory:
-          metrics:
-            system.memory.utilization:
-              enabled: true
-        process:
-          mute_process_exe_error: true
-          mute_process_io_error: true
-          mute_process_user_error: true
-          metrics:
-            process.threads:
-              enabled: true
-            process.open_file_descriptors:
-              enabled: true
-            process.memory.utilization:
-              enabled: true
-            process.disk.operations:
-              enabled: true
-        network:
-        processes:
-        load:
-        disk:
-        filesystem:
-          exclude_mount_points:
-            mount_points:
-              - /dev/*
-              - /proc/*
-              - /sys/*
-              - /run/k3s/containerd/*
-              - /var/lib/docker/*
-              - /var/lib/kubelet/*
-              - /snap/*
-            match_type: regexp
-          exclude_fs_types:
-            fs_types:
-              - autofs
-              - binfmt_misc
-              - bpf
-              - cgroup2
-              - configfs
-              - debugfs
-              - devpts
-              - devtmpfs
-              - fusectl
-              - hugetlbfs
-              - iso9660
-              - mqueue
-              - nsfs
-              - overlay
-              - proc
-              - procfs
-              - pstore
-              - rpc_pipefs
-              - securityfs
-              - selinuxfs
-              - squashfs
-              - sysfs
-              - tracefs
-            match_type: strict
-    kubeletstats:
-      auth_type: serviceAccount
-      collection_interval: 20s
-      endpoint: ${env:K8S_NODE_NAME}:10250
-      node: '${env:K8S_NODE_NAME}'
-      # Required to work for all CSPs without an issue
-      insecure_skip_verify: true
-      k8s_api_config:
-        auth_type: serviceAccount
-      metrics:
-        k8s.pod.cpu.node.utilization:
-          enabled: true
-        k8s.container.cpu_limit_utilization:
-          enabled: true
-        k8s.pod.cpu_limit_utilization:
-          enabled: true
-        k8s.container.cpu_request_utilization:
-          enabled: true
-        k8s.container.memory_limit_utilization:
-          enabled: true
-        k8s.pod.memory_limit_utilization:
-          enabled: true
-        k8s.container.memory_request_utilization:
-          enabled: true
-        k8s.node.uptime:
-          enabled: true
-        k8s.node.cpu.usage:
-          enabled: true
-        k8s.pod.cpu.usage:
-          enabled: true
-      extra_metadata_labels:
-        - container.id
-  service:
-    pipelines:
-      traces: null
-      logs:
-        receivers: [filelog]
-        processors: [batch, k8sattributes, resourcedetection/system, resourcedetection/eks, resourcedetection/gcp, resource/k8s, resource/cloud, attributes/k8s_logs_dataset]
-        exporters: [debug, elasticsearch]
-      metrics:
-        receivers: [hostmetrics, kubeletstats]
-        processors: [batch, k8sattributes, elasticinframetrics, resourcedetection/system, resourcedetection/eks, resourcedetection/gcp, resource/k8s, resource/cloud, attributes/dataset, resource/process]
-        exporters: [debug, elasticsearch]
-    telemetry:
-      metrics:
-        address: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:8888
+configMap:
+  create: false
+  existingName: elastic-otelcol-agent-ds
diff --git a/kubernetes/elastic-helm/values.yaml b/kubernetes/elastic-helm/deployment.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from kubernetes/elastic-helm/values.yaml
rename to kubernetes/elastic-helm/deployment.yaml