diff --git a/agent/config/builder.go b/agent/config/builder.go
index d2bc9ca63f4e..33fcdfe1d345 100644
--- a/agent/config/builder.go
+++ b/agent/config/builder.go
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ func (b *builder) build() (rt RuntimeConfig, err error) {
 		AutoEncryptIPSAN:                       autoEncryptIPSAN,
 		AutoEncryptAllowTLS:                    autoEncryptAllowTLS,
 		AutoConfig:                             autoConfig,
-		Cloud:                                  b.cloudConfigVal(c.Cloud),
+		Cloud:                                  b.cloudConfigVal(c),
 		ConnectEnabled:                         connectEnabled,
 		ConnectCAProvider:                      connectCAProvider,
 		ConnectCAConfig:                        connectCAConfig,
@@ -2528,21 +2528,26 @@ func validateAutoConfigAuthorizer(rt RuntimeConfig) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (b *builder) cloudConfigVal(v *CloudConfigRaw) hcpconfig.CloudConfig {
+func (b *builder) cloudConfigVal(v Config) hcpconfig.CloudConfig {
 	val := hcpconfig.CloudConfig{
 		ResourceID: os.Getenv("HCP_RESOURCE_ID"),
 	}
-	if v == nil {
+	// Node id might get overriden in setup.go:142
+	nodeID := stringVal(v.NodeID)
+	val.NodeID = types.NodeID(nodeID)
+	val.NodeName = b.nodeName(v.NodeName)
+
+	if v.Cloud == nil {
 		return val
 	}
 
-	val.ClientID = stringVal(v.ClientID)
-	val.ClientSecret = stringVal(v.ClientSecret)
-	val.AuthURL = stringVal(v.AuthURL)
-	val.Hostname = stringVal(v.Hostname)
-	val.ScadaAddress = stringVal(v.ScadaAddress)
+	val.ClientID = stringVal(v.Cloud.ClientID)
+	val.ClientSecret = stringVal(v.Cloud.ClientSecret)
+	val.AuthURL = stringVal(v.Cloud.AuthURL)
+	val.Hostname = stringVal(v.Cloud.Hostname)
+	val.ScadaAddress = stringVal(v.Cloud.ScadaAddress)
 
-	if resourceID := stringVal(v.ResourceID); resourceID != "" {
+	if resourceID := stringVal(v.Cloud.ResourceID); resourceID != "" {
 		val.ResourceID = resourceID
 	}
 	return val
diff --git a/agent/config/runtime_test.go b/agent/config/runtime_test.go
index d1872bc549ad..328632188175 100644
--- a/agent/config/runtime_test.go
+++ b/agent/config/runtime_test.go
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ func TestLoad_IntegrationWithFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			rt.NodeName = "a"
 			rt.TLS.NodeName = "a"
 			rt.DataDir = dataDir
+			rt.Cloud.NodeName = "a"
 		},
 	})
 	run(t, testCase{
@@ -626,6 +627,7 @@ func TestLoad_IntegrationWithFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		expected: func(rt *RuntimeConfig) {
 			rt.NodeID = "a"
 			rt.DataDir = dataDir
+			rt.Cloud.NodeID = "a"
 		},
 	})
 	run(t, testCase{
@@ -2315,6 +2317,8 @@ func TestLoad_IntegrationWithFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			rt.Cloud = hcpconfig.CloudConfig{
 				// ID is only populated from env if not populated from other sources.
 				ResourceID: "env-id",
+				NodeName:   "thehostname",
+				NodeID:     "",
 			}
 
 			// server things
@@ -2355,6 +2359,7 @@ func TestLoad_IntegrationWithFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			rt.Cloud = hcpconfig.CloudConfig{
 				// ID is only populated from env if not populated from other sources.
 				ResourceID: "file-id",
+				NodeName:   "thehostname",
 			}
 
 			// server things
@@ -6313,6 +6318,8 @@ func TestLoad_FullConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			Hostname:     "DH4bh7aC",
 			AuthURL:      "332nCdR2",
 			ScadaAddress: "aoeusth232",
+			NodeID:       types.NodeID("AsUIlw99"),
+			NodeName:     "otlLxGaI",
 		},
 		DNSAddrs:                         []net.Addr{tcpAddr("93.95.95.81:7001"), udpAddr("93.95.95.81:7001")},
 		DNSARecordLimit:                  29907,
diff --git a/agent/config/testdata/TestRuntimeConfig_Sanitize.golden b/agent/config/testdata/TestRuntimeConfig_Sanitize.golden
index c40668f9e0cd..57217f6eaa9e 100644
--- a/agent/config/testdata/TestRuntimeConfig_Sanitize.golden
+++ b/agent/config/testdata/TestRuntimeConfig_Sanitize.golden
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@
         "ManagementToken": "hidden",
         "ResourceID": "cluster1",
         "ScadaAddress": "",
-        "TLSConfig": null
+        "TLSConfig": null,
+        "NodeID": "",
+        "NodeName": ""
     },
     "ConfigEntryBootstrap": [],
     "ConnectCAConfig": {},
diff --git a/agent/hcp/client/client.go b/agent/hcp/client/client.go
index 212647c51e87..1c49fd792471 100644
--- a/agent/hcp/client/client.go
+++ b/agent/hcp/client/client.go
@@ -313,9 +313,14 @@ func (t *TelemetryConfig) Enabled() (string, bool) {
 }
 
 // DefaultLabels returns a set of <key, value> string pairs that must be added as attributes to all exported telemetry data.
-func (t *TelemetryConfig) DefaultLabels(nodeID string) map[string]string {
-	labels := map[string]string{
-		"node_id": nodeID, // used to delineate Consul nodes in graphs
+func (t *TelemetryConfig) DefaultLabels(cfg config.CloudConfig) map[string]string {
+	labels := make(map[string]string)
+	nodeID := string(cfg.NodeID)
+	if nodeID != "" {
+		labels["node_id"] = nodeID
+	}
+	if cfg.NodeName != "" {
+		labels["node_name"] = cfg.NodeName
 	}
 
 	for k, v := range t.Labels {
diff --git a/agent/hcp/client/client_test.go b/agent/hcp/client/client_test.go
index 8c8a6addd70c..0292fa3fab22 100644
--- a/agent/hcp/client/client_test.go
+++ b/agent/hcp/client/client_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/hcp/config"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/types"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcp-sdk-go/clients/cloud-consul-telemetry-gateway/preview/2023-04-14/client/consul_telemetry_service"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcp-sdk-go/clients/cloud-consul-telemetry-gateway/preview/2023-04-14/models"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
@@ -147,3 +149,53 @@ func TestConvertTelemetryConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_DefaultLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	for name, tc := range map[string]struct {
+		cfg            config.CloudConfig
+		expectedLabels map[string]string
+	}{
+		"Success": {
+			cfg: config.CloudConfig{
+				NodeID:   types.NodeID("nodeyid"),
+				NodeName: "nodey",
+			},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{
+				"node_id":   "nodeyid",
+				"node_name": "nodey",
+			},
+		},
+
+		"NoNodeID": {
+			cfg: config.CloudConfig{
+				NodeID:   types.NodeID(""),
+				NodeName: "nodey",
+			},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{
+				"node_name": "nodey",
+			},
+		},
+		"NoNodeName": {
+			cfg: config.CloudConfig{
+				NodeID:   types.NodeID("nodeyid"),
+				NodeName: "",
+			},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{
+				"node_id": "nodeyid",
+			},
+		},
+		"Empty": {
+			cfg: config.CloudConfig{
+				NodeID:   "",
+				NodeName: "",
+			},
+			expectedLabels: map[string]string{},
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			tCfg := &TelemetryConfig{}
+			labels := tCfg.DefaultLabels(tc.cfg)
+			require.Equal(t, labels, tc.expectedLabels)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/agent/hcp/client/metrics_client.go b/agent/hcp/client/metrics_client.go
index b58b28f21dc4..0bcb90b81ce2 100644
--- a/agent/hcp/client/metrics_client.go
+++ b/agent/hcp/client/metrics_client.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ type otlpClient struct {
 
 // NewMetricsClient returns a configured MetricsClient.
 // The current implementation uses otlpClient to provide retry functionality.
-func NewMetricsClient(cfg CloudConfig, ctx context.Context) (MetricsClient, error) {
+func NewMetricsClient(ctx context.Context, cfg CloudConfig) (MetricsClient, error) {
 	if cfg == nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to init telemetry client: provide valid cloudCfg (Cloud Configuration for TLS)")
 	}
diff --git a/agent/hcp/client/metrics_client_test.go b/agent/hcp/client/metrics_client_test.go
index 153ba536da79..4119e326e9dc 100644
--- a/agent/hcp/client/metrics_client_test.go
+++ b/agent/hcp/client/metrics_client_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func TestNewMetricsClient(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			client, err := NewMetricsClient(test.cfg, test.ctx)
+			client, err := NewMetricsClient(test.ctx, test.cfg)
 			if test.wantErr != "" {
 				require.Error(t, err)
 				require.Contains(t, err.Error(), test.wantErr)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestExportMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			}))
 			defer srv.Close()
 
-			client, err := NewMetricsClient(MockCloudCfg{}, context.Background())
+			client, err := NewMetricsClient(context.Background(), MockCloudCfg{})
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			ctx := context.Background()
diff --git a/agent/hcp/client/mock_metrics_client.go b/agent/hcp/client/mock_metrics_client.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a30b1f1c62c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/hcp/client/mock_metrics_client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package client
+
+type MockMetricsClient struct {
+	MetricsClient
+}
diff --git a/agent/hcp/config/config.go b/agent/hcp/config/config.go
index be421b4621f6..6e76f9526096 100644
--- a/agent/hcp/config/config.go
+++ b/agent/hcp/config/config.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package config
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/types"
 	hcpcfg "github.com/hashicorp/hcp-sdk-go/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcp-sdk-go/resource"
 )
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ type CloudConfig struct {
 
 	// TlsConfig for testing.
 	TLSConfig *tls.Config
+
+	NodeID   types.NodeID
+	NodeName string
 }
 
 func (c *CloudConfig) WithTLSConfig(cfg *tls.Config) {
diff --git a/agent/hcp/deps.go b/agent/hcp/deps.go
index 563485c807a4..951a3900288d 100644
--- a/agent/hcp/deps.go
+++ b/agent/hcp/deps.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/hcp/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/hcp/scada"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/hcp/telemetry"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/types"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 )
 
@@ -22,10 +21,13 @@ type Deps struct {
 	Sink     metrics.MetricSink
 }
 
-func NewDeps(cfg config.CloudConfig, logger hclog.Logger, nodeID types.NodeID) (Deps, error) {
+func NewDeps(cfg config.CloudConfig, logger hclog.Logger) (Deps, error) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	ctx = hclog.WithContext(ctx, logger)
+
 	client, err := hcpclient.NewClient(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
-		return Deps{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to init client: %w:", err)
+		return Deps{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to init client: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	provider, err := scada.New(cfg, logger.Named("scada"))
@@ -33,7 +35,13 @@ func NewDeps(cfg config.CloudConfig, logger hclog.Logger, nodeID types.NodeID) (
 		return Deps{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to init scada: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	sink := sink(client, &cfg, logger.Named("sink"), nodeID)
+	metricsClient, err := hcpclient.NewMetricsClient(ctx, &cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.Error("failed to init metrics client", "error", err)
+		return Deps{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to init metrics client: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	sink := sink(ctx, client, metricsClient, cfg)
 
 	return Deps{
 		Client:   client,
@@ -45,10 +53,13 @@ func NewDeps(cfg config.CloudConfig, logger hclog.Logger, nodeID types.NodeID) (
 // sink provides initializes an OTELSink which forwards Consul metrics to HCP.
 // The sink is only initialized if the server is registered with the management plane (CCM).
 // This step should not block server initialization, so errors are logged, but not returned.
-func sink(hcpClient hcpclient.Client, cfg hcpclient.CloudConfig, logger hclog.Logger, nodeID types.NodeID) metrics.MetricSink {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	ctx = hclog.WithContext(ctx, logger)
-
+func sink(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	hcpClient hcpclient.Client,
+	metricsClient hcpclient.MetricsClient,
+	cfg config.CloudConfig,
+) metrics.MetricSink {
+	logger := hclog.FromContext(ctx).Named("sink")
 	reqCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 
@@ -69,16 +80,10 @@ func sink(hcpClient hcpclient.Client, cfg hcpclient.CloudConfig, logger hclog.Lo
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	metricsClient, err := hcpclient.NewMetricsClient(cfg, ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error("failed to init metrics client", "error", err)
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	sinkOpts := &telemetry.OTELSinkOpts{
 		Ctx:     ctx,
 		Reader:  telemetry.NewOTELReader(metricsClient, u, telemetry.DefaultExportInterval),
-		Labels:  telemetryCfg.DefaultLabels(string(nodeID)),
+		Labels:  telemetryCfg.DefaultLabels(cfg),
 		Filters: telemetryCfg.MetricsConfig.Filters,
 	}
 
diff --git a/agent/hcp/deps_test.go b/agent/hcp/deps_test.go
index 54ec7b6de478..9a90c26d50ad 100644
--- a/agent/hcp/deps_test.go
+++ b/agent/hcp/deps_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package hcp
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/hcp/config"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ func TestSink(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	for name, test := range map[string]struct {
 		expect       func(*client.MockClient)
-		mockCloudCfg client.CloudConfig
+		cloudCfg     config.CloudConfig
 		expectedSink bool
 	}{
 		"success": {
@@ -28,7 +29,10 @@ func TestSink(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				}, nil)
 			},
-			mockCloudCfg: client.MockCloudCfg{},
+			cloudCfg: config.CloudConfig{
+				NodeID:   types.NodeID("nodeyid"),
+				NodeName: "nodey",
+			},
 			expectedSink: true,
 		},
 		"noSinkWhenServerNotRegisteredWithCCM": {
@@ -40,26 +44,13 @@ func TestSink(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				}, nil)
 			},
-			mockCloudCfg: client.MockCloudCfg{},
+			cloudCfg: config.CloudConfig{},
 		},
 		"noSinkWhenCCMVerificationFails": {
 			expect: func(mockClient *client.MockClient) {
 				mockClient.EXPECT().FetchTelemetryConfig(mock.Anything).Return(nil, fmt.Errorf("fetch failed"))
 			},
-			mockCloudCfg: client.MockCloudCfg{},
-		},
-		"noSinkWhenMetricsClientInitFails": {
-			mockCloudCfg: client.MockCloudCfg{
-				ConfigErr: fmt.Errorf("test bad hcp config"),
-			},
-			expect: func(mockClient *client.MockClient) {
-				mockClient.EXPECT().FetchTelemetryConfig(mock.Anything).Return(&client.TelemetryConfig{
-					Endpoint: "https://test.com",
-					MetricsConfig: &client.MetricsConfig{
-						Endpoint: "",
-					},
-				}, nil)
-			},
+			cloudCfg: config.CloudConfig{},
 		},
 		"failsWithFetchTelemetryFailure": {
 			expect: func(mockClient *client.MockClient) {
@@ -93,14 +84,17 @@ func TestSink(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 			c := client.NewMockClient(t)
-			l := hclog.NewNullLogger()
+			mc := client.MockMetricsClient{}
+
 			test.expect(c)
-			sinkOpts := sink(c, test.mockCloudCfg, l, types.NodeID("server1234"))
+			ctx := context.Background()
+
+			s := sink(ctx, c, mc, test.cloudCfg)
 			if !test.expectedSink {
-				require.Nil(t, sinkOpts)
+				require.Nil(t, s)
 				return
 			}
-			require.NotNil(t, sinkOpts)
+			require.NotNil(t, s)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/agent/setup.go b/agent/setup.go
index ae8e836f5a79..aef10abf4520 100644
--- a/agent/setup.go
+++ b/agent/setup.go
@@ -104,7 +104,10 @@ func NewBaseDeps(configLoader ConfigLoader, logOut io.Writer, providedLogger hcl
 
 	var extraSinks []metrics.MetricSink
 	if cfg.IsCloudEnabled() {
-		d.HCP, err = hcp.NewDeps(cfg.Cloud, d.Logger.Named("hcp"), cfg.NodeID)
+		// This values is set late within newNodeIDFromConfig above
+		cfg.Cloud.NodeID = cfg.NodeID
+
+		d.HCP, err = hcp.NewDeps(cfg.Cloud, d.Logger.Named("hcp"))
 		if err != nil {
 			return d, err
 		}