diff --git a/alloy/config.alloy b/alloy/config.alloy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db20ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alloy/config.alloy
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+prometheus.scrape "spring" {
+  targets = [
+    {
+      __address__ = "recycle-study-server:8080",
+      app         = "recycle-study-server",
+    },
+  ]
+
+  metrics_path    = "/actuator/prometheus"
+  scrape_interval = "15s"
+  scrape_timeout  = "10s"
+
+  forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.to_prom.receiver]
+}
+
+prometheus.remote_write "to_prom" {
+  endpoint {
+    url = sys.env("PROMETHEUS_HOST") + "/api/v1/write"
+  }
+}
+
+prometheus.scrape "node" {
+  targets = [
+    {
+      __address__ = "node-exporter:9100",
+      app         = "recycle-study-server",
+    },
+  ]
+
+  scrape_interval = "15s"
+  scrape_timeout  = "10s"
+
+  forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.to_prom.receiver]
+}
+
+local.file_match "local_files" {
+ path_targets = [
+    {
+      __path__ = "/var/log/app/*.json",
+      env      = "dev",
+      app      = "recycle-study-server",
+    },
+  ]
+  sync_period = "5s"
+}
+
+loki.source.file "log_scrape" {
+  targets    = local.file_match.local_files.targets
+  forward_to = [loki.process.filter_logs.receiver]
+  tail_from_end = true
+}
+
+loki.process "filter_logs" {
+  stage.drop {
+    source = ""
+    expression  = ".*Connection closed by authenticating user root"
+    drop_counter_reason = "noisy"
+  }
+  forward_to = [loki.write.grafana_loki.receiver]
+}
+
+loki.write "grafana_loki" {
+  endpoint {
+    url = sys.env("LOKI_HOST") + "/loki/api/v1/push"
+  }
+}
+
+otelcol.receiver.otlp "default" {
+    grpc { endpoint = "0.0.0.0:4317" }
+
+    output {
+        traces  = [otelcol.processor.memory_limiter.default.input]
+    }
+}
+
+otelcol.processor.memory_limiter "default" {
+    check_interval   = "1s"
+    limit_percentage = 90
+    spike_limit_percentage = 95
+
+    output {
+        traces  = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.default.input]
+    }
+}
+
+otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "default" {
+    client {
+        endpoint = sys.env("TEMPO_HOST") + "/v1/traces"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/alloy/docker-compose.yml b/alloy/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48e7720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alloy/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+services:
+  alloy:
+    image: grafana/alloy:latest
+    container_name: alloy
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    env_file:
+      - ../.env
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.alloy:/etc/alloy/config.alloy
+      - /app/logs:/var/log/app
+    command:
+      - "run"
+      - "--server.http.listen-addr=0.0.0.0:12345"
+      - "--storage.path=/var/lib/alloy"
+      - "--stability.level=experimental"
+      - "/etc/alloy/config.alloy"
+    ports:
+      - "12345:12345" # Alloy UI
+      - "4317:4317"   # OTLP gRPC
+    networks:
+      - observability
+
+  node-exporter:
+    image: quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter:latest
+    container_name: node-exporter
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    networks:
+      - observability
+
+networks:
+  observability:
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6f8bce6..6541378 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ dependencies {
     // monitoring
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator'
     runtimeOnly 'io.micrometer:micrometer-registry-prometheus'
+    implementation 'io.micrometer:micrometer-tracing-bridge-otel'
+    implementation 'io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp'
 
     testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
     testImplementation 'io.rest-assured:rest-assured'
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 189e82a..5f3472a 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -41,5 +41,14 @@ management:
       exposure:
         include: prometheus, health
 
+  tracing:
+    sampling:
+      probability: 1.0
+
+  otlp:
+    tracing:
+      endpoint: ${ALLOY_URL}
+      transport: grpc
+
 auth:
   base-url: ${BASE_URL}