diff --git a/hosts/VEGAS/services/ipfs/default.nix b/hosts/VEGAS/services/ipfs/default.nix
index 3b606e3..19d8477 100644
--- a/hosts/VEGAS/services/ipfs/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/VEGAS/services/ipfs/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ in
     aspect.modules.ipfs
   ];
 
+  systemd.services.ipfs.environment = {
+    OTEL_TRACES_EXPORTER = "otlp";
+    OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL = "grpc";
+    OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT = "http://127.0.0.1:${config.portsStr.tempo-otlp-grpc}";
+    OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER = "parentbased_traceidratio";
+    OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER_ARG = "0.01";
+  };
+
   systemd.slices.remotefshost.sliceConfig = {
     IOWeight = 5;
     IOReadIOPSMax = [ 
diff --git a/hosts/VEGAS/services/monitoring/default.nix b/hosts/VEGAS/services/monitoring/default.nix
index 651caf3..6e900d9 100644
--- a/hosts/VEGAS/services/monitoring/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/VEGAS/services/monitoring/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ let
   myNode = hosts.${config.networking.hostName};
 in
 {
+  imports = [
+    ./tracing.nix
+  ];
   age.secrets.grafana-secrets = {
     file = ../../../../secrets/grafana-secrets.age;
   };
diff --git a/hosts/VEGAS/services/monitoring/tracing.nix b/hosts/VEGAS/services/monitoring/tracing.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..131d63a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/VEGAS/services/monitoring/tracing.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }:
+
+let
+  dataDir = "/srv/storage/private/tempo";
+  tempoConfig = {
+    server = {
+      http_listen_address = "127.0.0.1";
+      http_listen_port = config.ports.tempo;
+      grpc_listen_address = "127.0.0.1";
+      grpc_listen_port = config.ports.tempo-grpc;
+    };
+    distributor.receivers.otlp = {
+      protocols = {
+        http.endpoint = "127.0.0.1:${config.portsStr.tempo-otlp-http}";
+        grpc.endpoint = "127.0.0.1:${config.portsStr.tempo-otlp-grpc}";
+      };
+    };
+    ingester = {
+      trace_idle_period = "30s";
+      max_block_bytes = 1000000;
+      max_block_duration = "5m";
+    };
+    compactor = {
+      compaction = {
+        compaction_window = "1h";
+        max_block_bytes = 100000000;
+        compacted_block_retention = "10m";
+      };
+    };
+    storage.trace = {
+      backend = "local";
+      block = {
+        bloom_filter_false_positive = 0.05;
+        index_downsample_bytes = 1000;
+        encoding = "zstd";
+      };
+      wal.path = "${dataDir}/wal";
+      wal.encoding = "snappy";
+      local.path = "${dataDir}/blocks";
+      pool = {
+        max_workers = 16;
+        queue_depth = 1000;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+in {
+  reservePortsFor = [ "tempo" "tempo-grpc" "tempo-otlp-http" "tempo-otlp-grpc" ];
+
+  users.users.tempo = {
+    isSystemUser = true;
+    group = "tempo";
+    home = dataDir;
+    createHome = true;
+  };
+
+  users.groups.tempo = {};
+
+  systemd.services.tempo = {
+    wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+    serviceConfig = {
+      ExecStart = "${pkgs.tempo}/bin/tempo -config.file=${pkgs.writeText "tempo.yaml" (builtins.toJSON tempoConfig)}";
+      PrivateTmp = true;
+    };
+  };
+  services.grafana.provision.datasources = [
+    {
+      name = "Tempo";
+      url = "http://127.0.0.1:${config.portsStr.tempo}";
+      type = "tempo";
+    }
+  ];
+}