diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47e9420..4ec4186 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ node_modules/
 __pycache__/
 *.pem
 *.csr
-# terraform
 .terraform
 *.tfstate
 *.tfstate.*
@@ -16,4 +15,7 @@ kubernetes/rancher/volume/*
 kubernetes/portainer/business/volume*
 
 #ignore postgres data for sample and database tutorials
-pgdata
\ No newline at end of file
+pgdata
+
+#ignore sample data mount points
+.data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/monitoring/logging/opentelemetry/README.md b/monitoring/logging/opentelemetry/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58258d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitoring/logging/opentelemetry/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Logging with OpenTelemetry
+
+<a href="https://youtu.be/bIxt1b0GOU4" title="fluentd-intro"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bIxt1b0GOU4/hqdefault.jpg" width="20%" alt="opentel-intro" /></a> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/monitoring/logging/opentelemetry/config.yaml b/monitoring/logging/opentelemetry/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfca382
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitoring/logging/opentelemetry/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+receivers:
+  filelog:
+    include:
+      - /var/lib/docker/containers/*/*.log
+    start_at: end
+    storage: file_storage
+extensions:
+  file_storage:
+    directory: /etc/otelcol-contrib/.data/storage/
+    create_directory: true
+exporters:
+  file:
+    path: /etc/otelcol-contrib/.data/output_logs.log
+service:
+  extensions: [file_storage]
+  pipelines:
+    logs:
+      receivers: [filelog]
+      processors: []
+      exporters: [file]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/monitoring/logging/opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml b/monitoring/logging/opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8f29ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monitoring/logging/opentelemetry/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+services:
+  otel-collector:
+    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib
+    user: "0"
+    volumes:
+    - ./config.yaml:/etc/otelcol-contrib/config.yaml
+    - ./.data:/etc/otelcol-contrib/.data
+    - /var/lib/docker/containers:/var/lib/docker/containers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/monitoring/logging/readme.md b/monitoring/logging/readme.md
index 05ef174..f82c5e7 100644
--- a/monitoring/logging/readme.md
+++ b/monitoring/logging/readme.md
@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@
 * Plugins
 * Demos
 
-[Check if out](./fluentd/introduction/readme.md)
\ No newline at end of file
+[Check if out](./fluentd/introduction/readme.md)
+
+## Introduction to OpenTelemetry
+
+<a href="https://youtu.be/bIxt1b0GOU4" title="fluentd-intro"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bIxt1b0GOU4/hqdefault.jpg" width="20%" alt="opentel-intro" /></a> 
+
+* What is OpenTelemetry
+* Configuration
+* Demos