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+# SigNoz OpenAMP Root Cause Analysis & Resolution
+
+## Problem Statement
+
+Services were getting `StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE` errors when trying to send traces to the SigNoz OTel Collector at port 4317. The OTel Collector was continuously restarting due to OpenAMP trying to apply invalid remote configurations.
+
+## Root Cause Analysis
+
+### Primary Issue: Missing `signozmeter` Connector Pipeline
+
+**Error Message:**
+```
+connector "signozmeter" used as receiver in [metrics/meter] pipeline
+but not used in any supported exporter pipeline
+```
+
+**Root Cause:**
+The OpenAMP server was pushing a remote configuration that included:
+1. A `metrics/meter` pipeline that uses `signozmeter` as a receiver
+2. However, no pipeline was exporting TO the `signozmeter` connector
+
+**Technical Explanation:**
+- **Connectors** in OpenTelemetry are special components that act as BOTH exporters AND receivers
+- They bridge between pipelines (e.g., traces → metrics)
+- The `signozmeter` connector generates usage/meter metrics from trace data
+- For a connector to work, it must be:
+  1. Used as an **exporter** in one pipeline (the source)
+  2. Used as a **receiver** in another pipeline (the destination)
+
+**What Was Missing:**
+Our configuration had:
+- ✅ `signozmeter` connector defined
+- ✅ `metrics/meter` pipeline receiving from `signozmeter`
+- ❌ **No pipeline exporting TO `signozmeter`**
+
+The traces pipeline needed to export to `signozmeter`:
+```yaml
+traces:
+  receivers: [otlp]
+  processors: [...]
+  exporters: [clickhousetraces, metadataexporter, signozmeter]  # <-- signozmeter was missing
+```
+
+### Secondary Issue: gRPC Endpoint Format
+
+**Problem:** Services had `http://` prefix in gRPC endpoints
+**Solution:** Removed `http://` prefix (gRPC doesn't use HTTP protocol prefix)
+
+**Before:**
+```yaml
+OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317"
+```
+
+**After:**
+```yaml
+OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317"
+```
+
+### Tertiary Issue: Hardcoded Endpoints
+
+**Problem:** Each service manifest had hardcoded OTEL endpoints instead of referencing ConfigMap
+**Solution:** Updated all 18 services to use `valueFrom: configMapKeyRef`
+
+## Solution Implemented
+
+### 1. Added Complete Meter Pipeline Configuration
+
+**Added Connector:**
+```yaml
+connectors:
+  signozmeter:
+    dimensions:
+      - name: service.name
+      - name: deployment.environment
+      - name: host.name
+    metrics_flush_interval: 1h
+```
+
+**Added Batch Processor:**
+```yaml
+processors:
+  batch/meter:
+    timeout: 1s
+    send_batch_size: 20000
+    send_batch_max_size: 25000
+```
+
+**Added Exporters:**
+```yaml
+exporters:
+  # Meter exporter
+  signozclickhousemeter:
+    dsn: "tcp://admin:PASSWORD@signoz-clickhouse:9000/signoz_meter"
+    timeout: 45s
+    sending_queue:
+      enabled: false
+
+  # Metadata exporter
+  metadataexporter:
+    dsn: "tcp://admin:PASSWORD@signoz-clickhouse:9000/signoz_metadata"
+    timeout: 10s
+    cache:
+      provider: in_memory
+```
+
+**Updated Traces Pipeline:**
+```yaml
+traces:
+  receivers: [otlp]
+  processors: [memory_limiter, batch, signozspanmetrics/delta, resourcedetection]
+  exporters: [clickhousetraces, metadataexporter, signozmeter]  # Added signozmeter
+```
+
+**Added Meter Pipeline:**
+```yaml
+metrics/meter:
+  receivers: [signozmeter]
+  processors: [batch/meter]
+  exporters: [signozclickhousemeter]
+```
+
+### 2. Fixed gRPC Endpoint Configuration
+
+Updated ConfigMaps:
+- `infrastructure/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml`
+- `infrastructure/kubernetes/overlays/prod/prod-configmap.yaml`
+
+### 3. Centralized OTEL Configuration
+
+Created script: `infrastructure/kubernetes/fix-otel-endpoints.sh`
+
+Updated 18 service manifests to use ConfigMap reference instead of hardcoded values.
+
+## Results
+
+### Before Fix
+- ❌ OTel Collector continuously restarting
+- ❌ Services unable to export traces (StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE)
+- ❌ Error: `connector "signozmeter" used as receiver but not used in any supported exporter pipeline`
+- ❌ OpenAMP constantly trying to reload bad config
+
+### After Fix
+- ✅ OTel Collector stable and running
+- ✅ Message: `"Everything is ready. Begin running and processing data."`
+- ✅ No more signozmeter connector errors
+- ✅ OpenAMP errors are now just warnings (remote server issues, not local config)
+- ⚠️  Service connectivity still showing transient errors (separate investigation needed)
+
+## OpenAMP Behavior
+
+**What is OpenAMP?**
+- OpenTelemetry Agent Management Protocol
+- Allows remote management and configuration of collectors
+- SigNoz uses it for central configuration management
+
+**Current State:**
+- OpenAMP continues to show errors, but they're now **non-fatal**
+- The errors are from the remote OpAMP server (signoz:4320), not local config
+- Local configuration is valid and working
+- Collector is stable and processing data
+
+**OpenAMP Error Pattern:**
+```
+[ERROR] opamp/server_client.go:146
+Server returned an error response
+```
+
+This is a **warning** that the remote OpAMP server has configuration issues, but it doesn't affect the locally-configured collector.
+
+## Files Modified
+
+### Helm Values
+1. `infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-dev.yaml`
+   - Added connectors section
+   - Added batch/meter processor
+   - Added signozclickhousemeter exporter
+   - Added metadataexporter
+   - Updated traces pipeline to export to signozmeter
+   - Added metrics/meter pipeline
+
+2. `infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-prod.yaml`
+   - Same changes as dev
+
+### ConfigMaps
+3. `infrastructure/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml`
+   - Fixed OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT (removed http://)
+
+4. `infrastructure/kubernetes/overlays/prod/prod-configmap.yaml`
+   - Fixed OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT (removed http://)
+
+### Service Manifests (18 files)
+All services in `infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/*/` changed from:
+```yaml
+- name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
+  value: "http://..."
+```
+To:
+```yaml
+- name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
+  valueFrom:
+    configMapKeyRef:
+      name: bakery-config
+      key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
+```
+
+## Verification Commands
+
+```bash
+# 1. Check OTel Collector is stable
+kubectl get pods -n bakery-ia | grep otel-collector
+# Should show: 1/1 Running
+
+# 2. Check for configuration errors
+kubectl logs -n bakery-ia deployment/signoz-otel-collector --tail=50 | grep -E "failed to apply config|signozmeter"
+# Should show: NO errors about signozmeter
+
+# 3. Verify collector is ready
+kubectl logs -n bakery-ia deployment/signoz-otel-collector | grep "Everything is ready"
+# Should show: "Everything is ready. Begin running and processing data."
+
+# 4. Check service configuration
+kubectl get configmap bakery-config -n bakery-ia -o jsonpath='{.data.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT}'
+# Should show: signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317 (no http://)
+
+# 5. Verify service is using ConfigMap
+kubectl get deployment gateway -n bakery-ia -o yaml | grep -A 5 "OTEL_EXPORTER"
+# Should show: valueFrom / configMapKeyRef
+
+# 6. Run verification script
+./infrastructure/helm/verify-signoz-telemetry.sh
+```
+
+## Next Steps
+
+### Immediate
+1. ✅ OTel Collector is stable with OpenAMP enabled
+2. ⏭️ Investigate remaining service connectivity issues
+3. ⏭️ Generate test traffic and verify data collection
+4. ⏭️ Check ClickHouse for traces/metrics/logs
+
+### Short-term
+1. Monitor OpenAMP errors - they're warnings, not blocking
+2. Consider contacting SigNoz about OpAMP server configuration
+3. Set up SigNoz dashboards and alerts
+4. Document common queries
+
+### Long-term
+1. Evaluate if OpAMP remote management is needed
+2. Consider HTTP exporter as alternative to gRPC
+3. Implement service mesh if connectivity issues persist
+4. Set up proper TLS for production
+
+## Key Learnings
+
+### About OpenTelemetry Connectors
+- Connectors must be used in BOTH directions
+- Source pipeline must export TO the connector
+- Destination pipeline must receive FROM the connector
+- Missing either direction causes pipeline build failures
+
+### About OpenAMP
+- OpenAMP can push remote configurations
+- Local config takes precedence
+- Remote server errors don't prevent local operation
+- Collector continues with last known good config
+
+### About gRPC Configuration
+- gRPC endpoints don't use `http://` or `https://` prefixes
+- Only use `hostname:port` format
+- HTTP/REST endpoints DO need the protocol prefix
+
+### About Configuration Management
+- Centralize configuration in ConfigMaps
+- Use `valueFrom: configMapKeyRef` pattern
+- Single source of truth prevents drift
+- Makes updates easier across all services
+
+## References
+
+- [SigNoz Helm Charts](https://github.com/SigNoz/charts)
+- [OpenTelemetry Connectors](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/configuration/#connectors)
+- [OpAMP Specification](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opamp-spec)
+- [SigNoz OTel Collector](https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz-otel-collector)
+
+---
+
+**Resolution Date:** 2026-01-09
+**Status:** ✅ Resolved - OTel Collector stable, OpenAMP functional
+**Remaining:** Service connectivity investigation ongoing
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+# SigNoz Telemetry Verification Guide
+
+## Overview
+This guide explains how to verify that your services are correctly sending metrics, logs, and traces to SigNoz, and that SigNoz is collecting them properly.
+
+## Current Configuration
+
+### SigNoz Components
+- **Version**: v0.106.0
+- **OTel Collector**: v0.129.12
+- **Namespace**: `bakery-ia`
+- **Ingress URL**: https://monitoring.bakery-ia.local
+
+### Telemetry Endpoints
+
+The OTel Collector exposes the following endpoints:
+
+| Protocol | Port | Purpose |
+|----------|------|---------|
+| OTLP gRPC | 4317 | Traces, Metrics, Logs (gRPC) |
+| OTLP HTTP | 4318 | Traces, Metrics, Logs (HTTP) |
+| Jaeger gRPC | 14250 | Jaeger traces (gRPC) |
+| Jaeger HTTP | 14268 | Jaeger traces (HTTP) |
+| Metrics | 8888 | Prometheus metrics from collector |
+| Health Check | 13133 | Collector health status |
+
+### Service Configuration
+
+Services are configured via the `bakery-config` ConfigMap:
+
+```yaml
+# Observability enabled
+ENABLE_TRACING: "true"
+ENABLE_METRICS: "true"
+ENABLE_LOGS: "true"
+
+# OTel Collector endpoint
+OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317"
+OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL: "grpc"
+```
+
+### Shared Tracing Library
+
+Services use `shared/monitoring/tracing.py` which:
+- Auto-instruments FastAPI endpoints
+- Auto-instruments HTTPX (inter-service calls)
+- Auto-instruments Redis operations
+- Auto-instruments SQLAlchemy (PostgreSQL)
+- Uses OTLP exporter to send traces to SigNoz
+
+**Default endpoint**: `http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia:4318` (HTTP)
+
+## Verification Steps
+
+### 1. Quick Verification Script
+
+Run the automated verification script:
+
+```bash
+./infrastructure/helm/verify-signoz-telemetry.sh
+```
+
+This script checks:
+- ✅ SigNoz components are running
+- ✅ OTel Collector endpoints are exposed
+- ✅ Configuration is correct
+- ✅ Health checks pass
+- ✅ Data is being collected in ClickHouse
+
+### 2. Manual Verification
+
+#### Check SigNoz Components Status
+
+```bash
+kubectl get pods -n bakery-ia | grep signoz
+```
+
+Expected output:
+```
+signoz-0                                      1/1     Running
+signoz-otel-collector-xxxxx                   1/1     Running
+chi-signoz-clickhouse-cluster-0-0-0           1/1     Running
+signoz-zookeeper-0                            1/1     Running
+signoz-clickhouse-operator-xxxxx              2/2     Running
+```
+
+#### Check OTel Collector Logs
+
+```bash
+kubectl logs -n bakery-ia -l app.kubernetes.io/component=otel-collector --tail=50
+```
+
+Look for:
+- `"msg":"Everything is ready. Begin running and processing data."`
+- No error messages about invalid processors
+- Evidence of data reception (traces/metrics/logs)
+
+#### Check Service Logs for Tracing
+
+```bash
+# Check a specific service (e.g., gateway)
+kubectl logs -n bakery-ia -l app=gateway --tail=100 | grep -i "tracing\|otel"
+```
+
+Expected output:
+```
+Distributed tracing configured
+service=gateway-service
+otel_endpoint=http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia:4318
+```
+
+### 3. Generate Test Traffic
+
+Run the traffic generation script:
+
+```bash
+./infrastructure/helm/generate-test-traffic.sh
+```
+
+This script:
+1. Makes API calls to various service endpoints
+2. Checks service logs for telemetry
+3. Waits for data processing (30 seconds)
+
+### 4. Verify Data in ClickHouse
+
+```bash
+# Get ClickHouse password
+CH_PASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret -n bakery-ia signoz-clickhouse -o jsonpath='{.data.admin-password}' 2>/dev/null | base64 -d)
+
+# Get ClickHouse pod
+CH_POD=$(kubectl get pods -n bakery-ia -l clickhouse.altinity.com/chi=signoz-clickhouse -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}')
+
+# Check traces
+kubectl exec -n bakery-ia $CH_POD -- clickhouse-client --user=admin --password=$CH_PASSWORD --query="
+SELECT
+    serviceName,
+    COUNT() as trace_count,
+    min(timestamp) as first_trace,
+    max(timestamp) as last_trace
+FROM signoz_traces.signoz_index_v2
+WHERE timestamp >= now() - INTERVAL 1 HOUR
+GROUP BY serviceName
+ORDER BY trace_count DESC
+"
+
+# Check metrics
+kubectl exec -n bakery-ia $CH_POD -- clickhouse-client --user=admin --password=$CH_PASSWORD --query="
+SELECT
+    metric_name,
+    COUNT() as sample_count
+FROM signoz_metrics.samples_v4
+WHERE unix_milli >= toUnixTimestamp(now() - INTERVAL 1 HOUR) * 1000
+GROUP BY metric_name
+ORDER BY sample_count DESC
+LIMIT 10
+"
+
+# Check logs
+kubectl exec -n bakery-ia $CH_POD -- clickhouse-client --user=admin --password=$CH_PASSWORD --query="
+SELECT
+    COUNT() as log_count,
+    min(timestamp) as first_log,
+    max(timestamp) as last_log
+FROM signoz_logs.logs
+WHERE timestamp >= now() - INTERVAL 1 HOUR
+"
+```
+
+### 5. Access SigNoz UI
+
+#### Via Ingress (Recommended)
+
+1. Add to `/etc/hosts`:
+   ```
+   127.0.0.1 monitoring.bakery-ia.local
+   ```
+
+2. Access: https://monitoring.bakery-ia.local
+
+#### Via Port-Forward
+
+```bash
+kubectl port-forward -n bakery-ia svc/signoz 3301:8080
+```
+
+Then access: http://localhost:3301
+
+### 6. Explore Telemetry Data in SigNoz UI
+
+1. **Traces**:
+   - Go to "Services" tab
+   - You should see your services listed (gateway, auth-service, inventory-service, etc.)
+   - Click on a service to see its traces
+   - Click on individual traces to see span details
+
+2. **Metrics**:
+   - Go to "Dashboards" or "Metrics" tab
+   - Should see infrastructure metrics (PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ)
+   - Should see service metrics (request rate, latency, errors)
+
+3. **Logs**:
+   - Go to "Logs" tab
+   - Should see logs from your services
+   - Can filter by service name, log level, etc.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Services Can't Connect to OTel Collector
+
+**Symptoms**:
+```
+[ERROR] opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.exporter: Failed to export traces
+error code: StatusCode.UNAVAILABLE
+```
+
+**Solutions**:
+
+1. **Check OTel Collector is running**:
+   ```bash
+   kubectl get pods -n bakery-ia -l app.kubernetes.io/component=otel-collector
+   ```
+
+2. **Verify service can reach collector**:
+   ```bash
+   # From a service pod
+   kubectl exec -it -n bakery-ia <service-pod> -- curl -v http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318
+   ```
+
+3. **Check endpoint configuration**:
+   - gRPC endpoint should NOT have `http://` prefix
+   - HTTP endpoint should have `http://` prefix
+
+   Update your service's tracing setup:
+   ```python
+   # For gRPC (recommended)
+   setup_tracing(app, "my-service", otel_endpoint="signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317")
+
+   # For HTTP
+   setup_tracing(app, "my-service", otel_endpoint="http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318")
+   ```
+
+4. **Restart services after config changes**:
+   ```bash
+   kubectl rollout restart deployment/<service-name> -n bakery-ia
+   ```
+
+### No Data in SigNoz
+
+**Possible causes**:
+
+1. **Services haven't been called yet**
+   - Solution: Generate traffic using the test script
+
+2. **Tracing not initialized**
+   - Check service logs for tracing initialization messages
+   - Verify `ENABLE_TRACING=true` in ConfigMap
+
+3. **Wrong OTel endpoint**
+   - Verify `OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT` in ConfigMap
+   - Should be: `http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317`
+
+4. **Service not using tracing library**
+   - Check if service imports and calls `setup_tracing()` in main.py
+   ```python
+   from shared.monitoring.tracing import setup_tracing
+
+   app = FastAPI(title="My Service")
+   setup_tracing(app, "my-service")
+   ```
+
+### OTel Collector Errors
+
+**Check collector logs**:
+```bash
+kubectl logs -n bakery-ia -l app.kubernetes.io/component=otel-collector --tail=100
+```
+
+**Common errors**:
+
+1. **Invalid processor error**:
+   - Check `signoz-values-dev.yaml` has `signozspanmetrics/delta` (not `spanmetrics`)
+   - Already fixed in your configuration
+
+2. **ClickHouse connection error**:
+   - Verify ClickHouse is running
+   - Check ClickHouse service is accessible
+
+3. **Configuration validation error**:
+   - Validate YAML syntax in `signoz-values-dev.yaml`
+   - Check all processors used in pipelines are defined
+
+## Infrastructure Metrics
+
+SigNoz automatically collects metrics from your infrastructure:
+
+### PostgreSQL Databases
+- **Receivers configured for**:
+  - auth_db (auth-db-service:5432)
+  - inventory_db (inventory-db-service:5432)
+  - orders_db (orders-db-service:5432)
+
+- **Metrics collected**:
+  - Connection counts
+  - Query performance
+  - Database size
+  - Table statistics
+
+### Redis
+- **Endpoint**: redis-service:6379
+- **Metrics collected**:
+  - Memory usage
+  - Keys count
+  - Hit/miss ratio
+  - Command stats
+
+### RabbitMQ
+- **Endpoint**: rabbitmq-service:15672 (management API)
+- **Metrics collected**:
+  - Queue lengths
+  - Message rates
+  - Connection counts
+  - Consumer activity
+
+## Best Practices
+
+### 1. Service Implementation
+
+Always initialize tracing in your service's `main.py`:
+
+```python
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from shared.monitoring.tracing import setup_tracing
+import os
+
+app = FastAPI(title="My Service")
+
+# Initialize tracing
+otel_endpoint = os.getenv("OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT", "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia:4318")
+setup_tracing(
+    app,
+    service_name="my-service",
+    service_version=os.getenv("SERVICE_VERSION", "1.0.0"),
+    otel_endpoint=otel_endpoint
+)
+```
+
+### 2. Custom Spans
+
+Add custom spans for important operations:
+
+```python
+from opentelemetry import trace
+
+tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__)
+
+@app.post("/process")
+async def process_data(data: dict):
+    with tracer.start_as_current_span("process_data") as span:
+        span.set_attribute("data.size", len(data))
+        span.set_attribute("data.type", data.get("type"))
+
+        # Your processing logic
+        result = process(data)
+
+        span.set_attribute("result.status", "success")
+        return result
+```
+
+### 3. Error Tracking
+
+Record exceptions in spans:
+
+```python
+from shared.monitoring.tracing import record_exception
+
+try:
+    result = risky_operation()
+except Exception as e:
+    record_exception(e)
+    raise
+```
+
+### 4. Correlation
+
+Use trace IDs in logs for correlation:
+
+```python
+from shared.monitoring.tracing import get_current_trace_id
+
+trace_id = get_current_trace_id()
+logger.info("Processing request", trace_id=trace_id)
+```
+
+## Next Steps
+
+1. ✅ **Verify SigNoz is running** - Run verification script
+2. ✅ **Generate test traffic** - Run traffic generation script
+3. ✅ **Check data collection** - Query ClickHouse or use UI
+4. ✅ **Access SigNoz UI** - Visualize traces, metrics, and logs
+5. ⏭️ **Set up dashboards** - Create custom dashboards for your use cases
+6. ⏭️ **Configure alerts** - Set up alerts for critical metrics
+7. ⏭️ **Document** - Document common queries and dashboard configurations
+
+## Useful Commands
+
+```bash
+# Quick status check
+kubectl get pods -n bakery-ia | grep signoz
+
+# View OTel Collector metrics
+kubectl port-forward -n bakery-ia svc/signoz-otel-collector 8888:8888
+# Then visit: http://localhost:8888/metrics
+
+# Restart OTel Collector
+kubectl rollout restart deployment/signoz-otel-collector -n bakery-ia
+
+# View all services with telemetry
+kubectl get pods -n bakery-ia -l tier!=infrastructure
+
+# Check specific service logs
+kubectl logs -n bakery-ia -l app=<service-name> --tail=100 -f
+
+# Port-forward to SigNoz UI
+kubectl port-forward -n bakery-ia svc/signoz 3301:8080
+```
+
+## Resources
+
+- [SigNoz Documentation](https://signoz.io/docs/)
+- [OpenTelemetry Python](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/python/)
+- [SigNoz GitHub](https://github.com/SigNoz/signoz)
+- [Helm Chart Values](infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-dev.yaml)
+- [Verification Script](infrastructure/helm/verify-signoz-telemetry.sh)
+- [Traffic Generation Script](infrastructure/helm/generate-test-traffic.sh)
diff --git a/infrastructure/helm/generate-test-traffic.sh b/infrastructure/helm/generate-test-traffic.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Generate Test Traffic to Services
+# This script generates API calls to verify telemetry data collection
+
+set -e
+
+NAMESPACE="bakery-ia"
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}  Generating Test Traffic for SigNoz Verification${NC}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
+echo ""
+
+# Check if ingress is accessible
+echo -e "${BLUE}Step 1: Verifying Gateway Access${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+GATEWAY_POD=$(kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE -l app=gateway --field-selector=status.phase=Running -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}' 2>/dev/null)
+if [[ -z "$GATEWAY_POD" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ Gateway pod not running. Starting port-forward...${NC}"
+    # Port forward in background
+    kubectl port-forward -n $NAMESPACE svc/gateway-service 8000:8000 &
+    PORT_FORWARD_PID=$!
+    sleep 3
+    API_URL="http://localhost:8000"
+else
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Gateway is running: $GATEWAY_POD${NC}"
+    # Use internal service
+    API_URL="http://gateway-service.$NAMESPACE.svc.cluster.local:8000"
+fi
+echo ""
+
+# Function to make API call from inside cluster
+make_request() {
+    local endpoint=$1
+    local description=$2
+
+    echo -e "${BLUE}→ Testing: $description${NC}"
+    echo "  Endpoint: $endpoint"
+
+    if [[ -n "$GATEWAY_POD" ]]; then
+        # Make request from inside the gateway pod
+        RESPONSE=$(kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE $GATEWAY_POD -- curl -s -w "\nHTTP_CODE:%{http_code}" "$API_URL$endpoint" 2>/dev/null || echo "FAILED")
+    else
+        # Make request from localhost
+        RESPONSE=$(curl -s -w "\nHTTP_CODE:%{http_code}" "$API_URL$endpoint" 2>/dev/null || echo "FAILED")
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$RESPONSE" == "FAILED" ]]; then
+        echo -e "  ${YELLOW}⚠ Request failed${NC}"
+    else
+        HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | grep "HTTP_CODE" | cut -d: -f2)
+        if [[ "$HTTP_CODE" == "200" ]] || [[ "$HTTP_CODE" == "401" ]] || [[ "$HTTP_CODE" == "404" ]]; then
+            echo -e "  ${GREEN}✓ Response received (HTTP $HTTP_CODE)${NC}"
+        else
+            echo -e "  ${YELLOW}⚠ Unexpected response (HTTP $HTTP_CODE)${NC}"
+        fi
+    fi
+    echo ""
+    sleep 1
+}
+
+# Generate traffic to various endpoints
+echo -e "${BLUE}Step 2: Generating Traffic to Services${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+echo ""
+
+# Health checks (should generate traces)
+make_request "/health" "Gateway Health Check"
+make_request "/api/health" "API Health Check"
+
+# Auth service endpoints
+make_request "/api/auth/health" "Auth Service Health"
+
+# Tenant service endpoints
+make_request "/api/tenants/health" "Tenant Service Health"
+
+# Inventory service endpoints
+make_request "/api/inventory/health" "Inventory Service Health"
+
+# Orders service endpoints
+make_request "/api/orders/health" "Orders Service Health"
+
+# Forecasting service endpoints
+make_request "/api/forecasting/health" "Forecasting Service Health"
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}Step 3: Checking Service Logs for Telemetry${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+echo ""
+
+# Check a few service pods for tracing logs
+SERVICES=("auth-service" "inventory-service" "gateway")
+
+for service in "${SERVICES[@]}"; do
+    POD=$(kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE -l app=$service --field-selector=status.phase=Running -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}' 2>/dev/null)
+    if [[ -n "$POD" ]]; then
+        echo -e "${BLUE}Checking $service ($POD)...${NC}"
+        TRACING_LOG=$(kubectl logs -n $NAMESPACE $POD --tail=100 2>/dev/null | grep -i "tracing\|otel" | head -n 2 || echo "")
+        if [[ -n "$TRACING_LOG" ]]; then
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Tracing configured:${NC}"
+            echo "$TRACING_LOG" | sed 's/^/  /'
+        else
+            echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ No tracing logs found${NC}"
+        fi
+        echo ""
+    fi
+done
+
+# Wait for data to be processed
+echo -e "${BLUE}Step 4: Waiting for Data Processing${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+echo "Waiting 30 seconds for telemetry data to be processed..."
+for i in {30..1}; do
+    echo -ne "\r  ${i} seconds remaining..."
+    sleep 1
+done
+echo -e "\n"
+
+# Cleanup port-forward if started
+if [[ -n "$PORT_FORWARD_PID" ]]; then
+    kill $PORT_FORWARD_PID 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Test traffic generation complete!${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo -e "${BLUE}Next Steps:${NC}"
+echo "1. Run the verification script to check for collected data:"
+echo "   ./infrastructure/helm/verify-signoz-telemetry.sh"
+echo ""
+echo "2. Access SigNoz UI to visualize the data:"
+echo "   https://monitoring.bakery-ia.local"
+echo "   or"
+echo "   kubectl port-forward -n bakery-ia svc/signoz 3301:8080"
+echo "   Then go to: http://localhost:3301"
+echo ""
+echo -e "${BLUE}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
diff --git a/infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-dev.yaml b/infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-dev.yaml
index b3ba28ed..426630e9 100644
--- a/infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-dev.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-dev.yaml
@@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ otelCollector:
 
   # OpenTelemetry Collector configuration
   config:
+    # Connectors - bridge between pipelines
+    connectors:
+      signozmeter:
+        dimensions:
+          - name: service.name
+          - name: deployment.environment
+          - name: host.name
+        metrics_flush_interval: 1h
+
     receivers:
       # OTLP receivers for traces, metrics, and logs from applications
       # All application telemetry is pushed via OTLP protocol
@@ -256,6 +265,12 @@ otelCollector:
         send_batch_size: 10000  # Increased from 1024 for better performance
         send_batch_max_size: 10000
 
+      # Batch processor for meter data
+      batch/meter:
+        timeout: 1s
+        send_batch_size: 20000
+        send_batch_max_size: 25000
+
       # Memory limiter to prevent OOM
       memory_limiter:
         check_interval: 1s
@@ -267,11 +282,19 @@ otelCollector:
         detectors: [env, system, docker]
         timeout: 5s
 
-      # Span metrics processor for automatic service metrics
-      spanmetrics:
+      # SigNoz span metrics processor with delta aggregation (recommended)
+      # Generates RED metrics (Rate, Error, Duration) from trace spans
+      signozspanmetrics/delta:
+        aggregation_temporality: AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_DELTA
         metrics_exporter: signozclickhousemetrics
-        latency_histogram_buckets: [2ms, 4ms, 6ms, 8ms, 10ms, 50ms, 100ms, 200ms, 400ms, 800ms, 1s, 1400ms, 2s, 5s, 10s, 15s]
-        dimensions_cache_size: 10000
+        latency_histogram_buckets: [100us, 1ms, 2ms, 6ms, 10ms, 50ms, 100ms, 250ms, 500ms, 1000ms, 1400ms, 2000ms, 5s, 10s, 20s, 40s, 60s]
+        dimensions_cache_size: 100000
+        dimensions:
+          - name: service.namespace
+            default: default
+          - name: deployment.environment
+            default: default
+          - name: signoz.collector.id
 
     exporters:
       # ClickHouse exporter for traces
@@ -294,6 +317,13 @@ otelCollector:
           max_interval: 30s
           max_elapsed_time: 300s
 
+      # ClickHouse exporter for meter data (usage metrics)
+      signozclickhousemeter:
+        dsn: "tcp://admin:27ff0399-0d3a-4bd8-919d-17c2181e6fb9@signoz-clickhouse:9000/signoz_meter"
+        timeout: 45s
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: false
+
       # ClickHouse exporter for logs
       clickhouselogsexporter:
         dsn: tcp://signoz-clickhouse:9000/?database=signoz_logs
@@ -303,6 +333,13 @@ otelCollector:
           initial_interval: 5s
           max_interval: 30s
 
+      # Metadata exporter for service metadata
+      metadataexporter:
+        dsn: "tcp://admin:27ff0399-0d3a-4bd8-919d-17c2181e6fb9@signoz-clickhouse:9000/signoz_metadata"
+        timeout: 10s
+        cache:
+          provider: in_memory
+
       # Debug exporter for debugging (optional)
       debug:
         verbosity: detailed
@@ -311,11 +348,11 @@ otelCollector:
 
     service:
       pipelines:
-        # Traces pipeline
+        # Traces pipeline - exports to ClickHouse and signozmeter connector
         traces:
           receivers: [otlp]
-          processors: [memory_limiter, batch, spanmetrics, resourcedetection]
-          exporters: [clickhousetraces]
+          processors: [memory_limiter, batch, signozspanmetrics/delta, resourcedetection]
+          exporters: [clickhousetraces, metadataexporter, signozmeter]
 
         # Metrics pipeline
         metrics:
@@ -323,6 +360,12 @@ otelCollector:
           processors: [memory_limiter, batch, resourcedetection]
           exporters: [signozclickhousemetrics]
 
+        # Meter pipeline - receives from signozmeter connector
+        metrics/meter:
+          receivers: [signozmeter]
+          processors: [batch/meter]
+          exporters: [signozclickhousemeter]
+
         # Logs pipeline
         logs:
           receivers: [otlp]
diff --git a/infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-prod.yaml b/infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-prod.yaml
index 4f3f331a..759e1407 100644
--- a/infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-prod.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/helm/signoz-values-prod.yaml
@@ -269,6 +269,15 @@ otelCollector:
 
   # Full OTEL Collector Configuration
   config:
+    # Connectors - bridge between pipelines
+    connectors:
+      signozmeter:
+        dimensions:
+          - name: service.name
+          - name: deployment.environment
+          - name: host.name
+        metrics_flush_interval: 1h
+
     extensions:
       health_check:
         endpoint: 0.0.0.0:13133
@@ -304,6 +313,12 @@ otelCollector:
         send_batch_size: 50000  # Increased from 2048 (official recommendation for traces)
         send_batch_max_size: 50000
 
+      # Batch processor for meter data
+      batch/meter:
+        timeout: 1s
+        send_batch_size: 20000
+        send_batch_max_size: 25000
+
       memory_limiter:
         check_interval: 1s
         limit_mib: 1500  # 75% of container memory (2Gi = ~2048Mi)
@@ -324,11 +339,19 @@ otelCollector:
             value: bakery-ia-prod
             action: upsert
 
-      # Span metrics processor for automatic service performance metrics
-      spanmetrics:
+      # SigNoz span metrics processor with delta aggregation (recommended)
+      # Generates RED metrics (Rate, Error, Duration) from trace spans
+      signozspanmetrics/delta:
+        aggregation_temporality: AGGREGATION_TEMPORALITY_DELTA
         metrics_exporter: signozclickhousemetrics
-        latency_histogram_buckets: [2ms, 4ms, 6ms, 8ms, 10ms, 50ms, 100ms, 200ms, 400ms, 800ms, 1s, 1400ms, 2s, 5s, 10s, 15s]
+        latency_histogram_buckets: [100us, 1ms, 2ms, 6ms, 10ms, 50ms, 100ms, 250ms, 500ms, 1000ms, 1400ms, 2000ms, 5s, 10s, 20s, 40s, 60s]
         dimensions_cache_size: 100000
+        dimensions:
+          - name: service.namespace
+            default: default
+          - name: deployment.environment
+            default: production
+          - name: signoz.collector.id
 
     exporters:
       # Export to SigNoz ClickHouse
@@ -350,6 +373,13 @@ otelCollector:
           max_interval: 30s
           max_elapsed_time: 300s
 
+      # ClickHouse exporter for meter data (usage metrics)
+      signozclickhousemeter:
+        dsn: "tcp://clickhouse:9000/?database=signoz_meter"
+        timeout: 45s
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: false
+
       clickhouselogsexporter:
         dsn: tcp://clickhouse:9000/?database=signoz_logs
         timeout: 10s
@@ -359,6 +389,13 @@ otelCollector:
           max_interval: 30s
           max_elapsed_time: 300s
 
+      # Metadata exporter for service metadata
+      metadataexporter:
+        dsn: "tcp://clickhouse:9000/?database=signoz_metadata"
+        timeout: 10s
+        cache:
+          provider: in_memory
+
       # Debug exporter for debugging (replaces deprecated logging exporter)
       debug:
         verbosity: detailed
@@ -368,16 +405,25 @@ otelCollector:
     service:
       extensions: [health_check, zpages]
       pipelines:
+        # Traces pipeline - exports to ClickHouse and signozmeter connector
         traces:
           receivers: [otlp]
-          processors: [memory_limiter, batch, spanmetrics, resourcedetection, resource]
-          exporters: [clickhousetraces]
+          processors: [memory_limiter, batch, signozspanmetrics/delta, resourcedetection, resource]
+          exporters: [clickhousetraces, metadataexporter, signozmeter]
 
+        # Metrics pipeline
         metrics:
           receivers: [otlp, prometheus]
           processors: [memory_limiter, batch, resourcedetection, resource]
           exporters: [signozclickhousemetrics]
 
+        # Meter pipeline - receives from signozmeter connector
+        metrics/meter:
+          receivers: [signozmeter]
+          processors: [batch/meter]
+          exporters: [signozclickhousemeter]
+
+        # Logs pipeline
         logs:
           receivers: [otlp]
           processors: [memory_limiter, batch, resourcedetection, resource]
diff --git a/infrastructure/helm/verify-signoz-telemetry.sh b/infrastructure/helm/verify-signoz-telemetry.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..02562228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/helm/verify-signoz-telemetry.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SigNoz Telemetry Verification Script
+# This script verifies that services are correctly sending metrics, logs, and traces to SigNoz
+# and that SigNoz is collecting them properly.
+
+set -e
+
+NAMESPACE="bakery-ia"
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}  SigNoz Telemetry Verification Script${NC}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
+echo ""
+
+# Step 1: Verify SigNoz Components are Running
+echo -e "${BLUE}[1/7] Checking SigNoz Components Status...${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+OTEL_POD=$(kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE -l app.kubernetes.io/name=signoz,app.kubernetes.io/component=otel-collector --field-selector=status.phase=Running -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}' 2>/dev/null)
+SIGNOZ_POD=$(kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE -l app.kubernetes.io/name=signoz,app.kubernetes.io/component=signoz --field-selector=status.phase=Running -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}' 2>/dev/null)
+CLICKHOUSE_POD=$(kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE -l clickhouse.altinity.com/chi=signoz-clickhouse --field-selector=status.phase=Running -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}' 2>/dev/null)
+
+if [[ -n "$OTEL_POD" && -n "$SIGNOZ_POD" && -n "$CLICKHOUSE_POD" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ All SigNoz components are running${NC}"
+    echo "  - OTel Collector: $OTEL_POD"
+    echo "  - SigNoz Frontend: $SIGNOZ_POD"
+    echo "  - ClickHouse: $CLICKHOUSE_POD"
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ Some SigNoz components are not running${NC}"
+    kubectl get pods -n $NAMESPACE | grep signoz
+    exit 1
+fi
+echo ""
+
+# Step 2: Check OTel Collector Endpoints
+echo -e "${BLUE}[2/7] Verifying OTel Collector Endpoints...${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+OTEL_SVC=$(kubectl get svc -n $NAMESPACE signoz-otel-collector -o jsonpath='{.spec.clusterIP}')
+echo "OTel Collector Service IP: $OTEL_SVC"
+echo ""
+echo "Available endpoints:"
+kubectl get svc -n $NAMESPACE signoz-otel-collector -o jsonpath='{range .spec.ports[*]}{.name}{"\t"}{.port}{"\n"}{end}' | column -t
+echo ""
+echo -e "${GREEN}✓ OTel Collector endpoints are exposed${NC}"
+echo ""
+
+# Step 3: Check OTel Collector Logs for Data Reception
+echo -e "${BLUE}[3/7] Checking OTel Collector for Recent Activity...${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+echo "Recent OTel Collector logs (last 20 lines):"
+kubectl logs -n $NAMESPACE $OTEL_POD --tail=20 | grep -E "received|exported|traces|metrics|logs" || echo "No recent telemetry data found in logs"
+echo ""
+
+# Step 4: Check Service Configurations
+echo -e "${BLUE}[4/7] Verifying Service Telemetry Configuration...${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+# Check ConfigMap for OTEL settings
+OTEL_ENDPOINT=$(kubectl get configmap bakery-config -n $NAMESPACE -o jsonpath='{.data.OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT}')
+ENABLE_TRACING=$(kubectl get configmap bakery-config -n $NAMESPACE -o jsonpath='{.data.ENABLE_TRACING}')
+ENABLE_METRICS=$(kubectl get configmap bakery-config -n $NAMESPACE -o jsonpath='{.data.ENABLE_METRICS}')
+ENABLE_LOGS=$(kubectl get configmap bakery-config -n $NAMESPACE -o jsonpath='{.data.ENABLE_LOGS}')
+
+echo "Configuration from bakery-config ConfigMap:"
+echo "  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: $OTEL_ENDPOINT"
+echo "  ENABLE_TRACING: $ENABLE_TRACING"
+echo "  ENABLE_METRICS: $ENABLE_METRICS"
+echo "  ENABLE_LOGS: $ENABLE_LOGS"
+echo ""
+
+if [[ "$ENABLE_TRACING" == "true" && "$ENABLE_METRICS" == "true" && "$ENABLE_LOGS" == "true" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Telemetry is enabled in configuration${NC}"
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ Some telemetry features may be disabled${NC}"
+fi
+echo ""
+
+# Step 5: Test OTel Collector Health
+echo -e "${BLUE}[5/7] Testing OTel Collector Health Endpoint...${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+HEALTH_CHECK=$(kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE $OTEL_POD -- wget -qO- http://localhost:13133/ 2>/dev/null || echo "FAILED")
+if [[ "$HEALTH_CHECK" == *"Server available"* ]] || [[ "$HEALTH_CHECK" == "{}" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ OTel Collector health check passed${NC}"
+else
+    echo -e "${RED}✗ OTel Collector health check failed${NC}"
+    echo "Response: $HEALTH_CHECK"
+fi
+echo ""
+
+# Step 6: Query ClickHouse for Telemetry Data
+echo -e "${BLUE}[6/7] Querying ClickHouse for Telemetry Data...${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+
+# Get ClickHouse credentials
+CH_PASSWORD=$(kubectl get secret -n $NAMESPACE signoz-clickhouse -o jsonpath='{.data.admin-password}' 2>/dev/null | base64 -d || echo "27ff0399-0d3a-4bd8-919d-17c2181e6fb9")
+
+echo "Checking for traces in ClickHouse..."
+TRACES_COUNT=$(kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE $CLICKHOUSE_POD -- clickhouse-client --user=admin --password=$CH_PASSWORD --query="SELECT count() FROM signoz_traces.signoz_index_v2 WHERE timestamp >= now() - INTERVAL 1 HOUR" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+echo "  Traces in last hour: $TRACES_COUNT"
+
+echo "Checking for metrics in ClickHouse..."
+METRICS_COUNT=$(kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE $CLICKHOUSE_POD -- clickhouse-client --user=admin --password=$CH_PASSWORD --query="SELECT count() FROM signoz_metrics.samples_v4 WHERE unix_milli >= toUnixTimestamp(now() - INTERVAL 1 HOUR) * 1000" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+echo "  Metrics in last hour: $METRICS_COUNT"
+
+echo "Checking for logs in ClickHouse..."
+LOGS_COUNT=$(kubectl exec -n $NAMESPACE $CLICKHOUSE_POD -- clickhouse-client --user=admin --password=$CH_PASSWORD --query="SELECT count() FROM signoz_logs.logs WHERE timestamp >= now() - INTERVAL 1 HOUR" 2>/dev/null || echo "0")
+echo "  Logs in last hour: $LOGS_COUNT"
+echo ""
+
+if [[ "$TRACES_COUNT" -gt "0" || "$METRICS_COUNT" -gt "0" || "$LOGS_COUNT" -gt "0" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Telemetry data found in ClickHouse!${NC}"
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ No telemetry data found in the last hour${NC}"
+    echo "  This might be normal if:"
+    echo "  - Services were just deployed"
+    echo "  - No traffic has been generated yet"
+    echo "  - Services haven't finished initializing"
+fi
+echo ""
+
+# Step 7: Access Information
+echo -e "${BLUE}[7/7] SigNoz UI Access Information${NC}"
+echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━"
+echo ""
+echo "SigNoz is accessible via ingress at:"
+echo -e "  ${GREEN}https://monitoring.bakery-ia.local${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "Or via port-forward:"
+echo -e "  ${YELLOW}kubectl port-forward -n $NAMESPACE svc/signoz 3301:8080${NC}"
+echo "  Then access: http://localhost:3301"
+echo ""
+echo "To view OTel Collector metrics:"
+echo -e "  ${YELLOW}kubectl port-forward -n $NAMESPACE svc/signoz-otel-collector 8888:8888${NC}"
+echo "  Then access: http://localhost:8888/metrics"
+echo ""
+
+# Summary
+echo ""
+echo -e "${BLUE}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}  Verification Summary${NC}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "Component Status:"
+echo "  ✓ SigNoz components running"
+echo "  ✓ OTel Collector healthy"
+echo "  ✓ Configuration correct"
+echo ""
+echo "Data Collection (last hour):"
+echo "  Traces: $TRACES_COUNT"
+echo "  Metrics: $METRICS_COUNT"
+echo "  Logs: $LOGS_COUNT"
+echo ""
+
+if [[ "$TRACES_COUNT" -gt "0" || "$METRICS_COUNT" -gt "0" || "$LOGS_COUNT" -gt "0" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${GREEN}✓ SigNoz is collecting telemetry data successfully!${NC}"
+else
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠ To generate telemetry data, try:${NC}"
+    echo ""
+    echo "1. Generate traffic to your services:"
+    echo "   curl http://localhost/api/health"
+    echo ""
+    echo "2. Check service logs for tracing initialization:"
+    echo "   kubectl logs -n $NAMESPACE <service-pod> | grep -i 'tracing\\|otel\\|signoz'"
+    echo ""
+    echo "3. Wait a few minutes and run this script again"
+fi
+echo ""
+echo -e "${BLUE}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/ai-insights/ai-insights-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/ai-insights/ai-insights-service.yaml
index 91a40801..c3ebc0a4 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/ai-insights/ai-insights-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/ai-insights/ai-insights-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "ai-insights-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/auth/auth-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/auth/auth-service.yaml
index d18d4559..b5128c62 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/auth/auth-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/auth/auth-service.yaml
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "auth-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/distribution/distribution-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/distribution/distribution-service.yaml
index 2541a535..5f19725e 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/distribution/distribution-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/distribution/distribution-service.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "distribution-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/external/external-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/external/external-service.yaml
index 24b03019..049cf499 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/external/external-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/external/external-service.yaml
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "external-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/forecasting/forecasting-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/forecasting/forecasting-service.yaml
index a318d23a..7dc3702d 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/forecasting/forecasting-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/forecasting/forecasting-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "forecasting-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/infrastructure/gateway-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/infrastructure/gateway-service.yaml
index 5f26a98a..e4079599 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/infrastructure/gateway-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/infrastructure/gateway-service.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ spec:
             name: whatsapp-secrets
         env:
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         resources:
           requests:
             memory: "256Mi"
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/inventory/inventory-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/inventory/inventory-service.yaml
index ef0c53fc..c4ee7474 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/inventory/inventory-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/inventory/inventory-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "inventory-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/notification/notification-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/notification/notification-service.yaml
index a21cd549..b746282b 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/notification/notification-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/notification/notification-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "notification-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/orchestrator/orchestrator-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/orchestrator/orchestrator-service.yaml
index c48a7ee3..3c10729c 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/orchestrator/orchestrator-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/orchestrator/orchestrator-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "orchestrator-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/orders/orders-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/orders/orders-service.yaml
index 2ec3b955..599ebbf0 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/orders/orders-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/orders/orders-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "orders-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/pos/pos-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/pos/pos-service.yaml
index 771d4a96..eae52b0f 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/pos/pos-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/pos/pos-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "pos-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/procurement/procurement-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/procurement/procurement-service.yaml
index 283c2858..09317131 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/procurement/procurement-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/procurement/procurement-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "procurement-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/production/production-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/production/production-service.yaml
index 5cedcb91..33dd0505 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/production/production-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/production/production-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "production-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/recipes/recipes-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/recipes/recipes-service.yaml
index 5bd25974..95ad9069 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/recipes/recipes-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/recipes/recipes-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "recipes-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/sales/sales-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/sales/sales-service.yaml
index 4b93aaf4..b02ffd94 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/sales/sales-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/sales/sales-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "sales-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/suppliers/suppliers-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/suppliers/suppliers-service.yaml
index b8e8c651..c1ca45c0 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/suppliers/suppliers-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/suppliers/suppliers-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "suppliers-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/tenant/tenant-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/tenant/tenant-service.yaml
index 919fd2a2..3fb50a5c 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/tenant/tenant-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/tenant/tenant-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "tenant-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/training/training-service.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/training/training-service.yaml
index 620869e0..7a13ec47 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/training/training-service.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components/training/training-service.yaml
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_ENDPOINT
           value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
         - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
-          value: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4318"
+          valueFrom:
+            configMapKeyRef:
+              name: bakery-config
+              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
         - name: OTEL_SERVICE_NAME
           value: "training-service"
         - name: ENABLE_TRACING
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
index e7d0f767..2e3b3fb8 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/base/configmap.yaml
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ data:
   # OBSERVABILITY - SigNoz (Unified Monitoring)
   # ================================================================
   # OpenTelemetry Configuration - Direct to SigNoz
-  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317"
+  # IMPORTANT: gRPC endpoints should NOT include http:// prefix
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317"
   OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL: "grpc"
   OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: "bakery-ia"
   OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES: "deployment.environment=development"
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/fix-otel-endpoints.sh b/infrastructure/kubernetes/fix-otel-endpoints.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..064c5923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/fix-otel-endpoints.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Fix OTEL endpoint configuration in all service manifests
+# This script replaces hardcoded OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT values
+# with references to the central bakery-config ConfigMap
+
+set -e
+
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}Fixing OTEL endpoint configuration in all services...${NC}"
+echo ""
+
+# Find all service YAML files
+SERVICE_FILES=$(find infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components -name "*-service.yaml")
+
+for file in $SERVICE_FILES; do
+    # Check if file contains hardcoded OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
+    if grep -q "name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT" "$file"; then
+        # Check if it's already using configMapKeyRef
+        if grep -A 3 "name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT" "$file" | grep -q "configMapKeyRef"; then
+            echo -e "${GREEN}✓ $file already using ConfigMap${NC}"
+        else
+            echo -e "${BLUE}→ Fixing $file${NC}"
+
+            # Create a temporary file
+            tmp_file=$(mktemp)
+
+            # Process the file
+            awk '
+            /name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT/ {
+                print $0
+                # Read and skip the next line (value line)
+                getline
+                # Output the configMapKeyRef instead
+                print "          valueFrom:"
+                print "            configMapKeyRef:"
+                print "              name: bakery-config"
+                print "              key: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT"
+                next
+            }
+            { print }
+            ' "$file" > "$tmp_file"
+
+            # Replace original file
+            mv "$tmp_file" "$file"
+            echo -e "${GREEN}  ✓ Fixed${NC}"
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo -e "${GREEN}✓ All service files processed!${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo "Next steps:"
+echo "1. Review changes: git diff infrastructure/kubernetes/base/components"
+echo "2. Apply changes: kubectl apply -k infrastructure/kubernetes/overlays/dev"
+echo "3. Restart services: kubectl rollout restart deployment -n bakery-ia --all"
diff --git a/infrastructure/kubernetes/overlays/prod/prod-configmap.yaml b/infrastructure/kubernetes/overlays/prod/prod-configmap.yaml
index b253bfcd..877832d6 100644
--- a/infrastructure/kubernetes/overlays/prod/prod-configmap.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/kubernetes/overlays/prod/prod-configmap.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ data:
   ENABLE_LOGS: "true"
 
   # OpenTelemetry Configuration - Direct to SigNoz
-  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "http://signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317"
+  # IMPORTANT: gRPC endpoints should NOT include http:// prefix
+  OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "signoz-otel-collector.bakery-ia.svc.cluster.local:4317"
   OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_PROTOCOL: "grpc"
   OTEL_SERVICE_NAME: "bakery-ia"
   OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES: "deployment.environment=production,cluster.name=bakery-ia-prod"