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+# OpenTelemetry Stack
+## Overview
+This repository contains a pre-configured OpenTelemetry stack for observing your applications. It includes components for collecting, storing, and visualizing metrics, logs, and traces.
+
+## Quick Start
+To start the stack, run:
+
+```bash
+docker-compose up
+```
+This will spin up all components and make them available locally.
+
+## Components
+1. OpenTelemetry Collector
+   - Acts as a central agent for collecting and exporting metrics, logs, and traces to different backends.
+   - Configured to:
+     - Push logs to Loki.
+     - Push traces to Tempo.
+     - Enable Prometheus to scrape metrics.
+2. Prometheus
+   - Responsible for scraping and storing application metrics.
+   - Configured to scrape metrics from the OpenTelemetry Collector.
+3. Loki
+   - A log aggregation system for collecting, indexing, and querying logs.
+   - Receives logs from the OpenTelemetry Collector.
+4. Tempo
+   - A distributed tracing backend for storing and querying traces.
+   - Receives trace data from the OpenTelemetry Collector.
+5. Grafana
+   - A visualization and analytics tool that integrates with Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo.
+   - Configured to use:
+     - Prometheus for metrics.
+     - Loki for logs.
+     - Tempo for traces.
+   - Viewable on http://localhost:9090
+
+## Accessing the Dashboard
+Once the stack is running, Grafana will be accessible at:
+
+URL: http://localhost:3000
+Default Credentials:
+- Username: admin
+- Password: admin
+
+- You can change the default password upon logging in for the first time.