diff --git a/argocd/apps/alloy-tracing-ringtail.yaml b/argocd/apps/alloy-tracing-ringtail.yaml
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+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: alloy-tracing-ringtail
+  namespace: argocd
+spec:
+  project: default
+  source:
+    repoURL: ssh://forgejo@forge.ops.eblu.me:2222/eblume/blumeops.git
+    targetRevision: main
+    path: argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail
+  destination:
+    server: https://ringtail.tail8d86e.ts.net:6443
+    namespace: alloy
+  syncPolicy:
+    syncOptions:
+      - CreateNamespace=true
diff --git a/argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/config.alloy b/argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/config.alloy
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+// Alloy tracing configuration for ringtail
+// Uses Beyla eBPF to auto-instrument HTTP services and export traces to Tempo on indri
+
+// ============== BEYLA eBPF AUTO-INSTRUMENTATION ==============
+
+beyla.ebpf "http_services" {
+  discovery {
+    // Instrument HTTP services on common ports
+    instrument {
+      open_ports = "80-9999"
+    }
+
+    // Exclude infrastructure pods
+    exclude_instrument {
+      kubernetes {
+        namespace = "kube-system"
+      }
+    }
+    exclude_instrument {
+      kubernetes {
+        namespace = "tailscale"
+      }
+    }
+    exclude_instrument {
+      kubernetes {
+        pod_labels = { app = "alloy" }
+      }
+    }
+    exclude_instrument {
+      kubernetes {
+        pod_labels = { app = "alloy-tracing" }
+      }
+    }
+    exclude_instrument {
+      kubernetes {
+        pod_labels = { app = "kube-state-metrics" }
+      }
+    }
+    exclude_instrument {
+      kubernetes {
+        pod_labels = { "app.kubernetes.io/name" = "nvidia-device-plugin" }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  attributes {
+    kubernetes {
+      enable       = "true"
+      cluster_name = "ringtail"
+    }
+  }
+
+  traces {
+    instrumentations = ["http"]
+  }
+
+  output {
+    traces = [otelcol.processor.batch.default.input]
+  }
+}
+
+// ============== OTEL TRACE PIPELINE ==============
+
+// Batch traces before export
+otelcol.processor.batch "default" {
+  output {
+    traces = [otelcol.processor.attributes.add_cluster.input]
+  }
+}
+
+// Add cluster label to all spans
+otelcol.processor.attributes "add_cluster" {
+  action {
+    key   = "cluster"
+    value = "ringtail"
+    action = "upsert"
+  }
+
+  output {
+    traces = [otelcol.exporter.otlphttp.tempo.input]
+  }
+}
+
+// Export traces to Tempo on indri via Tailscale
+otelcol.exporter.otlphttp "tempo" {
+  client {
+    endpoint = "https://tempo-otlp.tail8d86e.ts.net"
+
+    tls {
+      insecure_skip_verify = true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/daemonset.yaml b/argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/daemonset.yaml
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+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: alloy-tracing
+  namespace: alloy
+  labels:
+    app: alloy-tracing
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: alloy-tracing
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: alloy-tracing
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: alloy-tracing
+      hostPID: true
+      containers:
+        - name: alloy
+          image: grafana/alloy
+          args:
+            - run
+            - --server.http.listen-addr=0.0.0.0:12346
+            - --storage.path=/var/lib/alloy/data
+            - /etc/alloy/config.alloy
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 12346
+              name: http
+          env:
+            - name: HOSTNAME
+              valueFrom:
+                fieldRef:
+                  fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              cpu: 100m
+              memory: 256Mi
+            limits:
+              cpu: "1"
+              memory: 1Gi
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config
+              mountPath: /etc/alloy
+            - name: data
+              mountPath: /var/lib/alloy/data
+          securityContext:
+            privileged: true
+      tolerations:
+        - operator: Exists
+      volumes:
+        - name: config
+          configMap:
+            name: alloy-tracing-config
+        - name: data
+          emptyDir: {}
diff --git a/argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/kustomization.yaml b/argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/kustomization.yaml
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+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+
+namespace: alloy
+
+resources:
+  - rbac.yaml
+  - daemonset.yaml
+
+images:
+  - name: grafana/alloy
+    newTag: v1.13.1
+
+configMapGenerator:
+  - name: alloy-tracing-config
+    files:
+      - config.alloy
diff --git a/argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/rbac.yaml b/argocd/manifests/alloy-tracing-ringtail/rbac.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: alloy-tracing
+  namespace: alloy
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: alloy-tracing
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods", "services", "endpoints", "nodes", "namespaces"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
+    resources: ["deployments", "replicasets", "statefulsets", "daemonsets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: alloy-tracing
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: alloy-tracing
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: alloy-tracing
+    namespace: alloy