diff --git a/nginx-redirect/nginx-templates/default.conf.template b/nginx-redirect/nginx-templates/default.conf.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 3188d06..0000000
--- a/nginx-redirect/nginx-templates/default.conf.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-map $host$request_uri $redir_to {
-    default "not-found";
-{{- range $src, $dst := .Values.redirects }}
-{{- if hasPrefix "^" $src }}
-    {{ printf "~%s" $src }} {{ quote $dst }};
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-}
-
-map $host $redir_host_to {
-    default "not-found";
-{{- range $src, $dst := .Values.redirects }}
-{{- if not (hasPrefix "^" $src) }}
-    {{ quote $src }} {{ quote $dst }};
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
-}
-
-server {
-    listen       80;
-    server_name  localhost default_server;
-
-    {{- range .Values.proxy_real_ip_from }}
-    set_real_ip_from {{ quote . }};
-    {{- end }}
-
-    location / {
-        if ($redir_to != "not-found") {
-            return 301 $redir_to;
-        }
-
-        if ($redir_host_to != "not-found") {
-            return 301 $redir_host_to;
-        }
-
-        return 404;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/nginx-redirect/templates/configmap.yaml b/nginx-redirect/templates/configmap.yaml
index 008aa45..5746b3b 100644
--- a/nginx-redirect/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/nginx-redirect/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,103 @@
-{{- $files := .Files.Glob "nginx-templates/*" }}
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.names.fullname" . }}-templates
+  name: {{ include "common.names.fullname" . }}-config
 data:
-{{- range $filename, $content := $files }}
-  {{ base $filename }}: | {{- tpl ($content | toString) $ | nindent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
+  nginx.conf: |
+    {{- if .Values.otel.enabled }}
+    load_module modules/ngx_otel_module.so;
+    {{- end }}
+
+    user  nginx;
+    worker_processes  auto;
+
+    error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log notice;
+    pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
+
+    events {
+        worker_connections  1024;
+    }
+
+    http {
+        include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+        default_type  application/octet-stream;
+
+        log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
+                          '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
+                          '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
+
+        access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;
+
+        sendfile        on;
+        #tcp_nopush     on;
+
+        keepalive_timeout  65;
+
+        #gzip  on;
+
+        {{- with .Values.otel }}
+        {{- if .enabled }}
+        otel_exporter {
+            endpoint    {{ or .endpoint (fail "otel.endpoint required") }};
+            interval    {{ .interval }};
+            batch_size  {{ .batchSize }};
+            batch_count {{ .batchCount }};
+        }
+
+        otel_trace          on;
+        otel_trace_context  {{ .context }};
+        otel_service_name   {{ .serviceName | default $.Release.Name | quote }};
+
+        {{- with .spanName }}
+        otel_span_name      {{ quote . }};
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- range $name, $value := .spanAttributes }}
+        otel_span_attr      {{ quote $name }} {{ quote $value }};
+        {{- end }}
+
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
+
+        map $host$request_uri $redir_to {
+            default "not-found";
+        {{- range $src, $dst := .Values.redirects }}
+        {{- if hasPrefix "^" $src }}
+            {{ printf "~%s" $src }} {{ quote $dst }};
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
+        }
+
+        map $host $redir_host_to {
+            default "not-found";
+        {{- range $src, $dst := .Values.redirects }}
+        {{- if not (hasPrefix "^" $src) }}
+            {{ quote $src }} {{ quote $dst }};
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
+        }
+
+        server {
+            listen 80;
+
+            {{- range .Values.proxy_real_ip_from }}
+            set_real_ip_from {{ quote . }};
+            {{- end }}
+
+            location / {
+                resolver {{ .Values.resolver }} valid=30s;
+
+              if ($redir_to != "not-found") {
+                  return 301 $redir_to;
+              }
+
+              if ($redir_host_to != "not-found") {
+                  return 301 $redir_host_to;
+              }
+
+              return 404;
+            }
+        }
+
+        include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+    }
diff --git a/nginx-redirect/templates/deployment.yaml b/nginx-redirect/templates/deployment.yaml
index 792aa03..3ccbd4a 100644
--- a/nginx-redirect/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/nginx-redirect/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {{- $defaultImageTag := printf "%s-alpine" .Chart.AppVersion }}
+{{- if .Values.otel.enabled }}
+{{- $defaultImageTag = printf "%s-otel" $defaultImageTag }}
+{{- end }}
 ---
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
   template:
     metadata:
       annotations:
-        checksum/templates: {{ include "common.utils.checksumTemplate" (dict "path" "/configmap.yaml" "context" $) | quote }}
+        checksum/config: {{ include "common.utils.checksumTemplate" (dict "path" "/configmap.yaml" "context" $) | quote }}
         {{- with .Values.deployment.annotations }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
@@ -40,15 +43,16 @@ spec:
           securityContext: {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
           volumeMounts:
-            - name: nginx-templates
-              mountPath: /etc/nginx/templates
+            - name: nginx-config
+              mountPath: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
+              subPath: nginx.conf
             {{- with .Values.deployment.volumeMounts }}
             {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
             {{- end }}
       volumes:
-        - name: nginx-templates
+        - name: nginx-config
           configMap:
-            name: {{ include "common.names.fullname" . }}-templates
+            name: {{ include "common.names.fullname" . }}-config
         {{- with .Values.deployment.volumes }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/nginx-redirect/values.yaml b/nginx-redirect/values.yaml
index fd79b36..49fc0a0 100644
--- a/nginx-redirect/values.yaml
+++ b/nginx-redirect/values.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 redirects: {}
 # redirect.host: https://redirect/url
 # ^redirect.host/path$: https://redirect/url
@@ -5,6 +6,34 @@ redirects: {}
 proxy_real_ip_from: []
 #  - 192.168.0.0/16
 
+resolver: kube-dns.kube-system.svc.cluster.local
+
+otel:
+  enabled: false
+  # -- the address of OTLP/gRPC endpoint that will accept telemetry data.
+  endpoint: ""
+  # -- the maximum interval between two exports.
+  interval: 5s
+  # -- the maximum number of spans to be sent in one batch per worker.
+  batchSize: 512
+  # -- the number of pending batches per worker, spans exceeding the limit are dropped.
+  batchCount: 4
+  # -- sets the "service.name" attribute of the OTel resource.
+  # @default -- .Release.Name
+  serviceName: ""
+  # -- specifies how to propagate trace context.
+  # Options:
+  #  - `extract` uses an existing trace context from the request, so that the identifiers of a trace and the parent span are inherited from the incoming request.
+  #  - `inject` adds a new context to the request, overwriting existing headers, if any.
+  #  - `propagate` updates the existing context (combines extract and i nject).
+  #  - `ignore` skips context headers processing.
+  context: inject
+  # -- defines the name of the OTel span.
+  spanName: ""
+  # -- defines additional attributes on the span.
+  spanAttributes:
+    http.referer: $http_referer
+
 nameOverride: ""
 fullnameOverride: ""