diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8b31016..355fc10 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ checksum = "224afbd727c3d6e4b90103ece64b8d1b67fbb1973b1046c2281eed3f3803f800"
 name = "api"
 version = "0.3.2"
 dependencies = [
- "capnp",
- "capnpc",
+ "capnp 0.14.11",
+ "capnpc 0.14.9",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
@@ -561,13 +561,19 @@ version = "0.14.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2dca085c2c7d9d65ad749d450b19b551efaa8e3476a439bdca07aca8533097f3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "capnp"
+version = "0.16.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "18eca1b9aca7e3623dda158213b1b79c1e5c4293fbbf0ead6b9ed28a1763bbff"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "capnp-futures"
 version = "0.14.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9821801cc6f199a9d9c3c793504e800c797b536d2befddaffb15144e40a6e63a"
 dependencies = [
- "capnp",
+ "capnp 0.14.11",
  "futures",
 ]
 
@@ -577,7 +583,7 @@ version = "0.14.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4c4f17f96f68f2c1168ed7105d9e5cb4a095a5bef3578aee0f9c0644b85ca95e"
 dependencies = [
- "capnp",
+ "capnp 0.14.11",
  "capnp-futures",
  "futures",
 ]
@@ -588,7 +594,16 @@ version = "0.14.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bdc9f1dc84666d4ff007b1a16c8f97db80764a624625979be05d869bcff43aaa"
 dependencies = [
- "capnp",
+ "capnp 0.14.11",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "capnpc"
+version = "0.16.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55b72fc31ab0a8fd0420a799737d15e0a5297d695ba6c8b7b578d8cc0ba8360c"
+dependencies = [
+ "capnp 0.16.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -701,7 +716,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-io",
  "async-net",
  "async-oneshot",
- "console-api",
+ "console-api 0.3.0",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "crossbeam-utils",
  "futures-util",
@@ -717,6 +732,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console-api"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "capnp 0.16.1",
+ "capnpc 0.16.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "console-api"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -978,6 +1001,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dashmap"
+version = "5.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "907076dfda823b0b36d2a1bb5f90c96660a5bbcd7729e10727f07858f22c4edc"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "hashbrown",
+ "lock_api",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "des"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -1087,7 +1123,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-process",
  "async-trait",
  "backtrace",
- "capnp",
+ "capnp 0.14.11",
  "capnp-rpc",
  "chrono",
  "clap 3.2.23",
@@ -1113,6 +1149,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "miette",
  "nix",
  "once_cell",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry-jaeger",
  "pin-utils",
  "ptr_meta",
  "rand",
@@ -1136,6 +1174,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-futures",
+ "tracing-opentelemetry",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
  "uuid",
@@ -1720,6 +1759,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "integer-encoding"
+version = "3.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8bb03732005da905c88227371639bf1ad885cc712789c011c31c5fb3ab3ccf02"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "inventory"
 version = "0.1.11"
@@ -2174,6 +2219,86 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f4b8347cc26099d3aeee044065ecc3ae11469796b4d65d065a23a584ed92a6f"
+dependencies = [
+ "opentelemetry_api",
+ "opentelemetry_sdk",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry-jaeger"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08e028dc9f4f304e9320ce38c80e7cf74067415b1ad5a8750a38bae54a4d450d"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "futures",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "once_cell",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions",
+ "thiserror",
+ "thrift",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "24e33428e6bf08c6f7fcea4ddb8e358fab0fe48ab877a87c70c6ebe20f673ce5"
+dependencies = [
+ "opentelemetry",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry_api"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ed41783a5bf567688eb38372f2b7a8530f5a607a4b49d38dd7573236c23ca7e2"
+dependencies = [
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "indexmap",
+ "once_cell",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "thiserror",
+ "urlencoding",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "opentelemetry_sdk"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b3a2a91fdbfdd4d212c0dcc2ab540de2c2bcbbd90be17de7a7daf8822d010c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "dashmap",
+ "fnv",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-util",
+ "once_cell",
+ "opentelemetry_api",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "rand",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-float"
+version = "2.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7940cf2ca942593318d07fcf2596cdca60a85c9e7fab408a5e21a4f9dcd40d87"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "os_str_bytes"
 version = "6.4.1"
@@ -2423,9 +2548,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.51"
+version = "1.0.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d727cae5b39d21da60fa540906919ad737832fe0b1c165da3a34d6548c849d6"
+checksum = "fa1fb82fc0c281dd9671101b66b771ebbe1eaf967b96ac8740dcba4b70005ca8"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
@@ -2485,9 +2610,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.23"
+version = "1.0.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8856d8364d252a14d474036ea1358d63c9e6965c8e5c1885c18f73d70bff9c7b"
+checksum = "8f4f29d145265ec1c483c7c654450edde0bfe043d3938d6972630663356d9500"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -3226,6 +3351,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "threadpool"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d050e60b33d41c19108b32cea32164033a9013fe3b46cbd4457559bfbf77afaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "num_cpus",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thrift"
+version = "0.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7e54bc85fc7faa8bc175c4bab5b92ba8d9a3ce893d0e9f42cc455c8ab16a9e09"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "integer-encoding",
+ "log",
+ "ordered-float",
+ "threadpool",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -3485,6 +3632,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-opentelemetry"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00a39dcf9bfc1742fa4d6215253b33a6e474be78275884c216fc2a06267b3600"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+ "opentelemetry",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-subscriber"
 version = "0.3.16"
@@ -3608,6 +3769,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "urlencoding"
+version = "2.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8db7427f936968176eaa7cdf81b7f98b980b18495ec28f1b5791ac3bfe3eea9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "0.8.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 47ff063..febbc4a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ rand = "0.8.4"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter", "registry", "std"] }
 tracing-futures = { version = "0.2", features = ["futures-03"] }
+tracing-opentelemetry = "0.19.0"
+opentelemetry = "0.19.0"
+opentelemetry-jaeger = "0.18.0"
 
 # API
 api = { path = "api" }
diff --git a/bffhd/lib.rs b/bffhd/lib.rs
index ad0c84a..9a27148 100644
--- a/bffhd/lib.rs
+++ b/bffhd/lib.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ pub mod capnp;
 
 pub mod utils;
 
+mod metrics;
+
 // Store build information in the `env` module.
 shadow_rs::shadow!(env);
 
diff --git a/bffhd/logging.rs b/bffhd/logging.rs
index 1fdb2c6..eb03c66 100644
--- a/bffhd/logging.rs
+++ b/bffhd/logging.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ pub fn init(config: &LogConfig) -> console::Server {
     let (console_layer, server) = console::ConsoleLayer::new();
     let subscriber = subscriber.with(console_layer);
 
+    let tracer = opentelemetry_jaeger::new_agent_pipeline()
+        .with_service_name("bffhd")
+        .install_simple()
+        .expect("failed to setup jaeger tracer");
+    let opentelemetry = tracing_opentelemetry::layer().with_tracer(tracer);
+    let subscriber = subscriber.with(opentelemetry);
+
     let filter = if let Some(ref filter) = config.filter {
         EnvFilter::new(filter.as_str())
     } else {
diff --git a/bffhd/metrics/mod.rs b/bffhd/metrics/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74fb131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bffhd/metrics/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+pub fn init_metrics_collector() {
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file