diff --git a/configs/tempo-config/config.yml b/configs/tempo-config/config.yml
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--- a/configs/tempo-config/config.yml
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+server:
+  http_listen_port: 3200
+
+distributor:
+  receivers:                           # this configuration will listen on all ports and protocols that tempo is capable of.
+    jaeger:                            # the receives all come from the OpenTelemetry collector.  more configuration information can
+      protocols:                       # be found there: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/receiver
+        thrift_http:                   #
+        grpc:                          # for a production deployment you should only enable the receivers you need!
+        thrift_binary:
+        thrift_compact:
+    zipkin:
+    otlp:
+      protocols:
+        http:
+        grpc:
+    opencensus:
+
+ingester:
+  max_block_duration: 5m               # cut the headblock when this much time passes. this is being set for demo purposes and should probably be left alone normally
+
+compactor:
+  compaction:
+    block_retention: 1h                # overall Tempo trace retention. set for demo purposes
+
+metrics_generator:
+  registry:
+    external_labels:
+      source: tempo
+  storage:
+    path: /tmp/tempo/generator/wal
+    remote_write:
+      - url: http://prometheus:9090/api/v1/write
+        send_exemplars: true
+
+storage:
+  trace:
+    backend: local                     # backend configuration to use
+    wal:
+      path: /tmp/tempo/wal             # where to store the the wal locally
+    local:
+      path: /tmp/tempo/blocks
+
+overrides:
+  metrics_generator_processors: [service-graphs, span-metrics] # enables metrics generator
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