diff --git a/.chloggen/discoverymode.yaml b/.chloggen/discoverymode.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84ece31a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/discoverymode.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. agent, clusterReceiver, gateway, operator, chart, other)
+component: agent
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: 'linux: Adopt discovery mode in agent and provide agent.discovery.properties value mapping'
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [1108]
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/docs/advanced-configuration.md b/docs/advanced-configuration.md
index 0b4948299e..b01344f1d1 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-configuration.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-configuration.md
@@ -133,6 +133,57 @@ clusterReceiver:
   enabled: false
 ```
 
+## Discovery Mode
+
+*At this time only Linux installations are supported*
+
+The agent daemonset can be configured to run in [`--discovery` mode](https://docs.splunk.com/observability/en/gdi/opentelemetry/discovery-mode.html), initiating a "preflight" discovery phase to test bundled metric receiver configurations against `k8s_observer` discovered endpoints. Successfully discovered instances are then incorporated in the existing service config.
+
+You can additionally configure any necessary discovery properties for providing required auth or service-specific information:
+
+```yaml
+agent:
+  discovery:
+    enabled: true # disabled by default
+    properties:
+      extensions:
+        k8s_observer:
+          config:
+            auth_type: serviceAccount  # default auth_type value
+      receivers:
+        postgres:
+          config:
+            # auth fields reference environment variables populated by secret data below
+            username: '${env:POSTGRES_USER}'
+            password: '${env:POSTGRES_PASSWORD}'
+            tls:
+              insecure: true
+
+  extraEnvs:
+    # environment variables using a manually created "postgres-monitoring" secret
+    - name: POSTGRES_USER
+      valueFrom:
+        secretKeyRef:
+          name: postgres-monitoring
+          key: username
+    - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+      valueFrom:
+        secretKeyRef:
+          name: postgres-monitoring
+          key: password
+```
+
+For discovery progress and statement evaluations, see the agent startup logs in product or via kubectl.
+
+```bash
+$ kubectl -n monitoring logs splunk-otel-collector-agent | grep -i disco
+Discovering for next 10s...
+Successfully discovered "postgresql" using "k8s_observer" endpoint "k8s_observer/e8a10f52-4f2a-468c-be7b-7f3c673b1c8e/(5432)".
+Discovery complete.
+```
+
+By default, the `docker_observer` and `host_observer` extensions are disabled for discovery in the helm chart.
+
 ## GKE Autopilot support
 
 If you want to run Splunk OTel Collector in [Google Kubernetes Engine
diff --git a/examples/discovery-mode/README.md b/examples/discovery-mode/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..403ed94e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/discovery-mode/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Discovery mode example
+
+This example configures the agent to run in --discovery mode using redis receiver discovery properties provided as values.
diff --git a/examples/discovery-mode/discovery-mode-values.yaml b/examples/discovery-mode/discovery-mode-values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b00e67899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/discovery-mode/discovery-mode-values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+clusterName: CHANGEME
+splunkObservability:
+  realm: CHANGEME
+  accessToken: CHANGEME
+agent:
+  discovery:
+    enabled: true
+    properties:
+      receivers:
+        redis:
+          config:
+            password: '${env:REDIS_PASSWORD}'
+            username: '${env:REDIS_USERNAME}'
+  # these env vars reference a secret that must be created manually
+  extraEnvs:
+    - name: REDIS_USERNAME
+      valueFrom:
+        secretKeyRef:
+          name: redis-secret
+          key: username
+    - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+      valueFrom:
+        secretKeyRef:
+          name: redis-secret
+          key: password
+
+clusterReceiver:
+  # disabled for example only. unrelated to discovery mode
+  enabled: false
diff --git a/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/clusterRole.yaml b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/clusterRole.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8223663db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/clusterRole.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+---
+# Source: splunk-otel-collector/templates/clusterRole.yaml
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: default-splunk-otel-collector
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: splunk-otel-collector
+    helm.sh/chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: default
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.91.1"
+    app: splunk-otel-collector
+    chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    release: default
+    heritage: Helm
+rules:
+- apiGroups:
+  - ""
+  resources:
+  - events
+  - namespaces
+  - namespaces/status
+  - nodes
+  - nodes/spec
+  - nodes/stats
+  - nodes/proxy
+  - pods
+  - pods/status
+  - persistentvolumeclaims
+  - persistentvolumes
+  - replicationcontrollers
+  - replicationcontrollers/status
+  - resourcequotas
+  - services
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - apps
+  resources:
+  - daemonsets
+  - deployments
+  - replicasets
+  - statefulsets
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - extensions
+  resources:
+  - daemonsets
+  - deployments
+  - replicasets
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+  - batch
+  resources:
+  - jobs
+  - cronjobs
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+- apiGroups:
+    - autoscaling
+  resources:
+    - horizontalpodautoscalers
+  verbs:
+    - get
+    - list
+    - watch
+- nonResourceURLs:
+  - /metrics
+  verbs:
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
diff --git a/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/clusterRoleBinding.yaml b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/clusterRoleBinding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41ca2b8638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/clusterRoleBinding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+# Source: splunk-otel-collector/templates/clusterRoleBinding.yaml
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: default-splunk-otel-collector
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: splunk-otel-collector
+    helm.sh/chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: default
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.91.1"
+    app: splunk-otel-collector
+    chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    release: default
+    heritage: Helm
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: default-splunk-otel-collector
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: default-splunk-otel-collector
+  namespace: default
diff --git a/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/configmap-agent.yaml b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/configmap-agent.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc80c5b6dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/configmap-agent.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+---
+# Source: splunk-otel-collector/templates/configmap-agent.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: default-splunk-otel-collector-otel-agent
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: splunk-otel-collector
+    helm.sh/chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: default
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.91.1"
+    app: splunk-otel-collector
+    chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    release: default
+    heritage: Helm
+data:
+  relay: |
+    exporters:
+      sapm:
+        access_token: ${SPLUNK_OBSERVABILITY_ACCESS_TOKEN}
+        endpoint: https://ingest.CHANGEME.signalfx.com/v2/trace
+      signalfx:
+        access_token: ${SPLUNK_OBSERVABILITY_ACCESS_TOKEN}
+        api_url: https://api.CHANGEME.signalfx.com
+        correlation: null
+        ingest_url: https://ingest.CHANGEME.signalfx.com
+        sync_host_metadata: true
+    extensions:
+      health_check: null
+      k8s_observer:
+        auth_type: serviceAccount
+        node: ${K8S_NODE_NAME}
+      memory_ballast:
+        size_mib: ${SPLUNK_BALLAST_SIZE_MIB}
+      zpages: null
+    processors:
+      batch: null
+      filter/logs:
+        logs:
+          exclude:
+            match_type: strict
+            resource_attributes:
+            - key: splunk.com/exclude
+              value: "true"
+      k8sattributes:
+        extract:
+          annotations:
+          - from: pod
+            key: splunk.com/sourcetype
+          - from: namespace
+            key: splunk.com/exclude
+            tag_name: splunk.com/exclude
+          - from: pod
+            key: splunk.com/exclude
+            tag_name: splunk.com/exclude
+          - from: namespace
+            key: splunk.com/index
+            tag_name: com.splunk.index
+          - from: pod
+            key: splunk.com/index
+            tag_name: com.splunk.index
+          labels:
+          - key: app
+          metadata:
+          - k8s.namespace.name
+          - k8s.node.name
+          - k8s.pod.name
+          - k8s.pod.uid
+          - container.id
+          - container.image.name
+          - container.image.tag
+        filter:
+          node_from_env_var: K8S_NODE_NAME
+        pod_association:
+        - sources:
+          - from: resource_attribute
+            name: k8s.pod.uid
+        - sources:
+          - from: resource_attribute
+            name: k8s.pod.ip
+        - sources:
+          - from: resource_attribute
+            name: ip
+        - sources:
+          - from: connection
+        - sources:
+          - from: resource_attribute
+            name: host.name
+      memory_limiter:
+        check_interval: 2s
+        limit_mib: ${SPLUNK_MEMORY_LIMIT_MIB}
+      resource:
+        attributes:
+        - action: insert
+          key: k8s.node.name
+          value: ${K8S_NODE_NAME}
+        - action: upsert
+          key: k8s.cluster.name
+          value: CHANGEME
+      resource/add_agent_k8s:
+        attributes:
+        - action: insert
+          key: k8s.pod.name
+          value: ${K8S_POD_NAME}
+        - action: insert
+          key: k8s.pod.uid
+          value: ${K8S_POD_UID}
+        - action: insert
+          key: k8s.namespace.name
+          value: ${K8S_NAMESPACE}
+      resource/logs:
+        attributes:
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: k8s.pod.annotations.splunk.com/sourcetype
+          key: com.splunk.sourcetype
+        - action: delete
+          key: k8s.pod.annotations.splunk.com/sourcetype
+        - action: delete
+          key: splunk.com/exclude
+      resourcedetection:
+        detectors:
+        - env
+        - system
+        override: true
+        timeout: 15s
+    receivers:
+      hostmetrics:
+        collection_interval: 10s
+        scrapers:
+          cpu: null
+          disk: null
+          filesystem: null
+          load: null
+          memory: null
+          network: null
+          paging: null
+          processes: null
+      jaeger:
+        protocols:
+          grpc:
+            endpoint: 0.0.0.0:14250
+          thrift_http:
+            endpoint: 0.0.0.0:14268
+      kubeletstats:
+        auth_type: serviceAccount
+        collection_interval: 10s
+        endpoint: ${K8S_NODE_IP}:10250
+        extra_metadata_labels:
+        - container.id
+        metric_groups:
+        - container
+        - pod
+        - node
+      otlp:
+        protocols:
+          grpc:
+            endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4317
+          http:
+            endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318
+      prometheus/agent:
+        config:
+          scrape_configs:
+          - job_name: otel-agent
+            scrape_interval: 10s
+            static_configs:
+            - targets:
+              - ${K8S_POD_IP}:8889
+      receiver_creator:
+        receivers:
+          smartagent/coredns:
+            config:
+              extraDimensions:
+                metric_source: k8s-coredns
+              port: 9153
+              type: coredns
+            rule: type == "pod" && labels["k8s-app"] == "kube-dns"
+          smartagent/kube-controller-manager:
+            config:
+              extraDimensions:
+                metric_source: kubernetes-controller-manager
+              port: 10257
+              skipVerify: true
+              type: kube-controller-manager
+              useHTTPS: true
+              useServiceAccount: true
+            rule: type == "pod" && labels["k8s-app"] == "kube-controller-manager"
+          smartagent/kubernetes-apiserver:
+            config:
+              extraDimensions:
+                metric_source: kubernetes-apiserver
+              skipVerify: true
+              type: kubernetes-apiserver
+              useHTTPS: true
+              useServiceAccount: true
+            rule: type == "port" && port == 443 && pod.labels["k8s-app"] == "kube-apiserver"
+          smartagent/kubernetes-proxy:
+            config:
+              extraDimensions:
+                metric_source: kubernetes-proxy
+              port: 10249
+              scrapeFailureLogLevel: debug
+              type: kubernetes-proxy
+            rule: type == "pod" && labels["k8s-app"] == "kube-proxy"
+          smartagent/kubernetes-scheduler:
+            config:
+              extraDimensions:
+                metric_source: kubernetes-scheduler
+              port: 10259
+              skipVerify: true
+              type: kubernetes-scheduler
+              useHTTPS: true
+              useServiceAccount: true
+            rule: type == "pod" && labels["k8s-app"] == "kube-scheduler"
+        watch_observers:
+        - k8s_observer
+      signalfx:
+        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:9943
+      smartagent/signalfx-forwarder:
+        listenAddress: 0.0.0.0:9080
+        type: signalfx-forwarder
+      zipkin:
+        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:9411
+    service:
+      extensions:
+      - health_check
+      - k8s_observer
+      - memory_ballast
+      - zpages
+      pipelines:
+        metrics:
+          exporters:
+          - signalfx
+          processors:
+          - memory_limiter
+          - batch
+          - resourcedetection
+          - resource
+          receivers:
+          - hostmetrics
+          - kubeletstats
+          - otlp
+          - receiver_creator
+          - signalfx
+        metrics/agent:
+          exporters:
+          - signalfx
+          processors:
+          - memory_limiter
+          - batch
+          - resource/add_agent_k8s
+          - resourcedetection
+          - resource
+          receivers:
+          - prometheus/agent
+        traces:
+          exporters:
+          - sapm
+          - signalfx
+          processors:
+          - memory_limiter
+          - k8sattributes
+          - batch
+          - resourcedetection
+          - resource
+          receivers:
+          - otlp
+          - jaeger
+          - smartagent/signalfx-forwarder
+          - zipkin
+      telemetry:
+        metrics:
+          address: 0.0.0.0:8889
+  discovery.properties: |
+    splunk.discovery:
+      extensions:
+        docker_observer:
+          enabled: false
+        host_observer:
+          enabled: false
+      receivers:
+        redis:
+          config:
+            password: ${env:REDIS_PASSWORD}
+            username: ${env:REDIS_USERNAME}
diff --git a/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2fa3d4fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/daemonset.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+---
+# Source: splunk-otel-collector/templates/daemonset.yaml
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  name: default-splunk-otel-collector-agent
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: splunk-otel-collector
+    helm.sh/chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: default
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.91.1"
+    app: splunk-otel-collector
+    component: otel-collector-agent
+    chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    release: default
+    heritage: Helm
+spec:
+  updateStrategy:
+    type: RollingUpdate
+    rollingUpdate:
+      maxUnavailable: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: splunk-otel-collector
+      release: default
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: splunk-otel-collector
+        component: otel-collector-agent
+        release: default
+      annotations:
+        checksum/config: dd8559e2b4cc0ffc01163bc5996e3e7effb850dae257052b8dc15cc8690a57c8
+        kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container: otel-collector
+    spec:
+      hostNetwork: true
+      dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
+      serviceAccountName: default-splunk-otel-collector
+      nodeSelector:
+        kubernetes.io/os: linux
+      tolerations:
+        
+        - effect: NoSchedule
+          key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
+        - effect: NoSchedule
+          key: node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane
+      containers:
+      - name: otel-collector
+        command:
+        - /otelcol
+        - --config=/conf/relay.yaml
+        - --discovery
+        ports:
+        - name: jaeger-grpc
+          containerPort: 14250
+          hostPort: 14250
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: jaeger-thrift
+          containerPort: 14268
+          hostPort: 14268
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: otlp
+          containerPort: 4317
+          hostPort: 4317
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: otlp-http
+          containerPort: 4318
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: otlp-http-old
+          containerPort: 55681
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: sfx-forwarder
+          containerPort: 9080
+          hostPort: 9080
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: signalfx
+          containerPort: 9943
+          hostPort: 9943
+          protocol: TCP
+        - name: zipkin
+          containerPort: 9411
+          hostPort: 9411
+          protocol: TCP
+        image: quay.io/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector:0.91.1
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        env:
+          - name: SPLUNK_MEMORY_TOTAL_MIB
+            value: "500"
+          - name: K8S_NODE_NAME
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+          - name: K8S_NODE_IP
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                apiVersion: v1
+                fieldPath: status.hostIP
+          - name: K8S_POD_IP
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                apiVersion: v1
+                fieldPath: status.podIP
+          - name: K8S_POD_NAME
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.name
+          - name: K8S_POD_UID
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.uid
+          - name: K8S_NAMESPACE
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+          - name: SPLUNK_OBSERVABILITY_ACCESS_TOKEN
+            valueFrom:
+              secretKeyRef:
+                name: default-splunk-otel-collector
+                key: splunk_observability_access_token
+          # Env variables for host metrics receiver
+          - name: HOST_PROC
+            value: /hostfs/proc
+          - name: HOST_SYS
+            value: /hostfs/sys
+          - name: HOST_ETC
+            value: /hostfs/etc
+          - name: HOST_VAR
+            value: /hostfs/var
+          - name: HOST_RUN
+            value: /hostfs/run
+          - name: HOST_DEV
+            value: /hostfs/dev
+          # until https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/5879
+          # is resolved fall back to previous gopsutil mountinfo path:
+          # https://github.com/shirou/gopsutil/issues/1271
+          - name: HOST_PROC_MOUNTINFO
+            value: /proc/self/mountinfo
+          - name: REDIS_USERNAME
+            valueFrom:
+              secretKeyRef:
+                key: username
+                name: redis-secret
+          - name: REDIS_PASSWORD
+            valueFrom:
+              secretKeyRef:
+                key: password
+                name: redis-secret
+
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /
+            port: 13133
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /
+            port: 13133
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 200m
+            memory: 500Mi
+        volumeMounts:
+        - mountPath: /conf
+          name: otel-configmap
+        - mountPath: /etc/otel/collector/config.d
+          name: otel-discovery-properties-configmap
+        - mountPath: /hostfs/dev
+          name: host-dev
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /hostfs/etc
+          name: host-etc
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /hostfs/proc
+          name: host-proc
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /hostfs/run/udev/data
+          name: host-run-udev-data
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /hostfs/sys
+          name: host-sys
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /hostfs/var/run/utmp
+          name: host-var-run-utmp
+          readOnly: true
+        - mountPath: /usr/lib/splunk-otel-collector/agent-bundle/run/collectd
+          name: run-collectd
+          readOnly: false
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 600
+      volumes:
+      - name: run-collectd
+        emptyDir:
+          sizeLimit: 25Mi
+      - name: host-dev
+        hostPath:
+          path: /dev
+      - name: host-etc
+        hostPath:
+          path: /etc
+      - name: host-proc
+        hostPath:
+          path: /proc
+      - name: host-run-udev-data
+        hostPath:
+          path: /run/udev/data
+      - name: host-sys
+        hostPath:
+          path: /sys
+      - name: host-var-run-utmp
+        hostPath:
+          path: /var/run/utmp
+      - name: otel-configmap
+        configMap:
+          name: default-splunk-otel-collector-otel-agent
+          items:
+            - key: relay
+              path: relay.yaml
+      - name: otel-discovery-properties-configmap
+        configMap:
+          name: default-splunk-otel-collector-otel-agent
+          items:
+            - key: discovery.properties
+              path: properties.discovery.yaml
diff --git a/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/secret-splunk.yaml b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/secret-splunk.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..922a7ff4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/secret-splunk.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+# Source: splunk-otel-collector/templates/secret-splunk.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: default-splunk-otel-collector
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: splunk-otel-collector
+    helm.sh/chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: default
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.91.1"
+    app: splunk-otel-collector
+    chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    release: default
+    heritage: Helm
+type: Opaque
+data:
+  splunk_observability_access_token: Q0hBTkdFTUU=
diff --git a/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/serviceAccount.yaml b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/serviceAccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1439e2b75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/discovery-mode/rendered_manifests/serviceAccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+# Source: splunk-otel-collector/templates/serviceAccount.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: default-splunk-otel-collector
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: splunk-otel-collector
+    helm.sh/chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+    app.kubernetes.io/instance: default
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "0.91.1"
+    app: splunk-otel-collector
+    chart: splunk-otel-collector-0.91.0
+    release: default
+    heritage: Helm
diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/config/_otel-agent.tpl b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/config/_otel-agent.tpl
index 6a842f9102..3099bc08f4 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/config/_otel-agent.tpl
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/config/_otel-agent.tpl
@@ -862,3 +862,15 @@ service:
         {{- end }}
     {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
+{{/*
+Discovery properties for the otel-collector agent
+The values can be overridden in .Values.agent.discovery.properties.
+*/}}
+{{- define "splunk-otel-collector.agentDiscoveryProperties" -}}
+extensions:
+  docker_observer:
+    enabled: false
+  host_observer:
+    enabled: false
+receivers: {}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/configmap-agent.yaml b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/configmap-agent.yaml
index 56de122fd3..1727437aca 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/configmap-agent.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/configmap-agent.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,10 @@ data:
   relay: |
     {{- $config := include "splunk-otel-collector.agentConfig" . | fromYaml }}
     {{- $agent.config | mustMergeOverwrite $config | toYaml | nindent 4 }}
+{{- if .Values.agent.discovery.enabled }}
+  discovery.properties: |
+    splunk.discovery:
+    {{- $properties := include "splunk-otel-collector.agentDiscoveryProperties" . | fromYaml }}
+    {{- $agent.discovery.properties | mustMergeOverwrite $properties | toYaml | nindent 6 }}
+{{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/daemonset.yaml b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 9da8dfdc2e..963731f2f8 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -254,6 +254,9 @@ spec:
         {{- if .Values.agent.featureGates }}
         - --feature-gates={{ .Values.agent.featureGates }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if and .Values.agent.discovery.enabled (not .Values.isWindows) }}
+        - --discovery
+        {{- end }}
         ports:
         {{- range $key, $port := $agent.ports }}
         {{- if eq true (and (eq (include "splunk-otel-collector.metricsEnabled" $) "true") (has "metrics" $port.enabled_for)) (and (eq (include "splunk-otel-collector.tracesEnabled" $) "true") (has "traces" $port.enabled_for)) (and (eq (include "splunk-otel-collector.logsEnabled" $) "true") (has "logs" $port.enabled_for)) (and (eq (include "splunk-otel-collector.profilingEnabled" $) "true") (has "profiling" $port.enabled_for)) }}
@@ -355,6 +358,10 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: {{ .Values.isWindows | ternary "C:\\conf" "/conf" }}
           name: otel-configmap
+      {{- if and .Values.agent.discovery.enabled (not .Values.isWindows) }}
+        - mountPath: /etc/otel/collector/config.d
+          name: otel-discovery-properties-configmap
+        {{- end }}
         {{- if eq (include "splunk-otel-collector.metricsEnabled" $) "true" }}
         {{- if .Values.isWindows }}
         - mountPath: "C:\\hostfs"
@@ -537,6 +544,14 @@ spec:
           items:
             - key: relay
               path: relay.yaml
+      {{- if and .Values.agent.discovery.enabled (not .Values.isWindows) }}
+      - name: otel-discovery-properties-configmap
+        configMap:
+          name: {{ template "splunk-otel-collector.fullname" . }}-otel-agent
+          items:
+            - key: discovery.properties
+              path: properties.discovery.yaml
+      {{- end }}
       {{- if $agent.extraVolumes }}
       {{- toYaml $agent.extraVolumes | nindent 6 }}
       {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.schema.json b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.schema.json
index f19d0aef3e..eaf1a6cc06 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.schema.json
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.schema.json
@@ -595,6 +595,29 @@
         "annotations": {
           "type": "object"
         },
+        "discovery": {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
+          "properties": {
+            "enabled": {
+              "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "properties": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "additionalProperties": false,
+              "properties": {
+                "extensions": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": true
+                },
+                "receivers": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "additionalProperties": true
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
         "podAnnotations": {
           "type": "object"
         },
diff --git a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
index 6524a7b024..31c50b0e57 100644
--- a/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/splunk-otel-collector/values.yaml
@@ -424,6 +424,15 @@ agent:
   # existing fields can be disabled by setting them to null value.
   config: {}
 
+  # Discovery mode attempts to automatically configure the agent with bundled metric receiver configuration.
+  # For more details, refer to: https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector-chart/blob/main/docs/advanced-configuration.md#discovery-mode
+
+  discovery:
+    enabled: false
+    properties:
+      extensions: {}
+      receivers: {}
+
 ################################################################################
 # OpenTelemetry Kubernetes cluster receiver
 # This is an extra 1-replica deployment of Open-temlemetry collector used