diff --git a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/common/files/README.jaeger.md b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/common/files/README.jaeger.md
index 241f0593419..f418b4b3743 100644
--- a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/common/files/README.jaeger.md
+++ b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/common/files/README.jaeger.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ docker run -d --name jaeger\
    -p 14268:14268\
    -p 14269:14269\
    -p 9411:9411\
-   jaegertracing/all-in-one:1.38
+   jaegertracing/all-in-one:1.43
 ```
 
 ### View Tracing Using Jaeger UI
diff --git a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/common/observability.xml b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/common/observability.xml
index 8fc2b53ed59..9c18a11db09 100644
--- a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/common/observability.xml
+++ b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/common/observability.xml
@@ -404,21 +404,12 @@ curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/observe/health/ready
                           optional="true">
                         <option value="jaeger"
                                 name="Jaeger"
-                                description="Send traces to a Jaeger backend" >
+                                description="Send traces to a Jaeger backend">
                             <output>
                                 <model>
-                                    <list key="dependencies">
-                                        <map order="800">
-                                            <value key="groupId">io.helidon.tracing.providers</value>
-                                            <value key="artifactId">helidon-tracing-providers-jaeger</value>
-                                        </map>
-                                    </list>
                                     <list key="readme-sections">
                                         <value file="/common/files/README.jaeger.md"/>
                                     </list>
-                                    <list key="config-properties">
-                                        <value>tracing.global=false</value>
-                                    </list>
                                 </model>
                             </output>
                         </option>
@@ -427,12 +418,6 @@ curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/observe/health/ready
                                 description="Send traces to a Zipkin backend">
                             <output>
                                 <model>
-                                    <list key="dependencies">
-                                        <map order="800">
-                                            <value key="groupId">io.helidon.tracing.providers</value>
-                                            <value key="artifactId">helidon-tracing-providers-zipkin</value>
-                                        </map>
-                                    </list>
                                     <list key="readme-sections">
                                         <value file="/common/files/README.zipkin.md"/>
                                     </list>
diff --git a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/files/src/main/java/__pkg__/TracedResource.java.mustache b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/files/src/main/java/__pkg__/TracedResource.java.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..381fff158e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/files/src/main/java/__pkg__/TracedResource.java.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+
+package {{package}};
+
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Span;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.Tracer;
+import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.annotations.WithSpan;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.GET;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Path;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+/**
+ * A simple JAX-RS resource used for tracing
+ */
+@Path("/tracing")
+public class TracedResource {
+
+    private Span span;
+
+    private Tracer tracer;
+
+    @Inject
+    TracedResource(Span span, Tracer tracer) {
+        this.span = span;
+        this.tracer = tracer;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a worldly greeting message.
+     *
+     * @return {@link String}
+     */
+    @GET
+    @WithSpan("default")
+    public String getDefaultMessage() {
+        return "Hello World!";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an internal custom span and return its description.
+     *
+     * @return custom span
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Path("custom")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @WithSpan
+    public String useCustomSpan() {
+        Span span = tracer.spanBuilder("custom")
+                .setSpanKind(SpanKind.INTERNAL)
+                .setAttribute("attribute", "value")
+                .startSpan();
+        span.end();
+
+        return "Custom Span " + span;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get Span info.
+     *
+     * @return {@link GreetingMessage}
+     */
+    @GET
+    @Path("span")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    @WithSpan
+    public String getSpanInfo() {
+        return "Span " + span.toString();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/observability.xml b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/observability.xml
index af0bb7d539f..4379c45f1b8 100644
--- a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/observability.xml
+++ b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/observability.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+    Copyright (c) 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,33 +19,5 @@
 <archetype-script xmlns="https://helidon.io/archetype/2.0"
                   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                   xsi:schemaLocation="https://helidon.io/archetype/2.0 https://helidon.io/xsd/archetype-2.0.xsd">
-    <output>
-        <model if="${tracing}">
-            <list key="dependencies">
-                <map order="800">
-                    <value key="groupId">io.helidon.microprofile.tracing</value>
-                    <value key="artifactId">helidon-microprofile-tracing</value>
-                </map>
-            </list>
-            <list key="microprofile-config-entries">
-                <value>tracing.service=helidon-tracing-service</value>
-                <value>tracing.components.web-server.spans.0.name="HTTP Request"</value>
-            </list>
-            <list if="${tracing.provider} == 'jaeger'" key="microprofile-config-entries">
-                <value>tracing.protocol=http</value>
-                <value>tracing.host=localhost</value>
-                <value>tracing.port=14250</value>
-                <value>tracing.path=/api/traces/mine</value>
-                <value>tracing.token=token</value>
-                <value>tracing.propagation=jaeger</value>
-            </list>
-            <list if="${tracing.provider} == 'zipkin'" key="microprofile-config-entries">
-                <value>tracing.protocol=https</value>
-                <value>tracing.host=192.168.1.1</value>
-                <value>tracing.port=9987</value>
-                <value>tracing.path=/api/v2/spans</value>
-                <value>tracing.api-version=1</value>
-            </list>
-        </model>
-    </output>
+    <exec src="tracing-outputs.xml" if="${tracing}"/>
 </archetype-script>
diff --git a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/tracing-outputs.xml b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/tracing-outputs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdeb17729b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/mp/custom/tracing-outputs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+
+    Copyright (c) 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+
+    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+    limitations under the License.
+
+-->
+<archetype-script xmlns="https://helidon.io/archetype/2.0"
+                  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                  xsi:schemaLocation="https://helidon.io/archetype/2.0 https://helidon.io/xsd/archetype-2.0.xsd">
+    <methods>
+        <method name="tracing-jaeger">
+            <output if="${tracing.provider} == 'jaeger'">
+                <model>
+                    <list key="dependencies">
+                        <map order="800">
+                            <value key="groupId">io.opentelemetry</value>
+                            <value key="artifactId">opentelemetry-exporter-jaeger</value>
+                        </map>
+                    </list>
+                </model>
+            </output>
+        </method>
+        <method name="tracing-zipkin">
+            <output if="${tracing.provider} == 'zipkin'">
+                <model>
+                    <list key="dependencies">
+                        <map order="800">
+                            <value key="groupId">io.opentelemetry</value>
+                            <value key="artifactId">opentelemetry-exporter-zipkin</value>
+                        </map>
+                    </list>
+                </model>
+            </output>
+        </method>
+    </methods>
+    <call method="tracing-jaeger"/>
+    <call method="tracing-zipkin"/>
+    <output>
+        <templates engine="mustache" transformations="packaged,mustache">
+            <directory>files</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>**/TracedResource.java.mustache</include>
+            </includes>
+        </templates>
+        <model>
+            <list key="dependencies">
+                <map order="800">
+                    <value key="groupId">io.helidon.microprofile.telemetry</value>
+                    <value key="artifactId">helidon-microprofile-telemetry</value>
+                </map>
+            </list>
+            <list key="microprofile-config-entries">
+                <value template="mustache"><![CDATA[
+#OpenTelemetry
+otel.sdk.disabled=false
+otel.traces.exporter={{tracing.provider}}
+otel.service.name=helidon-tracing-service]]></value>
+            </list>
+            <list key="module-requires">
+                <value>io.helidon.microprofile.telemetry</value>
+            </list>
+            <list key="readme-exercise-the-application">
+                <value><![CDATA[
+Tracing:
+```
+curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/tracing
+"Hello World!"
+
+curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/tracing/span
+{"Span":"PropagatedSpan{ImmutableSpanContext{traceId=...}}"}
+
+curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/tracing/custom
+{
+  "Custom Span": "SdkSpan{traceId=..."
+}
+```
+]]></value>
+            </list>
+        </model>
+    </output>
+</archetype-script>
diff --git a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/observability.xml b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/observability.xml
index 524ed2c0c6e..db722caf323 100644
--- a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/observability.xml
+++ b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/observability.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 <archetype-script xmlns="https://helidon.io/archetype/2.0"
                   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
                   xsi:schemaLocation="https://helidon.io/archetype/2.0 https://helidon.io/xsd/archetype-2.0.xsd">
-    <exec src="tracing.xml" if="${tracing}" />
+    <exec src="tracing-outputs.xml" if="${tracing}" />
     <output>
         <model if="${health} || ${metrics} || ${tracing}">
             <list key="module-requires">
diff --git a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/tracing.xml b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/tracing-outputs.xml
similarity index 77%
rename from archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/tracing.xml
rename to archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/tracing-outputs.xml
index 051675de569..34e3d8f154a 100644
--- a/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/tracing.xml
+++ b/archetypes/helidon/src/main/archetype/se/custom/tracing-outputs.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ tracing:
   service: helidon-tracing-service
 ]]></value>
             </list>
+            <list key="config-properties" if="${tracing.provider} == 'jaeger'">
+                <value>tracing.global=false</value>
+            </list>
             <list key="dependencies">
                 <map>
                     <value key="groupId">io.helidon.webserver.observe</value>
@@ -42,8 +45,16 @@ tracing:
                     <value key="groupId">io.helidon.webserver</value>
                     <value key="artifactId">helidon-webserver-http2</value>
                 </map>
+                <map if="${tracing.provider} == 'jaeger'">
+                    <value key="groupId">io.helidon.tracing.providers</value>
+                    <value key="artifactId">helidon-tracing-providers-jaeger</value>
+                </map>
+                <map if="${tracing.provider} == 'zipkin'">
+                    <value key="groupId">io.helidon.tracing.providers</value>
+                    <value key="artifactId">helidon-tracing-providers-zipkin</value>
+                </map>
             </list>
-            <list key="Main-routing-builder" if="${tracing}">
+            <list key="Main-routing-builder">
                 <value>.register("/traced", new TracedService())</value>
             </list>
             <list key="readme-exercise-the-application">