diff --git a/benthos-collector.Dockerfile b/benthos-collector.Dockerfile
index 1ab8f241c..23b56c437 100644
--- a/benthos-collector.Dockerfile
+++ b/benthos-collector.Dockerfile
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ WORKDIR /etc/benthos
 
 COPY cloudevents.spec.json /etc/benthos/
 
-# COPY examples/http-server/input.yaml /etc/benthos/examples/http-server/input.yaml
-# COPY examples/http-server/output.yaml /etc/benthos/examples/http-server/output.yaml
-# COPY examples/kubernetes-pod-exec-time/config.yaml /etc/benthos/examples/kubernetes-pod-exec-time/config.yaml
+COPY collector/benthos/presets /etc/benthos/presets
 
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/benthos /usr/local/bin/
 
diff --git a/collector/benthos/presets/http-server/input.yaml b/collector/benthos/presets/http-server/input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9186d7568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/benthos/presets/http-server/input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+input:
+  http_server:
+    address: 0.0.0.0:4196
+    path: /api/v1/events
+    sync_response:
+      status: '${! meta("http_response_status").or("204") }'
+
+pipeline:
+  processors:
+    - switch:
+        - check: meta("Content-Type").lowercase() == "application/cloudevents-batch+json"
+          processors:
+            - unarchive:
+                format: json_array
+        - check: meta("Content-Type").lowercase() == "application/cloudevents+json"
+          processors:
+            - noop: {}
+        - check: ""
+          processors:
+            - log:
+                level: ERROR
+                message: 'Unexpected Content-Type: ${!meta("Content-Type")}'
+            - mapping: |
+                meta http_response_status = "400"
+
+                root = {
+                  "type": "about:blank",
+                  "title": "Bad Request",
+                  "status": 400,
+                  "detail":"request body has an error: header Content-Type has unexpected value \"%s\"".format(meta("Content-Type")),
+                }
+            - sync_response: {}
+            - mapping: "root = deleted()"
+    - json_schema:
+        schema_path: "file://./cloudevents.spec.json"
+    - catch:
+        - log:
+            level: ERROR
+            message: "Schema validation failed due to: ${!error()}"
+        - mapping: |
+            meta http_response_status = "400"
+
+            root = {
+              "type": "about:blank",
+              "title": "Bad Request",
+              "status": 400,
+              "detail":"request body has an error: %s".format(error()),
+            }
+        - sync_response: {}
+        - mapping: "root = deleted()"
+
+output:
+  switch:
+    cases:
+      - check: ""
+        continue: true
+        output:
+          broker:
+            pattern: fan_out
+            outputs:
+              - sync_response: {}
+                processors:
+                  - mapping: root = null
+              # https://github.com/benthosdev/benthos/discussions/2324
+              # https://github.com/benthosdev/benthos/issues/1946
+              - inproc: openmeter
+
+      - check: '"${DEBUG:false}" == "true"'
+        output:
+          stdout:
+            codec: lines
diff --git a/collector/benthos/presets/http-server/output.yaml b/collector/benthos/presets/http-server/output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c6b12c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/benthos/presets/http-server/output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+input:
+  inproc: openmeter
+
+buffer:
+  memory: {}
+
+output:
+  openmeter:
+    url: "${OPENMETER_URL:https://openmeter.cloud}"
+    token: "${OPENMETER_TOKEN:}"
+    batching:
+      count: ${BATCH_SIZE:20}
+      period: ${BATCH_PERIOD:}
diff --git a/collector/benthos/presets/kubernetes-pod-exec-time/config.yaml b/collector/benthos/presets/kubernetes-pod-exec-time/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b189c5fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/benthos/presets/kubernetes-pod-exec-time/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+input:
+  schedule:
+    input:
+      kubernetes_resources:
+        resource:
+          version: v1
+          name: pods
+        namespaces:
+          - ${SCRAPE_NAMESPACE:default}
+    interval: "${SCRAPE_INTERVAL:15s}"
+
+pipeline:
+  processors:
+    - mapping: |
+        root = {
+          "id": uuid_v4(),
+          "specversion": "1.0",
+          "type": "kube-pod-exec-time",
+          "source": "kubernetes-api",
+          "time": meta("schedule_time"),
+          "subject": this.metadata.annotations."openmeter.io/subject".or(this.metadata.name),
+          "data": this.metadata.annotations.filter(item -> item.key.has_prefix("data.openmeter.io/")).map_each_key(key -> key.trim_prefix("data.openmeter.io/")).assign({
+            "pod_name": this.metadata.name,
+            "pod_namespace": this.metadata.namespace,
+            "duration_seconds": (meta("schedule_interval").parse_duration() / 1000 / 1000 / 1000).round().int64(),
+          }),
+        }
+    - json_schema:
+        schema_path: "file://./cloudevents.spec.json"
+    - catch:
+        - log:
+            level: ERROR
+            message: "Schema validation failed due to: ${!error()}"
+        - mapping: "root = deleted()"
+
+output:
+  switch:
+    cases:
+      - check: ""
+        continue: true
+        output:
+          openmeter:
+            url: "${OPENMETER_URL:https://openmeter.cloud}"
+            token: "${OPENMETER_TOKEN:}"
+            batching:
+              count: ${BATCH_SIZE:20}
+              period: ${BATCH_PERIOD:}
+
+      - check: '"${DEBUG:false}" == "true"'
+        output:
+          stdout:
+            codec: lines
diff --git a/deploy/charts/benthos-collector/templates/_helpers.tpl b/deploy/charts/benthos-collector/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 0b7642ee2..5e596dda5 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/benthos-collector/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/deploy/charts/benthos-collector/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ Create args for the deployment
 ["benthos", "-c", "{{ .Values.configFile }}"]
 {{- else if .Values.preset }}
 {{- if eq .Values.preset "http-server" -}}
-["benthos", "streams", "--no-api", "/etc/benthos/examples/http-server/input.yaml", "/etc/benthos/examples/http-server/output.yaml"]
+["benthos", "streams", "--no-api", "/etc/benthos/presets/http-server/input.yaml", "/etc/benthos/presets/http-server/output.yaml"]
 {{- else if eq .Values.preset "kubernetes-pod-exec-time" -}}
-["benthos", "-c", "/etc/benthos/examples/kubernetes-pod-exec-time/config.yaml"]
+["benthos", "-c", "/etc/benthos/presets/kubernetes-pod-exec-time/config.yaml"]
 {{- else }}
 {{- fail (printf "Invalid example '%s" .Values.preset) }}
 {{- end }}