diff --git a/agent/collector/collector.go b/agent/collector/collector.go
index 4093c6aaca..237ac4eb4e 100644
--- a/agent/collector/collector.go
+++ b/agent/collector/collector.go
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ func WithTraceCache(traceCache TraceCache) CollectorOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithStartRemoteServer(startRemoteServer bool) CollectorOption {
+	return func(ric *remoteIngesterConfig) {
+		ric.startRemoteServer = startRemoteServer
+	}
+}
+
 type collector struct {
 	grpcServer stoppable
 	httpServer stoppable
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, config Config, tracer trace.Tracer, opts ...Coll
 		opt(&ingesterConfig)
 	}
 
-	ingester, err := newForwardIngester(ctx, config.BatchTimeout, ingesterConfig)
+	ingester, err := newForwardIngester(ctx, config.BatchTimeout, ingesterConfig, ingesterConfig.startRemoteServer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not start local collector: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/agent/collector/collector_test.go b/agent/collector/collector_test.go
index 4f941dcaac..b14ce182e0 100644
--- a/agent/collector/collector_test.go
+++ b/agent/collector/collector_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func TestCollector(t *testing.T) {
 			RemoteServerURL: targetServer.Addr(),
 		},
 		noopTracer,
+		collector.WithStartRemoteServer(true),
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func TestCollectorWatchingSpansFromTest(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		noopTracer,
 		collector.WithTraceCache(cache),
+		collector.WithStartRemoteServer(true),
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
diff --git a/agent/collector/ingester.go b/agent/collector/ingester.go
index 5daf97aa1d..1434554393 100644
--- a/agent/collector/ingester.go
+++ b/agent/collector/ingester.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type stoppable interface {
 	Stop()
 }
 
-func newForwardIngester(ctx context.Context, batchTimeout time.Duration, remoteIngesterConfig remoteIngesterConfig) (otlp.Ingester, error) {
+func newForwardIngester(ctx context.Context, batchTimeout time.Duration, remoteIngesterConfig remoteIngesterConfig, startRemoteServer bool) (otlp.Ingester, error) {
 	ingester := &forwardIngester{
 		BatchTimeout:   batchTimeout,
 		RemoteIngester: remoteIngesterConfig,
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@ func newForwardIngester(ctx context.Context, batchTimeout time.Duration, remoteI
 		traceCache:     remoteIngesterConfig.traceCache,
 	}
 
-	err := ingester.connectToRemoteServer(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not connect to remote server: %w", err)
-	}
+	if startRemoteServer {
+		err := ingester.connectToRemoteServer(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not connect to remote server: %w", err)
+		}
 
-	go ingester.startBatchWorker()
+		go ingester.startBatchWorker()
+	}
 
 	return ingester, nil
 }
@@ -50,9 +52,10 @@ type forwardIngester struct {
 }
 
 type remoteIngesterConfig struct {
-	URL        string
-	Token      string
-	traceCache TraceCache
+	URL               string
+	Token             string
+	traceCache        TraceCache
+	startRemoteServer bool
 }
 
 type buffer struct {
diff --git a/agent/config/config.go b/agent/config/config.go
index 0ec93d5afa..3dedbb71ff 100644
--- a/agent/config/config.go
+++ b/agent/config/config.go
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	Name      string `mapstructure:"agent_name"`
 	ServerURL string `mapstructure:"server_url"`
 
-	OTLPServer otlpServer `mapstructure:"otlp_server"`
+	OTLPServer OtlpServer `mapstructure:"otlp_server"`
 }
 
-type otlpServer struct {
+type OtlpServer struct {
 	GRPCPort int `mapstructure:"grpc_port"`
 	HTTPPort int `mapstructure:"http_port"`
 }
diff --git a/agent/example/collector.config.yaml b/agent/example/collector.config.yaml
index b761f10e2d..01dd5bf996 100644
--- a/agent/example/collector.config.yaml
+++ b/agent/example/collector.config.yaml
@@ -19,9 +19,18 @@ exporters:
     tls:
       insecure: true
 
+  otlp/1:
+    endpoint: host.docker.internal:4317
+    tls:
+      insecure: true
+
 service:
   pipelines:
     traces:
       receivers: [otlp]
       processors: [probabilistic_sampler, batch]
       exporters: [otlp/jaeger]
+    traces/1:
+      receivers: [otlp]
+      processors: [batch]
+      exporters: [otlp/1]
diff --git a/agent/initialization/start.go b/agent/initialization/start.go
index 52aac17897..725cd28025 100644
--- a/agent/initialization/start.go
+++ b/agent/initialization/start.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, config config.Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	err = startCollector(ctx, config, traceCache)
+	err = StartCollector(ctx, config, traceCache)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ func Start(ctx context.Context, config config.Config) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func startCollector(ctx context.Context, config config.Config, traceCache collector.TraceCache) error {
+func StartCollector(ctx context.Context, config config.Config, traceCache collector.TraceCache) error {
 	noopTracer := trace.NewNoopTracerProvider().Tracer("noop")
 	collectorConfig := collector.Config{
 		HTTPPort: config.OTLPServer.HTTPPort,
 		GRPCPort: config.OTLPServer.GRPCPort,
 	}
 
-	_, err := collector.Start(ctx, collectorConfig, noopTracer, collector.WithTraceCache(traceCache))
+	_, err := collector.Start(ctx, collectorConfig, noopTracer, collector.WithTraceCache(traceCache), collector.WithStartRemoteServer(false))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/cli/pkg/starter/starter.go b/cli/pkg/starter/starter.go
index 9d25c50790..a9cfc1334b 100644
--- a/cli/pkg/starter/starter.go
+++ b/cli/pkg/starter/starter.go
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ func (s *Starter) StartAgent(ctx context.Context, endpoint, name, agentApiKey, u
 		ServerURL: endpoint,
 		APIKey:    agentApiKey,
 		Name:      name,
+		OTLPServer: agentConfig.OtlpServer{
+			GRPCPort: 4317,
+			HTTPPort: 4318,
+		},
 	}
 
 	s.ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Starting Agent with name %s...", name))
@@ -114,6 +118,11 @@ func (s *Starter) StartAgent(ctx context.Context, endpoint, name, agentApiKey, u
 		return err
 	}
 
+	err = initialization.StartCollector(ctx, cfg, cache)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	claims, err := s.getTokenClaims(client.SessionConfiguration().AgentIdentification.Token)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/server/app/app.go b/server/app/app.go
index d4cd7cb0d3..a0375d9464 100644
--- a/server/app/app.go
+++ b/server/app/app.go
@@ -230,8 +230,10 @@ func (app *App) Start(opts ...appOption) error {
 
 	tracedbFactory := tracedb.Factory(tracesRepo)
 
-	eventEmitter := executor.NewEventEmitter(testDB, subscriptionManager)
-	registerOtlpServer(app, tracesRepo, runRepo, eventEmitter, dataStoreRepo, tracer)
+	if app.cfg.OtlpServerEnabled() {
+		eventEmitter := executor.NewEventEmitter(testDB, subscriptionManager)
+		registerOtlpServer(app, tracesRepo, runRepo, eventEmitter, dataStoreRepo, tracer)
+	}
 
 	testPipeline := buildTestPipeline(
 		pool,
diff --git a/server/config/server.go b/server/config/server.go
index a68aca3647..e7a22c721e 100644
--- a/server/config/server.go
+++ b/server/config/server.go
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ var serverOptions = options{
 		defaultValue: "true",
 		description:  "enable local data store test connection",
 	},
+	{
+		key:          "otlpServer.enabled",
+		defaultValue: "true",
+		description:  "enable otlp server",
+	},
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -169,3 +174,10 @@ func (c *AppConfig) DataStorePipelineTestConnectionEnabled() bool {
 
 	return c.vp.GetString("dataStorePipelines.testConnection.enabled") == "true"
 }
+
+func (c *AppConfig) OtlpServerEnabled() bool {
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return c.vp.GetString("otlpServer.enabled") == "true"
+}