diff --git a/docker-compose.metrics.collector.yml b/docker-compose.metrics.collector.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+services:
+  newt:
+    image: your/newt:latest
+    environment:
+      - NEWT_METRICS_PROMETHEUS_ENABLED=false   # wichtig: direkte /metrics-Erfassung aus
+      - NEWT_METRICS_OTLP_ENABLED=true          # OTLP an den Collector
+      # optional:
+      # - NEWT_METRICS_INCLUDE_TUNNEL_ID=false
+    # Falls Newt selbst Ports exponiert, hier NICHT 2112 mappen
+    # ports: []
+
+  otel-collector:
+    image: otel/opentelemetry-collector-contrib:latest
+    command: ["--config=/etc/otelcol/config.yaml"]
+    volumes:
+      - ./examples/otel-collector.yaml:/etc/otelcol/config.yaml:ro
+    ports:
+      - "4317:4317"   # OTLP gRPC
+      - "8889:8889"   # Prometheus Exporter (wird von Prometheus gescraped)
+
+  prometheus:
+    image: prom/prometheus:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./examples/prometheus.with-collector.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml:ro
+    ports:
+      - "9090:9090"
+
diff --git a/docs/observability.md b/docs/observability.md
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--- a/docs/observability.md
+++ b/docs/observability.md
@@ -190,6 +190,38 @@ Cardinality tips
   action: drop
 ```
 
+Quickstart: direkte Prometheus-Erfassung (empfohlen)
+
+```
+# Start (direkter /metrics-Scrape, keine Doppel-Erfassung)
+docker compose -f docker-compose.metrics.yml up -d
+
+# Smoke-Checks
+./scripts/smoke-metrics.sh
+# Tunnel-IDs ausblenden (optional):
+# EXPECT_TUNNEL_ID=false NEWT_METRICS_INCLUDE_TUNNEL_ID=false ./scripts/smoke-metrics.sh
+```
+
+- Prometheus UI: http://localhost:9090
+- Standard-Scrape-Intervall: 15s
+- Kein OTLP aktiv (NEWT_METRICS_OTLP_ENABLED=false in docker-compose.metrics.yml)
+
+Häufige PromQL-Schnelltests
+
+```
+# Online-Status einer Site in den letzten 5 Minuten
+max_over_time(newt_site_online{site_id="$site"}[5m])
+
+# TCP egress-Bytes pro Site/Tunnel (10m)
+sum by (site_id, tunnel_id) (increase(newt_tunnel_bytes_total{protocol="tcp",direction="egress"}[10m]))
+
+# WebSocket-Connect P95
+histogram_quantile(0.95, sum by (le, site_id) (rate(newt_websocket_connect_latency_seconds_bucket[5m])))
+
+# Reconnects nach Initiator
+increase(newt_tunnel_reconnects_total{site_id="$site"}[30m]) by (initiator, reason)
+```
+
 Troubleshooting
 
 - curl :2112/metrics – ensure endpoint is reachable and includes newt_* metrics
diff --git a/examples/prometheus.with-collector.yml b/examples/prometheus.with-collector.yml
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+global:
+  scrape_interval: 15s
+
+scrape_configs:
+  # WICHTIG: Newt NICHT direkt scrapen, nur den Collector!
+  - job_name: 'otel-collector'
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ['otel-collector:8889']
+
+    # optional: Kardinalität begrenzen
+    relabel_configs:
+      - action: labeldrop
+        regex: 'tunnel_id'
+      # - action: keep
+      #   source_labels: [site_id]
+      #   regex: '(site-a|site-b)'
+