diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator-regression.yml b/.github/workflows/operator-regression.yml
index a98ccc95..5b728cc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator-regression.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator-regression.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   integration-test:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        #os: [observability-linux-2-arm64, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -23,6 +27,33 @@ jobs:
         run:
            bash test/operator/kind-with-registry.sh
 
+      - name: Start Elasticsearch
+        run: |
+           docker network create elastic
+           #Local elasticsearch without SSL on http://localhost:9200
+           docker run --name es01 --net elastic -p 9200:9200 -m 1GB -e xpack.security.enabled=false -e xpack.security.enrollment.enabled=false -e discovery.type=single-node docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.16.1 1>es.log 2>&1 &
+           bash test/operator/utilities/wait_for_es_http_ready.bash http://localhost:9200
+
+      - name: Start Collector
+        run: |
+           #Elastic agent from download instructions
+           curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/elastic-agent/elastic-agent-8.16.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+           tar xzvf elastic-agent-*-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+           cd elastic-agent-*-linux-x86_64/
+           #Use latext collector config for elastic agent
+           curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elastic/elastic-agent/refs/heads/main/internal/pkg/otel/samples/linux/logs_metrics_traces.yml
+           #bind to ANY rather than LOOPBACK so that the pods can connect
+           sed -e 's/http:/http:\n        endpoint: 0.0.0.0:4318/' logs_metrics_traces.yml > logs_metrics_traces2.yml
+           export STORAGE_DIR=/var/tmp
+           export ELASTIC_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:9200
+           export ELASTIC_API_KEY=nothing
+           sudo -E ./elastic-agent otel --config logs_metrics_traces2.yml 1>collector.log 2>&1 &
+           bash ../test/operator/utilities/wait_for_log_entry.bash collector.log "elastic agent collector" "Everything is ready"
+
+      - name: Test Collector
+        run: |
+          echo "Nothing here yet"
+
       - name: Create Test Images
         run: |
            for t in ${AGENT_TESTS[@]}
@@ -36,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Helm
         uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
         with:
-          version: v3.11.2
+          version: v3.13.3
 
       - name: Install Operator
         run: |
@@ -47,13 +78,14 @@ jobs:
           bash test/operator/wait_for_pod_start.sh opentelemetry-operator-system opentelemetry-operator 2/2 1
           kubectl get pods -A
 
-      - name: Start And Test Collector Skeleton
-        run: |
-          echo "Nothing here yet"
-
       - name: Start Test Images
         run: |
+          HOST_IP=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')
+          echo "using host ip $HOST_IP"
+          sed -e "s/REPLACE/$HOST_IP/" test/operator/utilities/endpoint.yml > endpoint.yml
           kubectl create namespace banana
+          kubectl apply -f test/operator/utilities/dummyservice.yml
+          kubectl apply -f endpoint.yml
           for t in ${AGENT_TESTS[@]}
           do
             if [ "x$t" = "xgo" ]; then   CONTAINER_READY="2/2"; else   CONTAINER_READY="1/1"; fi
@@ -61,6 +93,9 @@ jobs:
             echo "Starting pod for $t"
             kubectl create -f test/operator/$t/test-app.yaml
             bash test/operator/wait_for_pod_start.sh banana $t-test-app $CONTAINER_READY 1
+            kubectl logs pod/$t-test-app -n banana
             bash test/operator/wait_for_agent_start.sh banana $t-test-app "$AGENT_START_GREP"
+            bash test/operator/utilities/wait_for_es_transaction.bash http://localhost:9200 $t-test-app "kubectl logs pod/$t-test-app -n banana"
+            kubectl logs pod/$t-test-app -n banana
             kubectl delete -f test/operator/$t/test-app.yaml
           done
diff --git a/test/operator/elastic-instrumentation.yml b/test/operator/elastic-instrumentation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ff1218ee..00000000
--- a/test/operator/elastic-instrumentation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: opentelemetry.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Instrumentation
-metadata:
-  name: elastic-instrumentation
-  namespace: opentelemetry-operator-system
-spec:
-  exporter:
-    endpoint: http://opentelemetry-kube-stack-daemon-collector:4318
-  propagators:
-    - tracecontext
-    - baggage
-    - b3
-  sampler:
-    type: parentbased_traceidratio
-    argument: "1.0"
-  java:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/observability/elastic-otel-javaagent:1.0.0
-  nodejs:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/observability/elastic-otel-node:0.4.1
-  dotnet:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/observability/elastic-otel-dotnet:edge
-  python:
-    image: docker.elastic.co/observability/elastic-otel-python:0.3.0
-  go:
-    image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-go-instrumentation/autoinstrumentation-go:v0.14.0-alpha
diff --git a/test/operator/java/test-app.yaml b/test/operator/java/test-app.yaml
index 4a6af091..bc0aee96 100644
--- a/test/operator/java/test-app.yaml
+++ b/test/operator/java/test-app.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ spec:
         value: "true"
       - name: AGENT_HAS_STARTED_IF_YOU_SEE
         value: "javaagent.tooling.VersionLogger - opentelemetry-javaagent"
+      - name: OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_METHODS_INCLUDE
+        value: "Hello[test]"
+      - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
+        value: "http://collector:4318"
diff --git a/test/operator/nodejs/Dockerfile b/test/operator/nodejs/Dockerfile
index 12e3984a..191ec311 100644
--- a/test/operator/nodejs/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/operator/nodejs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 FROM node
 
 ADD ./app.js .
+ADD ./start.bash .
 
-ENTRYPOINT [ "node", "app.js" ]
+ENTRYPOINT [ "bash", "start.bash" ]
diff --git a/test/operator/nodejs/start.bash b/test/operator/nodejs/start.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8668a834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/nodejs/start.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+node app.js &
+while :
+do
+  sleep 1
+  curl -s http://127.0.0.1:8080/ > /dev/null
+done
diff --git a/test/operator/nodejs/test-app.yaml b/test/operator/nodejs/test-app.yaml
index 8a3f9bb7..cf67d20d 100644
--- a/test/operator/nodejs/test-app.yaml
+++ b/test/operator/nodejs/test-app.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ spec:
         value: "debug"
       - name: AGENT_HAS_STARTED_IF_YOU_SEE
         value: "@opentelemetry/instrumentation-http Applying instrumentation patch for nodejs core module"
+      - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
+        value: "http://collector:4318"
diff --git a/test/operator/python/Dockerfile b/test/operator/python/Dockerfile
index 5c402f54..096dc79a 100644
--- a/test/operator/python/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/operator/python/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.9-slim-buster
+FROM python:3.12
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ COPY . /app
 
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
-CMD [ "python3", "-m" , "flask", "run"]
+CMD [ "bash", "/app/start.bash"]
diff --git a/test/operator/python/start.bash b/test/operator/python/start.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1498b6b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/python/start.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+python3 -m flask run &
+while :
+do
+  sleep 1
+  curl -s http://localhost:5000/ > /dev/null
+done
diff --git a/test/operator/python/test-app.yaml b/test/operator/python/test-app.yaml
index 8e4f7c44..ce3268a8 100644
--- a/test/operator/python/test-app.yaml
+++ b/test/operator/python/test-app.yaml
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ spec:
       - name: OTEL_LOG_LEVEL
         value: "debug"
       - name: AGENT_HAS_STARTED_IF_YOU_SEE
-        value: "Exception while exporting metrics HTTPConnectionPool"
+        value: "OpenTelemetry Lambda extension"
+      - name: OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT
+        value: "http://collector:4318"
diff --git a/test/operator/utilities/dummyservice.yml b/test/operator/utilities/dummyservice.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d049d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/utilities/dummyservice.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: collector
+  namespace: banana
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None
+  ports:
+  - port: 4318
diff --git a/test/operator/utilities/endpoint.yml b/test/operator/utilities/endpoint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b4a5a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/utilities/endpoint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Endpoints
+metadata:
+  name: collector
+  namespace: banana
+subsets:
+  - addresses:
+    - ip: REPLACE
+    ports:
+    - name: collector
+      port: 4318
diff --git a/test/operator/utilities/wait_for_es_http_ready.bash b/test/operator/utilities/wait_for_es_http_ready.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ea1b17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/utilities/wait_for_es_http_ready.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+MAX_WAIT_SECONDS=120
+URL=$1
+
+echo "Waiting up to $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds for the elasticsearch server to be ready by checking $URL"
+count=0
+while [ $count -lt $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS ]
+do
+  count=`expr $count + 1`
+  STARTED=$((curl -m 2 "$URL" || true) | (grep build_hash || true) | wc -l)
+  if [ $STARTED -ne 0 ]
+  then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  sleep 1
+done
+echo "error: the elasticsearch server failed to be ready within $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds"
+curl -v "$URL"
+exit 1
diff --git a/test/operator/utilities/wait_for_es_transaction.bash b/test/operator/utilities/wait_for_es_transaction.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b0ae6a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/utilities/wait_for_es_transaction.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+MAX_WAIT_SECONDS=120
+URL=$1
+SERVICE_NAME=$2
+KUBECTL_COMMAND=$3
+
+echo "Waiting up to $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds for the elasticsearch server to show a transaction from $SERVICE_NAME by querying $URL"
+count=0
+while [ $count -lt $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS ]
+do
+  count=`expr $count + 1`
+  #curl -m 2 "$URL/traces*/_search" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"query": {"range": {"@timestamp": {"gte": "now-1h","lte": "now"}}}}' > query.output
+  curl -m 2 "$URL/traces*/_search" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"query\": {\"bool\": {\"must\": [{\"range\": {\"@timestamp\": {\"gte\": \"now-1h\",\"lte\": \"now\"}}},{\"match\": {\"resource.attributes.service.name\": \"$SERVICE_NAME\"}}]}}}" > query.output
+  DETECTED_SERVICE=$(jq '.hits.hits[0]._source.resource.attributes."service.name"' query.output | tr -d '"')
+  if [ "x$DETECTED_SERVICE" = "x$SERVICE_NAME" ]
+  then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  sleep 1
+done
+
+echo "error: the elasticsearch server failed to include a transaction with the service name $SERVICE_NAME wihin $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds"
+eval $KUBECTL_COMMAND
+cat query.output | jq
+exit 1
diff --git a/test/operator/utilities/wait_for_log_entry.bash b/test/operator/utilities/wait_for_log_entry.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..146fd104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/operator/utilities/wait_for_log_entry.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+MAX_WAIT_SECONDS=120
+LOGNAME=$1
+SERVICENAME=$2
+GREP=$3
+
+echo "Waiting up to $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds for the $SERVICENAME to be ready"
+count=0
+while [ $count -lt $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS ]
+do
+  count=`expr $count + 1`
+  STARTED=$((grep -i "$GREP" $LOGNAME || true) | wc -l)
+  if [ $STARTED -ne 0 ]
+  then
+    exit 0
+  fi
+  sleep 1
+done
+echo "error: the $SERVICENAME failed to be ready within $MAX_WAIT_SECONDS seconds"
+tail -n 100 $LOGNAME
+exit 1