diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 90149db..1e27e32 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -314,3 +314,5 @@ cython_debug/
 .git
 .github
 .gitignore
+
+*.env
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 93afa7e..57c7c40 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -283,3 +283,4 @@ dmypy.json
 # Cython debug symbols
 cython_debug/
 
+credentials.env
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 69a18f1..80b354e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ services:
 
   otel-collector:
     image: grafana/alloy:latest
+    # You can add the Grafana Cloud credentials in this file
+    # and push observability directly to the provider.
+    # Refer to the config.alloy file to see what credentials we need.
+    env_file:
+      - path: ./credentials.env
+        required: false
     depends_on:
       - jaeger
     ports:
@@ -154,4 +160,3 @@ services:
     command:
       - "make"
       - "test"
-