diff --git a/.github/workflows/functionApp.yml b/.github/workflows/functionApp.yml
index db7f0ca..f03355b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/functionApp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/functionApp.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_functionAppDeployTemplate.yml
     name: "Function App Deploy"
     needs: [function_test]
-    # if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release'
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'release'
     with:
       environment: "dev"
       python_version: "3.10"
diff --git a/code/function/fastapp/main.py b/code/function/fastapp/main.py
index 488ef81..8834cfa 100644
--- a/code/function/fastapp/main.py
+++ b/code/function/fastapp/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapp.api.v1.api_v1 import api_v1_router
 from fastapp.core.config import settings
+from fastapp.utils import setup_tracer
 
 
 def get_app() -> FastAPI:
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ def get_app() -> FastAPI:
 @app.on_event("startup")
 async def startup_event():
     """Gracefully start the application before the server reports readiness."""
-    pass
+    setup_tracer(app=app)
 
 
 @app.on_event("shutdown")
diff --git a/code/function/fastapp/utils.py b/code/function/fastapp/utils.py
index d140f1a..dba9aa4 100644
--- a/code/function/fastapp/utils.py
+++ b/code/function/fastapp/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import logging
 from logging import Logger
 
+# from azure.identity import ManagedIdentityCredential
+from azure.monitor.opentelemetry.exporter import AzureMonitorTraceExporter
+from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapp.core.config import settings
+from opentelemetry.instrumentation.fastapi import FastAPIInstrumentor
+from opentelemetry.sdk.resources import SERVICE_NAME, Resource
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace import TracerProvider
+from opentelemetry.sdk.trace.export import BatchSpanProcessor
 
 
 def setup_logging(module) -> Logger:
@@ -20,3 +27,20 @@ def setup_logging(module) -> Logger:
     )
     logger.addHandler(logger_stream_handler)
     return logger
+
+
+def setup_tracer(app: FastAPI):
+    """Setup tracer for Open Telemetry.
+
+    app (FastAPI): The app to be instrumented by Open Telemetry.
+    RETURNS (None): Nothing is being returned.
+    """
+    if settings.APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING:
+        # credential = ManagedIdentityCredential()
+        exporter = AzureMonitorTraceExporter.from_connection_string(
+            settings.APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING,
+            # credential=credential
+        )
+        tracer = TracerProvider(resource=Resource({SERVICE_NAME: "api"}))
+        tracer.add_span_processor(BatchSpanProcessor(exporter))
+        FastAPIInstrumentor.instrument_app(app, tracer_provider=tracer)
diff --git a/code/function/requirements.txt b/code/function/requirements.txt
index e380e21..25a209e 100644
--- a/code/function/requirements.txt
+++ b/code/function/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # The Python Worker is managed by Azure Functions platform
 # Manually managing azure-functions-worker may cause unexpected issues
 
+# azure-identity~=1.13.0
 azure-functions~=1.14.0
 fastapi~=0.96.1
 aiohttp~=3.8.4
+opentelemetry-instrumentation-fastapi==0.39b0
+azure-monitor-opentelemetry-exporter==1.0.0b14
diff --git a/code/infra/logging.tf b/code/infra/logging.tf
index f3b6637..209e890 100644
--- a/code/infra/logging.tf
+++ b/code/infra/logging.tf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ resource "azurerm_application_insights" "application_insights" {
   force_customer_storage_for_profiler   = false
   internet_ingestion_enabled            = true
   internet_query_enabled                = true
-  local_authentication_disabled         = true
+  local_authentication_disabled         = false
   retention_in_days                     = 90
   sampling_percentage                   = 100
   workspace_id                          = azurerm_log_analytics_workspace.log_analytics_workspace.id
diff --git a/code/infra/roleassignments.tf b/code/infra/roleassignments.tf
index 86d553b..cbe287d 100644
--- a/code/infra/roleassignments.tf
+++ b/code/infra/roleassignments.tf
@@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ resource "azurerm_role_assignment" "function_role_assignment_key_vault" {
   role_definition_name = "Key Vault Secrets User"
   principal_id         = azapi_resource.function.identity[0].principal_id
 }
+
+# resource "azurerm_role_assignment" "function_role_assignment_application_insights" {
+#   scope                = azurerm_application_insights.application_insights.id
+#   role_definition_name = "Monitoring Metrics Publisher"
+#   principal_id         = azapi_resource.function.identity[0].principal_id
+# }