diff --git a/.changelog/4025.added.txt b/.changelog/4025.added.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..514cf5f5ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/4025.added.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+chore(deps): Migrate routing processor to routing connector for metrics collection
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/check_configuration_keys.py b/ci/check_configuration_keys.py
index b29f35cc6c..ba30b9323d 100755
--- a/ci/check_configuration_keys.py
+++ b/ci/check_configuration_keys.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     'sumologic.setup.debug',
     'metrics-server.image.pullSecrets',
     'sumologic.events.sourceCategory',
+    'sumologic.metrics.useRoutingConnectors',
 }
 
 def main(values_path: str, readme_path: str, full_diff=False) -> None:
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md b/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md
index 60a136401a..f36d39a344 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/README.md
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Sumo Logic chart an
 | `sumologic.metrics.dropHistogramBuckets`                                              | Drop buckets from histogram and summary metrics, leaving only the sum and count components.                                                                                                                                                                                                                | `true`                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `sumologic.metrics.allowHistogramRegex`                                               | Allowlist for Histogram metrics, including the buckets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `"^$"`                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `sumologic.metrics.sourceType`                                                        | The type of the Sumo Logic source being used for metrics ingestion. Can be `http` or `otlp`.                                                                                                                                                                                                               | `otlp`                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| `sumologic.metrics.useRoutingConnectors`                                              | Enable to use routing connectors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | `false`                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | `sumologic.traces.enabled`                                                            | Set the enabled flag to true to enable tracing ingestion. _Tracing must be enabled for the account first. Please contact your Sumo representative for activation details_                                                                                                                                  | `true`                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `sumologic.traces.spans_per_request`                                                  | Maximum number of spans sent in single batch                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | `100`                                                                                                                                                                                |
 | `sumologic.traces.sourceType`                                                         | The type of the Sumo Logic source being used for traces ingestion. Can be `http` for [HTTP Source](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/http-source/traces/) or `otlp` for [OTLP/HTTP Source](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/http-source/otlp/).       | `otlp`                                                                                                                                                                               |
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/config.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/config.yaml
index 2669922d31..22c357ab32 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/config.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/config.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+{{- if and (.Values.sumologic.metrics.useRoutingConnectors) (eq .Values.sumologic.metrics.sourceType "http") }}
+connectors:
+{{ tpl (.Files.Get "conf/metrics/otelcol/connectors.yaml") . | indent 2 }}
+{{- end}}
+
 exporters:
 {{ tpl (.Files.Get "conf/metrics/otelcol/exporters.yaml") . | indent 2 }}
 
@@ -53,6 +58,67 @@ service:
   pipelines:
     metrics:
 {{ tpl (.Files.Get "conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml") . | indent 6 }}
+{{- if and (.Values.sumologic.metrics.useRoutingConnectors) (eq .Values.sumologic.metrics.sourceType "http") }}
+    metrics/sumologic/default:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/default
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+    metrics/debug:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+    metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-default:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/sumologic-mock-default
+    metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+{{- end }}
+    metrics/apiserver:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/apiserver
+    metrics/control_plane:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/control_plane
+    metrics/controller:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/controller
+    metrics/kubelet:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/kubelet
+    metrics/node:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/node
+    metrics/scheduler:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/scheduler
+    metrics/state:
+      receivers:
+        - routing/default
+      exporters:
+        - sumologic/state
+{{- end }}
   telemetry:
     logs:
       level: {{ .Values.metadata.metrics.logLevel }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/connectors.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/connectors.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9e59f2b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/connectors.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+routing/default:
+  default_pipelines:
+    - metrics/sumologic/default
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+    - metrics/debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+    - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-default
+{{- end }}
+  table:
+    - statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "apiserver"
+      pipelines:
+        - metrics/apiserver
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+        - metrics/debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+        - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+{{- end }}
+    - statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "coredns"
+      pipelines:
+        - metrics/control_plane
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+        - metrics/debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+        - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+{{- end }}
+    - statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-etcd"
+      pipelines:
+        - metrics/control_plane
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+        - metrics/debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+        - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+{{- end }}
+    - statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-controller-manager"
+      pipelines:
+        - metrics/controller
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+        - metrics/debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+        - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+{{- end }}
+    - statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kubelet"
+      pipelines:
+        - metrics/kubelet
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+        - metrics/debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+        - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+{{- end }}
+    - statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "node-exporter"
+      pipelines:
+        - metrics/node
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+        - metrics/debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+        - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+{{- end }}
+    - statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-scheduler"
+      pipelines:
+        - metrics/scheduler
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+        - metrics/debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+        - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+{{- end }}
+    - statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-state-metrics"
+      pipelines:
+        - metrics/state
+{{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
+        - metrics/debug
+{{- end }}
+{{- if eq (include "sumologic-mock.forward-metrics-metadata" .) "true" }}
+        - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml
index 8916effaf9..8ee1f1f5b3 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/pipeline.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 exporters:
+{{- if and (.Values.sumologic.metrics.useRoutingConnectors) (eq .Values.sumologic.metrics.sourceType "http") }}
+  - routing/default
+{{- else }}
   - sumologic/default
 {{- if eq .Values.debug.metrics.metadata.print true }}
   - debug
@@ -18,6 +21,8 @@ exporters:
   - sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
 processors:
   - memory_limiter
   - metricstransform
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ processors:
   - filter/app_metrics
 {{- end }}
   - batch
-{{- if eq .Values.sumologic.metrics.sourceType "http" }}
+{{- if and (not (.Values.sumologic.metrics.useRoutingConnectors | default false)) (eq .Values.sumologic.metrics.sourceType "http") }}
   - routing
 {{- end }}
 receivers:
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/processors.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/processors.yaml
index 5cb6d29fb2..324e2fc45c 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/processors.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/conf/metrics/otelcol/processors.yaml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ resource/remove_k8s_pod_pod_name:
     - action: delete
       key: k8s.pod.pod_name
 
-{{- if eq .Values.sumologic.metrics.sourceType "http" }}
+{{- if and (not (.Values.sumologic.metrics.useRoutingConnectors | default false)) (eq .Values.sumologic.metrics.sourceType "http") }}
 routing:
   default_exporters:
     - sumologic/default
diff --git a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
index c5cad9d1dc..774da2582f 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/sumologic/values.yaml
@@ -462,11 +462,14 @@ sumologic:
         fallbackExporters: []
         table: []
         ## -
-        ##  ## exporter is name of the exporter
-        ##  exporter: sumologic/otlp
-        ##  ## statement is an OTTL condition which defines what data should be send to the exporter
-        ##  ## see routing processor documentation for more details:
-        ##  ## https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/aee4b75100530bce7edbf736fbcf76ac4f6ced6d/processor/routingprocessor/README.md#tech-preview-opentelemetry-transformation-language-statements-as-routing-conditions
+        ##  ## exporters is an array of the exporter
+        ##  exporters:
+        ##    - sumologic/otlp
+        ##  ## statement is an OTTL condition which defines what data should be sent to the exporters
+        ##  ## see routing connector documentation for more details:
+        ##  ## https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/aee4b75100530bce7edbf736fbcf76ac4f6ced6d/connector/routingconnector
+        ## routing connector expects you to define a pipeline, but here the user can just mention the exporter.
+        ## The helm deployment would convert exporters into correct pipelines and configure the connectors.
         ##  statement: ""
 
     ## Fields to be created at Sumo Logic to ensure logs are tagged with
@@ -764,6 +767,8 @@ sumologic:
     ## The type of source we send to in Sumo. The possible values are http and otlp.
     ## Consult the documentation for more information.
     sourceType: otlp
+    ## In order to use routing connectors, please enable this flag.
+    # useRoutingConnectors: true
 
   ### Traces configuration
   ## Set the enabled flag to false to disable traces from instrumentation ingestion.
diff --git a/tests/helm/metrics_test.go b/tests/helm/metrics_test.go
index 6555550ab2..3067d2dfd6 100644
--- a/tests/helm/metrics_test.go
+++ b/tests/helm/metrics_test.go
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ func TestMetadataSourceTypeOTLP(t *testing.T) {
 			Rest map[string]interface{} `yaml:",inline"`
 		}
 		Processors map[string]interface{}
+		Connectors map[string]interface{}
 		Service    struct {
 			Pipelines struct {
 				Metrics struct {
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ sumologic:
 	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Exporters.Default.Endpoint, "${SUMO_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT_OTLP_METRICS_SOURCE}")
 	assert.Len(t, otelConfig.Exporters.Rest, 0)
 	assert.NotContains(t, otelConfig.Processors, "routing")
+	assert.NotContains(t, otelConfig.Connectors, "routing")
 	assert.NotContains(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.Metrics.Processors, "routing")
 	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.Metrics.Exporters, []string{"sumologic/default"})
 }
@@ -187,18 +189,32 @@ func TestMetadataSourceTypeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	templatePath := "templates/metrics/otelcol/configmap.yaml"
 
+	type MetricsPipeline struct {
+		Receivers []string `yaml:"receivers,omitempty"`
+		Exporters []string `yaml:"exporters,omitempty"`
+	}
+
 	type OtelConfig struct {
 		Exporters map[string]struct {
 			MetricFormat string `yaml:"metric_format"`
 			Endpoint     string
 		} `yaml:"exporters"`
 		Processors map[string]interface{}
+		Connectors map[string]interface{}
 		Service    struct {
 			Pipelines struct {
 				Metrics struct {
 					Processors []string `yaml:"processors"`
 					Exporters  []string `yaml:"exporters"`
 				}
+				MetricsApiserver        MetricsPipeline `yaml:"metrics/apiserver"`
+				MetricsControlPlane     MetricsPipeline `yaml:"metrics/control_plane"`
+				MetricsController       MetricsPipeline `yaml:"metrics/controller"`
+				MetricsKubelet          MetricsPipeline `yaml:"metrics/kubelet"`
+				MetricsNode             MetricsPipeline `yaml:"metrics/node"`
+				MetricsScheduler        MetricsPipeline `yaml:"metrics/scheduler"`
+				MetricsState            MetricsPipeline `yaml:"metrics/state"`
+				MetricsSumologicDefault MetricsPipeline `yaml:"metrics/sumologic/default"`
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -208,6 +224,7 @@ func TestMetadataSourceTypeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 sumologic:
   metrics:
     sourceType: http
+    useRoutingConnectors: true
 `
 	otelConfigYaml := GetOtelConfigYaml(t, valuesYaml, templatePath)
 	err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(otelConfigYaml), &otelConfig)
@@ -217,6 +234,65 @@ sumologic:
 	defaultExporter := otelConfig.Exporters["sumologic/default"]
 	assert.Equal(t, "prometheus", defaultExporter.MetricFormat)
 	assert.Equal(t, "${SUMO_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT_METRICS_SOURCE}", defaultExporter.Endpoint)
+	assert.Contains(t, otelConfig.Connectors, "routing/default")
+	assert.NotContains(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.Metrics.Processors, "routing")
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.Metrics.Exporters, []string{"routing/default"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsApiserver.Receivers, []string{"routing/default"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsControlPlane.Receivers, []string{"routing/default"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsController.Receivers, []string{"routing/default"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsKubelet.Receivers, []string{"routing/default"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsNode.Receivers, []string{"routing/default"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsScheduler.Receivers, []string{"routing/default"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsState.Receivers, []string{"routing/default"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsSumologicDefault.Receivers, []string{"routing/default"})
+
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsApiserver.Exporters, []string{"sumologic/apiserver"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsControlPlane.Exporters, []string{"sumologic/control_plane"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsController.Exporters, []string{"sumologic/controller"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsKubelet.Exporters, []string{"sumologic/kubelet"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsNode.Exporters, []string{"sumologic/node"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsScheduler.Exporters, []string{"sumologic/scheduler"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsState.Exporters, []string{"sumologic/state"})
+	assert.Equal(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.MetricsSumologicDefault.Exporters, []string{"sumologic/default"})
+
+	// useRoutingConnectors: false which means routing processor should be used.
+	valuesYaml = `
+sumologic:
+  metrics:
+    sourceType: http
+    useRoutingConnectors: false
+`
+	otelConfigYaml = GetOtelConfigYaml(t, valuesYaml, templatePath)
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(otelConfigYaml), &otelConfig)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Contains(t, otelConfig.Processors, "routing")
+	assert.Contains(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.Metrics.Processors, "routing")
+	assert.Equal(
+		t,
+		[]string{
+			"sumologic/default",
+			"sumologic/apiserver",
+			"sumologic/control_plane",
+			"sumologic/controller",
+			"sumologic/kubelet",
+			"sumologic/node",
+			"sumologic/scheduler",
+			"sumologic/state",
+		},
+		otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.Metrics.Exporters,
+	)
+
+	// useRoutingConnectors flag not present, which means routing processor should be used.
+	valuesYaml = `
+sumologic:
+  metrics:
+    sourceType: http
+`
+	otelConfigYaml = GetOtelConfigYaml(t, valuesYaml, templatePath)
+	err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(otelConfigYaml), &otelConfig)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	assert.Contains(t, otelConfig.Processors, "routing")
 	assert.Contains(t, otelConfig.Service.Pipelines.Metrics.Processors, "routing")
 	assert.Equal(
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom_routing_connector.input.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom_routing_connector.input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7db033410
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom_routing_connector.input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+sumologic:
+  ipv6mode: true
+  metrics:
+    sourceType: http
+    useRoutingConnectors: true
+metadata:
+  metrics:
+    autoscaling:
+      enabled: false
+debug:
+  metrics:
+    metadata:
+      print: true
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom_routing_connector.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom_routing_connector.output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b8b44378e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/custom_routing_connector.output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,378 @@
+---
+# Source: sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: RELEASE-NAME-sumologic-otelcol-metrics
+  namespace: sumologic
+  labels:
+    app: RELEASE-NAME-sumologic-otelcol-metrics
+    chart: "sumologic-%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%"
+    release: "RELEASE-NAME"
+    heritage: "Helm"
+data:
+  config.yaml: |
+    connectors:
+      routing/default:
+        default_pipelines:
+        - metrics/sumologic/default
+        - metrics/debug
+        table:
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/apiserver
+          - metrics/debug
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "apiserver"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/control_plane
+          - metrics/debug
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "coredns"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/control_plane
+          - metrics/debug
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-etcd"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/controller
+          - metrics/debug
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-controller-manager"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/kubelet
+          - metrics/debug
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kubelet"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/node
+          - metrics/debug
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "node-exporter"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/scheduler
+          - metrics/debug
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-scheduler"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/state
+          - metrics/debug
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-state-metrics"
+    exporters:
+      debug:
+        verbosity: detailed
+      sumologic/apiserver:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_APISERVER_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/control_plane:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROL_PLANE_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/controller:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROLLER_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/default:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        decompose_otlp_histograms: true
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/kubelet:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_KUBELET_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/node:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_NODE_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/scheduler:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_SCHEDULER_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/state:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_STATE_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+    extensions:
+      file_storage:
+        compaction:
+          directory: /tmp
+          on_rebound: true
+        directory: /var/lib/storage/otc
+        timeout: 10s
+      health_check:
+        endpoint: '[${env:MY_POD_IP}]:13133'
+      pprof: {}
+    processors:
+      batch:
+        send_batch_max_size: 2048
+        send_batch_size: 1024
+        timeout: 1s
+      filter/drop_unnecessary_metrics:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        metrics:
+          metric:
+          - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
+          - (not IsMatch(name, "^$")) and (type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type
+            == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+            or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket"))
+      groupbyattrs:
+        keys:
+        - container
+        - namespace
+        - pod
+        - service
+      groupbyattrs/group_by_name:
+        keys:
+        - __name__
+        - job
+      k8s_tagger:
+        extract:
+          delimiter: _
+          labels:
+          - key: '*'
+            tag_name: pod_labels_%s
+          metadata:
+          - daemonSetName
+          - deploymentName
+          - nodeName
+          - replicaSetName
+          - serviceName
+          - statefulSetName
+        owner_lookup_enabled: true
+        passthrough: false
+        pod_association:
+        - from: build_hostname
+      memory_limiter:
+        check_interval: 5s
+        limit_percentage: 90
+        spike_limit_percentage: 20
+      metricstransform:
+        transforms:
+        - action: update
+          include: ^prometheus_remote_write_(.*)$$
+          match_type: regexp
+          new_name: $$1
+      resource:
+        attributes:
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: namespace
+          key: k8s.namespace.name
+        - action: delete
+          key: namespace
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: pod
+          key: k8s.pod.name
+        - action: delete
+          key: pod
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: container
+          key: k8s.container.name
+        - action: delete
+          key: container
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: node
+          key: k8s.node.name
+        - action: delete
+          key: node
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: service
+          key: prometheus_service
+        - action: delete
+          key: service
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: service.name
+          key: job
+        - action: delete
+          key: service.name
+        - action: upsert
+          key: _origin
+          value: kubernetes
+        - action: upsert
+          key: cluster
+          value: kubernetes
+      resource/delete_source_metadata:
+        attributes:
+        - action: delete
+          key: _sourceCategory
+        - action: delete
+          key: _sourceHost
+        - action: delete
+          key: _sourceName
+      resource/remove_k8s_pod_pod_name:
+        attributes:
+        - action: delete
+          key: k8s.pod.pod_name
+      source:
+        collector: kubernetes
+        exclude:
+          k8s.namespace.name: ""
+      sumologic:
+        add_cloud_namespace: false
+      transform/remove_name:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        metric_statements:
+        - context: resource
+          statements:
+          - delete_key(attributes, "__name__")
+      transform/set_name:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        metric_statements:
+        - context: datapoint
+          statements:
+          - set(attributes["__name__"], metric.name) where IsMatch(metric.name, "^cloudprovider_.*")
+    receivers:
+      otlp:
+        protocols:
+          http:
+            endpoint: '[${env:MY_POD_IP}]:4318'
+      telegraf:
+        agent_config: |
+          [agent]
+            interval = "30s"
+            flush_interval = "30s"
+            omit_hostname = true
+          [[inputs.http_listener_v2]]
+            # wait longer than prometheus
+            read_timeout = "30s"
+            write_timeout = "30s"
+            service_address = ":9888"
+            data_format = "prometheusremotewrite"
+            paths = [
+              "/prometheus.metrics"
+            ]
+    service:
+      extensions:
+      - health_check
+      - file_storage
+      - pprof
+      pipelines:
+        metrics:
+          exporters:
+          - routing/default
+          processors:
+          - memory_limiter
+          - metricstransform
+          - groupbyattrs
+          - resource
+          - k8s_tagger
+          - source
+          - sumologic
+          - resource/remove_k8s_pod_pod_name
+          - resource/delete_source_metadata
+          - transform/set_name
+          - groupbyattrs/group_by_name
+          - transform/remove_name
+          - filter/drop_unnecessary_metrics
+          - batch
+          receivers:
+          - telegraf
+          - otlp
+        metrics/apiserver:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/apiserver
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/control_plane:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/control_plane
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/controller:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/controller
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/debug:
+          exporters:
+          - debug
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/kubelet:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/kubelet
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/node:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/node
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/scheduler:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/scheduler
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/state:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/state
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/sumologic/default:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/default
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+      telemetry:
+        logs:
+          level: info
+        metrics:
+          level: normal
+          readers:
+          - pull:
+              exporter:
+                prometheus:
+                  host: ${env:MY_POD_IP}
+                  port: 8888
+                  without_scope_info: true
+                  without_type_suffix: true
+                  without_units: true
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http_routing_connector.input.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http_routing_connector.input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..539de6d4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http_routing_connector.input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+debug:
+  sumologicMock:
+    enabled: true
+  metrics:
+    metadata:
+      print: true
+      forwardToSumologicMock: true
+      stopLogsIngestion: true
+sumologic:
+  metrics:
+    sourceType: http
+    useRoutingConnectors: true
diff --git a/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http_routing_connector.output.yaml b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http_routing_connector.output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d91e7467af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/helm/testdata/goldenfile/metadata_metrics_otc/debug_with_sumologic_mock_http_routing_connector.output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,420 @@
+---
+# Source: sumologic/templates/metrics/otelcol/configmap.yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: RELEASE-NAME-sumologic-otelcol-metrics
+  namespace: sumologic
+  labels:
+    app: RELEASE-NAME-sumologic-otelcol-metrics
+    chart: "sumologic-%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%"
+    release: "RELEASE-NAME"
+    heritage: "Helm"
+data:
+  config.yaml: |
+    connectors:
+      routing/default:
+        default_pipelines:
+        - metrics/sumologic/default
+        - metrics/debug
+        - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-default
+        table:
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/apiserver
+          - metrics/debug
+          - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "apiserver"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/control_plane
+          - metrics/debug
+          - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "coredns"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/control_plane
+          - metrics/debug
+          - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-etcd"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/controller
+          - metrics/debug
+          - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-controller-manager"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/kubelet
+          - metrics/debug
+          - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kubelet"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/node
+          - metrics/debug
+          - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "node-exporter"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/scheduler
+          - metrics/debug
+          - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-scheduler"
+        - pipelines:
+          - metrics/state
+          - metrics/debug
+          - metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+          statement: route() where resource.attributes["job"] == "kube-state-metrics"
+    exporters:
+      debug:
+        verbosity: detailed
+      sumologic/apiserver:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_APISERVER_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/control_plane:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROL_PLANE_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/controller:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_CONTROLLER_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/default:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        decompose_otlp_histograms: true
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_DEFAULT_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/kubelet:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_KUBELET_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/node:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_NODE_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/scheduler:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_SCHEDULER_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/state:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: ${SUMO_ENDPOINT_STATE_METRICS_SOURCE}
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/sumologic-mock-default:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        decompose_otlp_histograms: true
+        endpoint: http://RELEASE-NAME-sumologic-mock.sumologic.svc.cluster.local.:3000/receiver
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+      sumologic/sumologic-mock-http:
+        client: k8s_%CURRENT_CHART_VERSION%
+        endpoint: http://RELEASE-NAME-sumologic-mock.sumologic.svc.cluster.local.:3000/receiver
+        max_request_body_size: 16777216
+        metric_format: prometheus
+        sending_queue:
+          enabled: true
+          num_consumers: 10
+          queue_size: 10000
+          storage: file_storage
+        timeout: 30s
+    extensions:
+      file_storage:
+        compaction:
+          directory: /tmp
+          on_rebound: true
+        directory: /var/lib/storage/otc
+        timeout: 10s
+      health_check:
+        endpoint: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:13133
+      pprof: {}
+    processors:
+      batch:
+        send_batch_max_size: 2048
+        send_batch_size: 1024
+        timeout: 1s
+      filter/drop_unnecessary_metrics:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        metrics:
+          metric:
+          - resource.attributes["job"] != "pod-annotations" and IsMatch(name, "scrape_.*")
+          - (not IsMatch(name, "^$")) and (type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_HISTOGRAM or type
+            == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_EXPONENTIAL_HISTOGRAM or type == METRIC_DATA_TYPE_SUMMARY
+            or IsMatch(name, ".*_bucket"))
+      groupbyattrs:
+        keys:
+        - container
+        - namespace
+        - pod
+        - service
+      groupbyattrs/group_by_name:
+        keys:
+        - __name__
+        - job
+      k8s_tagger:
+        extract:
+          delimiter: _
+          labels:
+          - key: '*'
+            tag_name: pod_labels_%s
+          metadata:
+          - daemonSetName
+          - deploymentName
+          - nodeName
+          - replicaSetName
+          - serviceName
+          - statefulSetName
+        owner_lookup_enabled: true
+        passthrough: false
+        pod_association:
+        - from: build_hostname
+      memory_limiter:
+        check_interval: 5s
+        limit_percentage: 90
+        spike_limit_percentage: 20
+      metricstransform:
+        transforms:
+        - action: update
+          include: ^prometheus_remote_write_(.*)$$
+          match_type: regexp
+          new_name: $$1
+      resource:
+        attributes:
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: namespace
+          key: k8s.namespace.name
+        - action: delete
+          key: namespace
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: pod
+          key: k8s.pod.name
+        - action: delete
+          key: pod
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: container
+          key: k8s.container.name
+        - action: delete
+          key: container
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: node
+          key: k8s.node.name
+        - action: delete
+          key: node
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: service
+          key: prometheus_service
+        - action: delete
+          key: service
+        - action: upsert
+          from_attribute: service.name
+          key: job
+        - action: delete
+          key: service.name
+        - action: upsert
+          key: _origin
+          value: kubernetes
+        - action: upsert
+          key: cluster
+          value: kubernetes
+      resource/delete_source_metadata:
+        attributes:
+        - action: delete
+          key: _sourceCategory
+        - action: delete
+          key: _sourceHost
+        - action: delete
+          key: _sourceName
+      resource/remove_k8s_pod_pod_name:
+        attributes:
+        - action: delete
+          key: k8s.pod.pod_name
+      source:
+        collector: kubernetes
+        exclude:
+          k8s.namespace.name: ""
+      sumologic:
+        add_cloud_namespace: false
+      transform/remove_name:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        metric_statements:
+        - context: resource
+          statements:
+          - delete_key(attributes, "__name__")
+      transform/set_name:
+        error_mode: ignore
+        metric_statements:
+        - context: datapoint
+          statements:
+          - set(attributes["__name__"], metric.name) where IsMatch(metric.name, "^cloudprovider_.*")
+    receivers:
+      otlp:
+        protocols:
+          http:
+            endpoint: ${env:MY_POD_IP}:4318
+      telegraf:
+        agent_config: |
+          [agent]
+            interval = "30s"
+            flush_interval = "30s"
+            omit_hostname = true
+          [[inputs.http_listener_v2]]
+            # wait longer than prometheus
+            read_timeout = "30s"
+            write_timeout = "30s"
+            service_address = ":9888"
+            data_format = "prometheusremotewrite"
+            paths = [
+              "/prometheus.metrics"
+            ]
+    service:
+      extensions:
+      - health_check
+      - file_storage
+      - pprof
+      pipelines:
+        metrics:
+          exporters:
+          - routing/default
+          processors:
+          - memory_limiter
+          - metricstransform
+          - groupbyattrs
+          - resource
+          - k8s_tagger
+          - source
+          - sumologic
+          - resource/remove_k8s_pod_pod_name
+          - resource/delete_source_metadata
+          - transform/set_name
+          - groupbyattrs/group_by_name
+          - transform/remove_name
+          - filter/drop_unnecessary_metrics
+          - batch
+          receivers:
+          - telegraf
+          - otlp
+        metrics/apiserver:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/apiserver
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/control_plane:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/control_plane
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/controller:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/controller
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/debug:
+          exporters:
+          - debug
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/kubelet:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/kubelet
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/node:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/node
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/scheduler:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/scheduler
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/state:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/state
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/sumologic/default:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/default
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-default:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/sumologic-mock-default
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+        metrics/sumologic/sumologic-mock-http:
+          exporters:
+          - sumologic/sumologic-mock-http
+          receivers:
+          - routing/default
+      telemetry:
+        logs:
+          level: info
+        metrics:
+          level: normal
+          readers:
+          - pull:
+              exporter:
+                prometheus:
+                  host: ${env:MY_POD_IP}
+                  port: 8888
+                  without_scope_info: true
+                  without_type_suffix: true
+                  without_units: true