diff --git a/src/Altinn.App.Api/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/src/Altinn.App.Api/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
index dca0f43ba..29f4e7b71 100644
--- a/src/Altinn.App.Api/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Altinn.App.Api/Extensions/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ private static void AddOpenTelemetry(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration
         DistributedContextPropagator.Current = new AspNetCorePropagator();
 
         var appInsightsConnectionString = GetAppInsightsConnectionStringForOtel(config, env);
+        var useOpenTelemetryCollector = config.GetValue<bool?>("AppSettings:UseOpenTelemetryCollector");
 
         services
             .AddOpenTelemetry()
@@ -252,12 +253,13 @@ private static void AddOpenTelemetry(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration
                     .AddAspNetCoreInstrumentation(opts =>
                     {
                         opts.RecordException = true;
+                        opts.Filter = httpContext => !httpContext.Request.Path.StartsWithSegments("/health");
                     });
 
                 if (isTest)
                     return;
 
-                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(appInsightsConnectionString))
+                if (useOpenTelemetryCollector is not true && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(appInsightsConnectionString))
                 {
                     builder = builder.AddAzureMonitorTraceExporter(options =>
                     {
@@ -280,7 +282,7 @@ private static void AddOpenTelemetry(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration
                 if (isTest)
                     return;
 
-                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(appInsightsConnectionString))
+                if (useOpenTelemetryCollector is not true && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(appInsightsConnectionString))
                 {
                     builder = builder.AddAzureMonitorMetricExporter(options =>
                     {
@@ -302,7 +304,7 @@ private static void AddOpenTelemetry(IServiceCollection services, IConfiguration
                 if (isTest)
                     return;
 
-                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(appInsightsConnectionString))
+                if (useOpenTelemetryCollector is not true && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(appInsightsConnectionString))
                 {
                     options.AddAzureMonitorLogExporter(options =>
                     {
diff --git a/src/Altinn.App.Api/Extensions/WebHostBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Altinn.App.Api/Extensions/WebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
index 7b7fee936..ea3b5c8da 100644
--- a/src/Altinn.App.Api/Extensions/WebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Altinn.App.Api/Extensions/WebHostBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+using Altinn.App.Core.Configuration;
 using Altinn.App.Core.Extensions;
 using Altinn.App.Core.Features.Maskinporten.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 
 namespace Altinn.App.Api.Extensions;
 
@@ -29,19 +32,111 @@ public static void ConfigureAppWebHost(this IWebHostBuilder builder, string[] ar
 
                 configBuilder.AddInMemoryCollection(config);
 
+                var runtimeSecretsDirectory = context.Configuration["AppSettings:RuntimeSecretsDirectory"];
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(runtimeSecretsDirectory))
+                {
+                    runtimeSecretsDirectory = AppSettings.DefaultRuntimeSecretsDirectory;
+                }
+
                 configBuilder.AddMaskinportenSettingsFile(
                     context,
                     "MaskinportenSettingsFilepath",
-                    "/mnt/app-secrets/maskinporten-settings.json"
+                    Path.Join(runtimeSecretsDirectory, "maskinporten-settings.json")
                 );
                 configBuilder.AddMaskinportenSettingsFile(
                     context,
                     "MaskinportenSettingsInternalFilepath",
-                    "/mnt/app-secrets/maskinporten-settings-internal.json"
+                    Path.Join(runtimeSecretsDirectory, "maskinporten-settings-internal.json")
                 );
 
+                configBuilder.AddRuntimeConfigFiles(context.HostingEnvironment, runtimeSecretsDirectory);
                 configBuilder.LoadAppConfig(args);
             }
         );
     }
+
+    private static void AddRuntimeConfigFiles(
+        this IConfigurationBuilder configBuilder,
+        IHostEnvironment hostEnvironment,
+        string secretsDirectory
+    )
+    {
+        if (hostEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        ArgumentException.ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace(secretsDirectory);
+        const string overrideFileNameFragment = "override";
+        if (!Directory.Exists(secretsDirectory))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        string[] jsonFiles = Directory.GetFiles(secretsDirectory, "*.json", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly);
+        Array.Sort(jsonFiles, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        PhysicalFileProvider? secretsFileProvider = null;
+        HashSet<string> existingJsonFilePaths = [];
+
+        foreach (JsonConfigurationSource source in configBuilder.Sources.OfType<JsonConfigurationSource>())
+        {
+            if (source.FileProvider is null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(source.Path))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            string? existingJsonFilePath = source.FileProvider.GetFileInfo(source.Path).PhysicalPath;
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(existingJsonFilePath))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            existingJsonFilePaths.Add(Path.GetFullPath(existingJsonFilePath));
+        }
+
+        foreach (string jsonFile in jsonFiles)
+        {
+            string jsonFilePath = Path.GetFullPath(jsonFile);
+            if (existingJsonFilePaths.Contains(jsonFilePath))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            string jsonFileName = Path.GetFileName(jsonFile);
+            if (jsonFileName.Contains(overrideFileNameFragment, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            configBuilder.AddJsonFile(
+                provider: secretsFileProvider ??= new PhysicalFileProvider(secretsDirectory),
+                path: jsonFileName,
+                optional: true,
+                reloadOnChange: true
+            );
+        }
+
+        foreach (string jsonFile in jsonFiles)
+        {
+            string jsonFilePath = Path.GetFullPath(jsonFile);
+            if (existingJsonFilePaths.Contains(jsonFilePath))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            string jsonFileName = Path.GetFileName(jsonFile);
+            if (!jsonFileName.Contains(overrideFileNameFragment, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            configBuilder.AddJsonFile(
+                provider: secretsFileProvider ??= new PhysicalFileProvider(secretsDirectory),
+                path: jsonFileName,
+                optional: true,
+                reloadOnChange: true
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Altinn.App.Core/Configuration/AppSettings.cs b/src/Altinn.App.Core/Configuration/AppSettings.cs
index 447bf32b6..2b98c9be9 100644
--- a/src/Altinn.App.Core/Configuration/AppSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Altinn.App.Core/Configuration/AppSettings.cs
@@ -220,4 +220,16 @@ public class AppSettings
     /// Improves instrumentation throughout the Altinn app libraries.
     /// </summary>
     public bool UseOpenTelemetry { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Use OpenTelemetry collector via OTLP exporter instead of Azure Monitor exporters.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool UseOpenTelemetryCollector { get; set; }
+
+    internal const string DefaultRuntimeSecretsDirectory = "/mnt/app-secrets";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Directory containing runtime secrets JSON files.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string RuntimeSecretsDirectory { get; set; } = DefaultRuntimeSecretsDirectory;
 }
diff --git a/test/Altinn.App.Core.Tests/PublicApiTests.PublicApi_ShouldNotChange_Unintentionally.verified.txt b/test/Altinn.App.Core.Tests/PublicApiTests.PublicApi_ShouldNotChange_Unintentionally.verified.txt
index 532f63d4c..bb1cce3fd 100644
--- a/test/Altinn.App.Core.Tests/PublicApiTests.PublicApi_ShouldNotChange_Unintentionally.verified.txt
+++ b/test/Altinn.App.Core.Tests/PublicApiTests.PublicApi_ShouldNotChange_Unintentionally.verified.txt
@@ -40,10 +40,12 @@ namespace Altinn.App.Core.Configuration
         public string RuntimeAppFileName { get; set; }
         public string RuntimeCookieName { get; set; }
         public string RuntimeCssFileName { get; set; }
+        public string RuntimeSecretsDirectory { get; set; }
         public string ServiceStylesConfigFileName { get; set; }
         public string TextFolder { get; set; }
         public string UiFolder { get; set; }
         public bool UseOpenTelemetry { get; set; }
+        public bool UseOpenTelemetryCollector { get; set; }
         public string ValidationConfigurationFileName { get; set; }
     }
     public class CacheSettings