diff --git a/internal/collector/config.go b/internal/collector/config.go
index d288380aea..8b77177a7a 100644
--- a/internal/collector/config.go
+++ b/internal/collector/config.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func AddLogrotateConfigs(ctx context.Context, spec *v1beta1.InstrumentationSpec,
 func generateLogrotateConfig(
 	config LogrotateConfig, retentionPeriod metav1.Duration,
 ) string {
-	number, interval := parseDurationForLogrotate(retentionPeriod)
+	number, interval := ParseDurationForLogrotate(retentionPeriod)
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
 		logrotateConfigFormatString,
@@ -164,12 +164,12 @@ func generateLogrotateConfig(
 	)
 }
 
-// parseDurationForLogrotate takes a retention period and returns the rotate
+// ParseDurationForLogrotate takes a retention period and returns the rotate
 // number and interval string that should be used in the logrotate config.
 // If the retentionPeriod is less than 24 hours, the function will return the
 // number of hours and "hourly"; otherwise, we will round up to the nearest day
 // and return the day count and "daily"
-func parseDurationForLogrotate(retentionPeriod metav1.Duration) (int, string) {
+func ParseDurationForLogrotate(retentionPeriod metav1.Duration) (int, string) {
 	hours := math.Ceil(retentionPeriod.Hours())
 	if hours < 24 {
 		return int(hours), "hourly"
diff --git a/internal/collector/config_test.go b/internal/collector/config_test.go
index c621a14aad..cc37a9b8f7 100644
--- a/internal/collector/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/collector/config_test.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func TestParseDurationForLogrotate(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.retentionPeriod, func(t *testing.T) {
 			duration, err := v1beta1.NewDuration(tt.retentionPeriod)
 			assert.NilError(t, err)
-			number, interval := parseDurationForLogrotate(duration.AsDuration())
+			number, interval := ParseDurationForLogrotate(duration.AsDuration())
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.number, number)
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.interval, interval)
 		})
diff --git a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/instance.go b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/instance.go
index 6d6509eafb..5c9786459d 100644
--- a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/instance.go
+++ b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/instance.go
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileInstance(
 	// add an emptyDir volume to the PodTemplateSpec and an associated '/tmp' volume mount to
 	// all containers included within that spec
 	if err == nil {
-		addTMPEmptyDir(&instance.Spec.Template)
+		AddTMPEmptyDir(&instance.Spec.Template)
 	}
 
 	// mount shared memory to the Postgres instance
diff --git a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgadmin.go b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgadmin.go
index 40874aa1be..87d385becd 100644
--- a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgadmin.go
+++ b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgadmin.go
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcilePGAdminStatefulSet(
 
 	// add an emptyDir volume to the PodTemplateSpec and an associated '/tmp'
 	// volume mount to all containers included within that spec
-	addTMPEmptyDir(&sts.Spec.Template)
+	AddTMPEmptyDir(&sts.Spec.Template)
 
 	return errors.WithStack(r.apply(ctx, sts))
 }
diff --git a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgbackrest.go b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgbackrest.go
index 3645871bd5..54068193af 100644
--- a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgbackrest.go
+++ b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgbackrest.go
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) generateRepoHostIntent(ctx context.Context, postgresCluster
 		postgresCluster.Spec.ImagePullPolicy,
 		&repo.Spec.Template)
 
-	addTMPEmptyDir(&repo.Spec.Template)
+	AddTMPEmptyDir(&repo.Spec.Template)
 
 	// set ownership references
 	if err := r.setControllerReference(postgresCluster, repo); err != nil {
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileRestoreJob(ctx context.Context,
 		cluster.Spec.ImagePullPolicy,
 		&restoreJob.Spec.Template)
 
-	addTMPEmptyDir(&restoreJob.Spec.Template)
+	AddTMPEmptyDir(&restoreJob.Spec.Template)
 
 	return errors.WithStack(r.apply(ctx, restoreJob))
 }
diff --git a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgbouncer.go b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgbouncer.go
index 2b1dcae779..d5a935bbf3 100644
--- a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgbouncer.go
+++ b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/pgbouncer.go
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) generatePGBouncerDeployment(
 	}
 
 	// Add tmp directory and volume for log files
-	addTMPEmptyDir(&deploy.Spec.Template)
+	AddTMPEmptyDir(&deploy.Spec.Template)
 
 	return deploy, true, err
 }
diff --git a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/snapshots.go b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/snapshots.go
index fa168ebdf4..c639408df2 100644
--- a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/snapshots.go
+++ b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/snapshots.go
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) dedicatedSnapshotVolumeRestore(ctx context.Context,
 		cluster.Spec.ImagePullPolicy,
 		&restoreJob.Spec.Template)
 
-	addTMPEmptyDir(&restoreJob.Spec.Template)
+	AddTMPEmptyDir(&restoreJob.Spec.Template)
 
 	restoreJob.Annotations[naming.PGBackRestBackupJobCompletion] = backupJob.Status.CompletionTime.Format(time.RFC3339)
 	return errors.WithStack(r.apply(ctx, restoreJob))
diff --git a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/util.go b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/util.go
index bb5b3e085a..a1ba6ce087 100644
--- a/internal/controller/postgrescluster/util.go
+++ b/internal/controller/postgrescluster/util.go
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ func addDevSHM(template *corev1.PodTemplateSpec) {
 	}
 }
 
-// addTMPEmptyDir adds a "tmp" EmptyDir volume to the provided Pod template, while then also adding a
+// AddTMPEmptyDir adds a "tmp" EmptyDir volume to the provided Pod template, while then also adding a
 // volume mount at /tmp for all containers defined within the Pod template
 // The '/tmp' directory is currently utilized for the following:
 //   - As the pgBackRest lock directory (this is the default lock location for pgBackRest)
 //   - The location where the replication client certificates can be loaded with the proper
 //     permissions set
-func addTMPEmptyDir(template *corev1.PodTemplateSpec) {
+func AddTMPEmptyDir(template *corev1.PodTemplateSpec) {
 
 	template.Spec.Volumes = append(template.Spec.Volumes, corev1.Volume{
 		Name: "tmp",
diff --git a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/configmap.go b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/configmap.go
index 8382bbb2ca..72a95b14db 100644
--- a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/configmap.go
+++ b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/configmap.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/collector"
+	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/feature"
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/initialize"
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/naming"
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/pkg/apis/postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/v1beta1"
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ func (r *PGAdminReconciler) reconcilePGAdminConfigMap(
 	ctx context.Context, pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin,
 	clusters map[string][]*v1beta1.PostgresCluster,
 ) (*corev1.ConfigMap, error) {
-	configmap, err := configmap(pgadmin, clusters)
+	configmap, err := configmap(ctx, pgadmin, clusters)
 	if err != nil {
 		return configmap, err
 	}
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func (r *PGAdminReconciler) reconcilePGAdminConfigMap(
 }
 
 // configmap returns a v1.ConfigMap for pgAdmin.
-func configmap(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin,
+func configmap(ctx context.Context, pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin,
 	clusters map[string][]*v1beta1.PostgresCluster,
 ) (*corev1.ConfigMap, error) {
 	configmap := &corev1.ConfigMap{ObjectMeta: naming.StandalonePGAdmin(pgadmin)}
@@ -63,7 +64,38 @@ func configmap(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin,
 
 	// TODO(tjmoore4): Populate configuration details.
 	initialize.Map(&configmap.Data)
-	configSettings, err := generateConfig(pgadmin)
+	var (
+		logRetention             bool
+		maxBackupRetentionNumber = 1
+		// One day in minutes for pgadmin rotation
+		pgAdminRetentionPeriod = 24 * 60
+		// Daily rotation for gunicorn rotation
+		gunicornRetentionPeriod = "D"
+	)
+	// If OTel logs feature gate is enabled, we want to change the pgAdmin/gunicorn logging
+	if feature.Enabled(ctx, feature.OpenTelemetryLogs) && pgadmin.Spec.Instrumentation != nil {
+		logRetention = true
+
+		// If the user has set a retention period, we will use those values for log rotation,
+		// which is otherwise managed by python.
+		if pgadmin.Spec.Instrumentation.Logs != nil &&
+			pgadmin.Spec.Instrumentation.Logs.RetentionPeriod != nil {
+
+			retentionNumber, period := collector.ParseDurationForLogrotate(pgadmin.Spec.Instrumentation.Logs.RetentionPeriod.AsDuration())
+			// `LOG_ROTATION_MAX_LOG_FILES`` in pgadmin refers to the already rotated logs.
+			// `backupCount` for gunicorn is similar.
+			// Our retention unit is for total number of log files, so subtract 1 to account
+			// for the currently-used log file.
+			maxBackupRetentionNumber = retentionNumber - 1
+			if period == "hourly" {
+				// If the period is hourly, set the pgadmin
+				// and gunicorn retention periods to hourly.
+				pgAdminRetentionPeriod = 60
+				gunicornRetentionPeriod = "H"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	configSettings, err := generateConfig(pgadmin, logRetention, maxBackupRetentionNumber, pgAdminRetentionPeriod)
 	if err == nil {
 		configmap.Data[settingsConfigMapKey] = configSettings
 	}
@@ -73,7 +105,8 @@ func configmap(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin,
 		configmap.Data[settingsClusterMapKey] = clusterSettings
 	}
 
-	gunicornSettings, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgadmin)
+	gunicornSettings, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgadmin,
+		logRetention, maxBackupRetentionNumber, gunicornRetentionPeriod)
 	if err == nil {
 		configmap.Data[gunicornConfigKey] = gunicornSettings
 	}
@@ -81,8 +114,10 @@ func configmap(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin,
 	return configmap, err
 }
 
-// generateConfig generates the config settings for the pgAdmin
-func generateConfig(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin) (string, error) {
+// generateConfigs generates the config settings for the pgAdmin and gunicorn
+func generateConfig(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin,
+	logRetention bool, maxBackupRetentionNumber, pgAdminRetentionPeriod int) (
+	string, error) {
 	settings := map[string]any{
 		// Bind to all IPv4 addresses by default. "0.0.0.0" here represents INADDR_ANY.
 		// - https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.2.x/api/#flask.Flask.run
@@ -102,6 +137,22 @@ func generateConfig(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin) (string, error) {
 	settings["UPGRADE_CHECK_ENABLED"] = false
 	settings["UPGRADE_CHECK_URL"] = ""
 	settings["UPGRADE_CHECK_KEY"] = ""
+	settings["DATA_DIR"] = dataMountPath
+	settings["LOG_FILE"] = LogFileAbsolutePath
+
+	if logRetention {
+		settings["LOG_ROTATION_AGE"] = pgAdminRetentionPeriod
+		settings["LOG_ROTATION_MAX_LOG_FILES"] = maxBackupRetentionNumber
+		settings["JSON_LOGGER"] = true
+		settings["CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL"] = "WARNING"
+		settings["FILE_LOG_LEVEL"] = "INFO"
+		settings["FILE_LOG_FORMAT_JSON"] = map[string]string{
+			"time":    "created",
+			"name":    "name",
+			"level":   "levelname",
+			"message": "message",
+		}
+	}
 
 	// To avoid spurious reconciles, the following value must not change when
 	// the spec does not change. [json.Encoder] and [json.Marshal] do this by
@@ -185,7 +236,9 @@ func generateClusterConfig(
 
 // generateGunicornConfig generates the config settings for the gunicorn server
 // - https://docs.gunicorn.org/en/latest/settings.html
-func generateGunicornConfig(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin) (string, error) {
+func generateGunicornConfig(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin,
+	logRetention bool, maxBackupRetentionNumber int, gunicornRetentionPeriod string,
+) (string, error) {
 	settings := map[string]any{
 		// Bind to all IPv4 addresses and set 25 threads by default.
 		// - https://docs.gunicorn.org/en/latest/settings.html#bind
@@ -202,6 +255,69 @@ func generateGunicornConfig(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin) (string, error) {
 	// Write mandatory settings over any specified ones.
 	// - https://docs.gunicorn.org/en/latest/settings.html#workers
 	settings["workers"] = 1
+	// Gunicorn logging dict settings
+	logSettings := map[string]any{}
+
+	// If OTel logs feature gate is enabled, we want to change the gunicorn logging
+	if logRetention {
+
+		// Gunicorn uses the Python logging package, which sets the following attributes:
+		// https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes.
+		// JsonFormatter is used to format the log: https://pypi.org/project/jsonformatter/
+		// We override the gunicorn defaults (using `logconfig_dict`) to set our own file handler.
+		// - https://docs.gunicorn.org/en/stable/settings.html#logconfig-dict
+		// - https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/blob/23.0.0/gunicorn/glogging.py#L47
+		logSettings = map[string]any{
+
+			"loggers": map[string]any{
+				"gunicorn.access": map[string]any{
+					"handlers":  []string{"file"},
+					"level":     "INFO",
+					"propagate": true,
+					"qualname":  "gunicorn.access",
+				},
+				"gunicorn.error": map[string]any{
+					"handlers":  []string{"file"},
+					"level":     "INFO",
+					"propagate": true,
+					"qualname":  "gunicorn.error",
+				},
+			},
+			"handlers": map[string]any{
+				"file": map[string]any{
+					"class":       "logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler",
+					"filename":    GunicornLogFileAbsolutePath,
+					"backupCount": maxBackupRetentionNumber,
+					"interval":    1,
+					"when":        gunicornRetentionPeriod,
+					"formatter":   "json",
+				},
+				"console": map[string]any{
+					"class":     "logging.StreamHandler",
+					"formatter": "generic",
+					"stream":    "ext://sys.stdout",
+				},
+			},
+			"formatters": map[string]any{
+				"generic": map[string]any{
+					"class":   "logging.Formatter",
+					"datefmt": "[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z]",
+					"format":  "%(asctime)s [%(process)d] [%(levelname)s] %(message)s",
+				},
+				"json": map[string]any{
+					"class":      "jsonformatter.JsonFormatter",
+					"separators": []string{",", ":"},
+					"format": map[string]string{
+						"time":    "created",
+						"name":    "name",
+						"level":   "levelname",
+						"message": "message",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	settings["logconfig_dict"] = logSettings
 
 	// To avoid spurious reconciles, the following value must not change when
 	// the spec does not change. [json.Encoder] and [json.Marshal] do this by
diff --git a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/configmap_test.go b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/configmap_test.go
index b2a93ac2de..a23ee08d18 100644
--- a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/configmap_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/configmap_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package standalone_pgadmin
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"testing"
 
 	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
@@ -19,11 +20,13 @@ func TestGenerateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Default", func(t *testing.T) {
 		pgadmin := new(v1beta1.PGAdmin)
-		result, err := generateConfig(pgadmin)
+		result, err := generateConfig(pgadmin, false, 0, 0)
 
 		assert.NilError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, result, `{
+  "DATA_DIR": "/var/lib/pgadmin",
   "DEFAULT_SERVER": "0.0.0.0",
+  "LOG_FILE": "/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/pgadmin.log",
   "SERVER_MODE": true,
   "UPGRADE_CHECK_ENABLED": false,
   "UPGRADE_CHECK_KEY": "",
@@ -37,11 +40,13 @@ func TestGenerateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			"SERVER_MODE":           false,
 			"UPGRADE_CHECK_ENABLED": true,
 		}
-		result, err := generateConfig(pgadmin)
+		result, err := generateConfig(pgadmin, false, 0, 0)
 
 		assert.NilError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, result, `{
+  "DATA_DIR": "/var/lib/pgadmin",
   "DEFAULT_SERVER": "0.0.0.0",
+  "LOG_FILE": "/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/pgadmin.log",
   "SERVER_MODE": true,
   "UPGRADE_CHECK_ENABLED": false,
   "UPGRADE_CHECK_KEY": "",
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ func TestGenerateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			"ALLOWED_HOSTS":  []any{"225.0.0.0/8", "226.0.0.0/7", "228.0.0.0/6"},
 			"DEFAULT_SERVER": "::",
 		}
-		result, err := generateConfig(pgadmin)
+		result, err := generateConfig(pgadmin, false, 0, 0)
 
 		assert.NilError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, result, `{
@@ -64,7 +69,41 @@ func TestGenerateConfig(t *testing.T) {
     "226.0.0.0/7",
     "228.0.0.0/6"
   ],
+  "DATA_DIR": "/var/lib/pgadmin",
   "DEFAULT_SERVER": "::",
+  "LOG_FILE": "/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/pgadmin.log",
+  "SERVER_MODE": true,
+  "UPGRADE_CHECK_ENABLED": false,
+  "UPGRADE_CHECK_KEY": "",
+  "UPGRADE_CHECK_URL": ""
+}`+"\n")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("OTel enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		pgadmin := new(v1beta1.PGAdmin)
+		require.UnmarshalInto(t, &pgadmin.Spec, `{
+			instrumentation: {
+				logs: { retentionPeriod: 5h },
+			},
+		}`)
+		result, err := generateConfig(pgadmin, true, 4, 60)
+
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, result, `{
+  "CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL": "WARNING",
+  "DATA_DIR": "/var/lib/pgadmin",
+  "DEFAULT_SERVER": "0.0.0.0",
+  "FILE_LOG_FORMAT_JSON": {
+    "level": "levelname",
+    "message": "message",
+    "name": "name",
+    "time": "created"
+  },
+  "FILE_LOG_LEVEL": "INFO",
+  "JSON_LOGGER": true,
+  "LOG_FILE": "/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/pgadmin.log",
+  "LOG_ROTATION_AGE": 60,
+  "LOG_ROTATION_MAX_LOG_FILES": 4,
   "SERVER_MODE": true,
   "UPGRADE_CHECK_ENABLED": false,
   "UPGRADE_CHECK_KEY": "",
@@ -161,10 +200,11 @@ func TestGeneratePGAdminConfigMap(t *testing.T) {
 	pgadmin.Namespace = "some-ns"
 	pgadmin.Name = "pg1"
 	clusters := map[string][]*v1beta1.PostgresCluster{}
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	t.Run("Data,ObjectMeta,TypeMeta", func(t *testing.T) {
 		pgadmin := pgadmin.DeepCopy()
 
-		configmap, err := configmap(pgadmin, clusters)
+		configmap, err := configmap(ctx, pgadmin, clusters)
 
 		assert.NilError(t, err)
 		assert.Assert(t, cmp.MarshalMatches(configmap.TypeMeta, `
@@ -190,7 +230,7 @@ namespace: some-ns
 			Labels:      map[string]string{"c": "v3", "d": "v4"},
 		}
 
-		configmap, err := configmap(pgadmin, clusters)
+		configmap, err := configmap(ctx, pgadmin, clusters)
 
 		assert.NilError(t, err)
 		// Annotations present in the metadata.
@@ -217,11 +257,12 @@ func TestGenerateGunicornConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 		expectedString := `{
   "bind": "0.0.0.0:5050",
+  "logconfig_dict": {},
   "threads": 25,
   "workers": 1
 }
 `
-		actualString, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgAdmin)
+		actualString, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgAdmin, false, 0, "H")
 		assert.NilError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, actualString, expectedString)
 	})
@@ -239,11 +280,12 @@ func TestGenerateGunicornConfig(t *testing.T) {
   "bind": "0.0.0.0:5050",
   "certfile": "/path/to/certfile",
   "keyfile": "/path/to/keyfile",
+  "logconfig_dict": {},
   "threads": 25,
   "workers": 1
 }
 `
-		actualString, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgAdmin)
+		actualString, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgAdmin, false, 0, "H")
 		assert.NilError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, actualString, expectedString)
 	})
@@ -259,11 +301,12 @@ func TestGenerateGunicornConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 		expectedString := `{
   "bind": "127.0.0.1:5051",
+  "logconfig_dict": {},
   "threads": 30,
   "workers": 1
 }
 `
-		actualString, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgAdmin)
+		actualString, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgAdmin, false, 0, "H")
 		assert.NilError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, actualString, expectedString)
 	})
@@ -278,11 +321,89 @@ func TestGenerateGunicornConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 		expectedString := `{
   "bind": "0.0.0.0:5050",
+  "logconfig_dict": {},
+  "threads": 25,
+  "workers": 1
+}
+`
+		actualString, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgAdmin, false, 0, "H")
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, actualString, expectedString)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("OTel enabled", func(t *testing.T) {
+		pgAdmin := &v1beta1.PGAdmin{}
+		pgAdmin.Name = "test"
+		pgAdmin.Namespace = "postgres-operator"
+		require.UnmarshalInto(t, &pgAdmin.Spec, `{
+			instrumentation: {
+				logs: { retentionPeriod: 5h },
+			},
+		}`)
+		actualString, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgAdmin, true, 4, "H")
+
+		expectedString := `{
+  "bind": "0.0.0.0:5050",
+  "logconfig_dict": {
+    "formatters": {
+      "generic": {
+        "class": "logging.Formatter",
+        "datefmt": "[%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z]",
+        "format": "%(asctime)s [%(process)d] [%(levelname)s] %(message)s"
+      },
+      "json": {
+        "class": "jsonformatter.JsonFormatter",
+        "format": {
+          "level": "levelname",
+          "message": "message",
+          "name": "name",
+          "time": "created"
+        },
+        "separators": [
+          ",",
+          ":"
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+      "console": {
+        "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+        "formatter": "generic",
+        "stream": "ext://sys.stdout"
+      },
+      "file": {
+        "backupCount": 4,
+        "class": "logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler",
+        "filename": "/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/gunicorn.log",
+        "formatter": "json",
+        "interval": 1,
+        "when": "H"
+      }
+    },
+    "loggers": {
+      "gunicorn.access": {
+        "handlers": [
+          "file"
+        ],
+        "level": "INFO",
+        "propagate": true,
+        "qualname": "gunicorn.access"
+      },
+      "gunicorn.error": {
+        "handlers": [
+          "file"
+        ],
+        "level": "INFO",
+        "propagate": true,
+        "qualname": "gunicorn.error"
+      }
+    }
+  },
   "threads": 25,
   "workers": 1
 }
 `
-		actualString, err := generateGunicornConfig(pgAdmin)
+
 		assert.NilError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, actualString, expectedString)
 	})
diff --git a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/pod.go b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/pod.go
index 7590a3a3cc..aa6fdde481 100644
--- a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/pod.go
+++ b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/pod.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ package standalone_pgadmin
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"path"
 	"strings"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -84,15 +83,6 @@ func pod(
 		},
 	}
 
-	// create a temp volume for restart pid/other/debugging use
-	// TODO: discuss tmp vol vs. persistent vol
-	tmpVolume := corev1.Volume{Name: "tmp"}
-	tmpVolume.VolumeSource = corev1.VolumeSource{
-		EmptyDir: &corev1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{
-			Medium: corev1.StorageMediumMemory,
-		},
-	}
-
 	// pgadmin container
 	container := corev1.Container{
 		Name:            naming.ContainerPGAdmin,
@@ -140,10 +130,6 @@ func pod(
 				MountPath: scriptMountPath,
 				ReadOnly:  true,
 			},
-			{
-				Name:      tmpVolume.Name,
-				MountPath: "/tmp",
-			},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -192,7 +178,6 @@ func pod(
 		configVolume,
 		dataVolume,
 		scriptVolume,
-		tmpVolume,
 	}
 	outPod.Containers = []corev1.Container{container}
 	outPod.InitContainers = []corev1.Container{startup}
@@ -277,7 +262,8 @@ func startupScript(pgadmin *v1beta1.PGAdmin) []string {
 
 	// startCommands (v8 image includes Gunicorn)
 	var startCommandV7 = "pgadmin4 &"
-	var startCommandV8 = "gunicorn -c /etc/pgadmin/gunicorn_config.py --chdir $PGADMIN_DIR pgAdmin4:app &"
+	var startCommandV8 = "gunicorn -c /etc/pgadmin/gunicorn_config.py" +
+		" --chdir $PGADMIN_DIR pgAdmin4:app &"
 
 	// This script sets up, starts pgadmin, and runs the appropriate `loadServerCommand` to register the discovered servers.
 	// pgAdmin is hosted by Gunicorn and uses a config file.
@@ -325,10 +311,15 @@ loadServerCommand
 	// descriptor and uses the timeout of the builtin `read` to wait. That same
 	// descriptor gets closed and reopened to use the builtin `[ -nt` to check mtimes.
 	// - https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/407383
+	// In order to get gunicorn to reload the logging config
+	// we need to send a KILL rather than a HUP signal.
+	// - https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn/issues/3353
+	// Right now the config file is on the same configMap as the cluster file
+	// so if the mtime changes for any of those files, it will change for all.
 	var reloadScript = `
 exec {fd}<> <(:||:)
 while read -r -t 5 -u "${fd}" ||:; do
-    if [[ "${cluster_file}" -nt "/proc/self/fd/${fd}" ]] && loadServerCommand
+    if [[ "${cluster_file}" -nt "/proc/self/fd/${fd}" ]] && loadServerCommand && kill -KILL $(head -1 ${PGADMIN4_PIDFILE?});
     then
         exec {fd}>&- && exec {fd}<> <(:||:)
         stat --format='Loaded shared servers dated %y' "${cluster_file}"
@@ -375,10 +366,10 @@ func startupCommand() []string {
 		// configDatabaseURIPath is the path for mounting the database URI connection string
 		configDatabaseURIPathAbsolutePath = configMountPath + "/" + configDatabaseURIPath
 
-		// The constants set in configSystem will not be overridden through
+		// The values set in configSystem will not be overridden through
 		// spec.config.settings.
 		configSystem = `
-import glob, json, re, os, logging
+import glob, json, re, os
 DEFAULT_BINARY_PATHS = {'pg': sorted([''] + glob.glob('/usr/pgsql-*/bin')).pop()}
 with open('` + configMountPath + `/` + configFilePath + `') as _f:
     _conf, _data = re.compile(r'[A-Z_0-9]+'), json.load(_f)
@@ -390,18 +381,8 @@ if os.path.isfile('` + ldapPasswordAbsolutePath + `'):
 if os.path.isfile('` + configDatabaseURIPathAbsolutePath + `'):
     with open('` + configDatabaseURIPathAbsolutePath + `') as _f:
         CONFIG_DATABASE_URI = _f.read()
-
-DATA_DIR = '` + dataMountPath + `'
-LOG_FILE = '` + LogFileAbsolutePath + `'
-LOG_ROTATION_AGE = 24 * 60 # minutes
-LOG_ROTATION_SIZE = 5 # MiB
-LOG_ROTATION_MAX_LOG_FILES = 1
-
-JSON_LOGGER = True
-CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL = logging.WARNING
-FILE_LOG_LEVEL = logging.INFO
-FILE_LOG_FORMAT_JSON = {'time': 'created', 'name': 'name', 'level': 'levelname', 'message': 'message'}
 `
+
 		// Gunicorn reads from the `/etc/pgadmin/gunicorn_config.py` file during startup
 		// after all other config files.
 		// - https://docs.gunicorn.org/en/latest/configure.html#configuration-file
@@ -412,37 +393,13 @@ FILE_LOG_FORMAT_JSON = {'time': 'created', 'name': 'name', 'level': 'levelname',
 		//
 		// Note: All Gunicorn settings are lowercase with underscores, so ignore
 		// any keys/names that are not.
-		//
-		// Gunicorn uses the Python logging package, which sets the following attributes:
-		// https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes.
-		// JsonFormatter is used to format the log: https://pypi.org/project/jsonformatter/
 		gunicornConfig = `
-import json, re, collections, copy, gunicorn, gunicorn.glogging
+import json, re, gunicorn
+gunicorn.SERVER_SOFTWARE = 'Python'
 with open('` + configMountPath + `/` + gunicornConfigFilePath + `') as _f:
     _conf, _data = re.compile(r'[a-z_]+'), json.load(_f)
     if type(_data) is dict:
         globals().update({k: v for k, v in _data.items() if _conf.fullmatch(k)})
-
-gunicorn.SERVER_SOFTWARE = 'Python'
-logconfig_dict = copy.deepcopy(gunicorn.glogging.CONFIG_DEFAULTS)
-logconfig_dict['loggers']['gunicorn.access']['handlers'] = ['file']
-logconfig_dict['loggers']['gunicorn.error']['handlers'] = ['file']
-logconfig_dict['handlers']['file'] = {
-  'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-  'filename': '` + GunicornLogFileAbsolutePath + `',
-  'backupCount': 1, 'maxBytes': 2 << 20, # MiB
-  'formatter': 'json',
-}
-logconfig_dict['formatters']['json'] = {
-  'class': 'jsonformatter.JsonFormatter',
-  'separators': (',', ':'),
-  'format': collections.OrderedDict([
-    ('time', 'created'),
-    ('name', 'name'),
-    ('level', 'levelname'),
-    ('message', 'message'),
-  ])
-}
 `
 	)
 
@@ -453,10 +410,8 @@ logconfig_dict['formatters']['json'] = {
 		// - https://issue.k8s.io/121294
 		shell.MakeDirectories(0o775, scriptMountPath, configMountPath),
 
-		// Create the logs directory with g+rwx so the OTel Collector can
-		// write to it as well.
-		// TODO(log-rotation): Move the last segment into the Collector startup.
-		shell.MakeDirectories(0o775, dataMountPath, path.Join(LogDirectoryAbsolutePath, "receiver")),
+		// Create the logs directory with g+rwx to ensure pgAdmin can write to it as well.
+		shell.MakeDirectories(0o775, dataMountPath, LogDirectoryAbsolutePath),
 
 		// Write the system and server configurations.
 		`echo "$1" > ` + scriptMountPath + `/config_system.py`,
diff --git a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/pod_test.go b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/pod_test.go
index ce3ad076d2..501624bc1f 100644
--- a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/pod_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/pod_test.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ containers:
 
     exec {fd}<> <(:||:)
     while read -r -t 5 -u "${fd}" ||:; do
-        if [[ "${cluster_file}" -nt "/proc/self/fd/${fd}" ]] && loadServerCommand
+        if [[ "${cluster_file}" -nt "/proc/self/fd/${fd}" ]] && loadServerCommand && kill -KILL $(head -1 ${PGADMIN4_PIDFILE?});
         then
             exec {fd}>&- && exec {fd}<> <(:||:)
             stat --format='Loaded shared servers dated %y' "${cluster_file}"
@@ -130,8 +130,6 @@ containers:
   - mountPath: /etc/pgadmin
     name: pgadmin-config-system
     readOnly: true
-  - mountPath: /tmp
-    name: tmp
 initContainers:
 - command:
   - bash
@@ -139,12 +137,12 @@ initContainers:
   - --
   - |-
     mkdir -p '/etc/pgadmin/conf.d' && chmod 0775 '/etc/pgadmin/conf.d'
-    mkdir -p '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/receiver' && chmod 0775 '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/receiver' '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs'
+    mkdir -p '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs' && chmod 0775 '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs'
     echo "$1" > /etc/pgadmin/config_system.py
     echo "$2" > /etc/pgadmin/gunicorn_config.py
   - startup
   - |
-    import glob, json, re, os, logging
+    import glob, json, re, os
     DEFAULT_BINARY_PATHS = {'pg': sorted([''] + glob.glob('/usr/pgsql-*/bin')).pop()}
     with open('/etc/pgadmin/conf.d/~postgres-operator/pgadmin-settings.json') as _f:
         _conf, _data = re.compile(r'[A-Z_0-9]+'), json.load(_f)
@@ -156,44 +154,13 @@ initContainers:
     if os.path.isfile('/etc/pgadmin/conf.d/~postgres-operator/config-database-uri'):
         with open('/etc/pgadmin/conf.d/~postgres-operator/config-database-uri') as _f:
             CONFIG_DATABASE_URI = _f.read()
-
-    DATA_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin'
-    LOG_FILE = '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/pgadmin.log'
-    LOG_ROTATION_AGE = 24 * 60 # minutes
-    LOG_ROTATION_SIZE = 5 # MiB
-    LOG_ROTATION_MAX_LOG_FILES = 1
-
-    JSON_LOGGER = True
-    CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL = logging.WARNING
-    FILE_LOG_LEVEL = logging.INFO
-    FILE_LOG_FORMAT_JSON = {'time': 'created', 'name': 'name', 'level': 'levelname', 'message': 'message'}
   - |
-    import json, re, collections, copy, gunicorn, gunicorn.glogging
+    import json, re, gunicorn
+    gunicorn.SERVER_SOFTWARE = 'Python'
     with open('/etc/pgadmin/conf.d/~postgres-operator/gunicorn-config.json') as _f:
         _conf, _data = re.compile(r'[a-z_]+'), json.load(_f)
         if type(_data) is dict:
             globals().update({k: v for k, v in _data.items() if _conf.fullmatch(k)})
-
-    gunicorn.SERVER_SOFTWARE = 'Python'
-    logconfig_dict = copy.deepcopy(gunicorn.glogging.CONFIG_DEFAULTS)
-    logconfig_dict['loggers']['gunicorn.access']['handlers'] = ['file']
-    logconfig_dict['loggers']['gunicorn.error']['handlers'] = ['file']
-    logconfig_dict['handlers']['file'] = {
-      'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-      'filename': '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/gunicorn.log',
-      'backupCount': 1, 'maxBytes': 2 << 20, # MiB
-      'formatter': 'json',
-    }
-    logconfig_dict['formatters']['json'] = {
-      'class': 'jsonformatter.JsonFormatter',
-      'separators': (',', ':'),
-      'format': collections.OrderedDict([
-        ('time', 'created'),
-        ('name', 'name'),
-        ('level', 'levelname'),
-        ('message', 'message'),
-      ])
-    }
   name: pgadmin-startup
   resources: {}
   securityContext:
@@ -230,9 +197,6 @@ volumes:
     medium: Memory
     sizeLimit: 32Ki
   name: pgadmin-config-system
-- emptyDir:
-    medium: Memory
-  name: tmp
 `))
 
 		// No change when called again.
@@ -247,6 +211,13 @@ volumes:
 		pgadmin.Spec.Resources.Requests = corev1.ResourceList{
 			corev1.ResourceCPU: resource.MustParse("100m"),
 		}
+		retentionPeriod, err := v1beta1.NewDuration("12 hours")
+		assert.NilError(t, err)
+		pgadmin.Spec.Instrumentation = &v1beta1.InstrumentationSpec{
+			Logs: &v1beta1.InstrumentationLogsSpec{
+				RetentionPeriod: retentionPeriod,
+			},
+		}
 
 		call()
 
@@ -289,7 +260,7 @@ containers:
 
     exec {fd}<> <(:||:)
     while read -r -t 5 -u "${fd}" ||:; do
-        if [[ "${cluster_file}" -nt "/proc/self/fd/${fd}" ]] && loadServerCommand
+        if [[ "${cluster_file}" -nt "/proc/self/fd/${fd}" ]] && loadServerCommand && kill -KILL $(head -1 ${PGADMIN4_PIDFILE?});
         then
             exec {fd}>&- && exec {fd}<> <(:||:)
             stat --format='Loaded shared servers dated %y' "${cluster_file}"
@@ -349,8 +320,6 @@ containers:
   - mountPath: /etc/pgadmin
     name: pgadmin-config-system
     readOnly: true
-  - mountPath: /tmp
-    name: tmp
 initContainers:
 - command:
   - bash
@@ -358,12 +327,12 @@ initContainers:
   - --
   - |-
     mkdir -p '/etc/pgadmin/conf.d' && chmod 0775 '/etc/pgadmin/conf.d'
-    mkdir -p '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/receiver' && chmod 0775 '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/receiver' '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs'
+    mkdir -p '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs' && chmod 0775 '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs'
     echo "$1" > /etc/pgadmin/config_system.py
     echo "$2" > /etc/pgadmin/gunicorn_config.py
   - startup
   - |
-    import glob, json, re, os, logging
+    import glob, json, re, os
     DEFAULT_BINARY_PATHS = {'pg': sorted([''] + glob.glob('/usr/pgsql-*/bin')).pop()}
     with open('/etc/pgadmin/conf.d/~postgres-operator/pgadmin-settings.json') as _f:
         _conf, _data = re.compile(r'[A-Z_0-9]+'), json.load(_f)
@@ -375,44 +344,13 @@ initContainers:
     if os.path.isfile('/etc/pgadmin/conf.d/~postgres-operator/config-database-uri'):
         with open('/etc/pgadmin/conf.d/~postgres-operator/config-database-uri') as _f:
             CONFIG_DATABASE_URI = _f.read()
-
-    DATA_DIR = '/var/lib/pgadmin'
-    LOG_FILE = '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/pgadmin.log'
-    LOG_ROTATION_AGE = 24 * 60 # minutes
-    LOG_ROTATION_SIZE = 5 # MiB
-    LOG_ROTATION_MAX_LOG_FILES = 1
-
-    JSON_LOGGER = True
-    CONSOLE_LOG_LEVEL = logging.WARNING
-    FILE_LOG_LEVEL = logging.INFO
-    FILE_LOG_FORMAT_JSON = {'time': 'created', 'name': 'name', 'level': 'levelname', 'message': 'message'}
   - |
-    import json, re, collections, copy, gunicorn, gunicorn.glogging
+    import json, re, gunicorn
+    gunicorn.SERVER_SOFTWARE = 'Python'
     with open('/etc/pgadmin/conf.d/~postgres-operator/gunicorn-config.json') as _f:
         _conf, _data = re.compile(r'[a-z_]+'), json.load(_f)
         if type(_data) is dict:
             globals().update({k: v for k, v in _data.items() if _conf.fullmatch(k)})
-
-    gunicorn.SERVER_SOFTWARE = 'Python'
-    logconfig_dict = copy.deepcopy(gunicorn.glogging.CONFIG_DEFAULTS)
-    logconfig_dict['loggers']['gunicorn.access']['handlers'] = ['file']
-    logconfig_dict['loggers']['gunicorn.error']['handlers'] = ['file']
-    logconfig_dict['handlers']['file'] = {
-      'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-      'filename': '/var/lib/pgadmin/logs/gunicorn.log',
-      'backupCount': 1, 'maxBytes': 2 << 20, # MiB
-      'formatter': 'json',
-    }
-    logconfig_dict['formatters']['json'] = {
-      'class': 'jsonformatter.JsonFormatter',
-      'separators': (',', ':'),
-      'format': collections.OrderedDict([
-        ('time', 'created'),
-        ('name', 'name'),
-        ('level', 'levelname'),
-        ('message', 'message'),
-      ])
-    }
   image: new-image
   imagePullPolicy: Always
   name: pgadmin-startup
@@ -453,9 +391,6 @@ volumes:
     medium: Memory
     sizeLimit: 32Ki
   name: pgadmin-config-system
-- emptyDir:
-    medium: Memory
-  name: tmp
 `))
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/statefulset.go b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/statefulset.go
index 2c9a17595d..c75668defc 100644
--- a/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/statefulset.go
+++ b/internal/controller/standalone_pgadmin/statefulset.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/collector"
+	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/controller/postgrescluster"
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/feature"
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/initialize"
 	"github.com/crunchydata/postgres-operator/internal/naming"
@@ -121,8 +122,9 @@ func statefulset(
 
 	pod(pgadmin, configmap, &sts.Spec.Template.Spec, dataVolume)
 
-	if feature.Enabled(ctx, feature.OpenTelemetryLogs) {
+	if pgadmin.Spec.Instrumentation != nil && feature.Enabled(ctx, feature.OpenTelemetryLogs) {
 		// Logs for gunicorn and pgadmin write to /var/lib/pgadmin/logs
+		// so the collector needs access to that that path.
 		dataVolumeMount := corev1.VolumeMount{
 			Name:      "pgadmin-data",
 			MountPath: "/var/lib/pgadmin",
@@ -132,8 +134,10 @@ func statefulset(
 		}
 
 		collector.AddToPod(ctx, pgadmin.Spec.Instrumentation, pgadmin.Spec.ImagePullPolicy,
-			configmap, &sts.Spec.Template.Spec, volumeMounts, "", []string{}, false)
+			configmap, &sts.Spec.Template.Spec, volumeMounts, "", []string{LogDirectoryAbsolutePath}, false)
 	}
 
+	postgrescluster.AddTMPEmptyDir(&sts.Spec.Template)
+
 	return sts
 }