diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index 44352219f7436..3c8b95ad4615c 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -241,6 +241,17 @@ Array [
     "type": "boolean",
     "validationName": "(\\"true\\" | \\"false\\")",
   },
+  Object {
+    "key": "opamp_polling_interval",
+    "min": "1s",
+    "type": "duration",
+    "units": Array [
+      "ms",
+      "s",
+      "m",
+    ],
+    "validationName": "durationRt",
+  },
   Object {
     "key": "profiling_inferred_spans_enabled",
     "type": "boolean",
@@ -284,6 +295,11 @@ Array [
     "type": "boolean",
     "validationName": "(\\"true\\" | \\"false\\")",
   },
+  Object {
+    "key": "sampling_rate",
+    "type": "float",
+    "validationName": "floatFourDecimalPlacesRt",
+  },
   Object {
     "key": "sanitize_field_names",
     "type": "text",
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/edot_sdk_settings.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/edot_sdk_settings.ts
index 09deb667e3dec..0c9f55565db4b 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/edot_sdk_settings.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/edot_sdk_settings.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,36 @@ export const edotSDKSettings: RawSettingDefinition[] = [
       'opentelemetry/dotnet/elastic',
     ],
   },
+  {
+    key: 'opamp_polling_interval',
+    type: 'duration',
+    defaultValue: '30s',
+    min: '1s',
+    label: i18n.translate('xpack.apm.agentConfig.pollingInterval.label', {
+      defaultMessage: 'OpAMP HTTP polling interval',
+    }),
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.apm.agentConfig.pollingInterval.description', {
+      defaultMessage:
+        'The default interval between checking the collector for new changes to config.\n' +
+        'Note the interval is automatically exponentially extended on failures then reset to the value specified here, on recovery.',
+    }),
+    includeAgents: ['opentelemetry/java/elastic'],
+  },
+  {
+    key: 'sampling_rate',
+    type: 'float',
+    defaultValue: '1.0',
+    label: i18n.translate('xpack.apm.agentConfig.samplingRate.label', {
+      defaultMessage: 'Sampling rate',
+    }),
+    description: i18n.translate('xpack.apm.agentConfig.samplingRate.description', {
+      defaultMessage:
+        'By default, the agent will sample every span in every trace (e.g. request to your service). ' +
+        'To reduce overhead and storage requirements, you can set the sampling rate to a value between 0.0 and 1.0. ' +
+        'Further details can be found in the [OpenTelemetry Sampling Concepts](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/concepts/sampling/) page.',
+    }),
+    includeAgents: ['opentelemetry/java/elastic', 'opentelemetry/python/elastic'],
+  },
   {
     key: 'send_traces',
     type: 'boolean',
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/index.test.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/index.test.ts
index 3b5bce6deb197..ba2e5944ad7d0 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/index.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/index.test.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ describe('filterByAgent', () => {
           'deactivate_all_instrumentations',
           'deactivate_instrumentations',
           'logging_level',
+          'opamp_polling_interval',
+          'sampling_rate',
           'send_logs',
           'send_metrics',
           'send_traces',
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ describe('filterByAgent', () => {
 
     it('opentelemetry/python/elastic', () => {
       expect(getSettingKeysForAgent('opentelemetry/python/elastic')).toEqual(
-        expect.arrayContaining(['logging_level'])
+        expect.arrayContaining(['logging_level', 'sampling_rate'])
       );
     });
 
diff --git a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/index.ts b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/index.ts
index 343b513c600e5..1b27b28396e05 100644
--- a/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/solutions/observability/plugins/apm/common/agent_configuration/setting_definitions/index.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function getSettingDefaults(setting: RawSettingDefinition): SettingDefinition {
     }
 
     case 'float': {
-      if (setting.key === 'transaction_sample_rate') {
+      if (setting.key === 'transaction_sample_rate' || setting.key === 'sampling_rate') {
         return {
           validation: floatFourDecimalPlacesRt,
           ...setting,