diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/cli.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/cli.rs
index 91bb338ae89..ddf80f58439 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 use anyhow::{Context, bail};
 use clap::{Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command, arg};
+use quickwit_common::uri::Uri;
 use quickwit_serve::EnvFilterReloadFn;
 use tracing::Level;
 
@@ -95,4 +96,14 @@ impl CliCommand {
             CliCommand::Tool(subcommand) => subcommand.execute().await,
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn config_uri(&self) -> Option<&Uri> {
+        match self {
+            CliCommand::Run(run) => Some(&run.config_uri),
+            CliCommand::Index(_) => None,
+            CliCommand::Source(_) => None,
+            CliCommand::Split(_) => None,
+            CliCommand::Tool(tools) => tools.config_uri(),
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/lib.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/lib.rs
index 5a591ac76e3..854cea56ad8 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ pub fn start_actor_runtimes(
 }
 
 /// Loads a node config located at `config_uri` with the default storage configuration.
-async fn load_node_config(config_uri: &Uri) -> anyhow::Result<NodeConfig> {
+pub async fn load_node_config(config_uri: &Uri) -> anyhow::Result<NodeConfig> {
     let config_content = load_file(&StorageResolver::unconfigured(), config_uri)
         .await
         .context("failed to load node config")?;
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/logger.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/logger.rs
index 1ffd31cdad6..f8fb3083d1a 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/logger.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/logger.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ pub fn setup_logging_and_tracing(
     level: Level,
     ansi_colors: bool,
     build_info: &BuildInfo,
+    node_name: String,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<EnvFilterReloadFn> {
     #[cfg(feature = "tokio-console")]
     {
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ pub fn setup_logging_and_tracing(
             .with_resource(Resource::new([
                 KeyValue::new("service.name", "quickwit"),
                 KeyValue::new("service.version", build_info.version.clone()),
+                KeyValue::new("service.node", node_name),
             ]))
             .build();
         let tracer = provider.tracer("quickwit");
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/main.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/main.rs
index 01b37a34266..b1129614962 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use anyhow::Context;
 use colored::Colorize;
 use opentelemetry::global;
-use quickwit_cli::busy_detector;
 use quickwit_cli::checklist::RED_COLOR;
 use quickwit_cli::cli::{CliCommand, build_cli};
 #[cfg(feature = "jemalloc")]
 use quickwit_cli::jemalloc::start_jemalloc_metrics_loop;
 use quickwit_cli::logger::setup_logging_and_tracing;
+use quickwit_cli::{busy_detector, load_node_config};
 use quickwit_common::runtimes::scrape_tokio_runtime_metrics;
 use quickwit_serve::BuildInfo;
 use tracing::error;
@@ -101,8 +101,28 @@ async fn main_impl() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     start_jemalloc_metrics_loop();
 
     let build_info = BuildInfo::get();
-    let env_filter_reload_fn =
-        setup_logging_and_tracing(command.default_log_level(), ansi_colors, build_info)?;
+
+    // we need this value very early to use it in otel, but this is so early we haven't setup
+    // logging yet. What we do is read the config, and if it fails, provide a default value.
+    // Except for race conditions, an error will get logged the 2nd time the config is read,
+    // inside the command. In case of race condition, we just don't know the node id for tracing
+    // purpose
+    let node_id = {
+        async || {
+            let config_uri = command.config_uri()?;
+            let config = load_node_config(config_uri).await.ok()?;
+            Some(config.node_id.take())
+        }
+    }()
+    .await
+    .unwrap_or_else(|| "unknown".to_string());
+
+    let env_filter_reload_fn = setup_logging_and_tracing(
+        command.default_log_level(),
+        ansi_colors,
+        build_info,
+        node_id,
+    )?;
 
     let return_code: i32 = if let Err(command_error) = command.execute(env_filter_reload_fn).await {
         error!(error=%command_error, "command failed");
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/tool.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/tool.rs
index da5521c0e8c..4bb04fdfda1 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/tool.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/tool.rs
@@ -394,6 +394,16 @@ impl ToolCliCommand {
             Self::ExtractSplit(args) => extract_split_cli(args).await,
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn config_uri(&self) -> Option<&Uri> {
+        match self {
+            Self::GarbageCollect(args) => Some(&args.config_uri),
+            Self::LocalIngest(args) => Some(&args.config_uri),
+            Self::LocalSearch(args) => Some(&args.config_uri),
+            Self::Merge(args) => Some(&args.config_uri),
+            Self::ExtractSplit(args) => Some(&args.config_uri),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 pub async fn local_ingest_docs_cli(args: LocalIngestDocsArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {