diff --git a/template/stacks/monitoring/alloy/values.yaml b/template/stacks/monitoring/alloy/values.yaml
index a2ac67d..50dddb8 100644
--- a/template/stacks/monitoring/alloy/values.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/monitoring/alloy/values.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 alloy:
+  extraPorts:
+    - name: "tcpsocket"
+      port: 1514
+      targetPort: 1514
+      protocol: "TCP"
+      appProtocol: "tcp"
+
+  uiPathPrefix: "/alloy"
+
   create: false
   name: alloy-config
   key: config.alloy
 
-  uiPathPrefix: "/alloy"
-
   configMap:
     content: |-
 
@@ -76,3 +83,11 @@ alloy:
         targets    = discovery.relabel.pod_logs.output
         forward_to = [loki.write.local_loki.receiver]
       }
+
+      loki.source.syslog "tcp_socket" {
+        listener {
+          address = "0.0.0.0:1514"
+          labels   = { component = "loki.source.syslog", protocol = "tcp" }
+        }
+        forward_to = [loki.write.local_loki.receiver]
+      }
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diff --git a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
index 0ff72cf..7306dd6 100644
--- a/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
+++ b/template/stacks/ref-implementation/openbao/values.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-server:
+server:    
   postStart:
     - sh
     - -c
     - |
       sleep 10
+      rm -rf /openbao/data/*
       bao operator init >> /tmp/init.txt
       cat /tmp/init.txt | grep "Key " | awk '{print $NF}' | xargs -I{} bao operator unseal {}
       echo $(grep "Initial Root Token:" /tmp/init.txt | awk '{print $NF}')| cat > /openbao/data/initial_token.txt
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ server:
       echo $(grep "Unseal Key 3:" /tmp/init.txt | awk '{print $NF}')| cat > /openbao/data/unseal_key3.txt
       echo $(grep "Unseal Key 4:" /tmp/init.txt | awk '{print $NF}')| cat > /openbao/data/unseal_key4.txt
       echo $(grep "Unseal Key 5:" /tmp/init.txt | awk '{print $NF}')| cat > /openbao/data/unseal_key5.txt
+      bao login $(grep "Initial Root Token:" /tmp/init.txt | awk '{print $NF}')
       rm /tmp/init.txt
+      bao audit enable socket address=alloy.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:1514 socket_type=tcp
 ui:
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: true
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