diff --git a/vector/node/namespaced/daemonset.yaml b/vector/node/namespaced/daemonset.yaml
index 8e5e665b..a589b546 100644
--- a/vector/node/namespaced/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/vector/node/namespaced/daemonset.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ spec:
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: vector-node
       annotations:
         prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
-        prometheus.io/path: /metrics
-        prometheus.io/port: "8080"
     spec:
       tolerations:
         - key: node-role.kubernetes.io/master
@@ -56,6 +54,10 @@ spec:
             - name: var-log
               mountPath: /var/log
               readOnly: true
+          ports:
+            - name: metrics
+              containerPort: 8080
+              protocol: TCP
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: 0m
diff --git a/vector/node/namespaced/kustomization.yaml b/vector/node/namespaced/kustomization.yaml
index 1e93dd34..21505d87 100644
--- a/vector/node/namespaced/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/vector/node/namespaced/kustomization.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ configMapGenerator:
       - metrics.yaml=resources/metrics.yaml
       - pods.yaml=resources/pods.yaml
       - systemd.yaml=resources/systemd.yaml
+      - resources/metrics.lua
+      - resources/global.yaml
diff --git a/vector/node/namespaced/resources/metrics.lua b/vector/node/namespaced/resources/metrics.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85922861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vector/node/namespaced/resources/metrics.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+function init()
+	-- Initialize the global LastValue table
+	LastValue = {
+		component_received_events_total = {},
+		component_received_event_bytes_total = {},
+	}
+	-- since vector by default keeps these metrics, global config flag `
+	-- expire_metrics_secs` must be set
+	-- this interval should be higher then `expire_metrics_secs`
+	ExpireMetricSecs = 600
+end
+
+function on_event(event, emit)
+	--TODO: remove
+	-- emit(event)
+
+	local status, err = pcall(process_event, event, emit)
+	if not status then
+		emit(generate_log("ERROR on process_event" .. err, event))
+		error() -- delegates on vector generating and increasing the error metric
+	end
+end
+
+function on_timer(emit)
+	local status, err = pcall(cleanup_inactive_metrics, emit)
+	if not status then
+		emit(generate_log("ERROR on cleanup_inactive_metrics" .. err, LastValue))
+		error() -- delegates on vector generating and increasing the error metric
+	end
+end
+
+function process_event(event, emit)
+	-- ensure that the metric type hasn't changed
+	if event.metric.kind ~= "absolute" then
+		emit(generate_log("ERROR only absolute events can be aggregated", event))
+		error()
+	end
+
+	local name = event.metric.name
+	local ns = event.metric.tags.pod_namespace or ""
+	local pod = event.metric.tags.pod_name or ""
+	local newValue = event.metric.counter.value
+	local key = ns .. "__" .. pod
+
+	if ns == "" then
+		emit(generate_log("ERROR empty namespace not allowed", event))
+		error()
+	end
+
+	if pod == "" then
+		emit(generate_log("ERROR empty pod name not allowed", event))
+		error()
+	end
+
+	if LastValue[name][key] == nil then
+		LastValue[name][key] = { value = 0, updatedAt = os.time() }
+	end
+
+	local inc = newValue - LastValue[name][key].value
+
+	if inc > 0 then
+		emit(generate_metric(name, ns, inc))
+	elseif inc < 0 then
+		emit(generate_log("ERROR adjusting negative diff inc:" .. inc .. ", old:" .. table_to_json(LastValue[name][key]),
+			event))
+		-- since metrics are counters if new value is < old value then we can
+		-- assume metrics has been expired on vector end.
+		-- hence we can take newValue as "new" initial value
+		emit(generate_metric(name, ns, newValue))
+	end
+
+	-- since vector by default persists inactive metrics, global config flag
+	-- `expire_metrics_secs` must be set to expire stale metrics.
+	-- since vector will remove these metrics based on last updated time
+	-- script needs to maintain its own timestamp for clean up
+	if LastValue[name][key].value ~= newValue then
+		LastValue[name][key].value = newValue
+		LastValue[name][key].updatedAt = os.time()
+	end
+end
+
+function cleanup_inactive_metrics(emit)
+	local currentTime = os.time()
+
+	for metric, pods in pairs(LastValue) do
+		for pod, _ in pairs(pods) do
+			if (currentTime - LastValue[metric][pod].updatedAt) > ExpireMetricSecs then
+				LastValue[metric][pod] = nil
+			end
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+function generate_log(message, payload)
+	payload = payload or {}
+	local json = '{"timestamp":"'
+		.. os.date("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
+		.. '","message":" [metrics.lua] '
+		.. message
+		.. '","payload":'
+		.. table_to_json(payload)
+		.. "}"
+
+	return {
+		log = {
+			message = json,
+			timestamp = os.date("!*t"),
+		},
+	}
+end
+
+function generate_metric(name, namespace, value)
+	return {
+		metric = {
+			name = name,
+			--TODO: change to vector
+			namespace = "hh",
+			tags = {
+				component_id = "kubernetes_logs",
+				component_kind = "source",
+				component_type = "kubernetes_logs",
+				pod_namespace = namespace,
+			},
+			kind = "incremental",
+			counter = {
+				value = value,
+			},
+			timestamp = os.date("!*t"),
+		},
+	}
+end
+
+function table_to_json(t)
+	if t == nil then
+		return "null"
+	end
+
+	local contents = {}
+	for key, value in pairs(t) do
+		if type(value) == "table" then
+			table.insert(contents, '"' .. key .. '"' .. ":" .. table_to_json(value))
+		elseif "number" == type(value) then
+			table.insert(contents, string.format('"%s":%s', key, value))
+		elseif "string" == type(value) then
+			table.insert(contents, string.format('"%s":"%s"', key, value))
+		end
+	end
+	return "{" .. table.concat(contents, ",") .. "}"
+end
diff --git a/vector/node/namespaced/resources/metrics.yaml b/vector/node/namespaced/resources/metrics.yaml
index f31162f7..9932cb22 100644
--- a/vector/node/namespaced/resources/metrics.yaml
+++ b/vector/node/namespaced/resources/metrics.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,62 @@
 sources:
   vector_metrics:
     type: internal_metrics
+
+transforms:
+  # Reroute the metrics that have pod_name labels, so they can be aggregated before being exported
+  expensive_metrics_router:
+    type: route
+    inputs:
+      - vector_metrics
+    route:
+      received_bytes: .tags.component_id == "kubernetes_logs" && .name == "component_received_event_bytes_total"
+      received_events: .tags.component_id == "kubernetes_logs" && .name == "component_received_events_total"
+
+  # Agreggate metrics by removing pod_name and pod_namespace labels
+  expensive_metrics_aggregator:
+    type: lua
+    version: "2"
+    inputs:
+      - expensive_metrics_router.received_bytes
+      - expensive_metrics_router.received_events
+    source: "require('metrics')" # sources the file `metrics.lua`
+    hooks:
+      init: init
+      process: on_event
+    timers:
+      - handler: on_timer
+        interval_seconds: 30
+
+  # Split the generated metrics and the potential error logs, since they go to different sinks
+  expensive_metrics_aggregator_router:
+    type: route
+    inputs:
+      - expensive_metrics_aggregator
+    route:
+      logs:
+        type: is_log
+      metrics:
+        type: is_metric
+
 sinks:
   prometheus:
     type: prometheus_exporter
     address: 0.0.0.0:8080
     inputs:
       - vector_metrics
+      # - expensive_metrics_router._unmatched
+      - expensive_metrics_aggregator_router.metrics
+
+  expensive_metrics_prometheus:
+    type: prometheus_exporter
+    address: 0.0.0.0:8090
+    inputs:
+      - expensive_metrics_router.received_bytes
+      - expensive_metrics_router.received_events
+
+  expensive_metrics_aggregator_logger:
+    type: console
+    encoding:
+      codec: text
+    inputs:
+      - expensive_metrics_aggregator_router.logs