diff --git a/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_child.sh b/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_child.sh
index 4d2b3502294925d82f675263fd6bddea62ec181a..94c0d4de00c56c8b9b435eb734e112c4f34ab25e 100755
--- a/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_child.sh
+++ b/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_child.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,22 @@
 export TFS_REGISTRY_IMAGES="http://localhost:32000/tfs/"
 
 # Set the list of components, separated by spaces, you want to build images for, and deploy.
-#automation monitoring load_generator
-export TFS_COMPONENTS="context device pathcomp service slice compute webui"
+export TFS_COMPONENTS="context device pathcomp service slice compute webui load_generator"
+
+# Uncomment to activate Monitoring
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} monitoring"
+
+# Uncomment to activate Automation and Policy Manager
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} automation policy"
+
+# Uncomment to activate Optical CyberSecurity
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} dbscanserving opticalattackmitigator opticalattackdetector opticalattackmanager"
+
+# Uncomment to activate L3 CyberSecurity
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} l3_attackmitigator l3_centralizedattackdetector"
+
+# Uncomment to activate TE
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} te"
 
 # Set the tag you want to use for your images.
 export TFS_IMAGE_TAG="dev"
@@ -32,6 +46,12 @@ export TFS_K8S_NAMESPACE="tfs-child"
 # Set additional manifest files to be applied after the deployment
 export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="ofc23/tfs-ingress-child.yaml"
 
+# Uncomment to monitor performance of components
+export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="${TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS} manifests/servicemonitors.yaml"
+
+# Uncomment when deploying Optical CyberSecurity
+#export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="${TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS} manifests/cachingservice.yaml"
+
 # Set the new Grafana admin password
 export TFS_GRAFANA_PASSWORD="admin123+"
 
@@ -116,3 +136,12 @@ export QDB_DROP_TABLES_IF_EXIST="YES"
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
 export QDB_REDEPLOY=""
+
+
+# ----- K8s Observability ------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Set the external port Prometheus Mgmt HTTP GUI interface will be exposed to.
+export PROM_EXT_PORT_HTTP="9090"
+
+# Set the external port Grafana HTTP Dashboards will be exposed to.
+export GRAF_EXT_PORT_HTTP="3000"
diff --git a/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_parent.sh b/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_parent.sh
index 808f4e28734be71e6eb7fb2aced39211fd8e7f24..6bd4dc33b324fb7a301c13695901c28d2375d2d7 100755
--- a/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_parent.sh
+++ b/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_parent.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,22 @@
 export TFS_REGISTRY_IMAGES="http://localhost:32000/tfs/"
 
 # Set the list of components, separated by spaces, you want to build images for, and deploy.
-#automation monitoring load_generator
-export TFS_COMPONENTS="context device pathcomp service slice compute webui"
+export TFS_COMPONENTS="context device pathcomp service slice compute webui load_generator"
+
+# Uncomment to activate Monitoring
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} monitoring"
+
+# Uncomment to activate Automation and Policy Manager
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} automation policy"
+
+# Uncomment to activate Optical CyberSecurity
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} dbscanserving opticalattackmitigator opticalattackdetector opticalattackmanager"
+
+# Uncomment to activate L3 CyberSecurity
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} l3_attackmitigator l3_centralizedattackdetector"
+
+# Uncomment to activate TE
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} te"
 
 # Set the tag you want to use for your images.
 export TFS_IMAGE_TAG="dev"
@@ -32,6 +46,12 @@ export TFS_K8S_NAMESPACE="tfs-parent"
 # Set additional manifest files to be applied after the deployment
 export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="ofc23/tfs-ingress-parent.yaml"
 
+# Uncomment to monitor performance of components
+export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="${TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS} manifests/servicemonitors.yaml"
+
+# Uncomment when deploying Optical CyberSecurity
+#export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="${TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS} manifests/cachingservice.yaml"
+
 # Set the new Grafana admin password
 export TFS_GRAFANA_PASSWORD="admin123+"
 
@@ -116,3 +136,12 @@ export QDB_DROP_TABLES_IF_EXIST="YES"
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
 export QDB_REDEPLOY=""
+
+
+# ----- K8s Observability ------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Set the external port Prometheus Mgmt HTTP GUI interface will be exposed to.
+export PROM_EXT_PORT_HTTP="9090"
+
+# Set the external port Grafana HTTP Dashboards will be exposed to.
+export GRAF_EXT_PORT_HTTP="3000"
diff --git a/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_sligrp.sh b/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_sligrp.sh
index 90bea4567bd35d845abf943670f8aa33070dff57..0422c7b103f0fd07cfa9e3b0ea69dcb9a4f7cd05 100755
--- a/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_sligrp.sh
+++ b/src/tests/ofc23/deploy_specs_sligrp.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,23 @@
 export TFS_REGISTRY_IMAGES="http://localhost:32000/tfs/"
 
 # Set the list of components, separated by spaces, you want to build images for, and deploy.
-#automation monitoring load_generator
 export TFS_COMPONENTS="context device pathcomp service slice webui load_generator"
 
+# Uncomment to activate Monitoring
+export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} monitoring"
+
+# Uncomment to activate Automation and Policy Manager
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} automation policy"
+
+# Uncomment to activate Optical CyberSecurity
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} dbscanserving opticalattackmitigator opticalattackdetector opticalattackmanager"
+
+# Uncomment to activate L3 CyberSecurity
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} l3_attackmitigator l3_centralizedattackdetector"
+
+# Uncomment to activate TE
+#export TFS_COMPONENTS="${TFS_COMPONENTS} te"
+
 # Set the tag you want to use for your images.
 export TFS_IMAGE_TAG="dev"
 
@@ -32,6 +46,12 @@ export TFS_K8S_NAMESPACE="tfs-sligrp"
 # Set additional manifest files to be applied after the deployment
 export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="manifests/nginx_ingress_http.yaml"
 
+# Uncomment to monitor performance of components
+export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="${TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS} manifests/servicemonitors.yaml"
+
+# Uncomment when deploying Optical CyberSecurity
+#export TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS="${TFS_EXTRA_MANIFESTS} manifests/cachingservice.yaml"
+
 # Set the new Grafana admin password
 export TFS_GRAFANA_PASSWORD="admin123+"
 
@@ -116,3 +136,12 @@ export QDB_DROP_TABLES_IF_EXIST="YES"
 
 # Disable flag for re-deploying QuestDB from scratch.
 export QDB_REDEPLOY=""
+
+
+# ----- K8s Observability ------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Set the external port Prometheus Mgmt HTTP GUI interface will be exposed to.
+export PROM_EXT_PORT_HTTP="9090"
+
+# Set the external port Grafana HTTP Dashboards will be exposed to.
+export GRAF_EXT_PORT_HTTP="3000"