diff --git a/hieradata/roles/infra/metrics/grafana.yaml b/hieradata/roles/infra/metrics/grafana.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a61c689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hieradata/roles/infra/metrics/grafana.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+#profile::metrics::grafana
diff --git a/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/grafana.pp b/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/grafana.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1025589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/profiles/manifests/metrics/grafana.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# profiles::metrics::grafana
+class profiles::metrics::grafana (
+  Integer   $http_port      = 8080,
+  String    $app_mode       = 'production',
+  Boolean   $allow_sign_up  = false,
+  Boolean   $mysql_backend  = true,
+  String    $mysql_host     = '127.0.0.1:3306',
+  String    $mysql_user     = 'grafana',
+  Sensitive $mysql_pass     = 'grafana',
+  Sensitive $mysql_name     = 'grafana',
+
+) {
+
+  # set the fqdn
+  $fqdn = $::facts['networking']['fqdn']
+
+  # when using mysql backend
+  if $mysql_backend {
+
+    # create a db for grafana
+    @@mysql::db { "mydb_${fqdn}":
+      user     => $mysql_user,
+      password => $mysql_pass,
+      dbname   => $mysql_name,
+      host     => $fqdn,
+      grant    => ['SELECT', 'UPDATE'],
+      #tag      => $domain,
+    }
+
+    $database_config = {
+      type     => 'mysql',
+      host     => $mysql_host,
+      name     => $mysql_name,
+      user     => $mysql_user,
+      password => $mysql_pass.unwrap,
+    }
+
+    $sensitive_database_config = Sensitive($database_config)
+  }
+
+  # build the grafana config hash
+  $cfg = {
+    app_mode => $app_mode,
+    server   => {
+      http_port => $http_port,
+    },
+    database => $sensitive_database_config,
+    users    => {
+      allow_sign_up => $allow_sign_up,
+    },
+  }
+
+  # deploy grafana
+  class { 'grafana':
+    cfg => $cfg,
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/site/roles/manifests/infra/metrics/grafana.pp b/site/roles/manifests/infra/metrics/grafana.pp
index db6f757..4d9176a 100644
--- a/site/roles/manifests/infra/metrics/grafana.pp
+++ b/site/roles/manifests/infra/metrics/grafana.pp
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 class roles::infra::metrics::grafana {
   include profiles::defaults
   include profiles::base
+  include profiles::metrics::grafana
 }