diff --git a/Puppetfile b/Puppetfile
index 7d50617..87a97c4 100644
--- a/Puppetfile
+++ b/Puppetfile
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ mod 'puppet-puppetboard', '9.0.0'
 mod 'puppet-nginx', '5.0.0'
 mod 'puppet-selinux', '4.1.0'
 mod 'puppet-prometheus', '13.4.0'
+mod 'puppet-grafana', '13.1.0'
 
 # other
 mod 'ghoneycutt-puppet', '3.3.0'
diff --git a/site/roles/manifests/infra/metrics/grafana.pp b/site/roles/manifests/infra/metrics/grafana.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db6f757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site/roles/manifests/infra/metrics/grafana.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# a role to deploy a grafana service
+class roles::infra::metrics::grafana {
+  include profiles::defaults
+  include profiles::base
+}