diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/vagrant.yml b/ansible/group_vars/vagrant.yml
index 1b36bd2..a27ca9d 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/vagrant.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/vagrant.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,11 @@ kv_store: etcd
 etcd_client_port: 2379
 docker_port: 2375
 swarm_port: 3375
+
+influxdb:
+  host: 192.168.44.11
+  port: 8086
+
+grafana:
+  host: 192.168.44.11
+  port: 3000
diff --git a/ansible/inventory/vagrant b/ansible/inventory/vagrant
index 7dc33e2..46ac1aa 100644
--- a/ansible/inventory/vagrant
+++ b/ansible/inventory/vagrant
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ node-[1:3]
 
 [vagrant:children]
 nodes
+
+[influxdb_server]
+node-1
+
+[grafana_server]
+node-1
diff --git a/ansible/roles/grafana/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/grafana/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97a49a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/grafana/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+# defaults file for grafana
+grafana:
+  version: 3.0.1-1
+  host: 192.168.44.11
+  port: 3000
+  admin: admin
+  admin_password: admin
+  conf_dir: /etc/grafana
+  root: /var/lib/grafana
diff --git a/ansible/roles/grafana/files/grafana.repo b/ansible/roles/grafana/files/grafana.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2c2eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/grafana/files/grafana.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[grafana]
+name=grafana
+baseurl=https://packagecloud.io/grafana/stable/el/6/$basearch
+enabled=1
+gpgcheck=0
diff --git a/ansible/roles/grafana/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/grafana/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3a2b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/grafana/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+# handlers file for grafana
+- name: restart grafana
+  service: name=grafana-server state=restarted
diff --git a/ansible/roles/grafana/meta/main.yml b/ansible/roles/grafana/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84fcbd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/grafana/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+galaxy_info:
+  author: Jishnu Vijayan
+  description: Monitoring solution for upswing
+  company: DigitalEarns (Infrastructure)
+  # If the issue tracker for your role is not on github, uncomment the
+  # next line and provide a value
+  # issue_tracker_url: http://example.com/issue/tracker
+  # Some suggested licenses:
+  # - BSD (default)
+  # - MIT
+  # - GPLv2
+  # - GPLv3
+  # - Apache
+  # - CC-BY
+  license: license (GPLv2, CC-BY, etc)
+  min_ansible_version: 1.2
+  #
+  # Below are all platforms currently available. Just uncomment
+  # the ones that apply to your role. If you don't see your
+  # platform on this list, let us know and we'll get it added!
+  #
+  #platforms:
+  #
+  # Below are all categories currently available. Just as with
+  # the platforms above, uncomment those that apply to your role.
+  #
+  #categories:
+dependencies: []
+  # List your role dependencies here, one per line.
+  # Be sure to remove the '[]' above if you add dependencies
+  # to this list.
diff --git a/ansible/roles/grafana/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/grafana/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81013f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/grafana/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+---
+- include_vars: ../../telegraf/defaults/main.yml
+
+- name: configure grafana repo
+  copy: src=grafana.repo dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/grafana.repo owner=root group=root
+
+- name: install grafana
+  yum: name=grafana-{{ grafana.version }} state=present
+
+- name: configure grafana
+  template: src=grafana.ini.j2 dest={{ grafana.conf_dir }}/grafana.ini
+  notify:
+    - restart grafana
+
+- meta: flush_handlers
+
+- name: start grafana-server
+  service: name=grafana-server enabled=yes state=started
+
+- name: install python-httplib2.noarch
+  yum: name=python-httplib2.noarch state=present
+
+- wait_for: port={{ grafana.port }} delay=10 timeout=20
+
+- name: setup upswing datasource in grafana
+  uri:
+    url: http://{{ grafana.host }}:{{ grafana.port }}/api/datasources
+    method: POST
+    body: "{{ lookup('template','datasource.json') }}"
+    user: "{{ grafana.admin }}"
+    password: "{{ grafana.admin_password }}"
+    force_basic_auth: yes
+    body_format: json
+    HEADER_Content-Type: "application/json"
+    status_code: 200,500
+
+- name: set up upswing dashboard
+  uri:
+    url: http://{{ grafana.host }}:{{ grafana.port }}/api/dashboards/db
+    method: POST
+    body: "{{ lookup('template','upswing_nodes.json') }}"
+    user: "{{ grafana.admin }}"
+    password: "{{ grafana.admin_password }}"
+    force_basic_auth: yes
+    body_format: json
+    HEADER_Content-Type: "application/json"
+    status_code: 200,412
diff --git a/ansible/roles/grafana/templates/datasource.json b/ansible/roles/grafana/templates/datasource.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0661fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/grafana/templates/datasource.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+{
+"name":"upswing_telegraf",
+"type":"influxdb",
+"access":"direct",
+"isDefault":true,
+"url":"http://{{ influxdb.host }}:{{ influxdb.port }}",
+"user":"{{ telegraf.db.admin }}",
+"password":"{{ telegraf.db.admin_password }}",
+"database":"{{ telegraf.db.name }}",
+"basicAuth":false,
+"basicAuthUser":"",
+"basicAuthPassword":""
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/grafana/templates/grafana.ini.j2 b/ansible/roles/grafana/templates/grafana.ini.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd2c463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/grafana/templates/grafana.ini.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+##################### Grafana Configuration Example #####################
+#
+# Everything has defaults so you only need to uncomment things you want to
+# change
+
+# possible values : production, development
+; app_mode = production
+
+#################################### Paths ####################################
+[paths]
+# Path to where grafana can store temp files, sessions, and the sqlite3 db (if that is used)
+#
+;data = {{ grafana.root }}
+#
+# Directory where grafana can store logs
+#
+;logs = /var/log/grafana
+#
+# Directory where grafana will automatically scan and look for plugins
+#
+;plugins = {{ grafana.root }}/plugins
+
+#
+#################################### Server ####################################
+[server]
+# Protocol (http or https)
+;protocol = http
+
+# The ip address to bind to, empty will bind to all interfaces
+;http_addr =
+
+# The http port  to use
+;http_port = {{ grafana.port }}
+
+# The public facing domain name used to access grafana from a browser
+;domain = localhost
+
+# Redirect to correct domain if host header does not match domain
+# Prevents DNS rebinding attacks
+;enforce_domain = false
+
+# The full public facing url
+;root_url = %(protocol)s://%(domain)s:%(http_port)s/
+
+# Log web requests
+;router_logging = false
+
+# the path relative working path
+;static_root_path = public
+
+# enable gzip
+;enable_gzip = false
+
+# https certs & key file
+;cert_file =
+;cert_key =
+
+#################################### Database ####################################
+[database]
+# Either "mysql", "postgres" or "sqlite3", it's your choice
+;type = sqlite3
+;host = 127.0.0.1:3306
+;name = grafana
+;user = root
+;password =
+
+# For "postgres" only, either "disable", "require" or "verify-full"
+;ssl_mode = disable
+
+# For "sqlite3" only, path relative to data_path setting
+;path = grafana.db
+
+#################################### Session ####################################
+[session]
+# Either "memory", "file", "redis", "mysql", "postgres", default is "file"
+;provider = file
+
+# Provider config options
+# memory: not have any config yet
+# file: session dir path, is relative to grafana data_path
+# redis: config like redis server e.g. `addr=127.0.0.1:6379,pool_size=100,db=grafana`
+# mysql: go-sql-driver/mysql dsn config string, e.g. `user:password@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/database_name`
+# postgres: user=a password=b host=localhost port=5432 dbname=c sslmode=disable
+;provider_config = sessions
+
+# Session cookie name
+;cookie_name = grafana_sess
+
+# If you use session in https only, default is false
+;cookie_secure = false
+
+# Session life time, default is 86400
+;session_life_time = 86400
+
+#################################### Analytics ####################################
+[analytics]
+# Server reporting, sends usage counters to stats.grafana.org every 24 hours.
+# No ip addresses are being tracked, only simple counters to track
+# running instances, dashboard and error counts. It is very helpful to us.
+# Change this option to false to disable reporting.
+;reporting_enabled = true
+
+# Set to false to disable all checks to https://grafana.net
+# for new vesions (grafana itself and plugins), check is used
+# in some UI views to notify that grafana or plugin update exists
+# This option does not cause any auto updates, nor send any information
+# only a GET request to http://grafana.net to get latest versions
+check_for_updates = true
+
+# Google Analytics universal tracking code, only enabled if you specify an id here
+;google_analytics_ua_id =
+
+#################################### Security ####################################
+[security]
+# default admin user, created on startup
+;admin_user = admin
+
+# default admin password, can be changed before first start of grafana,  or in profile settings
+;admin_password = admin
+
+# used for signing
+;secret_key = SW2YcwTIb9zpOOhoPsMm
+
+# Auto-login remember days
+;login_remember_days = 7
+;cookie_username = grafana_user
+;cookie_remember_name = grafana_remember
+
+# disable gravatar profile images
+;disable_gravatar = false
+
+# data source proxy whitelist (ip_or_domain:port seperated by spaces)
+;data_source_proxy_whitelist =
+
+[snapshots]
+# snapshot sharing options
+;external_enabled = true
+;external_snapshot_url = https://snapshots-origin.raintank.io
+;external_snapshot_name = Publish to snapshot.raintank.io
+
+#################################### Users ####################################
+[users]
+# disable user signup / registration
+;allow_sign_up = true
+
+# Allow non admin users to create organizations
+;allow_org_create = true
+
+# Set to true to automatically assign new users to the default organization (id 1)
+;auto_assign_org = true
+
+# Default role new users will be automatically assigned (if disabled above is set to true)
+;auto_assign_org_role = Viewer
+
+# Background text for the user field on the login page
+;login_hint = email or username
+
+#################################### Anonymous Auth ##########################
+[auth.anonymous]
+# enable anonymous access
+;enabled = false
+
+# specify organization name that should be used for unauthenticated users
+;org_name = Main Org.
+
+# specify role for unauthenticated users
+;org_role = Viewer
+
+#################################### Github Auth ##########################
+[auth.github]
+;enabled = false
+;allow_sign_up = false
+;client_id = some_id
+;client_secret = some_secret
+;scopes = user:email,read:org
+;auth_url = https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize
+;token_url = https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token
+;api_url = https://api.github.com/user
+;team_ids =
+;allowed_organizations =
+
+#################################### Google Auth ##########################
+[auth.google]
+;enabled = false
+;allow_sign_up = false
+;client_id = some_client_id
+;client_secret = some_client_secret
+;scopes = https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email
+;auth_url = https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
+;token_url = https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token
+;api_url = https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo
+;allowed_domains =
+
+#################################### Auth Proxy ##########################
+[auth.proxy]
+;enabled = false
+;header_name = X-WEBAUTH-USER
+;header_property = username
+;auto_sign_up = true
+
+#################################### Basic Auth ##########################
+[auth.basic]
+;enabled = true
+
+#################################### Auth LDAP ##########################
+[auth.ldap]
+;enabled = false
+;config_file = /etc/grafana/ldap.toml
+
+#################################### SMTP / Emailing ##########################
+[smtp]
+;enabled = false
+;host = localhost:25
+;user =
+;password =
+;cert_file =
+;key_file =
+;skip_verify = false
+;from_address = admin@grafana.localhost
+
+[emails]
+;welcome_email_on_sign_up = false
+
+#################################### Logging ##########################
+[log]
+# Either "console", "file", "syslog". Default is console and  file
+# Use comma to separate multiple modes, e.g. "console, file"
+;mode = console, file
+
+# Buffer length of channel, keep it as it is if you don't know what it is.
+;buffer_len = 10000
+
+# Either "Trace", "Debug", "Info", "Warn", "Error", "Critical", default is "Info"
+;level = Info
+
+# For "console" mode only
+[log.console]
+;level =
+
+# For "file" mode only
+[log.file]
+;level =
+# This enables automated log rotate(switch of following options), default is true
+;log_rotate = true
+
+# Max line number of single file, default is 1000000
+;max_lines = 1000000
+
+# Max size shift of single file, default is 28 means 1 << 28, 256MB
+;max_lines_shift = 28
+
+# Segment log daily, default is true
+;daily_rotate = true
+
+# Expired days of log file(delete after max days), default is 7
+;max_days = 7
+
+#################################### AMPQ Event Publisher ##########################
+[event_publisher]
+;enabled = false
+;rabbitmq_url = amqp://localhost/
+;exchange = grafana_events
+
+;#################################### Dashboard JSON files ##########################
+[dashboards.json]
+;enabled = false
+;path = {{ grafana.root }}/dashboards
diff --git a/ansible/roles/grafana/templates/upswing_nodes.json b/ansible/roles/grafana/templates/upswing_nodes.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec8d2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/grafana/templates/upswing_nodes.json
@@ -0,0 +1,557 @@
+{
+
+"overwrite": true,
+  "dashboard":
+  {
+  "id": null,
+  "title": "Upswing",
+  "originalTitle": "Upswing",
+  "tags": [],
+  "style": "dark",
+  "timezone": "browser",
+  "editable": true,
+  "hideControls": false,
+  "sharedCrosshair": false,
+  "rows": [
+    {
+      "collapse": false,
+      "editable": true,
+      "height": "250px",
+      "panels": [
+        {
+          "aliasColors": {
+            "cpu.system - node-1": "#1F78C1"
+          },
+          "bars": false,
+          "datasource": null,
+          "editable": true,
+          "error": false,
+          "fill": 1,
+          "grid": {
+            "threshold1": null,
+            "threshold1Color": "rgba(216, 200, 27, 0.27)",
+            "threshold2": null,
+            "threshold2Color": "rgba(234, 112, 112, 0.22)"
+          },
+          "id": 1,
+          "isNew": true,
+          "legend": {
+            "alignAsTable": true,
+            "avg": false,
+            "current": false,
+            "max": false,
+            "min": false,
+            "rightSide": true,
+            "show": true,
+            "total": false,
+            "values": false
+          },
+          "lines": true,
+          "linewidth": 2,
+          "nullPointMode": "connected",
+          "percentage": false,
+          "pointradius": 5,
+          "points": false,
+          "renderer": "flot",
+          "seriesOverrides": [],
+          "span": 12,
+          "stack": false,
+          "steppedLine": false,
+          "targets": [
+            {
+              "alias": "cpu.system - $tag_host",
+              "dsType": "influxdb",
+              "groupBy": [
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "$interval"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "time"
+                },
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "host"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "tag"
+                }
+              ],
+              "measurement": "cpu",
+              "policy": "default",
+              "refId": "A",
+              "resultFormat": "time_series",
+              "select": [
+                [
+                  {
+                    "params": [
+                      "usage_system"
+                    ],
+                    "type": "field"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "params": [],
+                    "type": "mean"
+                  }
+                ]
+              ],
+              "tags": [
+                {
+                  "key": "host",
+                  "operator": "=~",
+                  "value": "/^$upswing_hosts$/"
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "cpu.user - $tag_host",
+              "dsType": "influxdb",
+              "groupBy": [
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "$interval"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "time"
+                },
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "host"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "tag"
+                }
+              ],
+              "measurement": "cpu",
+              "policy": "default",
+              "refId": "B",
+              "resultFormat": "time_series",
+              "select": [
+                [
+                  {
+                    "params": [
+                      "usage_user"
+                    ],
+                    "type": "field"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "params": [],
+                    "type": "mean"
+                  }
+                ]
+              ],
+              "tags": [
+                {
+                  "key": "host",
+                  "operator": "=~",
+                  "value": "/^$upswing_hosts$/"
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          ],
+          "timeFrom": null,
+          "timeShift": null,
+          "title": "Panel Title",
+          "tooltip": {
+            "msResolution": true,
+            "shared": true,
+            "value_type": "cumulative"
+          },
+          "type": "graph",
+          "xaxis": {
+            "show": true
+          },
+          "yaxes": [
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": null,
+              "show": true
+            },
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": null,
+              "show": true
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "aliasColors": {
+            "cpu.system - node-1": "#1F78C1"
+          },
+          "bars": false,
+          "datasource": null,
+          "editable": true,
+          "error": false,
+          "fill": 1,
+          "grid": {
+            "threshold1": null,
+            "threshold1Color": "rgba(216, 200, 27, 0.27)",
+            "threshold2": null,
+            "threshold2Color": "rgba(234, 112, 112, 0.22)"
+          },
+          "id": 4,
+          "isNew": true,
+          "legend": {
+            "alignAsTable": true,
+            "avg": false,
+            "current": false,
+            "max": false,
+            "min": false,
+            "rightSide": true,
+            "show": true,
+            "total": false,
+            "values": false
+          },
+          "lines": true,
+          "linewidth": 2,
+          "nullPointMode": "connected",
+          "percentage": false,
+          "pointradius": 5,
+          "points": false,
+          "renderer": "flot",
+          "seriesOverrides": [],
+          "span": 12,
+          "stack": false,
+          "steppedLine": false,
+          "targets": [
+            {
+              "alias": "mem.available - $tag_host",
+              "dsType": "influxdb",
+              "groupBy": [
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "auto"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "time"
+                },
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "host"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "tag"
+                }
+              ],
+              "hide": false,
+              "measurement": "mem",
+              "policy": "default",
+              "refId": "A",
+              "resultFormat": "time_series",
+              "select": [
+                [
+                  {
+                    "params": [
+                      "available_percent"
+                    ],
+                    "type": "field"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "params": [],
+                    "type": "mean"
+                  }
+                ]
+              ],
+              "tags": [
+                {
+                  "key": "host",
+                  "operator": "=~",
+                  "value": "/^$upswing_hosts$/"
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          ],
+          "timeFrom": null,
+          "timeShift": null,
+          "title": "Panel Title",
+          "tooltip": {
+            "msResolution": true,
+            "shared": true,
+            "value_type": "cumulative"
+          },
+          "type": "graph",
+          "xaxis": {
+            "show": true
+          },
+          "yaxes": [
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": null,
+              "show": true
+            },
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": null,
+              "show": true
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "aliasColors": {
+            "cpu.system - node-1": "#1F78C1"
+          },
+          "bars": false,
+          "datasource": null,
+          "editable": true,
+          "error": false,
+          "fill": 1,
+          "grid": {
+            "threshold1": null,
+            "threshold1Color": "rgba(216, 200, 27, 0.27)",
+            "threshold2": null,
+            "threshold2Color": "rgba(234, 112, 112, 0.22)"
+          },
+          "id": 5,
+          "isNew": true,
+          "legend": {
+            "alignAsTable": true,
+            "avg": false,
+            "current": false,
+            "max": false,
+            "min": false,
+            "rightSide": true,
+            "show": true,
+            "total": false,
+            "values": false
+          },
+          "lines": true,
+          "linewidth": 2,
+          "nullPointMode": "connected",
+          "percentage": false,
+          "pointradius": 5,
+          "points": false,
+          "renderer": "flot",
+          "seriesOverrides": [],
+          "span": 12,
+          "stack": false,
+          "steppedLine": false,
+          "targets": [
+            {
+              "alias": "disk.reads - $tag_host",
+              "dsType": "influxdb",
+              "groupBy": [
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "auto"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "time"
+                },
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "host"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "tag"
+                }
+              ],
+              "hide": false,
+              "measurement": "diskio",
+              "policy": "default",
+              "refId": "A",
+              "resultFormat": "time_series",
+              "select": [
+                [
+                  {
+                    "params": [
+                      "reads"
+                    ],
+                    "type": "field"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "params": [],
+                    "type": "mean"
+                  }
+                ]
+              ],
+              "tags": [
+                {
+                  "key": "host",
+                  "operator": "=~",
+                  "value": "/^$upswing_hosts$/"
+                }
+              ],
+              "query": "SELECT mean(\"reads\") FROM \"diskio\" WHERE \"host\" =~ /^$upswing_hosts$/ AND $timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval), \"host\"",
+              "rawQuery": true
+            },
+            {
+              "alias": "disk.writes - $tag_host",
+              "dsType": "influxdb",
+              "groupBy": [
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "auto"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "time"
+                },
+                {
+                  "params": [
+                    "host"
+                  ],
+                  "type": "tag"
+                }
+              ],
+              "hide": false,
+              "measurement": "diskio",
+              "policy": "default",
+              "refId": "B",
+              "resultFormat": "time_series",
+              "select": [
+                [
+                  {
+                    "params": [
+                      "reads"
+                    ],
+                    "type": "field"
+                  },
+                  {
+                    "params": [],
+                    "type": "mean"
+                  }
+                ]
+              ],
+              "tags": [
+                {
+                  "key": "host",
+                  "operator": "=~",
+                  "value": "/^$upswing_hosts$/"
+                }
+              ],
+              "query": "SELECT mean(\"writes\") FROM \"diskio\" WHERE \"host\" =~ /^$upswing_hosts$/ AND $timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval), \"host\"",
+              "rawQuery": true
+            }
+          ],
+          "timeFrom": null,
+          "timeShift": null,
+          "title": "Panel Title",
+          "tooltip": {
+            "msResolution": true,
+            "shared": true,
+            "value_type": "cumulative"
+          },
+          "type": "graph",
+          "xaxis": {
+            "show": true
+          },
+          "yaxes": [
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": null,
+              "show": true
+            },
+            {
+              "format": "short",
+              "label": null,
+              "logBase": 1,
+              "max": null,
+              "min": null,
+              "show": true
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Row"
+    },
+    {
+      "collapse": false,
+      "editable": true,
+      "height": "250px",
+      "panels": [],
+      "title": "New row"
+    }
+  ],
+  "time": {
+    "from": "now/d",
+    "to": "now"
+  },
+  "timepicker": {
+    "refresh_intervals": [
+      "5s",
+      "10s",
+      "30s",
+      "1m",
+      "5m",
+      "15m",
+      "30m",
+      "1h",
+      "2h",
+      "1d"
+    ],
+    "time_options": [
+      "5m",
+      "15m",
+      "1h",
+      "6h",
+      "12h",
+      "24h",
+      "2d",
+      "7d",
+      "30d"
+    ]
+  },
+  "templating": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "current": {
+          "value": [
+            "$__all"
+          ],
+          "text": "All",
+          "tags": []
+        },
+        "datasource": null,
+        "hide": 0,
+        "includeAll": true,
+        "label": "upswing_hosts",
+        "multi": true,
+        "name": "upswing_hosts",
+        "options": [
+          {
+            "text": "All",
+            "value": "$__all",
+            "selected": true
+          },
+          {
+            "text": "node-1",
+            "value": "node-1",
+            "selected": false
+          },
+          {
+            "text": "node-2",
+            "value": "node-2",
+            "selected": false
+          },
+          {
+            "text": "node-3",
+            "value": "node-3",
+            "selected": false
+          },
+          {
+            "text": "node-4",
+            "value": "node-4",
+            "selected": false
+          }
+        ],
+        "query": "SHOW TAG VALUES FROM \"cpu\" WITH KEY = \"host\"",
+        "refresh": 1,
+        "regex": "",
+        "type": "query"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "annotations": {
+    "list": []
+  },
+  "refresh": "5s",
+  "schemaVersion": 12,
+  "version": 9,
+  "links": []
+ }
+}
diff --git a/ansible/roles/grafana/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/grafana/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc6e520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/grafana/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+# vars file for grafana
diff --git a/ansible/roles/influxdb/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/influxdb/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0b953c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/influxdb/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+# defaults file for influxdb
+influxdb:
+  version: 0.13.0-1
+  host: 192.168.44.11
+  port: 8086
+  root: /var/lib/influxdb
+  conf_dir: /etc/influxdb
diff --git a/ansible/roles/influxdb/files/influxdb.repo b/ansible/roles/influxdb/files/influxdb.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85e4dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/influxdb/files/influxdb.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[influxdb]
+name = InfluxDB Repository - RHEL $releasever
+baseurl = https://repos.influxdata.com/rhel/$releasever/$basearch/stable
+enabled = 1
+gpgcheck = 1
+gpgkey = https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key
diff --git a/ansible/roles/influxdb/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/influxdb/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b793055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/influxdb/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+# handlers file for influxdb
+- name: restart influxdb
+  service: name=influxdb state=restarted
diff --git a/ansible/roles/influxdb/meta/main.yml b/ansible/roles/influxdb/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84fcbd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/influxdb/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+galaxy_info:
+  author: Jishnu Vijayan
+  description: Monitoring solution for upswing
+  company: DigitalEarns (Infrastructure)
+  # If the issue tracker for your role is not on github, uncomment the
+  # next line and provide a value
+  # issue_tracker_url: http://example.com/issue/tracker
+  # Some suggested licenses:
+  # - BSD (default)
+  # - MIT
+  # - GPLv2
+  # - GPLv3
+  # - Apache
+  # - CC-BY
+  license: license (GPLv2, CC-BY, etc)
+  min_ansible_version: 1.2
+  #
+  # Below are all platforms currently available. Just uncomment
+  # the ones that apply to your role. If you don't see your
+  # platform on this list, let us know and we'll get it added!
+  #
+  #platforms:
+  #
+  # Below are all categories currently available. Just as with
+  # the platforms above, uncomment those that apply to your role.
+  #
+  #categories:
+dependencies: []
+  # List your role dependencies here, one per line.
+  # Be sure to remove the '[]' above if you add dependencies
+  # to this list.
diff --git a/ansible/roles/influxdb/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/influxdb/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87df82c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/influxdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- name: configure influxdb repo
+  copy: src=influxdb.repo dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/influxdb.repo owner=root group=root
+
+- name: install influxdb
+  yum: name=influxdb-{{ influxdb.version }} state=present
+
+- name: start influxdb
+  service: name=influxdb enabled=yes state=started
+
+- name: edit influxdb conf
+  template: src=influxdb.conf.j2 dest={{ influxdb.conf_dir }}/influxdb.conf
+  notify:
+    - restart influxdb
diff --git a/ansible/roles/influxdb/templates/influxdb.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/influxdb/templates/influxdb.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ce44a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/influxdb/templates/influxdb.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+
+# manually set the hostname
+# hostname = "localhost"
+
+###
+### [meta]
+###
+### Controls the parameters for the Raft consensus group that stores metadata
+### about the InfluxDB cluster.
+###
+
+[meta]
+  # Where the metadata/raft database is stored
+  dir = "{{ influxdb.root }}/meta"
+
+  retention-autocreate = true
+
+  # If log messages are printed for the meta service
+  logging-enabled = true
+  pprof-enabled = false
+
+  # The default duration for leases.
+  lease-duration = "1m0s"
+
+###
+### [data]
+###
+### Controls where the actual shard data for InfluxDB lives and how it is
+### flushed from the WAL. "dir" may need to be changed to a suitable place
+### for your system, but the WAL settings are an advanced configuration. The
+### defaults should work for most systems.
+###
+
+[data]
+  # Controls if this node holds time series data shards in the cluster
+  enabled = true
+
+  dir = "{{ influxdb.root }}/data"
+
+  # These are the WAL settings for the storage engine >= 0.9.3
+  wal-dir = "{{ influxdb.root }}/wal"
+  wal-logging-enabled = true
+  data-logging-enabled = true
+
+  # Whether queries should be logged before execution. Very useful for troubleshooting, but will
+  # log any sensitive data contained within a query.
+  # query-log-enabled = true
+
+  # Settings for the TSM engine
+
+  # CacheMaxMemorySize is the maximum size a shard's cache can
+  # reach before it starts rejecting writes.
+  # cache-max-memory-size = 524288000
+
+  # CacheSnapshotMemorySize is the size at which the engine will
+  # snapshot the cache and write it to a TSM file, freeing up memory
+  # cache-snapshot-memory-size = 26214400
+
+  # CacheSnapshotWriteColdDuration is the length of time at
+  # which the engine will snapshot the cache and write it to
+  # a new TSM file if the shard hasn't received writes or deletes
+  # cache-snapshot-write-cold-duration = "1h"
+
+  # MinCompactionFileCount is the minimum number of TSM files
+  # that need to exist before a compaction cycle will run
+  # compact-min-file-count = 3
+
+  # CompactFullWriteColdDuration is the duration at which the engine
+  # will compact all TSM files in a shard if it hasn't received a
+  # write or delete
+  # compact-full-write-cold-duration = "24h"
+
+  # MaxPointsPerBlock is the maximum number of points in an encoded
+  # block in a TSM file. Larger numbers may yield better compression
+  # but could incur a performance penalty when querying
+  # max-points-per-block = 1000
+
+###
+### [cluster]
+###
+### Controls non-Raft cluster behavior, which generally includes how data is
+### shared across shards.
+###
+
+[cluster]
+  shard-writer-timeout = "5s" # The time within which a remote shard must respond to a write request.
+  write-timeout = "10s" # The time within which a write request must complete on the cluster.
+  max-concurrent-queries = 0 # The maximum number of concurrent queries that can run. 0 to disable.
+  query-timeout = "0s" # The time within a query must complete before being killed automatically. 0s to disable.
+  max-select-point = 0 # The maximum number of points to scan in a query. 0 to disable.
+  max-select-series = 0 # The maximum number of series to select in a query. 0 to disable.
+  max-select-buckets = 0 # The maximum number of buckets to select in an aggregate query. 0 to disable.
+
+###
+### [retention]
+###
+### Controls the enforcement of retention policies for evicting old data.
+###
+
+[retention]
+  enabled = true
+  check-interval = "30m"
+
+###
+### [shard-precreation]
+###
+### Controls the precreation of shards, so they are available before data arrives.
+### Only shards that, after creation, will have both a start- and end-time in the
+### future, will ever be created. Shards are never precreated that would be wholly
+### or partially in the past.
+
+[shard-precreation]
+  enabled = true
+  check-interval = "10m"
+  advance-period = "30m"
+
+###
+### Controls the system self-monitoring, statistics and diagnostics.
+###
+### The internal database for monitoring data is created automatically if
+### if it does not already exist. The target retention within this database
+### is called 'monitor' and is also created with a retention period of 7 days
+### and a replication factor of 1, if it does not exist. In all cases the
+### this retention policy is configured as the default for the database.
+
+[monitor]
+  store-enabled = true # Whether to record statistics internally.
+  store-database = "_internal" # The destination database for recorded statistics
+  store-interval = "5s" # The interval at which to record statistics
+
+###
+### [admin]
+###
+### Controls the availability of the built-in, web-based admin interface. If HTTPS is
+### enabled for the admin interface, HTTPS must also be enabled on the [http] service.
+###
+
+[admin]
+  enabled = true
+  bind-address = ":8083"
+  https-enabled = false
+  https-certificate = "/etc/ssl/influxdb.pem"
+
+###
+### [http]
+###
+### Controls how the HTTP endpoints are configured. These are the primary
+### mechanism for getting data into and out of InfluxDB.
+###
+
+[http]
+  enabled = true
+  bind-address = ":8086"
+  auth-enabled = false
+  log-enabled = true
+  write-tracing = false
+  pprof-enabled = false
+  https-enabled = false
+  https-certificate = "/etc/ssl/influxdb.pem"
+  max-row-limit = 10000
+
+###
+### [collectd]
+###
+### Controls one or many listeners for collectd data.
+###
+
+[[collectd]]
+  enabled = false
+  # bind-address = ""
+  # database = ""
+  # typesdb = ""
+
+  # These next lines control how batching works. You should have this enabled
+  # otherwise you could get dropped metrics or poor performance. Batching
+  # will buffer points in memory if you have many coming in.
+
+  # batch-size = 1000 # will flush if this many points get buffered
+  # batch-pending = 5 # number of batches that may be pending in memory
+  # batch-timeout = "1s" # will flush at least this often even if we haven't hit buffer limit
+  # read-buffer = 0 # UDP Read buffer size, 0 means OS default. UDP listener will fail if set above OS max.
+
+###
+### [[udp]]
+###
+### Controls the listeners for InfluxDB line protocol data via UDP.
+###
+
+[[udp]]
+  enabled = false
+  # bind-address = ""
+  # database = "udp"
+  # retention-policy = ""
+
+  # These next lines control how batching works. You should have this enabled
+  # otherwise you could get dropped metrics or poor performance. Batching
+  # will buffer points in memory if you have many coming in.
+
+  # batch-size = 1000 # will flush if this many points get buffered
+  # batch-pending = 5 # number of batches that may be pending in memory
+  # batch-timeout = "1s" # will flush at least this often even if we haven't hit buffer limit
+  # read-buffer = 0 # UDP Read buffer size, 0 means OS default. UDP listener will fail if set above OS max.
+
+  # set the expected UDP payload size; lower values tend to yield better performance, default is max UDP size 65536
+  # udp-payload-size = 65536
+
+###
+### [continuous_queries]
+###
+### Controls how continuous queries are run within InfluxDB.
+###
+
+[continuous_queries]
+  log-enabled = true
+  enabled = true
+  # run-interval = "1s" # interval for how often continuous queries will be checked if they need to run
diff --git a/ansible/roles/influxdb/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/influxdb/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..753f126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/influxdb/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+# vars file for influxdb
diff --git a/ansible/roles/telegraf/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/telegraf/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac1fb22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/telegraf/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+# defaults file for telegraf
+telegraf:
+  version: 0.13.1-1
+  conf_dir: /etc/telegraf
+  db:
+    name: upswing
+    admin: admin
+    admin_password: admin123
diff --git a/ansible/roles/telegraf/handlers/main.yml b/ansible/roles/telegraf/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8bd5e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/telegraf/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+
+- name: restart telegraf
+  service: name=telegraf state=restarted
diff --git a/ansible/roles/telegraf/meta/main.yml b/ansible/roles/telegraf/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84fcbd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/telegraf/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+galaxy_info:
+  author: Jishnu Vijayan
+  description: Monitoring solution for upswing
+  company: DigitalEarns (Infrastructure)
+  # If the issue tracker for your role is not on github, uncomment the
+  # next line and provide a value
+  # issue_tracker_url: http://example.com/issue/tracker
+  # Some suggested licenses:
+  # - BSD (default)
+  # - MIT
+  # - GPLv2
+  # - GPLv3
+  # - Apache
+  # - CC-BY
+  license: license (GPLv2, CC-BY, etc)
+  min_ansible_version: 1.2
+  #
+  # Below are all platforms currently available. Just uncomment
+  # the ones that apply to your role. If you don't see your
+  # platform on this list, let us know and we'll get it added!
+  #
+  #platforms:
+  #
+  # Below are all categories currently available. Just as with
+  # the platforms above, uncomment those that apply to your role.
+  #
+  #categories:
+dependencies: []
+  # List your role dependencies here, one per line.
+  # Be sure to remove the '[]' above if you add dependencies
+  # to this list.
diff --git a/ansible/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcbacb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+
+- name: configure telegraf repo
+  copy: src=roles/influxdb/files/influxdb.repo dest=/etc/yum.repos.d/influxdb.repo owner=root group=root
+
+- name: install telegraf
+  yum: name=telegraf-{{ telegraf.version }} state=present
+
+- name: start telegraf deamon
+  service: name=telegraf enabled=yes state=started
+
+- name: configure telegraf to report to influxdb
+  template: src=telegraf.conf.j2 dest={{ telegraf.conf_dir }}/telegraf.conf
+  notify:
+    - restart telegraf
diff --git a/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71b0706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+# Telegraf Configuration
+
+# Configuration for telegraf agent
+[agent]
+  ## Default data collection interval for all inputs
+  interval = "10s"
+  ## Rounds collection interval to 'interval'
+  ## ie, if interval="10s" then always collect on :00, :10, :20, etc.
+  round_interval = true
+
+  ## Telegraf will send metrics to outputs in batches of at
+  ## most metric_batch_size metrics.
+  metric_batch_size = 1000
+  ## For failed writes, telegraf will cache metric_buffer_limit metrics for each
+  ## output, and will flush this buffer on a successful write. Oldest metrics
+  ## are dropped first when this buffer fills.
+  metric_buffer_limit = 10000
+
+  ## Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random amount.
+  ## Each plugin will sleep for a random time within jitter before collecting.
+  ## This can be used to avoid many plugins querying things like sysfs at the
+  ## same time, which can have a measurable effect on the system.
+  collection_jitter = "0s"
+
+  ## Default flushing interval for all outputs. You shouldn't set this below
+  ## interval. Maximum flush_interval will be flush_interval + flush_jitter
+  flush_interval = "10s"
+  ## Jitter the flush interval by a random amount. This is primarily to avoid
+  ## large write spikes for users running a large number of telegraf instances.
+  ## ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s
+  flush_jitter = "0s"
+
+  ## Run telegraf in debug mode
+  debug = false
+  ## Run telegraf in quiet mode
+  quiet = false
+  ## Override default hostname, if empty use os.Hostname()
+  hostname = ""
+  ## If set to true, do no set the "host" tag in the telegraf agent.
+  omit_hostname = false
+
+
+###############################################################################
+#                            OUTPUT PLUGINS                                   #
+###############################################################################
+
+# Configuration for influxdb server to send metrics to
+[[outputs.influxdb]]
+  urls = ["http://{{ influxdb.host }}:{{ influxdb.port }}"] # required
+  ## The target database for metrics (telegraf will create it if not exists).
+  database = "{{ telegraf.db.name }}" # required
+  ## Precision of writes, valid values are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h".
+  ## note: using "s" precision greatly improves InfluxDB compression.
+  precision = "s"
+
+  ## Retention policy to write to.
+  retention_policy = "default"
+  ## Write consistency (clusters only), can be: "any", "one", "quorom", "all"
+  write_consistency = "any"
+
+  ## Write timeout (for the InfluxDB client), formatted as a string.
+  ## If not provided, will default to 5s. 0s means no timeout (not recommended).
+  timeout = "5s"
+  username = "{{ telegraf.db.admin }}"
+  password = "{{ telegraf.db.admin_password }}"
+
+###############################################################################
+#                            INPUT PLUGINS                                    #
+###############################################################################
+
+# Read metrics about cpu usage
+[[inputs.cpu]]
+  ## Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
+  percpu = true
+  ## Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
+  totalcpu = true
+  ## Comment this line if you want the raw CPU time metrics
+  fielddrop = ["time_*"]
+
+
+# Read metrics about disk usage by mount point
+[[inputs.disk]]
+  ## By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
+  ## Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
+  # mount_points = ["/"]
+
+  ## Ignore some mountpoints by filesystem type. For example (dev)tmpfs (usually
+  ## present on /run, /var/run, /dev/shm or /dev).
+  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs"]
+
+
+# Read metrics about disk IO by device
+[[inputs.diskio]]
+  ## By default, telegraf will gather stats for all devices including
+  ## disk partitions.
+  ## Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified devices.
+  # devices = ["sda", "sdb"]
+  ## Uncomment the following line if you do not need disk serial numbers.
+  # skip_serial_number = true
+
+# Get kernel statistics from /proc/stat
+[[inputs.kernel]]
+  # no configuration
+
+# Read metrics about memory usage
+[[inputs.mem]]
+  # no configuration
+
+# Get the number of processes and group them by status
+[[inputs.processes]]
+  # no configuration
+
+# Read metrics about swap memory usage
+[[inputs.swap]]
+  # no configuration
+
+# Read metrics about system load & uptime
+[[inputs.system]]
+  # no configuration
+
+# # Read metrics about docker containers
+# [[inputs.docker]]
+#   ## Docker Endpoint
+#   ##   To use TCP, set endpoint = "tcp://[ip]:[port]"
+#   ##   To use environment variables (ie, docker-machine), set endpoint = "ENV"
+#   endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
+#   ## Only collect metrics for these containers, collect all if empty
+#   container_names = []
+#   ## Timeout for docker list, info, and stats commands
+#   timeout = "5s"
+
+# # Read metrics from one or more commands that can output to stdout
+# [[inputs.exec]]
+#   ## Commands array
+#   commands = ["/tmp/test.sh", "/usr/bin/mycollector --foo=bar"]
+#
+#   ## Timeout for each command to complete.
+#   timeout = "5s"
+#
+#   ## measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
+#   name_suffix = "_mycollector"
+#
+#   ## Data format to consume.
+#   ## Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
+#   ## more about them here:
+#   ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+#   data_format = "influx"
+
+#   ## Optional SSL Config
+#   # ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+#   # ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+#   # ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+#   ## Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
+#   # insecure_skip_verify = false
+
+# # Collect kernel snmp counters and network interface statistics
+# [[inputs.nstat]]
+#   ## file paths for proc files. If empty default paths will be used:
+#   ##    /proc/net/netstat, /proc/net/snmp, /proc/net/snmp6
+#   ## These can also be overridden with env variables, see README.
+#   proc_net_netstat = ""
+#   proc_net_snmp    = ""
+#   proc_net_snmp6   = ""
+#   ## dump metrics with 0 values too
+#   dump_zeros       = true
+
+#   ## urls to ping
+#   urls = ["www.google.com"] # required
+#   ## number of pings to send per collection (ping -c <COUNT>)
+#   count = 1 # required
+#   ## interval, in s, at which to ping. 0 == default (ping -i <PING_INTERVAL>)
+#   ping_interval = 0.0
+#   ## ping timeout, in s. 0 == no timeout (ping -W <TIMEOUT>)
+#   timeout = 1.0
+#   ## interface to send ping from (ping -I <INTERFACE>)
+#   interface = ""
diff --git a/ansible/roles/telegraf/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/telegraf/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e668808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/telegraf/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+# vars file for telegraf
diff --git a/ansible/site.yml b/ansible/site.yml
index 2863dc8..4487968 100644
--- a/ansible/site.yml
+++ b/ansible/site.yml
@@ -55,3 +55,21 @@
     - swarm_agent
   tags:
     - swarm
+
+- hosts: influxdb_server
+  roles:
+    - influxdb
+  tags:
+    - influxdb
+
+- hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - telegraf
+  tags:
+    - telegraf
+
+- hosts: grafana_server
+  roles:
+    - grafana
+  tags:
+    - grafana