diff --git a/grafana-dash.json b/grafana-dash.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a117d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grafana-dash.json
@@ -0,0 +1,577 @@
+{
+  "annotations": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "builtIn": 1,
+        "datasource": "-- Grafana --",
+        "enable": true,
+        "hide": true,
+        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
+        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
+        "type": "dashboard"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "editable": true,
+  "gnetId": null,
+  "graphTooltip": 0,
+  "id": 1,
+  "iteration": 1623102934471,
+  "links": [],
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "datasource": null,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 1,
+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 0
+      },
+      "id": 4,
+      "panels": [],
+      "title": "Row title",
+      "type": "row"
+    },
+    {
+      "aliasColors": {},
+      "bars": false,
+      "dashLength": 10,
+      "dashes": false,
+      "datasource": "InfluxDB",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "short"
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "fill": 1,
+      "fillGradient": 0,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 9,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 1
+      },
+      "hiddenSeries": false,
+      "id": 2,
+      "legend": {
+        "avg": false,
+        "current": false,
+        "max": true,
+        "min": true,
+        "show": true,
+        "total": false,
+        "values": true
+      },
+      "lines": true,
+      "linewidth": 1,
+      "nullPointMode": "null",
+      "options": {
+        "alertThreshold": true
+      },
+      "percentage": false,
+      "pluginVersion": "7.5.7",
+      "pointradius": 2,
+      "points": false,
+      "renderer": "flot",
+      "seriesOverrides": [],
+      "spaceLength": 10,
+      "stack": false,
+      "steppedLine": false,
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "groupBy": [
+            {
+              "params": [
+                "$__interval"
+              ],
+              "type": "time"
+            },
+            {
+              "params": [
+                "null"
+              ],
+              "type": "fill"
+            }
+          ],
+          "orderByTime": "ASC",
+          "policy": "default",
+          "query": "from(bucket: \"batleth\")\n  |> range(start: 2021-06-07T00:00:00Z, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == \"state\")\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r.tardis_machine_name == \"${machine}\")\n  |> group()\n  |> window(every: 10s)\n  |> reduce(fn: (r, accumulator) => ({\n      _value: accumulator._value + (\n        if r._value == \"AvailableState\" then 1 \n        else if r._value == \"DownState\" then -1 \n        else 0)\n    }), identity: {_value: 0})\n  |> duplicate(column: \"_stop\", as: \"_time\")\n  |> window(every: inf) //, timeColumn: \"_time\")\n  |> cumulativeSum()\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n//  |> reduce(fn: (r, accumulator) => ({r with x: r._value * 2}), identity: {x:0})\n//  |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with vnew: r._value*2}))\n//  |> integral(unit: 10s, timeColumn: \"_stop\")\n//  |> window(every: inf) //, timeColumn: \"_stop\")\n  |> yield()",
+          "queryType": "randomWalk",
+          "refId": "A",
+          "resultFormat": "time_series",
+          "select": [
+            [
+              {
+                "params": [
+                  "value"
+                ],
+                "type": "field"
+              },
+              {
+                "params": [],
+                "type": "mean"
+              }
+            ]
+          ],
+          "tags": []
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": [],
+      "timeFrom": null,
+      "timeRegions": [],
+      "timeShift": null,
+      "title": "nodes running",
+      "tooltip": {
+        "shared": true,
+        "sort": 0,
+        "value_type": "individual"
+      },
+      "type": "graph",
+      "xaxis": {
+        "buckets": null,
+        "mode": "time",
+        "name": null,
+        "show": true,
+        "values": []
+      },
+      "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
+        }
+      ],
+      "yaxis": {
+        "align": false,
+        "alignLevel": null
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "aliasColors": {},
+      "bars": false,
+      "dashLength": 10,
+      "dashes": false,
+      "datasource": "InfluxDB",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {},
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "fill": 1,
+      "fillGradient": 0,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 9,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 1
+      },
+      "hiddenSeries": false,
+      "id": 8,
+      "legend": {
+        "avg": false,
+        "current": false,
+        "max": false,
+        "min": false,
+        "show": true,
+        "total": false,
+        "values": false
+      },
+      "lines": true,
+      "linewidth": 1,
+      "nullPointMode": "null",
+      "options": {
+        "alertThreshold": true
+      },
+      "percentage": false,
+      "pluginVersion": "7.5.7",
+      "pointradius": 2,
+      "points": false,
+      "renderer": "flot",
+      "seriesOverrides": [],
+      "spaceLength": 10,
+      "stack": false,
+      "steppedLine": false,
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "groupBy": [
+            {
+              "params": [
+                "$__interval"
+              ],
+              "type": "time"
+            },
+            {
+              "params": [
+                "null"
+              ],
+              "type": "fill"
+            }
+          ],
+          "orderByTime": "ASC",
+          "policy": "default",
+          "query": "from(bucket: \"batleth\")\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == \"tardis_pipeline\")\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == \"demand\" or r._field == \"supply\")\n//  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == \"state\")\n//  |> group()\n//  |> window(every: 10s)\n//  |> duplicate(column: \"_stop\", as: \"_time\")\n//  |> window(every: inf) //, timeColumn: \"_time\")\n//  |> cumulativeSum()\n  |> yield()",
+          "queryType": "randomWalk",
+          "refId": "A",
+          "resultFormat": "time_series",
+          "select": [
+            [
+              {
+                "params": [
+                  "value"
+                ],
+                "type": "field"
+              },
+              {
+                "params": [],
+                "type": "mean"
+              }
+            ]
+          ],
+          "tags": []
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": [],
+      "timeFrom": null,
+      "timeRegions": [],
+      "timeShift": null,
+      "title": "pipeline demand/supply",
+      "tooltip": {
+        "shared": true,
+        "sort": 0,
+        "value_type": "individual"
+      },
+      "type": "graph",
+      "xaxis": {
+        "buckets": null,
+        "mode": "time",
+        "name": null,
+        "show": true,
+        "values": []
+      },
+      "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
+        }
+      ],
+      "yaxis": {
+        "align": false,
+        "alignLevel": null
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "aliasColors": {},
+      "bars": false,
+      "dashLength": 10,
+      "dashes": false,
+      "datasource": "InfluxDB",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {},
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "fill": 1,
+      "fillGradient": 0,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 10
+      },
+      "hiddenSeries": false,
+      "id": 6,
+      "legend": {
+        "avg": false,
+        "current": false,
+        "max": false,
+        "min": false,
+        "show": true,
+        "total": false,
+        "values": false
+      },
+      "lines": true,
+      "linewidth": 1,
+      "nullPointMode": "null",
+      "options": {
+        "alertThreshold": true
+      },
+      "percentage": false,
+      "pluginVersion": "7.5.7",
+      "pointradius": 2,
+      "points": false,
+      "renderer": "flot",
+      "seriesOverrides": [],
+      "spaceLength": 10,
+      "stack": false,
+      "steppedLine": false,
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "groupBy": [
+            {
+              "params": [
+                "$__interval"
+              ],
+              "type": "time"
+            },
+            {
+              "params": [
+                "null"
+              ],
+              "type": "fill"
+            }
+          ],
+          "orderByTime": "ASC",
+          "policy": "default",
+          "query": "f = (r, accumulator) => ({\n    _value: accumulator._value + (if r._value == \"AvailableState\" then 1 else if r._value == \"DownState\" then -1 else 0)\n  })\n\nfrom(bucket: \"batleth\")\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == \"state\")\n  |> group()\n  |> window(every: 10s)\n  |> reduce(fn: f, identity: {_value: 0})\n  |> duplicate(column: \"_stop\", as: \"_time\")\n  |> window(every: inf, timeColumn: \"_time\")\n  |> yield()",
+          "queryType": "randomWalk",
+          "refId": "A",
+          "resultFormat": "time_series",
+          "select": [
+            [
+              {
+                "params": [
+                  "value"
+                ],
+                "type": "field"
+              },
+              {
+                "params": [],
+                "type": "mean"
+              }
+            ]
+          ],
+          "tags": []
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": [],
+      "timeFrom": null,
+      "timeRegions": [],
+      "timeShift": null,
+      "title": "node fluctuation",
+      "tooltip": {
+        "shared": true,
+        "sort": 0,
+        "value_type": "individual"
+      },
+      "type": "graph",
+      "xaxis": {
+        "buckets": null,
+        "mode": "time",
+        "name": null,
+        "show": true,
+        "values": []
+      },
+      "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
+        }
+      ],
+      "yaxis": {
+        "align": false,
+        "alignLevel": null
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "aliasColors": {},
+      "bars": false,
+      "dashLength": 10,
+      "dashes": false,
+      "datasource": "InfluxDB",
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {},
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "fill": 1,
+      "fillGradient": 0,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 10
+      },
+      "hiddenSeries": false,
+      "id": 10,
+      "legend": {
+        "avg": false,
+        "current": false,
+        "max": false,
+        "min": false,
+        "show": true,
+        "total": false,
+        "values": false
+      },
+      "lines": true,
+      "linewidth": 1,
+      "nullPointMode": "null",
+      "options": {
+        "alertThreshold": true
+      },
+      "percentage": false,
+      "pluginVersion": "7.5.7",
+      "pointradius": 2,
+      "points": false,
+      "renderer": "flot",
+      "seriesOverrides": [],
+      "spaceLength": 10,
+      "stack": false,
+      "steppedLine": false,
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "groupBy": [
+            {
+              "params": [
+                "$__interval"
+              ],
+              "type": "time"
+            },
+            {
+              "params": [
+                "null"
+              ],
+              "type": "fill"
+            }
+          ],
+          "orderByTime": "ASC",
+          "policy": "default",
+          "query": "from(bucket: \"batleth\")\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == \"tardis_pipeline\")\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == \"utilisation\" or r._field == \"allocation\")\n//  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == \"state\")\n//  |> group()\n//  |> window(every: 10s)\n//  |> duplicate(column: \"_stop\", as: \"_time\")\n//  |> window(every: inf) //, timeColumn: \"_time\")\n//  |> cumulativeSum()\n  |> yield()",
+          "queryType": "randomWalk",
+          "refId": "A",
+          "resultFormat": "time_series",
+          "select": [
+            [
+              {
+                "params": [
+                  "value"
+                ],
+                "type": "field"
+              },
+              {
+                "params": [],
+                "type": "mean"
+              }
+            ]
+          ],
+          "tags": []
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": [],
+      "timeRegions": [],
+      "title": "pipeline (utilization/allocation)",
+      "tooltip": {
+        "shared": true,
+        "sort": 0,
+        "value_type": "individual"
+      },
+      "type": "graph",
+      "xaxis": {
+        "buckets": null,
+        "mode": "time",
+        "name": null,
+        "show": true,
+        "values": []
+      },
+      "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
+        }
+      ],
+      "yaxis": {
+        "align": false,
+        "alignLevel": null
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "schemaVersion": 27,
+  "style": "dark",
+  "tags": [],
+  "templating": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "allValue": null,
+        "current": {
+          "selected": false,
+          "text": "cobald",
+          "value": "cobald"
+        },
+        "datasource": "InfluxDB",
+        "definition": "from(bucket: \"batleth\")\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> keep(columns: [\"tardis_machine_name\", \"_time\"])\n  |> sort(columns: [\"_time\"], desc: true)\n  |> unique(column: \"tardis_machine_name\")",
+        "description": null,
+        "error": null,
+        "hide": 0,
+        "includeAll": false,
+        "label": null,
+        "multi": false,
+        "name": "machine",
+        "options": [],
+        "query": "from(bucket: \"batleth\")\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> keep(columns: [\"tardis_machine_name\", \"_time\"])\n  |> sort(columns: [\"_time\"], desc: true)\n  |> unique(column: \"tardis_machine_name\")",
+        "refresh": 1,
+        "regex": "",
+        "skipUrlSync": false,
+        "sort": 0,
+        "tagValuesQuery": "",
+        "tags": [],
+        "tagsQuery": "",
+        "type": "query",
+        "useTags": false
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "time": {
+    "from": "now-30m",
+    "to": "now"
+  },
+  "timepicker": {},
+  "timezone": "",
+  "title": "cobald",
+  "uid": "urDuvE6Gk",
+  "version": 3
+}
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diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3a66bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+mkdir -p ./collections/ansible_collections/community
+# git clone --depth=1 -b 1.2.1 https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.grafana.git ./collections/ansible_collections/community/grafana
+git clone --depth=1 -b 1.2.1-extended https://github.com/ansible_community.grafana.git ./collections/ansible_collections/community/grafana
+
diff --git a/roles/cobald/tasks/grafana.yml b/roles/cobald/tasks/grafana.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea8848d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/cobald/tasks/grafana.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+- name: create influx token for grafana
+  influx_token:
+    base: "http://localhost:{{influx_pubport}}"
+    org: "my-org"
+    auth_token: "{{influx_admin_token}}"
+    description: grafana read access
+    key: grafana
+    permissions:
+    - action: read
+      resource:
+        type: buckets
+  register: influx_grafana_token
+
+- name: run grafana
+  docker_container:
+    name: ed-grafana
+    image: grafana/grafana:7.5.7
+    hostname: ed-grafana
+    domainname: cobald.local
+    networks:
+    - name: "{{docker_network}}"
+    published_ports:
+    - "3000:3000"
+    state: started
+    detach: True
+    cleanup: True
+
+- community.grafana.grafana_datasource:
+    grafana_url: http://localhost:3000
+    grafana_user: admin
+    grafana_password: admin
+    name: InfluxDB
+    ds_type: influxdb
+    ds_url: "{{influx_url}}"
+    additional_json_data:
+      defaultBucket: "{{influx_bucket}}"
+      organization: "{{influx_org}}"
+      version: Flux
+    additional_secure_json_data:
+      token: "{{influx_grafana_token.token}}"
+  register: das
+
+- community.grafana.grafana_dashboard:
+    grafana_url: http://localhost:3000
+    grafana_user: admin
+    grafana_password: admin
+    state: present
+    commit_message: updated by ansible
+    overwrite: yes
+    json_data: "{{lookup('file', 'grafana-dash.json')|from_json}}"
diff --git a/roles/cobald/tasks/telegraf.yml b/roles/cobald/tasks/telegraf.yml
index 3986218..0286920 100644
--- a/roles/cobald/tasks/telegraf.yml
+++ b/roles/cobald/tasks/telegraf.yml
@@ -69,3 +69,5 @@
 #   cleanup: True
     networks_cli_compatible: True
 
+- import_tasks: grafana.yml
+  tags: influxdb