diff --git a/inventory/ffmwu-monitoring b/inventory/ffmwu-monitoring
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fda501a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/ffmwu-monitoring
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[ffmwu-monitoring]
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all b/inventory/group_vars/all
index a89ccef..4cbe3a7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ bgp_ipv4_transfer_net: 10.37.0.0/18
 bgp_ipv6_transfer_net: fd37:b4dc:4b1e::/64
 bgp_groups:
   - ffmwu-gateways
+  - ffmwu-monitoring
+
+prometheus_groups:
+  - ffmwu-gateways
+
+prometheus_conf_main: prometheus/prometheus.yml.j2
 
 http_domain_internal: ffmwu.org
 http_domain_external: freifunk-mwu.de
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/ffmwu-monitoring b/inventory/group_vars/ffmwu-monitoring
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54106b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/ffmwu-monitoring
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+routing_tables:
+  mwu: 41
+
+common_repos:
+  backend-scripts:
+    repo_url: https://github.com/freifunk-mwu/backend-scripts.git
+    version: ansible
+
+prometheus_components:
+  - prometheus
+  - alertmanager
+  - node_exporter
diff --git a/playbooks/monitoring.yml b/playbooks/monitoring.yml
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..958b45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/monitoring.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/ansible-playbook
+
+- hosts: ffmwu-monitoring
+  remote_user: admin
+  roles:
+  - prerequisites
+  - server-apt-repos
+  - server-basic
+  - users
+  - system-sysctl
+  - git-repos
+  - service-haveged
+  - service-ntpd
+  - kmod-batman
+  - network-routetables
+  - network-batman
+  - network-meshbridge
+  - network-fastd
+  - network-routing
+  - service-nginx
+  - service-fastd
+  - service-fastd-backbone
+  - service-bird
+  - service-respondd
+  - service-nullmailer
+  - service-prometheus
diff --git a/playbooks/prometheus/prometheus.yml.j2 b/playbooks/prometheus/prometheus.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcb8992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/prometheus/prometheus.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+global:
+  scrape_interval:     15s # By default, scrape targets every 15 seconds.
+  evaluation_interval: 15s # By default, scrape targets every 15 seconds.
+  # scrape_timeout is set to the global default (10s).
+
+  # The labels to add to any time series or alerts when communicating with
+  # external systems (federation, remote storage, Alertmanager).
+  external_labels:
+    monitor: 'master'
+
+{% if prometheus_rule_files is defined %}
+# Rule files specifies a list of files from which rules are read.
+rule_files:
+  {% for (key, value) in prometheus_rule_files.items() %}
+  - {{ prometheus_rule_path }}/{{ value.dest }}
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+# A list of scrape configurations.
+scrape_configs:
+
+  - job_name: 'prometheus'
+    scrape_interval: 10s
+    scrape_timeout:  10s
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ['localhost:9090', 'localhost:9100']
+
+  - job_name: "node"
+    file_sd_configs:
+      - files:
+        - '{{ prometheus_file_sd_config_path }}/*.json'
+        - '{{ prometheus_file_sd_config_path }}/*.yml'
+        - '{{ prometheus_file_sd_config_path }}/*.yaml'
+    static_configs:
+{%for group in prometheus_groups %}
+      - targets:
+{% for host in groups[group] %}
+        - '{{ host }}:9100'
+{% endfor %}
+        labels:
+          group: '{{ group }}'
+{% endfor %}