diff --git a/docker/alertmanager/alertmanager.docker.yml b/docker/alertmanager/alertmanager.docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc3834517
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+++ b/docker/alertmanager/alertmanager.docker.yml
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+route:
+  group_by: [alertname]
+  receiver: email-me
+  group_wait: 10s
+  group_interval: 5m
+  repeat_interval: 5m
+
+receivers:
+- name: email-me
+  email_configs:
+  - to: ${ALERT_RECEIVER_EMAIL}
+    from: ${FROM_EMAIL}
+    smarthost: ${SMARTHOST}
+    auth_username: ${AUTH_USERNAME}
+    auth_identity: ${AUTH_IDENTITY}
+    auth_password: ${AUTH_PASSWORD}
diff --git a/docker/alertmanager/alertmanager.yml.j2 b/docker/alertmanager/alertmanager.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e6274cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/alertmanager/alertmanager.yml.j2
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+route:
+  group_by: [alertname]
+  receiver: email-me
+  group_wait: 10s
+  group_interval: 5m
+  repeat_interval: 5m
+
+receivers:
+- name: email-me
+  email_configs:
+  - to: {{ alert_receiver_email }}
+    from: {{ from_email }}
+    smarthost: {{ smarthost }}
+    auth_username: {{ auth_username }}
+    auth_identity: {{ auth_identity }}
+    auth_password: {{ auth_password }}
diff --git a/docker/prometheus/prometheus.consul.yml.j2 b/docker/prometheus/prometheus.consul.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..996bb2e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/prometheus/prometheus.consul.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+global:
+    scrape_interval: 300s
+    external_labels:
+        monitor: 'my-monitor'
+scrape_configs:
+    - job_name: 'node-exporter'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['node-exporter:9100'] # get rid of this and add consul sd configs
+
+    - job_name: 'app_servers'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['haproxy.service.nyc1.consul']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/app-servers
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'app_times'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/app-times
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'classifiers'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/classifiers
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'db_times'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/db-times
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'errors'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/errors
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'feed_counts'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/feed-counts
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'feeds'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/feeds
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'load_times'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/load-times
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    #- job_name: 'stories'
+    #  target_groups:
+    #    - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+    #  metrics_path: /monitor/stories
+    #  scheme: https
+    #  tls_config:
+    #    insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'task_codes'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/task-codes
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'task_pipeline'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/task-pipeline
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'task_servers'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/task-servers
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'task_times'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/task-times
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'updates'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/updates
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'users'
+      target_groups:
+        - targets: ['{{ ansible_ssh_host }}']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/users
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
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diff --git a/docker/prometheus/prometheus.docker.yml b/docker/prometheus/prometheus.docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bed9191e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/prometheus/prometheus.docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+global:
+    scrape_interval: 5s
+    external_labels:
+        monitor: 'my-monitor'
+
+rule_files:
+  - "/etc/prometheus/prometheus_rules.yml"
+
+alerting:
+  alertmanagers:
+  - static_configs:
+    - targets:
+      - alertmanager:9093
+
+scrape_configs:
+    - job_name: 'node-exporter'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['node-exporter:9100']
+
+    - job_name: 'app_servers'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/app-servers
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'app_times'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/app-times
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'classifiers'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/classifiers
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'db_times'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/db-times
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'errors'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/errors
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'feed_counts'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/feed-counts
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'feeds'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/feeds
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'load_times'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/load-times
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'stories'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/stories
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'task_codes'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/task-codes
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'task_pipeline'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/task-pipeline
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'task_servers'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/task-servers
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'task_times'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/task-times
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'updates'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/updates
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+    - job_name: 'users'
+      static_configs:
+        - targets: ['haproxy']
+      metrics_path: /monitor/users
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+        
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diff --git a/docker/prometheus/prometheus_rules.yml b/docker/prometheus/prometheus_rules.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..016cb081a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/prometheus/prometheus_rules.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+groups:
+- name: high request latency
+  rules:
+  - alert: HighRequestLatency
+    expr: job:request_latency_seconds > 5
+    labels:
+      severity: warning
+    annotations:
+      summary: Request latency greater than 5 seconds
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