diff --git a/group_vars/all b/group_vars/all
index b2c3bf8..863d28b 100644
--- a/group_vars/all
+++ b/group_vars/all
@@ -1,22 +1,39 @@
 ---
 # Variables listed here are applicable to all host groups
 
+# Software versions
 docker_compose_version_to_install: 1.22.0
 docker_ce_version_to_install: 18.03.1
 nvm_version: v0.33.5
 node_version: 8.4.0
+
+# Storage Stuff
 registry_location: "registry.wimer.home"
 nfs_location: 10.0.0.150
 nfs_share: /volumeUSB1/usbshare
+
+# Machine configurations
 home_pub_key: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jcwimer/ubuntu-template/master/post/id_rsa.pub
 standard_user: cody
 git_user: "Jacob Cody Wimer"
 git_email: "jacob.wimer@gmail.com"
+
+# Proxmox Settings
 proxmox_user: "root@pam"
 proxmox_password: "{{ lookup('env', 'PROXMOX_PASSWORD') }}"
 ubuntu_template_vm_name: "ubuntu-server-1604"
+
+# dns
+domain: wimer.home
 dns_server: "10.0.0.204"
 
 # haproxies
 vip_interface: ens18
 vip_address: 10.0.0.200
+
+# rke
+rke_directory: /root/rke
+rke_version: 0.2.1
+rke_ssh_key_location: /root/id_home
+rke_nfs_path: "{{ nfs_share }}/raw-files/fileserver/shares/lab-data/kubernetes"
+alertmanager_email_password: "{{ lookup('env', 'GMAIL_SERVICE_PASSWORD') }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/site.yml b/playbooks/site.yml
index c33a76c..cba10ed 100644
--- a/playbooks/site.yml
+++ b/playbooks/site.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
   tasks:
    - include: ../roles/developer-machine/tasks/main.yml
 
+- name: Set up Kubernetes
+  hosts: localhost
+  user: root
+  tasks:
+   - include: ../roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
+
 - name: Initialize the swarm
   hosts: swarm-bootstrap
   user: root
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e89889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+---
+- name: Create RKE directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ rke_directory }}"
+    state: directory
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+
+- name: Create RKE Configs directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ rke_directory }}/configs"
+    state: directory
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+
+- name: Install RKE
+  get_url:
+    dest: "{{ rke_directory }}/rke"
+    url: https://github.com/rancher/rke/releases/download/v{{ rke_version }}/rke_linux-amd64
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+
+- name: Make RKE executable
+  file:
+    dest: "{{ rke_directory }}/rke"
+    mode: +x
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+
+- name: Put RKE cluster config in place
+  template:
+    src: ../templates/rke-cluster.yaml.j2
+    dest: "{{ rke_directory }}/rke-cluster.yaml"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+
+- name: Put RKE configs in place
+  template:
+    src: ../templates/rke-configs/{{ item }}.j2
+    dest: "{{ rke_directory }}/configs/{{ item }}"
+  with_items:
+    - nfs-client-deployment.yaml
+    - nfs-client-rbac.yaml
+    - nfs-client-storageclass.yaml
+    - alertmanager-pvc.yaml
+    - alertmanager-configmap.yaml
+    - alertmanager-deployment.yaml
+    - alertmanager-service.yaml
+    - kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
+    - kube-state-metrics-service.yaml
+    - kube-state-metrics-rbac.yaml
+    - node-exporter.yaml
+    - prometheus-configmap.yaml
+    - prometheus-rbac.yaml
+    - prometheus-statefulset.yaml
+    - prometheus-service.yaml
+    - monitoring-ingress.yaml
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+
+- name: Run RKE
+  shell: >
+    bash -c "{{ rke_directory }}/rke up --config {{ rke_directory }}/rke-cluster.yaml"
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-cluster.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-cluster.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c750977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-cluster.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+---
+
+ssh_key_path: {{ rke_ssh_key_location }}
+
+cluster_name: rke-k8s
+ignore_docker_version: true
+kubernetes_version: v1.13.4-rancher1-2
+system_images:
+    kubernetes: rancher/hyperkube:v1.13.4-rancher1
+
+nodes:
+  {% for node in groups['kube-masters'] %}
+
+  - address: {{ hostvars[node]['ansible_host'] }}
+    name: {{node}}
+    user: {{standard_user}}
+    role:
+    - controlplane
+    - etcd
+  {% endfor %}
+  {% for node in groups['kube-workers'] %}
+
+  - address: {{ hostvars[node]['ansible_host'] }}
+    name: {{node}}
+    user: {{standard_user}}
+    role:
+    - worker
+  {% endfor %}
+
+authentication:
+    strategy: x509
+    sans:
+      - "{{ vip_address }}"
+      - "kube.{{ domain }}"
+
+addons_include:
+    - ./configs/nfs-client-deployment.yaml
+    - ./configs/nfs-client-rbac.yaml
+    - ./configs/nfs-client-storageclass.yaml
+    - ./configs/alertmanager-pvc.yaml
+    - ./configs/alertmanager-configmap.yaml
+    - ./configs/alertmanager-deployment.yaml
+    - ./configs/alertmanager-service.yaml
+    - ./configs/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml
+    - ./configs/kube-state-metrics-service.yaml
+    - ./configs/kube-state-metrics-rbac.yaml
+    - ./configs/node-exporter.yaml
+    - ./configs/prometheus-configmap.yaml
+    - ./configs/prometheus-rbac.yaml
+    - ./configs/prometheus-statefulset.yaml
+    - ./configs/prometheus-service.yaml
+    - ./configs/monitoring-ingress.yaml
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-configmap.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-configmap.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..471cb4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-configmap.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: alertmanager-config
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: EnsureExists
+data:
+  alertmanager.yml: |
+    global: null
+    receivers:
+    - name: default-receiver
+    - name: email
+      email_configs:
+      - to: jacob.wimer@gmail.com
+        from: jacob.wimer@gmail.com
+        smarthost: smtp.gmail.com:587
+        auth_username: "jacob.wimer@gmail.com"
+        auth_identity: "jacob.wimer@gmail.com"
+        auth_password: {{ alertmanager_email_password }}
+        send_resolved: true
+
+    route:
+      group_interval: 5m
+      group_wait: 10s
+      receiver: email
+      repeat_interval: 3h
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-deployment.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-deployment.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..744d9ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-deployment.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: alertmanager
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: alertmanager
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+    version: v0.14.0
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: alertmanager
+      version: v0.14.0
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        k8s-app: alertmanager
+        version: v0.14.0
+      annotations:
+        scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
+    spec:
+      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
+      containers:
+        - name: prometheus-alertmanager
+          image: "prom/alertmanager:v0.14.0"
+          imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+          args:
+            - --config.file=/etc/config/alertmanager.yml
+            - --storage.path=/data
+            - --web.external-url=/
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 9093
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /#/status
+              port: 9093
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 30
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config-volume
+              mountPath: /etc/config
+            - name: storage-volume
+              mountPath: "/data"
+              subPath: ""
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 50Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 50Mi
+        - name: prometheus-alertmanager-configmap-reload
+          image: "jimmidyson/configmap-reload:v0.1"
+          imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+          args:
+            - --volume-dir=/etc/config
+            - --webhook-url=http://localhost:9093/-/reload
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config-volume
+              mountPath: /etc/config
+              readOnly: true
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 10Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 10Mi
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: alertmanager-config
+        - name: storage-volume
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: alertmanager
+
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-pvc.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-pvc.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b82b12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-pvc.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: alertmanager
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    app: alertmanager
+spec:
+  storageClassName: standard
+  accessModes:
+  - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 2Gi
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-service.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-service.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62c7b59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/alertmanager-service.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: alertmanager
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+    kubernetes.io/name: "Alertmanager"
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: http
+      port: 80
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 9093
+  selector:
+    k8s-app: alertmanager 
+  type: "ClusterIP"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..823696b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/kube-state-metrics-deployment.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: kube-state-metrics
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+    version: v1.3.0
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: kube-state-metrics
+      version: v1.3.0
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        k8s-app: kube-state-metrics
+        version: v1.3.0
+      annotations:
+        scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
+    spec:
+      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
+      serviceAccountName: kube-state-metrics
+      containers:
+      - name: kube-state-metrics
+        image: quay.io/coreos/kube-state-metrics:v1.3.0
+        ports:
+        - name: http-metrics
+          containerPort: 8080
+        - name: telemetry
+          containerPort: 8081
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /healthz
+            port: 8080
+          initialDelaySeconds: 5
+          timeoutSeconds: 5
+      - name: addon-resizer
+        image: k8s.gcr.io/addon-resizer:1.8.4
+        resources:
+          limits:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 30Mi
+          requests:
+            cpu: 100m
+            memory: 30Mi
+        env:
+          - name: MY_POD_NAME
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.name
+          - name: MY_POD_NAMESPACE
+            valueFrom:
+              fieldRef:
+                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
+        volumeMounts:
+          - name: config-volume
+            mountPath: /etc/config
+        command:
+          - /pod_nanny
+          - --config-dir=/etc/config
+          - --container=kube-state-metrics
+          - --cpu=100m
+          - --extra-cpu=1m
+          - --memory=100Mi
+          - --extra-memory=2Mi
+          - --threshold=5
+          - --deployment=kube-state-metrics
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: kube-state-metrics-config
+---
+# Config map for resource configuration.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics-config
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: kube-state-metrics
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+data:
+  NannyConfiguration: |-
+    apiVersion: nannyconfig/v1alpha1
+    kind: NannyConfiguration
+
+
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/kube-state-metrics-rbac.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/kube-state-metrics-rbac.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eb2981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/kube-state-metrics-rbac.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+rules:
+- apiGroups: [""]
+  resources:
+  - configmaps
+  - secrets
+  - nodes
+  - pods
+  - services
+  - resourcequotas
+  - replicationcontrollers
+  - limitranges
+  - persistentvolumeclaims
+  - persistentvolumes
+  - namespaces
+  - endpoints
+  verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+- apiGroups: ["extensions"]
+  resources:
+  - daemonsets
+  - deployments
+  - replicasets
+  verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+- apiGroups: ["apps"]
+  resources:
+  - statefulsets
+  verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+- apiGroups: ["batch"]
+  resources:
+  - cronjobs
+  - jobs
+  verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+- apiGroups: ["autoscaling"]
+  resources:
+  - horizontalpodautoscalers
+  verbs: ["list", "watch"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics-resizer
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+rules:
+- apiGroups: [""]
+  resources:
+  - pods
+  verbs: ["get"]
+- apiGroups: ["extensions"]
+  resources:
+  - deployments
+  resourceNames: ["kube-state-metrics"]
+  verbs: ["get", "update"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+  namespace: kube-system
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: kube-state-metrics-resizer
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+  namespace: kube-system
+
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/kube-state-metrics-service.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/kube-state-metrics-service.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bad3ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/kube-state-metrics-service.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: kube-state-metrics
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+    kubernetes.io/name: "kube-state-metrics"
+  annotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: 'true'
+spec:
+  ports:
+  - name: http-metrics
+    port: 8080
+    targetPort: http-metrics
+    protocol: TCP
+  - name: telemetry
+    port: 8081
+    targetPort: telemetry
+    protocol: TCP
+  selector:
+    k8s-app: kube-state-metrics
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/monitoring-ingress.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/monitoring-ingress.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..feb13f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/monitoring-ingress.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  namespace: kube-system
+  name: alertmanager
+  #annotations:
+  #  kubernetes.io/ingress.class: traefik
+spec:
+  rules:
+  - host: alertmanager.{{ domain }}
+    http:
+      paths:
+      - backend:
+          serviceName: alertmanager
+          servicePort: 80
+---
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  namespace: kube-system
+  name: prometheus
+  #annotations:
+  #  kubernetes.io/ingress.class: traefik
+spec:
+  rules:
+  - host: prometheus.{{ domain }}
+    http:
+      paths:
+      - backend:
+          serviceName: prometheus
+          servicePort: 9090
+
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/nfs-client-deployment.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/nfs-client-deployment.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3557fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/nfs-client-deployment.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: nfs-client-provisioner
+---
+kind: Deployment
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+metadata:
+  name: nfs-client-provisioner
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  strategy:
+    type: Recreate
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: nfs-client-provisioner
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: nfs-client-provisioner
+      containers:
+        - name: nfs-client-provisioner
+          image: quay.io/external_storage/nfs-client-provisioner:latest
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: nfs-client-root
+              mountPath: /persistentvolumes
+          env:
+            - name: PROVISIONER_NAME
+              value: {{ domain }}/nfs
+            - name: NFS_SERVER
+              value: {{ nfs_location }}
+            - name: NFS_PATH
+              value: {{ rke_nfs_path }}
+      volumes:
+        - name: nfs-client-root
+          nfs:
+            server: {{ nfs_location }}
+            path: {{ rke_nfs_path }}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/nfs-client-rbac.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/nfs-client-rbac.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c8c640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/nfs-client-rbac.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+kind: ServiceAccount
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: nfs-client-provisioner
+---
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: nfs-client-provisioner-runner
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["persistentvolumes"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["persistentvolumeclaims"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update"]
+  - apiGroups: ["storage.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["storageclasses"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["events"]
+    verbs: ["create", "update", "patch"]
+---
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: run-nfs-client-provisioner
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: nfs-client-provisioner
+    namespace: kube-system
+roleRef:
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: nfs-client-provisioner-runner
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+---
+kind: Role
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: leader-locking-nfs-client-provisioner
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["endpoints"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch"]
+---
+kind: RoleBinding
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: leader-locking-nfs-client-provisioner
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: nfs-client-provisioner
+    # replace with namespace where provisioner is deployed
+    namespace: kube-system
+roleRef:
+  kind: Role
+  name: leader-locking-nfs-client-provisioner
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/nfs-client-storageclass.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/nfs-client-storageclass.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c81654d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/nfs-client-storageclass.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  name: standard
+provisioner: {{ domain }}/nfs # or choose another name, must match deployment's env PROVISIONER_NAME'
+parameters:
+  archiveOnDelete: "false"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/node-exporter.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/node-exporter.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3420285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/node-exporter.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  namespace: kube-system
+  annotations:
+    prometheus.io/scrape: 'true'
+  labels:
+    app: node-exporter
+    name: node-exporter
+  name: node-exporter
+spec:
+  clusterIP: None
+  ports:
+  - name: scrape
+    port: 9100
+    protocol: TCP
+  selector:
+    app: node-exporter
+  type: ClusterIP
+---
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: DaemonSet
+metadata:
+  namespace: kube-system
+  name: node-exporter
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: node-exporter
+      name: node-exporter
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: prom/node-exporter
+        name: node-exporter
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 9100
+          hostPort: 9100
+          name: scrape
+      hostNetwork: true
+      hostPID: true
+
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-configmap.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-configmap.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f7da47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-configmap.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+# Prometheus configuration format https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-config
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: EnsureExists
+data:
+  rules.yml: |
+    # raw to endraw is so jija does not fail with prometheus config's double curly brackets in it's syntax
+    # {% raw %}
+    groups:
+    # node-exporter
+    - name: alert.rules_nodes
+      rules:
+      - alert: high_memory_usage_on_node
+        expr: ((node_memory_MemTotal - node_memory_MemAvailable) / node_memory_MemTotal)
+          * 100 > 80
+        for: 5m
+        annotations:
+          description: '{{ $labels.host }} is using a LOT of MEMORY. MEMORY usage is over
+            {{ humanize $value}}%.'
+          summary: HIGH MEMORY USAGE WARNING TASK ON '{{ $labels.host }}'
+      - alert: high_la_usage_on_node
+        expr: node_load5 > 7
+        for: 5m
+        annotations:
+          description: '{{ $labels.host }} has a high load average. Load Average 5m is
+            {{ humanize $value}}.'
+          summary: HIGH LOAD AVERAGE WARNING ON '{{ $labels.host }}'
+      - alert: node_running_out_of_disk_space
+        expr: (node_filesystem_size{mountpoint="/"} - node_filesystem_free{mountpoint="/"})
+          * 100 / node_filesystem_size{mountpoint="/"} > 80
+        for: 5m
+        annotations:
+          description: More than 80% of disk used. Disk usage {{ humanize $value }}%.
+          summary: 'LOW DISK SPACE WARING: NODE ''{{ $labels.host }}'''
+      - alert: monitoring_service_down
+        expr: up == 0
+        for: 90s
+        annotations:
+          description: "The monitoring service '{{ $labels.job }}' is down."
+          summary: "MONITORING SERVICE DOWN WARNING: NODE '{{ $labels.host }}'"
+    # {% endraw %}
+
+    # ceph
+    - name: alert.rules_ceph
+      rules:
+      - alert: ceph_health_warning
+        expr: ceph_health_status == 1
+        for: 5m
+        annotations:
+          description: CEPH CLUSTER HEALTH WARNING
+          summary: CEPH CLUSTER HEALTH WARNING
+
+  prometheus.yml: |
+    alerting:
+      alertmanagers:
+        - static_configs:
+          - targets: ["alertmanager"]
+    rule_files:
+    - "rules.yml"
+    scrape_configs:
+    #- job_name: 'ceph'
+    #  static_configs:
+    #  - targets:
+    #    - 'rook-ceph-mgr-external:9283'
+    - job_name: 'kubernetes-node-exporter'
+      dns_sd_configs:
+      - names:
+        - 'node-exporter'
+        type: 'A'
+        port: 9100
+
+    - job_name: prometheus
+      static_configs:
+      - targets:
+        - localhost:9090
+
+    - job_name: kubernetes-apiservers
+      kubernetes_sd_configs:
+      - role: endpoints
+      relabel_configs:
+      - action: keep
+        regex: default;kubernetes;https
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
+        - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
+        - __meta_kubernetes_endpoint_port_name
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+      bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+
+    - job_name: kubernetes-nodes-kubelet
+      kubernetes_sd_configs:
+      - role: node
+      relabel_configs:
+      - action: labelmap
+        regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+)
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+      bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+
+    - job_name: kubernetes-nodes-cadvisor
+      kubernetes_sd_configs:
+      - role: node
+      relabel_configs:
+      - action: labelmap
+        regex: __meta_kubernetes_node_label_(.+)
+      - target_label: __metrics_path__
+        replacement: /metrics/cadvisor
+      scheme: https
+      tls_config:
+        ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
+        insecure_skip_verify: true
+      bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+
+    - job_name: kubernetes-service-endpoints
+      kubernetes_sd_configs:
+      - role: endpoints
+      relabel_configs:
+      - action: keep
+        regex: true
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scrape
+      - action: replace
+        regex: (https?)
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_scheme
+        target_label: __scheme__
+      - action: replace
+        regex: (.+)
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_path
+        target_label: __metrics_path__
+      - action: replace
+        regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+)
+        replacement: $1:$2
+        source_labels:
+        - __address__
+        - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_port
+        target_label: __address__
+      - action: labelmap
+        regex: __meta_kubernetes_service_label_(.+)
+      - action: replace
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
+        target_label: kubernetes_namespace
+      - action: replace
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
+        target_label: kubernetes_name
+
+    - job_name: kubernetes-services
+      kubernetes_sd_configs:
+      - role: service
+      metrics_path: /probe
+      params:
+        module:
+        - http_2xx
+      relabel_configs:
+      - action: keep
+        regex: true
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_service_annotation_prometheus_io_probe
+      - source_labels:
+        - __address__
+        target_label: __param_target
+      - replacement: blackbox
+        target_label: __address__
+      - source_labels:
+        - __param_target
+        target_label: instance
+      - action: labelmap
+        regex: __meta_kubernetes_service_label_(.+)
+      - source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
+        target_label: kubernetes_namespace
+      - source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_service_name
+        target_label: kubernetes_name
+
+    - job_name: kubernetes-pods
+      kubernetes_sd_configs:
+      - role: pod
+      relabel_configs:
+      - action: keep
+        regex: true
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_scrape
+      - action: replace
+        regex: (.+)
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_path
+        target_label: __metrics_path__
+      - action: replace
+        regex: ([^:]+)(?::\d+)?;(\d+)
+        replacement: $1:$2
+        source_labels:
+        - __address__
+        - __meta_kubernetes_pod_annotation_prometheus_io_port
+        target_label: __address__
+      - action: labelmap
+        regex: __meta_kubernetes_pod_label_(.+)
+      - action: replace
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_namespace
+        target_label: kubernetes_namespace
+      - action: replace
+        source_labels:
+        - __meta_kubernetes_pod_name
+        target_label: kubernetes_pod_name
+    #alerting:
+    #  alertmanagers:
+    #  - kubernetes_sd_configs:
+    #      - role: pod
+    #    tls_config:
+    #      ca_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt
+    #    bearer_token_file: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token
+    #    relabel_configs:
+    #    - source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_namespace]
+    #      regex: kube-system
+    #      action: keep
+    #    - source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_pod_label_k8s_app]
+    #      regex: alertmanager
+    #      action: keep
+    #    - source_labels: [__meta_kubernetes_pod_container_port_number]
+    #      regex:
+    #      action: drop
+
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-rbac.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-rbac.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1961730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-rbac.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile 
+rules:
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - nodes
+      - nodes/metrics
+      - services
+      - endpoints
+      - pods
+    verbs:
+      - get
+      - list
+      - watch
+  - apiGroups:
+      - ""
+    resources:
+      - configmaps
+    verbs:
+      - get
+  - nonResourceURLs:
+      - "/metrics"
+    verbs:
+      - get
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: prometheus
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: prometheus
+  namespace: kube-system
+
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-service.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-service.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..928bb4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-service.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+kind: Service
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata: 
+  name: prometheus
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels: 
+    kubernetes.io/name: "Prometheus"
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+spec: 
+  ports: 
+    - name: http 
+      port: 9090
+      protocol: TCP
+      targetPort: 9090
+  selector: 
+    k8s-app: prometheus
+
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-statefulset.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-statefulset.yaml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..437b5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/templates/rke-configs/prometheus-statefulset.yaml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    k8s-app: prometheus
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
+    version: v2.2.1
+spec:
+  serviceName: "prometheus"
+  replicas: 1
+  podManagementPolicy: "Parallel"
+  updateStrategy:
+   type: "RollingUpdate"
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      k8s-app: prometheus
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        k8s-app: prometheus
+      annotations:
+        scheduler.alpha.kubernetes.io/critical-pod: ''
+    spec:
+      priorityClassName: system-cluster-critical
+      serviceAccountName: prometheus
+      initContainers:
+      - name: "init-chown-data"
+        image: "busybox:latest"
+        imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+        command: ["chown", "-R", "65534:65534", "/data"]
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: prometheus-data
+          mountPath: /data
+          subPath: ""
+      containers:
+        - name: prometheus-server-configmap-reload
+          image: "jimmidyson/configmap-reload:v0.1"
+          imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+          args:
+            - --volume-dir=/etc/config
+            - --webhook-url=http://localhost:9090/-/reload
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config-volume
+              mountPath: /etc/config
+              readOnly: true
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 10Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 10m
+              memory: 10Mi
+
+        - name: prometheus-server
+          image: "prom/prometheus:v2.2.1"
+          imagePullPolicy: "IfNotPresent"
+          args:
+            - --config.file=/etc/config/prometheus.yml
+            - --storage.tsdb.path=/data
+            - --web.console.libraries=/etc/prometheus/console_libraries
+            - --web.console.templates=/etc/prometheus/consoles
+            - --web.enable-lifecycle
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 9090
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /-/ready
+              port: 9090
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 30
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /-/healthy
+              port: 9090
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            timeoutSeconds: 30
+          # based on 10 running nodes with 30 pods each
+          resources:
+            limits:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 1000Mi
+            requests:
+              cpu: 200m
+              memory: 1000Mi
+
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config-volume
+              mountPath: /etc/config
+            - name: prometheus-data
+              mountPath: /data
+              subPath: ""
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 300
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: prometheus-config
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+  - metadata:
+      name: prometheus-data
+    spec:
+      storageClassName: standard
+      accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: "16Gi"
+
diff --git a/supporting-scripts/site.sh b/supporting-scripts/site.sh
index c7506d9..f3176fd 100755
--- a/supporting-scripts/site.sh
+++ b/supporting-scripts/site.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,38 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #keep adding dirname's to go up more directories.
 project_dir="$(dirname $( dirname $(readlink -f ${BASH_SOURCE[0]})))"
-#ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook -i ${project_dir}/hosts ${project_dir}/playbooks/lxc-test.yml
-ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook -i ${project_dir}/hosts ${project_dir}/playbooks/kvm.yml
-ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook -i ${project_dir}/hosts ${project_dir}/playbooks/site.yml
+
+declare -ar REQUIRED_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES=(
+    "PROXMOX_PASSWORD"
+    "GMAIL_SERVICE_PASSWORD"
+)
+
+main() {
+  check-env
+  run-ansible
+}
+
+check-env() {
+  local -a undefined_variables=()
+
+  for var in "${REQUIRED_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES[@]}"; do
+    if [[ ! -v ${var} ]]; then
+      undefined_variables+=("${var}")
+    fi
+  done
+
+  if [[ "${#undefined_variables[@]}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    echo "${red}ERROR: The following environment variables must be defined:"
+    printf '    %s\n' "${undefined_variables[@]}"
+    echo "${reset}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+run-ansible() {
+  #ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook -i ${project_dir}/hosts ${project_dir}/playbooks/lxc-test.yml
+  ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook -i ${project_dir}/hosts ${project_dir}/playbooks/kvm.yml
+  ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook -i ${project_dir}/hosts ${project_dir}/playbooks/site.yml
+}
+
+[[ $0 == "${BASH_SOURCE}" ]] && main "$@"