diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1209bd7b4d87be0ae1cdc76d3e077193e021aa7e..07025ade91f573f9d1e936516c69f16df5871481 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -99,17 +99,16 @@ services:
   ## Grafana / Prometheus
 
   grafana-server:
-    image: grafana/grafana:5.2.4
+    build: ./docker/grafana
     container_name: grafana-server
     mem_limit: 256M
     ports:
     - 3000:3000
-    volumes:
-    - graf-data:/var/lib/grafana
+    ##volumes:
+    ##- graf-data:/var/lib/grafana
 
   prometheus-server:
     build: ./docker/prometheus
-    image: prometheus-local:v2.4.2
     container_name: prometheus-server
     mem_limit: 256M
     ports:
diff --git a/docker/grafana/Dockerfile b/docker/grafana/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c11b3d911e8ef1424cea7c5d704e7e3efc82de9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/grafana/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+FROM grafana/grafana:5.2.4
+ADD ./provisioning /etc/grafana/provisioning
+ADD ./grafana.ini /etc/grafana/grafana.ini
+ADD ./dashboards /var/lib/grafana/dashboards
diff --git a/docker/grafana/dashboards/grafana-petclinic-dashboard.json b/docker/grafana/dashboards/grafana-petclinic-dashboard.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d79a8d5f45cbab728b11a49e5a9f0d43b725619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/grafana/dashboards/grafana-petclinic-dashboard.json
@@ -0,0 +1,772 @@
+{
+  "__requires": [
+    {
+      "type": "grafana",
+      "id": "grafana",
+      "name": "Grafana",
+      "version": "5.0.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "panel",
+      "id": "graph",
+      "name": "Graph",
+      "version": "5.0.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "datasource",
+      "id": "prometheus",
+      "name": "Prometheus",
+      "version": "5.0.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "panel",
+      "id": "singlestat",
+      "name": "Singlestat",
+      "version": "5.0.0"
+    }
+  ],
+  "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": null,
+  "iteration": 1539967676482,
+  "links": [],
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "aliasColors": {},
+      "bars": false,
+      "dashLength": 10,
+      "dashes": false,
+      "datasource": "Prometheus",
+      "fill": 1,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 9,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 0
+      },
+      "id": 11,
+      "legend": {
+        "avg": false,
+        "current": true,
+        "max": false,
+        "min": false,
+        "show": true,
+        "total": false,
+        "values": true
+      },
+      "lines": true,
+      "linewidth": 1,
+      "links": [],
+      "nullPointMode": "null",
+      "percentage": false,
+      "pointradius": 5,
+      "points": false,
+      "renderer": "flot",
+      "seriesOverrides": [],
+      "spaceLength": 10,
+      "stack": false,
+      "steppedLine": false,
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_sum{status!~\"5..\"}[1m]))/sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_count{ status!~\"5..\"}[1m]))",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "HTTP - AVG",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "max(http_server_requests_seconds_max{status!~\"5..\"})",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "HTTP - MAX",
+          "refId": "B"
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": [],
+      "timeFrom": null,
+      "timeShift": null,
+      "title": "HTTP Request Latency",
+      "tooltip": {
+        "shared": true,
+        "sort": 0,
+        "value_type": "individual"
+      },
+      "type": "graph",
+      "xaxis": {
+        "buckets": null,
+        "mode": "time",
+        "name": null,
+        "show": true,
+        "values": []
+      },
+      "yaxes": [
+        {
+          "decimals": null,
+          "format": "s",
+          "label": null,
+          "logBase": 1,
+          "max": null,
+          "min": "0",
+          "show": true
+        },
+        {
+          "format": "short",
+          "label": null,
+          "logBase": 1,
+          "max": null,
+          "min": null,
+          "show": true
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "aliasColors": {},
+      "bars": false,
+      "dashLength": 10,
+      "dashes": false,
+      "datasource": "Prometheus",
+      "fill": 1,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 9,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 0
+      },
+      "id": 9,
+      "legend": {
+        "avg": false,
+        "current": true,
+        "max": true,
+        "min": false,
+        "show": true,
+        "total": false,
+        "values": true
+      },
+      "lines": true,
+      "linewidth": 1,
+      "links": [],
+      "nullPointMode": "null",
+      "percentage": false,
+      "pointradius": 0.5,
+      "points": true,
+      "renderer": "flot",
+      "seriesOverrides": [],
+      "spaceLength": 10,
+      "stack": false,
+      "steppedLine": false,
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_count[1m]))",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "interval": "",
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "request - ok",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_count{status=~\"5..\"}[1m]))",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "interval": "",
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "request - err",
+          "refId": "B"
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": [],
+      "timeFrom": null,
+      "timeShift": null,
+      "title": "HTTP Request Activity",
+      "tooltip": {
+        "shared": true,
+        "sort": 0,
+        "value_type": "individual"
+      },
+      "type": "graph",
+      "xaxis": {
+        "buckets": null,
+        "mode": "time",
+        "name": null,
+        "show": true,
+        "values": []
+      },
+      "yaxes": [
+        {
+          "format": "ops",
+          "label": null,
+          "logBase": 1,
+          "max": null,
+          "min": "0",
+          "show": true
+        },
+        {
+          "format": "short",
+          "label": null,
+          "logBase": 1,
+          "max": null,
+          "min": null,
+          "show": true
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "cacheTimeout": null,
+      "colorBackground": false,
+      "colorValue": false,
+      "colors": [
+        "#299c46",
+        "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+        "#d44a3a"
+      ],
+      "datasource": "Prometheus",
+      "format": "none",
+      "gauge": {
+        "maxValue": 100,
+        "minValue": 0,
+        "show": false,
+        "thresholdLabels": false,
+        "thresholdMarkers": true
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 5,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 9
+      },
+      "id": 2,
+      "interval": null,
+      "links": [],
+      "mappingType": 1,
+      "mappingTypes": [
+        {
+          "name": "value to text",
+          "value": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "range to text",
+          "value": 2
+        }
+      ],
+      "maxDataPoints": 100,
+      "nullPointMode": "connected",
+      "nullText": null,
+      "postfix": "",
+      "postfixFontSize": "50%",
+      "prefix": "",
+      "prefixFontSize": "50%",
+      "rangeMaps": [
+        {
+          "from": "null",
+          "text": "N/A",
+          "to": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "sparkline": {
+        "fillColor": "rgba(31, 118, 189, 0.18)",
+        "full": false,
+        "lineColor": "rgb(31, 120, 193)",
+        "show": false
+      },
+      "tableColumn": "",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(petclinic_owner_seconds_count{method=\"PUT\", status=\"200\"})",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "instant": true,
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": "",
+      "title": "Owners Updated",
+      "type": "singlestat",
+      "valueFontSize": "80%",
+      "valueMaps": [
+        {
+          "op": "=",
+          "text": "N/A",
+          "value": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "valueName": "avg"
+    },
+    {
+      "cacheTimeout": null,
+      "colorBackground": false,
+      "colorValue": false,
+      "colors": [
+        "#299c46",
+        "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+        "#d44a3a"
+      ],
+      "datasource": "Prometheus",
+      "format": "none",
+      "gauge": {
+        "maxValue": 100,
+        "minValue": 0,
+        "show": false,
+        "thresholdLabels": false,
+        "thresholdMarkers": true
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 5,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 6,
+        "y": 9
+      },
+      "id": 3,
+      "interval": null,
+      "links": [],
+      "mappingType": 1,
+      "mappingTypes": [
+        {
+          "name": "value to text",
+          "value": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "range to text",
+          "value": 2
+        }
+      ],
+      "maxDataPoints": 100,
+      "nullPointMode": "connected",
+      "nullText": null,
+      "postfix": "",
+      "postfixFontSize": "50%",
+      "prefix": "",
+      "prefixFontSize": "50%",
+      "rangeMaps": [
+        {
+          "from": "null",
+          "text": "N/A",
+          "to": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "sparkline": {
+        "fillColor": "rgba(31, 118, 189, 0.18)",
+        "full": false,
+        "lineColor": "rgb(31, 120, 193)",
+        "show": false
+      },
+      "tableColumn": "",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(petclinic_owner_seconds_count{method=\"POST\", status=\"201\"})",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "instant": true,
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": "",
+      "title": "Owners Created",
+      "type": "singlestat",
+      "valueFontSize": "80%",
+      "valueMaps": [
+        {
+          "op": "=",
+          "text": "N/A",
+          "value": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "valueName": "avg"
+    },
+    {
+      "cacheTimeout": null,
+      "colorBackground": false,
+      "colorValue": false,
+      "colors": [
+        "#299c46",
+        "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+        "#d44a3a"
+      ],
+      "datasource": "Prometheus",
+      "format": "none",
+      "gauge": {
+        "maxValue": 100,
+        "minValue": 0,
+        "show": false,
+        "thresholdLabels": false,
+        "thresholdMarkers": true
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 5,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 9
+      },
+      "id": 4,
+      "interval": null,
+      "links": [],
+      "mappingType": 1,
+      "mappingTypes": [
+        {
+          "name": "value to text",
+          "value": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "range to text",
+          "value": 2
+        }
+      ],
+      "maxDataPoints": 100,
+      "nullPointMode": "connected",
+      "nullText": null,
+      "postfix": "",
+      "postfixFontSize": "50%",
+      "prefix": "",
+      "prefixFontSize": "50%",
+      "rangeMaps": [
+        {
+          "from": "null",
+          "text": "N/A",
+          "to": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "sparkline": {
+        "fillColor": "rgba(31, 118, 189, 0.18)",
+        "full": false,
+        "lineColor": "rgb(31, 120, 193)",
+        "show": false
+      },
+      "tableColumn": "",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(petclinic_pet_seconds_count{method=\"POST\", status=\"204\"})",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "instant": true,
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": "",
+      "title": "Pets Created",
+      "type": "singlestat",
+      "valueFontSize": "80%",
+      "valueMaps": [
+        {
+          "op": "=",
+          "text": "N/A",
+          "value": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "valueName": "avg"
+    },
+    {
+      "cacheTimeout": null,
+      "colorBackground": false,
+      "colorValue": false,
+      "colors": [
+        "#299c46",
+        "rgba(237, 129, 40, 0.89)",
+        "#d44a3a"
+      ],
+      "datasource": "Prometheus",
+      "format": "none",
+      "gauge": {
+        "maxValue": 100,
+        "minValue": 0,
+        "show": false,
+        "thresholdLabels": false,
+        "thresholdMarkers": true
+      },
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+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 18,
+        "y": 9
+      },
+      "id": 5,
+      "interval": null,
+      "links": [],
+      "mappingType": 1,
+      "mappingTypes": [
+        {
+          "name": "value to text",
+          "value": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "range to text",
+          "value": 2
+        }
+      ],
+      "maxDataPoints": 100,
+      "nullPointMode": "connected",
+      "nullText": null,
+      "postfix": "",
+      "postfixFontSize": "50%",
+      "prefix": "",
+      "prefixFontSize": "50%",
+      "rangeMaps": [
+        {
+          "from": "null",
+          "text": "N/A",
+          "to": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "sparkline": {
+        "fillColor": "rgba(31, 118, 189, 0.18)",
+        "full": false,
+        "lineColor": "rgb(31, 120, 193)",
+        "show": false
+      },
+      "tableColumn": "Value",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(petclinic_visit_seconds_count{method=\"POST\", status=\"204\"})",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "instant": true,
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": "",
+      "title": "Visit Created",
+      "type": "singlestat",
+      "valueFontSize": "80%",
+      "valueMaps": [
+        {
+          "op": "=",
+          "text": "N/A",
+          "value": "null"
+        }
+      ],
+      "valueName": "avg"
+    },
+    {
+      "aliasColors": {},
+      "bars": true,
+      "dashLength": 10,
+      "dashes": false,
+      "datasource": "Prometheus",
+      "fill": 1,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 14
+      },
+      "id": 7,
+      "legend": {
+        "alignAsTable": false,
+        "avg": false,
+        "current": false,
+        "hideEmpty": false,
+        "hideZero": true,
+        "max": true,
+        "min": false,
+        "rightSide": false,
+        "show": true,
+        "total": false,
+        "values": true
+      },
+      "lines": false,
+      "linewidth": 1,
+      "links": [],
+      "nullPointMode": "null",
+      "percentage": false,
+      "pointradius": 5,
+      "points": false,
+      "renderer": "flot",
+      "seriesOverrides": [],
+      "spaceLength": 10,
+      "stack": true,
+      "steppedLine": false,
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(petclinic_owner_seconds_count{method=\"POST\", status=\"201\"})",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "instant": false,
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "owner create",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(petclinic_pet_seconds_count{method=\"POST\", status=\"204\"})",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "pet create",
+          "refId": "B"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(petclinic_visit_seconds_count{method=\"POST\", status=\"204\"})",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "visit create",
+          "refId": "C"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(petclinic_owner_seconds_count{method=\"PUT\", status=\"200\"})",
+          "format": "time_series",
+          "intervalFactor": 1,
+          "legendFormat": "owner update",
+          "refId": "D"
+        }
+      ],
+      "thresholds": [],
+      "timeFrom": null,
+      "timeShift": null,
+      "title": "SPC Business Histogram",
+      "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
+        },
+        {
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+          "label": null,
+          "logBase": 1,
+          "max": null,
+          "min": null,
+          "show": true
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "refresh": "30s",
+  "schemaVersion": 16,
+  "style": "dark",
+  "tags": [],
+  "templating": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "auto": true,
+        "auto_count": 1,
+        "auto_min": "10s",
+        "current": {
+          "text": "auto",
+          "value": "$__auto_interval_timeRange"
+        },
+        "hide": 0,
+        "label": null,
+        "name": "timeRange",
+        "options": [
+          {
+            "selected": true,
+            "text": "auto",
+            "value": "$__auto_interval_timeRange"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "1m",
+            "value": "1m"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "10m",
+            "value": "10m"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "30m",
+            "value": "30m"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "1h",
+            "value": "1h"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "6h",
+            "value": "6h"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "12h",
+            "value": "12h"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "1d",
+            "value": "1d"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "7d",
+            "value": "7d"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "14d",
+            "value": "14d"
+          },
+          {
+            "selected": false,
+            "text": "30d",
+            "value": "30d"
+          }
+        ],
+        "query": "1m,10m,30m,1h,6h,12h,1d,7d,14d,30d",
+        "refresh": 2,
+        "type": "interval"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "time": {
+    "from": "now-1h",
+    "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"
+    ]
+  },
+  "timezone": "",
+  "title": "Spring Petclinic Metrics",
+  "uid": "69JXeR0iw",
+  "version": 1
+}
diff --git a/docker/grafana/grafana.ini b/docker/grafana/grafana.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2919aa46350ba482fe098fb7e34f1fed306a4d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/grafana/grafana.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+##################### Spring Petclinic Microservices Grafana Configuration #####################
+
+# possible values : production, development
+app_mode = development
+
+#################################### Paths ####################################
+[paths]
+# folder that contains provisioning config files that grafana will apply on startup and while running.
+provisioning = /etc/grafana/provisioning
+
+#################################### Server ####################################
+[server]
+# enable gzip
+enable_gzip = true
+
+#################################### Anonymous Auth ##########################
+# Anonymous authentication has been enabled in the Petclinic sample with Admin role
+# Do not do that in Production environment
+[auth.anonymous]
+# enable anonymous access
+enabled = true
+
+# specify organization name that should be used for unauthenticated users
+org_name = Main Org.
+
+# specify role for unauthenticated users
+org_role = Admin
diff --git a/docker/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/all.yml b/docker/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/all.yml
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+apiVersion: 1
+
+providers:
+- name: 'default'
+  orgId: 1
+  folder: ''
+  type: file
+  disableDeletion: false
+  updateIntervalSeconds: 10 #how often Grafana will scan for changed dashboards
+  options:
+    path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards
diff --git a/docker/grafana/provisioning/datasources/all.yml b/docker/grafana/provisioning/datasources/all.yml
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+# config file version
+apiVersion: 1
+
+# list of datasources to insert/update depending what's available in the database
+datasources:
+- name: Prometheus
+  type: prometheus
+  access: proxy
+  org_id: 1
+  url: http://prometheus-server:9090
+  is_default: true
+  version: 1
+  editable: true
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