diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b70d75..7165943 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@
 *.DS_Store
 local_docs/
 .scannerwork/
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 499007f..821ef44 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
+            <artifactId>micrometer-registry-prometheus</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/com/cloudnative/identity/security/SecurityConfig.java b/backend/src/main/java/com/cloudnative/identity/security/SecurityConfig.java
index 5e2e757..b103f2c 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/com/cloudnative/identity/security/SecurityConfig.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/com/cloudnative/identity/security/SecurityConfig.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http, JwtAuthenticat
                         .requestMatchers("/error").permitAll()
                         .requestMatchers("/api/auth/register", "/api/auth/login").permitAll()
                         .requestMatchers("/api/health").permitAll()
+                        .requestMatchers("/actuator/health", "/actuator/health/**", "/actuator/prometheus").permitAll()
                         .requestMatchers("/api/system/instance").permitAll()
                         .anyRequest().authenticated()
                 )
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 49b56c5..fb4ca71 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -20,3 +20,11 @@ server.error.include-message=always
 logging.level.root=${LOGGING_LEVEL_ROOT:INFO}
 logging.level.org.springframework=${LOGGING_LEVEL_SPRING:INFO}
 logging.level.org.hibernate=${LOGGING_LEVEL_HIBERNATE:WARN}
+
+management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=health,metrics,prometheus
+management.endpoint.health.probes.enabled=true
+management.endpoint.health.show-details=when_authorized
+management.health.livenessstate.enabled=true
+management.health.readinessstate.enabled=true
+management.endpoint.health.group.liveness.include=livenessState
+management.endpoint.health.group.readiness.include=readinessState,db
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/com/cloudnative/identity/security/SecurityConfigTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/com/cloudnative/identity/security/SecurityConfigTest.java
index 0a8ac64..aa94d75 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/com/cloudnative/identity/security/SecurityConfigTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/com/cloudnative/identity/security/SecurityConfigTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import static org.springframework.http.MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON;
@@ -117,4 +118,16 @@ void requiresAuthenticationForConfigurationEndpoints() throws Exception {
         mockMvc.perform(get("/api/configurations"))
                 .andExpect(status().isUnauthorized());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void allowsAnonymousActuatorEndpointsThroughSecurityFilter() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/actuator/health"))
+                .andExpect(result -> assertThat(result.getResponse().getStatus()).isNotEqualTo(401));
+
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/actuator/health/readiness"))
+                .andExpect(result -> assertThat(result.getResponse().getStatus()).isNotEqualTo(401));
+
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/actuator/prometheus"))
+                .andExpect(result -> assertThat(result.getResponse().getStatus()).isNotEqualTo(401));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/deploy/production-like/README.md b/deploy/production-like/README.md
index 7d0d6fe..d2c2be4 100644
--- a/deploy/production-like/README.md
+++ b/deploy/production-like/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ It uses common production building blocks without requiring Kubernetes:
 - Spring Boot backend containers
 - PostgreSQL as the source-of-truth database
 - Docker Compose health checks
+- Spring Boot Actuator readiness and Prometheus metrics
+- Prometheus scraping backend, PostgreSQL, container, and Nginx metrics
+- Grafana dashboard provisioning for local monitoring evidence
+- PostgreSQL exporter for database-level metrics
+- cAdvisor for container CPU/memory metrics
+- Nginx Prometheus exporter for reverse proxy metrics
 - same-origin frontend API calls through `/api/*`
 
 ## Start
@@ -25,18 +31,50 @@ It uses common production building blocks without requiring Kubernetes:
 docker compose -f deploy/production-like/compose.yml up --build --scale backend=2
 ```
 
+If the host still uses the legacy Compose binary, run the same command as:
+
+```bash
+docker-compose -f deploy/production-like/compose.yml up --build --scale backend=2
+```
+
 Open:
 
 ```text
-http://127.0.0.1:8090
+Application: http://127.0.0.1:8090
+Prometheus:  http://127.0.0.1:9090
+Grafana:     http://127.0.0.1:3001
 ```
 
-Check the backend health endpoint through the reverse proxy:
+Grafana local credentials:
+
+```text
+username: admin
+password: admin
+```
+
+Check the backend health endpoints:
 
 ```bash
 curl http://127.0.0.1:8090/api/health
+docker compose -f deploy/production-like/compose.yml exec backend \
+  wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:8080/actuator/health/readiness
+```
+
+Check Prometheus metrics from inside the backend container:
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f deploy/production-like/compose.yml exec backend \
+  wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:8080/actuator/prometheus | head
 ```
 
+Prometheus target verification:
+
+```text
+http://127.0.0.1:9090/targets
+```
+
+The `cloud-native-backend`, `cloud-native-postgres`, `cloud-native-containers`, and `cloud-native-nginx` targets should be `UP`.
+
 ## Stop
 
 Keep database data:
@@ -45,6 +83,12 @@ Keep database data:
 docker compose -f deploy/production-like/compose.yml down
 ```
 
+Legacy Compose fallback:
+
+```bash
+docker-compose -f deploy/production-like/compose.yml down
+```
+
 Reset database data:
 
 ```bash
@@ -100,3 +144,15 @@ Before using this pattern outside local/demo environments:
 - restrict `CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS` to the real frontend domain
 - add centralized logs and uptime monitoring
 
+
+## Monitoring Story
+
+This stack provides the minimum concrete monitoring evidence for the final report:
+
+- Actuator readiness checks include the database dependency through the `db` health contributor.
+- Prometheus scrapes `/actuator/prometheus` from the backend service.
+- Prometheus also scrapes PostgreSQL exporter, cAdvisor, and Nginx exporter.
+- Grafana auto-loads a `Cloud Native Backend Overview` dashboard.
+- The dashboard shows backend availability, request rate, error rate, average latency, JVM memory, process CPU, HikariCP connection pool, PostgreSQL connections/transactions, container CPU/memory, and Nginx connection/request metrics.
+
+This is intentionally a local production-like monitoring setup. It demonstrates observability and dependency-aware readiness without claiming full cloud failover, alert routing, or multi-region disaster recovery.
diff --git a/deploy/production-like/compose.yml b/deploy/production-like/compose.yml
index da90b5c..2e293a0 100644
--- a/deploy/production-like/compose.yml
+++ b/deploy/production-like/compose.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ services:
       postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/health | grep -q UP"]
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:8080/actuator/health/readiness | grep -q UP"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 3s
       retries: 12
@@ -53,6 +53,84 @@ services:
     networks:
       - app-network
 
+  postgres-exporter:
+    image: prometheuscommunity/postgres-exporter:v0.15.0
+    environment:
+      DATA_SOURCE_NAME: postgresql://cloudnative:cloudnative@postgres:5432/cloud_native_db?sslmode=disable
+    depends_on:
+      postgres:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    networks:
+      - app-network
+
+  cadvisor:
+    image: gcr.io/cadvisor/cadvisor:v0.49.1
+    privileged: true
+    volumes:
+      - /:/rootfs:ro
+      - /var/run:/var/run:ro
+      - /sys:/sys:ro
+      - /var/lib/docker:/var/lib/docker:ro
+      - /dev/disk:/dev/disk:ro
+    networks:
+      - app-network
+
+  nginx-exporter:
+    image: nginx/nginx-prometheus-exporter:1.3.0
+    command:
+      - --nginx.scrape-uri=http://reverse-proxy:8080/nginx_status
+    depends_on:
+      reverse-proxy:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    networks:
+      - app-network
+
+  prometheus:
+    image: prom/prometheus:v2.54.1
+    ports:
+      - "9090:9090"
+    volumes:
+      - ./prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml:ro
+    depends_on:
+      backend:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      postgres-exporter:
+        condition: service_started
+      cadvisor:
+        condition: service_started
+      nginx-exporter:
+        condition: service_started
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:9090/-/ready | grep -q Ready"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 12
+    networks:
+      - app-network
+
+  grafana:
+    image: grafana/grafana:11.1.4
+    ports:
+      - "3001:3000"
+    environment:
+      GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER: admin
+      GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD: admin
+      GF_USERS_ALLOW_SIGN_UP: "false"
+    volumes:
+      - ./grafana/provisioning:/etc/grafana/provisioning:ro
+      - ./grafana/dashboards:/var/lib/grafana/dashboards:ro
+    depends_on:
+      prometheus:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/health | grep -q ok"]
+      interval: 10s
+      timeout: 3s
+      retries: 12
+      start_period: 20s
+    networks:
+      - app-network
+
   reverse-proxy:
     image: nginx:1.27-alpine
     ports:
diff --git a/deploy/production-like/grafana/dashboards/cloud-native-overview.json b/deploy/production-like/grafana/dashboards/cloud-native-overview.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..940ffd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/production-like/grafana/dashboards/cloud-native-overview.json
@@ -0,0 +1,1036 @@
+{
+  "id": null,
+  "uid": "cloud-native-overview",
+  "title": "Cloud Native Production-Like Overview",
+  "tags": [
+    "cloud-native",
+    "spring-boot",
+    "prometheus",
+    "production-like"
+  ],
+  "timezone": "browser",
+  "schemaVersion": 39,
+  "version": 4,
+  "refresh": "10s",
+  "time": {
+    "from": "now-15m",
+    "to": "now"
+  },
+  "templating": {
+    "list": []
+  },
+  "annotations": {
+    "list": []
+  },
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "type": "row",
+      "title": "Service Health",
+      "id": 100,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 1,
+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 0
+      },
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "panels": []
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Backend",
+      "id": 1,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 4,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 1
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "up{job=\"cloud-native-backend\"}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": null
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": 1
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "mappings": [
+            {
+              "type": "value",
+              "options": {
+                "0": {
+                  "text": "DOWN",
+                  "color": "red"
+                },
+                "1": {
+                  "text": "UP",
+                  "color": "green"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "none",
+        "justifyMode": "center",
+        "orientation": "auto",
+        "reduceOptions": {
+          "calcs": [
+            "lastNotNull"
+          ],
+          "fields": "",
+          "values": false
+        },
+        "textMode": "value_and_name"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "PostgreSQL",
+      "id": 8,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 4,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 6,
+        "y": 1
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "up{job=\"cloud-native-postgres\"}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": null
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": 1
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "mappings": [
+            {
+              "type": "value",
+              "options": {
+                "0": {
+                  "text": "DOWN",
+                  "color": "red"
+                },
+                "1": {
+                  "text": "UP",
+                  "color": "green"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "none",
+        "justifyMode": "center",
+        "orientation": "auto",
+        "reduceOptions": {
+          "calcs": [
+            "lastNotNull"
+          ],
+          "fields": "",
+          "values": false
+        },
+        "textMode": "value_and_name"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Nginx Exporter",
+      "id": 15,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 4,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 1
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "up{job=\"cloud-native-nginx\"}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": null
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": 1
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "mappings": [
+            {
+              "type": "value",
+              "options": {
+                "0": {
+                  "text": "DOWN",
+                  "color": "red"
+                },
+                "1": {
+                  "text": "UP",
+                  "color": "green"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "none",
+        "justifyMode": "center",
+        "orientation": "auto",
+        "reduceOptions": {
+          "calcs": [
+            "lastNotNull"
+          ],
+          "fields": "",
+          "values": false
+        },
+        "textMode": "value_and_name"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Container Metrics",
+      "id": 16,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 4,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 18,
+        "y": 1
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "up{job=\"cloud-native-containers\"}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": null
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": 1
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "mappings": [
+            {
+              "type": "value",
+              "options": {
+                "0": {
+                  "text": "DOWN",
+                  "color": "red"
+                },
+                "1": {
+                  "text": "UP",
+                  "color": "green"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "none",
+        "justifyMode": "center",
+        "orientation": "auto",
+        "reduceOptions": {
+          "calcs": [
+            "lastNotNull"
+          ],
+          "fields": "",
+          "values": false
+        },
+        "textMode": "value_and_name"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "row",
+      "title": "API Traffic",
+      "id": 101,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 1,
+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 5
+      },
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "panels": []
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Requests / sec",
+      "id": 17,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 4,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 6
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_count[1m]))",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "reqps",
+          "decimals": 2
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "area",
+        "justifyMode": "auto",
+        "orientation": "auto",
+        "reduceOptions": {
+          "calcs": [
+            "lastNotNull"
+          ],
+          "fields": "",
+          "values": false
+        },
+        "textMode": "auto"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "5xx / sec",
+      "id": 18,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 4,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 6,
+        "y": 6
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_count{status=~\"5..\"}[1m]))",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "reqps",
+          "decimals": 3
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "area",
+        "justifyMode": "auto",
+        "orientation": "auto",
+        "reduceOptions": {
+          "calcs": [
+            "lastNotNull"
+          ],
+          "fields": "",
+          "values": false
+        },
+        "textMode": "auto"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Avg Latency",
+      "id": 19,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 4,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 6
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_sum[1m])) / clamp_min(sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_count[1m])), 0.001)",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "s",
+          "decimals": 3
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "area",
+        "justifyMode": "auto",
+        "orientation": "auto",
+        "reduceOptions": {
+          "calcs": [
+            "lastNotNull"
+          ],
+          "fields": "",
+          "values": false
+        },
+        "textMode": "auto"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "stat",
+      "title": "Active DB Connections",
+      "id": 20,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 4,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 18,
+        "y": 6
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(hikaricp_connections_active)",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "decimals": 0
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
+        "graphMode": "area",
+        "justifyMode": "auto",
+        "orientation": "auto",
+        "reduceOptions": {
+          "calcs": [
+            "lastNotNull"
+          ],
+          "fields": "",
+          "values": false
+        },
+        "textMode": "auto"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "HTTP Request Rate",
+      "id": 2,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 10
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_count[1m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "requests/sec",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "reqps",
+          "decimals": 2
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "HTTP Error Rate",
+      "id": 3,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 10
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_count{status=~\"5..\"}[1m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "5xx/sec",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "reqps",
+          "decimals": 3
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "Average HTTP Latency",
+      "id": 4,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 18
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_sum[1m])) / clamp_min(sum(rate(http_server_requests_seconds_count[1m])), 0.001)",
+          "legendFormat": "avg seconds",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "s",
+          "decimals": 3
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "Nginx Requests",
+      "id": 13,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 18
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "rate(nginx_http_requests_total[1m])",
+          "legendFormat": "requests/sec",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "reqps",
+          "decimals": 2
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "row",
+      "title": "Backend Runtime",
+      "id": 102,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 1,
+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 26
+      },
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "panels": []
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "JVM Memory Used",
+      "id": 5,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 27
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(jvm_memory_used_bytes)",
+          "legendFormat": "bytes used",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "bytes",
+          "decimals": 1
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "Process CPU Usage",
+      "id": 6,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 27
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "process_cpu_usage",
+          "legendFormat": "backend process",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "percentunit",
+          "decimals": 3
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "HikariCP Connections",
+      "id": 7,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 35
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "hikaricp_connections_active",
+          "legendFormat": "active",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "hikaricp_connections_idle",
+          "legendFormat": "idle",
+          "refId": "B"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "short",
+          "decimals": 0
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "row",
+      "title": "Database",
+      "id": 103,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 1,
+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 43
+      },
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "panels": []
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "PostgreSQL Connections",
+      "id": 9,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 44
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(pg_stat_activity_count)",
+          "legendFormat": "connections",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "short",
+          "decimals": 0
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "PostgreSQL Transactions",
+      "id": 14,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 44
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(pg_stat_database_xact_commit[1m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "commits/sec",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "sum(rate(pg_stat_database_xact_rollback[1m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "rollbacks/sec",
+          "refId": "B"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "ops",
+          "decimals": 2
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "row",
+      "title": "Container And Proxy",
+      "id": 104,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 1,
+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 52
+      },
+      "collapsed": false,
+      "panels": []
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "Container CPU Usage",
+      "id": 10,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 53
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum by (id) (rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{id=~\"/system.slice/docker-.+\\\\.scope\"}[1m]))",
+          "legendFormat": "{{id}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "cores",
+          "decimals": 3
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "Container Memory Usage",
+      "id": 11,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 53
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "sum by (id) (container_memory_usage_bytes{id=~\"/system.slice/docker-.+\\\\.scope\"})",
+          "legendFormat": "{{id}}",
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "bytes",
+          "decimals": 1
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "timeseries",
+      "title": "Nginx Connections",
+      "id": 12,
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 61
+      },
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "Prometheus"
+      },
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "expr": "nginx_connections_active",
+          "legendFormat": "active",
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "nginx_connections_reading",
+          "legendFormat": "reading",
+          "refId": "B"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "nginx_connections_writing",
+          "legendFormat": "writing",
+          "refId": "C"
+        },
+        {
+          "expr": "nginx_connections_waiting",
+          "legendFormat": "waiting",
+          "refId": "D"
+        }
+      ],
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "unit": "short",
+          "decimals": 0
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "displayMode": "table",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "multi",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/deploy/production-like/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/cloud-native.yml b/deploy/production-like/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/cloud-native.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cda21f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/production-like/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/cloud-native.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: 1
+
+providers:
+  - name: Cloud Native
+    orgId: 1
+    folder: Cloud Native
+    type: file
+    disableDeletion: false
+    updateIntervalSeconds: 30
+    options:
+      path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards
diff --git a/deploy/production-like/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml b/deploy/production-like/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a90b5d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/production-like/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: 1
+
+datasources:
+  - name: Prometheus
+    type: prometheus
+    uid: Prometheus
+    access: proxy
+    url: http://prometheus:9090
+    isDefault: true
+    editable: true
diff --git a/deploy/production-like/nginx.conf b/deploy/production-like/nginx.conf
index 4d25a43..50b7b44 100644
--- a/deploy/production-like/nginx.conf
+++ b/deploy/production-like/nginx.conf
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ http {
         keepalive 32;
     }
 
+    server {
+        listen 8080;
+
+        location = /nginx_status {
+            stub_status;
+            access_log off;
+        }
+    }
+
     server {
         listen 80;
 
diff --git a/deploy/production-like/prometheus.yml b/deploy/production-like/prometheus.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d76aeb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/production-like/prometheus.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+global:
+  scrape_interval: 15s
+  evaluation_interval: 15s
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: cloud-native-backend
+    metrics_path: /actuator/prometheus
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+          - backend:8080
+
+
+  - job_name: cloud-native-postgres
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+          - postgres-exporter:9187
+
+  - job_name: cloud-native-containers
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+          - cadvisor:8080
+
+  - job_name: cloud-native-nginx
+    static_configs:
+      - targets:
+          - nginx-exporter:9113