diff --git a/group_vars/all.yml.sample b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
index eab63c668..e52bae535 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ dummy:
 #  - grafana-piechart-panel
 #grafana_allow_embedding: True
 #grafana_port: 3000
+#grafana_conf_overrides: {}
 #prometheus_container_image: "prom/prometheus:v2.7.2"
 #prometheus_container_cpu_period: 100000
 #prometheus_container_cpu_cores: 2
@@ -817,6 +818,7 @@ dummy:
 #alertmanager_conf_dir: /etc/alertmanager
 #alertmanager_port: 9093
 #alertmanager_cluster_port: 9094
+#alertmanager_conf_overrides: {}
 # igw
 #
 # `igw_network` variable is intended for allowing dashboard deployment with iSCSI node not residing in the same subnet than what is defined in `public_network`.
diff --git a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
index b097952f0..5e8a5af5b 100644
--- a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ grafana_container_image: registry.redhat.io/rhceph/rhceph-4-dashboard-rhel8:4
 #  - grafana-piechart-panel
 #grafana_allow_embedding: True
 #grafana_port: 3000
+#grafana_conf_overrides: {}
 prometheus_container_image: registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-prometheus:v4.6
 #prometheus_container_cpu_period: 100000
 #prometheus_container_cpu_cores: 2
@@ -817,6 +818,7 @@ alertmanager_container_image: registry.redhat.io/openshift4/ose-prometheus-alert
 #alertmanager_conf_dir: /etc/alertmanager
 #alertmanager_port: 9093
 #alertmanager_cluster_port: 9094
+#alertmanager_conf_overrides: {}
 # igw
 #
 # `igw_network` variable is intended for allowing dashboard deployment with iSCSI node not residing in the same subnet than what is defined in `public_network`.
diff --git a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
index 16bbf2f2e..d26d6cfd4 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ grafana_plugins:
   - grafana-piechart-panel
 grafana_allow_embedding: True
 grafana_port: 3000
+grafana_conf_overrides: {}
 prometheus_container_image: "prom/prometheus:v2.7.2"
 prometheus_container_cpu_period: 100000
 prometheus_container_cpu_cores: 2
@@ -809,6 +810,7 @@ alertmanager_data_dir: /var/lib/alertmanager
 alertmanager_conf_dir: /etc/alertmanager
 alertmanager_port: 9093
 alertmanager_cluster_port: 9094
+alertmanager_conf_overrides: {}
 # igw
 #
 # `igw_network` variable is intended for allowing dashboard deployment with iSCSI node not residing in the same subnet than what is defined in `public_network`.
diff --git a/roles/ceph-grafana/tasks/configure_grafana.yml b/roles/ceph-grafana/tasks/configure_grafana.yml
index 57928d321..525b8e6a9 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-grafana/tasks/configure_grafana.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-grafana/tasks/configure_grafana.yml
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@
     - not ansible_facts['os_family'] in ['RedHat', 'Suse']
 
 - name: write grafana.ini
-  template:
+  config_template:
     src: grafana.ini.j2
     dest: /etc/grafana/grafana.ini
     owner: "{{ grafana_uid }}"
     group: "{{ grafana_uid }}"
     mode: 0640
+    config_type: ini
+    config_overrides: "{{ grafana_conf_overrides }}"
 
 - name: write datasources provisioning config file
   template:
diff --git a/roles/ceph-prometheus/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ceph-prometheus/tasks/main.yml
index 50185d306..8987009b7 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-prometheus/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-prometheus/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@
    - "{{ prometheus_data_dir }}"
 
 - name: write prometheus config file
-  template:
+  config_template:
     src: prometheus.yml.j2
     dest: "{{ prometheus_conf_dir }}/prometheus.yml"
     owner: "{{ prometheus_user_id }}"
     group: "{{ prometheus_user_id }}"
     mode: 0640
+    config_type: yaml
+    config_overrides: "{{ prometheus_conf_overrides }}"
   notify: service handler
 
 - name: make sure the alerting rules directory exists
@@ -44,12 +46,14 @@
    - "{{ alertmanager_data_dir }}"
 
 - name: write alertmanager config file
-  template:
+  config_template:
     src: alertmanager.yml.j2
     dest: "{{ alertmanager_conf_dir }}/alertmanager.yml"
     owner: "{{ prometheus_user_id }}"
     group: "{{ prometheus_user_id }}"
     mode: 0640
+    config_type: yaml
+    config_overrides: "{{ alertmanager_conf_overrides }}"
   notify: service handler
 
 - name: include setup_container.yml