diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 83d6110..37460d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ monitor/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/wa_status.json
 
 # aws generated content
 monitor/aws/alertmanager/config.yml
-monitor/aws/grafana/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml
-monitor/aws/grafana/datasources/prometheus.yaml
 monitor/aws/grafana/grafana.ini
+monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml
+monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yaml
 monitor/aws/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+monitor/aws/_z/*
diff --git a/monitor/aws/alertmanager/config.yml-template b/monitor/aws/_z/alertmanager/config.yml-template
similarity index 100%
rename from monitor/aws/alertmanager/config.yml-template
rename to monitor/aws/_z/alertmanager/config.yml-template
diff --git a/monitor/aws/prometheus/alert.rules.yml b/monitor/aws/_z/prometheus/alert.rules.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from monitor/aws/prometheus/alert.rules.yml
rename to monitor/aws/_z/prometheus/alert.rules.yml
diff --git a/monitor/aws/docker-compose.yml b/monitor/aws/docker-compose.yml
index 76acbb9..9457948 100644
--- a/monitor/aws/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/monitor/aws/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,24 +2,24 @@ version: '3.2'
 # prometheus monitoring service
 
 services:
-  alertmanager:
-    image: prom/alertmanager
-    ports:
-      - "${ALERTMANAGER_PORT}:9093"
-    volumes:
-      - ./alertmanager:/etc/alertmanager
-      - "${ALERTMANAGER_DATA}:/alertmanager"
-    command:
-      - '--config.file=/etc/alertmanager/config.yml'
-      - '--storage.path=/alertmanager'
-      - '--web.external-url=http://${ALERTMANAGER_SERVICE_NAME}/'
+  #  alertmanager:
+  #  image: prom/alertmanager
+  #  ports:
+  #    - "${ALERTMANAGER_PORT}:9093"
+  #  volumes:
+  #    - ./alertmanager:/etc/alertmanager
+  #    - "${ALERTMANAGER_DATA}:/alertmanager"
+  #  command:
+  #    - '--config.file=/etc/alertmanager/config.yml'
+  #    - '--storage.path=/alertmanager'
+  #    - '--web.external-url=http://${ALERTMANAGER_SERVICE_NAME}/'
 
   prometheus:
     image: prom/prometheus:v2.30.3
     ports:
       - "${PROMETHEUS_PORT}:9090"
-    depends_on:
-      - alertmanager:alertmanager
+#   depends_on:
+#     - alertmanager:alertmanager
     user: root
     volumes:
       - ./prometheus:/etc/prometheus
diff --git a/monitor/aws/grafana/dashboards/blukwa.yaml b/monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/blukwa.yaml
similarity index 65%
rename from monitor/aws/grafana/dashboards/blukwa.yaml
rename to monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/blukwa.yaml
index 12d5d13..a59cc6a 100644
--- a/monitor/aws/grafana/dashboards/blukwa.yaml
+++ b/monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/blukwa.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ providers:
   folder: ''
   type: file
   options:
-    path: /etc/grafana/dashboards
+    path: /etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards
diff --git a/monitor/aws/grafana/dashboards/frequent_crawler_dashboard.json b/monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/frequent_crawler_dashboard.json
similarity index 97%
rename from monitor/aws/grafana/dashboards/frequent_crawler_dashboard.json
rename to monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/frequent_crawler_dashboard.json
index accf334..bde2ba1 100644
--- a/monitor/aws/grafana/dashboards/frequent_crawler_dashboard.json
+++ b/monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/frequent_crawler_dashboard.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
       "bars": false,
       "dashLength": 10,
       "dashes": false,
-      "datasource": "Frequent Crawler 06 Embedded Prometheus",
+      "datasource": "FC AWS Embedded Prometheus",
       "description": "Compares the last hour's queue activity with the same hour yesterday.",
       "fill": 1,
       "gridPos": {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
       "bars": false,
       "dashLength": 10,
       "dashes": false,
-      "datasource": "Frequent Crawler 06 Embedded Prometheus",
+      "datasource": "FC AWS Embedded Prometheus",
       "fill": 1,
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 5,
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
       "bars": false,
       "dashLength": 10,
       "dashes": false,
-      "datasource": "Frequent Crawler 06 Embedded Prometheus",
+      "datasource": "FC AWS Embedded Prometheus",
       "fill": 1,
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 5,
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
       "bars": false,
       "dashLength": 10,
       "dashes": false,
-      "datasource": "Frequent Crawler 06 Embedded Prometheus",
+      "datasource": "FC AWS Embedded Prometheus",
       "fill": 1,
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 5,
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
       "bars": false,
       "dashLength": 10,
       "dashes": false,
-      "datasource": "Frequent Crawler 06 Embedded Prometheus",
+      "datasource": "FC AWS Embedded Prometheus",
       "fill": 1,
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 5,
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
       "bars": false,
       "dashLength": 10,
       "dashes": false,
-      "datasource": "Frequent Crawler 06 Embedded Prometheus",
+      "datasource": "FC AWS Embedded Prometheus",
       "fill": 1,
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 5,
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
       "bars": false,
       "dashLength": 10,
       "dashes": false,
-      "datasource": "Frequent Crawler 06 Embedded Prometheus",
+      "datasource": "FC AWS Embedded Prometheus",
       "fill": 1,
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 5,
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@
       "bars": false,
       "dashLength": 10,
       "dashes": false,
-      "datasource": "Frequent Crawler 06 Embedded Prometheus",
+      "datasource": "FC AWS Embedded Prometheus",
       "fill": 1,
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 5,
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@
       "bars": false,
       "dashLength": 10,
       "dashes": false,
-      "datasource": "Frequent Crawler 06 Embedded Prometheus",
+      "datasource": "FC AWS Embedded Prometheus",
       "fill": 1,
       "gridPos": {
         "h": 5,
diff --git a/monitor/aws/grafana/dashboards/wa_servers.json b/monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/wa_servers.json
similarity index 100%
rename from monitor/aws/grafana/dashboards/wa_servers.json
rename to monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/wa_servers.json
diff --git a/monitor/aws/grafana/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml-template b/monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml-template
similarity index 100%
rename from monitor/aws/grafana/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml-template
rename to monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml-template
diff --git a/monitor/aws/grafana/datasources/prometheus.yaml-template b/monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yaml-template
similarity index 100%
rename from monitor/aws/grafana/datasources/prometheus.yaml-template
rename to monitor/aws/grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yaml-template
diff --git a/monitor/aws/prometheus/prometheus.yml-template b/monitor/aws/prometheus/prometheus.yml-template
index 3a56013..e363a87 100644
--- a/monitor/aws/prometheus/prometheus.yml-template
+++ b/monitor/aws/prometheus/prometheus.yml-template
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ global:
 
 
 # Specify the location of rules we want prometheus to load
-rule_files:
-  - 'alert.rules.yml'
+#rule_files:
+#  - 'alert.rules.yml'
 
 
 # prometheus has a dependency on alertmanager, as defined in docker_compose.yml
-alerting:
-  alertmanagers:
-  - scheme: http
-    static_configs:
-    - targets:
-      - "${ALERTMANAGER_SERVICE_NAME}"
+#alerting:
+#  alertmanagers:
+#  - scheme: http
+#    static_configs:
+#    - targets:
+#      - "${ALERTMANAGER_SERVICE_NAME}"
 
 
 # Define which resources prometheus should monitor
diff --git a/monitor/aws/start_monitor.sh b/monitor/aws/start_monitor.sh
index 432b490..cf90878 100755
--- a/monitor/aws/start_monitor.sh
+++ b/monitor/aws/start_monitor.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ STORAGE_PATH=/mnt/data/monitor
 
 
 # alertmanager
-export ALERTMANAGER_SERVICE_NAME='monitor'
-export ALERTMANAGER_DATA=${STORAGE_PATH}/alertmanager
-export ALERTMANAGER_PORT=9093
-[[ -d ${ALERTMANAGER_DATA}/ ]] || mkdir -p ${ALERTMANAGER_DATA}
-envsubst < ./alertmanager/config.yml-template > ./alertmanager/config.yml
+#export ALERTMANAGER_SERVICE_NAME='monitor'
+#export ALERTMANAGER_DATA=${STORAGE_PATH}/alertmanager
+#export ALERTMANAGER_PORT=9093
+#[[ -d ${ALERTMANAGER_DATA}/ ]] || mkdir -p ${ALERTMANAGER_DATA}
+#envsubst < ./alertmanager/config.yml-template > ./alertmanager/config.yml
 
 
 # prometheus
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ export FC_EMBEDDED_SERVICE_NAME='172.31.43.254'
 [[ -d ${GRAFANA_DATA}/ ]] || mkdir -p ${GRAFANA_DATA}
 chown -R ${USER}:${USER} ${GRAFANA_DATA}
 envsubst < ./grafana/grafana.ini-template > ./grafana/grafana.ini
-envsubst < ./grafana/datasources/prometheus.yaml-template > ./grafana/datasources/prometheus.yaml
-envsubst < ./grafana/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml-template > ./grafana/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml
+envsubst < ./grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yaml-template > ./grafana/provisioning/datasources/prometheus.yaml
+envsubst < ./grafana/provisioning/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml-template > ./grafana/provisioning/datasources/frequent_crawl.yaml
 
 
 # start monitoring stacks