diff --git a/compose.static.yml b/compose.static.yml
index 1f88299f..d0df5f78 100644
--- a/compose.static.yml
+++ b/compose.static.yml
@@ -148,3 +148,29 @@ services:
       - /usr/local/bin/etcd
       - --advertise-client-urls=http://etcd:2379
       - --listen-client-urls=http://0.0.0.0:2379
+
+  prometheus:
+    container_name: prometheus
+    image: prom/prometheus:latest
+    volumes:
+      - ./testnet/monitoring/prometheus-config.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml:z
+    command:
+      - --config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
+      - --storage.tsdb.retention.time=7d
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:9090:9090
+    restart: on-failure
+
+  grafana:
+    container_name: grafana
+    image: grafana/grafana:latest
+    env_file:
+      - ./testnet/monitoring/grafana/plugins.env
+    volumes:
+      - ./testnet/monitoring/grafana/grafana.ini:/etc/grafana/grafana.ini
+        ./testnet/monitoring/grafana/datasources.yaml:/etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/datasources.yaml
+    ports:
+      - 9091:3000
+    restart: on-failure
+    depends_on:
+      - prometheus
diff --git a/nodes/nomos-node/config.yaml b/nodes/nomos-node/config.yaml
index 808dcf98..f63aca7c 100644
--- a/nodes/nomos-node/config.yaml
+++ b/nodes/nomos-node/config.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ consensus:
   private_key: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
   fountain_settings: null
   overlay_settings:
-    nodes: [[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1]]
+    nodes: ["0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000", "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"]
     number_of_committees: 1
-    current_leader: [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
+    current_leader: 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
     leader:
       cur: 0
     committee_membership: !Sad
diff --git a/testnet/Dockerfile b/testnet/Dockerfile
index b81e172d..b18997ba 100644
--- a/testnet/Dockerfile
+++ b/testnet/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -yq \
 WORKDIR /nomos
 COPY . . 
 
-RUN cargo build --release --all
+RUN cargo build --release --all --features metrics
 
 # NODE IMAGE ----------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/testnet/explorer_config.yaml b/testnet/explorer_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5b47758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testnet/explorer_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+log:
+  backend: "Stdout"
+  format: "Json"
+  level: "info"
+
+api:
+  backend_settings:
+    address: 0.0.0.0:9090
+    cors_origins: []
+
diff --git a/testnet/monitoring/grafana/datasources.yaml b/testnet/monitoring/grafana/datasources.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d99f845
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testnet/monitoring/grafana/datasources.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+apiVersion: 1
+
+datasources:
+  - name: Prometheus
+    type: prometheus
+    access: proxy
+    org_id: 1
+    url: http://prometheus:9090
+    is_default: true
+    version: 1
+    editable: true
diff --git a/testnet/monitoring/grafana/grafana.ini b/testnet/monitoring/grafana/grafana.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c60e138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testnet/monitoring/grafana/grafana.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+instance_name = nomos dashboard
+
+;[dashboards.json]
+;enabled = true
+;path = /home/git/grafana/grafana-dashboards/dashboards
+
+
+#################################### Auth ##########################
+[auth]
+disable_login_form = false
+
+#################################### Anonymous Auth ##########################
+[auth.anonymous]
+# enable anonymous access
+enabled = true
+
+# specify organization name that should be used for unauthenticated users
+;org_name = Public
+
+# specify role for unauthenticated users
+; org_role = Admin
+org_role = Viewer
+
+;[security]
+;admin_user = ocr
+;admin_password = ocr
+
+;[users]
+# disable user signup / registration
+;allow_sign_up = false
+
+# Set to true to automatically assign new users to the default organization (id 1)
+;auto_assign_org = true
+
+# Default role new users will be automatically assigned (if disabled above is set to true)
+;auto_assign_org_role = Viewer
+
+#################################### SMTP / Emailing ##########################
+;[smtp]
+;enabled = false
+;host = localhost:25
+;user =
+;password =
+;cert_file =
+;key_file =
+;skip_verify = false
+;from_address = admin@grafana.localhost
+
+;[emails]
+;welcome_email_on_sign_up = false
+
diff --git a/testnet/monitoring/grafana/plugins.env b/testnet/monitoring/grafana/plugins.env
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a4b4876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testnet/monitoring/grafana/plugins.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=grafana-worldmap-panel,grafana-piechart-panel,yesoreyeram-boomtheme-panel,briangann-gauge-panel,pierosavi-imageit-panel,bessler-pictureit-panel,vonage-status-panel
diff --git a/testnet/monitoring/prometheus-config.yml b/testnet/monitoring/prometheus-config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7be135f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testnet/monitoring/prometheus-config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+global:
+  scrape_interval: 15s
+  evaluation_interval: 15s
+  external_labels:
+    monitor: "Monitoring"
+
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: "libp2p"
+    static_configs:
+    - targets:
+      - bootstrap:18080
+      - libp2p_node_1:18080
+      - libp2p_node_2:18080
+      - libp2p_node_3:18080
diff --git a/testnet/scripts/run_bootstrap_node.sh b/testnet/scripts/run_bootstrap_node.sh
index 180940ab..525f7f10 100755
--- a/testnet/scripts/run_bootstrap_node.sh
+++ b/testnet/scripts/run_bootstrap_node.sh
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ echo "CONSENSUS_PRIV_KEY: ${CONSENSUS_PRIV_KEY}"
 echo "DA_VOTER: ${DA_VOTER}"
 echo "OVERLAY_NODES: ${OVERLAY_NODES}"
 
-exec /usr/bin/nomos-node /etc/nomos/bootstrap_config.yaml
+exec /usr/bin/nomos-node /etc/nomos/bootstrap_config.yaml --with-metrics
diff --git a/testnet/scripts/run_nomos_node.sh b/testnet/scripts/run_nomos_node.sh
index 742a604f..ea462f95 100755
--- a/testnet/scripts/run_nomos_node.sh
+++ b/testnet/scripts/run_nomos_node.sh
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ echo "DA_VOTER: ${DA_VOTER}"
 echo "OVERLAY_NODES: ${OVERLAY_NODES}"
 echo "NET_INITIAL_PEERS: ${NET_INITIAL_PEERS}"
 
-exec /usr/bin/nomos-node /etc/nomos/libp2p_config.yaml
+exec /usr/bin/nomos-node /etc/nomos/libp2p_config.yaml --with-metrics
diff --git a/tests/src/nodes/nomos.rs b/tests/src/nodes/nomos.rs
index d6c0cb33..af656493 100644
--- a/tests/src/nodes/nomos.rs
+++ b/tests/src/nodes/nomos.rs
@@ -345,8 +345,6 @@ fn create_node_config(
                 cors_origins: vec![],
             },
         },
-        #[cfg(feature = "metrics")]
-        metrics: Default::default(),
         da: nomos_da::Settings {
             da_protocol: full_replication::Settings {
                 voter: id,