diff --git a/monitoring-nodes.yml b/monitoring-nodes.yml
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+---
+# Playbook for the prometheus nodes
+- host: all, !prometheus.adm.crans.org
+  roles:
+    - node-prometheus
diff --git a/roles/node-prometheus/tasks/main.yml b/roles/node-prometheus/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+
+- name: Install Prometheus node-exporter
+  apt:
+    update_cache: true
+    name: prometheus-node-exporter
+  register: apt_result
+  retries: 3
+  until: apt_result is succeeded