diff --git a/roles/collectd-prometheus/defaults/main.yml b/roles/collectd-prometheus/defaults/main.yml
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+collectd_load_prometheus_plugin: true
+collectd_prometheus_port: 9103
diff --git a/roles/collectd-prometheus/files/collectd-local.pp b/roles/collectd-prometheus/files/collectd-local.pp
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diff --git a/roles/collectd-prometheus/handlers/main.yml b/roles/collectd-prometheus/handlers/main.yml
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+- name: install collectd-local selinux module
+  command:
+    semodule -i /var/lib/selinux/collectd-local.pp
+
+- name: restart collectd
+  service:
+    name: collectd
+    state: restarted
diff --git a/roles/collectd-prometheus/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd-prometheus/tasks/main.yml
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+- name: load distribution-specific values
+  include_vars: '{{ item }}'
+  with_first_found:
+  - '{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml'
+  - defaults.yml
+  tags:
+  - always
+
+- name: ensure collectd write_prometheus plugin is installed
+  package:
+    name: '{{ collectd_prometheus_package }}'
+    state: present
+  when: collectd_prometheus_package is not none
+  tags:
+  - install
+
+- name: ensure collectd-local selinux module is installed
+  copy:
+    src: collectd-local.pp
+    dest: /var/lib/selinux/collectd-local.pp
+  notify:
+  - install collectd-local selinux module
+  tags:
+  - selinux
+
+- name: ensure collectd write_prometheus plugin is configured
+  template:
+    src: collectd-prometheus.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/collectd.d/prometheus.conf
+    mode: '0644'
+  notify:
+  - restart collectd
+  tags:
+  - collectd-config
diff --git a/roles/collectd-prometheus/templates/collectd-prometheus.conf.j2 b/roles/collectd-prometheus/templates/collectd-prometheus.conf.j2
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+{% if collectd_load_prometheus_plugin %}
+LoadPlugin write_prometheus
+
+{% endif %}
+<Plugin write_prometheus>
+    Port {{ collectd_prometheus_port }}
+{% if collectd_prometheus_host is defined %}
+    Host "{{ collectd_prometheus_host }}"
+{% endif %}
+</Plugin>
diff --git a/roles/collectd-prometheus/vars/defaults.yml b/roles/collectd-prometheus/vars/defaults.yml
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+collectd_prometheus_package: collectd-write_prometheus