diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all/grafana b/ansible/group_vars/all/grafana
index 38f37f311..c9a90b3fb 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all/grafana
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all/grafana
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ grafana_monitoring_node_dashboard_repo_path:
 # The Grafana organisation for the control plane. Note that for Monasca
 # Grafana with domain support the format is:
 # organisation_name@openstack_domain
-grafana_control_plane_organisation: "monasca_control_plane@default"
+grafana_control_plane_organisation: "{{ monasca_control_plane_project }}@{{ monasca_control_plane_domain }}"
 
 # A dict of datasources to configure. See the stackhpc.grafana-conf role
 # for all supported datasources. Example:
diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all/monasca b/ansible/group_vars/all/monasca
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da061e4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all/monasca
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+###############################################################################
+# Monasca configuration.
+
+# Monasca OpenStack Project name.
+monasca_control_plane_project: "monasca_control_plane"
+
+# Monasca OpenStack Domain name.
+monasca_control_plane_domain: "default"
+
+# Monasca Grafana Server port.
+monasca_grafana_server_port: "3001"
diff --git a/ansible/overcloud-grafana-configure.yml b/ansible/overcloud-grafana-configure.yml
index b4794dbfd..d280c3a23 100644
--- a/ansible/overcloud-grafana-configure.yml
+++ b/ansible/overcloud-grafana-configure.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     - name: Look up Monasca control plane project ID
       shell: >
         source {{ venv }}/bin/activate &&
-        openstack project show {{ grafana_control_plane_organisation.split("@")[0] }} --format json --column id
+        openstack project show {{ monasca_control_plane_project }} --format json --column id
       register: monasca_project_show
       changed_when: False
       environment: "{{ openstack_auth_env }}"
@@ -81,5 +81,5 @@
         version: "{{ grafana_monitoring_node_dashboard_repo_version }}"
         checkout_path: "{{ grafana_monitoring_node_dashboard_repo_checkout_path }}"
         relative_path: "{{ grafana_monitoring_node_dashboard_repo_path }}"
-      grafana_conf_grafana_url: "http://{{ kolla_internal_vip_address }}:3000"
+      grafana_conf_grafana_url: "http://{{ kolla_internal_vip_address }}:{{ monasca_grafana_server_port }}"
       grafana_conf_grafana_datasources: "{{ grafana_datasources }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/kolla-ansible/templates/globals.yml.j2 b/ansible/roles/kolla-ansible/templates/globals.yml.j2
index b7a90ec51..fdc10d367 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kolla-ansible/templates/globals.yml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/kolla-ansible/templates/globals.yml.j2
@@ -531,6 +531,12 @@ ironic_inspector_kernel_cmdline_extras:
 # The Bifrost deployment image only supports a source installation.
 bifrost_install_type: source
 
+#################################
+# Monasca - Monitoring & Alerting
+#################################
+
+# Monasca doesn't support binary type container builds
+monasca_install_type: source
 
 ############################################
 # Grafana - Data visualisation & Monitoring
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/monasca.yml b/etc/kayobe/monasca.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..235bc3796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/kayobe/monasca.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+###############################################################################
+# Monasca configuration.
+
+# Monasca OpenStack Project name.
+# The default is "monasca_control_plane".
+#monasca_control_plane_project:
+
+# Monasca OpenStack Domain name. Default is "default".
+#monasca_control_plane_domain:
+
+# Monasca Grafana Server port. Must match kolla-ansible
+# var of the same name. Default is "3001".
+#monasca_grafana_server_port:
+
+###############################################################################
+# Dummy variable to allow Ansible to accept this file.
+workaround_ansible_issue_8743: yes
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-monasca-defaults-8486abe37ed3a13b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-monasca-defaults-8486abe37ed3a13b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..064307a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-monasca-defaults-8486abe37ed3a13b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Provides project and domain default variables for Monasca.
+    Defaults can be overridden from the Monasca config file etc/kayobe/monasca.yml.
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes the Monasca install type causing issues pulling container images. See
+    `story 2007597 <https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2007597>`__ for details.