diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
index 695f7a85a3..9cfaee7668 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all.yml
@@ -1294,6 +1294,7 @@ enable_prometheus_msteams: "no"
 prometheus_alertmanager_user: "admin"
 prometheus_ceph_exporter_interval: "{{ prometheus_scrape_interval }}"
 prometheus_grafana_user: "grafana"
+prometheus_skyline_user: "skyline"
 prometheus_scrape_interval: "60s"
 prometheus_openstack_exporter_interval: "{{ prometheus_scrape_interval }}"
 prometheus_openstack_exporter_timeout: "45s"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
index 1134b294ff..cdd3cf485e 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prometheus/defaults/main.yml
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ prometheus_basic_auth_users_default:
   - username: "{{ prometheus_grafana_user }}"
     password: "{{ prometheus_grafana_password }}"
     enabled: "{{ enable_grafana }}"
+  - username: "{{ prometheus_skyline_user }}"
+    password: "{{ prometheus_skyline_password }}"
+    enabled: "{{ enable_skyline }}"
 
 prometheus_basic_auth_users_extra: []
 
diff --git a/ansible/roles/prometheus/tasks/precheck.yml b/ansible/roles/prometheus/tasks/precheck.yml
index 29b71e3167..a9487ae970 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/prometheus/tasks/precheck.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/prometheus/tasks/precheck.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@
       - prometheus_grafana_password | length > 0
   when: enable_grafana | bool
 
+- name: Check that prometheus_skyline_password is correctly set
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - prometheus_skyline_password is defined
+      - prometheus_skyline_password is string
+      - prometheus_skyline_password | length > 0
+  when: enable_skyline | bool
+
 - name: Checking free port for Prometheus server
   wait_for:
     host: "{{ 'api' | kolla_address }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/skyline/templates/skyline.yaml.j2 b/ansible/roles/skyline/templates/skyline.yaml.j2
index f998109546..b6bb53b577 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/skyline/templates/skyline.yaml.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/skyline/templates/skyline.yaml.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ default:
   database_url: mysql://{{ skyline_database_user }}:{{ skyline_database_password }}@{{ skyline_database_address }}/{{ skyline_database_name }}
   debug: {{ skyline_logging_debug }}
   log_dir: {{ log_dir }}
+{% if enable_prometheus | bool  %}
+  prometheus_basic_auth_password: "{{ prometheus_skyline_password }}"
+  prometheus_basic_auth_user: "{{ prometheus_skyline_user }}"
+  prometheus_enable_basic_auth: true
+  prometheus_endpoint: "{{ prometheus_internal_endpoint }}"
+{% endif %}
   secret_key: {{ skyline_secret_key }}
   session_name: {{ skyline_session_name }}
 openstack:
diff --git a/doc/source/reference/logging-and-monitoring/prometheus-guide.rst b/doc/source/reference/logging-and-monitoring/prometheus-guide.rst
index cc2f632988..a36e906f2e 100644
--- a/doc/source/reference/logging-and-monitoring/prometheus-guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reference/logging-and-monitoring/prometheus-guide.rst
@@ -38,10 +38,14 @@ Basic Auth
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Prometheus is protected with basic HTTP authentication. Kolla-ansible will
-create the following users: ``admin`` and ``grafana`` (if grafana is
-enabled). The grafana username can be overidden using the variable
-``prometheus_grafana_user``. The passwords are defined by the
-``prometheus_password`` and ``prometheus_grafana_password`` variables in
+create the following users: ``admin``, ``grafana`` (if grafana is
+enabled) and ``skyline`` (if skyline is enabled). The grafana username can
+be overidden using the variable
+``prometheus_grafana_user``, the skyline username can
+be overidden using the variable ``prometheus_skyline_user``.
+The passwords are defined by the
+``prometheus_password``, ``prometheus_grafana_password`` and
+``prometheus_skyline_password`` variables in
 ``passwords.yml``. The list of basic auth users can be extended using the
 ``prometheus_basic_auth_users_extra`` variable:
 
diff --git a/etc/kolla/passwords.yml b/etc/kolla/passwords.yml
index f59ab1cea3..41c7934f8d 100644
--- a/etc/kolla/passwords.yml
+++ b/etc/kolla/passwords.yml
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ prometheus_mysql_exporter_database_password:
 prometheus_alertmanager_password:
 prometheus_password:
 prometheus_grafana_password:
+prometheus_skyline_password:
 prometheus_bcrypt_salt:
 
 ###############################
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/skyline-configure-prometheus-f86aea1beebcc379.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/skyline-configure-prometheus-f86aea1beebcc379.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de46d880e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/skyline-configure-prometheus-f86aea1beebcc379.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Configure Skyline's Prometheus connection to make the Monitor Center work.
+    The latest Skyline Console has now a Monitor Center in the administrator
+    view that displays information from Prometheus. For that to work the
+    Prometheus connection needs to be set up in skyline.yaml.