diff --git a/assets/loadtest/.gitignore b/assets/loadtest/.gitignore
index 1057e07b48f..249797b7fd9 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/.gitignore
+++ b/assets/loadtest/.gitignore
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 etcd/certs/*.pem
 
 teleport/oidc.yaml
-k8s/certificate.yaml
+k8s/*certificate*.yaml
 
 k8s/secrets/**
 !k8s/secrets/Makefile
-**/*-gen.yaml
+**/*-gen*.yaml
 
 **/profiles/**
 
 **/.terraform
 **/.terraform.lock*
 **/terraform.tfstate*
-**/terraform.tfvars
\ No newline at end of file
+**/terraform.tfvars
+
+.secrets
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/Makefile b/assets/loadtest/Makefile
index ff923787afa..244612c1560 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/Makefile
+++ b/assets/loadtest/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 SOAK_TEST_DURATION ?= 30m
 USE_CERT_MANAGER ?= yes
-TELEPORT_IMAGE ?= quay.io/gravitational/teleport-ent:8.0.0
+TELEPORT_IMAGE ?= quay.io/gravitational/teleport-ent:9.0.0
+NAMESPACE ?= loadtest
 
 .PHONY: reserve-ips
 reserve-ips:
@@ -20,12 +21,17 @@ delete-cluster:
 # deploy teleport with etcd backend to loadtest namespace
 .PHONY: deploy-etcd-cluster
 deploy-etcd-cluster:
-	@make -C k8s apply BACKEND=etcd USE_CERT_MANAGER=$(USE_CERT_MANAGER) TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE)
+	@make -C k8s apply BACKEND=etcd USE_CERT_MANAGER=$(USE_CERT_MANAGER) TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 
-# deploy teleport with etcd backend to loadtest namespace
+# deploy teleport with firestore backend to loadtest namespace
 .PHONY: deploy-firestore-cluster
 deploy-firestore-cluster:
-	@make -C k8s apply BACKEND=firestore USE_CERT_MANAGER=$(USE_CERT_MANAGER) TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE)
+	@make -C k8s apply BACKEND=firestore USE_CERT_MANAGER=$(USE_CERT_MANAGER) TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
+
+# deploy teleport with dynamo backend to loadtest namespace
+.PHONY: deploy-dynamo-cluster
+deploy-dynamo-cluster:
+	@make -C k8s apply BACKEND=dynamo USE_CERT_MANAGER=$(USE_CERT_MANAGER) TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 
 # delete the loadtest namespace
 .PHONY: delete-deploy
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ delete-deploy:
 # run soak tests
 .PHONY: run-soak-tests
 run-soak-tests:
-	@make -C k8s run-soak-tests SOAK_TEST_DURATION=$(SOAK_TEST_DURATION) TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE)
+	@make -C k8s run-soak-tests SOAK_TEST_DURATION=$(SOAK_TEST_DURATION) TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 
 # run 500 node trusted cluster scaling test
 # This installs 500 trusted clusters, waits for a period of time and then
@@ -43,7 +49,7 @@ run-soak-tests:
 # The test helps identify any potential memory leaks caused by remote clusters
 .PHONY: run-tc-scaling-test
 run-tc-scaling-test:
-	@make -C k8s run-tc-scaling-test TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE)
+	@make -C k8s run-tc-scaling-test TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 
 # run the 10k scaling test
 # This tests installs 10,000 IoT nodes and then removes all 10,000 nodes after a fixed period of time.
@@ -51,12 +57,12 @@ run-tc-scaling-test:
 # potential memory leaks caused by large clusters for both non-IoT and IoT nodes.
 .PHONY: run-scaling-test
 run-scaling-test:
-	@make -C k8s run-scaling-test TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE)
+	@make -C k8s run-scaling-test TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 
 # list pods in loadtest namespace
 .PHONY: pods
 pods:
-	@make -C k8s pods
+	@make -C k8s pods NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 
 # get cluster credentials
 .PHONY: get-creds
@@ -66,4 +72,4 @@ get-creds:
 # collect heap and goroutine profiles
 .PHONY: collect-profiles
 collect-profiles:
-	@make -C k8s collect-profiles PROFILE_LOCATION=$(shell pwd)
\ No newline at end of file
+	@make -C k8s collect-profiles PROFILE_LOCATION=$(shell pwd) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/README.md b/assets/loadtest/README.md
index fba50c9b3f3..56c9cdd2149 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/README.md
+++ b/assets/loadtest/README.md
@@ -18,26 +18,25 @@ Teleports manual release test plan.
 - Make sure that you have a GCP service account key with `Compute Admin`, `Compute Network Admin`,
       `Kubernetes Engine Admin`, `Kubernetes Engine Cluster Admin`, and `Service Account User`
   - To authenticate as the service account follow these [instructions](https://cloud.google.com/docs/authentication/production)
-- Make sure you have reserved static ip addresses for the proxy and grafana
+- Make sure you have reserved static ip addresses for the proxy
   - This only needs to be done once per GCP project, see the [network docs](./network/README.md) for details
 
 ### Creating the Cluster
 
 First create a cluster, if you are running this automation for the first time, you may be asked to run
-`terraform init` from the cluster directory before continuing. To resize the cluster, edit [`terraform.tfvars`](./cluster/terraform.tfvars) as needed.
+`terraform init` from the cluster directory before continuing. To resize the cluster, edit [`terraform.tfvars`](cluster/terraform.tfvars) as needed.
 
 ```bash
 $ make create-cluster
 ```
 
 ### DNS Entries
-Before deploying anything to the cluster you first need to set `PROXY_HOST` and `GRAFANA_HOST`. These variables should
-be the DNS names to be used for the [`proxy`](./k8s/proxy.yaml)  and [`grafana`](./k8s/grafana.yaml) services. When everything is successfully deployed you should be able
-to navigate to `https://PROXY_HOST:3080` and `https://GRAFANA_HOST:8443` in your browser.
+Before deploying anything to the cluster you first need to set `PROXY_HOST`. These variables should
+be the DNS names to be used for the [`proxy`](./k8s/proxy.yaml). When everything is successfully deployed you should be able
+to navigate to `https://PROXY_HOST:3080` in your browser.
 
 ```bash
 $ export PROXY_HOST=proxy.loadtest.com 
-$ export GRAFANA_HOST=grafana.loadtest.com
 ```
 
 ### TLS Certificates
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ $ make run-soak-tests
 ```
 
 
-**Note:** You must have enough nodes in the cluster to run the following tests. Ensure your `node_count` in [`terraform.tfvars`](./cluster/terraform.tfvars) is correctly set.
+**Note:** You must have enough nodes in the cluster to run the following tests. Ensure your `node_count` in [`terraform.tfvars`](cluster/terraform.tfvars) is correctly set.
 
 To run the 10k node scaling tests:
 
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/etcd/telegraf.conf b/assets/loadtest/etcd/telegraf.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index e85560f79ee..00000000000
--- a/assets/loadtest/etcd/telegraf.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,137 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for telegraf agent
-[agent]
-    ## Default data collection interval for all inputs
-    interval = "10s"
-    ## Rounds collection interval to 'interval'
-    ## ie, if interval="10s" then always collect on :00, :10, :20, etc.
-    round_interval = true
-
-    ## Telegraf will send metrics to outputs in batches of at
-    ## most metric_batch_size metrics.
-    metric_batch_size = 1000
-    ## For failed writes, telegraf will cache metric_buffer_limit metrics for each
-    ## output, and will flush this buffer on a successful write. Oldest metrics
-    ## are dropped first when this buffer fills.
-    metric_buffer_limit = 10000
-
-    ## Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random amount.
-    ## Each plugin will sleep for a random time within jitter before collecting.
-    ## This can be used to avoid many plugins querying things like sysfs at the
-    ## same time, which can have a measurable effect on the system.
-    collection_jitter = "0s"
-
-    ## Default flushing interval for all outputs. You shouldn't set this below
-    ## interval. Maximum flush_interval will be flush_interval + flush_jitter
-    flush_interval = "10s"
-    ## Jitter the flush interval by a random amount. This is primarily to avoid
-    ## large write spikes for users running a large number of telegraf instances.
-    ## ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s
-    flush_jitter = "0s"
-
-    ## By default, precision will be set to the same timestamp order as the
-    ## collection interval, with the maximum being 1s.
-    ## Precision will NOT be used for service inputs, such as logparser and statsd.
-    precision = ""
-    ## Run telegraf in debug mode
-    debug = false
-    ## Run telegraf in quiet mode
-    quiet = false
-    ## Override default hostname, if empty use os.Hostname()
-    hostname = ""
-    ## If set to true, do no set the "host" tag in the telegraf agent.
-    omit_hostname = false
-
-
-###############################################################################
-#                            INPUT PLUGINS                                    #
-###############################################################################
-
-[[inputs.procstat]]
-    exe = "etcd"
-    prefix = "etcd"
-
-[[inputs.prometheus]]
-    # An array of urls to scrape metrics from.
-    urls = ["https://127.0.0.1:2379/metrics"]
-    tls_ca = "/etc/etcd/certs/ca-cert.pem"
-    tls_cert = "/etc/etcd/certs/client-cert.pem"
-    tls_key = "/etc/etcd/certs/client-key.pem"
-    name_prefix = "etcd_"
-
-    # Add tags to be able to make beautiful dashboards
-    [inputs.prometheus.tags]
-    teleservice = "etcd"
-
-# Read metrics about cpu usage
-[[inputs.cpu]]
-    ## Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
-    percpu = true
-    ## Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
-    totalcpu = true
-    ## If true, collect raw CPU time metrics.
-    collect_cpu_time = false
-    ## If true, compute and report the sum of all non-idle CPU states.
-    report_active = false
-
-# Read metrics about disk usage by mount point
-[[inputs.disk]]
-    ## By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
-    ## Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
-    # mount_points = ["/"]
-
-    ## Ignore some mountpoints by filesystem type. For example (dev)tmpfs (usually
-    ## present on /run, /var/run, /dev/shm or /dev).
-    ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs"]
-
-# Read metrics about disk IO by device
-[[inputs.diskio]]
-
-# Get kernel statistics from /proc/stat
-[[inputs.kernel]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Read metrics about memory usage
-[[inputs.mem]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Get the number of processes and group them by status
-[[inputs.processes]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Read metrics about swap memory usage
-[[inputs.swap]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Read metrics about system load & uptime
-[[inputs.system]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Read netstat info
-[[inputs.netstat]]
-
-# Read net info
-[[inputs.net]]
-
-###############################################################################
-#                            OUTPUT PLUGINS                                   #
-###############################################################################
-
-# Configuration for influxdb server to send metrics to
-[[outputs.influxdb_v2]]
-    ## The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance.
-    ## Multiple urls can be specified as part of the same cluster,
-    ## this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
-    urls = ["http://influxdb:8086"] # required
-
-    ## Token for authentication.
-    token = "${INFLUXDB_TOKEN}"
-
-    ## Organization is the name of the organization you wish to write to; must exist.
-    organization = "teleport"
-
-    ## Destination bucket to write into.
-    bucket = "telegraf"
-
-    ## Write timeout (for the InfluxDB client), formatted as a string.
-    ## If not provided, will default to 5s. 0s means no timeout (not recommended).
-    timeout = "5s"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/grafana/dashboard.yaml b/assets/loadtest/grafana/dashboard.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 012d60cc4b6..00000000000
--- a/assets/loadtest/grafana/dashboard.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: 1
-
-providers:
-  - name: Default
-    type: file
-    options:
-      path: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/grafana/health-dashboard.json b/assets/loadtest/grafana/health-dashboard.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f141f0b4cc2..00000000000
--- a/assets/loadtest/grafana/health-dashboard.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,781 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "annotations": {
-    "list": [
-      {
-        "builtIn": 1,
-        "datasource": "-- Grafana --",
-        "enable": true,
-        "hide": true,
-        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
-        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
-        "target": {
-          "limit": 100,
-          "matchAny": false,
-          "tags": [],
-          "type": "dashboard"
-        },
-        "type": "dashboard"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  "editable": true,
-  "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
-  "gnetId": null,
-  "graphTooltip": 0,
-  "id": 1,
-  "links": [],
-  "liveNow": false,
-  "panels": [
-    {
-      "collapsed": false,
-      "datasource": null,
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 1,
-        "w": 24,
-        "x": 0,
-        "y": 0
-      },
-      "id": 8,
-      "panels": [],
-      "title": "Teleport",
-      "type": "row"
-    },
-    {
-      "datasource": null,
-      "fieldConfig": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "color": {
-            "mode": "palette-classic"
-          },
-          "custom": {
-            "axisLabel": "Goroutine Count",
-            "axisPlacement": "auto",
-            "barAlignment": 0,
-            "drawStyle": "line",
-            "fillOpacity": 10,
-            "gradientMode": "none",
-            "hideFrom": {
-              "legend": false,
-              "tooltip": false,
-              "viz": false
-            },
-            "lineInterpolation": "linear",
-            "lineWidth": 1,
-            "pointSize": 5,
-            "scaleDistribution": {
-              "type": "linear"
-            },
-            "showPoints": "auto",
-            "spanNulls": false,
-            "stacking": {
-              "group": "A",
-              "mode": "none"
-            },
-            "thresholdsStyle": {
-              "mode": "off"
-            }
-          },
-          "mappings": [],
-          "thresholds": {
-            "mode": "absolute",
-            "steps": [
-              {
-                "color": "green",
-                "value": null
-              },
-              {
-                "color": "red",
-                "value": 80
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        },
-        "overrides": []
-      },
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 10,
-        "w": 12,
-        "x": 0,
-        "y": 1
-      },
-      "id": 10,
-      "options": {
-        "legend": {
-          "calcs": [],
-          "displayMode": "list",
-          "placement": "bottom"
-        },
-        "tooltip": {
-          "mode": "single"
-        }
-      },
-      "targets": [
-        {
-          "hide": false,
-          "query": "  from(bucket: v.bucket)\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == \"teleport_go_goroutines\" and r._field == \"gauge\")",
-          "refId": "A"
-        }
-      ],
-      "title": "Goroutines (Max Per Interval)",
-      "transformations": [
-        {
-          "id": "labelsToFields",
-          "options": {
-            "valueLabel": "host"
-          }
-        }
-      ],
-      "type": "timeseries"
-    },
-    {
-      "datasource": null,
-      "fieldConfig": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "color": {
-            "mode": "palette-classic"
-          },
-          "custom": {
-            "axisLabel": "File Descriptors (Max)",
-            "axisPlacement": "auto",
-            "barAlignment": 0,
-            "drawStyle": "line",
-            "fillOpacity": 10,
-            "gradientMode": "none",
-            "hideFrom": {
-              "legend": false,
-              "tooltip": false,
-              "viz": false
-            },
-            "lineInterpolation": "linear",
-            "lineWidth": 1,
-            "pointSize": 5,
-            "scaleDistribution": {
-              "type": "linear"
-            },
-            "showPoints": "auto",
-            "spanNulls": false,
-            "stacking": {
-              "group": "A",
-              "mode": "none"
-            },
-            "thresholdsStyle": {
-              "mode": "off"
-            }
-          },
-          "mappings": [],
-          "thresholds": {
-            "mode": "absolute",
-            "steps": [
-              {
-                "color": "green",
-                "value": null
-              },
-              {
-                "color": "red",
-                "value": 80
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        },
-        "overrides": []
-      },
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 10,
-        "w": 12,
-        "x": 12,
-        "y": 1
-      },
-      "id": 12,
-      "options": {
-        "legend": {
-          "calcs": [],
-          "displayMode": "list",
-          "placement": "bottom"
-        },
-        "tooltip": {
-          "mode": "single"
-        }
-      },
-      "targets": [
-        {
-          "query": "  from(bucket: v.bucket)\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) =>r._measurement == \"teleport_process_open_fds\" and r._field == \"gauge\")",
-          "refId": "A"
-        }
-      ],
-      "title": "Open File Descriptors (Max)",
-      "transformations": [
-        {
-          "id": "labelsToFields",
-          "options": {
-            "valueLabel": "host"
-          }
-        }
-      ],
-      "type": "timeseries"
-    },
-    {
-      "datasource": null,
-      "fieldConfig": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "color": {
-            "mode": "palette-classic"
-          },
-          "custom": {
-            "axisLabel": "Megabytes",
-            "axisPlacement": "auto",
-            "barAlignment": -1,
-            "drawStyle": "line",
-            "fillOpacity": 10,
-            "gradientMode": "none",
-            "hideFrom": {
-              "legend": false,
-              "tooltip": false,
-              "viz": false
-            },
-            "lineInterpolation": "linear",
-            "lineStyle": {
-              "fill": "solid"
-            },
-            "lineWidth": 1,
-            "pointSize": 5,
-            "scaleDistribution": {
-              "type": "linear"
-            },
-            "showPoints": "auto",
-            "spanNulls": false,
-            "stacking": {
-              "group": "A",
-              "mode": "none"
-            },
-            "thresholdsStyle": {
-              "mode": "off"
-            }
-          },
-          "mappings": [],
-          "thresholds": {
-            "mode": "absolute",
-            "steps": [
-              {
-                "color": "green",
-                "value": null
-              },
-              {
-                "color": "red",
-                "value": 80
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          "unit": "bytes"
-        },
-        "overrides": []
-      },
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 11,
-        "w": 12,
-        "x": 0,
-        "y": 11
-      },
-      "id": 14,
-      "options": {
-        "legend": {
-          "calcs": [],
-          "displayMode": "list",
-          "placement": "bottom"
-        },
-        "tooltip": {
-          "mode": "single"
-        }
-      },
-      "targets": [
-        {
-          "query": " from(bucket: v.bucket)\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) =>r._measurement == \"teleport_go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes\" and r._field == \"gauge\")",
-          "refId": "A"
-        }
-      ],
-      "title": "Heap In Use Bytes",
-      "transformations": [
-        {
-          "id": "labelsToFields",
-          "options": {
-            "valueLabel": "host"
-          }
-        }
-      ],
-      "type": "timeseries"
-    },
-    {
-      "datasource": null,
-      "fieldConfig": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "color": {
-            "mode": "palette-classic"
-          },
-          "custom": {
-            "axisLabel": "Number of Cores",
-            "axisPlacement": "auto",
-            "barAlignment": 0,
-            "drawStyle": "line",
-            "fillOpacity": 10,
-            "gradientMode": "none",
-            "hideFrom": {
-              "legend": false,
-              "tooltip": false,
-              "viz": false
-            },
-            "lineInterpolation": "linear",
-            "lineWidth": 1,
-            "pointSize": 5,
-            "scaleDistribution": {
-              "type": "linear"
-            },
-            "showPoints": "auto",
-            "spanNulls": false,
-            "stacking": {
-              "group": "A",
-              "mode": "none"
-            },
-            "thresholdsStyle": {
-              "mode": "off"
-            }
-          },
-          "mappings": [],
-          "thresholds": {
-            "mode": "absolute",
-            "steps": [
-              {
-                "color": "green",
-                "value": null
-              },
-              {
-                "color": "red",
-                "value": 80
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        },
-        "overrides": []
-      },
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 11,
-        "w": 12,
-        "x": 12,
-        "y": 11
-      },
-      "id": 16,
-      "options": {
-        "legend": {
-          "calcs": [],
-          "displayMode": "list",
-          "placement": "bottom"
-        },
-        "tooltip": {
-          "mode": "single"
-        }
-      },
-      "targets": [
-        {
-          "query": " from(bucket: v.bucket)\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) =>r._measurement == \"teleport_process_cpu_seconds_total\" and r._field == \"counter\")\n  |> derivative(nonNegative: true, unit: 10s)\n  |> map(fn: (r) => ({ r with _value: r._value / float(v: 10) }))",
-          "refId": "A"
-        }
-      ],
-      "title": "CPU Cores",
-      "transformations": [
-        {
-          "id": "labelsToFields",
-          "options": {
-            "valueLabel": "host"
-          }
-        }
-      ],
-      "type": "timeseries"
-    },
-    {
-      "datasource": null,
-      "fieldConfig": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "color": {
-            "mode": "palette-classic"
-          },
-          "custom": {
-            "axisLabel": "Event Size",
-            "axisPlacement": "auto",
-            "barAlignment": 0,
-            "drawStyle": "line",
-            "fillOpacity": 10,
-            "gradientMode": "none",
-            "hideFrom": {
-              "legend": false,
-              "tooltip": false,
-              "viz": false
-            },
-            "lineInterpolation": "linear",
-            "lineWidth": 1,
-            "pointSize": 5,
-            "scaleDistribution": {
-              "type": "linear"
-            },
-            "showPoints": "auto",
-            "spanNulls": false,
-            "stacking": {
-              "group": "A",
-              "mode": "none"
-            },
-            "thresholdsStyle": {
-              "mode": "off"
-            }
-          },
-          "mappings": [],
-          "thresholds": {
-            "mode": "absolute",
-            "steps": [
-              {
-                "color": "green",
-                "value": null
-              },
-              {
-                "color": "red",
-                "value": 80
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          "unit": "bytes"
-        },
-        "overrides": []
-      },
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 8,
-        "w": 12,
-        "x": 0,
-        "y": 22
-      },
-      "id": 18,
-      "options": {
-        "legend": {
-          "calcs": [],
-          "displayMode": "list",
-          "placement": "bottom"
-        },
-        "tooltip": {
-          "mode": "single"
-        }
-      },
-      "pluginVersion": "8.2.3",
-      "targets": [
-        {
-          "query": "from(bucket: v.bucket)\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) =>r._measurement == \"teleport_watcher_events\" and r._field == \"sum\")\n  |> group(columns: [\"host\"])\n  |> sort(columns: [\"_time\"], desc: true)\n  |> aggregateWindow(every: 10s, fn: sum, createEmpty: false)\n  |> derivative(nonNegative: true, unit: 10s)",
-          "refId": "A"
-        }
-      ],
-      "title": "Events Per/Sec By Host",
-      "transformations": [
-        {
-          "id": "labelsToFields",
-          "options": {
-            "valueLabel": "host"
-          }
-        }
-      ],
-      "type": "timeseries"
-    },
-    {
-      "datasource": null,
-      "fieldConfig": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "color": {
-            "mode": "palette-classic"
-          },
-          "custom": {
-            "axisLabel": "Number of Events",
-            "axisPlacement": "auto",
-            "barAlignment": 0,
-            "drawStyle": "line",
-            "fillOpacity": 10,
-            "gradientMode": "none",
-            "hideFrom": {
-              "legend": false,
-              "tooltip": false,
-              "viz": false
-            },
-            "lineInterpolation": "linear",
-            "lineWidth": 1,
-            "pointSize": 5,
-            "scaleDistribution": {
-              "type": "linear"
-            },
-            "showPoints": "auto",
-            "spanNulls": false,
-            "stacking": {
-              "group": "A",
-              "mode": "none"
-            },
-            "thresholdsStyle": {
-              "mode": "off"
-            }
-          },
-          "mappings": [],
-          "thresholds": {
-            "mode": "absolute",
-            "steps": [
-              {
-                "color": "green",
-                "value": null
-              },
-              {
-                "color": "red",
-                "value": 80
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          "unit": "none"
-        },
-        "overrides": []
-      },
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 8,
-        "w": 12,
-        "x": 12,
-        "y": 22
-      },
-      "id": 19,
-      "options": {
-        "legend": {
-          "calcs": [],
-          "displayMode": "list",
-          "placement": "bottom"
-        },
-        "tooltip": {
-          "mode": "single"
-        }
-      },
-      "targets": [
-        {
-          "query": " from(bucket: v.bucket)\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) =>r._measurement == \"teleport_watcher_events\" and r._field == \"count\")\n  |> group(columns: [\"host\"])\n  |> sort(columns: [\"_time\"], desc: true)\n  |> aggregateWindow(every: 10s, fn: sum, createEmpty: false)\n  |> derivative(nonNegative: true, unit: 10s)\n",
-          "refId": "A"
-        }
-      ],
-      "title": "Events Emitted",
-      "transformations": [
-        {
-          "id": "labelsToFields",
-          "options": {
-            "valueLabel": "host"
-          }
-        }
-      ],
-      "type": "timeseries"
-    },
-    {
-      "datasource": null,
-      "fieldConfig": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "color": {
-            "mode": "palette-classic"
-          },
-          "custom": {
-            "axisLabel": "Event Size",
-            "axisPlacement": "auto",
-            "barAlignment": 0,
-            "drawStyle": "line",
-            "fillOpacity": 10,
-            "gradientMode": "none",
-            "hideFrom": {
-              "legend": false,
-              "tooltip": false,
-              "viz": false
-            },
-            "lineInterpolation": "linear",
-            "lineWidth": 1,
-            "pointSize": 5,
-            "scaleDistribution": {
-              "type": "linear"
-            },
-            "showPoints": "auto",
-            "spanNulls": false,
-            "stacking": {
-              "group": "A",
-              "mode": "none"
-            },
-            "thresholdsStyle": {
-              "mode": "off"
-            }
-          },
-          "mappings": [],
-          "thresholds": {
-            "mode": "absolute",
-            "steps": [
-              {
-                "color": "green",
-                "value": null
-              },
-              {
-                "color": "red",
-                "value": 80
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          "unit": "bytes"
-        },
-        "overrides": []
-      },
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 8,
-        "w": 12,
-        "x": 0,
-        "y": 30
-      },
-      "id": 20,
-      "options": {
-        "legend": {
-          "calcs": [],
-          "displayMode": "list",
-          "placement": "bottom"
-        },
-        "tooltip": {
-          "mode": "single"
-        }
-      },
-      "targets": [
-        {
-          "hide": false,
-          "query": "from(bucket: v.bucket)\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == \"teleport_watcher_events\" and r._field == \"sum\")\n  |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with resource: if r.resource =~ /tunnel_connection\\/.*$/ then \"/tunnel_connection\" else r.resource}))\n  |> group(columns: [\"resource\"])\n  |> sort(columns: [\"_time\"], desc: true)\n  |> aggregateWindow(every: 10s, fn: sum, createEmpty: false)\n  |> derivative(nonNegative: true, unit: 10s)\n\n",
-          "refId": "A"
-        }
-      ],
-      "title": "Events Per/Sec By Resource",
-      "transformations": [],
-      "type": "timeseries"
-    },
-    {
-      "datasource": null,
-      "fieldConfig": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "color": {
-            "mode": "palette-classic"
-          },
-          "custom": {
-            "hideFrom": {
-              "legend": false,
-              "tooltip": false,
-              "viz": false
-            }
-          },
-          "mappings": [],
-          "unit": "none"
-        },
-        "overrides": []
-      },
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 8,
-        "w": 12,
-        "x": 12,
-        "y": 30
-      },
-      "id": 22,
-      "options": {
-        "legend": {
-          "displayMode": "list",
-          "placement": "bottom"
-        },
-        "pieType": "pie",
-        "reduceOptions": {
-          "calcs": [
-            "lastNotNull"
-          ],
-          "fields": "",
-          "values": false
-        },
-        "tooltip": {
-          "mode": "single"
-        }
-      },
-      "pluginVersion": "8.2.3",
-      "targets": [
-        {
-          "query": "from(bucket: v.bucket)\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == \"teleport_watcher_events\" and r._field == \"count\")\n  |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with resource: if r.resource =~ /tunnel_connection\\/.*$/ then \"/tunnel_connection\" else r.resource}))\n  |> group(columns: [\"resource\"])\n  |> sort(columns: [\"_time\"], desc: true) \n  |> aggregateWindow(every: v.windowPeriod, fn: sum, createEmpty: false)",
-          "refId": "A"
-        }
-      ],
-      "title": "Resources Emitted",
-      "transformations": [
-        {
-          "id": "labelsToFields",
-          "options": {
-            "valueLabel": "resource"
-          }
-        }
-      ],
-      "type": "piechart"
-    },
-    {
-      "datasource": null,
-      "fieldConfig": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "color": {
-            "mode": "thresholds"
-          },
-          "mappings": [],
-          "thresholds": {
-            "mode": "absolute",
-            "steps": [
-              {
-                "color": "green",
-                "value": null
-              },
-              {
-                "color": "red",
-                "value": 80
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          "unit": "bytes"
-        },
-        "overrides": []
-      },
-      "gridPos": {
-        "h": 7,
-        "w": 24,
-        "x": 0,
-        "y": 38
-      },
-      "id": 24,
-      "options": {
-        "displayMode": "gradient",
-        "orientation": "auto",
-        "reduceOptions": {
-          "calcs": [
-            "lastNotNull"
-          ],
-          "fields": "",
-          "values": false
-        },
-        "showUnfilled": true,
-        "text": {}
-      },
-      "pluginVersion": "8.2.3",
-      "targets": [
-        {
-          "query": "from(bucket: v.bucket)\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == \"teleport_watcher_events\" and r._field == \"sum\")\n  |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with resource: if r.resource =~ /tunnel_connection\\/.*$/ then \"/tunnel_connection\" else r.resource}))\n  |> group(columns: [\"resource\"])\n  |> sort(columns: [\"_time\"], desc: true) \n  |> aggregateWindow(every: v.windowPeriod, fn: sum, createEmpty: false)",
-          "refId": "A"
-        }
-      ],
-      "title": "Resource Sizes",
-      "type": "bargauge"
-    }
-  ],
-  "refresh": "10s",
-  "schemaVersion": 31,
-  "style": "dark",
-  "tags": [],
-  "templating": {
-    "list": []
-  },
-  "time": {
-    "from": "now-30m",
-    "to": "now"
-  },
-  "timepicker": {},
-  "timezone": "",
-  "title": "Teleport Health Stats",
-  "uid": "anXQA8F7z",
-  "version": 1
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/grafana/influxdb-datasource.yaml b/assets/loadtest/grafana/influxdb-datasource.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bc3355f83e..00000000000
--- a/assets/loadtest/grafana/influxdb-datasource.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: 1
-datasources:
-  - name: InfluxDB-Flux
-    type: influxdb
-    access: proxy
-    url: http://influxdb:8086
-    user: admin
-    password: ${INFLUXDB_PASS}
-    isDefault: true
-    editable: true
-    basicAuth: true
-    jsonData:
-      version: Flux
-      defaultBucket: telegraf
-      organization: teleport
-    secureJsonData:
-      token: ${INFLUXDB_TOKEN}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/grafana/nginx.conf b/assets/loadtest/grafana/nginx.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index b231350870e..00000000000
--- a/assets/loadtest/grafana/nginx.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-worker_processes auto;
-user www-data;
-pid /run/nginx.pid;
-
-events {
-    worker_connections 2048;
-}
-
-http {
-	sendfile on;
-	tcp_nopush on;
-	tcp_nodelay on;
-	keepalive_timeout 65;
-	types_hash_max_size 2048;
-	# server_tokens off;
-
-	# server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;
-	# server_name_in_redirect off;
-
-	include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
-	default_type application/octet-stream;
-
-	##
-	# TLS settings - we are pretty strict here
-    # but well, it's a dev service, why not?
-	##
-	ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
-	ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
-
-	##
-	# Logging Settings
-	##
-	error_log stderr debug;
-	access_log /dev/stdout;
-
-
-	##
-	# Gzip Settings
-	##
-	gzip on;
-
-    #
-    # Frontend grafana with TLS
-    #
-    server {
-        listen 8443 default_server   ssl;
-        ssl_certificate_key          /etc/tls/certs/tls.key;
-        ssl_certificate              /etc/tls/certs/tls.crt;
-        ssl_ciphers                  AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH:!aNULL;
-    
-        location / {
-            proxy_pass http://grafana:3000;
-        }
-    }
-
-    server {
-        listen 8888;
-    
-        location /healthz {
-            return 200 'alive and kicking!';
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/Makefile b/assets/loadtest/k8s/Makefile
index 71f785b0b32..68355e2db63 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/Makefile
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 LICENSE_PATH ?= /var/lib/teleport/license.pem
-CERT_MANAGER_VERSION ?= 1.6.0
+CERT_MANAGER_VERSION ?= v1.7.1
 SOAK_TEST_DURATION ?= 30m
 BACKEND ?= etcd
 USE_CERT_MANAGER ?= yes
-TELEPORT_IMAGE ?= quay.io/gravitational/teleport-ent:8.0.0
+TELEPORT_IMAGE ?= quay.io/gravitational/teleport-ent:9.0.0
+NAMESPACE ?= loadtest
 
 # performs initialization needed for cluster
 # 1) generates etcd certs
-# 2) generates credentials for grafana and influx
 # 2) creates loadtest namespace
 # 3) installs cert-manager
 # 4) creates and applies secrets
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ setup:
 ifeq ($(BACKEND), etcd)
 	make -C ../etcd/certs all
 endif
-	kubectl create namespace loadtest --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+	kubectl create namespace $(NAMESPACE) --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 	make -C ./secrets all
 ifeq ($(USE_CERT_MANAGER), yes)
-	kubectl apply -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v$(CERT_MANAGER_VERSION)/cert-manager.yaml
+	kubectl apply -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/$(CERT_MANAGER_VERSION)/cert-manager.yaml
 endif
 	make generate-secrets
 
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ endif
 .PHONY: generate-secrets
 generate-secrets:
 ifeq ($(BACKEND), etcd)
-	kubectl create secret generic etcd-client-certs -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create secret generic etcd-client-certs -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=client-cert.pem=../etcd/certs/client-cert.pem \
 		--from-file=client-key.pem=../etcd/certs/client-key.pem \
 		--from-file=ca-cert.pem=../etcd/certs/ca-cert.pem \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
-	kubectl create secret generic etcd-server-certs -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create secret generic etcd-server-certs -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=server-cert.pem=../etcd/certs/server-cert.pem \
 		--from-file=server-key.pem=../etcd/certs/server-key.pem \
 		--from-file=ca-cert.pem=../etcd/certs/ca-cert.pem \
@@ -48,21 +48,12 @@ ifeq ($(BACKEND), etcd)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BACKEND), firestore)
-	kubectl create secret generic gcp-creds -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create secret generic gcp-creds -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=gcp_creds.json=${GCP_CREDS_LOCATION} \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 endif
 
-	kubectl create secret generic influxdb-creds -n loadtest \
-		--from-file=INFLUXDB_PASS=./secrets/influx-pass \
-		--from-file=INFLUXDB_TOKEN=./secrets/influx-token \
-		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
-
-	kubectl create secret generic grafana-creds -n loadtest \
-		--from-file=GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=./secrets/grafana-pass \
-		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
-
-	kubectl create secret generic license -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create secret generic license -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=license.pem=$(LICENSE_PATH) \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
@@ -71,20 +62,18 @@ endif
 clean:
 	make -C secrets clean
 	make -C ../etcd/certs clean
-	kubectl delete namespace loadtest --ignore-not-found
-	kubectl delete -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v$(CERT_MANAGER_VERSION)/cert-manager.yaml --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete namespace $(NAMESPACE) --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/$(CERT_MANAGER_VERSION)/cert-manager.yaml --ignore-not-found
 
 
 ifeq ($(BACKEND), etcd)
-# deploys etcd, grafana, influxdb, and teleport to the loadtest namespace
+# deploys etcd and teleport to the loadtest namespace
 .PHONY: apply
 apply: setup install-etcd generate-certificates install-monitor install-teleport
-
-else ifeq ($(BACKEND), firestore)
-# deploys grafana, influxdb, and teleport to the loadtest namespace
+else
+# deploys and teleport to the loadtest namespace
 .PHONY: apply
 apply: setup generate-certificates install-monitor install-teleport
-
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(USE_CERT_MANAGER), yes)
@@ -115,56 +104,38 @@ install-teleport: install-auth install-proxy install-node install-iot-node
 .PHONY: delete-teleport
 delete-teleport: delete-tc delete-nodes delete-proxy delete-auth
 
-# installs grafana, influxdb, and prometheus
+# installs prometheus exporter
 .PHONY: install-monitor
 install-monitor:
-	kubectl create configmap grafana-config -n loadtest \
-		--from-file=influxdb-datasource.yaml=../grafana/influxdb-datasource.yaml \
-		--from-file=health-dashboard.json=../grafana/health-dashboard.json \
-		--from-file=default.yaml=../grafana/dashboard.yaml \
-		--from-file=nginx.conf=../grafana/nginx.conf \
-		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
-
-	kubectl apply -f influxdb.yaml
-	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=grafana
-	kubectl apply -f grafana-gen.yaml
-	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=prometheus
+	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=prometheus NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 	kubectl apply -f prometheus-gen.yaml
 
-# deletes grafana, influxdb, and prometheus deployments, services and configmaps
+# deletes prometheus exporter
 .PHONY: delete-monitor
 delete-monitor:
-	kubectl delete -f influxdb.yaml --ignore-not-found
-	kubectl delete -f grafana-gen.yaml --ignore-not-found
-	kubectl delete configmap grafana-config -n loadtest --ignore-not-found
 	kubectl delete -f prometheus-gen.yaml --ignore-not-found
 
 # installs an etcd cluster
 .PHONY: install-etcd
 install-etcd:
-	kubectl create configmap etcd-telegraf-config -n loadtest \
-		--from-file=telegraf.conf=../etcd/telegraf.conf \
-		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
-
 	kubectl apply -f etcd.yaml
 
 # deletes etcd deployment, services, and configmaps
 .PHONY: delete-etcd
 delete-etcd:
 	kubectl delete -f etcd.yaml --ignore-not-found
-	kubectl delete configmap etcd-telegraf-config -n loadtest --ignore-not-found
 
 
 # install auth and applies required teleport resources for loadtests
 .PHONY: install-auth
 install-auth: setup-auth
-	kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l teleport-role=auth -n loadtest --timeout=120s
+	kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l teleport-role=auth -n $(NAMESPACE) --timeout=120s
 
-	kubectl -n loadtest exec deploy/auth -c teleport -it \
+	kubectl -n $(NAMESPACE) exec deploy/auth -c teleport -it \
 		-- tctl --config /etc/teleport/teleport.yaml create -f /etc/teleport/admin.yaml
-	kubectl -n loadtest exec deploy/auth -c teleport -it \
+	kubectl -n $(NAMESPACE) exec deploy/auth -c teleport -it \
 		-- tctl --config /etc/teleport/teleport.yaml create -f /etc/teleport/oidc.yaml
-	kubectl -n loadtest exec deploy/auth -c teleport -it \
+	kubectl -n $(NAMESPACE) exec deploy/auth -c teleport -it \
 		-- tctl --config /etc/teleport/teleport.yaml create -f /etc/teleport/user.yaml
 
 
@@ -173,31 +144,43 @@ ifeq ($(BACKEND), etcd)
 setup-auth:
 	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=../teleport/teleport-auth-etcd
 
-	kubectl create configmap auth-config -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create configmap auth-config -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=teleport.yaml=../teleport/teleport-auth-etcd-gen.yaml \
-		--from-file=telegraf.conf=../teleport/telegraf.conf \
 		--from-file=oidc.yaml=../teleport/oidc.yaml \
 		--from-file=admin.yaml=../teleport/admin.yaml \
 		--from-file=user.yaml=../teleport/soaktest-user.yaml \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
-	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=auth-etcd
+	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=auth-etcd TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 	kubectl apply -f auth-etcd-gen.yaml
 else ifeq ($(BACKEND), firestore)
 .PHONY: setup-auth
 setup-auth:
 	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=../teleport/teleport-auth-firestore
 
-	kubectl create configmap auth-config -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create configmap auth-config -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=teleport.yaml=../teleport/teleport-auth-firestore-gen.yaml \
-		--from-file=telegraf.conf=../teleport/telegraf.conf \
 		--from-file=oidc.yaml=../teleport/oidc.yaml \
 		--from-file=admin.yaml=../teleport/admin.yaml \
 		--from-file=user.yaml=../teleport/soaktest-user.yaml \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
-	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=auth-firestore
+	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=auth-firestore TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 	kubectl apply -f auth-firestore-gen.yaml
+else ifeq ($(BACKEND), dynamo)
+.PHONY: setup-auth
+setup-auth:
+	@make expand-yaml DYNAMO_TABLE=${DYNAMO_TABLE} DYNAMO_REGION=${DYNAMO_REGION} FILENAME=../teleport/teleport-auth-dynamo
+
+	kubectl create configmap auth-config -n $(NAMESPACE) \
+		--from-file=teleport.yaml=../teleport/teleport-auth-dynamo-gen.yaml \
+		--from-file=oidc.yaml=../teleport/oidc.yaml \
+		--from-file=admin.yaml=../teleport/admin.yaml \
+		--from-file=user.yaml=../teleport/soaktest-user.yaml \
+		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
+
+	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=auth-dynamo TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
+	kubectl apply -f auth-dynamo-gen.yaml
 else
 .PHONY: setup-auth
 setup-auth:
@@ -209,27 +192,27 @@ endif
 .PHONY: delete-auth
 delete-auth:
 	kubectl delete -f auth-etcd-gen.yaml --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete -f auth-dynamo-gen.yaml --ignore-not-found
 	kubectl delete -f auth-firestore-gen.yaml --ignore-not-found
-	kubectl delete configmap auth-config -n loadtest --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete configmap auth-config -n $(NAMESPACE) --ignore-not-found
 
 # install proxy
 .PHONY: install-proxy
 install-proxy:
 	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=../teleport/teleport-proxy
-	kubectl create configmap proxy-config -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create configmap proxy-config -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=teleport.yaml=../teleport/teleport-proxy-gen.yaml \
-		--from-file=telegraf.conf=../teleport/telegraf.conf \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
 
-	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=proxy
+	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=proxy TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 	kubectl apply -f proxy-gen.yaml
 
 # deletes proxy deployment, services and configmaps
 .PHONY: delete-proxy
 delete-proxy:
 	kubectl delete -f proxy-gen.yaml --ignore-not-found
-	kubectl delete configmap proxy-config -n loadtest --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete configmap proxy-config -n $(NAMESPACE) --ignore-not-found
 
 # deletes all node deployment and configmaps
 .PHONY: delete-nodes
@@ -239,13 +222,13 @@ delete-nodes: delete-node delete-iot-node
 .PHONY: delete-node
 delete-node:
 	kubectl delete -f node-gen.yaml --ignore-not-found
-	kubectl delete configmap node-config -n loadtest --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete configmap node-config -n $(NAMESPACE) --ignore-not-found
 
 # deletes all IoT nodes
 .PHONY: delete-iot-node
 delete-iot-node:
 	kubectl delete -f iot-node-gen.yaml --ignore-not-found
-	kubectl delete configmap iot-node-config -n loadtest --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete configmap iot-node-config -n $(NAMESPACE) --ignore-not-found
 
 # install one IoT node and one non-IoT node
 .PHONY: install-nodes
@@ -255,133 +238,137 @@ install-nodes: install-iot-node install-node
 .PHONY: install-iot-node
 install-iot-node:
 	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=../teleport/teleport-iot-node
-	kubectl create configmap iot-node-config -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create configmap iot-node-config -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=teleport.yaml=../teleport/teleport-iot-node-gen.yaml \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
-	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=iot-node
+	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=iot-node TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 	kubectl apply -f iot-node-gen.yaml
 
 # install a non-IoT mode node
 .PHONY: install-node
 install-node:
 	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=../teleport/teleport-node
-	kubectl create configmap node-config -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create configmap node-config -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=teleport.yaml=../teleport/teleport-node-gen.yaml \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
-	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=node
+	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=node TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 	kubectl apply -f node-gen.yaml
 
 # installs a trusted cluster
 .PHONY: install-tc
 install-tc:
 	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=../teleport/tc
-	kubectl create configmap tc-config -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create configmap tc-config -n $(NAMESPACE) \
 		--from-file=teleport.yaml=../teleport/teleport-tc.yaml \
 		--from-file=cluster.yaml=../teleport/tc-gen.yaml \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
-	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=tc
+	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=tc TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 	kubectl apply -f tc-gen.yaml
 
 # deletes all rc resources from teleport and deletes trusted cluster deployments and configmaps
 .PHONY: delete-tc
 delete-tc:
 	kubectl delete -f tc-gen.yaml --ignore-not-found
-	kubectl delete configmap tc-config -n loadtest --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete configmap tc-config -n $(NAMESPACE) --ignore-not-found
 
-	kubectl -n loadtest exec deploy/auth -c teleport -it \
+	kubectl -n $(NAMESPACE) exec deploy/auth -c teleport -it \
 		-- /bin/bash -c "tctl --config /etc/teleport/teleport.yaml get rc | grep ' name:' | cut -d ':' -f2- | xargs -P 20 -n 1 -I {} tctl --config /etc/teleport/teleport.yaml rm rc/{}"
 
 # joins all trusted clusters to root cluster
 .PHONY: setup-tc
 setup-tc:
-	kubectl get pod -n loadtest -l app="tc" -o custom-columns=name:metadata.name --no-headers \
-    	| xargs -P 20 -n 1 -I {} kubectl -n loadtest exec {} -- tctl --config /etc/teleport/teleport.yaml create -f /etc/teleport/cluster.yaml
+	kubectl get pod -n $(NAMESPACE) -l app="tc" -o custom-columns=name:metadata.name --no-headers \
+    	| xargs -P 20 -n 1 -I {} kubectl -n $(NAMESPACE) exec {} -- tctl --config /etc/teleport/teleport.yaml create -f /etc/teleport/cluster.yaml
 
 # scales trusted clusters to 500
 .PHONY: scale-tc-500
 scale-tc-500:
-	kubectl scale --replicas=50 deploy tc -n loadtest
+	kubectl scale --replicas=500 deploy tc -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
-# scales trusted cluters to 1
+# scales trusted clusters to 1
 .PHONY: scale-tc-1
 scale-tc-1:
-	kubectl scale --replicas=1 deploy tc -n loadtest
+	kubectl scale --replicas=1 deploy tc -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
 # scales nodes to 1
 .PHONY: scale-1-non-iot
 scale-1-non-iot:
-	kubectl scale --replicas=1 deploy node -n loadtest
+	kubectl scale --replicas=1 deploy node -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
 # scales nodes to 1000
 .PHONY: scale-1k-non-iot
 scale-1k-non-iot:
-	kubectl scale --replicas=100 deploy node -n loadtest
+	kubectl scale --replicas=1000 deploy node -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
 # scales nodes to 10000
 .PHONY: scale-10k-non-iot
 scale-10k-non-iot:
-	kubectl scale --replicas=10000 deploy node -n loadtest
+	kubectl scale --replicas=10000 deploy node -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
 # scales nodes to 1
 .PHONY: scale-1-iot
 scale-1-iot:
-	kubectl scale --replicas=1 deploy iot-node -n loadtest
+	kubectl scale --replicas=1 deploy iot-node -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
 # scales nodes to 1000
 .PHONY: scale-1k-iot
 scale-1k-iot:
-	kubectl scale --replicas=100 deploy iot-node -n loadtest
+	kubectl scale --replicas=1000 deploy iot-node -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
 # scales nodes to 10000
 .PHONY: scale-10k-iot
 scale-10k-iot:
-	kubectl scale --replicas=10000 deploy iot-node -n loadtest
+	kubectl scale --replicas=10000 deploy iot-node -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
 # gets pods in loadtest namespace
 .PHONY: pods
 pods:
-	kubectl get pods -n loadtest
+	kubectl get pods -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
 # removes all soak test jobs and configmaps
 .PHONY: delete-soaktest
 .PHONY: delete-soaktest
 delete-soaktest:
-	kubectl delete job -l app=soaktest -n loadtest --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete job -l app=soaktest -n $(NAMESPACE) --ignore-not-found
 
-	kubectl delete configmap soaktest-config -n loadtest --ignore-not-found
+	kubectl delete configmap soaktest-config -n $(NAMESPACE) --ignore-not-found
 
 # creates the soak test job
 .PHONY: install-soaktest
 install-soaktest:
-	kubectl create configmap soaktest-config -n loadtest \
+	kubectl create configmap soaktest-config -n $(NAMESPACE) \
+		--from-file=soaktest.sh=../teleport/soaktest.sh \
 		--from-literal=DURATION=$(SOAK_TEST_DURATION) \
-		--from-file=auth=./secrets/soaktest-auth \
 		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
+	kubectl create secret generic soaktest -n $(NAMESPACE) \
+		--from-file=auth=./secrets/soaktest-auth \
+		--from-literal=PROXY_HOST=$$(cat ./secrets/secrets.env | grep PROXY_HOST | cut -d '=' -f2- ) \
+		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 
-	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=soaktest
+	@make expand-yaml FILENAME=soaktest TELEPORT_IMAGE=$(TELEPORT_IMAGE) NAMESPACE=$(NAMESPACE)
 	kubectl create -f soaktest-gen.yaml
 
 # deploys a job to run the soak tests
 .PHONY: run-soak-tests
 run-soak-tests:
-	kubectl -n loadtest exec $$(kubectl get pod -n loadtest -l teleport-role="auth" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}") -c teleport -it \
+	kubectl -n $(NAMESPACE) exec $$(kubectl get pod -n $(NAMESPACE) -l teleport-role="auth" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}") -c teleport -it \
 		-- tctl auth sign --overwrite --user=soaktest-runner --out=/data/soaktest-auth --ttl=8760h --config /etc/teleport/teleport.yaml
 
-	kubectl cp -c teleport loadtest/$$(kubectl get pod -n loadtest -l teleport-role="auth" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}"):/data/soaktest-auth ./secrets/soaktest-auth
+	kubectl cp -c teleport loadtest/$$(kubectl get pod -n $(NAMESPACE) -l teleport-role="auth" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}"):/data/soaktest-auth ./secrets/soaktest-auth
 
-	kubectl wait --for=condition=available --timeout=600s deploy/node -n loadtest
-	kubectl wait --for=condition=available --timeout=600s deploy/iot-node -n loadtest
+	kubectl wait --for=condition=available --timeout=600s deploy/node -n $(NAMESPACE)
+	kubectl wait --for=condition=available --timeout=600s deploy/iot-node -n $(NAMESPACE)
 
 	@make install-soaktest
 
 	@sleep 1
 
-	kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod $$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -o jsonpath="{.items[-1:].metadata.name}" -l app=soaktest -n loadtest) -n loadtest --timeout=120s
-	kubectl logs $$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -o jsonpath="{.items[-1:].metadata.name}" -l app=soaktest -n loadtest) -n loadtest --tail -1 -f
+	kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod $$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -o jsonpath="{.items[-1:].metadata.name}" -l app=soaktest -n $(NAMESPACE)) -n $(NAMESPACE) --timeout=120s
+	kubectl logs $$(kubectl get pods --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp -o jsonpath="{.items[-1:].metadata.name}" -l app=soaktest -n $(NAMESPACE)) -n $(NAMESPACE) --tail -1 -f
 
 # runs the node scaling tests
 .PHONY: run-scaling-test
@@ -389,12 +376,12 @@ run-scaling-test:
 	@make delete-nodes
 	@make install-node
 	@make scale-10k-non-iot
-	@kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/node -n loadtest --timeout=60m
+	@kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/node -n $(NAMESPACE) --timeout=60m
 	@sleep 30
 	@make scale-1-non-iot
 	@sleep 15
 	@make scale-10k-non-iot
-	@kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/node -n loadtest --timeout=60m
+	@kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/node -n $(NAMESPACE) --timeout=60m
 	@sleep 15
 	@make scale-1-non-iot
 
@@ -403,12 +390,12 @@ run-scaling-test:
 	@make delete-nodes
 	@make install-iot-node
 	@make scale-10k-iot
-	@kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/iot-node -n loadtest --timeout=60m
+	@kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/iot-node -n $(NAMESPACE) --timeout=60m
 	@sleep 30
 	@make scale-1-iot
 	@sleep 15
 	@make scale-10k-iot
-	@kubectl wait --for=condition=available  deploy/iot-node -n loadtest --timeout=60m
+	@kubectl wait --for=condition=available  deploy/iot-node -n $(NAMESPACE) --timeout=60m
 	@sleep 15
 	@make scale-1
 
@@ -420,35 +407,46 @@ run-scaling-test:
 run-tc-scaling-test:
 	@make install-tc
 	@make scale-tc-500
-	kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/tc -n loadtest --timeout=60m
-	@sleep 60
+	kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/tc -n $(NAMESPACE) --timeout=60m
+	@sleep 120
 	@make setup-tc
 
-	@sleep 180
+	@sleep 1200
 
 	@make delete-tc
 
-	@sleep 60
+	@sleep 180
 
+	@make install-tc
 	@make scale-tc-500
-	kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/tc -n loadtest --timeout=60m
-	@sleep 60
+	kubectl wait --for=condition=available deploy/tc -n $(NAMESPACE) --timeout=60m
+	@sleep 120
 	@make setup-tc
 	
-	@sleep 180
+	@sleep 1200
 	
 	@make delete-tc
 
 # collect goroutine and heap go profiles from the auth deployment
 .PHONY: collect-profiles
 collect-profiles:
-	kubectl port-forward service/auth 3434:3434 -n loadtest > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+	kubectl port-forward service/auth 3434:3434 -n $(NAMESPACE) > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 
 	@echo "waiting for auth to be available..."
 
 	@timeout 30 sh -c 'until nc -z localhost 3434; do sleep 0.5; done'
 
-	@make fetch-profiles LOCATION=$(shell date +%s)
+	@make fetch-profiles LOCATION=auth-$(shell date +%s)
+
+	kill -s kill $$(pgrep -f 3434:3434)
+
+	kubectl port-forward service/proxy 3434:3434 -n $(NAMESPACE) > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+
+	@echo "waiting for proxy to be available..."
+
+	@timeout 30 sh -c 'until nc -z localhost 3434; do sleep 0.5; done'
+
+	@make fetch-profiles LOCATION=proxy-$(shell date +%s)
 
 	kill -s kill $$(pgrep -f 3434:3434)
 
@@ -463,4 +461,4 @@ fetch-profiles:
 # output file will be named the same with a -gen suffix, i.e input = test then output will be test-gen.yaml
 .PHONY: expand-yaml
 expand-yaml:
-	@bash -c "set -a && source ./secrets/secrets.env && set +a && envsubst < $(FILENAME).yaml > $(FILENAME)-gen.yaml"
+	@bash -c "set -a && source ./secrets/secrets.env && set +a && envsubst < $(FILENAME).yaml > $(FILENAME)-gen.yaml"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-dynamo.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-dynamo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d4fa0a5421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-dynamo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: auth
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
+  labels:
+    teleport-role: auth
+spec:
+  replicas: 3
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      teleport-role: auth
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "3434"
+      labels:
+        backend: dynamo
+        teleport-role: auth
+    spec:
+      volumes:
+        - name: config
+          configMap:
+            name: auth-config
+        - name: license
+          secret:
+            secretName: license
+        - name: storage
+          emptyDir: {}
+      containers:
+        - name: teleport
+          image: ${TELEPORT_IMAGE}
+          args: ["-d", "--insecure", "--diag-addr=0.0.0.0:3434"]
+          ports:
+            - name: diag
+              containerPort: 3434
+              protocol: TCP
+          readinessProbe:
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 3434
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 30
+            successThreshold: 1
+            timeoutSeconds: 2
+          livenessProbe:
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            successThreshold: 1
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: 3434
+            timeoutSeconds: 1
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config
+              mountPath: /etc/teleport/
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: license
+              mountPath: /var/lib/teleport/license.pem
+              subPath: license.pem
+              readOnly: true
+            - mountPath: /data
+              name: storage
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: auth
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - name: auth
+      port: 3025
+      targetPort: 3025
+    - name: diag
+      port: 3434
+      targetPort: 3434
+  selector:
+    teleport-role: auth
+  type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-etcd.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-etcd.yaml
index 049df023b70..33cb2887ac6 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-etcd.yaml
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-etcd.yaml
@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: auth
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
   labels:
     teleport-role: auth
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: 3
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       teleport-role: auth
   template:
     metadata:
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "3434"
       labels:
         teleport-role: auth
         backend: etcd
@@ -31,16 +34,6 @@ spec:
         - name: storage
           emptyDir: {}
       containers:
-        - name: telegraf
-          image: telegraf:1.20.3
-          envFrom:
-            - secretRef:
-                name: influxdb-creds
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: config
-              mountPath: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
-              subPath: telegraf.conf
-              readOnly: true
         - name: teleport
           image: ${TELEPORT_IMAGE}
           args: ["-d", "--insecure", "--diag-addr=0.0.0.0:3434"]
@@ -84,7 +77,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: auth
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
 spec:
   ports:
     - name: auth
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-firestore.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-firestore.yaml
index 3b5c3c3affb..e0a8afc7b86 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-firestore.yaml
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/auth-firestore.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: auth
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
   labels:
     teleport-role: auth
 spec:
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ spec:
     matchLabels:
       teleport-role: auth
   template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        teleport-role: auth
-        backend: firestore
-        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
-        prometheus.io/port: "3434"
+  metadata:
+    annotations:
+      prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+      prometheus.io/port: "3434"
+    labels:
+      teleport-role: auth
+      backend: firestore
+      prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+      prometheus.io/port: "3434"
     spec:
       volumes:
         - name: config
@@ -31,16 +34,6 @@ spec:
         - name: storage
           emptyDir: {}
       containers:
-        - name: telegraf
-          image: telegraf:1.20.3
-          envFrom:
-            - secretRef:
-                name: influxdb-creds
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: config
-              mountPath: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
-              subPath: telegraf.conf
-              readOnly: true
         - name: teleport
           image: ${TELEPORT_IMAGE}
           args: ["-d", "--insecure", "--diag-addr=0.0.0.0:3434"]
@@ -85,7 +78,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: auth
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
 spec:
   ports:
     - name: auth
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/etcd.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/etcd.yaml
index 1f31832a61a..3a35bc04ca4 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/etcd.yaml
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/etcd.yaml
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ spec:
         app: etcd
     spec:
       volumes:
-        - name: telegraf-config
-          configMap:
-            name: etcd-telegraf-config
         - name: server-certs
           secret:
             secretName: etcd-server-certs
@@ -28,18 +25,6 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: etcd-client-certs
       containers:
-        - name: telegraf
-          image: telegraf:1.20.3
-          envFrom:
-            - secretRef:
-                name: influxdb-creds
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: telegraf-config
-              mountPath: /etc/telegraf
-              readOnly: true
-            - name: client-certs
-              mountPath: /etc/etcd/certs/
-              readOnly: true
         - name: etcd
           image: quay.io/coreos/etcd:v3.3.25
           ports:
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/grafana.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/grafana.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ca07afdb67c..00000000000
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/grafana.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: grafana
-  name: grafana
-  namespace: loadtest
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: grafana
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: grafana
-    spec:
-      volumes:
-        - name: grafana-config
-          configMap:
-            name: grafana-config
-        - name: teleport-tls
-          secret:
-            secretName: teleport-tls
-      securityContext:
-        fsGroup: 472
-        supplementalGroups:
-          - 0
-      containers:
-        - name: nginx
-          image: nginx:1.14.2
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 8443
-              name: https-grafana
-              protocol: TCP
-            - containerPort: 8888
-              name: health
-              protocol: TCP
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: teleport-tls
-              mountPath: /etc/tls/certs/
-              readOnly: true
-            - name: grafana-config
-              mountPath: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
-              subPath: nginx.conf
-              readOnly: true
-          readinessProbe:
-            failureThreshold: 3
-            httpGet:
-              path: /healthz
-              port: 8888
-              scheme: HTTP
-            initialDelaySeconds: 10
-            periodSeconds: 30
-            successThreshold: 1
-            timeoutSeconds: 2
-          livenessProbe:
-            failureThreshold: 3
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
-            periodSeconds: 10
-            successThreshold: 1
-            tcpSocket:
-              port: 8888
-        - name: grafana
-          image: grafana/grafana:8.2.3
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          envFrom:
-            - secretRef:
-                name: grafana-creds
-            - secretRef:
-                name: influxdb-creds
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 3000
-              name: http-grafana
-              protocol: TCP
-          readinessProbe:
-            failureThreshold: 3
-            httpGet:
-              path: /robots.txt
-              port: 3000
-              scheme: HTTP
-            initialDelaySeconds: 10
-            periodSeconds: 30
-            successThreshold: 1
-            timeoutSeconds: 2
-          livenessProbe:
-            failureThreshold: 3
-            initialDelaySeconds: 30
-            periodSeconds: 10
-            successThreshold: 1
-            tcpSocket:
-              port: 3000
-            timeoutSeconds: 1
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              cpu: 250m
-              memory: 750Mi
-          volumeMounts:
-            - mountPath: /etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/influxdb-datasource.yaml
-              name: grafana-config
-              readOnly: true
-              subPath: influxdb-datasource.yaml
-            - mountPath: /etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/default.yaml
-              name: grafana-config
-              readOnly: true
-              subPath: default.yaml
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/grafana/dashboards/health-dashboard.json
-              name: grafana-config
-              subPath: health-dashboard.json
-              readOnly: true
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: grafana-https
-  namespace: loadtest
-spec:
-  type: LoadBalancer
-  loadBalancerIP: ${GRAFANA_IP}
-  selector:
-    app: grafana
-  ports:
-    - name: web
-      protocol: TCP
-      port: 8443
-      targetPort: 8443
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: grafana
-  namespace: loadtest
-spec:
-  selector:
-    app: grafana
-  ports:
-    - name: web
-      protocol: TCP
-      port: 3000
-      targetPort: 3000
-
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/influxdb.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/influxdb.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dda506468be..00000000000
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/influxdb.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: influxdb-config
-  namespace: loadtest
-data:
-  DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE: setup
-  DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME: admin
-  DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG: teleport
-  DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET: telegraf
-  DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_RETENTION: 1w
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: influxdb
-  name: influxdb
-  namespace: loadtest
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: influxdb
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: influxdb
-    spec:
-      containers:
-        - image: influxdb:2.0.9
-          name: influxdb
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 8086
-              name: influxdb
-          env:
-            - name: DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: influxdb-creds
-                  key: INFLUXDB_PASS
-            - name: DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: influxdb-creds
-                  key: INFLUXDB_TOKEN
-          envFrom:
-            - configMapRef:
-                name: influxdb-config
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: influxdb
-  namespace: loadtest
-spec:
-  ports:
-    - name: influxdb
-      port: 8086
-      targetPort: 8086
-  selector:
-    app: influxdb
-  type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/iot-node.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/iot-node.yaml
index fec6f2b337d..0a65a092f8d 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/iot-node.yaml
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/iot-node.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     teleport-role: node
   name: iot-node
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
@@ -20,11 +20,32 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - image: ${TELEPORT_IMAGE}
           name: teleport
-          args: ["-d", "--insecure"]
+          args: ["-d", "--insecure", "--diag-addr=0.0.0.0:3434"]
           ports:
             - name: nodessh
               containerPort: 3022
               protocol: TCP
+            - name: diag
+              containerPort: 3434
+              protocol: TCP
+          readinessProbe:
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 3434
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 30
+            successThreshold: 1
+            timeoutSeconds: 2
+          livenessProbe:
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            successThreshold: 1
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: 3434
+            timeoutSeconds: 1
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /etc/teleport
               name: config
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/node.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/node.yaml
index 8b468d481ca..b1ecc77234d 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/node.yaml
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/node.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     teleport-role: node
   name: node
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
@@ -20,11 +20,32 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - image: ${TELEPORT_IMAGE}
           name: teleport
-          args: ["-d", "--insecure"]
+          args: ["-d", "--insecure", "--diag-addr=0.0.0.0:3434"]
           ports:
             - name: nodessh
               containerPort: 3022
               protocol: TCP
+            - name: diag
+              containerPort: 3434
+              protocol: TCP
+          readinessProbe:
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 3434
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 30
+            successThreshold: 1
+            timeoutSeconds: 2
+          livenessProbe:
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            successThreshold: 1
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: 3434
+            timeoutSeconds: 1
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /etc/teleport
               name: config
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/proxy.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/proxy.yaml
index 4fd0dac3381..c377949554d 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/proxy.yaml
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/proxy.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: proxy
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
   labels:
     teleport-role: proxy
 spec:
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ spec:
       teleport-role: proxy
   template:
     metadata:
+      annotations:
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "3434"
       labels:
         teleport-role: proxy
         prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
@@ -25,15 +28,6 @@ spec:
           secret:
             secretName: teleport-tls
       containers:
-        - name: telegraf
-          image: telegraf:1.20.3
-          envFrom:
-            - secretRef:
-                name: influxdb-creds
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: config
-              mountPath: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
-              subPath: telegraf.conf
         - name: teleport
           image: ${TELEPORT_IMAGE}
           args: ["-d", "--insecure", "--diag-addr=0.0.0.0:3434"]
@@ -74,11 +68,11 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: proxy
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
   labels:
     teleport-role: proxy
 spec:
-  type: LoadBalancer  
+  type: LoadBalancer
   loadBalancerIP: ${PROXY_IP}
   ports:
   - name: https
@@ -101,5 +95,8 @@ spec:
     port: 3036
     targetPort: 3036
     protocol: TCP
+  - name: diag
+    port: 3434
+    targetPort: 3434
   selector:
     teleport-role: proxy
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/secrets/Makefile b/assets/loadtest/k8s/secrets/Makefile
index 6151d28f801..9e3ad14ff26 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/secrets/Makefile
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/secrets/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 
 # output:
-#   grafana-pass    : admin password for grafana
-#   influx-pass     : admin password for influxdb
-#   influx-token    : admin token for influxdb
 #   node-token      : static join token for teleport nodes
 #   proxy-token     : static join token for teleport proxies
 #   tc-token        : static join token for teleport trusted clusters
 #   secrets.env     : env file to be used to replace placeholder values in yaml files
 .PHONY:all
-all: grafana-pass influx-pass influx-token join-tokens env
+all: join-tokens env
 	@rm -rf *csr
 
 .PHONY: env
@@ -18,11 +15,6 @@ env:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 
-	@if [ -z ${GRAFANA_HOST} ]; then \
-		echo "GRAFANA_IP is not set, cannot apply cluster."; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-
 	@if [ -z ${PROM_REMOTE_URL} ]; then \
 		echo "PROM_REMOTE_URL is not set, cannot apply cluster."; \
 		exit 1; \
@@ -40,8 +32,6 @@ env:
 
 	@echo PROXY_IP=$(shell make -C ../../network get-proxy-ip) > secrets.env
 	@echo PROXY_HOST=${PROXY_HOST} >> secrets.env
-	@echo GRAFANA_IP=$(shell make -C ../../network get-grafana-ip) >> secrets.env
-	@echo GRAFANA_HOST=${GRAFANA_HOST} >> secrets.env
 	@echo NODE_TOKEN=$(shell cat node-token) >> secrets.env
 	@echo PROXY_TOKEN=$(shell cat proxy-token) >> secrets.env
 	@echo TC_TOKEN=$(shell cat tc-token) >> secrets.env
@@ -50,15 +40,6 @@ env:
 	@echo PROM_USER=${PROM_USER} >> secrets.env
 	@echo PROM_PASSWORD=${PROM_PASSWORD} >> secrets.env
 
-grafana-pass:
-	openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -d '\n' > grafana-pass
-
-influx-pass:
-	openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -d '\n' > influx-pass
-
-influx-token:
-	openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -d '\n' > influx-token
-
 node-token:
 	openssl rand -base64 32 | tr -d '\n' > node-token
 
@@ -74,4 +55,4 @@ join-tokens: node-token proxy-token tc-token
 # removes everything
 .PHONY:clean
 clean:
-	rm -rf *-pass *-token *-auth *.env
+	rm -rf *-pass *-token *-auth *.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/soaktest.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/soaktest.yaml
index dd86d9b0780..98cc56f6f8c 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/soaktest.yaml
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/soaktest.yaml
@@ -2,50 +2,46 @@ apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: Job
 metadata:
   generateName: soaktest-
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
   labels:
     app: soaktest
 spec:      
   completions: 1
   parallelism: 1
+  backoffLimit: 2
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: soaktest
     spec:
+      restartPolicy: Never
       volumes:
         - name: config
           configMap:
             name: soaktest-config
+            defaultMode: 0777
+        - name: soaktest-auth
+          secret:
+            secretName: soaktest
       containers:
         - image: ${TELEPORT_IMAGE}
           name: teleport
           envFrom:
           - configMapRef:
               name: soaktest-config
+          - secretRef:
+              name: soaktest
           command:
             - /bin/sh
             - -c
             - |
-              node=$(tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth -l root ls -f names | grep -v iot)
-              iot_node=$(tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth -l root ls -f names | grep iot)
-              
-              echo "----Non-IoT Mode Test via ${node}----"
-              echo "tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration=${DURATION} root@${node} ls"
-              tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration=${DURATION} root@${node} ls
-
-              echo "tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration=${DURATION} --interactive root@${node} ps aux"
-              tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration=${DURATION} --interactive root@${node} ps aux
-
-              echo "----IoT Mode Test via ${iot_node}----"
-              echo "tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration=${DURATION} root@${iot_node} ls"
-              tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration=${DURATION} root@${iot_node} ls
-
-              echo "tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration=${DURATION} --interactive root@${iot_node} ps aux"
-              tsh --insecure --proxy=monster.gravitational.co:3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration=${DURATION} --interactive root@${iot_node} ps aux
+              cp /scripts/soaktest.sh /tmp
+              chmod +x /tmp/soaktest.sh
+              /tmp/soaktest.sh
           volumeMounts:
-            - mountPath: /etc/teleport
+            - mountPath: /scripts
               name: config
               readOnly: true
-
-      restartPolicy: Never
\ No newline at end of file
+            - mountPath: /etc/teleport
+              name: soaktest-auth
+              readOnly: true
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/k8s/tc.yaml b/assets/loadtest/k8s/tc.yaml
index 587218c51cc..606ae866314 100644
--- a/assets/loadtest/k8s/tc.yaml
+++ b/assets/loadtest/k8s/tc.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: tc
   name: tc
-  namespace: loadtest
+  namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
 spec:
   replicas: 1
   selector:
@@ -24,12 +24,33 @@ spec:
             secretName: license
       containers:
         - image: ${TELEPORT_IMAGE}
-          args: ["-d", "--insecure"]
+          args: ["-d", "--insecure", "--diag-addr=0.0.0.0:3434"]
           name: tc
           ports:
             - containerPort: 3022
               name: nodessh
               protocol: TCP
+            - name: diag
+              containerPort: 3434
+              protocol: TCP
+          readinessProbe:
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 3434
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 30
+            successThreshold: 1
+            timeoutSeconds: 2
+          livenessProbe:
+            failureThreshold: 3
+            initialDelaySeconds: 30
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            successThreshold: 1
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: 3434
+            timeoutSeconds: 1
           volumeMounts:
             - name: config
               mountPath: /etc/teleport/
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/teleport/soaktest.sh b/assets/loadtest/teleport/soaktest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..0753f330d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/loadtest/teleport/soaktest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This script runs the teleport load test soak tests.
+set -e
+set -x
+
+node=$(tsh --insecure --proxy="${PROXY_HOST}":3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth -l root ls -f names | grep -v iot)
+iot_node=$(tsh --insecure --proxy="${PROXY_HOST}":3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth -l root ls -f names | grep iot)
+
+echo "${node}"
+echo "${iot_node}"
+
+if [ -z "${node}" ]; then
+		echo "no regular nodes found to run soak test on.";
+		exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${iot_node}" ]; then
+		echo "no IoT nodes found to run soak test on.";
+		exit 1;
+fi
+
+echo "----Non-IoT Node Test----"
+tsh --insecure --proxy="${PROXY_HOST}":3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration="${DURATION}" root@"${node}" ls
+
+tsh --insecure --proxy="${PROXY_HOST}":3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration="${DURATION}" --interactive root@"${node}" ps aux
+
+echo "----IoT Node Test----"
+tsh --insecure --proxy="${PROXY_HOST}":3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration="${DURATION}" root@"${iot_node}" ls
+
+tsh --insecure --proxy="${PROXY_HOST}":3080 -i /etc/teleport/auth bench --duration="${DURATION}" --interactive root@"${iot_node}" ps aux
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/teleport/telegraf.conf b/assets/loadtest/teleport/telegraf.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c8caf6fa52..00000000000
--- a/assets/loadtest/teleport/telegraf.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for telegraf agent
-[agent]
-    ## Default data collection interval for all inputs
-    interval = "10s"
-    ## Rounds collection interval to 'interval'
-    ## ie, if interval="10s" then always collect on :00, :10, :20, etc.
-    round_interval = true
-
-    ## Telegraf will send metrics to outputs in batches of at
-    ## most metric_batch_size metrics.
-    metric_batch_size = 1000
-    ## For failed writes, telegraf will cache metric_buffer_limit metrics for each
-    ## output, and will flush this buffer on a successful write. Oldest metrics
-    ## are dropped first when this buffer fills.
-    metric_buffer_limit = 10000
-
-    ## Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random amount.
-    ## Each plugin will sleep for a random time within jitter before collecting.
-    ## This can be used to avoid many plugins querying things like sysfs at the
-    ## same time, which can have a measurable effect on the system.
-    collection_jitter = "0s"
-
-    ## Default flushing interval for all outputs. You shouldn't set this below
-    ## interval. Maximum flush_interval will be flush_interval + flush_jitter
-    flush_interval = "10s"
-    ## Jitter the flush interval by a random amount. This is primarily to avoid
-    ## large write spikes for users running a large number of telegraf instances.
-    ## ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s
-    flush_jitter = "0s"
-
-    ## By default, precision will be set to the same timestamp order as the
-    ## collection interval, with the maximum being 1s.
-    ## Precision will NOT be used for service inputs, such as logparser and statsd.
-    precision = ""
-    ## Run telegraf in debug mode
-    debug = false
-    ## Run telegraf in quiet mode
-    quiet = false
-    ## Override default hostname, if empty use os.Hostname()
-    hostname = ""
-    ## If set to true, do no set the "host" tag in the telegraf agent.
-    omit_hostname = false
-
-
-###############################################################################
-#                            INPUT PLUGINS                                    #
-###############################################################################
-
-[[inputs.procstat]]
-    exe = "teleport"
-    prefix = "teleport"
-
-[[inputs.prometheus]]
-    # An array of urls to scrape metrics from.
-    urls = ["http://127.0.0.1:3434/metrics"]
-    name_prefix = "teleport_"
-
-    # Add tags to be able to make beautiful dashboards
-    [inputs.prometheus.tags]
-    teleservice = "teleport"
-
-# Read metrics about cpu usage
-[[inputs.cpu]]
-    ## Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
-    percpu = true
-    ## Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
-    totalcpu = true
-    ## If true, collect raw CPU time metrics.
-    collect_cpu_time = false
-    ## If true, compute and report the sum of all non-idle CPU states.
-    report_active = false
-
-# Read metrics about disk usage by mount point
-[[inputs.disk]]
-    ## By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
-    ## Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
-    # mount_points = ["/"]
-
-    ## Ignore some mountpoints by filesystem type. For example (dev)tmpfs (usually
-    ## present on /run, /var/run, /dev/shm or /dev).
-    ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs"]
-
-# Read metrics about disk IO by device
-[[inputs.diskio]]
-
-# Get kernel statistics from /proc/stat
-[[inputs.kernel]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Read metrics about memory usage
-[[inputs.mem]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Get the number of processes and group them by status
-[[inputs.processes]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Read metrics about swap memory usage
-[[inputs.swap]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Read metrics about system load & uptime
-[[inputs.system]]
-    # no configuration
-
-# Read netstat info
-[[inputs.netstat]]
-
-# Read net info
-[[inputs.net]]
-
-###############################################################################
-#                            OUTPUT PLUGINS                                   #
-###############################################################################
-
-# Configuration for influxdb server to send metrics to
-[[outputs.influxdb_v2]]
-    ## The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance.
-    ## Multiple urls can be specified as part of the same cluster,
-    ## this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
-    urls = ["http://influxdb:8086"] # required
-
-    ## Token for authentication.
-    token = "${INFLUXDB_TOKEN}"
-
-    ## Organization is the name of the organization you wish to write to; must exist.
-    organization = "teleport"
-
-    ## Destination bucket to write into.
-    bucket = "telegraf"
-
-    ## Write timeout (for the InfluxDB client), formatted as a string.
-    ## If not provided, will default to 5s. 0s means no timeout (not recommended).
-    timeout = "5s"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/loadtest/teleport/teleport-auth-dynamo.yaml b/assets/loadtest/teleport/teleport-auth-dynamo.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3094c70a0bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/loadtest/teleport/teleport-auth-dynamo.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+teleport:
+  log:
+    severity: DEBUG
+
+  data_dir: /var/lib/teleport
+
+  advertise_ip: auth
+
+  storage:
+    type: dynamodb
+    table_name: ${DYNAMO_TABLE}
+    region: ${DYNAMO_REGION}
+
+  connection_limits:
+    max_connections: 65000
+    max_users: 10000
+
+auth_service:
+  enabled: yes
+
+  listen_addr: 0.0.0.0:3025
+
+  authentication:
+    type: oidc
+
+  cluster_name: one
+  tokens:
+    - "node:node-${NODE_TOKEN}"
+    - "proxy:proxy-${PROXY_TOKEN}"
+    - "trusted_cluster:cluster-${TC_TOKEN}"
+
+ssh_service:
+  enabled: no
+
+proxy_service:
+  enabled: no
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/trace.out b/trace.out
deleted file mode 100644
index bbb077e130c..00000000000
Binary files a/trace.out and /dev/null differ