diff --git a/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml b/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml
index af1e6475d..bf34975f8 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/cluster.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ spec:
     prometheusEndpoint: http://prometheus-kube-prometheus-prometheus.prometheus.svc:9090
     # Whether SSL should be verified if the Prometheus server is using https
     # prometheusEndpointSSLVerify: false
+  # Persist dashboard integrations which do not have first-class fields above.
+  # Backend URLs use cluster DNS; the Grafana frontend URL must be browser-accessible.
+  cephConfig:
+    mgr:
+      mgr/dashboard/ALERTMANAGER_API_HOST: "http://prometheus-kube-prometheus-alertmanager.prometheus.svc:9093"
+      mgr/dashboard/GRAFANA_API_URL: "http://grafana.default.svc:80"
+      mgr/dashboard/GRAFANA_FRONTEND_API_URL: "https://grafana.brunner.ninja"
   # enable prometheus alerting for cluster
   monitoring:
     # requires Prometheus to be pre-installed