diff --git a/roles/backup/tasks/main.yml b/roles/backup/tasks/main.yml
index d81b2cd..f2f83cc 100644
--- a/roles/backup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/backup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -37,3 +37,18 @@
   with_items:
     - pull_remote_backups.sh
     - push_backups_to_restore_server.sh
+
+- name: Touch metrics.prom is not exists
+  file:
+    path: "/home/{{ system_user }}/metrics.prom"
+    state: touch
+    mode: '0744'
+    owner: '{{ system_user }}'
+    group: '{{ system_user }}'
+
+- name: Create symbolic link for node_exporter text metrics
+  file:
+    src: "/home/{{ system_user }}/metrics.prom"
+    dest: "/var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/offsite-metrics.prom"
+    state: link
+
diff --git a/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2 b/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
index defac25..e2db780 100644
--- a/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
+++ b/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
@@ -299,3 +299,36 @@ groups:
       identifier: '{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}'
       summary: "ssh root login on Instance <{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}> detected. plz check"
       description: "unexpected ssh root login detected."
+
+  - alert: offsite backup pending
+    expr: |
+      (time() - offsite_backup_archive_started_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_archive_ended_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_transfer_started_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_transfer_ended_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_forget_started_seconds) > 25 * 3600 or
+      (time() - offsite_backup_forget_ended_seconds) > 25 * 3600
+    for: 1m
+    labels:
+      severity: critical
+    annotations:
+      identifier: '{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}'
+      summary: "one or more offsite backup metric timestamps for Instance <{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}> older then 25h"
+      description: "offsite backups older then 25h."
+
+  - alert: offsite backup metrics unavailable
+    expr: |
+      absent(offsite_backup_archive_started_seconds) or
+      absent(offsite_backup_archive_ended_seconds) or
+      absent(offsite_backup_transfer_started_seconds) or
+      absent(offsite_backup_transfer_ended_seconds) or
+      absent(offsite_backup_forget_started_seconds) or
+      absent(offsite_backup_forget_ended_seconds)
+    for: 5m
+    labels:
+      severity: critical
+    annotations:
+      identifier: '{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}'
+      summary: "one or more offsite backup metric unavailable for Instance <{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}>"
+      description: "offsite metrics unavailable."
+
diff --git a/users/backuphamster/ssh.pub b/users/backuphamster/ssh.pub
index 70139a1..0cd58aa 100644
--- a/users/backuphamster/ssh.pub
+++ b/users/backuphamster/ssh.pub
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBFRlmqgkIJxBC45cbVX25P1Uam/+Ct7XFvgMm60TDOWkQiTuVp5vd1sHq2HCRRfGxPrsKmwSQS5wMYIjeiclTag= friedrich@friedrich-HP-ZBook
+ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILth9bbKnrSAgaZdvWor2OihrOVfxi0TSO6EuNUhQnND backupuser@offsite1.dev-at.de