diff --git a/hack/example-service-monitoring/deploy b/hack/example-service-monitoring/deploy
index ba922b841228cb5926d07908f5770bceb031bc2c..18b0ef6a6120bb470bec1becc00128ec6de797f4 100755
--- a/hack/example-service-monitoring/deploy
+++ b/hack/example-service-monitoring/deploy
@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-if [ -z "${KUBECONFIG}" ]; then
-    KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${NAMESPACE}" ]; then
-    NAMESPACE=default
-fi
-
-kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" --kubeconfig="$KUBECONFIG" apply -f manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-service-account.yaml
-kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" --kubeconfig="$KUBECONFIG" apply -f manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-role.yaml
-kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" --kubeconfig="$KUBECONFIG" apply -f manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-role-binding.yaml
-kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" --kubeconfig="$KUBECONFIG" apply -f manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-svc.yaml
-kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" --kubeconfig="$KUBECONFIG" apply -f manifests/examples/example-app/example-app.yaml
-kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" --kubeconfig="$KUBECONFIG" apply -f manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend.yaml
-kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" --kubeconfig="$KUBECONFIG" apply -f manifests/examples/example-app/servicemonitor-frontend.yaml
-
+kubectl apply -f manifests/examples/example-app
diff --git a/hack/example-service-monitoring/teardown b/hack/example-service-monitoring/teardown
index a631fe3e239e2fa9a9172b2aa5162949b130a487..a5fc176023d8ed3c33512afa26a4ce8a9f809f16 100755
--- a/hack/example-service-monitoring/teardown
+++ b/hack/example-service-monitoring/teardown
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-if [ -z "${KUBECONFIG}" ]; then
-    KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${NAMESPACE}" ]; then
-    NAMESPACE=default
-fi
-
-kubectl --namespace "$NAMESPACE" --kubeconfig="$KUBECONFIG" delete -f manifests/examples/example-app
-
+kubectl delete -f manifests/examples/example-app
diff --git a/hack/scripts/generate-rules-configmap.sh b/hack/scripts/generate-rules-configmap.sh
index 76ec64ca10016176150efca8ad3bae15eca82f2c..96c5433f18229ee71e645b864d7da44693842922 100755
--- a/hack/scripts/generate-rules-configmap.sh
+++ b/hack/scripts/generate-rules-configmap.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: prometheus-k8s-rules
   labels:
-    role: prometheus-rulefiles
+    role: alert-rules
     prometheus: k8s
 data:
 EOF
diff --git a/manifests/examples/example-app/example-app.yaml b/manifests/examples/example-app/example-app.yaml
index adb6602b888f42446eb0cfe7760d944b5605417b..0262fd3c12b2dac42c500aee66759743ccc106d6 100644
--- a/manifests/examples/example-app/example-app.yaml
+++ b/manifests/examples/example-app/example-app.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: example-app
   labels:
     tier: frontend
+  namespace: default
 spec: 
   selector: 
     app: example-app 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: example-app
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   replicas: 4
   template:
diff --git a/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-alertmanager-discovery-role-binding.yaml b/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-alertmanager-discovery-role-binding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..09b3f5e419edbb6353891f035e326d817aff19d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-alertmanager-discovery-role-binding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: RoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: prometheus-frontend
+  namespace: monitoring
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: Role
+  name: alertmanager-discovery
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: prometheus-frontend
+  namespace: default
diff --git a/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-alertmanager-discovery-role.yaml b/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-alertmanager-discovery-role.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..84319cdd1d855f182c46b91da5c45d6ffcda6651
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-alertmanager-discovery-role.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Role
+metadata:
+  name: alertmanager-discovery
+  namespace: monitoring
+rules:
+- apiGroups: [""]
+  resources:
+  - services
+  - endpoints
+  - pods
+  verbs: ["list", "watch"]
diff --git a/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-service-account.yaml b/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-service-account.yaml
index abd3e0df4074ebeb0f2d34dcaa9c6e39dea5e060..4dd7c26be6408de223ba3614a904cab3ac9d908c 100644
--- a/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-service-account.yaml
+++ b/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-service-account.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
 metadata:
   name: prometheus-frontend
+  namespace: default
diff --git a/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-svc.yaml b/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-svc.yaml
index 6a269155fa4b1a74702aa3624489da228695b6ca..7002e8f18a691e4fddbd9cd29ae9ec3fcf8f0188 100644
--- a/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-svc.yaml
+++ b/manifests/examples/example-app/prometheus-frontend-svc.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: prometheus-frontend
+  namespace: default
 spec:
   type: NodePort
   ports:
diff --git a/manifests/examples/example-app/servicemonitor-frontend.yaml b/manifests/examples/example-app/servicemonitor-frontend.yaml
index 067a7a89cd82191e8af85f747947cfa196009d56..23f27376d182377b4ce1bd5bec893cfa93906f7a 100644
--- a/manifests/examples/example-app/servicemonitor-frontend.yaml
+++ b/manifests/examples/example-app/servicemonitor-frontend.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
 kind: ServiceMonitor
 metadata:
   name: frontend
+  namespace: default
   labels:
     tier: frontend
 spec:
diff --git a/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-rules.yaml b/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-rules.yaml
index 05368dc1aa0ce845fedfbd9671c3dabe9b3f7b3f..0e548cecf082a8f077beebe4b1785e7c4beeb48b 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-rules.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s-rules.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: prometheus-k8s-rules
   labels:
-    role: prometheus-rulefiles
+    role: alert-rules
     prometheus: k8s
 data:
   alertmanager.rules.yaml: |+
diff --git a/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s.yaml b/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s.yaml
index 6ce11e9f87bea973f7fbf89dd607d7ff5bbf4336..8f243eb08eb6612ef5e47d2bbc19313378189994 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus/prometheus-k8s.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ spec:
     - {key: k8s-app, operator: Exists}
   ruleSelector:
     matchLabels:
-      role: prometheus-rulefiles
+      role: alert-rules
       prometheus: k8s
   resources:
     requests: