diff --git a/profiles/base/accounts/group/metrics b/profiles/base/accounts/group/metrics
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c3131e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/base/accounts/group/metrics
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+group:metrics
+gid:20140
+users:metrics
diff --git a/profiles/base/accounts/user/metrics b/profiles/base/accounts/user/metrics
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57215aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/base/accounts/user/metrics
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+user:metrics
+uid:20140
+gid:20140
+gecos:user for metrics_daemon to run its services in sandboxed environment
+home:/dev/null
+shell:/bin/false