diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -2085,6 +2085,7 @@
   realm_name: "%{alias('swh::config::keycloak::realm_name')}"
 
 swh::deploy::webapp::metadata_search_backend: swh-indexer-storage
+swh::deploy::webapp::history_counters_url: "https://stats.export.softwareheritage.org/history_counters.json"
 
 # in private data:
 # deposit_basic_auth_swhworker_username
@@ -2109,7 +2110,8 @@
   client_config:
     sentry_dsn: "%{lookup('swh::deploy::webapp::sentry_dsn')}"
   keycloak: "%{alias('swh::deploy::webapp::config::keycloak')}"
-
+  history_counters_url: "%{alias('swh::deploy::webapp::history_counters_url')}"
+  
 swh::deploy::webapp::locked_endpoints:
   - /api/1/content/[^/]+/symbol/
   - /api/1/entity/
@@ -3236,6 +3238,13 @@
 swh::deploy::counters::sentry_dsn: "https://%{lookup('swh::deploy::counters::sentry_token')}@sentry.softwareheritage.org/19"
 swh::deploy::counters::user: "%{alias('swh::deploy::base_counters::user')}"
 swh::deploy::counters::group: "%{alias('swh::deploy::base_counters::group')}"
+swh::deploy::counters::cache_directory: /srv/softwareheritage/counters
+swh::deploy::counters::cache_static_file: static_history.json
+# will be always true when the deployment will be done in production
+swh::deploy::counters::refresh_cache::activate: false
+swh::deploy::counters::refresh_cache::cron:
+  minute: 0
+  hour: "*/4"
 swh::deploy::counters::backend::listen::host: 0.0.0.0
 swh::deploy::counters::backend::listen::port: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::counters::port')}"
 swh::deploy::counters::backend::workers: 2
diff --git a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
--- a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
+++ b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
 swh::remote_service::scheduler::config: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::scheduler::config::scheduler0')}"
 swh::remote_service::scheduler::config::writable: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::scheduler::config::scheduler0')}"
 
+swh::remote_service::counters::url: "http://counters0.internal.staging.swh.network:%{hiera('swh::remote_service::counters::port')}/"
+
 swh::deploy::deposit::url: https://deposit.staging.swh.network
 swh::deploy::deposit::internal_url: "https://deposit-rp.internal.staging.swh.network"
 
@@ -318,6 +320,8 @@
 swh::deploy::webapp::config::es_workers_index_url: http://search-esnode0.internal.staging.swh.network:9200/swh_workers-*
 swh::deploy::webapp::metadata_search_backend: swh-search
 
+swh::deploy::webapp::history_counters_url: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::counters::url')}"
+
 swh::deploy::search::journal_client::service_types:
   - objects
   - indexed
@@ -327,3 +331,20 @@
 swh::deploy::vault::e2e::webapp: "https://webapp.staging.swh.network"
 
 swh::config::keycloak::realm_name: SoftwareHeritageStaging
+
+swh::deploy::counters::cache_static_file: 
+swh::deploy::counters::refresh_cache::activate: true
+
+swh::deploy::counters::config:
+  counters:
+    cls: redis
+    host: localhost:6379
+  history:
+      cls: prometheus
+      prometheus_host: pergamon.internal.softwareheritage.org
+      prometheus_port: "%{alias('prometheus::server::listen_port')}"
+      live_data_start: 1609462861 # 2021-01-01
+      cache_base_directory: "%{alias('swh::deploy::counters::cache_directory')}"
+      interval: 24h
+      labels:
+        environment: "%{alias('swh::deploy::environment')}"
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/files/swh/deploy/counters/refresh_counters_cache.sh b/site-modules/profile/files/swh/deploy/counters/refresh_counters_cache.sh
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/profile/files/swh/deploy/counters/refresh_counters_cache.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+##
+# File managed by puppet (class profile::swh::deploy::counters), changes will be lost.
+
+set -e
+
+cache_file=$1
+static_file=$2
+
+static_file_stanza=""
+if [ -n "${static_file}" ]; then
+    static_file_stanza=", \"static_file\": \"${static_file}\""
+fi
+
+tmp_file=$(mktemp)
+
+trap "rm -f ${tmp_file}" EXIT
+
+cat >"${tmp_file}" <<EOF
+{
+    "cache_file": "${cache_file}", 
+    "objects": ["content", "origin", "revision"]
+    ${static_file_stanza}
+}
+EOF
+
+curl -s -XPOST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' http://localhost:5011/refresh_history -d @"${tmp_file}"
diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/counters.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/counters.pp
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/counters.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/swh/deploy/counters.pp
@@ -3,12 +3,23 @@
   include ::profile::swh::deploy::base_counters
 
   $service_port = lookup('swh::remote_service::counters::port')
+  $cache_directory = lookup('swh::deploy::counters::cache_directory')
+  $cron_activate = lookup('swh::deploy::counters::refresh_cache::activate')
+  $cron_expression = lookup('swh::deploy::counters::refresh_cache::cron')
+  $static_history_file = lookup('swh::deploy::counters::cache_static_file')
 
   class { '::redis':
     bind                     => '127.0.0.1',
     save_db_to_disk_interval => { '30' => '1' },
   }
 
+  file { $cache_directory:
+    ensure => directory,
+    owner  => 'swhstorage',
+    group  => 'swhstorage',
+    mode   => '0775',
+  }
+
   ::profile::swh::deploy::rpc_server {'counters':
     executable => 'swh.counters.api.server:make_app_from_configfile()',
   }
@@ -20,4 +31,21 @@
     metrics_path => '/metrics',
   }
 
+  file { '/usr/local/bin/refresh_counters_cache.sh':
+    ensure => present,
+    owner  => 'swhstorage',
+    group  => 'swhstorage',
+    mode   => '0755',
+    source => 'puppet:///modules/profile/swh/deploy/counters/refresh_counters_cache.sh',
+  }
+
+
+  if $cron_activate {
+    ::profile::cron::d { 'refresh_counters_cache':
+      command => "chronic /usr/local/bin/refresh_counters_cache.sh history.json ${static_history_file}",
+      user    => 'swhstorage',
+      *       => $cron_expression,
+    }
+  }
+
 }