diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index fd78ea8848..6d72da9021 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -64,9 +64,15 @@
   copy: src="{{ private }}/files/copr/buildsys.priv" dest=/home/copr/.ssh/id_rsa owner=copr group=copr mode=600
 
 - name: setup copr user ssh config file
-  copy: src="ssh_config" dest=/home/copr/.ssh/config  owner=copr group=copr mode=600
+  template:
+    src: "ssh_config.j2"
+    dest: /var/lib/resallocserver/.ssh/config
+    owner: resalloc
+    group: resalloc
+    mode: 0600
   tags:
-    - copr_ssh_config
+    - backend_to_hv_ssh_config
+    - provision_config
 
 - name: check known_hosts file
   command: stat /home/copr/.ssh/known_hosts
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
index 5ba0cff8a7..5cea9fea52 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
@@ -113,12 +113,15 @@
     mode: 0600
 
 - name: resalloc, ssh config file
-  copy:
-    src: "ssh_config"
+  template:
+    src: "ssh_config.j2"
     dest: /var/lib/resallocserver/.ssh/config
     owner: resalloc
     group: resalloc
     mode: 0600
+  tags:
+    - backend_to_hv_ssh_config
+    - provision_config
 
 - name: resalloc, server config
   template:
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/ssh_config b/roles/copr/backend/templates/ssh_config.j2
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/copr/backend/files/ssh_config
rename to roles/copr/backend/templates/ssh_config.j2