diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koschei.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koschei.yml
index d2dc57e335..bdfc14df25 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koschei.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/koschei.yml
@@ -13,28 +13,40 @@
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/global.yml
    - /srv/private/ansible/vars.yml
    - /srv/web/infra/ansible/vars/{{ ansible_distribution }}.yml
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/vars/main.yml
+   - /srv/web/infra/ansible/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/vars/{{ env }}.yml
   handlers:
   - import_tasks: "{{ handlers_path }}/restart_services.yml"
 
   tasks:
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/build-resolver --replicas=0
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/repo-resolver --replicas=0
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/scheduler --replicas=0
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/polling --replicas=0
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/frontend --replicas=0
-  - postgresql_db: name=koschei state=absent
+  - name: Stop backend services
+    shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/{{item.name}} --replicas=0
+    with_items: "{{ koschei_backend_services }}"
+
+  - name: Stop frontend
+    shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/frontend --replicas=0
+
+  - name: Drop koschei database
+    postgresql_db: name=koschei state=absent
     become: yes
     become_user: postgres
-    delegate_to: db01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-  - postgresql_db: name=koschei owner=koscheiadmin
+    delegate_to: "{{ koschei_pgsql_hostname }}"
+
+  - name: Create empty koschei database
+    postgresql_db: name=koschei owner=koscheiadmin
     become: yes
     become_user: postgres
-    delegate_to: db01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-  - shell: oc -n koschei apply -f /etc/openshift_apps/koschei/db-create-job.yml
-  - shell: oc -n koschei wait job/job-db-create --for condition=complete
-  - shell: oc -n koschei delete job/job-db-create
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/frontend --replicas=2
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/polling --replicas=1
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/scheduler --replicas=1
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/repo-resolver --replicas=1
-  - shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/build-resolver --replicas=1
+    delegate_to: "{{ koschei_pgsql_hostname }}"
+
+  - name: Populate koschei database with schema and initial data
+    include_role: name=openshift-apps/koschei/job
+    vars:
+      name: db-create
+      command: "koschei-admin create-db && koschei-admin create-collection f29 --display-name 'Fedora Rawhide' --target f29 --bugzilla-product Fedora --bugzilla-version rawhide && koschei-admin create-group php"
+
+  - name: Start frontend
+    shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/frontend --replicas={{koschei_frontend_replicas}}
+
+  - name: Start backend services
+    shell: oc -n koschei scale dc/{{item.name}} --replicas=1
+    with_items: "{{ koschei_backend_services }}"
diff --git a/playbooks/openshift-apps/koschei.yml b/playbooks/openshift-apps/koschei.yml
index 14cd09cfb3..bc643cdb48 100644
--- a/playbooks/openshift-apps/koschei.yml
+++ b/playbooks/openshift-apps/koschei.yml
@@ -47,24 +47,7 @@
         max_cpu: "{{ item.cpu[1] }}"
         min_mem: "{{ item.memory[0] }}"
         max_mem: "{{ item.memory[1] }}"
-      with_items:
-        - { name: polling,        cpu: [ 1000, 1500 ],  memory: [  256,  512 ] }
-        - { name: scheduler,      cpu: [  200,  500 ],  memory: [   64,  128 ] }
-        - { name: build-resolver, cpu: [ 1000, 1500 ],  memory: [ 1024, 4096 ] }
-        - { name: repo-resolver,  cpu: [ 2000, 8000 ],  memory: [ 1024, 4096 ] }
-      loop_control:
-        label: "{{ item.name }}"
-
-    - name: Apply Job
-      include_role: name=openshift/object
-      vars:
-        template: job.yml
-        objectname: "{{ item.name }}-job.yml"
-        name: "{{ item.name }}"
-        command: "{{ item.command }}"
-      with_items:
-        - name: db-create
-          command: "koschei-admin create-db && koschei-admin create-collection f29 --display-name 'Fedora Rawhide' --target f29 --bugzilla-product Fedora --bugzilla-version rawhide && koschei-admin create-group php"
+      with_items: "{{ koschei_backend_services }}"
       loop_control:
         label: "{{ item.name }}"
 
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/job/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/job/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdbe8282a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/job/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- name: Start job
+  include_role: name=openshift/object
+  vars:
+    template: job.yml
+    objectname: job-{{name}}.yml
+
+- name: Wait for job to complete
+  shell: oc -n koschei wait job/job-{{name}} --for condition=complete
+
+- name: Delete job
+  shell: oc -n koschei delete job/job-{{name}}
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/templates/frontend-deployment.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/templates/frontend-deployment.yml
index 8844276e79..0dab8b6087 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/templates/frontend-deployment.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/templates/frontend-deployment.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     service: frontend
 spec:
-  replicas: 2
+  replicas: {{koschei_frontend_replicas}}
   selector:
     service: frontend
   strategy:
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/vars/staging.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/vars/staging.yml
index be894b696d..fb4d6ebe8d 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/vars/staging.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/koschei/vars/staging.yml
@@ -13,3 +13,11 @@ koschei_bugzilla: bugzilla5.redhat.com
 
 koschei_oidc_client_secret: "{{ koschei_oidc_client_secret_stg }}"
 koschei_oidc_crypto_secret: "{{ koschei_oidc_crypto_secret_stg }}"
+
+koschei_frontend_replicas: 2
+
+koschei_backend_services:
+  - { name: polling,        cpu: [ 1000, 1500 ],  memory: [  256,  512 ] }
+  - { name: scheduler,      cpu: [  200,  500 ],  memory: [   64,  128 ] }
+  - { name: build-resolver, cpu: [ 1000, 1500 ],  memory: [ 1024, 4096 ] }
+  - { name: repo-resolver,  cpu: [ 2000, 8000 ],  memory: [ 1024, 4096 ] }