diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend
index 3a9388c6b6..f3b0cab943 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend
@@ -7,4 +7,15 @@ num_cpus: 2
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
 
+tcp_ports: [ 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003 ]
+
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-datanommer
+
+# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: sysadmin
+- service: fmn
+  owner: root
+  group: fedmsg
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend-stg
index 25492830cb..6fa5d88c13 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend-stg
@@ -7,4 +7,15 @@ num_cpus: 2
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
 
+tcp_ports: [ 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003 ]
+
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-datanommer
+
+# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: sysadmin
+- service: fmn
+  owner: root
+  group: fedmsg
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
index 28e2f2d14b..404f01e138 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   - endpoints-elections.py
   - endpoints-fedbadges.py
   - endpoints-fmn-web.py
+  - endpoints-fmn-backend.py
   - endpoints-nuancier.py
   - endpoints-mailman.py
   - endpoints-summershum.py
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/endpoints-fmn-backend.py.j2 b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/endpoints-fmn-backend.py.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..541b28c031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/endpoints-fmn-backend.py.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{% if env == 'staging' %}
+suffix  = 'stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org'
+{% else %}
+suffix = 'phx2.fedoraproject.org'
+{% endif %}
+
+config = dict(
+    endpoints={
+        "fmn.notifs-backend01": [
+            "tcp://notifs-backend01.%s:30%0.2i" % (suffix, i)
+            for i in range(4)
+        ],
+    },
+)
diff --git a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/ssl.py.j2 b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/ssl.py.j2
index d18868a7c0..5e4a413d73 100644
--- a/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/ssl.py.j2
+++ b/roles/fedmsg/base/templates/ssl.py.j2
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ config = dict(
     ] + [
         ("fmn.notifs-web0%i" % i, "fmn-notifs-web0%i.%s" % (i, suffix))
         for i in range(1, 3)
+    ] + [
+        ("fmn.notifs-backend01", "fmn-notifs-backend01.%s" % suffix),
     ] + [
         ("shell.pkgdb0%i" % i, "shell-pkgdb0%i.%s" % (i, suffix))
         for i in range(1, 3)