diff --git a/inventory/backups b/inventory/backups
index c4c5e528ca..d2406c0627 100644
--- a/inventory/backups
+++ b/inventory/backups
@@ -24,3 +24,5 @@ taiga.fedorainfracloud.org
 taskotron01.qa.fedoraproject.org
 nuancier01.phx2.fedoraproject.org
 piwik.fedorainfracloud.org
+magazine.fedorainfracloud.org
+communityblog.fedorainfracloud.org
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/communityblog.fedorainfracloud.org b/inventory/host_vars/communityblog.fedorainfracloud.org
index 9557f443a3..85acab5b43 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/communityblog.fedorainfracloud.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/communityblog.fedorainfracloud.org
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ public_ip: 209.132.184.207
 root_auth_users: nb chrisroberts
 description: fedora community blog
 
+host_backup_targets: ['/backups', '/var/www/html']
+dbs_to_backup: ['wp']
+mariadb_root_password: "{{ communityblog_mariadb_password }}"
+
 cloud_networks:
   # persistent-net
   - net-id: "67b77354-39a4-43de-b007-bb813ac5c35f"
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/magazine.fedorainfracloud.org b/inventory/host_vars/magazine.fedorainfracloud.org
index 5732331158..841726b8de 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/magazine.fedorainfracloud.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/magazine.fedorainfracloud.org
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ public_ip: 209.132.184.123
 root_auth_users: nb chrisroberts
 description: Fedora Magazine
 
+host_backup_targets: ['/backups', '/var/www/html']
+dbs_to_backup: ['wp']
+mariadb_root_password: "{{ magazine_mariadb_password }}"
+
 cloud_networks:
   # persistent-net
   - net-id: "67b77354-39a4-43de-b007-bb813ac5c35f"
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/communityblog.fedorainfracloud.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/communityblog.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
index a98a2aa5a3..a5b5d8e790 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/communityblog.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/communityblog.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   - name: set hostname (required by some services, at least postfix need it)
     hostname: name="{{inventory_hostname}}"
 
+  roles:
+  - mariadb_server
+
   tasks:
   - name: add packages
     yum: state=present name={{ item }}
diff --git a/playbooks/hosts/magazine.fedorainfracloud.org.yml b/playbooks/hosts/magazine.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
index df23aa5fec..67ac7fbba2 100644
--- a/playbooks/hosts/magazine.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
+++ b/playbooks/hosts/magazine.fedorainfracloud.org.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
   - name: set hostname (required by some services, at least postfix need it)
     hostname: name="{{inventory_hostname}}"
 
+  roles:
+  - mariadb_server
+
   tasks:
   - name: add packages
     yum: state=present name={{ item }}