diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/ask-stg b/inventory/group_vars/ask-stg
index 1ea6ee9fc5..17ef0f245d 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/ask-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/ask-stg
@@ -7,3 +7,12 @@ num_cpus: 2
 tcp_ports: [ 443 ]
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-ask,fi-apprentice
+
+# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg_base/main.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: sysadmin
+- service: askbot
+  owner: root
+  group: fedmsg