diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/_provision_aarch64.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/_provision_aarch64.yml
index 42837a8ce8..f085e9cb06 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/_provision_aarch64.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/_provision_aarch64.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   remote_user: root
 
   vars_files:
+    - vars.yml
     - nova_cloud_vars.yml
   vars:
     prepare_base_image: False
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_libvirt_aarch64.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_libvirt_aarch64.yml
index f9ac5ac07f..16c3979458 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_libvirt_aarch64.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_libvirt_aarch64.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
   gather_facts: False
   connection: local
 
+  vars_files:
+  - vars.yml
+
   tasks:
   - name: spin machine with script
     local_action: shell /bin/bash ./vm-aarch64-alloc
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova.yml
index 272ccb383c..7f930e7f3b 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   gather_facts: False
 
   vars_files:
+    - vars.yml
     - nova_cloud_vars.yml
 
   vars:
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
   user: fedora
 
   vars_files:
+    - vars.yml
     - nova_cloud_vars.yml
 
   vars:
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova_ppc64le.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova_ppc64le.yml
index 01a5346e59..104155a3bb 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova_ppc64le.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/builderpb_nova_ppc64le.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   gather_facts: False
 
   vars_files:
+    - vars.yml
     - nova_cloud_vars.yml
 
   vars:
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
   user: fedora
 
   vars_files:
+    - vars.yml
     - nova_cloud_vars.yml
 
   vars:
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb_nova.yml b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb_nova.yml
index 80794dec85..0705ff6542 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb_nova.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/files/provision/terminatepb_nova.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   gather_facts: False
 
   vars_files:
+    - vars.yml
     - nova_cloud_vars.yml
 
   tasks:
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 3ae25b616f..ab3c5ad9a3 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -153,7 +153,12 @@
   - provision_config
 
 - name: put some files into the provision subdir
-  template: src="provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml" dest="/home/copr/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml" owner=copr group=copr
+  template:
+    src: "provision/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "/var/lib/resallocserver/provision/{{ item }}"
+  with_items:
+  - vars.yml
+  - nova_cloud_vars.yml
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
index ac37e66dba..ed42f09839 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/tasks/resalloc.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
-- name: resalloc, nova_cloud_vars
+- name: resalloc, generate vars files
   template:
-    src: provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml
-    dest: /var/lib/resallocserver/provision/nova_cloud_vars.yml
+    src: "provision/{{ item }}"
+    dest: "/var/lib/resallocserver/provision/{{ item }}"
+  with_items:
+  - vars.yml
+  - nova_cloud_vars.yml
   tags:
   - provision_config
 
diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/vars.yml b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/vars.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3f60e1c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/provision/vars.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+devel: {% if devel %}true{% else %}false{% endif %}