diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa b/inventory/group_vars/openqa
index fc554e4c24..9fbd74bc3c 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ openqa_dbpassword: "{{ prod_openqa_dbpassword }}"
 openqa_key: "{{ prod_openqa_apikey }}"
 openqa_secret: "{{ prod_openqa_apisecret }}"
 
+openqa_webapi_plugins: Fedmsg FedoraUpdateRestart
+
 # this is because openqa staging isn't really a staging host
 # we don't want to set env_suffix to stg on it because that may
 # break some other plays, but we do need the env suffix for the
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_common b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_common
index 7de554a709..774e0e77f3 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_common
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_common
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ openqa_assetsize_updates: 100
 # allowed to create queues on the infra AMQP broker, by broker config
 openqa_amqp_passive: true
 
+# fedora-messaging publisher settings
+openqa_amqp_publisher_url: "amqps://openqa{{ openqa_env_suffix }}:@rabbitmq{{ openqa_env_suffix }}.fedoraproject.org/%2Fpubsub"
+# openQA isn't very ssl-aware here, so we're abusing its URL construction
+# to stuff the cert and key values in here
+openqa_amqp_publisher_exchange: "amq.topic&cacertfile=/etc/fedora-messaging/cacert{{ openqa_env_suffix }}.pem&certfile=/etc/pki/fedora-messaging/openqa{{ openqa_env_suffix }}-cert.pem&keyfile=/etc/pki/fedora-messaging/openqa{{ openqa_env_suffix }}-key.pem"
+
 # fedora-messaging job scheduler settings: most of these are the same
 # for prod and stg as they both must listen for prod messages. Only
 # the queue names differs
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg
index 15d8f18f27..a33dd5d221 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_stg
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ openqa_assetsize_aarch64: 150
 openqa_key: "{{ stg_openqa_apikey }}"
 openqa_secret: "{{ stg_openqa_apisecret }}"
 
+openqa_webapi_plugins: FedoraMessaging FedoraUpdateRestart
+
 # this is because openqa staging isn't really a staging host
 # we don't want to set env_suffix to stg on it because that may
 # break some other plays, but we do need the env suffix for the
diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/defaults/main.yml b/roles/openqa/server/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88dca41563
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+openqa_webapi_plugins: FedoraUpdateRestart
diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
index e9e9870ea7..fa8e42da0c 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 # - external_hostname
 ##       string - The public hostname for the server (will be used as ServerName)
 ##       default - ansible_nodename
+# - openqa_webapi_plugins
+##       string - Space-separated list of openQA WebAPI plugins to enable
+##       default - FedoraUpdateRestart
 
 # Optional vars
 # - openqa_static_uid
@@ -39,9 +42,8 @@
 ##             Fedora testing, 50GB is good
 ##             FIXME: this only works for pgsql ATM
 # - deployment_type
-##      string - Fedora Infrastructure thing; for this role, decides
-##               whether to enable some openQA plugins that should be
-##               enabled only in Fedora infra. Don't set it outside
+##      string - Fedora Infrastructure thing; for this role, applies an
+##               infra-specific tweak to httpd config. Don't set it outside
 ##               Fedora infra.
 #
 # If openqa_dbhost is set, the others must be too, and the server will be
diff --git a/roles/openqa/server/templates/openqa.ini.j2 b/roles/openqa/server/templates/openqa.ini.j2
index 57bdc3b29d..2bba2888d5 100644
--- a/roles/openqa/server/templates/openqa.ini.j2
+++ b/roles/openqa/server/templates/openqa.ini.j2
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 branding = plain
 base_url = https://{{ external_hostname }}
 download_domains = fedoraproject.org
-{% if deployment_type is defined %}
-plugins = Fedmsg FedoraUpdateRestart
+{% if openqa_webapi_plugins is defined and openqa_webapi_plugins %}
+plugins = {{ openqa_webapi_plugins }}
 {% endif %}
 hide_asset_types = repo iso hdd
 parallel_cancel_whole_cluster = 0
 
+[amqp]
+topic_prefix = fedora
+url = {{ openqa_amqp_publisher_url }}
+exchange = {{ openqa_amqp_publisher_exchange }}
+
 [auth]
 method=OpenID