diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/poddlers/templates/deploymentconfig.yml.j2 b/roles/openshift-apps/poddlers/templates/deploymentconfig.yml.j2
index f864d052c0..18de537cd9 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/poddlers/templates/deploymentconfig.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/poddlers/templates/deploymentconfig.yml.j2
@@ -31,6 +31,21 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             {{ common_volume_mounts() }}
 
+          livenessProbe:
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
+            initialDelaySeconds: 5
+            periodSeconds: 60
+            httpGet:
+              path: "/live"
+              port: 8070
+          readinessProbe:
+            timeoutSeconds: 10
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
+            periodSeconds: 60
+            httpGet:
+              path: "/ready"
+              port: 8070
+
       volumes:
         {{ common_volumes() }}
 
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/poddlers/templates/fedora-messaging.toml b/roles/openshift-apps/poddlers/templates/fedora-messaging.toml
index e38212a992..2a43b2bb63 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/poddlers/templates/fedora-messaging.toml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/poddlers/templates/fedora-messaging.toml
@@ -409,6 +409,9 @@ pagure_api_key = "{{ toddlers_pagure_fas_groups_sync_token }}"
 infra-sig = 'fedora-infra'
 metrics-sig = 'metrics'
 
+[monitoring]
+port = 8070
+
 [qos]
 prefetch_size = 0
 prefetch_count = 1