diff --git a/roles/bodhi/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 690df01698..cb29490692 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@
     path="/etc/pki/bodhi/bodhi.pem"
     owner=masher
     group=masher
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend')
   tags:
   - config
 
 - name: change owner and group attributes of /var/log/bodhi directory
   file: path=/var/log/bodhi owner=masher group=masher
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend')
   tags:
   - config
   
diff --git a/roles/bodhi/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi/base/tasks/main.yml
index c8be255003..40c6780699 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     owner=bodhi
     group=bodhi
     mode=0400
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi0')
   tags:
   - config
   - bodhi
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@
 
 - name: setup /var/log/bodhi directory
   file: path=/var/log/bodhi owner=bodhi group=bodhi mode=0755 state=directory
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi0')
   tags:
   - config
   - bodhi