diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/badges-web b/inventory/group_vars/badges-web
index eb4f3dc7f3..f0c186d8f1 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/badges-web
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/badges-web
@@ -9,3 +9,12 @@ num_cpus: 2
 tcp_ports: [ 80, 443 ]
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-badges
+
+# These are consumed by a task in tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: sysadmin
+- service: tahrir
+  owner: root
+  group: apache
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/badges-web-stg b/inventory/group_vars/badges-web-stg
index d8c83edc33..50689e4002 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/badges-web-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/badges-web-stg
@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@ num_cpus: 2
 tcp_ports: [ 80, 443 ]
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-badges
+
+# These are consumed by a task in tasks/fedmsg_base.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: sysadmin
+- service: tahrir
+  owner: root
+  group: apache