diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
index 6bba13c830..3be9cf02f5 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/backend/tasks/main.yml
@@ -216,3 +216,31 @@
   when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi-backend02') and env == "production"
   tags:
   - config
+
+- name: setup basic /etc/bodhi/ contents
+  template: >
+    src="staging.ini.j2"
+    dest="/etc/bodhi/production.ini"
+    owner=masher
+    group=masher
+    mode=0600
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi') and env == 'staging'
+  notify:
+  - restart httpd
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - bodhi
+
+- name: setup basic /etc/bodhi/ contents
+  template: >
+    src="production.ini.j2"
+    dest="/etc/bodhi/production.ini"
+    owner=masher
+    group=masher
+    mode=0600
+  when: inventory_hostname.startswith('bodhi') and env == 'production'
+  notify:
+  - restart httpd
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - bodhi