diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/fas b/inventory/group_vars/fas
index 5121766bc6..efe273e1e7 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/fas
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/fas
@@ -27,3 +27,12 @@ rsync_group: fas
 
 nrpe_procs_warn: 300
 nrpe_procs_crit: 500
+
+# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: sysadmin
+- service: fas
+  owner: root
+  group: fas
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/fas-stg b/inventory/group_vars/fas-stg
index 8a2dd93de3..3906a8f0bf 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/fas-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/fas-stg
@@ -27,3 +27,12 @@ rsync_group: fas
 
 nrpe_procs_warn: 300
 nrpe_procs_crit: 500
+
+# These are consumed by a task in roles/fedmsg/base/main.yml
+fedmsg_certs:
+- service: shell
+  owner: root
+  group: sysadmin
+- service: fas
+  owner: root
+  group: fas