diff --git a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
--- a/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
+++ b/data/deployments/staging/common.yaml
@@ -202,12 +202,6 @@
 swh::deploy::objstorage::directory: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::storage::directory')}"
 swh::deploy::objstorage::slicing: 0:1/1:5
 
-swh::remote_service::objstorage::config:
-  cls: pathslicing
-  args:
-    root: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::storage::directory')}"
-    slicing: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::objstorage::slicing')}"
-
 # Deploy the storage server as a public resource
 swh::deploy::storage::backend::listen::host: 0.0.0.0
 swh::deploy::storage::backend::workers: 4
@@ -218,6 +212,20 @@
 swh::deploy::indexer::storage::backend::listen::host: 0.0.0.0
 swh::deploy::indexer::storage::backend::workers: 4
 
+
+swh::remote_service::objstorage::config::rw:
+  cls: remote
+  url: "http://storage1.internal.staging.swh.network:%{hiera('swh::remote_service::objstorage::port')}/"
+
+swh::remote_service::objstorage::config::ro:
+  cls: filtered
+  storage_conf: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::objstorage::config::rw')}"
+  filters_conf:
+    - type: readonly
+
+swh::remote_service::objstorage::config: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::objstorage::config::ro')}"
+swh::remote_service::objstorage::config::writable: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::objstorage::config::rw')}"
+
 swh::deploy::indexer::storage::config:
   indexer_storage:
     cls: local
diff --git a/data/hostname/storage1.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml b/data/hostname/storage1.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml
--- a/data/hostname/storage1.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml
+++ b/data/hostname/storage1.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml
@@ -55,5 +55,9 @@
   cls: local
   args:
     db: "host=%{hiera('swh::deploy::storage::db::host')} port=%{hiera('swh::deploy::storage::db::port')} user=%{hiera('swh::deploy::storage::db::user')} dbname=%{hiera('swh::deploy::storage::db::dbname')} password=%{hiera('swh::deploy::storage::db::password')}"
-    objstorage: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::objstorage::config')}"
+    objstorage: 
+      cls: pathslicing
+      args:
+        root: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::storage::directory')}"
+        slicing: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::objstorage::slicing')}"      
     journal_writer: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::writer::config')}"