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
@@ -258,3 +258,17 @@
 
 elasticsearch::jvm_options::heap_size: 8g
 elasticsearch::config::prometheus::indices: true
+
+swh::elasticsearch::nodes:
+  - host: search-esnode0.internal.staging.swh.network
+    port: 9200
+
+swh::deploy::search::backend::listen::host: 0.0.0.0
+swh::remote_service::search::config:
+  cls: remote
+  url: "http://search0.internal.staging.swh.network:%{hiera('swh::remote_service::search::port')}/"
+
+# The webapp can query elasticsearch to get some info related to scheduler
+# tasks associated to save code now request. Modifying this so the staging
+# webapp does not access the production indexes
+swh::deploy::webapp::config::es_workers_index_url: http://search-esnode0.internal.staging.swh.network:9200/swh_workers-*
diff --git a/data/subnets/vagrant.yaml b/data/subnets/vagrant.yaml
--- a/data/subnets/vagrant.yaml
+++ b/data/subnets/vagrant.yaml
@@ -119,3 +119,5 @@
     host: journal0.internal.staging.swh.network
   10.168.130.80:
     host: search-esnode0.internal.staging.swh.network
+  10.168.130.90:
+    host: search0.internal.staging.swh.network
diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@
   include role::swh_elasticsearch
 }
 
+node /^search\d\.internal\.staging\.swh\.network$/ {
+  include role::swh_search
+}
+
 node 'webapp.internal.staging.swh.network' {
   include role::swh_webapp
 }
diff --git a/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_search.pp b/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_search.pp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-modules/role/manifests/swh_search.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class role::swh_search inherits role::swh_server {
+  include ::profile::swh::deploy::search
+}