diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -1512,6 +1512,10 @@
   cls: remote
   url: "http://localhost:%{hiera('swh::remote_service::search::port')}/"
 
+swh::remote_service::search::config::search1:
+  cls: remote
+  url: "http://search1.internal.softwareheritage.org:%{hiera('swh::remote_service::search::port')}/"
+
 swh::remote_service::search::config: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::search::config::empty')}"
 
 # Indexer backend configurations
diff --git a/data/hostname/search1.internal.softwareheritage.org.yaml b/data/hostname/search1.internal.softwareheritage.org.yaml
--- a/data/hostname/search1.internal.softwareheritage.org.yaml
+++ b/data/hostname/search1.internal.softwareheritage.org.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@
     port: 9200
   - host: search-esnode3.internal.softwareheritage.org
     port: 9200
+
+swh::deploy::search::backend::listen::host: 0.0.0.0
diff --git a/data/hostname/webapp1.internal.softwareheritage.org.yaml b/data/hostname/webapp1.internal.softwareheritage.org.yaml
--- a/data/hostname/webapp1.internal.softwareheritage.org.yaml
+++ b/data/hostname/webapp1.internal.softwareheritage.org.yaml
@@ -15,18 +15,13 @@
 swh::elasticsearch::nodes:
   - host: search-esnode0.internal.staging.swh.network
     port: 9200
-## End of search / staging specific configuration 
+## End of search / staging specific configuration
 
 swh::remote_service::storage::config: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::storage::config::saam')}"
 swh::remote_service::search::config: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::search::config::localhost')}"
 
 swh::deploy::reverse_proxy::services:
   - webapp
-  
-swh::deploy::search::backend::listen::host: 127.0.0.1
+
 swh::deploy::search::config:
-  search:
-    cls: elasticsearch
-    args:
-      hosts: "%{alias('swh::elasticsearch::nodes')}"
-      index_prefix: production
+  search: "%{alias('swh::remote_service::search::config::search1')}"