diff --git a/data/common/common.yaml b/data/common/common.yaml
--- a/data/common/common.yaml
+++ b/data/common/common.yaml
@@ -3194,11 +3194,17 @@
 swh::deploy::search::conf_file: "%{hiera('swh::deploy::base_search::config_directory')}/server.yml"
 swh::deploy::search::user: "%{alias('swh::deploy::base_search::user')}"
 swh::deploy::search::group: "%{alias('swh::deploy::base_search::group')}"
+swh::deploy::search::index: origin
 swh::deploy::search::config:
   search:
     cls: elasticsearch
-    args:
-      hosts: "%{alias('swh::elasticsearch::search_nodes')}"
+    hosts: "%{alias('swh::elasticsearch::search_nodes')}"
+    indexes:
+      origin:
+        index: "%{alias('swh::deploy::search::index')}"
+        read_alias: origin-read
+        write_alias: origin-write
+
 
 swh::deploy::search::journal_client::service_types:
   - objects
diff --git a/data/deployments/production/common.yaml b/data/deployments/production/common.yaml
--- a/data/deployments/production/common.yaml
+++ b/data/deployments/production/common.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@
 elasticsearch::jvm_options::heap_size: 16g
 
 swh::postgresql::shared_buffers: 4GB
+
+swh::deploy::search::index: origin-production