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
@@ -321,3 +321,6 @@
 syncoid::public_keys::storage1:
   type: ssh-ed25519
   key: "AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIB0y7dvB0cBluC+Dy+w51P6JCbB18whd/IekP5148XsS"
+syncoid::public_keys::db1:
+  type: ssh-ed25519
+  key: "AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILRVodfvLudSiOdWOPDSoN5MIwZPbyZAyClfr/SQUK4w"
diff --git a/data/hostname/db1.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml b/data/hostname/db1.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml
--- a/data/hostname/db1.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml
+++ b/data/hostname/db1.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml
@@ -45,3 +45,13 @@
   - swh-scheduler
   - swh-storage
 
+syncoid::configuration:
+  sources:
+    storage1:
+      host: storage1.internal.staging.swh.network
+      datasets:
+        kafka:
+          dataset: data/kafka
+          frequency: 5min
+      target_dataset_base: data/sync
+      ssh_key: db1