diff --git a/data/hostname/storage0.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml b/data/hostname/storage0.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml
index 75b4ce98..869b6198 100644
--- a/data/hostname/storage0.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml
+++ b/data/hostname/storage0.internal.staging.swh.network.yaml
@@ -1,33 +1,46 @@
 networks:
   default:
     interface: eth0
     address: 192.168.128.2
     netmask: 255.255.255.0
     gateway: 192.168.128.1
 
 swh::postgres::service::users:
   - swhstorage
 
 # open objstorage api
 swh::deploy::objstorage::backend::listen::host: 0.0.0.0
 swh::deploy::objstorage::backend::workers: 4
 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
 swh::deploy::storage::backend::max_requests: 100
 swh::deploy::storage::backend::max_requests_jitter: 10
 
 # Deploy the indexer storage server as a public resource
 swh::deploy::indexer::storage::backend::listen::host: 0.0.0.0
 swh::deploy::indexer::storage::backend::workers: 4
 
 nginx::worker_processes: 4
+
+swh::deploy::storage::config:
+  storage:
+    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')}"
+  journal_writer:
+    cls: kafka
+    args:
+      brokers: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::brokers')}"
+      prefix: "%{alias('swh::deploy::journal::prefix')}"
+      client_id: "swh.storage.journal_writer.%{::swh_hostname.short}"