diff --git a/swh/templates/indexer-storage/_helper_configmap.yaml b/swh/templates/indexer-storage/_helper_configmap.yaml
index 8f6b68f72440d94e0018173301ef395aed9e79f8..d698c04c421ece97d272171b28a024f03829540e 100644
--- a/swh/templates/indexer-storage/_helper_configmap.yaml
+++ b/swh/templates/indexer-storage/_helper_configmap.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ data:
                                        "configurationRef" .configuration.indexerStorageConfigurationRef
                                        "Values" .Values) | nindent 4 -}}
 
+    {{- if .configuration.journalWriterConfigurationRef }}
     {{- include "swh.journal.configuration" (dict "serviceType" "journal_writer"
                                                   "configurationRef" .configuration.journalWriterConfigurationRef
                                                   "Values" .Values) | nindent 4 -}}
+    {{ end }}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/swh/values/minikube.yaml b/swh/values/minikube.yaml
index b74eda04a5cfaa3b7cc49b9708a006c9df9438d5..60c02f915eec804959ee390b969ac45c46352a47 100644
--- a/swh/values/minikube.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/minikube.yaml
@@ -753,12 +753,31 @@ indexerStorage:
       indexerStorageConfigurationRef: fakePostgresqlIndexerStorageConfiguration
       journalWriterConfigurationRef: indexerJournalWriterConfiguration
       hosts:
-        - indexer-storage.i.s.s.n
+        - indexer-storage-read-write.i.s.s.n
       ingress:
         enabled: true
+        endpoints:
+          default:
+            paths:
+              - path: /
+      gunicorn:
+        threads: 1
+        workers: 2
+    read-only:
+      checkDbVersion: false
+      replicas: 1
+      indexerStorageConfigurationRef: fakePostgresqlIndexerStorageConfiguration
+      hosts:
+        - indexer-storage-read-only.i.s.s.n
+      ingress:
+        enabled: true
+        endpoints:
+          default:
+            paths:
+              - path: /
       gunicorn:
-        threads: 2
-        workers: 4
+        threads: 1
+        workers: 2
 
 defaultElasticsearchHosts:
   - host: search-esnode0.i.s.s.n
diff --git a/swh/values/production/default.yaml b/swh/values/production/default.yaml
index 08d14019803ad480272a4bc3feb8eeec6e834ea8..3581c29ac6b33edc7e2e26a31e0879b1bafba247 100644
--- a/swh/values/production/default.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/production/default.yaml
@@ -384,3 +384,6 @@ externalServices:
     search:
       internalName: search-rpc-ingress
       target: archive-production-rke2-ingress-nginx-controller.ingress-nginx.svc.cluster.local
+    indexer-storage-read-only:
+      internalName: indexer-storage-read-only
+      target: archive-production-rke2-ingress-nginx-controller.ingress-nginx.svc.cluster.local
diff --git a/swh/values/production/swh.yaml b/swh/values/production/swh.yaml
index 09a05a03ef1537107ab7d978a14b88c462d768f3..0531408c3601269dcdb1b306a090a350064a48d1 100644
--- a/swh/values/production/swh.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/production/swh.yaml
@@ -687,9 +687,10 @@ toolbox:
       indexerDbConfigurationRef: postgresqlIndexerStorageConfiguration
 
 indexerStorage:
-  enabled: false
+  enabled: true
+  logLevel: INFO
   deployments:
-    read-write:
+    read-only:
       checkDbVersion: true
       autoScaling:
         minReplicaCount: 2
@@ -698,9 +699,8 @@ indexerStorage:
       requestedCpu: 500m
       requestedMemory: 512Mi
       indexerStorageConfigurationRef: postgresqlIndexerStorageConfiguration
-      journalWriterConfigurationRef: journalWriterConfiguration
       hosts:
-        - saam.internal.softwareheritage.org
+        - indexer-storage-read-only
       ingress:
         enabled: true
       gunicorn: