diff --git a/contrib/ci/multi_backend/post_test_hook.sh b/contrib/ci/multi_backend/post_test_hook.sh
index 98f768644e..9efc7c419c 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/multi_backend/post_test_hook.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/multi_backend/post_test_hook.sh
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@
 
 # This script is executed inside post_test_hook function in devstack gate.
 
-source $BASE/new/manila/contrib/ci/post_test_hook.sh 1
+source $BASE/new/manila/contrib/ci/post_test_hook.sh $1
diff --git a/contrib/ci/post_test_hook.sh b/contrib/ci/post_test_hook.sh
index 0d93ac03c4..dff9fb2942 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/post_test_hook.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/post_test_hook.sh
@@ -18,18 +18,20 @@ sudo chown -R jenkins:stack $BASE/new/tempest
 sudo chown -R jenkins:stack $BASE/data/tempest
 sudo chmod -R o+rx $BASE/new/devstack/files
 
-if [[ "$1" == "1" ]]; then
-    # if arg $1 is equal to "1", we assume multibackend installation
+if [[ "$1" =~ "multibackend" ]]; then
+    # if arg $1 has "multibackend", then we assume multibackend installation
     source $BASE/new/devstack/functions
     iniset $BASE/new/tempest/etc/tempest.conf share multi_backend True
-    iniset $BASE/new/tempest/etc/tempest.conf share backend_names "$MANILA_SHARE_BACKEND1_NAME,$MANILA_SHARE_BACKEND2_NAME"
+
+    # backend names are defined in pre_test_hook
+    iniset $BASE/new/tempest/etc/tempest.conf share backend_names "LONDON,PARIS"
 fi
 
 # let us control if we die or not
 set +o errexit
 cd $BASE/new/tempest
 
-export TEMPEST_CONCURRENCY=2
+export TEMPEST_CONCURRENCY=8
 export MANILA_TESTS='tempest.cli.*manila*'
 if [[ ! "$ZUUL_PROJECT" =~ python-manilaclient ]]; then
     MANILA_TESTS+=' tempest.api.share*';
diff --git a/contrib/ci/pre_test_hook.sh b/contrib/ci/pre_test_hook.sh
index a29c519aef..28c0cdae0e 100755
--- a/contrib/ci/pre_test_hook.sh
+++ b/contrib/ci/pre_test_hook.sh
@@ -16,5 +16,25 @@
 
 # Install manila devstack integration
 cp -r $BASE/new/manila/contrib/devstack/* $BASE/new/devstack
+
+localrc_path=$BASE/new/devstack/localrc
+echo "DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_ALLOW_TENANT_ISOLATION=1" >> $localrc_path
+echo "API_RATE_LIMIT=False" >> $localrc_path
+echo "TEMPEST_SERVICES+=,manila" >> $localrc_path
+echo "VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE=22G" >> $localrc_path
+
+echo "MANILA_BACKEND1_CONFIG_GROUP_NAME=london" >> $localrc_path
+echo "MANILA_BACKEND2_CONFIG_GROUP_NAME=paris" >> $localrc_path
+echo "MANILA_SHARE_BACKEND1_NAME=LONDON" >> $localrc_path
+echo "MANILA_SHARE_BACKEND2_NAME=PARIS" >> $localrc_path
+
+# JOB_NAME is defined in openstack-infra/config project
+# used by CI/CD, where this script is intended to be used.
+if [[ "$JOB_NAME" =~ "multibackend" ]]; then
+    echo "MANILA_MULTI_BACKEND=True" >> $localrc_path
+else
+    echo "MANILA_MULTI_BACKEND=False" >> $localrc_path
+fi
+
 # Install manila tempest integration
 cp -r $BASE/new/manila/contrib/tempest/tempest/* $BASE/new/tempest/tempest