diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 41ec428..db413e7 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -53,19 +53,22 @@ sahara_system_user_home: "/var/lib/{{ sahara_system_user_name }}"
 
 sahara_engine_host: "{{ internal_lb_vip_address }}"
 
-## RabbitMQ info
-sahara_rabbitmq_userid: sahara
-sahara_rabbitmq_vhost: /sahara
-sahara_rabbitmq_use_ssl: False
-sahara_rabbitmq_servers: 127.0.0.1
-sahara_rabbitmq_port: 5672
+## Oslo Messaging Info
+# RPC
+sahara_oslomsg_rpc_transport: rabbit
+sahara_oslomsg_rpc_servers: 127.0.0.1
+sahara_oslomsg_rpc_port: 5672
+sahara_oslomsg_rpc_use_ssl: False
+sahara_oslomsg_rpc_userid: sahara
+sahara_oslomsg_rpc_vhost: /sahara
 
-## Configuration for notifications communication, i.e. [oslo_messaging_notifications]
-sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_userid: "{{ sahara_rabbitmq_userid }}"
-sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_vhost: "{{ sahara_rabbitmq_vhost }}"
-sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_port: "{{ sahara_rabbitmq_port }}"
-sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_servers: "{{ sahara_rabbitmq_servers }}"
-sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_use_ssl: "{{ sahara_rabbitmq_use_ssl }}"
+# Notify
+sahara_oslomsg_notify_transport: rabbit
+sahara_oslomsg_notify_servers: 127.0.0.1
+sahara_oslomsg_notify_port: 5672
+sahara_oslomsg_notify_use_ssl: False
+sahara_oslomsg_notify_userid: sahara
+sahara_oslomsg_notify_vhost: /sahara
 
 ## Database info
 sahara_galera_database: sahara
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/oslo-messaging-separate-backends-702d7b33fda7a9f5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/oslo-messaging-separate-backends-702d7b33fda7a9f5.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fc7de6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/oslo-messaging-separate-backends-702d7b33fda7a9f5.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Support separate oslo.messaging services for RPC and Notifications
+    to enable operation of separate and different messaging backend servers.
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The rabbitmq server parameters have been replaced by corresponding
+    oslo.messaging RPC and Notify parameters in order to abstract the
+    messaging service from the actual backend server deployment.
+    - sahara_oslomsg_rpc_servers replaces sahara_rabbitmq_servers
+    - sahara_oslomsg_rpc_port replaces sahara_rabbitmq_port
+    - sahara_oslomsg_rpc_use_ssl replaces sahara_rabbitmq_use_ssl
+    - sahara_oslomsg_rpc_userid replaces sahara_rabbitmq_userid
+    - sahara_oslomsg_rpc_vhost replaces sahara_rabbitmq_vhost
+    - sahara_oslomsg_notify_servers replaces sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_servers
+    - sahara_oslomsg_notify_port replaces sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_port
+    - sahara_oslomsg_notify_use_ssl replaces sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_use_ssl
+    - sahara_oslomsg_notify_userid replaces sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_userid
+    - sahara_oslomsg_notify_vhost replaces sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_vhost
diff --git a/templates/sahara.conf.j2 b/templates/sahara.conf.j2
index 2631871..b9d0851 100644
--- a/templates/sahara.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/sahara.conf.j2
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ proxy_user_role_names = {{ sahara_proxy_user_role_names }}
 {% endif %}
 
 ## RPC Backend
-transport_url = rabbit://{% for host in sahara_rabbitmq_servers.split(',') %}{{ sahara_rabbitmq_userid }}:{{ sahara_rabbitmq_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ sahara_rabbitmq_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ sahara_rabbitmq_vhost }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
-
+transport_url = {{ sahara_oslomsg_rpc_transport }}://{% for host in sahara_oslomsg_rpc_servers.split(',') %}{{ sahara_oslomsg_rpc_userid }}:{{ sahara_oslomsg_rpc_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ sahara_oslomsg_rpc_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ sahara_oslomsg_rpc_vhost }}{% if sahara_oslomsg_rpc_use_ssl | bool %}?ssl=1{% else %}?ssl=0{% endif %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
 
 [database]
 connection = mysql+pymysql://{{ sahara_galera_user }}:{{ sahara_container_mysql_password }}@{{ sahara_galera_address }}/{{ sahara_galera_database }}?charset=utf8{% if sahara_galera_use_ssl | bool %}&ssl_ca={{ sahara_galera_ssl_ca_cert }}{% endif %}
@@ -64,12 +63,8 @@ policy_dirs = {{ sahara_policy_dirs }}
 {% if sahara_ceilometer_enabled %}
 [oslo_messaging_notifications]
 driver = messagingv2
-transport_url = rabbit://{% for host in sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_servers.split(',') %}{{ sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_userid }}:{{ sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ sahara_rabbitmq_telemetry_vhost }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
+transport_url = {{ sahara_oslomsg_notify_transport }}://{% for host in sahara_oslomsg_notify_servers.split(',') %}{{ sahara_oslomsg_notify_userid }}:{{ sahara_oslomsg_notify_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ sahara_oslomsg_notify_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ sahara_oslomsg_notify_vhost }}{% if sahara_oslomsg_notify_use_ssl | bool %}?ssl=1{% else %}?ssl=0{% endif %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
 {% endif %}
 
-
-[oslo_messaging_rabbit]
-ssl = {{ sahara_rabbitmq_use_ssl }}
-
 [profiler]
 enabled = {{ sahara_profiler_enabled }}
diff --git a/tests/inventory b/tests/inventory
index ccdf939..5c378b3 100644
--- a/tests/inventory
+++ b/tests/inventory
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ infra1
 openstack1
 sahara1
 
+[oslomsg_rpc_all]
+infra1
+
+[oslomsg_notify_all]
+infra1
+
 [rabbitmq_all]
 infra1