diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/1/dss/services/resource-sync/plugin.properties b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/1/dss/services/resource-sync/plugin.properties
index 88da3b4479560fbf18c9b16dd32f7c19ba1a3a9e..232440c704f58db5ec517ba20e5ede9e08ba24d2 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/1/dss/services/resource-sync/plugin.properties
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/1/dss/services/resource-sync/plugin.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class = ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.oaipmh.OaipmhServlet
 path = /datastore_server/re-sync/*
-request-handler = ch.ethz.sis.openbis.generic.server.dss.plugins.sync.datasource.DataSourceRequestHandler
+request-handler = ch.ethz.sis.openbis.generic.server.dss.plugins.sync.datasource.ResourceSyncRequestHandler
 request-handler.script-path = data-source-servlet.py
 request-handler.published-spaces = ${published-spaces}
 request-handler.temp-dir = ${root-dir}/sync
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/2/dss/data-sources/openbis-db/plugin.properties b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/2/dss/data-sources/openbis-db/plugin.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b67a3d82ef50203e1b7077c58a266ab76c5404ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/2/dss/data-sources/openbis-db/plugin.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#
+# Data source used to determine which entities have been deleted
+#
+databaseEngineCode = postgresql
+basicDatabaseName = openbis
+# This needs to match the databaseKind in the openBIS service.properties
+databaseKind = ${database.kind:prod}
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/2/dss/services/resource-sync/plugin.properties b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/2/dss/services/resource-sync/plugin.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d9957f10b1d7cce0fadf98bc25bd9c1da209ebba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/openbis-sync/2/dss/services/resource-sync/plugin.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class = ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.oaipmh.OaipmhServlet
+path = /datastore_server/re-sync/*
+request-handler = ch.ethz.sis.openbis.generic.server.dss.plugins.sync.datasource.DataSourceRequestHandler
+request-handler.server-url = ${server-url}/openbis 
+request-handler.download-url = ${download-url}
+authentication-handler = ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.dss.generic.server.oaipmh.BasicHttpAuthenticationHandler