diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 638e86ef375fe..406b75c12b2e0 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
 # Pulse
 /packages/kbn-analytics/ @elastic/pulse
 /src/legacy/core_plugins/ui_metric/ @elastic/pulse
+/src/plugins/newsfeed/ @elastic/pulse
 /src/plugins/telemetry/ @elastic/pulse
 /src/plugins/telemetry_collection_manager/ @elastic/pulse
 /src/plugins/telemetry_management_section/ @elastic/pulse
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/index.ts b/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cf8852be09a1e..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { LegacyPluginApi, LegacyPluginSpec, ArrayOrItem } from 'src/legacy/plugin_discovery/types';
-import { Legacy } from 'kibana';
-import { NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig } from '../../../plugins/newsfeed/types';
-import {
-  PLUGIN_ID,
-  DEFAULT_SERVICE_URLROOT,
-  DEV_SERVICE_URLROOT,
-  DEFAULT_SERVICE_PATH,
-} from './constants';
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-default-export
-export default function(kibana: LegacyPluginApi): ArrayOrItem<LegacyPluginSpec> {
-  const pluginSpec: Legacy.PluginSpecOptions = {
-    id: PLUGIN_ID,
-    config(Joi: any) {
-      // NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig in Joi form
-      return Joi.object({
-        enabled: Joi.boolean().default(true),
-        service: Joi.object({
-          pathTemplate: Joi.string().default(DEFAULT_SERVICE_PATH),
-          urlRoot: Joi.when('$prod', {
-            is: true,
-            then: Joi.string().default(DEFAULT_SERVICE_URLROOT),
-            otherwise: Joi.string().default(DEV_SERVICE_URLROOT),
-          }),
-        }).default(),
-        defaultLanguage: Joi.string().default('en'),
-        mainInterval: Joi.number().default(120 * 1000), // (2min) How often to retry failed fetches, and/or check if newsfeed items need to be refreshed from remote
-        fetchInterval: Joi.number().default(86400 * 1000), // (1day) How often to fetch remote and reset the last fetched time
-      }).default();
-    },
-    uiExports: {
-      styleSheetPaths: resolve(__dirname, 'public/index.scss'),
-      injectDefaultVars(server): NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig {
-        const config = server.config();
-        return {
-          newsfeed: {
-            service: {
-              pathTemplate: config.get('newsfeed.service.pathTemplate') as string,
-              urlRoot: config.get('newsfeed.service.urlRoot') as string,
-            },
-            defaultLanguage: config.get('newsfeed.defaultLanguage') as string,
-            mainInterval: config.get('newsfeed.mainInterval') as number,
-            fetchInterval: config.get('newsfeed.fetchInterval') as number,
-          },
-        };
-      },
-    },
-  };
-  return new kibana.Plugin(pluginSpec);
-}
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/package.json b/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d4d753f32b0f9..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "newsfeed",
-  "version": "kibana"
-}
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/index.scss b/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/index.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index a77132379041c..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/index.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-@import 'src/legacy/ui/public/styles/styling_constants';
-
-@import './np_ready/components/header_alert/_index';
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/np_ready/components/header_alert/_index.scss b/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/np_ready/components/header_alert/_index.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index e25dbd25daaf5..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/np_ready/components/header_alert/_index.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-@import '@elastic/eui/src/components/header/variables';
-
-.kbnNews__flyout {
-  top: $euiHeaderChildSize + 1px;
-  height: calc(100% - #{$euiHeaderChildSize});
-}
-
-.kbnNewsFeed__headerAlert.euiHeaderAlert {
-  margin-bottom: $euiSizeL;
-  padding: 0 $euiSizeS $euiSizeL;
-  border-bottom: $euiBorderThin;
-  border-top: none;
-
-  .euiHeaderAlert__title {
-    @include euiTitle('xs');
-    margin-bottom: $euiSizeS;
-  }
-
-  .euiHeaderAlert__text {
-    @include euiFontSizeS;
-    margin-bottom: $euiSize;
-  }
-
-  .euiHeaderAlert__action {
-    @include euiFontSizeS;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/np_ready/components/header_alert/header_alert.tsx b/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/np_ready/components/header_alert/header_alert.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index c3c3e4144fca8..0000000000000
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/np_ready/components/header_alert/header_alert.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
- * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright
- * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
- * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
- * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import classNames from 'classnames';
-
-import { EuiFlexGroup, EuiFlexItem, EuiI18n } from '@elastic/eui';
-
-interface IEuiHeaderAlertProps {
-  action: JSX.Element;
-  className?: string;
-  date: string;
-  text: string;
-  title: string;
-  badge?: JSX.Element;
-  rest?: string[];
-}
-
-export const EuiHeaderAlert = ({
-  action,
-  className,
-  date,
-  text,
-  title,
-  badge,
-  ...rest
-}: IEuiHeaderAlertProps) => {
-  const classes = classNames('euiHeaderAlert', 'kbnNewsFeed__headerAlert', className);
-
-  const badgeContent = badge || null;
-
-  return (
-    <EuiI18n token="euiHeaderAlert.dismiss" default="Dismiss">
-      {(dismiss: any) => (
-        <div className={classes} {...rest}>
-          <EuiFlexGroup justifyContent="spaceBetween">
-            <EuiFlexItem>
-              <div className="euiHeaderAlert__date">{date}</div>
-            </EuiFlexItem>
-            <EuiFlexItem grow={false}>{badgeContent}</EuiFlexItem>
-          </EuiFlexGroup>
-
-          <div className="euiHeaderAlert__title">{title}</div>
-          <div className="euiHeaderAlert__text">{text}</div>
-          <div className="euiHeaderAlert__action euiLink">{action}</div>
-        </div>
-      )}
-    </EuiI18n>
-  );
-};
-
-EuiHeaderAlert.propTypes = {
-  action: PropTypes.node,
-  className: PropTypes.string,
-  date: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
-  text: PropTypes.node,
-  title: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
-  badge: PropTypes.node,
-};
diff --git a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/constants.ts b/src/plugins/newsfeed/common/constants.ts
similarity index 65%
rename from src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/constants.ts
rename to src/plugins/newsfeed/common/constants.ts
index 55a0c51c2ac65..6bc95873a342d 100644
--- a/src/legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/constants.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/common/constants.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-export const PLUGIN_ID = 'newsfeed';
-export const DEFAULT_SERVICE_URLROOT = 'https://feeds.elastic.co';
-export const DEV_SERVICE_URLROOT = 'https://feeds-staging.elastic.co';
-export const DEFAULT_SERVICE_PATH = '/kibana/v{VERSION}.json';
+export const NEWSFEED_FALLBACK_LANGUAGE = 'en';
+export const NEWSFEED_LAST_FETCH_STORAGE_KEY = 'newsfeed.lastfetchtime';
+export const NEWSFEED_HASH_SET_STORAGE_KEY = 'newsfeed.hashes';
+
+export const NEWSFEED_DEFAULT_SERVICE_BASE_URL = 'https://feeds.elastic.co';
+export const NEWSFEED_DEV_SERVICE_BASE_URL = 'https://feeds-staging.elastic.co';
+export const NEWSFEED_DEFAULT_SERVICE_PATH = '/kibana/v{VERSION}.json';
diff --git a/src/plugins/newsfeed/kibana.json b/src/plugins/newsfeed/kibana.json
index 9d49b42424a06..b9f37b67f6921 100644
--- a/src/plugins/newsfeed/kibana.json
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/kibana.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "id": "newsfeed",
   "version": "kibana",
-  "server": false,
+  "server": true,
   "ui": true
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/components/flyout_list.tsx b/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/components/flyout_list.tsx
index bd554d7d98b7d..6fb5ee673678f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/components/flyout_list.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/components/flyout_list.tsx
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ import {
   EuiButtonEmpty,
   EuiText,
   EuiBadge,
+  EuiHeaderAlert,
 } from '@elastic/eui';
 import { FormattedMessage } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
-import { EuiHeaderAlert } from '../../../../legacy/core_plugins/newsfeed/public/np_ready/components/header_alert/header_alert';
 import { NewsfeedContext } from './newsfeed_header_nav_button';
 import { NewsfeedItem } from '../../types';
 import { NewsEmptyPrompt } from './empty_news';
diff --git a/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/lib/api.test.ts b/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/lib/api.test.ts
index 9d64dd26da047..b77e63512c8c0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/lib/api.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/lib/api.test.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ import { interval, race } from 'rxjs';
 import sinon, { stub } from 'sinon';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import { HttpSetup } from 'src/core/public';
-import { NEWSFEED_HASH_SET_STORAGE_KEY, NEWSFEED_LAST_FETCH_STORAGE_KEY } from '../../constants';
-import { ApiItem, NewsfeedItem, NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig } from '../../types';
+import {
+  NEWSFEED_HASH_SET_STORAGE_KEY,
+  NEWSFEED_LAST_FETCH_STORAGE_KEY,
+} from '../../common/constants';
+import { ApiItem, NewsfeedItem, NewsfeedPluginBrowserConfig } from '../../types';
 import { NewsfeedApiDriver, getApi } from './api';
 
 const localStorageGet = sinon.stub();
@@ -458,7 +461,7 @@ describe('getApi', () => {
     }
     return Promise.reject('wrong args!');
   };
-  let configMock: NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig;
+  let configMock: NewsfeedPluginBrowserConfig;
 
   afterEach(() => {
     jest.resetAllMocks();
@@ -466,15 +469,13 @@ describe('getApi', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     configMock = {
-      newsfeed: {
-        service: {
-          urlRoot: 'http://fakenews.co',
-          pathTemplate: '/kibana-test/v{VERSION}.json',
-        },
-        defaultLanguage: 'en',
-        mainInterval: 86400000,
-        fetchInterval: 86400000,
+      service: {
+        urlRoot: 'http://fakenews.co',
+        pathTemplate: '/kibana-test/v{VERSION}.json',
       },
+      defaultLanguage: 'en',
+      mainInterval: 86400000,
+      fetchInterval: 86400000,
     };
     httpMock = ({
       fetch: mockHttpGet,
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ describe('getApi', () => {
 
   it('creates a result', done => {
     mockHttpGet.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve({ items: [] }));
-    getApi(httpMock, configMock.newsfeed, '6.8.2').subscribe(result => {
+    getApi(httpMock, configMock, '6.8.2').subscribe(result => {
       expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
           "error": null,
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ describe('getApi', () => {
 
     mockHttpGet.mockImplementationOnce(getHttpMockWithItems(mockApiItems));
 
-    getApi(httpMock, configMock.newsfeed, '6.8.2').subscribe(result => {
+    getApi(httpMock, configMock, '6.8.2').subscribe(result => {
       expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
           "error": null,
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@ describe('getApi', () => {
       },
     ];
     mockHttpGet.mockImplementationOnce(getHttpMockWithItems(mockApiItems));
-    getApi(httpMock, configMock.newsfeed, '6.8.2').subscribe(result => {
+    getApi(httpMock, configMock, '6.8.2').subscribe(result => {
       expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
           "error": null,
@@ -595,7 +596,7 @@ describe('getApi', () => {
   it('forwards an error', done => {
     mockHttpGet.mockImplementationOnce((arg1, arg2) => Promise.reject('sorry, try again later!'));
 
-    getApi(httpMock, configMock.newsfeed, '6.8.2').subscribe(result => {
+    getApi(httpMock, configMock, '6.8.2').subscribe(result => {
       expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
           "error": "sorry, try again later!",
@@ -623,14 +624,14 @@ describe('getApi', () => {
     ];
 
     it("retries until fetch doesn't error", done => {
-      configMock.newsfeed.mainInterval = 10; // fast retry for testing
+      configMock.mainInterval = 10; // fast retry for testing
       mockHttpGet
         .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.reject('Sorry, try again later!'))
         .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.reject('Sorry, internal server error!'))
         .mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.reject("Sorry, it's too cold to go outside!"))
         .mockImplementationOnce(getHttpMockWithItems(successItems));
 
-      getApi(httpMock, configMock.newsfeed, '6.8.2')
+      getApi(httpMock, configMock, '6.8.2')
         .pipe(take(4), toArray())
         .subscribe(result => {
           expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
@@ -677,13 +678,13 @@ describe('getApi', () => {
     });
 
     it("doesn't retry if fetch succeeds", done => {
-      configMock.newsfeed.mainInterval = 10; // fast retry for testing
+      configMock.mainInterval = 10; // fast retry for testing
       mockHttpGet.mockImplementation(getHttpMockWithItems(successItems));
 
       const timeout$ = interval(1000); // lets us capture some results after a short time
       let timesFetched = 0;
 
-      const get$ = getApi(httpMock, configMock.newsfeed, '6.8.2').pipe(
+      const get$ = getApi(httpMock, configMock, '6.8.2').pipe(
         tap(() => {
           timesFetched++;
         })
diff --git a/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/lib/api.ts b/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/lib/api.ts
index bfeff4aa3e37b..5088ddaec81ea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/lib/api.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/lib/api.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ import {
   NEWSFEED_FALLBACK_LANGUAGE,
   NEWSFEED_LAST_FETCH_STORAGE_KEY,
   NEWSFEED_HASH_SET_STORAGE_KEY,
-} from '../../constants';
-import { NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig, ApiItem, NewsfeedItem, FetchResult } from '../../types';
+} from '../../common/constants';
+import { ApiItem, NewsfeedItem, FetchResult, NewsfeedPluginBrowserConfig } from '../../types';
 
-type ApiConfig = NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig['newsfeed']['service'];
+type ApiConfig = NewsfeedPluginBrowserConfig['service'];
 
 export class NewsfeedApiDriver {
   private readonly loadedTime = moment().utc(); // the date is compared to time in UTC format coming from the service
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export class NewsfeedApiDriver {
  */
 export function getApi(
   http: HttpSetup,
-  config: NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig['newsfeed'],
+  config: NewsfeedPluginBrowserConfig,
   kibanaVersion: string
 ): Rx.Observable<void | FetchResult> {
   const userLanguage = i18n.getLocale() || config.defaultLanguage;
diff --git a/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/plugin.tsx b/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/plugin.tsx
index d21cf75a1a65e..a1b2b265853e0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/plugin.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/public/plugin.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import React from 'react';
 import { I18nProvider } from '@kbn/i18n/react';
 import { PluginInitializerContext, CoreSetup, CoreStart, Plugin } from 'src/core/public';
-import { FetchResult, NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig } from '../types';
+import { NewsfeedPluginBrowserConfig } from '../types';
 import { NewsfeedNavButton, NewsfeedApiFetchResult } from './components/newsfeed_header_nav_button';
 import { getApi } from './lib/api';
 
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ export type Start = object;
 
 export class NewsfeedPublicPlugin implements Plugin<Setup, Start> {
   private readonly kibanaVersion: string;
+  private readonly config: NewsfeedPluginBrowserConfig;
   private readonly stop$ = new Rx.ReplaySubject(1);
 
-  constructor(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext) {
+  constructor(initializerContext: PluginInitializerContext<NewsfeedPluginBrowserConfig>) {
+    this.config = initializerContext.config.get();
     this.kibanaVersion = initializerContext.env.packageInfo.version;
   }
 
@@ -57,16 +59,8 @@ export class NewsfeedPublicPlugin implements Plugin<Setup, Start> {
   }
 
   private fetchNewsfeed(core: CoreStart) {
-    const { http, injectedMetadata } = core;
-    const config = injectedMetadata.getInjectedVar('newsfeed') as
-      | NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig['newsfeed']
-      | undefined;
-
-    if (!config) {
-      // running in new platform, injected metadata not available
-      return new Rx.Observable<void | FetchResult | null>();
-    }
-    return getApi(http, config, this.kibanaVersion).pipe(
+    const { http } = core;
+    return getApi(http, this.config, this.kibanaVersion).pipe(
       takeUntil(this.stop$), // stop the interval when stop method is called
       catchError(() => Rx.of(null)) // do not throw error
     );
diff --git a/src/plugins/newsfeed/server/config.ts b/src/plugins/newsfeed/server/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..234bc2d83c467
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/server/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { schema, TypeOf } from '@kbn/config-schema';
+import {
+  NEWSFEED_DEFAULT_SERVICE_PATH,
+  NEWSFEED_DEFAULT_SERVICE_BASE_URL,
+  NEWSFEED_DEV_SERVICE_BASE_URL,
+} from '../common/constants';
+
+export const configSchema = schema.object({
+  enabled: schema.boolean({ defaultValue: true }),
+  service: schema.object({
+    pathTemplate: schema.string({ defaultValue: NEWSFEED_DEFAULT_SERVICE_PATH }),
+    urlRoot: schema.conditional(
+      schema.contextRef('prod'),
+      schema.literal(true), // Point to staging if it's not a production release
+      schema.string({ defaultValue: NEWSFEED_DEFAULT_SERVICE_BASE_URL }),
+      schema.string({ defaultValue: NEWSFEED_DEV_SERVICE_BASE_URL })
+    ),
+  }),
+  defaultLanguage: schema.string({ defaultValue: 'en' }),
+  mainInterval: schema.number({ defaultValue: 120 * 1000 }), // (2min) How often to retry failed fetches, and/or check if newsfeed items need to be refreshed from remote
+  fetchInterval: schema.number({ defaultValue: 86400 * 1000 }), // (1day) How often to fetch remote and reset the last fetched time
+});
+
+export type NewsfeedConfigType = TypeOf<typeof configSchema>;
diff --git a/src/plugins/newsfeed/server/index.ts b/src/plugins/newsfeed/server/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..71852f38d41d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/server/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+ * the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ * not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import { PluginConfigDescriptor } from 'kibana/server';
+import { NewsfeedPlugin } from './plugin';
+import { configSchema, NewsfeedConfigType } from './config';
+
+export const config: PluginConfigDescriptor<NewsfeedConfigType> = {
+  schema: configSchema,
+  exposeToBrowser: {
+    service: true,
+    defaultLanguage: true,
+    mainInterval: true,
+    fetchInterval: true,
+  },
+};
+
+export function plugin() {
+  return new NewsfeedPlugin();
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/newsfeed/constants.ts b/src/plugins/newsfeed/server/plugin.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from src/plugins/newsfeed/constants.ts
rename to src/plugins/newsfeed/server/plugin.ts
index ddcbbb6cb1dbe..60b69b3977bf5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/newsfeed/constants.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/server/plugin.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-export const NEWSFEED_FALLBACK_LANGUAGE = 'en';
-export const NEWSFEED_LAST_FETCH_STORAGE_KEY = 'newsfeed.lastfetchtime';
-export const NEWSFEED_HASH_SET_STORAGE_KEY = 'newsfeed.hashes';
+import { Plugin } from 'kibana/server';
+
+export class NewsfeedPlugin implements Plugin {
+  public setup() {}
+
+  public start() {}
+
+  public stop() {}
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/newsfeed/types.ts b/src/plugins/newsfeed/types.ts
index 78485c6ee4f59..8eb5af1bf8f4b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/newsfeed/types.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/newsfeed/types.ts
@@ -19,16 +19,15 @@
 
 import { Moment } from 'moment';
 
-export interface NewsfeedPluginInjectedConfig {
-  newsfeed: {
-    service: {
-      urlRoot: string;
-      pathTemplate: string;
-    };
-    defaultLanguage: string;
-    mainInterval: number; // how often to check last updated time
-    fetchInterval: number; // how often to fetch remote service and set last updated
+// Ideally, we may want to obtain the type from the configSchema and exposeToBrowser keys...
+export interface NewsfeedPluginBrowserConfig {
+  service: {
+    urlRoot: string;
+    pathTemplate: string;
   };
+  defaultLanguage: string;
+  mainInterval: number; // how often to check last updated time
+  fetchInterval: number; // how often to fetch remote service and set last updated
 }
 
 export interface ApiItem {