diff --git a/Netdisco/bin/config.yml b/Netdisco/bin/config.yml
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..1555250d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Netdisco/bin/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../config.yml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Netdisco/config.yml b/Netdisco/config.yml
index 50225a7d..3a8efa31 100644
--- a/Netdisco/config.yml
+++ b/Netdisco/config.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,35 @@ engines:
     end_tag:   '%]'
     PRE_CHOMP: 1
 
+# netdisco stuff (can be overidden in the environment .yml)
+
+discover_no: []
+discover_only: []
+
+snmpver: 2
+snmpretries: 2
+snmptimeout: 1000000
+
+mibhome: /usr/share/netdisco/mibs
+mibdirs:
+  - cisco
+  - rfc
+  - net-snmp
+
+community: ['public']
+community_rw: ['private']
+
+# rights control for Interactive jobs
+vlanctl: 1
+allow_uplinks: 0
+portctl_nophones: 1
+portctl_vlans: 1
+
+# sleep time between polls of the database job queue
+daemon_sleep_time: 5
+
+# how many daemon processes
+# NB one worker will always be a Queue Manager
+daemon_pollers: 0
+daemon_interactives: 2
+
diff --git a/Netdisco/environments/development.yml b/Netdisco/environments/development.yml
index 3143f76a..d67a4db7 100644
--- a/Netdisco/environments/development.yml
+++ b/Netdisco/environments/development.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ warnings: 1
 # should Dancer show a stacktrace when an error is caught?
 show_errors: 1
 
+# database connections
 plugins:
   DBIC:
+    # alter dsn/user/pass for your local Netdisco DB
     netdisco:
       schema_class: 'Netdisco::DB'
       dsn: 'dbi:Pg:dbname=netdisco;host=localhost'
@@ -27,11 +29,20 @@ plugins:
       options:
         RaiseError: 1
         AutoCommit: 1
+    # please do not change/remove this schema unless you
+    # know what you're doing!
+    daemon:
+      schema_class: 'Netdisco::Daemon::DB'
+      dsn: 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=/tmp/netdisco-daemon.db'
+      options:
+        RaiseError: 1
+        AutoCommit: 1
+        sqlite_use_immediate_transaction: 1
 
-# for dev env only, this will force login so that a restarting server
-# doesn't persist in requiring reauth.
-# no_auth: 1
+# uncomment and set to 1 to disable authentication/login
+no_auth: 1
 
 # will be stripped from fqdn when displayed in the web UI
 # don't forget the leading dot
 # domain_suffix: '.example.com'
+
diff --git a/Netdisco/environments/production.yml b/Netdisco/environments/production.yml
index 86801b47..7730db58 100644
--- a/Netdisco/environments/production.yml
+++ b/Netdisco/environments/production.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,32 @@ show_errors: 0
 # cache route resolution for maximum performance
 route_cache: 1
 
+# database connections
+plugins:
+  DBIC:
+    # alter dsn/user/pass for your local Netdisco DB
+    netdisco:
+      schema_class: 'Netdisco::DB'
+      dsn: 'dbi:Pg:dbname=netdisco;host=localhost'
+      user: 'changeme'
+      pass: 'netdisco'
+      options:
+        RaiseError: 1
+        AutoCommit: 1
+    # please do not change/remove this schema unless you
+    # know what you're doing!
+    daemon:
+      schema_class: 'Netdisco::Daemon::DB'
+      dsn: 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=/tmp/netdisco-daemon.db'
+      options:
+        RaiseError: 1
+        AutoCommit: 1
+        sqlite_use_immediate_transaction: 1
+
+# uncomment and set to 1 to disable authentication/login
+# no_auth: 0
+
+# will be stripped from fqdn when displayed in the web UI
+# don't forget the leading dot
+# domain_suffix: '.example.com'
+