diff --git a/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml b/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml
index 58689025..b70d9de0 100644
--- a/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml
+++ b/.travis/docker-compose-travis.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ services:
     container_name: edx_notes_api
     volumes:
       - ..:/edx/app/notes
+      - ./edx_notes_api.yml:/edx/etc/edx_notes_api.yml
     command: tail -f /dev/null
     depends_on:
       - "db"
diff --git a/.travis/edx_notes_api.yml b/.travis/edx_notes_api.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..462c196a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/edx_notes_api.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+CONN_MAX_AGE: 60
+DB_ENGINE: "django.db.backends.mysql"
+DB_HOST: "db"
+DB_NAME: "edx_notes_api"
+DB_PASSWORD: "secret"
+DB_PORT: "3306"
+DB_USER: "notes001"
+ENABLE_DJANGO_TOOLBAR: 1
+ELASTICSEARCH_URL: "http://es:9200"