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..6c5ea951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis/edx_notes_api.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+DATABASES:
+  default:
+    ENGINE: "django.db.backends.mysql"
+    HOST: "db"
+    NAME: "edx_notes_api"
+    PASSWORD: "secret"
+    PORT: "3306"
+    USER: "notes001"
+ELASTICSEARCH_URL: "http://es:9200"