diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index cc9a8cebc7dc06d2495ee5f8462b7fc0a6b50880..9fcf2461b427f0aa8bd1ee9635b94911047cc25f 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -78,4 +78,5 @@ python
 .noseids
 
 # Configurations
+config/engine-api.ini
 config/gunicorn.conf.py
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c251858960630bad912f0a75f9f7ac87bdf8f8c5..2733152ca5a5ac362e224ff548020b4be641d828 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -70,4 +70,5 @@ python
 .noseids
 
 # Configurations
+config/engine-api.ini
 config/gunicorn.conf.py
diff --git a/config/sample/sample-development.engine-api.ini b/config/sample/sample-development.engine-api.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..12e7923a3cb51afed0c17ed537155555055c296a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/sample/sample-development.engine-api.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+#######################
+# Engine API Settings #
+#######################
+
+
+[database]
+db_user="aura"
+db_name="aura_engine"
+db_pass="---SECRET--PASSWORD---"
+db_host="localhost"
+db_charset="utf8"
+
+[monitoring]
+logdir="/home/david/Code/aura/engine-api/logs"
+# possible values: debug, info, warning, error, critical
+loglevel="info"
+
+[api]
+api_port=8008
+