diff --git a/manifests/client.pp b/manifests/client.pp
index cdfb7f5..9925f69 100644
--- a/manifests/client.pp
+++ b/manifests/client.pp
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@ class zanata::client(
   $version = '3.4.2',
   $user = 'jenkins',
   $group = 'jenkins',
+  $server = '',
+  $server_url = '',
+  $server_user = '',
+  $server_api_key = '',
+  $homedir = '/home/jenkins/',
 ) {
 
+  $serverid = regsubst($server, '\.', '_', 'G')
+
   file { '/opt/zanata':
     ensure  => directory,
     owner   => $user,
@@ -69,4 +76,12 @@ class zanata::client(
   package { 'openjdk-7-jre-headless':
     ensure => present,
   }
+
+  file { "${homedir}/.config/zanata.ini": # XXX needs to be in homedir
+    ensure  => present,
+    owner   => $user,
+    group   => $group,
+    mode    => '0600',
+    content => template('zanata/zanata.ini.erb'),
+  }
 }
diff --git a/templates/zanata.ini.erb b/templates/zanata.ini.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca65567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/zanata.ini.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[servers]
+<%= @serverid -%>.url=<%= @server_url %>
+<%= @serverid -%>.username=<%= @server_user %>
+<%= @serverid -%>.key=<%= @server_api_key %>