diff --git a/.config b/.config
deleted file mode 100644
index f22f8b1b..00000000
--- a/.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-celery_broker: sqla+sqlite:////tmp/celery.db
-celery_backend: db+sqlite:////tmp/celery.db
-solar_db: sqlite:////tmp/solar.db
-# solar_db: postgresql:///postgres:password@10.0.0.2:5432/solardb
-# solar_db: riak://10.0.0.2:8087
-riak_ensemble: False
-lock_bucket_type: ''
-counters_bucket_type: ''
diff --git a/etc/solar/solar.yaml.sample b/etc/solar/solar.yaml.sample
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73c9a21b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/solar/solar.yaml.sample
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+celery_backend: "db+sqlite:////tmp/celery.db"
+celery_broker: "sqla+sqlite:////tmp/celery.db"
+counters_bucket_type: ""
+lock_bucket_type: ""
+riak_ensemble: false
+# solar_db: "sqlite:////tmp/solar.db"
+# Example:
+# solar_db: "postgresql:///postgres:password@10.0.0.2:5432/solardb"
+# solar_db: "riak://10.0.0.2:8087"
diff --git a/specs/solar.spec b/specs/solar.spec
index 08b1512b..d9596526 100644
--- a/specs/solar.spec
+++ b/specs/solar.spec
@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ cd %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version} && PBR_VERSION=%{version} python setup.py bui
 
 %install
 cd %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version} && PBR_VERSION=%{version} python setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed -O1 --root=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT --record=%{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/INSTALLED_FILES
+install -p -D -m 644 %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/etc/solar/solar.yaml.sample  %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/solar/solar.yaml
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
 %files -f %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/INSTALLED_FILES
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/solar/solar.yaml.sample