diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e9ae4970d..bf3d9443b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ core
 
 #config
 proxysql.cnf*
-proxysql.cfg*
 proxysql.db*
 
 jeprof*heap
diff --git a/proxysql.cfg b/proxysql.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..984037aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxysql.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#file proxysql.cfg
+
+# This config file is parsed using libconfig , and its grammar is described in:
+# http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig_manual.html#Configuration-File-Grammar
+# Grammar is also copied at the end of this file
+
+
+
+datadir="/tmp"
+
+# defines all the MySQL servers
+mysql_servers =
+(
+#	{
+#		address = "127.0.0.1" # no default, required . If port is 0 , address is interpred as a Unix Socket Domain
+#		port = 3306           # no default, required . If port is 0 , address is interpred as a Unix Socket Domain
+#		hostgroup = 0	        # no default, required
+#		status = "ONLINE"     # default: ONLINE
+#		weight = 1            # default: 1
+#		compression = 0       # default: 0
+#	},
+#	{
+#		address = "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock"
+#		port = 0
+#		hostgroup = 0
+#	},
+	{
+		address="127.0.0.1"
+		port=3306
+		hostgroup=0
+	},
+	{ address="127.0.0.1" , port=3306 , hostgroup=1 },
+	{ address="127.0.0.2" , port=3306 , hostgroup=1 },
+	{ address="127.0.0.3" , port=3306 , hostgroup=1 },
+	{ address="127.0.0.4" , port=3306 , hostgroup=1 },
+	{ address="/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock" , port=0 , hostgroup=1 }
+)
+
+
+# defines all the MySQL users
+mysql_users:
+(
+#	{
+#		username = "username" # no default , required
+#		password = "password" # default: ''
+#		default_hostgroup = 0 # default: 0
+#		active = 1            # default: 1
+#	},
+	{
+		username = "root"
+		password = ""
+		default_hostgroup = 0
+#		active = 1
+	},
+	{ username = "user1" , password = "password" , default_hostgroup = 0 , active = 0 }
+)
+
+
+# http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig_manual.html#Configuration-File-Grammar
+#
+# Below is the BNF grammar for configuration files. Comments and include directives are not part of the grammar, so they are not included here. 
+#
+# configuration = setting-list | empty
+#
+# setting-list = setting | setting-list setting
+#     
+# setting = name (":" | "=") value (";" | "," | empty)
+#     
+# value = scalar-value | array | list | group
+#     
+# value-list = value | value-list "," value
+#     
+# scalar-value = boolean | integer | integer64 | hex | hex64 | float
+#                | string
+#     
+# scalar-value-list = scalar-value | scalar-value-list "," scalar-value
+#     
+# array = "[" (scalar-value-list | empty) "]"
+#     
+# list = "(" (value-list | empty) ")"
+#     
+# group = "{" (setting-list | empty) "}"
+#     
+# empty =