diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/files/cron.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/files/cron.yml
index 96e61ac116..ed0f3cfe74 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/files/cron.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/files/cron.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ spec:
           containers:
           - name: mdapi
             image: image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/mdapi/mdapi:latest
-            command: ["bash", "-c", "/usr/bin/mdapi --conffile /code/mdapi/confdata/standard.py database"]
+            command: ["bash", "-c", "/usr/bin/mdapi --conffile /etc/mdapi/confdata/myconfig.py database"]
             volumeMounts:
+            - name: myconfigpy-volume
+              mountPath: /etc/mdapi/confdata/
+              readOnly: true
             - name: config-volume
               mountPath: /etc/mdapi
               readOnly: true
@@ -38,6 +41,10 @@ spec:
               readOnly: true
           restartPolicy: Never
           volumes:
+          - name: myconfigpy-volume
+            configMap:
+                defaultMode: 420
+                name: mdapi-myconfigpy-configmap
           - name: config-volume
             configMap:
                 defaultMode: 420
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/files/deploymentconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/files/deploymentconfig.yml
index d7bebabfa4..75015d49e5 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/files/deploymentconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/files/deploymentconfig.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ spec:
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
         volumeMounts:
+          - name: myconfigpy-volume
+            mountPath: /etc/mdapi/confdata/
+            readOnly: true
           - name: config-volume
             mountPath: /etc/mdapi/
             readOnly: true
@@ -47,6 +50,9 @@ spec:
        - name: config-volume
          configMap:
            name: mdapi-configmap
+       - name: myconfigpy-volume
+         configMap:
+           name: mdapi-myconfigpy-configmap
        - name: data-volume
          persistentVolumeClaim:
            claimName: mdapi-storage
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/templates/configmap.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/templates/configmap.yml
index c773aab818..2e0b94450a 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/templates/configmap.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/templates/configmap.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ data:
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: mdapi-myconfigpy-configmap
+  labels:
+    app: mdapi
+data:
+  mdapi.cfg: |-
+    {{ load_file('myconfig.py') | indent }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: fedora-messaging-configmap
   labels:
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/templates/myconfig.py b/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/templates/myconfig.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ac629dae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/mdapi/templates/myconfig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+"""
+mdapi
+Copyright (C) 2015-2022 Red Hat, Inc.
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+Any Red Hat trademarks that are incorporated in the source
+code or documentation are not subject to the GNU General Public
+License and may only be used or replicated with the express permission
+of Red Hat, Inc.
+"""
+
+"""
+mdapi default configuration.
+"""
+
+# url to the database server:
+DB_FOLDER = "/var/tmp"
+
+LOGGING = {
+    "version": 1,
+    "disable_existing_loggers": False,
+    "formatters": {
+        "standard": {
+            "format": "%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s",
+            "datefmt": "[%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S %z]",
+        },
+    },
+    "handlers": {
+        "console": {
+            "level": "INFO",
+            "formatter": "standard",
+            "class": "logging.StreamHandler",
+            "stream": "ext://sys.stdout",
+        },
+    },
+    # The root logger configuration; this is a catch-all configuration
+    # that applies to all log messages not handled by a different logger
+    "root": {
+        "level": "INFO",
+        "handlers": ["console"],
+    },
+}
+
+"""
+Database fetching configuration
+"""
+
+KOJI_REPO = "https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/repos"
+PKGDB2_URL = "https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb"
+DL_SERVER = "https://dl.fedoraproject.org"
+
+# Enforce, or not, checking the SSL certs
+PKGDB2_VERIFY = True
+
+# Valid for both koji and the download server
+DL_VERIFY = True
+
+# Whether to publish to Fedora Messaging
+PUBLISH_CHANGES = False
+
+# How long to wait between retries if processing failed
+CRON_SLEEP = 30
+
+repomd_xml_namespace = {
+    "repo": "http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repo",
+    "rpm": "http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/rpm",
+}
+
+"""
+Application service configuration
+"""
+
+APPSERVE = {
+    "logging": {"level": LOGGING["root"]["level"]},
+    "bind": "0.0.0.0:8080",
+    "worker_class": "aiohttp.GunicornUVLoopWebWorker",
+}