diff --git a/deploy.php b/deploy.php
index 618d6b6..85f0cfa 100644
--- a/deploy.php
+++ b/deploy.php
@@ -65,3 +65,29 @@ task('migrate:setShopsOnline', function() {
     }
 });
 
+desc('create database coniguration file');
+task('setup:createDbConfig', function () {
+    try {
+        if (!has('db_conf_path') || !strlen(get('db_conf_path'))) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('missing db_conf_path option, task stopped');
+        }
+        if (!test('[ -d $(dirname "{{db_conf_path}}") ]')) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('configured path {{db_conf_path}} missing, task stopped');
+        }
+        if (!test("[ -f {{db_conf_path}} ]")) {
+            run("touch {{db_conf_path}}");
+        }
+        if (test("[ -f {{db_conf_path}} ]")) {
+            $db_host = ask('database host', 'localhost');
+            $db_port = ask('database port', '3306');
+            $db_user = ask('database user');
+            $db_pass = askHiddenResponse('database password');
+            run('printf "[mysql]\nuser='.$db_user.'\npassword=\"'.$db_pass.'\"\nhost='.$db_host.'\nport='.$db_port.'\n\n[mysqldump]\nuser='.$db_user.'\npassword=\"'.$db_pass.'\"\nhost='.$db_host.'\nport='.$db_port.'" > {{db_conf_path}}');
+            info('config successful created');
+        } else {
+            throw new \RuntimeException('can not create {{db_conf_path}}, task stopped');
+        }
+    } catch(\RuntimeException $e) {
+        warning($e->getMessage());
+    }
+});
diff --git a/inventory.yml b/inventory.yml
index 213c551..19c80df 100644
--- a/inventory.yml
+++ b/inventory.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ config:
 .base: &base
   local: true
   deploy_path: /home/XXX/{{application}}_{{alias}}
-  db_conf_path: /home/XXX/dbConf/my_{{alias}}.cnf   # optional for database actions
+  db_conf_path: /home/XXX/dbConf/.my_{{alias}}.cnf   # optional for database actions
   shared_files:
   - .htaccess
   - .htpasswd