diff --git a/config/roles/integration_server.rb b/config/roles/integration_server.rb
index c2c15ff..9a9603a 100644
--- a/config/roles/integration_server.rb
+++ b/config/roles/integration_server.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 name "integration_server"
 description "Application that manages user authentication, visual integration and gamification"
-run_list 'recipe[colab]'
+
+# TODO colab and mailman-api should be able to run in separate hosts at some
+# point in the future
+run_list 'recipe[mailman-api]', 'recipe[colab]'
diff --git a/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb
index 16f38a8..b4014c7 100644
--- a/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/colab/recipes/default.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# TODO colab and mailman-api should be able to run in separate hosts at some
-# point in the future
-include_recipe 'mailman-api'
-
 if node['platform'] == 'centos'
   cookbook_file '/etc/yum.repos.d/colab.repo' do
     owner 'root'
@@ -11,6 +7,29 @@ end
 
 package 'colab'
 
+directory '/etc/colab' do
+  owner  'root'
+  group  'root'
+  mode   0755
+end
+
+execute 'secret-key' do
+  f = '/etc/colab/secret.key'
+  command "openssl rand -hex 32 -out #{f} && chown root:colab #{f} && chmod 0640 #{f}"
+  not_if { File.exists?(f) }
+  notifies :create, 'template[/etc/colab/settings.yaml]'
+end
+
+template '/etc/colab/settings.yaml' do
+  owner  'root'
+  group  'colab'
+  mode   0640
+end
+
+execute 'colab-admin migrate'
+execute 'colab-admin collectstatic --noinput'
+
 service 'colab' do
   action :start
+  supports :restart => true
 end
diff --git a/cookbooks/colab/templates/settings.yaml.erb b/cookbooks/colab/templates/settings.yaml.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f89adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbooks/colab/templates/settings.yaml.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+DATABASES:
+  default:
+    ENGINE: django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
+    NAME: colab
+    USER: colab
+    HOST: <%= node['peers']['database'] %>
+
+## Set to false in production
+DEBUG: false
+TEMPLATE_DEBUG: false
+
+## System admins
+ADMINS: &admin
+<%- node['config']['admins'].each do |admin| %>
+  -
+  <%- admin.each do |item| %>
+    - <%= item %>
+  <%- end %>
+<% end %>
+
+MANAGERS: *admin
+
+COLAB_FROM_ADDRESS: '<%= node['config']['colab_from_address'] %>'
+SERVER_EMAIL: '<%= node['config']['server_email'] %>'
+
+EMAIL_HOST: localhost
+EMAIL_PORT: 25
+EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX: <%= node['config']['email_subject_prefix'] %>
+
+SECRET_KEY: <%= File.read('/etc/colab/secret.key').strip %>
+
+SITE_URL: <%= node['config']['site_url'] %>
+BROWSERID_AUDIENCES:
+  - <%= node['config']['site_url'].sub('http:', 'https:') %>
+  - <%= node['config']['site_url'].sub('https:', 'http:') %>
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS:
+  - localhost # for tests
+  - <%= node['config']['external_hostname'] %>
+
+## Disable indexing
+ROBOTS_NOINDEX: false
diff --git a/nodes.yaml b/nodes.yaml
index b8c9fad..e521782 100644
--- a/nodes.yaml
+++ b/nodes.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@ vagrant@integration:
   run_list:
     - role[server]
     - role[integration_server]
+  config: &CONFIG
+    admins:
+      -
+        - Paulo Meirelles
+        - paulo@softwarelivre.org
+    external_hostname: beta.softwarepublico.gov.br
+    site_url: https://beta.softwarepublico.gov.br
+    colab_from_address: '"Portal do Software Publico" <noreply@beta.softwarepublico.gov.br>'
+    server_email: '"Portal do Software Publico" <noreply@beta.softwarepublico.gov.br>'
+    email_subject_prefix: '[spb]'
   peers: &PEERS
     integration:  10.10.10.2
     email:        10.10.10.3
diff --git a/test/colab_test.sh b/test/colab_test.sh
index 5c9c367..5e83727 100644
--- a/test/colab_test.sh
+++ b/test/colab_test.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 . $(dirname $0)/test_helper.sh
 
+test_database_connectivity() {
+  assertTrue 'colab database connectivity' 'run_on integration psql -h database -U colab < /dev/null'
+}
+
 test_colab_config_is_in_place() {
-  assertTrue 'colab settings.yml is in place' 'run_on colab test -f /etc/colab/settings.yml'
+  assertTrue 'colab settings.yml is in place' 'run_on integration test -f /etc/colab/settings.yaml'
+}
+
+test_colab_running() {
+  assertTrue 'colab service running' 'run_on integration pgrep -fa colab.wsgi'
 }
 
-test_colab_installed_and_running() {
-  assertTrue 'colab service running' 'run_on colab pgrep -fa colab.wsgi'
+test_colab_responds() {
+  assertTrue 'colab responds' 'run_on integration curl --fail http://localhost:8001'
 }
 
 . shunit2
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