# Setup cache object as early as possible

    import pylons

    pylons.cache._push_object(config['pylons.app_globals'].cache)

    # Create the Mako TemplateLookup, with the default auto-escaping

    config['pylons.app_globals'].mako_lookup = TemplateLookup(

        directories=paths['templates'],

        error_handler=handle_mako_error,

        module_directory=os.path.join(app_conf['cache_dir'], 'templates'),

        input_encoding='utf-8', default_filters=['escape'],

        imports=['from webhelpers.html import escape'])

    # sets the c attribute access when don't existing attribute are accessed

    config['pylons.strict_tmpl_context'] = True

    test = os.path.split(config['__file__'])[-1] == 'test.ini'

    if test:

        if os.environ.get('TEST_DB'):

            # swap config if we pass enviroment variable

            config['sqlalchemy.db1.url'] = os.environ.get('TEST_DB')

        from rhodecode.lib.utils import create_test_env, create_test_index

        from rhodecode.tests import  TESTS_TMP_PATH

        create_test_env(TESTS_TMP_PATH, config)

    # MULTIPLE DB configs

    # Setup the SQLAlchemy database engine

    sa_engine_db1 = engine_from_config(config, 'sqlalchemy.db1.')

    init_model(sa_engine_db1)

    repos_path = make_ui('db').configitems('paths')[0][1]

    repo2db_mapper(ScmModel().repo_scan(repos_path),

                   remove_obsolete=False, install_git_hook=False)

    set_available_permissions(config)

    config['base_path'] = repos_path

    set_rhodecode_config(config)

    # CONFIGURATION OPTIONS HERE (note: all config options will override

    # any Pylons config options)

    # store config reference into our module to skip import magic of

    # pylons

    rhodecode.CONFIG.update(config)

    return config