diff --git a/docs/admin/lab-settings.rst b/docs/admin/lab-settings.rst
--- a/docs/admin/lab-settings.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/lab-settings.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ level of support to optimize for product
 use the following instructions:
 
 1. Open the |RCE| configuration file,
-   :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+   :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 
 2. Add the following configuration option in the ``[app:main]`` section.
 
diff --git a/docs/admin/sec-x-frame.rst b/docs/admin/sec-x-frame.rst
--- a/docs/admin/sec-x-frame.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/sec-x-frame.rst
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ information see the :ref:`apache-ws-ref`
 
 |RCE| can also be configured to force strict *https* connections and Strict
 Transport Security. To set this, configure the following options to ``true``
-in the :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file.
+in the :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file.
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 
diff --git a/docs/admin/sec-your-server.rst b/docs/admin/sec-your-server.rst
--- a/docs/admin/sec-your-server.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/sec-your-server.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ see the `OpenSSL PKI tutorial`_ site, or
 
 If the network you are running is SSL/TLS encrypted, you can configure |RCE|
 to always use secure connections using the ``force_https`` and ``use_htsts``
-options in the :file:`/home/user/.rccontrol/instance-id/rhodecode.ini` file.
+options in the :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file.
 For more details, see the :ref:`x-frame` section.
 
 FireWalls and Ports
diff --git a/docs/admin/system-overview.rst b/docs/admin/system-overview.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system-overview.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system-overview.rst
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ For example:
 Configuration Files
 -------------------
 
-* :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+* :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 * :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/search_mapping.ini`
 * :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{vcsserver-id}/vcsserver.ini`
 * :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/supervisor/supervisord.ini`
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/admin-tricks.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/admin-tricks.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system_admin/admin-tricks.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/admin-tricks.rst
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Changing Default Language
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 To change the default language of a |RCE| instance, change the language code
-in the :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file. To
+in the :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file. To
 do this, use the following steps.
 
 1. Open the :file:`rhodecode.ini` file and set the required language code.
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/config-files-overview.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/config-files-overview.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system_admin/config-files-overview.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/config-files-overview.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ sections.
 
     \- **rhodecode.ini**
         Default location:
-        :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+        :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 
         This is the main |RCE| configuration file and controls much of its
         default behaviour. It is also used to configure certain customer
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/enable-debug.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/enable-debug.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system_admin/enable-debug.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/enable-debug.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ track particular user logs only, and exc
 simply grep by `req_id` uuid which you'll have to find for the individual request.
 
 To enable debug mode on a |RCE| instance you need to set the debug property
-in the :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file. To
+in the :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file. To
 do this, use the following steps
 
 1. Open the file and set the ``debug`` line to ``true``
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Debug and Logging Configuration
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 Further debugging and logging settings can also be set in the
-:file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file.
+:file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file.
 
 In the logging section, the various packages that run with |RCE| can have
 different debug levels set. If you want to increase the logging level change
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/svn-http.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/svn-http.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system_admin/svn-http.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/svn-http.rst
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ 2. Go to the :menuselection:`Admin --> S
    :guilabel:`Subversion HTTP Server URL`.
 
 3. Open the |RCE| configuration file,
-   :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+   :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 
 4. Add the following configuration option in the ``[app:main]``
    section if you don't have it yet.
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-change-encoding.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-change-encoding.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-change-encoding.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-change-encoding.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Change Default Encoding
 -----------------------
 
 |RCE| uses ``utf8`` encoding by default. You can change the default encoding
-in the :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file. To
+in the :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file. To
 change the default encoding used by |RCE|, set a new value for the
 ``default_encoding``.
 
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-hg-auth-loop.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-hg-auth-loop.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-hg-auth-loop.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-hg-auth-loop.rst
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ When using external authentication tools
 password retry loop in |hg| can result in users being locked out due to too
 many failed password attempts. To prevent this from happening, add the
 following setting to your
-:file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file, in the
+:file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file, in the
 ``[app:main]`` section.
 
 
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-scale-horizontally-cluster.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-scale-horizontally-cluster.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-scale-horizontally-cluster.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-scale-horizontally-cluster.rst
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Each one should already connect to share
 
 1) Assuming our final url will be http://rc-node-1, Configure `instances_id`, `app.base_url`
 
-a) On **rc-node-2** find the following settings and edit :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+a) On **rc-node-2** find the following settings and edit :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ a) On **rc-node-2** find the following s
     app.base_url = http://rc-node-1
 
 
-b) On **rc-node-3** find the following settings and edit :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+b) On **rc-node-3** find the following settings and edit :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ b) On **rc-node-3** find the following s
 
 2) Configure `User Session` to use a shared database. Example config that should be
    changed on both **rc-node-2** and **rc-node-3** .
-   Edit :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+   Edit :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ 3) Configure stored cached/archive cache
 
 4) Use shared exception store. Example config that should be
    changed on both **rc-node-2** and **rc-node-3**, and also for VCSServer.
-   Edit :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` and
+   Edit :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` and
    :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{vcsserver-instance-id}/vcsserver.ini`
    and add/change following setting.
 
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-user-sessions-performance.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-user-sessions-performance.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-user-sessions-performance.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/tuning/tuning-user-sessions-performance.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ scalability, and maintainability we reco
 sessions to database-based user sessions or Redis based sessions.
 
 To switch to database-based user sessions uncomment the following section in
-your :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file.
+your :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file.
 
 
 .. code-block:: ini
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ uses, or if required it can be a differe
 
 
 To switch to redis-based user sessions uncomment the following section in
-your :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file.
+your :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file.
 
 .. code-block:: ini
 
diff --git a/docs/admin/system_admin/vcs-server.rst b/docs/admin/system_admin/vcs-server.rst
--- a/docs/admin/system_admin/vcs-server.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/system_admin/vcs-server.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ To configure a |RCE| instance to use a V
 The following list shows the available options on the |RCE| side of the
 connection to the VCS Server. The settings are configured per
 instance in the
-:file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file.
+:file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file.
 
 .. rst-class:: dl-horizontal
 
diff --git a/docs/api/api.rst b/docs/api/api.rst
--- a/docs/api/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api/api.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ of views that have API access enabled by
 edit the |RCE| configuration ``.ini`` file. The default location is:
 
 * |RCE| Pre-2.2.7 :file:`root/rhodecode/data/production.ini`
-* |RCE| 3.0 :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+* |RCE| 3.0 :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 
 To configure the white list, edit this section of the file. In this
 configuration example, API access is granted to the patch/diff raw file and
diff --git a/docs/auth/ssh-connection.rst b/docs/auth/ssh-connection.rst
--- a/docs/auth/ssh-connection.rst
+++ b/docs/auth/ssh-connection.rst
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ 3. Set base_url for instance to enable p
    Hostname is required for the integration to properly set the instance URL.
 
    When your hostname is known (e.g https://code.rhodecode.com) please set it
-   inside :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+   inside :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 
    add into `[app:main]` section the following configuration:
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ 4. Add the public key to your user accou
 
        In case of connection problems please set
        `ssh.enable_debug_logging = true` inside the SSH configuration of
-       :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+       :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
        Then add, remove your SSH key and try connecting again.
        Debug logging will be printed to help find the problems on the server side.
 
diff --git a/docs/install/setup-email.rst b/docs/install/setup-email.rst
--- a/docs/install/setup-email.rst
+++ b/docs/install/setup-email.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Set up Email
 ------------
 
 To setup email with your |RCE| instance, open the default
-:file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini`
+:file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini`
 file and uncomment and configure the email section. If it is not there,
 use the below example to insert it.
 
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/multi-instance-setup.rst b/docs/tutorials/multi-instance-setup.rst
--- a/docs/tutorials/multi-instance-setup.rst
+++ b/docs/tutorials/multi-instance-setup.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ 1. Install a new instance of |RCE|, choo
 
    Once the new instance is installed you need to update the licence token and
    database connection string in the
-   :file:`/home/{user}/.rccontrol/{instance-id}/rhodecode.ini` file.
+   :file:`config/_shared/rhodecode.ini` file.
 
 .. code-block:: bash