diff --git a/configs/development.ini b/configs/development.ini
--- a/configs/development.ini
+++ b/configs/development.ini
@@ -1,138 +1,200 @@
-################################################################################
-# RhodeCode VCSServer with HTTP Backend - configuration                        #
-################################################################################
+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+; #################################
+; RHODECODE VCSSERVER CONFIGURATION
+; #################################
 
 [server:main]
-## COMMON ##
+; COMMON HOST/IP CONFIG
 host = 0.0.0.0
 port = 9900
 
-###########################################################
-## WAITRESS WSGI SERVER - Recommended for Development  ####
-###########################################################
+; ##################################################
+; WAITRESS WSGI SERVER - Recommended for Development
+; ##################################################
 
+; use server type
 use = egg:waitress#main
-## number of worker threads
+
+; number of worker threads
 threads = 5
-## MAX BODY SIZE 100GB
+
+; MAX BODY SIZE 100GB
 max_request_body_size = 107374182400
-## Use poll instead of select, fixes file descriptors limits problems.
-## May not work on old windows systems.
+
+; Use poll instead of select, fixes file descriptors limits problems.
+; May not work on old windows systems.
 asyncore_use_poll = true
 
 
-##########################
-## GUNICORN WSGI SERVER ##
-##########################
-## run with gunicorn --log-config vcsserver.ini --paste vcsserver.ini
+; ###########################
+; GUNICORN APPLICATION SERVER
+; ###########################
 
+; run with gunicorn --log-config rhodecode.ini --paste rhodecode.ini
+
+; Module to use, this setting shouldn't be changed
 #use = egg:gunicorn#main
-## Sets the number of process workers. More workers means more concurrent connections
-## RhodeCode can handle at the same time. Each additional worker also it increases
-## memory usage as each has it's own set of caches.
-## Recommended value is (2 * NUMBER_OF_CPUS + 1), eg 2CPU = 5 workers, but no more
-## than 8-10 unless for really big deployments .e.g 700-1000 users.
-## `instance_id = *` must be set in the [app:main] section below (which is the default)
-## when using more than 1 worker.
+
+; Sets the number of process workers. More workers means more concurrent connections
+; RhodeCode can handle at the same time. Each additional worker also it increases
+; memory usage as each has it's own set of caches.
+; Recommended value is (2 * NUMBER_OF_CPUS + 1), eg 2CPU = 5 workers, but no more
+; than 8-10 unless for really big deployments .e.g 700-1000 users.
+; `instance_id = *` must be set in the [app:main] section below (which is the default)
+; when using more than 1 worker.
 #workers = 2
 
-## Gunicorn access log level
+; Gunicorn access log level
 #loglevel = info
 
-## process name visible in process list
+; Process name visible in process list
 #proc_name = rhodecode_vcsserver
 
-## type of worker class, currently `sync` is the only option allowed.
+; Type of worker class, one of sync, gevent
+; currently `sync` is the only option allowed.
 #worker_class = sync
 
-## The maximum number of simultaneous clients. Valid only for Gevent
+; The maximum number of simultaneous clients. Valid only for gevent
 #worker_connections = 10
 
-## max number of requests that worker will handle before being gracefully
-## restarted, could prevent memory leaks
+; Max number of requests that worker will handle before being gracefully restarted.
+; Prevents memory leaks, jitter adds variability so not all workers are restarted at once.
 #max_requests = 1000
 #max_requests_jitter = 30
 
-## amount of time a worker can spend with handling a request before it
-## gets killed and restarted. Set to 6hrs
+; Amount of time a worker can spend with handling a request before it
+; gets killed and restarted. By default set to 21600 (6hrs)
+; Examples: 1800 (30min), 3600 (1hr), 7200 (2hr), 43200 (12h)
 #timeout = 21600
 
-## The maximum size of HTTP request line in bytes.
-## 0 for unlimited
+; The maximum size of HTTP request line in bytes.
+; 0 for unlimited
 #limit_request_line = 0
 
-## Limit the number of HTTP headers fields in a request.
-## By default this value is 100 and can't be larger than 32768.
+; Limit the number of HTTP headers fields in a request.
+; By default this value is 100 and can't be larger than 32768.
 #limit_request_fields = 32768
 
-## Limit the allowed size of an HTTP request header field.
-## Value is a positive number or 0.
-## Setting it to 0 will allow unlimited header field sizes.
+; Limit the allowed size of an HTTP request header field.
+; Value is a positive number or 0.
+; Setting it to 0 will allow unlimited header field sizes.
 #limit_request_field_size = 0
 
-## Timeout for graceful workers restart.
-## After receiving a restart signal, workers have this much time to finish
-## serving requests. Workers still alive after the timeout (starting from the
-## receipt of the restart signal) are force killed.
+; Timeout for graceful workers restart.
+; After receiving a restart signal, workers have this much time to finish
+; serving requests. Workers still alive after the timeout (starting from the
+; receipt of the restart signal) are force killed.
+; Examples: 1800 (30min), 3600 (1hr), 7200 (2hr), 43200 (12h)
 #graceful_timeout = 3600
 
 # The number of seconds to wait for requests on a Keep-Alive connection.
 # Generally set in the 1-5 seconds range.
 #keepalive = 2
 
-## Maximum memory usage that each worker can use before it will receive a
-## graceful restart signal, e.g 10MB = 10485760 (10 * 1024 * 1024)
-# 0 = memory monitoring is disabled
+; Maximum memory usage that each worker can use before it will receive a
+; graceful restart signal 0 = memory monitoring is disabled
+; Examples: 268435456 (256MB), 536870912 (512MB)
+; 1073741824 (1GB), 2147483648 (2GB), 4294967296 (4GB)
 #memory_max_usage = 0
 
-## How often in seconds to check for memory usage for each gunicorn worker
+; How often in seconds to check for memory usage for each gunicorn worker
 #memory_usage_check_interval = 60
 
-## Threshold value for which we don't recycle worker if GarbageCollection
-## frees up enough resources. Before each restart we try to run GC on worker
-## in case we get enough free memory after that, restart will not happen.
+; Threshold value for which we don't recycle worker if GarbageCollection
+; frees up enough resources. Before each restart we try to run GC on worker
+; in case we get enough free memory after that, restart will not happen.
 #memory_usage_recovery_threshold = 0.8
 
 
 [app:main]
+; The %(here)s variable will be replaced with the absolute path of parent directory
+; of this file
 use = egg:rhodecode-vcsserver
 
-pyramid.default_locale_name = en
+
+; #############
+; DEBUG OPTIONS
+; #############
+
+# During development the we want to have the debug toolbar enabled
 pyramid.includes =
+    pyramid_debugtoolbar
 
-## default locale used by VCS systems
+debugtoolbar.hosts = 0.0.0.0/0
+debugtoolbar.exclude_prefixes =
+    /css
+    /fonts
+    /images
+    /js
+
+; #################
+; END DEBUG OPTIONS
+; #################
+
+; Pyramid default locales, we need this to be set
+pyramid.default_locale_name = en
+
+; default locale used by VCS systems
 locale = en_US.UTF-8
 
-
-## path to binaries for vcsserver, it should be set by the installer
-## at installation time, e.g /home/user/vcsserver-1/profile/bin
+; path to binaries for vcsserver, it should be set by the installer
+; at installation time, e.g /home/user/vcsserver-1/profile/bin
+; it can also be a path to nix-build output in case of development
 core.binary_dir = ""
 
-## Custom exception store path, defaults to TMPDIR
-## This is used to store exception from RhodeCode in shared directory
+; Custom exception store path, defaults to TMPDIR
+; This is used to store exception from RhodeCode in shared directory
 #exception_tracker.store_path =
 
-## Default cache dir for caches.  Putting this into a ramdisk
-## can boost performance, eg. /tmpfs/data_ramdisk, however this directory might require
-## large amount of space
-cache_dir = %(here)s/rcdev/data
+; #############
+; DOGPILE CACHE
+; #############
+
+; Default cache dir for caches. Putting this into a ramdisk can boost performance.
+; eg. /tmpfs/data_ramdisk, however this directory might require large amount of space
+cache_dir = %(here)s/data
 
-## cache region for storing repo_objects cache
+; ***************************************
+; `repo_object` cache, default file based
+; ***************************************
+
+; `repo_object` cache settings for vcs methods for repositories
 rc_cache.repo_object.backend = dogpile.cache.rc.file_namespace
-## cache auto-expires after N seconds (2592000 == 30 days)
+
+; cache auto-expires after N seconds
+; Examples: 86400 (1Day), 604800 (7Days), 1209600 (14Days), 2592000 (30days), 7776000 (90Days)
 rc_cache.repo_object.expiration_time = 2592000
 
-## cache file store path, if empty set automatically to tmp dir location
+; cache file store path, defaults to temporary directory if not set
 #rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.filename = /tmp/vcsserver_cache.db
 
-## max size of LRU, old values will be discarded if the size of cache reaches max_size
-rc_cache.repo_object.max_size = 100
+; **********************************************************
+; `repo_object` cache with redis backend
+; recommended for larger instance, or for better performance
+; **********************************************************
+
+; `repo_object` cache settings for vcs methods for repositories
+#rc_cache.repo_object.backend = dogpile.cache.rc.redis_msgpack
+
+; cache auto-expires after N seconds
+; Examples: 86400 (1Day), 604800 (7Days), 1209600 (14Days), 2592000 (30days), 7776000 (90Days)
+#rc_cache.repo_object.expiration_time = 2592000
+
+; redis_expiration_time needs to be greater then expiration_time
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.redis_expiration_time = 3592000
+
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.host = localhost
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.port = 6379
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.db = 5
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.socket_timeout = 30
+; more Redis options: https://dogpilecache.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/api.html#redis-backends
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.distributed_lock = true
 
 
-################################
-### LOGGING CONFIGURATION   ####
-################################
+; #####################
+; LOGGING CONFIGURATION
+; #####################
 [loggers]
 keys = root, vcsserver
 
@@ -142,9 +204,9 @@ keys = console
 [formatters]
 keys = generic
 
-#############
-## LOGGERS ##
-#############
+; #######
+; LOGGERS
+; #######
 [logger_root]
 level = NOTSET
 handlers = console
@@ -156,19 +218,19 @@ qualname = vcsserver
 propagate = 1
 
 
-##############
-## HANDLERS ##
-##############
+; ########
+; HANDLERS
+; ########
 
 [handler_console]
 class = StreamHandler
-args = (sys.stderr,)
+args = (sys.stderr, )
 level = DEBUG
 formatter = generic
 
-################
-## FORMATTERS ##
-################
+; ##########
+; FORMATTERS
+; ##########
 
 [formatter_generic]
 format = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d [%(process)d] %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s
diff --git a/configs/production.ini b/configs/production.ini
--- a/configs/production.ini
+++ b/configs/production.ini
@@ -1,138 +1,163 @@
-################################################################################
-# RhodeCode VCSServer with HTTP Backend - configuration                        #
-################################################################################
+## -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+; #################################
+; RHODECODE VCSSERVER CONFIGURATION
+; #################################
 
 [server:main]
-## COMMON ##
+; COMMON HOST/IP CONFIG
 host = 127.0.0.1
 port = 9900
 
-###########################################################
-## WAITRESS WSGI SERVER - Recommended for Development  ####
-###########################################################
 
-#use = egg:waitress#main
-## number of worker threads
-#threads = 5
-## MAX BODY SIZE 100GB
-#max_request_body_size = 107374182400
-## Use poll instead of select, fixes file descriptors limits problems.
-## May not work on old windows systems.
-#asyncore_use_poll = true
+; ###########################
+; GUNICORN APPLICATION SERVER
+; ###########################
 
+; run with gunicorn --log-config rhodecode.ini --paste rhodecode.ini
 
-##########################
-## GUNICORN WSGI SERVER ##
-##########################
-## run with gunicorn --log-config vcsserver.ini --paste vcsserver.ini
-
+; Module to use, this setting shouldn't be changed
 use = egg:gunicorn#main
-## Sets the number of process workers. More workers means more concurrent connections
-## RhodeCode can handle at the same time. Each additional worker also it increases
-## memory usage as each has it's own set of caches.
-## Recommended value is (2 * NUMBER_OF_CPUS + 1), eg 2CPU = 5 workers, but no more
-## than 8-10 unless for really big deployments .e.g 700-1000 users.
-## `instance_id = *` must be set in the [app:main] section below (which is the default)
-## when using more than 1 worker.
+
+; Sets the number of process workers. More workers means more concurrent connections
+; RhodeCode can handle at the same time. Each additional worker also it increases
+; memory usage as each has it's own set of caches.
+; Recommended value is (2 * NUMBER_OF_CPUS + 1), eg 2CPU = 5 workers, but no more
+; than 8-10 unless for really big deployments .e.g 700-1000 users.
+; `instance_id = *` must be set in the [app:main] section below (which is the default)
+; when using more than 1 worker.
 workers = 2
 
-## Gunicorn access log level
+; Gunicorn access log level
 loglevel = info
 
-## process name visible in process list
+; Process name visible in process list
 proc_name = rhodecode_vcsserver
 
-## type of worker class, currently `sync` is the only option allowed.
+; Type of worker class, one of sync, gevent
+; currently `sync` is the only option allowed.
 worker_class = sync
 
-## The maximum number of simultaneous clients. Valid only for Gevent
+; The maximum number of simultaneous clients. Valid only for gevent
 worker_connections = 10
 
-## max number of requests that worker will handle before being gracefully
-## restarted, could prevent memory leaks
+; Max number of requests that worker will handle before being gracefully restarted.
+; Prevents memory leaks, jitter adds variability so not all workers are restarted at once.
 max_requests = 1000
 max_requests_jitter = 30
 
-## amount of time a worker can spend with handling a request before it
-## gets killed and restarted. Set to 6hrs
+; Amount of time a worker can spend with handling a request before it
+; gets killed and restarted. By default set to 21600 (6hrs)
+; Examples: 1800 (30min), 3600 (1hr), 7200 (2hr), 43200 (12h)
 timeout = 21600
 
-## The maximum size of HTTP request line in bytes.
-## 0 for unlimited
+; The maximum size of HTTP request line in bytes.
+; 0 for unlimited
 limit_request_line = 0
 
-## Limit the number of HTTP headers fields in a request.
-## By default this value is 100 and can't be larger than 32768.
+; Limit the number of HTTP headers fields in a request.
+; By default this value is 100 and can't be larger than 32768.
 limit_request_fields = 32768
 
-## Limit the allowed size of an HTTP request header field.
-## Value is a positive number or 0.
-## Setting it to 0 will allow unlimited header field sizes.
+; Limit the allowed size of an HTTP request header field.
+; Value is a positive number or 0.
+; Setting it to 0 will allow unlimited header field sizes.
 limit_request_field_size = 0
 
-## Timeout for graceful workers restart.
-## After receiving a restart signal, workers have this much time to finish
-## serving requests. Workers still alive after the timeout (starting from the
-## receipt of the restart signal) are force killed.
+; Timeout for graceful workers restart.
+; After receiving a restart signal, workers have this much time to finish
+; serving requests. Workers still alive after the timeout (starting from the
+; receipt of the restart signal) are force killed.
+; Examples: 1800 (30min), 3600 (1hr), 7200 (2hr), 43200 (12h)
 graceful_timeout = 3600
 
 # The number of seconds to wait for requests on a Keep-Alive connection.
 # Generally set in the 1-5 seconds range.
 keepalive = 2
 
-## Maximum memory usage that each worker can use before it will receive a
-## graceful restart signal, e.g 10MB = 10485760 (10 * 1024 * 1024)
-# 0 = memory monitoring is disabled
+; Maximum memory usage that each worker can use before it will receive a
+; graceful restart signal 0 = memory monitoring is disabled
+; Examples: 268435456 (256MB), 536870912 (512MB)
+; 1073741824 (1GB), 2147483648 (2GB), 4294967296 (4GB)
 memory_max_usage = 0
 
-## How often in seconds to check for memory usage for each gunicorn worker
+; How often in seconds to check for memory usage for each gunicorn worker
 memory_usage_check_interval = 60
 
-## Threshold value for which we don't recycle worker if GarbageCollection
-## frees up enough resources. Before each restart we try to run GC on worker
-## in case we get enough free memory after that, restart will not happen.
+; Threshold value for which we don't recycle worker if GarbageCollection
+; frees up enough resources. Before each restart we try to run GC on worker
+; in case we get enough free memory after that, restart will not happen.
 memory_usage_recovery_threshold = 0.8
 
 
 [app:main]
+; The %(here)s variable will be replaced with the absolute path of parent directory
+; of this file
 use = egg:rhodecode-vcsserver
 
+; Pyramid default locales, we need this to be set
 pyramid.default_locale_name = en
-pyramid.includes =
 
-## default locale used by VCS systems
+; default locale used by VCS systems
 locale = en_US.UTF-8
 
-
-## path to binaries for vcsserver, it should be set by the installer
-## at installation time, e.g /home/user/vcsserver-1/profile/bin
+; path to binaries for vcsserver, it should be set by the installer
+; at installation time, e.g /home/user/vcsserver-1/profile/bin
+; it can also be a path to nix-build output in case of development
 core.binary_dir = ""
 
-## Custom exception store path, defaults to TMPDIR
-## This is used to store exception from RhodeCode in shared directory
+; Custom exception store path, defaults to TMPDIR
+; This is used to store exception from RhodeCode in shared directory
 #exception_tracker.store_path =
 
-## Default cache dir for caches.  Putting this into a ramdisk
-## can boost performance, eg. /tmpfs/data_ramdisk, however this directory might require
-## large amount of space
-cache_dir = %(here)s/rcdev/data
+; #############
+; DOGPILE CACHE
+; #############
+
+; Default cache dir for caches. Putting this into a ramdisk can boost performance.
+; eg. /tmpfs/data_ramdisk, however this directory might require large amount of space
+cache_dir = %(here)s/data
 
-## cache region for storing repo_objects cache
+; ***************************************
+; `repo_object` cache, default file based
+; ***************************************
+
+; `repo_object` cache settings for vcs methods for repositories
 rc_cache.repo_object.backend = dogpile.cache.rc.file_namespace
-## cache auto-expires after N seconds (2592000 == 30 days)
+
+; cache auto-expires after N seconds
+; Examples: 86400 (1Day), 604800 (7Days), 1209600 (14Days), 2592000 (30days), 7776000 (90Days)
 rc_cache.repo_object.expiration_time = 2592000
 
-## cache file store path, if empty set automatically to tmp dir location
+; cache file store path, defaults to temporary directory if not set
 #rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.filename = /tmp/vcsserver_cache.db
 
-## max size of LRU, old values will be discarded if the size of cache reaches max_size
-rc_cache.repo_object.max_size = 100
+; **********************************************************
+; `repo_object` cache with redis backend
+; recommended for larger instance, or for better performance
+; **********************************************************
+
+; `repo_object` cache settings for vcs methods for repositories
+#rc_cache.repo_object.backend = dogpile.cache.rc.redis_msgpack
+
+; cache auto-expires after N seconds
+; Examples: 86400 (1Day), 604800 (7Days), 1209600 (14Days), 2592000 (30days), 7776000 (90Days)
+#rc_cache.repo_object.expiration_time = 2592000
+
+; redis_expiration_time needs to be greater then expiration_time
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.redis_expiration_time = 3592000
+
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.host = localhost
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.port = 6379
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.db = 5
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.socket_timeout = 30
+; more Redis options: https://dogpilecache.sqlalchemy.org/en/latest/api.html#redis-backends
+#rc_cache.repo_object.arguments.distributed_lock = true
 
 
-################################
-### LOGGING CONFIGURATION   ####
-################################
+; #####################
+; LOGGING CONFIGURATION
+; #####################
 [loggers]
 keys = root, vcsserver
 
@@ -142,9 +167,9 @@ keys = console
 [formatters]
 keys = generic
 
-#############
-## LOGGERS ##
-#############
+; #######
+; LOGGERS
+; #######
 [logger_root]
 level = NOTSET
 handlers = console
@@ -156,19 +181,19 @@ qualname = vcsserver
 propagate = 1
 
 
-##############
-## HANDLERS ##
-##############
+; ########
+; HANDLERS
+; ########
 
 [handler_console]
 class = StreamHandler
-args = (sys.stderr,)
-level = DEBUG
+args = (sys.stderr, )
+level = INFO
 formatter = generic
 
-################
-## FORMATTERS ##
-################
+; ##########
+; FORMATTERS
+; ##########
 
 [formatter_generic]
 format = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d [%(process)d] %(levelname)-5.5s [%(name)s] %(message)s