diff --git a/.condarc-template.yaml b/.condarc-template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1063ee2848a905d8a3831f1aeeade70ab3e18269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.condarc-template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Template for the .condarc, to be saved under $HOME/.condarc
+# Path can be anywhere, $HOME, SAN, etc.
+
+
+# Path where your environments are saved
+envs_dirs:
+  - /path/to/conda/envs
+proxy_servers:
+    http: http://webproxy.bs.ptb.de:8080
+    https: http://webproxy.bs.ptb.de:8080
+# Path where your package cache is located (avoid $HOME/conda, consider using /home/<username>/san/conda or similar)    
+pkgs_dirs:
+ - /path/to/package/cache