diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb5029b..657cc74 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # composer vendor dir
 /vendor
+# cubrid install dir
+/cubrid
 
 # composer itself is not needed
 composer.phar
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6657fab..d3a51df 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ php:
   - hhvm
   - hhvm-nightly
 
+env:
+  - CUBRID_VERSION=9.3.0/CUBRID-9.3.0.0206 CUBRID_PDO_VERSION=9.2.0.0001
+
 # run build against hhvm but allow them to fail
 # http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/build-configuration/#Rows-That-are-Allowed-To-Fail
 matrix:
@@ -21,6 +24,15 @@ services:
   - elasticsearch
   - mongodb
 
+# faster builds on new travis setup not using sudo
+sudo: false
+
+# cache vendor dirs
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - cubrid
+    - vendor
+
 # try running against postgres 9.3
 addons:
   postgresql: "9.3"
@@ -35,9 +47,7 @@ install:
   - tests/unit/data/travis/memcache-setup.sh
   - tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh
 # codeception
-  - composer global require "codeception/codeception=2.0.*"
-  - composer global require "codeception/specify=*"
-  - composer global require "codeception/verify=*"
+  - composer global require "codeception/codeception=2.0.*" "codeception/specify=*" "codeception/verify=*"
 # basic and advanced application:
   - tests/unit/data/travis/setup-apps.sh
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/sphinx/sphinx.conf b/tests/unit/data/sphinx/sphinx.conf
index 909fdbd..583bcc5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/data/sphinx/sphinx.conf
+++ b/tests/unit/data/sphinx/sphinx.conf
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ source yii2_test_item_delta_src : yii2_test_item_src
 index yii2_test_article_index
 {
 	source			= yii2_test_article_src
-	path			= /var/lib/sphinx/yii2_test_article
+	path			= SPHINX_BASE_DIR/yii2_test_article
 	docinfo			= extern
 	charset_type	= sbcs
 }
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ index yii2_test_article_index
 index yii2_test_item_index
 {
 	source			= yii2_test_item_src
-	path			= /var/lib/sphinx/yii2_test_item
+	path			= SPHINX_BASE_DIR/yii2_test_item
 	docinfo			= extern
 	charset_type	= sbcs
 }
@@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ index yii2_test_item_index
 index yii2_test_item_delta_index : yii2_test_item_index
 {
 	source			= yii2_test_item_delta_src
-	path			= /var/lib/sphinx/yii2_test_item_delta
+	path			= SPHINX_BASE_DIR/yii2_test_item_delta
 }
 
 
 index yii2_test_rt_index
 {
 	type			= rt
-	path			= /var/lib/sphinx/yii2_test_rt
+	path			= SPHINX_BASE_DIR/yii2_test_rt
 	rt_field		= title
 	rt_field		= content
 	rt_attr_uint	= type_id
@@ -118,15 +118,15 @@ searchd
 {
 	listen			= 127.0.0.1:9312
 	listen			= 9306:mysql41
-	log				= /var/log/sphinx/searchd.log
-	query_log		= /var/log/sphinx/query.log
+	log				= SPHINX_BASE_DIR/searchd.log
+	query_log		= SPHINX_BASE_DIR/query.log
 	read_timeout	= 5
 	max_children	= 30
-	pid_file		= /var/run/sphinx/searchd.pid
+	pid_file		= SPHINX_BASE_DIR/searchd.pid
 	max_matches		= 1000
 	seamless_rotate	= 1
 	preopen_indexes	= 1
 	unlink_old		= 1
 	workers			= threads # for RT to work
-	binlog_path		= /var/lib/sphinx
+	binlog_path		= SPHINX_BASE_DIR
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh b/tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh
index 13b0a4b..67b4bf2 100755
--- a/tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/data/travis/cubrid-setup.sh
@@ -7,24 +7,74 @@ if (php --version | grep -i HipHop > /dev/null); then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+CWD=$(pwd)
+
 # cubrid dbms
-echo 'yes' | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cubrid/cubrid
-sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install cubrid
-/etc/profile.d/cubrid.sh
-sudo apt-get install cubrid-demodb
+mkdir -p cubrid/$CUBRID_VERSION
+cd cubrid
+if (test -f $CUBRID_VERSION-linux.x86_64.tar.gz); then
+    echo "CUBRID is already installed"
+else
+    wget http://ftp.cubrid.org/CUBRID_Engine/$CUBRID_VERSION-linux.x86_64.tar.gz -O $CUBRID_VERSION-linux.x86_64.tar.gz
+fi
+
+    cd $CUBRID_VERSION
+    tar xzf ../../$CUBRID_VERSION-linux.x86_64.tar.gz
+    cd ../..
+
+
+# setting cubrid env
+CUBRID=$CWD/cubrid/$CUBRID_VERSION/CUBRID
+CUBRID_DATABASES=$CUBRID/databases
+CUBRID_LANG=en_US
+
+ld_lib_path=`printenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH`
+if [ "$ld_lib_path" = "" ]
+then
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CUBRID/lib
+else
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$CUBRID/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+fi
+
+SHLIB_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+LIBPATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+PATH=$CUBRID/bin:$CUBRID/cubridmanager:$PATH
+
+export CUBRID
+export CUBRID_DATABASES
+export CUBRID_LANG
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+export SHLIB_PATH
+export LIBPATH
+export PATH
+
+# start cubrid
+cubrid service start
+# create and start the demo db
+$CUBRID/demo/make_cubrid_demo.sh
+cubrid server start demodb
+
+echo ""
+echo "Installed CUBRID $CUBRID_VERSION"
+echo ""
 
 # cubrid pdo
 install_pdo_cubrid() {
-    wget "http://pecl.php.net/get/PDO_CUBRID-9.2.0.0001.tgz" &&
-    tar -zxf "PDO_CUBRID-9.2.0.0001.tgz" &&
-    sh -c "cd PDO_CUBRID-9.2.0.0001 && phpize && ./configure && make && sudo make install"
+    if (test "! (-f PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION.tgz)"); then
+        wget "http://pecl.php.net/get/PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION.tgz" -O PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION.tgz
+    fi
+    tar -zxf "PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION.tgz"
+    sh -c "cd PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION && phpize && ./configure --prefix=$CWD/cubrid/PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION && make"
 
-    echo "extension=pdo_cubrid.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
+    echo "extension=$CWD/cubrid/PDO_CUBRID-$CUBRID_PDO_VERSION/modules/pdo_cubrid.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
 
     return $?
 }
 
 install_pdo_cubrid > ~/pdo_cubrid.log || ( echo "=== PDO CUBRID BUILD FAILED ==="; cat ~/pdo_cubrid.log )
 
-echo "Installed CUBRID `dpkg -s cubrid |grep Version`"
+echo ""
+echo "Installed CUBRID PDO $CUBRID_PDO_VERSION"
+echo ""
+
+cd ..
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/travis/mongodb-setup.sh b/tests/unit/data/travis/mongodb-setup.sh
index b79a897..1bcf100 100755
--- a/tests/unit/data/travis/mongodb-setup.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/data/travis/mongodb-setup.sh
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 #
 # install mongodb
 
+mongod --version
+
 echo "extension = mongo.so" >> ~/.phpenv/versions/$(phpenv version-name)/etc/php.ini
-sudo sh -c 'echo "setParameter = textSearchEnabled=true" >> /etc/mongodb.conf'
-cat /etc/mongodb.conf
 
-mongod --version
+# enable text search
+mongo --eval 'db.adminCommand( { setParameter: true, textSearchEnabled : true})'
 
-sudo service mongodb restart
+cat /etc/mongodb.conf
diff --git a/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh b/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
index ba09595..09ddf57 100755
--- a/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
+++ b/tests/unit/data/travis/sphinx-setup.sh
@@ -2,19 +2,26 @@
 SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
 CWD=$(dirname "$SCRIPT")
 
+# work around https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/2728
+PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sphinx-2.1.9/bin
+
+mkdir -p sphinx
+
+sed -i s\~SPHINX_BASE_DIR~$PWD/sphinx~g $CWD/../sphinx/sphinx.conf
+
 # log files
-sudo mkdir /var/log/sphinx
-sudo touch /var/log/sphinx/searchd.log
-sudo touch /var/log/sphinx/query.log
-sudo chmod -R 777 /var/log/sphinx # ugly (for travis)
+#sudo mkdir /var/log/sphinx
+#sudo touch /var/log/sphinx/searchd.log
+#sudo touch /var/log/sphinx/query.log
+#sudo chmod -R 777 /var/log/sphinx # ugly (for travis)
 
 # spl dir
-sudo mkdir /var/lib/sphinx
-sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/sphinx # ugly (for travis)
+#sudo mkdir /var/lib/sphinx
+#sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/sphinx # ugly (for travis)
 
 # run dir pid
-sudo mkdir /var/run/sphinx
-sudo chmod 777 /var/run/sphinx # ugly (for travis)
+#sudo mkdir /var/run/sphinx
+#sudo chmod 777 /var/run/sphinx # ugly (for travis)
 
 # Setup source database
 mysql -D yiitest -u travis < $CWD/../sphinx/source.sql