Tool of the Week - Config
Thursday, March 1, 2018
As our Tool of the Week, we’re bringing you one of the greatest
configuration file management utilities, called Config. Config is a powerful SaaS –
software distribution model, especially created for programmers, sysadmins and
IT managers, made to ease the management of config files across all your
servers and environments. Let’s see what it has to offer!
What
exactly is Config?
Config is a SaaS – software distribution model for managing
configuration files. Config is a new SaaS company, created in 2017, that is
looking for different ways to help simplify the methods of storing and
accessing configurations used by apps, modules, systems, environments, server
instances and it runs in both public and private environments. Config supports
proprieties stored within INI, XML, JSON, YAML and TOML configuration files and
includes variety of different feature which will make the lives of programmers,
sysadmins and IT managers much easier.
With the Config SaaS platform they can manage configuration files across
all of their systems, apps, environments and instances, while synchronizing
common configuration, using environment variables and viewing differences
between the environments. It is a SaaS solution with amazingly easy to use web
interface and there is no infrastructure required.
Easy
to use, hassle free configuration management
Config offers IT professionals a hassle free configuration
management. It comes with version control, which means it supports semantic
versioning, change history, change notifications and locking. If they work
within a team, Config helps them track configuration changes made by other team
members and they will be notified by email for every change made, or they can
view the change history. They can also review and approve configuration changes
on locked-down environments. With its useful and versatile features Config will
help its users design more configurable apps. Users can also get or grant
temporary access to configuration on locked down environments which is a useful
option for debugging purposes. Also securely sharing configuration with all
sensitive data hidden within a few clicks is available. Users can encrypt all
the sensitive configuration values they need hidden. Config does not require
any additional infrastructure for setup and maintenance. The Config SaaS
platform comes with multiple different plans with different prices and features
available. You can look them up on their official website for more information
and details.
If you decide to look more into the Config SaaS platform and give
it a try, you can find more detailed information on their official website
www.configapp.com!
