If infrastructure (eg system) configuration is the goal, there's already a much more accessible project with backend support (flexibility to hack up support for

If infrastructure (eg system) configuration is the goal, there's already a much more accessible project with backend support (flexibility to hack up support for ldap, zk, etc): https://github.com/puppetlabs/hiera https://github.com/puppetlabs/hiera Intro: http://www.devco.net/archives/2011/06/05/hiera_a_pluggable_hierarchical_data_store.php http://www.devco.net/archives/2011/06/05/hiera_a_pluggable_h... Note: Does not depend on puppet, so it'll work with chef. A hiera-databag adapter would make sense.