Mixlib::Config provides a class-based configuration object, like the one used in Chef. To use in your project:

require 'rubygems' require 'mixlib/config' class MyConfig extend(Mixlib::Config) configure do |c| c[:first_value] = 'something' c[:other_value] = 'something_else' end end 

Or…

class MyConfig extend(Mixlib::Config) first_value 'something' other_value 'something_else' end 

To check a configuration variable:

MyConfig.first_value # returns 'something' MyConfig[:first_value] # returns 'something' 

To change a configuration variable at runtime:

MyConfig.first_value('foobar') # sets first_value to 'foobar' MyConfig[:first_value] = 'foobar' # sets first_value to 'foobar' 

You should populate your class with the default values for every configuration variable that might be accessed. If you try and access a variable that does not exist, Mixlib::Config will throw an <ArgumentError>.

To load a ruby configuration file (which will evaluate in the context of your configuration class):

MyConfig.from_file('your_config_file.rb') 

Enjoy!