CONFIG Library
You can import this library useful for Configuration Management. See how to Import Library.
This little library provides a simple way to grab a JSON file in another component and parse it.
You use it like this:
local C = CONFIGmain{name="Global",config="global.json"}
In this case, the component pulls the configuration file from the development repo of the component. If you look at the library you can see there is not much to it:
https://bitbucket.org/interfaceware/config/src/main/CONFIGmain.lua
Happy to discuss the topic of configuration management.