diff --git a/package/gluon-config-api/Makefile b/package/gluon-config-api/Makefile
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+++ b/package/gluon-config-api/Makefile
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+# Copyright (C) 2021 Leonardo Moerlein <me at irrelefant.net>
+# This is free software, licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=gluon-config-api
+PKG_VERSION:=1
+
+include ../gluon.mk
+
+define Package/gluon-config-api
+  TITLE:=Provides a REST API to configure the gluon node
+  DEPENDS:=+gluon-web +uhttpd +libucl
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackageGluon,gluon-config-api))
diff --git a/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/controller/controller.lua b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/controller/controller.lua
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/controller/controller.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+local json = require 'jsonc'
+local site = require 'gluon.site'
+local util = require 'gluon.util'
+local ubus = require 'ubus'
+local os = require 'os'
+local glob = require 'posix.glob'
+local libgen = require 'posix.libgen'
+local simpleuci = require 'simple-uci'
+local schema = require 'schema'
+
+package 'gluon-config-api'
+
+function load_parts()
+	local parts = {}
+	for _, f in pairs(glob.glob('/lib/gluon/config-api/parts/*.lua')) do
+		table.insert(parts, dofile(f))
+	end
+	return parts
+end
+
+function config_get(parts)
+	local config = {}
+	local uci = simpleuci.cursor()
+
+	for _, part in pairs(parts) do
+		part.get(uci, config)
+	end
+
+	return config
+end
+
+local parts = load_parts()
+
+
+entry({"config"}, call(function(http, renderer)
+
+	http:write(json.stringify(config_get(parts), true))
+	http:close()
+end))
+
+entry({"schema"}, call(function(http, renderer)
+	local total_schema = {}
+	for _, part in pairs(parts) do
+		total_schema = schema.merge_schemas(total_schema, part.schema())
+	end
+	http:write(json.stringify(total_schema, true))
+	http:close()
+end))
diff --git a/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/controller/schema.lua b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/controller/schema.lua
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/controller/schema.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+
+local util = require 'gluon.util'
+
+local M = {}
+
+local function merge_types(Ta, Tb)
+	-- T == nil means "any" type is allowed
+
+	if not Ta then return Tb end
+	if not Tb then return Ta end
+
+	-- convert scalar types to arrays
+	if type(Ta) ~= 'table' then Ta = { Ta } end
+	if type(Tb) ~= 'table' then Tb = { Tb } end
+
+	local Tnew = {}
+
+	for _, t in pairs(Ta) do
+		if util.contains(Tb, t) then
+			table.insert(Tnew, t)
+		end
+	end
+
+	assert(#Tnew > 0, 'ERROR: The schema does not match anything at all.')
+
+	if #Tnew == 1 then
+		return Tnew[1] -- convert to scalar
+	else
+		return Tnew
+	end
+end
+
+local function merged_keys(table1, table2)
+	local keys = {}
+	if table1 then
+		for k, _ in pairs(table1) do
+			table.insert(k)
+		end
+	end
+	if table2 then
+		for k, _ in pairs(table2) do
+			if not util.contains(k) then
+				table.insert(keys, k)
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	return keys
+end
+
+local function merged_values(table1, table2)
+	local values = {}
+	if table1 then
+		for _, v in pairs(table1) do
+			table.insert(v)
+		end
+	end
+	if table2 then
+		for _, v in pairs(table2) do
+			if not util.contains(v) then
+				table.insert(values, v)
+			end
+		end
+	end
+	return values
+end
+
+local function deepcopy(o, seen)
+	seen = seen or {}
+	if o == nil then return nil end
+	if seen[o] then return seen[o] end
+
+	local no
+	if type(o) == 'table' then
+		no = {}
+		seen[o] = no
+
+		for k, v in next, o, nil do
+			no[deepcopy(k, seen)] = deepcopy(v, seen)
+		end
+		setmetatable(no, deepcopy(getmetatable(o), seen))
+	else -- number, string, boolean, etc
+		no = o
+	end
+	return no
+end
+
+
+function M.merge_schemas(schema1, schema2)
+	local merged = {}
+
+	merged.type = merge_types(schema1.type, schema2.type)
+
+	function add_property(pkey, pdef)
+		merged.properties = merged.properties or {}
+		merged.properties[pkey] = pdef
+	end
+
+	if not merged.type or merged.type == 'object' then
+		-- generate merged.properties
+		local properties1 = schema1.properties or {}
+		local properties2 = schema2.properties or {}
+
+		for _, pkey in pairs(merged_keys(properties1, properties2)) do
+			local pdef1 = properties1[pkey]
+			local pdef2 = properties2[pkey]
+
+			if pdef1 and pdef2 then
+				add_property(pkey, merge_schemas(pdef1, pdef2))
+			elseif pdef1 then
+				add_property(pkey, deepcopy(pdef1))
+			elseif pdef2 then
+				add_property(pkey, deepcopy(pdef2))
+			end
+		end
+
+		-- generate merged.additionalProperties
+		if schema1.additionalProperties and schema2.additionalProperties then
+			merged.additionalProperties = merge_schemas(
+				schema1.additionalProperties, schema2.additionalProperties)
+		else
+			merged.additionalProperties = false
+		end
+
+		-- generate merged.required
+		merged.required = merged_values(schema1, schema2)
+		if #merged.required == 0 then
+			merged.required = nil
+		end
+	end
+
+	-- TODO: implement array
+
+	-- generate merged.default
+	merged.default = schema2.default or schema1.default
+end
+
+return M
diff --git a/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/parts/contact-info.lua b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/parts/contact-info.lua
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/parts/contact-info.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+
+local M = {}
+
+function M.schema(site, platform)
+	return {
+		type = 'object',
+		properties = {
+			wizard = {
+				type = 'object',
+				properties = {
+					contact = {
+						type = 'string'
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+end
+
+function M.save(config, uci)
+	local owner = uci:get_first("gluon-node-info", "owner")
+
+	uci:set("gluon-node-info", owner, "contact", config.wizard.contact)
+	uci:save("gluon-node-info")
+end
+
+function M.get(uci, config)
+	local owner = uci:get_first("gluon-node-info", "owner")
+
+	config.wizard = config.wizard or {}
+	config.wizard.contact = uci:get("gluon-node-info", owner, "contact")
+end
+
+return M
diff --git a/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/www/cgi-bin/api b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/www/cgi-bin/api
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a8881b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/config-api/www/cgi-bin/api
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/lua
+
+require 'gluon.web.cgi' {
+	base_path = '/lib/gluon/config-api',
+
+	layout_package = 'gluon-config-api',
+	layout_template = 'theme/layout', -- only used for error pages
+}
diff --git a/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-config-api b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-config-api
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index 00000000..035de770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gluon-config-api/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-config-api
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/lua
+
+local uci = require('simple-uci').cursor()
+local site = require 'gluon.site'
+
+local function get_mem_total()
+	for line in io.lines('/proc/meminfo') do
+		local match = line:match('^MemTotal:%s+(%d+)')
+		if match then
+			return tonumber(match)
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+local max_requests = 32
+if get_mem_total() < 48*1024 then
+	max_requests = 16
+end
+
+uci:section('uhttpd', 'uhttpd', 'config_api', {
+	listen_http = { '0.0.0.0:83', '[::]:83' },
+	listen_https = {},
+
+	home = '/lib/gluon/config-api/www',
+	max_requests = max_requests,
+	max_connections = 100,
+	redirect_https = true,
+	rfc1918_filter = true,
+	cgi_prefix = '/cgi-bin',
+	script_timeout = 60,
+	network_timeout = 30,
+	http_keepalive = 20,
+	tcp_keepalive = true,
+})
+uci:save('uhttpd')
+uci:save('firewall')
diff --git a/package/libucl/Makefile b/package/libucl/Makefile
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+++ b/package/libucl/Makefile
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2014 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libucl
+PKG_VERSION:=0.8.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=e6c5d8079b95796099693b0889f07a036f78ad77
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Leonardo Mörlein <me@irrelefant.net>
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+# PKG_FIXUP:=patch-libtool
+# PKG_FIXUP:=gettext-version
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/autotools.mk
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-lua
+
+define Package/libucl
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=Config Parsing
+  DEPENDS:=+liblua
+  URL:=https://github.com/vstakhov/libucl
+endef
+
+define Package/libucl/description
+  Universal configuration library parser.
+endef
+
+# MAKE_FLAGS += \
+# 	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(FPIC)"
+
+define Package/libucl/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/.libs/libucl.so $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/.libs/libucl.so.5 $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/src/.libs/libucl.so.5.1.0 $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/lua
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/lua/.libs/ucl.so $(1)/usr/lib/lua/ucl.so
+endef
+
+
+# define Build/InstallDev
+# 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+# 	$(CP)   $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/argp.h \
+# 		$(1)/usr/include/
+# 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+# 	$(CP)   $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libargp.a \
+# 		$(1)/usr/lib/
+# endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libucl))