diff --git a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.js
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+// @flow
+import { apiClient } from "../../apiclient";
+import * as types from "../../modules/types";
+import type { Action } from "../../types/Action";
+
+export const FETCH_CONFIG = "scm/groups/FETCH_CONFIG";
+export const FETCH_CONFIG_PENDING = `${FETCH_CONFIG}_${types.PENDING_SUFFIX}`;
+export const FETCH_CONFIG_SUCCESS = `${FETCH_CONFIG}_${types.SUCCESS_SUFFIX}`;
+export const FETCH_CONFIG_FAILURE = `${FETCH_CONFIG}_${types.FAILURE_SUFFIX}`;
+
+const CONFIG_URL = "config";
+
+//fetch config
+export function fetchConfig() {
+  return function(dispatch: any) {
+    dispatch(fetchConfigPending());
+    return apiClient
+      .get(CONFIG_URL)
+      .then(response => {
+        return response.json();
+      })
+      .then(data => {
+        dispatch(fetchConfigSuccess(data));
+      })
+      .catch(cause => {
+        const error = new Error(`could not fetch config: ${cause.message}`);
+        dispatch(fetchConfigFailure(error));
+      });
+  };
+}
+
+export function fetchConfigPending(): Action {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_CONFIG_PENDING
+  };
+}
+
+export function fetchConfigSuccess(config: any): Action {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_CONFIG_SUCCESS,
+    payload: config
+  };
+}
+
+export function fetchConfigFailure(error: Error): Action {
+  return {
+    type: FETCH_CONFIG_FAILURE,
+    payload: {
+      error
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+//reducer
+
+function reducer(state: any = {}, action: any = {}) {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case FETCH_CONFIG_SUCCESS:
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        config: {
+          entries: action.payload,
+          configUpdatePermission: action.payload._links.update ? true : false
+        }
+      };
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+}
+
+export default reducer;
diff --git a/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js b/scm-ui/src/config/modules/config.test.js
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+//@flow
+import configureMockStore from "redux-mock-store";
+import thunk from "redux-thunk";
+import fetchMock from "fetch-mock";
+
+import reducer, {
+  FETCH_CONFIG_PENDING,
+  FETCH_CONFIG_SUCCESS,
+  FETCH_CONFIG_FAILURE,
+  fetchConfig,
+  fetchConfigSuccess
+} from "./config";
+
+const CONFIG_URL = "/scm/api/rest/v2/config";
+
+const error = new Error("You have an error!");
+
+const config = {
+  proxyPassword: null,
+  proxyPort: 8080,
+  proxyServer: "proxy.mydomain.com",
+  proxyUser: null,
+  enableProxy: false,
+  realmDescription: "SONIA :: SCM Manager",
+  enableRepositoryArchive: false,
+  disableGroupingGrid: false,
+  dateFormat: "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss",
+  anonymousAccessEnabled: false,
+  adminGroups: [],
+  adminUsers: [],
+  baseUrl: "http://localhost:8081/scm",
+  forceBaseUrl: false,
+  loginAttemptLimit: -1,
+  proxyExcludes: [],
+  skipFailedAuthenticators: false,
+  pluginUrl:
+    "http://plugins.scm-manager.org/scm-plugin-backend/api/{version}/plugins?os={os}&arch={arch}&snapshot=false",
+  loginAttemptLimitTimeout: 300,
+  enabledXsrfProtection: true,
+  defaultNamespaceStrategy: "sonia.scm.repository.DefaultNamespaceStrategy",
+  _links: {
+    self: { href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/rest/v2/config" },
+    update: { href: "http://localhost:8081/scm/api/rest/v2/config" }
+  }
+};
+
+const responseBody = {
+  entries: config
+};
+
+const response = {
+  headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+  responseBody
+};
+
+describe("config fetch()", () => {
+  const mockStore = configureMockStore([thunk]);
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fetchMock.reset();
+    fetchMock.restore();
+  });
+
+  it("should successfully fetch config", () => {
+    fetchMock.getOnce(CONFIG_URL, response);
+
+    const expectedActions = [
+      { type: FETCH_CONFIG_PENDING },
+      {
+        type: FETCH_CONFIG_SUCCESS,
+        payload: response
+      }
+    ];
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+
+    return store.dispatch(fetchConfig()).then(() => {
+      expect(store.getActions()).toEqual(expectedActions);
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should fail getting config on HTTP 500", () => {
+    fetchMock.getOnce(CONFIG_URL, {
+      status: 500
+    });
+
+    const store = mockStore({});
+    return store.dispatch(fetchConfig()).then(() => {
+      const actions = store.getActions();
+      expect(actions[0].type).toEqual(FETCH_CONFIG_PENDING);
+      expect(actions[1].type).toEqual(FETCH_CONFIG_FAILURE);
+      expect(actions[1].payload).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("config reducer", () => {
+  it("should update state correctly according to FETCH_CONFIG_SUCCESS action", () => {
+    const newState = reducer({}, fetchConfigSuccess(config));
+
+    expect(newState.config).toEqual({
+      entries: config,
+      configUpdatePermission: true
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("should set configUpdatePermission to true if update link is present", () => {
+    const newState = reducer({}, fetchConfigSuccess(config));
+
+    expect(newState.config.configUpdatePermission).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("should update state according to FETCH_GROUP_SUCCESS action", () => {
+    const newState = reducer({}, fetchConfigSuccess(config));
+    expect(newState.config.entries).toBe(config);
+  });
+});