diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/Configuration.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/Configuration.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07b68f39a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/Configuration.js
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+//@flow
+import React from "react";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
+import type { Links } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
+import {
+  apiClient,
+  SubmitButton,
+  Loading,
+  ErrorNotification
+} from "../";
+
+type RenderProps = {
+  readOnly: boolean,
+  initialConfiguration: ConfigurationType,
+  onConfigurationChange: (ConfigurationType, boolean) => void
+};
+
+type Props = {
+  link: string,
+  render: (props: RenderProps) => any, // ???
+
+  // context props
+  t: (string) => string
+};
+
+type ConfigurationType =  {
+  _links: Links
+} & Object;
+
+type State = {
+  error?: Error,
+  fetching: boolean,
+  modifying: boolean,
+  contentType?: string,
+
+  configuration?: ConfigurationType,
+  modifiedConfiguration?: ConfigurationType,
+  valid: boolean
+};
+
+/**
+ * GlobalConfiguration uses the render prop pattern to encapsulate the logic for
+ * synchronizing the configuration with the backend.
+ */
+class Configuration extends React.Component<Props, State> {
+
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      fetching: true,
+      modifying: false,
+      valid: false
+    };
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    const { link } = this.props;
+
+    apiClient.get(link)
+      .then(this.captureContentType)
+      .then(response => response.json())
+      .then(this.loadConfig)
+      .catch(this.handleError);
+  }
+
+  captureContentType = (response: Response) => {
+    const contentType = response.headers.get("Content-Type");
+    this.setState({
+      contentType
+    });
+    return response;
+  };
+
+  getContentType = (): string => {
+    const { contentType } = this.state;
+    return contentType ? contentType : "application/json";
+  };
+
+  handleError = (error: Error) => {
+    this.setState({
+      error,
+      fetching: false,
+      modifying: false
+    });
+  };
+
+  loadConfig = (configuration: ConfigurationType) => {
+    this.setState({
+      configuration,
+      fetching: false,
+      error: undefined
+    });
+  };
+
+  getModificationUrl = (): ?string => {
+    const { configuration } = this.state;
+    if (configuration) {
+      const links = configuration._links;
+      if (links && links.update) {
+        return links.update.href;
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  isReadOnly = (): boolean => {
+    const modificationUrl = this.getModificationUrl();
+    return !modificationUrl;
+  };
+
+  configurationChanged = (configuration: ConfigurationType, valid: boolean) => {
+    this.setState({
+      modifiedConfiguration: configuration,
+      valid
+    });
+  };
+
+  modifyConfiguration = (event: Event) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+
+    this.setState({ modifying: true });
+
+    const {modifiedConfiguration} = this.state;
+
+    apiClient.put(this.getModificationUrl(), modifiedConfiguration, this.getContentType())
+      .then(() => this.setState({ modifying: false }))
+      .catch(this.handleError);
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const { t } = this.props;
+    const { fetching, error, configuration, modifying, valid } = this.state;
+
+    if (error) {
+      return <ErrorNotification error={error}/>;
+    } else if (fetching || !configuration) {
+      return <Loading />;
+    } else {
+      const readOnly = this.isReadOnly();
+
+      const renderProps: RenderProps = {
+        readOnly,
+        initialConfiguration: configuration,
+        onConfigurationChange: this.configurationChanged
+      };
+
+      return (
+        <form onSubmit={this.modifyConfiguration}>
+          { this.props.render(renderProps) }
+          <hr/>
+          <SubmitButton
+            label={t("config-form.submit")}
+            disabled={!valid || readOnly}
+            loading={modifying}
+          />
+        </form>
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+export default translate("config")(Configuration);
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/index.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/index.js
index 9596e9cda5..fba48c8054 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/index.js
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 // @flow
 export { default as ConfigurationBinder } from "./ConfigurationBinder";
-export { default as GlobalConfiguration } from "./GlobalConfiguration";
+export { default as Configuration } from "./Configuration";
+export { default as RepositoryConfigurationBinder } from "./RepositoryConfigurationBinder";