diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/package.json b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/package.json
index 1288448908..48cf089aba 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/package.json
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/package.json
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "UI Components for SCM-Manager and its plugins",
   "main": "src/index.js",
-  "files": ["src"],
+  "files": [
+    "src"
+  ],
   "repository": "https://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager",
   "author": "Sebastian Sdorra <sebastian.sdorra@cloudogu.com>",
-  "license" : "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "scripts": {
     "update-index": "create-index -r src",
     "eslint-fix": "eslint src --fix"
@@ -23,23 +25,32 @@
     "react-router-enzyme-context": "^1.2.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@scm-manager/ui-extensions": "^0.0.7",
+    "@scm-manager/ui-types": "0.0.1",
     "classnames": "^2.2.6",
     "moment": "^2.22.2",
     "react": "^16.5.2",
     "react-dom": "^16.5.2",
     "react-i18next": "^7.11.0",
     "react-jss": "^8.6.1",
-    "react-router-dom": "^4.3.1",
-    "@scm-manager/ui-types": "0.0.1"
+    "react-router-dom": "^4.3.1"
   },
   "browserify": {
     "transform": [
-      ["browserify-css"],
+      [
+        "browserify-css"
+      ],
       [
         "babelify",
         {
-          "plugins": ["@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties"],
-          "presets": ["@babel/preset-env", "@babel/preset-flow", "@babel/preset-react"]
+          "plugins": [
+            "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties"
+          ],
+          "presets": [
+            "@babel/preset-env",
+            "@babel/preset-flow",
+            "@babel/preset-react"
+          ]
         }
       ]
     ]
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/ConfigurationBinder.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/ConfigurationBinder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..477eee5238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/ConfigurationBinder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// @flow
+import React from "react";
+import { binder } from "@scm-manager/ui-extensions";
+import { NavLink } from "../navigation";
+import { Route } from "react-router-dom";
+import { translate } from "react-i18next";
+
+class ConfigurationBinder {
+
+  i18nNamespace: string = "plugins";
+
+  bindGlobal(to: string, labelI18nKey: string, linkName: string, ConfigurationComponent: any) {
+
+    // create predicate based on the link name of the index resource
+    // if the linkname is not available, the navigation link and the route are not bound to the extension points
+    const configPredicate = (props: Object) => {
+      return props.links && props.links[linkName];
+    };
+
+    // create NavigationLink with translated label
+    const ConfigNavLink = translate(this.i18nNamespace)(({t}) => {
+      return <NavLink to={"/config" + to} label={t(labelI18nKey)} />;
+    });
+
+    // bind navigation link to extension point
+    binder.bind("config.navigation", ConfigNavLink, configPredicate);
+
+
+    // route for global configuration, passes the link from the index resource to component
+    const ConfigRoute = ({ url, links }) => {
+      const link = links[linkName].href;
+      return <Route path={url + to}
+                    render={() => <ConfigurationComponent link={link}/>}
+                    exact/>;
+    };
+
+    // bind config route to extension point
+    binder.bind("config.route", ConfigRoute, configPredicate);
+  }
+
+}
+
+export default new ConfigurationBinder();
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/GlobalConfiguration.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/GlobalConfiguration.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2b7dca647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/GlobalConfiguration.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: Configuration,
+  onConfigurationChange: (Configuration, boolean) => void
+};
+
+type Props = {
+  link: string,
+  render: (props: RenderProps) => any, // ???
+
+  // context props
+  t: (string) => string
+};
+
+type Configuration =  {
+  _links: Links
+} & Object;
+
+type State = {
+  error?: Error,
+  fetching: boolean,
+  modifying: boolean,
+  contentType?: string,
+
+  configuration?: Configuration,
+  modifiedConfiguration?: Configuration,
+  valid: boolean
+};
+
+/**
+ * GlobalConfiguration uses the render prop pattern to encapsulate the logic for
+ * synchronizing the configuration with the backend.
+ */
+class GlobalConfiguration 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: Configuration) => {
+    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: Configuration, 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")(GlobalConfiguration);
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/index.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9596e9cda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/config/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// @flow
+export { default as ConfigurationBinder } from "./ConfigurationBinder";
+export { default as GlobalConfiguration } from "./GlobalConfiguration";
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/index.js b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/index.js
index 196c33c08f..2ebe57ec0c 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/index.js
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/src/index.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export { getPageFromMatch } from "./urls";
 export { apiClient, NOT_FOUND_ERROR, UNAUTHORIZED_ERROR } from "./apiclient.js";
 
 export * from "./buttons";
+export * from "./config";
 export * from "./forms";
 export * from "./layout";
 export * from "./modals";
diff --git a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/yarn.lock b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/yarn.lock
index 49f638e049..886ee3f0fd 100644
--- a/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/yarn.lock
+++ b/scm-ui-components/packages/ui-components/yarn.lock
@@ -681,6 +681,13 @@
     vinyl-source-stream "^2.0.0"
     watchify "^3.11.0"
 
+"@scm-manager/ui-extensions@^0.0.7":
+  version "0.0.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@scm-manager/ui-extensions/-/ui-extensions-0.0.7.tgz#a0a657a1410b78838ba0b36096ef631dca7fe27e"
+  dependencies:
+    react "^16.4.2"
+    react-dom "^16.4.2"
+
 "@types/node@*":
   version "10.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-10.12.0.tgz#ea6dcbddbc5b584c83f06c60e82736d8fbb0c235"
@@ -6229,6 +6236,15 @@ rc@^1.2.7:
     minimist "^1.2.0"
     strip-json-comments "~2.0.1"
 
+react-dom@^16.4.2:
+  version "16.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-16.6.0.tgz#6375b8391e019a632a89a0988bce85f0cc87a92f"
+  dependencies:
+    loose-envify "^1.1.0"
+    object-assign "^4.1.1"
+    prop-types "^15.6.2"
+    scheduler "^0.10.0"
+
 react-dom@^16.5.2:
   version "16.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-dom/-/react-dom-16.5.2.tgz#b69ee47aa20bab5327b2b9d7c1fe2a30f2cfa9d7"
@@ -6299,6 +6315,15 @@ react-test-renderer@^16.0.0-0:
     react-is "^16.5.2"
     schedule "^0.5.0"
 
+react@^16.4.2:
+  version "16.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.6.0.tgz#b34761cfaf3e30f5508bc732fb4736730b7da246"
+  dependencies:
+    loose-envify "^1.1.0"
+    object-assign "^4.1.1"
+    prop-types "^15.6.2"
+    scheduler "^0.10.0"
+
 react@^16.5.2:
   version "16.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react/-/react-16.5.2.tgz#19f6b444ed139baa45609eee6dc3d318b3895d42"
@@ -6726,6 +6751,13 @@ schedule@^0.5.0:
   dependencies:
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
 
+scheduler@^0.10.0:
+  version "0.10.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/scheduler/-/scheduler-0.10.0.tgz#7988de90fe7edccc774ea175a783e69c40c521e1"
+  dependencies:
+    loose-envify "^1.1.0"
+    object-assign "^4.1.1"
+
 "semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.0.1, semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.4.1, semver@^5.5.0, semver@^5.5.1:
   version "5.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.6.0.tgz#7e74256fbaa49c75aa7c7a205cc22799cac80004"