code: def read_ccloud_config(config_file):
      conf = {}
      with open(config_file) as fh:
          for line in fh:
              line = line.strip()
              if len(line) != 0 and line[0] != "#":
                  parameter, value = line.strip().split("=", 1)
                  conf[parameter] = value.strip()
      return conf
  
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: read_ccloud_config(config_file) and returns: conf