code: def load_general_config(config_path: Optional[str] = None) -> Dict:
      config_file = find_config_file(config_path)
  
      if not config_file:
          return {}
  
      try:
          with open(config_file) as f:
              conf: Dict = json.load(f)
              return conf
      except (OSError, ValueError) as e:
          # In the case of a legacy `.dockercfg` file, we won't
          # be able to load any JSON data.
          log.debug(e)
  
      log.debug("All parsing attempts failed - returning empty config")
      return {}
  
imports: import base64
  import json
  import logging
  import os
  import platform
  from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping, Optional, Tuple, Union
  import dockerpycreds
label_desc: Use image node_id 4 for calling a global function with example usage: load_general_config(config_path) and returns: dict, dict, conf