1. A computer implemented method comprising: operating, on a server of a computer network, a first software program component, the server memory operatively coupled to a processor; presenting a simulated configuration file representing an actual configuration file associated with the first software component; receiving a first configuration data value associated with configuring the first software program component via an entry of the first configuration data value into the simulated configuration file; the server committing the configuration data value to a data store in the memory in a unique file, the data store having multiple other data values stored therein, wherein each data value is stored in a respective file having a respective set of permissions; receiving a request from the first software program component for a configuration update; upon receiving the configuration update request, accessing one of multiple configuration file templates stored separate from the data store wherein each configuration file template is formatted based on a different software program component provided by a different company, and wherein each configuration file template includes data value identifiers as respective placeholders of configuration data values; also upon receiving the configuration update request, accessing the data store containing the configuration data value and providing information to the first software program component from both the accessed configuration file template and the data store containing the configuration data value; and updating the first software program component's configuration based on both the accessed configuration file template and the data store containing the first configuration data value by executing a script to: identify a particular data value identifier in the accessed configuration file template; retrieve the first configuration data value from the data store responsive to identifying that the first configuration data value corresponds to the particular data value identifier; and replace the particular data value identifier of the accessed configuration file template with the first configuration data value.