+/**
+ * @brief read the onak config.
+ * @param configfile the config file to read.
+ *
+ * Read in our config file. If config file is NULL read in the compile
+ * time default.
+ */
+void readconfig(const char *configfile);
+
+/**
+ * @brief write the onak config.
+ * @param configfile the config file to write to.
+ *
+ * Write out the config file. If config file is NULL write it to STDOUT.
+ */
+void writeconfig(const char *configfile);
+
+/**
+ * @brief clean up the config when we're shutting down.
+ */
+void cleanupconfig(void);
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Find a specified backend configuration by name.
+ */
+struct onak_db_config *find_db_backend_config(struct ll *backends, char *name);
+