diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/admin_executor_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/admin_executor_service.cfg
index 0c54246a2..fdf3d6dca 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/admin_executor_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/admin_executor_service.cfg
@@ -1,57 +1,16 @@
+// Use with commandline: ryzom_admin_service -A. -C. -L. --nobreak --fulladminname=admin_executor_service --shortadminname=AES
+
 #include "admin_executor_service_default.cfg"
 
-// I'm the AES, I'll not connect to myself!
-DontUseAES = 1;
-// I don't need a connection to a naming service
-DontUseNS = 1;
+// ---- config local variables
 
-
-AESAliasName= "aes";
-
-//
-DontUseStdIn = 0;
-
-// Address ofthe admin service (default port is 49996)
+// Address of the admin service (default port is 49996)
 ASHost = "localhost";
+ASPort="46701";
 
-// Config for AES
-AESPort = "46702";
-AESHost = "localhost";
-ASPort = "46701";
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
 
-
-// in second, -1 for not restarting
-RestartDelay = 60;
-
-// how many second before aborting the request if not finished
-RequestTimeout = 5;
-
-// log path for advanced log report
-LogPath = "/.";
-
-// setup for deployment environment with exeternal configuration system responsible for launching apps and
-// for configuring AES services
-DontLaunchServicesDirectly = 1;
-UseExplicitAESRegistration = 1;
-KillServicesOnDisconnect = 1;
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 0;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// how to sleep between to network update
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-#include "./aes_alias_name.cfg"
+AESAliasName= "aes_open";
 
 StartCommands=
 {
@@ -73,7 +32,6 @@ StartCommands=
 	"gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
 	"gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr="+AESHost+":"+AESPort+")",
 
-
 	// create the admin executor service module
 	"moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorService aes",
 
@@ -93,11 +51,31 @@ StartCommands=
 	// plug the as
 	"aes.plug asc_gw",
 	"aes.plug aes_gw",
+};
 
+StartCommands +=
+{
+	"aes.addRegisteredService bms_master open",
+//	"aes.addRegisteredService bms_pd_master open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService egs open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService gpms open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService ios open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService rns open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService rws open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService ts open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService ms open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService ais_newbyland open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService mfs open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService su open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService fes open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService sbs open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService lgs open",
+//	"aes.addRegisteredService mos open",
+//	"aes.addRegisteredService pdss open",
+	"aes.addRegisteredService ras open",
 };
 
 
-ShardName="dev";
 bms_master = { "./", "/home/nevrax/dev/live/service_backup_service/backup_service", "-C. -L. --nobreak --writepid -P49990" };
 bms_pd_master = { "./", "/home/nevrax/dev/live/service_backup_service/backup_service", "-C. -L. --nobreak --writepid -P49992" };
 egs = { "./", "/home/nevrax/dev/live/service_entities_game_service/entities_game_service", "-C. -L. --nobreak --writepid" };
@@ -139,24 +117,33 @@ RegisteredServices=
 	"ras",
 };
 
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	"aes.addRegisteredService bms_master open",
-//	"aes.addRegisteredService bms_pd_master open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService egs open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService gpms open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService ios open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService rns open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService rws open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService ts open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService ms open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService ais_newbyland open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService mfs open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService su open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService fes open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService sbs open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService lgs open",
-//	"aes.addRegisteredService mos open",
-//	"aes.addRegisteredService pdss open",
-	"aes.addRegisteredService ras open",
-};
+//
+DontUseStdIn = 0;
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
+// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
+// Set to 0 for no assertion.
+UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 0;
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// in second, -1 for not restarting
+RestartDelay = 60;
+
+// how many second before aborting the request if not finished
+RequestTimeout = 5;
+
+// log path for advanced log report
+LogPath = "/.";
+
+// setup for deployment environment with exeternal configuration system responsible for launching apps and
+// for configuring AES services
+DontLaunchServicesDirectly = 1;
+UseExplicitAESRegistration = 1;
+KillServicesOnDisconnect = 1;
+
+ShardName="dev";
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/admin_executor_service_default.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/admin_executor_service_default.cfg
index 60d639fe1..d975823de 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/admin_executor_service_default.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/admin_executor_service_default.cfg
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 #include "common.cfg"
+
+// I'm the AES, I'll not connect to myself!
+DontUseAES = 1;
+
+// I don't need a connection to a naming service
+DontUseNS = 1;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/admin_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/admin_service.cfg
index 76be37ac4..59d4e3308 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/admin_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/admin_service.cfg
@@ -1,298 +1,22 @@
 // Use with commandline: ryzom_admin_service --fulladminname=ryzom_admin_service --shortadminname=AS -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "ras";
+
+// ---- config local variables
 
 ASWebPort="46700";
 ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
 
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator =
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 #include "admin_service_default.cfg"
 
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
 
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+AESAliasName= "ras";
 
 Paths = {
 	".",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/aes_alias_name.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/aes_alias_name.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index f3e6b4a64..000000000
--- a/code/ryzom/server/aes_alias_name.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-AESAliasName= "aes_open";
-AESPort="46702";
-ASPort="46701";
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/ai_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/ai_service.cfg
index 9547117e7..55f168607 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/ai_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/ai_service.cfg
@@ -1,279 +1,17 @@
 // Use with commandline: ai_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid -mCommon:Newbieland:Post
-AESAliasName= "ais_newbyland";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
+// ---- config local variables
+
 SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
 SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "db1.ryzom.com";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator = 
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "/home/nevrax/live/save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
 // SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
 SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
 
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 #include "ai_service_default.cfg"
-WriteFilesDirectory= "data_shard";
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "ais_newbyland";
 
 GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "60000" };
@@ -285,28 +23,47 @@ GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "60000" };
 GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "60000" };
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "../rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
-
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
 
 Paths = {
 	".",
 	"../common/data_common",
 	"../common/data_leveldesign",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+#include "used_continents.cfg"
+
+// Mirror limits
+DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
+DatasetSizefame = 26000;
+
+// define the primitives configuration used. (AIS, EGS)
+UsedPrimitives =
+{
+	"newbieland_all",
+};
+
+// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
+// of the packed sheet reader
+GeorgePaths = { "" };
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+NbPlayersLimit = PlayerLimit;
+
+// Entity Limits (AIS)
+NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
+NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
+NbNpcLimit = 20000;
+NbFxLimit = 500;
+
+#include "backup_service_interface.cfg"
+
+// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
+IsRingShard = 0;
+
+// Disable ryzom verbose logging
+VerboseMIRROR = 0;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/backup_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/backup_service.cfg
index da9d7aae7..2f95dea97 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/backup_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/backup_service.cfg
@@ -1,169 +1,19 @@
 // Use with commandline: backup_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid -P49990
-AESAliasName= "bms_master";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
+#include "backup_service_default.cfg"
 
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
+// ---- config local variables
 
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName = "bms_master";
+
+Paths = {
+	".",
+	"../common/data_leveldesign",
 };
 
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator = 
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
 
 // Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
 SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
@@ -171,135 +21,14 @@ SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
 // where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
 WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
 
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+WebPort = 49970;
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
 
 // BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
 IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
 
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
 // Root directory where data from shards are stored into
 SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
-#include "backup_service_default.cfg"
-
-ListeningPort = 49990;
-L3ListeningPort = 49950;
-WebPort = 49970;
-BSReadState = 1;
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard";
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
-
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
-
-Paths = {
-	".",
-	"../common/data_leveldesign",
-};
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/backup_service_default.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/backup_service_default.cfg
index a1cf1868c..6e8263dca 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/backup_service_default.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/backup_service_default.cfg
@@ -1,23 +1,31 @@
 #include "common.cfg"
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+DontUseNS = 1;
 
-DontUseNS = BSDontUseNS;
-NSHost = BSNSHost;
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
 
 ListeningPort = 49990;
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+// Listening port for the Web server to connect in
+
+WebPort = 49898;
+
+BSReadState = 1;
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
 
 // Port for the Layer 3 interface of the backup service
 L3ListeningPort = 49950;
 
-// Listening port for the Web server to connect in
-WebPort = 49898;
-
 // template path from SaveShardRoot to find character saves
 SaveTemplatePath = "$shard/characters/account_$userid_$charid$ext";
 
 // character saves possible extension list
-SaveExtList = "_pdr.bin _pdr.xml .bin";
-
-BSReadState = 1;
+SaveExtList = "_pdr.bin _pdr.xml .bin";
 
 //BSFilePrefix = "R:/code/ryzom/r2_shard/";
 //BSFileSubst = "r2_shard/";
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/backup_service_interface.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/backup_service_interface.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..884eede99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/backup_service_interface.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+L3BSPort = "49950";
+BSHost = "localhost:49990";
+UseBS = 1;
+// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
+SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/common.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/common.cfg
index d1e291442..2c209c152 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/common.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/common.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,99 @@
+// ---- config local variables
+
+// Used by ConfigFile in EGS and WS
+ShardId = 302; 
+
+// Used by CVariable in WS
+PlayerLimit = 5000; 
+
+// Used to connect to AES (this file) and to set up AES service (admin_executor_service.cfg)
+AESPort="46702";
+AESHost="localhost";
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
 
 WindowStyle = "WIN";
+
+// don't connect to the old NeLNS AES
+DontUseAES = 1;
+
+// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
+StartCommands +=
+{
+	// Create a gateway module
+	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
+	// add a layer 5 transport
+	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
+	// open the transport
+	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
+
+	/// Create default connection with admin executor service
+	// Create a gateway module
+	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
+	// create the admin executor service module
+	"moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
+	"aes_client.plug gw_aes",
+
+	// create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
+	"gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
+	"gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr="+AESHost+":"+AESPort+")",
+};
+
+NSHost = "localhost";
+
+// A list of vars to graph for any service
+GraphVars +=
+{
+	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
+};
+
+IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
+
+// Set a mainland SessionId.
+// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
+// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
+NoWSShardId = ShardId;
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
+DisableNLDebug = 1;
+
+// Disable nel net verbose logging
+VerboseNETTC = 0;
+VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
+VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
+VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
+VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
+VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
+VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
+VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
+
+// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
+// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
+// Set to 0 for no assertion.
+UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
+
+// how to sleep between 2 network updates
+// 0 = pipe
+// 1 = usleep
+// 2 = nanosleep
+// 3 = sched_yield
+// 4 = nothing
+UseYieldMethod = 0;
+
+DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
+DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
+
+// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
+ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
+
+// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
+SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
+
+// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
+WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/entities_game_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/entities_game_service.cfg
index a73619c33..8835d9cd2 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/entities_game_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/entities_game_service.cfg
@@ -1,282 +1,94 @@
 // Use with commandline: entities_game_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "egs";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
+// ---- config local variables
+
+#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
+
 AESPort="46702";
 SUPort = 50505;
 SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
 L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
 L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
 SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
 MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
 SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator =
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
 // SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
 SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
 
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
+#include "entities_game_service_default.cfg"
 
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "egs";
+
+StartCommands += {
+"moduleManager.createModule AnimSessionManager asm",
+"asm.plug gw",
+};
+
+// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
+StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 302 250" };
+
+StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
+StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+
+GraphVars += {	"CharacterLoadPerTick", "0" };
+GraphVars += {	"CharacterLoadPerTick", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {	"CharacterSavePerTick", "0" };
+GraphVars += {	"CharacterSavePerTick", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "0" };
+GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "0" };
+GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "0" };
+GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "0" };
+GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "0" };
+GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "60000" };
 
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
 NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
+
+Paths = {
+	".",
+	"../common/data_common",
+	"../common/data_leveldesign",
+};
+PathsNoRecurse= {"."};
+
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+WebSrvHost = "http://localhost:55555/";
+
+NbPlayersLimit = PlayerLimit;
 NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
 
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Entity Limits (EGS)
 NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
 NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
 NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
 NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
 
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
+#include "used_continents.cfg"
 
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
+// define the primitives configuration used.
 UsedPrimitives =
 {
 	"newbieland_all",
 };
-//UsedContinents = { "dummy", "10000" };
-#include "entities_game_service_default.cfg"
-PathsNoRecurse= {"."};
-NeverAggroPriv = ":OBSERVER:G:SG:GM:SGM:EM:";
-AlwaysInvisiblePriv = ":OBSERVER:EM:";
-TimeBeforeDisconnection = 300;
+
+// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
+// of the packed sheet reader
+GeorgePaths = { "" };
+
+HomeMainlandNames =
+{
+"302", 	"Open",	"open",
+};
+
 /*
 UsedContinents +=
 {
@@ -328,54 +140,64 @@ UsedPrimitives =
 };
 */
 
-StartCommands += {
-"moduleManager.createModule AnimSessionManager asm",
-"asm.plug gw",
-};
-GraphVars += {	"NbPlayers", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"CharacterLoadPerTick", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"CharacterLoadPerTick", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"CharacterSavePerTick", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"CharacterSavePerTick", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "60000" };
+// Mirror limits
+DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
+DatasetSizefame = 26000;
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+RingRPEnabled=0;
 RingRPXPRequiredPerAction=700;
 RingRPXPRequiredPerTimeSlice=700;
+
 MaxXPGainPerPlayer = 30.0;
 DeathXPFactor = 0.1;
-CachePrims = 1;
-CorrectInvalidPlayerPositions = 1;
-WebSrvHost = "http://localhost:55555/";
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
 
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+MFSHost = "localhost";
 
-Paths = {
-	".",
-	"../common/data_common",
-	"../common/data_leveldesign",
-};
+// Use Shard Unifier or not
+DontUseSU = 0;
+
+// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
+IsRingShard = 0;
+
+// Set a mainland SessionId.
+// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
+// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
+FixedSessionId = ShardId;
+
+// Level limit for newb scenarios
+FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
+
+// Level limit for newb scenarios
+DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
+
+// Disable ryzom verbose logging
+VerboseMIRROR = 0;
+VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
+VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
+
+// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
+// 0: teleport to the stored session id
+// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
+// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
+AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
+
+/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
+ * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
+ * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
+ */
+PDRootDirectory = "";
+
+// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
+PDEnableLog = 1;
+
+// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
+PDEnableStringLog = 0;
+
+// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
+PDLogUpdate = 10;
+
+#include "backup_service_interface.cfg"
+
+XMLSave = 0;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/entities_game_service_default.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/entities_game_service_default.cfg
index 1d8dc73cc..763eefe18 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/entities_game_service_default.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/entities_game_service_default.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include "common.cfg"
 
-#ifndef DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-
 StartCommands +=
 {
 	// L5 connect to the shard unifier
@@ -24,64 +22,22 @@ StartCommands +=
 	"lgs_gw.transportAdd L3Client masterL3c",
 	// open the transport
 	"lgs_gw.transportCmd masterL3c(connect addr="+MasterLGSHost+":"+L3MasterLGSPort+")",
-
+};
+
+#ifndef DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
+
+StartCommands +=
+{
 	// add a layer 3 server transport for slave logger service
 	"lgs_gw.transportAdd L3Client slaveL3c",
 	// open the transport
 	"lgs_gw.transportCmd slaveL3c(connect addr="+SlaveLGSHost+":"+L3SlaveLGSPort+")",
-
-	// Create a shard unifier client module
-	"moduleManager.createModule ShardUnifierClient suc",
-	// Create a client commands forwader module
-	"moduleManager.createModule ClientCommandForwader ccf",
-
-	// Create a characer control module
-	"moduleManager.createModule CharacterControl cc",
-
-	// Create a guild unifier module
-	"moduleManager.createModule GuildUnifier gu",
-
-	//Create a shard unifier name mapper
-	"moduleManager.createModule CharNameMapperClient cnmc",
-
-	// Create the logger service client module
-	"moduleManager.createModule LoggerServiceClient lsc",
-
-	"suc.plug gw",
-	"ccf.plug gw",
-	"cc.plug gw",
-	"gu.plug glob_gw",
-	"cnmc.plug gw",
-	"lsc.plug lgs_gw",
-};
-
+};
+
 #endif
-
-#ifdef DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-
+
 StartCommands +=
-{
-	// L5 connect to the shard unifier
-	"unifiedNetwork.addService ShardUnifier ( address="+SUAddress+" sendId external autoRetry )",
-
-	// Create a gateway for global interconnection
-	// modules from different shard are visible to each other if they connect to
-	// this gateway. SU Local module have no interest to be plugged here.
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway glob_gw",
-	// add a layer 3 server transport
-	"glob_gw.transportAdd L3Client l3c",
-	// open the transport
-	"glob_gw.transportCmd l3c(connect addr="+SUHost+":"+SUGlobalPort+")",
-
-
-	// Create a gateway for logger service connection
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway lgs_gw",
-
-	// add a layer 3 server transport for master logger service
-	"lgs_gw.transportAdd L3Client masterL3c",
-	// open the transport
-	"lgs_gw.transportCmd masterL3c(connect addr="+MasterLGSHost+":"+L3MasterLGSPort+")",
-
+{


 	// Create a shard unifier client module
 	"moduleManager.createModule ShardUnifierClient suc",
 	// Create a client commands forwader module
@@ -105,7 +61,6 @@ StartCommands +=
 	"gu.plug glob_gw",
 	"cnmc.plug gw",
 	"lsc.plug lgs_gw",
-
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/frontend_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/frontend_service.cfg
index 026f08a0b..c9392bd51 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/frontend_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/frontend_service.cfg
@@ -1,281 +1,19 @@
 // Use with commandline: frontend_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "fes";
 
-//AcceptInvalidCookie = 1;
+// ---- config local variables
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator = 
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "open.ryzom.com";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
 BandwidthRatio = 1;
 
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 FSUDPPort = 47851;
+FSListenHost = "open.ryzom.com";
+
 #include "frontend_service_default.cfg"
 
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "fes";
+
 GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "60000" };
 GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "0" };
@@ -286,28 +24,29 @@ GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "60000" };
 GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "60000" };
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
-
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
 
 Paths = {
 	"../common/data_common",
 	".",
 	"../common/data_leveldesign",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+//AcceptInvalidCookie = 1;
+
+ClientLimit = 1000;
+
+// Mirror limits
+DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
+DatasetSizefame = 26000;
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// Disable ryzom verbose logging
+VerboseMIRROR = 0;
+
+// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
+SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/gpm_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/gpm_service.cfg
index 07bdc52eb..b3d254734 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/gpm_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/gpm_service.cfg
@@ -1,311 +1,44 @@
 // Use with commandline: gpm_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "gpms";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator =
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
-//#include "../live/cfg/gpm_service_mainland.cfg"
 #include "gpm_service_default.cfg"
 
-GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"TickSpeedLoop", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackCount", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"MirrorCallbackTime", "60000" };
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
+// ---- config local variables
 
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "gpms";
+
+GraphVars += {  "TickSpeedLoop", "0" };
+GraphVars += {  "TickSpeedLoop", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {  "L5CallbackCount", "0" };
+GraphVars += {  "L5CallbackCount", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {  "L5CallbackTime", "0" };
+GraphVars += {  "L5CallbackTime", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {  "MirrorCallbackCount", "0" };
+GraphVars += {  "MirrorCallbackCount", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {  "MirrorCallbackTime", "0" };
+GraphVars += {  "MirrorCallbackTime", "60000" };
 
 Paths = {
 	".",
 	"../common/data_common",
 	"../common/data_leveldesign",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+#include "used_continents.cfg"
+
+// Mirror limits
+DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
+DatasetSizefame = 26000;
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
+IsRingShard = 0;
+
+// Disable ryzom verbose logging
+VerboseMIRROR = 0;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/gpm_service_default.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/gpm_service_default.cfg
index a6835c65c..ddca7f76d 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/gpm_service_default.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/gpm_service_default.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "common.cfg"
-
+
 CheckPlayerSpeed = 0;
 SecuritySpeedFactor = 1.5;
 
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/input_output_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/input_output_service.cfg
index 415a24b34..dbc9f339b 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/input_output_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/input_output_service.cfg
@@ -1,283 +1,26 @@
 // Use with commandline: input_output_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "ios";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
+// ---- config local variables
+
+#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
+
 AESPort="46702";
 SUPort = 50505;
 SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
 L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
 L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
 SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
 MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
 SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator = 
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
 // SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
 SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
 
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 #include "input_output_service_default.cfg"
 
-VerboseStringManager = 0;
-VerboseStringManagerParser = 0;
-VerboseChat = 0;
-VerboseChatManagement = 0;
-VerboseNameTranslation = 0;
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "ios";
+
 // Create a char name mapper
 StartCommands +=
 {
@@ -286,28 +29,53 @@ StartCommands +=
 "moduleManager.createModule IOSRingModule iosrm",
 "iosrm.plug gw",
 };
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
-
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
 
 Paths = {
 	".",
 	"../common/data_common",
 	"../common/data_leveldesign",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+// Mirror limits
+DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
+DatasetSizefame = 26000;
+
+// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
+// of the packed sheet reader
+GeorgePaths = { "" };
+
+// Use Shard Unifier or not
+DontUseSU = 0;
+
+HomeMainlandNames =
+{
+"302",  "Open", "open",
+};
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
+IsRingShard = 0;
+
+// Disable ryzom verbose logging
+VerboseMIRROR = 0;
+
+#include "backup_service_interface.cfg"
+
+// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
+StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
+
+// IOS - Directory to log chat into
+LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
+
+ReadTranslationWork = 1;
+TranslationWorkPath = "";
+VerboseStringManager = 0;
+VerboseStringManagerParser = 0;
+VerboseChat = 0;
+VerboseChatManagement = 0;
+VerboseNameTranslation = 0;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/input_output_service_default.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/input_output_service_default.cfg
index 5bc2c6537..ba819ad8f 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/input_output_service_default.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/input_output_service_default.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "common.cfg"
-
-#ifndef DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
 
 StartCommands +=
 {
@@ -23,52 +23,25 @@ StartCommands +=
 	"lgs_gw.transportAdd L3Client masterL3c",
 	// open the transport
 	"lgs_gw.transportCmd masterL3c(connect addr="+MasterLGSHost+":"+L3MasterLGSPort+")",
-
+};
+
+#ifndef DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
+
+StartCommands +=
+{

 	// add a layer 3 server transport for slave logger service
 	"lgs_gw.transportAdd L3Client slaveL3c",
 	// open the transport
 	"lgs_gw.transportCmd slaveL3c(connect addr="+SlaveLGSHost+":"+L3SlaveLGSPort+")",
-
-	// Create a chat unifier client
-	"moduleManager.createModule ChatUnifierClient cuc",
-
-	// and plug it on the gateway to reach the SU ChatUnifierServer
-	"cuc.plug glob_gw",
-	"cuc.plug gw",
-
-	// Create the logger service client module
-	"moduleManager.createModule LoggerServiceClient lsc",
-	"lsc.plug lgs_gw",
-};
-
+};
+
 #endif
-
-#ifdef DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-
+
 StartCommands +=
-{
-	// L5 connect to the shard unifier
-	"unifiedNetwork.addService ShardUnifier ( address="+SUAddress+" sendId external autoRetry )",
-
-	// Create a gateway for global interconnection
-	// modules from different shard are visible to each other if they connect to
-	// this gateway. SU Local module have no interest to be plugged here.
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway glob_gw",
-	// add a layer 3 server transport
-	"glob_gw.transportAdd L3Client l3c",
-	// open the transport
-	"glob_gw.transportCmd l3c(connect addr="+SUHost+":"+SUGlobalPort+")",
-
-	// Create a gateway for logger service connection
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway lgs_gw",
-
-	// add a layer 3 server transport for master logger service
-	"lgs_gw.transportAdd L3Client masterL3c",
-	// open the transport
-	"lgs_gw.transportCmd masterL3c(connect addr="+MasterLGSHost+":"+L3MasterLGSPort+")",
-
+{


 	// Create a chat unifier client
 	"moduleManager.createModule ChatUnifierClient cuc",
+
 	// and plug it on the gateway to reach the SU ChatUnifierServer
 	"cuc.plug glob_gw",
 	"cuc.plug gw",
@@ -76,36 +49,36 @@ StartCommands +=
 	// Create the logger service client module
 	"moduleManager.createModule LoggerServiceClient lsc",
 	"lsc.plug lgs_gw",
-
 };
 
 #endif
-
-DisableMonotonicClock = 1;
-
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
 // a list of system command that can be run with "sysCmd" service command.
 SystemCmd	= {};
-
+
 // IOS don't use work directory by default
 ReadTranslationWork = 0;
 TranslationWorkPath = "translation/work";
-
+
 // Global shard bot name translation file. You sould overide this
 // in input_output_service.cfg to specialize the file
 // depending on the shard main language.
 BotNameTranslationFile = "bot_names.txt";
-
+
 // Global shard event faction translation file. You sould override this
 // in input_output_service.cfg to specialize the file
 // depending on the shard main language.
 EventFactionTranslationFile = "event_factions.txt";
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
 
 // Activate/deactivate debugging of missing paremeter replacement
 DebugReplacementParameter = 1;
-
-// Id of database for PDS Chat Logging
-DatabaseId = 1;
-
+

 // Default verbose debug flags:
 //-----------------------------
 
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/logger_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/logger_service.cfg
index 0c4c53c7d..4f6dd85c6 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/logger_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/logger_service.cfg
@@ -1,285 +1,15 @@
 // Use with commandline: logger_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
+
 #include "logger_service_default.cfg"
 
+// ---- config local variables
+
+LGSL3Port = 41292;
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
 AESAliasName= "lgs";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "db1.ryzom.com";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator = 
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "/home/nevrax/live/save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "r2_shard/data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_dev";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "su_dev";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "su_dev";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
-#include "logger_service_default.cfg"
-LogQueryResultFile = "log_query_result.txt";
-SaveFilesDirectory = "save_shard/";
-BSHost = LGSBSHost+":"+LGSBSPort;
-L3BSPort = LGSBSPort;
-DontUseNS = 1;
-
 StartCommands +=
 {
 "moduleManager.createModule LoggerService ls",
@@ -289,29 +19,32 @@ StartCommands +=
 "lgs_gw.transportOptions l3s(PeerInvisible)",
 "lgs_gw.transportCmd l3s(open port="+ LGSL3Port +")",
 };
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard";
-SaveFilesDirectory = "save_shard/";
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "../rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
 
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+DontUseNS = 1;
 
 Paths = {
 	".",
 	"../common/data_leveldesign",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
+SaveFilesDirectory = "save_shard/";
+
+// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
+WriteFilesDirectory	= "r2_shard/data_shard";
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+// Use Shard Unifier or not
+DontUseSU = 0;
+
+HomeMainlandNames =
+{
+"302",  "Open", "open",
+};
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+#include "backup_service_interface.cfg"
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/mail_forum_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/mail_forum_service.cfg
index c4e5e51e3..d84cb466c 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/mail_forum_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/mail_forum_service.cfg
@@ -1,299 +1,19 @@
 // Use with commandline: mail_forum_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "mfs";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "db1.ryzom.com";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator =
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "/home/nevrax/live/save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "r2_shard/data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_dev";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "su_dev";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "su_dev";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 #include "mail_forum_service_default.cfg"
-WriteFilesDirectory="data_shard";
 
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "../rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
+// ---- config local variables
 
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "mfs";
 
 Paths = {
     ".",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/mail_forum_service_default.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/mail_forum_service_default.cfg
index 84c499af6..a76b710be 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/mail_forum_service_default.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/mail_forum_service_default.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 #include "common.cfg"
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+DontUseNS = 1;
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
 
 WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-DontUseNS = 1;
 
 // Set if Hall of Fame generator is enabled
 HoFEnableGenerator = 1;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/mirror_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/mirror_service.cfg
index 047c00a1c..eafe07456 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/mirror_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/mirror_service.cfg
@@ -1,306 +1,38 @@
 // Use with commandline: mirror_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "ms";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator =
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 #include "mirror_service_default.cfg"
 
-GraphVars += {	"UserSpeedLoop", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"UserSpeedLoop", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "60000" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "0" };
-GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "60000" };
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
+// ---- config local variables
 
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "ms";
+
+GraphVars += {  "UserSpeedLoop", "0" };
+GraphVars += {  "UserSpeedLoop", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {  "L5CallbackCount", "0" };
+GraphVars += {  "L5CallbackCount", "60000" };
+GraphVars += {  "L5CallbackTime", "0" };
+GraphVars += {  "L5CallbackTime", "60000" };
 
 Paths = {
 	".",
 	"../common/data_common",
 	"../common/data_leveldesign",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+// Mirror limits
+DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
+DatasetSizefame = 26000;
+
+// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
+MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// Disable ryzom verbose logging
+VerboseMIRROR = 0;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/mirror_service_default.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/mirror_service_default.cfg
index e46879247..38f2f169a 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/mirror_service_default.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/mirror_service_default.cfg
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include "common.cfg"
 
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
 // Linux only
 DestroyGhostSegments = 1;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/naming_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/naming_service.cfg
index 7217d8459..7acf8316e 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/naming_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/naming_service.cfg
@@ -1,298 +1,21 @@
 // Use with commandline: ryzom_naming_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "rns";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator =
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 #include "naming_service_default.cfg"
 
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
+// ---- config local variables
 
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "rns";
 
 Paths = {
 	"data_www"
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+BasePort = 51000;
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/session_browser_server.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/session_browser_server.cfg
index f2afb1983..63fa70daf 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/session_browser_server.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/session_browser_server.cfg
@@ -1,279 +1,19 @@
 // Use with commandline: session_browser_server -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
+
+#include "session_browser_server_default.cfg"
+
+// ---- config local variables
+
+#include "sql.cfg"
+
+SBSPort = 48851;
+
+SUHost = "localhost";
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
 AESAliasName= "sbs";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator = 
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
-FSUDPPort = 47851;
-SBSPort = FSUDPPort+1000;
-DontUseNS = 0;
 StartCommands +=
 {
 "moduleManager.createModule SessionBrowserServerMod sbs suAddr="+SUHost+":49999 listenPort="+SBSPort+" ring_db(host="+DBHost+" user="+DBRingUser+" password="+DBRingPass+" base="+DBRingName+")",
@@ -286,26 +26,24 @@ GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "60000" };
 GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "60000" };
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
-
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
 
 Paths = {
 	".",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+// Use Shard Unifier or not
+DontUseSU = 0;
+
+HomeMainlandNames =
+{
+"302", 	"Open",	"open",
+};
+
+// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
+MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/session_browser_server_default.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/session_browser_server_default.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e31baddc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/session_browser_server_default.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "common.cfg"
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/shard_unifier_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/shard_unifier_service.cfg
index 2249509b0..4e0cab244 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/shard_unifier_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/shard_unifier_service.cfg
@@ -1,284 +1,24 @@
 // Use with commandline: shard_unifier_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "su";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
+// ---- config local variables
+
 SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
 
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
+#include "sql.cfg"
 
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator =
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 #include "shard_unifier_service_default.cfg"
 
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "su";
+
 // Create a command executor
 StartCommands +=
 {
 "moduleManager.createModule CommandExecutor ce",
 "ce.plug gw",
 };
+
 GraphVars += {	"TotalConcurentUser", "60000" };
 GraphVars += {	"NetSpeedLoop", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"NetSpeedLoop", "60000" };
@@ -286,26 +26,28 @@ GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackCount", "60000" };
 GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "0" };
 GraphVars += {	"L5CallbackTime", "60000" };
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
-
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
 
 Paths = {
 	".",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+// Use Shard Unifier or not
+DontUseSU = 0;
+
+HomeMainlandNames =
+{
+"302",  "Open", "open",
+};
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+DomainName = "ryzom_open";
+
+// The privileges needed to access any ring session
+PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
+
+#include "backup_service_interface.cfg"
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/shard_unifier_service_default.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/shard_unifier_service_default.cfg
index e022cc4fb..a9a1923e8 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/shard_unifier_service_default.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/shard_unifier_service_default.cfg
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 #include "common.cfg"
 
-NSHost = SUNSHost;
-DontUseNS = SUDontUseNS;
-
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-
+DontUseNS = 1;
+

 StartCommands +=
 {
     // Create a gateway for global interconnection
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/sql.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/sql.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e782d7618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/sql.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+DBHost = "localhost";
+DBNelName = "nel";
+DBRingName = "ring_open";
+// Nel DB user
+DBNelUser = "shard";
+// Ring DB user
+DBRingUser = "shard";
+// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
+DBNelPass = "";
+// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
+DBRingPass = "";
+
+// MySQL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
+MSWStrictMode=0;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/tick_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/tick_service.cfg
index 13667e844..3c9aef8af 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/tick_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/tick_service.cfg
@@ -1,300 +1,30 @@
 // Use with commandline: tick_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "ts";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
-SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
-SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator =
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
-// SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
-SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
-
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 #include "tick_service_default.cfg"
 
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
+// ---- config local variables
 
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+AESAliasName= "ts";
 
 Paths = {
     ".",
     "../common/data_common",
     "../common/data_leveldesign",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+// Mirror limits
+DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
+DatasetSizefame = 26000;
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// Disable ryzom verbose logging
+VerboseMIRROR = 0;
+
+#include "backup_service_interface.cfg"
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/used_continents.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/used_continents.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8055753b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/used_continents.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one (server_share/used_continent.cpp)
+ContinentNameTranslator =
+{
+	"matis_newbie", "matis",
+	"zorai_newbie", "zorai",
+	"terre",        "terre_oubliee",
+	"sources",      "sources_interdites"
+};
+
+// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number (server_share/used_continent.cpp)
+UsedContinents =
+{
+	"newbieland",   "20",
+};
diff --git a/code/ryzom/server/welcome_service.cfg b/code/ryzom/server/welcome_service.cfg
index 9d2d97da6..21b48f3e3 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/server/welcome_service.cfg
+++ b/code/ryzom/server/welcome_service.cfg
@@ -1,298 +1,34 @@
 // Use with commandline: ryzom_welcome_service -C. -L. --nobreak --writepid
-AESAliasName= "rws";
 
-ASWebPort="46700";
-ASPort="46701";
-AESPort="46702";
+// ---- config local variables
+
 SUPort = 50505;
-SUGlobalPort = 50503;
-L3BSPort = "49950";
-L3MasterLGSPort = 41292;
-L3SlaveLGSPort = 49993;
-LGSBSPort = 49990;
-L3LGSBSPort = 49990;
-LGSL3Port = L3MasterLGSPort;
 SUHost = "localhost";
-MFSHost = "localhost";
-BSHost = "localhost:49990";
-MasterLGSHost = "localhost";
-SlaveLGSHost = "localhost";
-LGSBSHost = "localhost";
-DBHost = "localhost";
-#define DONT_USE_LGS_SLAVE
-// Configure module gateway for layer 5 module comm
-StartCommands +=
-{
-	// Create a gateway module
-	"moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw",
-	// add a layer 5 transport
-	"gw.transportAdd L5Transport l5",
-	// open the transport
-	"gw.transportCmd l5(open)",
-
-    /// Create default connection with admin executor service
-    // Create a gateway module
-    "moduleManager.createModule StandardGateway gw_aes",
-    // create the admin executor service module
-    "moduleManager.createModule AdminExecutorServiceClient aes_client",
-    "aes_client.plug gw_aes",
-
-    // create a layer 3 client to connect to aes gateway
-    "gw_aes.transportAdd L3Client aes_l3c",
-    "gw_aes.transportCmd aes_l3c(connect addr=localhost:"+AESPort+")",
-};
-
-/// A list of vars to graph for any service
-GraphVars =
-{
-	"ProcessUsedMemory", "60000",	// every minute
-};
-
-
-/* Force default value for PDLib directory (e.g. SaveFilesDirectory...)
- * PLEASE NOTICE THAT THIS LINE MUST BE LEFT TO ""
- * Only log analyser must have the $shard parameter to find all shards root directory
- */
-PDRootDirectory = "";
-
-// Log PD updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableLog = 1;
-
-// Log PD StringManager updates to log file (1 enabled, 0 disabled), see PDLogSaveDirectory to choose where to log
-PDEnableStringLog = 0;
-
-// Number of seconds between 2 logs to file
-PDLogUpdate = 10;
-
-// MySGL wrapper strict mode - controls use of asserts if SQL requests fail
-MSWStrictMode=0;
-
-// This is the mapping for logical continent to physical one
-ContinentNameTranslator = 
-{
-	"matis_newbie",	"matis",
-	"zorai_newbie",	"zorai",
-	"terre",	"terre_oubliee",
-	"sources",	"sources_interdites"
-};
-
-// Block the system in the tick service that provokes stalls when overloaded
-WaitForBSThreshold=0;
-
-
-IgnoredFiles = { "continent.cfg", "__read_me.txt", "bandit.html", "flora_primr.primitive" };
-
-// If the update loop is too slow, a thread will produce an assertion.
-// By default, the value is set to 10 minutes.
-// Set to 0 for no assertion.
-UpdateAssertionThreadTimeout = 6000000;
-
-DefaultMaxExpectedBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-DefaultMaxSentBlockSize = 200000000; // 200 M !
-
-// MS Packet size limit in bytes, PER DATASET (warning: depending on the weights, limits per property may be very small)
-MaxOutBandwidth = 100000000;
-
-// how to sleep between 2 network updates
-// 0 = pipe
-// 1 = usleep
-// 2 = nanosleep
-// 3 = sched_yield
-// 4 = nothing
-UseYieldMethod = 0;
-
-// The privileges needed to access any ring session
-PrivilegeForSessionAccess = ":DEV:SGM:GM:SG:";
-
-// The max number of ring points (aka ring access) for each ecosystem
-MaxRingPoints = "A1:D7:F7:J8:L6:R13";
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-FreeTrialSkillLimit=21;
-
-// Level limit for newb scenarios
-DefaultInterShardExchangeLevelCap=0;
-
-// Configureation for DSS
-MaxNpcs = 300;
-MaxStaticObjects = 200;
-
-// the following variable must be defined but should be empty - it's presence is used to change the behaviour
-// of the packed sheet reader
-GeorgePaths = { "" };
-
-// Disable nel net verbose logging
-VerboseNETTC = 0;
-VerboseLNETL0 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL1 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL2 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL3 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL4 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL5 = 0;
-VerboseLNETL6 = 0;
-
-// Disable ryzom verbose logging
-VerboseMIRROR = 0;
-VerboseRingRPLog = 0;
-VerboseCDBGroup = 0;
-
-// What to do with characters coming from another mainland shard?
-// 0: teleport to the stored session id
-// 1: let the character play anyway, but leave the stored session id unchanged
-// 2: assign the stored session id with FixedSessionId and let play
-AllowCharsFromAllSessions = 0;
-
-// Use Shard Unifier or not
-DontUseSU = 0;
-
-// the domain's set of useful addresses
-LSHost = SUHost;
-RSMHost = SUHost;
-
-// MFS config
-WebSrvUsersDirectory = "";
-WebRootDirectory = "save_shard/www";
-HoFHDTDirectory = "/local/www/hof/hdt";
-
-// BS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// BS - set to 1 if a BS is not part of a naming service group (then BS not disclosed
-// to other services by the Layer 5, i.e. the services sending requests to BS have
-// to know its/their address(es) by another mean)
-BSDontUseNS = 1;
-// BS - set the host of the naming service where the BS register
-BSNSHost = "localhost";
-UseBS = 1;
-XMLSave = 0;
-
-// Where to save specific shard data (ie: player backup), relatively to SaveShardRoot
-SaveFilesDirectory	= "";
-
-// where to save generic shard data (ie: packed_sheet)
-WriteFilesDirectory	= "data_shard";
-
-// Will SaveFilesDirectory will be converted to a full path?
-ConvertSaveFilesDirectoryToFullPath = 0;
-
-// BS - Root directory where data are backuped to
-IncrementalBackupDirectory = "../incremental_backup";
-
-// IOS - Directory to store ios.string_cache file
-StringManagerCacheDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// IOS - Directory to log chat into
-LogChatDirectory = "data_shard_local";
-
-// MFS - Directories
-WebRootDirectory = "../www";
-
-// Root directory where data from shards are stored into
-SaveShardRoot = "save_shard/";
-
-// SU Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// SU - set to 1 if SU didn't use a naming service
-SUDontUseNS = 1;
-// SU - host for the NS used by SU
-SUNSHost = "localhost";
 // SU - listen address of the SU service (for L5 connections)
 SUAddress = SUHost+":"+SUPort;
-// SU - nel and ring database names
-DBNelName = "nel";
-DBRingName = "ring_open";
-// Nel DB user
-DBNelUser = "shard";
-// Ring DB user
-DBRingUser = "shard";
-// SU - password to access to the nel database with DBNelUseruser (default is no password)
-DBNelPass = "";
-// SU - password to access to the ring database with DBRingUser (default is no password)
-DBRingPass = "";
 
-// WS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
-DontUseLSService = 1;
-
-// Global config --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// set to 0 if you want to use the admin system
-DontUseAES = 1;
-
-// Disable generation / display of nldebug messages
-DisableNLDebug = 1;
-FSListenHost = "localhost";
-DBPass="";
-ShardId = 302;
-BasePort = 51000;
-SaveFilesDirectory="";
-NSHost = "localhost";
-// Player limits (AIS, EGS, WS, FS)
-NbPlayersLimit = 5000;
-NbGuildLimit = 15000;
-PlayerLimit = NbPlayersLimit;
-ClientLimit = 1000;
-
-// Set this shard as a ring (1) or mainland (0) shard (main behavior switch)
-IsRingShard = 0;
-
-// Set a mainland SessionId.
-// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
-// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
-NoWSShardId = ShardId;
-FixedSessionId = ShardId;
-
-// Mirror limits
-DatasetSizefe_temp = 600000;
-DatasetSizefame = 26000;
-
-// FS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Client bandwidth ratio, set to 1 for standard opration, more than one allocate more bandwidth
-BandwidthRatio = 1;
-
-// EGS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (EGS)
-NbObjectsLimit = 2000;
-NbNpcSpawnedByEGSLimit = 5000;
-NbForageSourcesLimit = 10000;
-NbToxicCloudsLimit = 5000;
-
-// AIS Specifics --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Entity Limits (AIS)
-NbPetLimit = NbPlayersLimit*4;
-NbFaunaLimit = 50000;
-NbNpcLimit = 20000;
-NbFxLimit = 500;
-
-// This is the list of continent to use with their unique instance number
-UsedContinents =
-{
-	"newbieland",	"20",
-};
-
-//	define the primitives configuration used.
-UsedPrimitives =
-{
-	"newbieland_all",
-};
 #include "welcome_service_default.cfg"
 
-Mainlands = {
-"302", "Open", "(Open Developer Community)", "en",
-};
-HomeMainlandNames =
-{
-"302", 	"Open",	"open",
-};
-RRDVarPath = "save_shard/rrd_graphs";
-ReadTranslationWork = 1;
-TranslationWorkPath = "";
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by ConfigFile class)
 
-DontUseAES=1;
-RingRPEnabled=0;
-DomainName = "ryzom_open";
-EnableStlAllocatorChecker = 0;
-// start commands for setting up the exchange level caps of different ryzom shards
-StartCommands += { "setShardExchangeLimit 301 250" };
-StartCommands += { "displayShardExchangeLimits" };
-StartCommands += { "EnableStlAllocatorChecker 0" };
+AESAliasName= "rws";
 
 Paths = {
 	".",
 };
+
+// ---- service NeL variables (used by CVariable class)
+
+// ---- service custom variables (used by ConfigFile class)
+
+// WS - use or not the legacy WelcomeService from nel ns (only for backward compatibility during transition to ring)
+DontUseLSService = 1;
+
+LSHost = SUHost;
+
+// Set a mainland SessionId.
+// Live: Must be 0 for ring shards, non-zero (usually ShardId) for mainland shards
+// Dev: Can be non-zero to initially connect a client to a ring shard
+FixedSessionId = ShardId;
+
+
// ---- service custom variables (used by CVariable class)