This is what I do. I have a small dynamo table and a Python script I run from cron. I grab all updates since the last run and apply all changes to the running service. I have the config option set to write out the config on service stop, so I don't lose anything on a restart and don't have to replay everything. I have lots of room for improvement but it's a quick hack that works for my needs. (Not sharing yet because it doesn't fully CRUD right now.)