Version tracking and recording of configuration data within a distributed system

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a computing node and from a data repository device, a notification that configuration data stored by the data repository device has been changed, the configuration data defining a configuration of one or more processes hosted by the computing node as part of a distributed computing deployment;
• retrieving, by the computing node and in response to the notification and from the data repository device, a copy of the configuration data for the one or more processes;
• converting, by the computing node, the copy of the configuration data to a canonical form to create a canonical copy of the configuration data;
• and
• providing, by the computing node, the canonical copy of the configuration data to a revision management program installed on the computing node.

A non-transitory, computer readable medium storing a plurality of processor-executable instructions, wherein executing the processor-executable instructions causes one or more processors to:

• receive, from a data repository device, a notification that configuration data stored by the data repository device has been changed, the configuration data defining a configuration of one or more processes hosted by a computing node that is part of a distributed computing deployment;
• retrieve, in response to the notification and from the data repository device, a copy of the configuration data for the one or more processes;
• convert the copy of the configuration data to a canonical form to create a canonical copy of the configuration data;
• and
• provide the canonical copy of the configuration data to a revision management program installed on the computing node.