config.js

var config = {};

config.express = {
  host: "http://localhost",
  port: 3000
};

config.db2 = {
  host: 'xyz',
  port: '123456',
  suffix: '/PATH',
  username: 'user',
  password: 'SECRET'
};

config.init = {
  libpath: ('./drivers/db2jcc.jar'),
  drivername: 'com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver',
  url: 'jdbc:' + 'db2://' + config.db2.host + ':' + config.db2.port + config.db2.suffix + ':user=' + config.db2.username + ';password=' + config.db2.password + ';'
};

config.cache = {
    value: 30,
    units: "seconds",
    path: "./db/"
};

module.exports = config;

object.js

var thing = {
  item: "value",
  other: "different value",
  stuff: {
    newItem: this.item,
    otherItem: this.other
  }
}