Configuration systems ease the development of distributed applications from centralized components. However, dynamic properties and consistency issues still present challenges. We introduce an approach focused on distributed information and control systems. A developer designs an application architecture using centralized client/server components. The run-time system uses this architecture to set up the distributed application and manage its life-cycle. Our framework is capable of describing dynamic applications solely with static architectures, and guarantees the consistency of such applications even in the presence of dynamic changes and partial termination.