diff --git a/services/app-provider/pkg/config/config.go b/services/app-provider/pkg/config/config.go
index c6f84da93..d77524228 100644
--- a/services/app-provider/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/app-provider/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	ExternalAddr string  `yaml:"external_addr" env:"APP_PROVIDER_EXTERNAL_ADDR" desc:"Address of the app provider, where the GATEWAY service can reach it."`
 	Driver       string  `yaml:"driver" env:"APP_PROVIDER_DRIVER" desc:"Driver, the APP PROVIDER services uses. Only \"wopi\" is supported as of now."`
diff --git a/services/app-provider/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/app-provider/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 2ba8a992e..8f045fe2c 100644
--- a/services/app-provider/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/app-provider/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "app-provider",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		Driver: "",
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/app-provider/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/app-provider/pkg/config/reva.go
index 135052cdc..9290c1ac4 100644
--- a/services/app-provider/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/app-provider/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;APP_PROVIDER_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/app-registry/pkg/config/config.go b/services/app-registry/pkg/config/config.go
index 817d0b91b..b095d5afb 100644
--- a/services/app-registry/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/app-registry/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	AppRegistry AppRegistry `yaml:"app_registry"`
 
diff --git a/services/app-registry/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/app-registry/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index c754f4e50..3764bedf6 100644
--- a/services/app-registry/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/app-registry/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/app-registry/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "app-registry",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 	}
@@ -130,11 +131,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/app-registry/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/app-registry/pkg/config/reva.go
index 13e56d8da..bc7eddf4f 100644
--- a/services/app-registry/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/app-registry/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;APP_REGISTRY_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/config.go b/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/config.go
index 1458ca107..b9352319a 100644
--- a/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool          `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"AUTH_BASIC_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the encoding of the user's group memberships in the reva access token. This reduces the token size, especially when users are members of a large number of groups."`
 	AuthProvider          string        `yaml:"auth_provider" env:"AUTH_BASIC_AUTH_PROVIDER" desc:"The auth provider which should be used by the service like 'ldap'."`
diff --git a/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index a84df115d..944872224 100644
--- a/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/auth-basic/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "auth-basic",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		AuthProvider: "ldap",
@@ -104,11 +105,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/reva.go
index 57793f4bc..6242d1caa 100644
--- a/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/auth-basic/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;AUTH_BASIC_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/config.go b/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/config.go
index 5503a2cef..03bd72869 100644
--- a/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"AUTH_BEARER_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the encoding of the user's group memberships in the reva access token. This reduces the token size, especially when users are members of a large number of groups."`
 
diff --git a/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 5b5aabdbd..9386f68a2 100644
--- a/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "auth-bearer",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		OIDC: config.OIDC{
@@ -63,11 +64,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/reva.go
index 5335b8a72..d556a0523 100644
--- a/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/auth-bearer/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;AUTH_BEARER_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/config.go b/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/config.go
index d0b2c0b54..efdd2747f 100644
--- a/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"AUTH_MACHINE_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the encoding of the user's group memberships in the reva access token. This reduces the token size, especially when users are members of a large number of groups."`
 
diff --git a/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index c861f8b38..d34a332cb 100644
--- a/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/auth-machine/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "auth-machine",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 	}
@@ -58,11 +59,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/reva.go
index 099a5b3fe..14cb00d08 100644
--- a/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/auth-machine/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;AUTH_MACHINE_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/frontend/pkg/config/config.go b/services/frontend/pkg/config/config.go
index a3b92de91..2af685f4a 100644
--- a/services/frontend/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/frontend/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	TransferSecret string `yaml:"transfer_secret" env:"STORAGE_TRANSFER_SECRET" desc:"Transfer secret for signing file up- and download requests."`
 
 	TokenManager      *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva              *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva              *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 	MachineAuthAPIKey string        `yaml:"machine_auth_api_key" env:"OCIS_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY;FRONTEND_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY" desc:"Machine auth API key used to validate internal requests necessary to access resources from other services."`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"FRONTEND_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the loading of user's group memberships from the reva access token."`
diff --git a/services/frontend/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/frontend/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index b70f8095c..6ff6341fc 100644
--- a/services/frontend/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/frontend/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/frontend/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "frontend",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		PublicURL:                "https://localhost:9200",
@@ -97,11 +98,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/frontend/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/frontend/pkg/config/reva.go
index 8f0f7d14e..c24d8b808 100644
--- a/services/frontend/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/frontend/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;FRONTEND_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/gateway/pkg/config/config.go b/services/gateway/pkg/config/config.go
index 0114bb8c6..b0f4ce048 100644
--- a/services/gateway/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/gateway/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"GATEWAY_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the loading of user's group memberships from the reva access token."`
 
diff --git a/services/gateway/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/gateway/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 94b9b32ac..2681f8332 100644
--- a/services/gateway/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/gateway/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/gateway/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "gateway",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 
@@ -88,11 +89,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/gateway/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/gateway/pkg/config/reva.go
index b781f8c32..957e54590 100644
--- a/services/gateway/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/gateway/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;GATEWAY_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/config/config.go b/services/graph/pkg/config/config.go
index 7caa0b643..a4f19e115 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	HTTP HTTP `yaml:"http"`
 
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
 
 	Spaces   Spaces   `yaml:"spaces"`
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/graph/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 34d05c2b0..0739d218a 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/graph/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "graph",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		Spaces: config.Spaces{
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/graph/pkg/config/reva.go
index 4bacfc576..e9314b7fc 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;GRAPH_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/graph/pkg/identity/cs3.go b/services/graph/pkg/identity/cs3.go
index 015de1191..af1496e0f 100644
--- a/services/graph/pkg/identity/cs3.go
+++ b/services/graph/pkg/identity/cs3.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	libregraph "github.com/owncloud/libre-graph-api-go"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/log"
-	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/graph/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/graph/pkg/service/v0/errorcode"
 )
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 type CS3 struct {
-	Config *config.Reva
+	Config *shared.Reva
 	Logger *log.Logger
 }
 
diff --git a/services/groups/pkg/config/config.go b/services/groups/pkg/config/config.go
index fb8e9ed13..56760e67f 100644
--- a/services/groups/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/groups/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"GROUPS_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the loading of user's group memberships from the reva access token."`
 
diff --git a/services/groups/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/groups/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 822efa66d..351d4f888 100644
--- a/services/groups/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/groups/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/groups/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "groups",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		Driver: "ldap",
@@ -105,11 +106,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/groups/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/groups/pkg/config/reva.go
index 82239b44c..ff28fdecf 100644
--- a/services/groups/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/groups/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;GROUPS_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/idp/pkg/config/config.go b/services/idp/pkg/config/config.go
index 385ff180d..515b6970c 100644
--- a/services/idp/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/idp/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	HTTP HTTP `yaml:"http"`
 
-	Reva *Reva `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva *shared.Reva `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	MachineAuthAPIKey string `yaml:"machine_auth_api_key" env:"OCIS_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY;IDP_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY" desc:"Machine auth API key used to validate internal requests necessary for the access to resources from other services."`
 
diff --git a/services/idp/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/idp/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 507654495..0bff438f4 100644
--- a/services/idp/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/idp/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/idp/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 			TLSKey:    filepath.Join(defaults.BaseDataPath(), "idp", "server.key"),
 			TLS:       false,
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		Service: config.Service{
@@ -153,11 +154,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.MachineAuthAPIKey == "" && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.MachineAuthAPIKey != "" {
diff --git a/services/idp/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/idp/pkg/config/reva.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b4222251..000000000
--- a/services/idp/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"CS3 gateway used to authenticate and look up users"`
-}
diff --git a/services/notifications/pkg/channels/channels.go b/services/notifications/pkg/channels/channels.go
index 59928fbc2..c1a018e6d 100644
--- a/services/notifications/pkg/channels/channels.go
+++ b/services/notifications/pkg/channels/channels.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type Channel interface {
 
 // NewMailChannel instantiates a new mail communication channel.
 func NewMailChannel(cfg config.Config, logger log.Logger) (Channel, error) {
-	gc, err := pool.GetGatewayServiceClient(cfg.Notifications.RevaGateway)
+	gc, err := pool.GetGatewayServiceClient(cfg.Notifications.Reva.Address)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error().Err(err).Msg("could not get gateway client")
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/services/notifications/pkg/command/server.go b/services/notifications/pkg/command/server.go
index c27787ac3..c2448efe8 100644
--- a/services/notifications/pkg/command/server.go
+++ b/services/notifications/pkg/command/server.go
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ func Server(cfg *config.Config) *cli.Command {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			gwclient, err := pool.GetGatewayServiceClient(cfg.Notifications.RevaGateway)
+			gwclient, err := pool.GetGatewayServiceClient(cfg.Notifications.Reva.Address)
 			if err != nil {
-				logger.Fatal().Err(err).Str("addr", cfg.Notifications.RevaGateway).Msg("could not get reva client")
+				logger.Fatal().Err(err).Str("addr", cfg.Notifications.Reva.Address).Msg("could not get reva client")
 			}
 
 			svc := service.NewEventsNotifier(evts, channel, logger, gwclient, cfg.Notifications.MachineAuthAPIKey, cfg.Notifications.EmailTemplatePath, cfg.Commons.OcisURL)
diff --git a/services/notifications/pkg/config/config.go b/services/notifications/pkg/config/config.go
index fae9ec89e..652dc32dd 100644
--- a/services/notifications/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/notifications/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // Notifications defines the config options for the notifications service.
 type Notifications struct {
-	SMTP              SMTP   `yaml:"SMTP"`
-	Events            Events `yaml:"events"`
-	RevaGateway       string `yaml:"reva_gateway" env:"REVA_GATEWAY;NOTIFICATIONS_REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"CS3 gateway used to look up user metadata"`
-	MachineAuthAPIKey string `yaml:"machine_auth_api_key" env:"OCIS_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY;NOTIFICATIONS_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY" desc:"Machine auth API key used to validate internal requests necessary to access resources from other services."`
-	EmailTemplatePath string `yaml:"email_template_path" env:"OCIS_EMAIL_TEMPLATE_PATH;NOTIFICATIONS_EMAIL_TEMPLATE_PATH" desc:"Path to Email notification templates overriding embedded ones."`
+	SMTP              SMTP        `yaml:"SMTP"`
+	Events            Events      `yaml:"events"`
+	MachineAuthAPIKey string      `yaml:"machine_auth_api_key" env:"OCIS_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY;NOTIFICATIONS_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY" desc:"Machine auth API key used to validate internal requests necessary to access resources from other services."`
+	Reva              shared.Reva `yaml:"reva"`
+	EmailTemplatePath string      `yaml:"email_template_path" env:"OCIS_EMAIL_TEMPLATE_PATH;NOTIFICATIONS_EMAIL_TEMPLATE_PATH" desc:"Path to Email notification templates overriding embedded ones."`
 }
 
 // SMTP combines the smtp configuration options.
diff --git a/services/notifications/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/notifications/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 53f8faa1d..5d7d9fdd7 100644
--- a/services/notifications/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/notifications/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/notifications/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 				ConsumerGroup: "notifications",
 				EnableTLS:     false,
 			},
-			RevaGateway: "127.0.0.1:9142",
+			Reva: shared.Reva{
+				Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
+			},
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/services/ocdav/pkg/config/config.go b/services/ocdav/pkg/config/config.go
index 3ed98bf3e..9f2d3f12f 100644
--- a/services/ocdav/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/ocdav/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	HTTP HTTPConfig `yaml:"http"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"OCDAV_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the loading of user's group memberships from the reva access token."`
 
diff --git a/services/ocdav/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/ocdav/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 23d2c9561..11051c346 100644
--- a/services/ocdav/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/ocdav/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/version"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/ocdav/pkg/config"
 )
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "ocdav",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		WebdavNamespace: "/users/{{.Id.OpaqueId}}",
@@ -80,11 +81,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/ocdav/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/ocdav/pkg/config/reva.go
index 60374747e..6c772dafa 100644
--- a/services/ocdav/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/ocdav/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;OCDAV_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/ocs/pkg/config/config.go b/services/ocs/pkg/config/config.go
index 9729fa19d..4653d5168 100644
--- a/services/ocs/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/ocs/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	HTTP HTTP `yaml:"http"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	IdentityManagement IdentityManagement `yaml:"identity_management"`
 
diff --git a/services/ocs/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/ocs/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 7e9c03ea9..97ddd3394 100644
--- a/services/ocs/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/ocs/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package defaults
 import (
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/ocs/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 			Name: "ocs",
 		},
 		AccountBackend: "cs3",
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		IdentityManagement: config.IdentityManagement{
@@ -80,11 +81,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/ocs/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/ocs/pkg/config/reva.go
index d4f77cdc5..149233e36 100644
--- a/services/ocs/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/ocs/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;OCS_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/config/config.go b/services/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
index 886351589..c2b2236af 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	HTTP HTTP `yaml:"http"`
 
-	Reva *Reva `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva *shared.Reva `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	Policies              []Policy        `yaml:"policies"`
 	OIDC                  OIDC            `yaml:"oidc"`
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/proxy/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 06b5878c1..cd40c61f9 100644
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/proxy/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/proxy/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 			},
 		},
 		PolicySelector: nil,
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		PreSignedURL: config.PreSignedURL{
@@ -242,11 +243,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/services/proxy/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/proxy/pkg/config/reva.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c84988f53..000000000
--- a/services/proxy/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
diff --git a/services/search/pkg/config/config.go b/services/search/pkg/config/config.go
index 5e4eed934..b69832cd3 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	GRPC GRPC `yaml:"grpc"`
 
-	Datapath string `yaml:"data_path" env:"SEARCH_DATA_PATH" desc:"The directory where the filesystem storage will store search data. If not definied, the root directory derives from $OCIS_BASE_DATA_PATH:/search."`
-	Reva     *Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
-	Events   Events `yaml:"events"`
+	Datapath string       `yaml:"data_path" env:"SEARCH_DATA_PATH" desc:"The directory where the filesystem storage will store search data. If not definied, the root directory derives from $OCIS_BASE_DATA_PATH:/search."`
+	Reva     *shared.Reva `yaml:"reva"`
+	Events   Events       `yaml:"events"`
 
 	MachineAuthAPIKey string `yaml:"machine_auth_api_key" env:"OCIS_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY;SEARCH_MACHINE_AUTH_API_KEY" desc:"Machine auth API key used to validate internal requests necessary for the access to resources from other services."`
 
diff --git a/services/search/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/search/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index e3b2a5535..495f8ec2b 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/search/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 			Name: "search",
 		},
 		Datapath: path.Join(defaults.BaseDataPath(), "search"),
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		Events: config.Events{
@@ -72,11 +73,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/services/search/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/search/pkg/config/reva.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f0c218ad8..000000000
--- a/services/search/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-package config
-
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `ocisConfig:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
diff --git a/services/sharing/pkg/config/config.go b/services/sharing/pkg/config/config.go
index b9b2714f5..9d35a5221 100644
--- a/services/sharing/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/sharing/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 	Events       Events        `yaml:"events"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"SHARING_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the loading of user's group memberships from the reva access token."`
diff --git a/services/sharing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/sharing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index d404b874d..5368f0337 100644
--- a/services/sharing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/sharing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/sharing/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "sharing",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		UserSharingDriver: "jsoncs3",
@@ -101,11 +102,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/sharing/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/sharing/pkg/config/reva.go
index 85b7124dd..2f0576e05 100644
--- a/services/sharing/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/sharing/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;SHARING_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/config.go b/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/config.go
index c2569e519..311328f41 100644
--- a/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"STORAGE_PUBLICLINK_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the loading of user's group memberships from the reva access token."`
 
diff --git a/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 9d8670eba..229f3c19b 100644
--- a/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "storage-publiclink",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		StorageProvider: config.StorageProvider{
@@ -61,11 +62,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/reva.go
index 06102c99d..bc92edbfa 100644
--- a/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/storage-publiclink/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;STORAGE_PUBLICLINK_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/config.go b/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/config.go
index 33a46d2ec..8cacec592 100644
--- a/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"STORAGE_SHARES_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the loading of user's group memberships from the reva access token."`
 
diff --git a/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 13047125a..ef14adef8 100644
--- a/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/storage-shares/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "storage-shares",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		MountID:                "7639e57c-4433-4a12-8201-722fd0009154",
@@ -61,11 +62,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/reva.go
index 1905f490a..dc5dd4dde 100644
--- a/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/storage-shares/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;STORAGE_SHARES_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/storage-system/pkg/config/config.go b/services/storage-system/pkg/config/config.go
index 5a87745fc..31b23ed72 100644
--- a/services/storage-system/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/storage-system/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	HTTP HTTPConfig `yaml:"http"`
 
 	TokenManager     *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva             *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva             *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 	SystemUserID     string        `yaml:"system_user_id" env:"OCIS_SYSTEM_USER_ID" desc:"ID of the oCIS storage-system system user. Admins need to set the ID for the STORAGE-SYSTEM system user in this config option which is then used to reference the user. Any reasonable long string is possible, preferably this would be an UUIDv4 format."`
 	SystemUserAPIKey string        `yaml:"system_user_api_key" env:"OCIS_SYSTEM_USER_API_KEY" desc:"API key for the STORAGE-SYSTEM system user."`
 
diff --git a/services/storage-system/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/storage-system/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 99188634a..57ba2fe4c 100644
--- a/services/storage-system/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/storage-system/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/storage-system/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "storage-system",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		DataServerURL: "http://localhost:9216/data",
@@ -73,11 +74,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/storage-system/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/storage-system/pkg/config/reva.go
index f40101695..5c8ff6d4c 100644
--- a/services/storage-system/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/storage-system/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;STORAGE_SYSTEM_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/config.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/config.go
index 3081c42e0..d7b24f39f 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	HTTP HTTPConfig `yaml:"http"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"STORAGE_USERS_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the loading of user's group memberships from the reva access token."`
 
diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index e1f98cb00..c6865dcda 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/storage-users/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "storage-users",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		DataServerURL:    "http://localhost:9158/data",
@@ -111,11 +112,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/reva.go
index 3eed40006..de111cde3 100644
--- a/services/storage-users/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/storage-users/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;STORAGE_USERS_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/config.go b/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/config.go
index 781a613f7..cd428e14d 100644
--- a/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ type Thumbnail struct {
 	FileSystemStorage   FileSystemStorage `yaml:"filesystem_storage"`
 	WebdavAllowInsecure bool              `yaml:"webdav_allow_insecure" env:"OCIS_INSECURE;THUMBNAILS_WEBDAVSOURCE_INSECURE" desc:"Ignore untrusted SSL certificates when connecting to the webdav source."`
 	CS3AllowInsecure    bool              `yaml:"cs3_allow_insecure" env:"OCIS_INSECURE;THUMBNAILS_CS3SOURCE_INSECURE" desc:"Ignore untrusted SSL certificates when connecting to the CS3 source."`
-	RevaGateway         string            `yaml:"reva_gateway" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."` //TODO: use REVA config
+	Reva                shared.Reva       `yaml:"reva"`
 	FontMapFile         string            `yaml:"font_map_file" env:"THUMBNAILS_TXT_FONTMAP_FILE" desc:"The path to a font file for txt thumbnails."`
 	TransferSecret      string            `yaml:"transfer_secret" env:"THUMBNAILS_TRANSFER_TOKEN" desc:"The secret to sign JWT to download the actual thumbnail file."`
 	DataEndpoint        string            `yaml:"data_endpoint" env:"THUMBNAILS_DATA_ENDPOINT" desc:"The HTTP endpoint where the actual thumbnail file can be downloaded."`
diff --git a/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index b6d3f8b7c..b5dccb365 100644
--- a/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/thumbnails/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/thumbnails/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -41,9 +42,11 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 				RootDirectory: path.Join(defaults.BaseDataPath(), "thumbnails"),
 			},
 			WebdavAllowInsecure: false,
-			RevaGateway:         "127.0.0.1:9142",
-			CS3AllowInsecure:    false,
-			DataEndpoint:        "http://127.0.0.1:9186/thumbnails/data",
+			Reva: shared.Reva{
+				Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
+			},
+			CS3AllowInsecure: false,
+			DataEndpoint:     "http://127.0.0.1:9186/thumbnails/data",
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/server.go b/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/server.go
index 9f78524f0..b8e8d8e26 100644
--- a/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/server.go
+++ b/services/thumbnails/pkg/server/grpc/server.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) grpc.Service {
 		grpc.Version(version.GetString()),
 	)
 	tconf := options.Config.Thumbnail
-	gc, err := pool.GetGatewayServiceClient(tconf.RevaGateway)
+	gc, err := pool.GetGatewayServiceClient(tconf.Reva.Address)
 	if err != nil {
 		options.Logger.Error().Err(err).Msg("could not get gateway client")
 		return grpc.Service{}
diff --git a/services/users/pkg/config/config.go b/services/users/pkg/config/config.go
index 269151597..0fb0ede10 100644
--- a/services/users/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/users/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	GRPC GRPCConfig `yaml:"grpc"`
 
 	TokenManager *TokenManager `yaml:"token_manager"`
-	Reva         *Reva         `yaml:"reva"`
+	Reva         *shared.Reva  `yaml:"reva"`
 
 	SkipUserGroupsInToken bool `yaml:"skip_user_groups_in_token" env:"USERS_SKIP_USER_GROUPS_IN_TOKEN" desc:"Disables the loading of user's group memberships from the reva access token."`
 
diff --git a/services/users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 2f7e87170..2d93cc13b 100644
--- a/services/users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/users/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/config/defaults"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/users/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		Service: config.Service{
 			Name: "users",
 		},
-		Reva: &config.Reva{
+		Reva: &shared.Reva{
 			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
 		},
 		Driver: "ldap",
@@ -106,11 +107,11 @@ func EnsureDefaults(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.Reva == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.Reva != nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{
 			Address: cfg.Commons.Reva.Address,
 		}
 	} else if cfg.Reva == nil {
-		cfg.Reva = &config.Reva{}
+		cfg.Reva = &shared.Reva{}
 	}
 
 	if cfg.TokenManager == nil && cfg.Commons != nil && cfg.Commons.TokenManager != nil {
diff --git a/services/users/pkg/config/reva.go b/services/users/pkg/config/reva.go
index 110f374c4..5ae000508 100644
--- a/services/users/pkg/config/reva.go
+++ b/services/users/pkg/config/reva.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package config
 
-// Reva defines all available REVA configuration.
-type Reva struct {
-	Address string `yaml:"address" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-}
-
 // TokenManager is the config for using the reva token manager
 type TokenManager struct {
 	JWTSecret string `yaml:"jwt_secret" env:"OCIS_JWT_SECRET;USERS_JWT_SECRET" desc:"The secret to mint and validate jwt tokens."`
diff --git a/services/webdav/pkg/config/config.go b/services/webdav/pkg/config/config.go
index 2e609335a..5e7091983 100644
--- a/services/webdav/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/services/webdav/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	HTTP HTTP `yaml:"http"`
 
-	OcisPublicURL   string `yaml:"ocis_public_url" env:"OCIS_URL;OCIS_PUBLIC_URL" desc:"URL, where oCIS is reachable for users."`
-	WebdavNamespace string `yaml:"webdav_namespace" env:"WEBDAV_WEBDAV_NAMESPACE" desc:"CS3 path layout to use when forwarding /webdav requests"`
-	RevaGateway     string `yaml:"reva_gateway" env:"REVA_GATEWAY" desc:"The CS3 gateway endpoint."`
-
-	Context context.Context `yaml:"-"`
+	OcisPublicURL   string          `yaml:"ocis_public_url" env:"OCIS_URL;OCIS_PUBLIC_URL" desc:"URL, where oCIS is reachable for users."`
+	WebdavNamespace string          `yaml:"webdav_namespace" env:"WEBDAV_WEBDAV_NAMESPACE" desc:"CS3 path layout to use when forwarding /webdav requests"`
+	Reva            shared.Reva     `yaml:"reva"`
+	Context         context.Context `yaml:"-"`
 }
diff --git a/services/webdav/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/webdav/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index 12ded296c..98e98d6c9 100644
--- a/services/webdav/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/webdav/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package defaults
 import (
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/ocis-pkg/shared"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis/v2/services/webdav/pkg/config"
 )
 
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 		},
 		OcisPublicURL:   "https://127.0.0.1:9200",
 		WebdavNamespace: "/users/{{.Id.OpaqueId}}",
-		RevaGateway:     "127.0.0.1:9142",
+		Reva: shared.Reva{
+			Address: "127.0.0.1:9142",
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/services/webdav/pkg/service/v0/service.go b/services/webdav/pkg/service/v0/service.go
index 1daa30deb..be33cc7a5 100644
--- a/services/webdav/pkg/service/v0/service.go
+++ b/services/webdav/pkg/service/v0/service.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) (Service, error) {
 	// chi.RegisterMethod("REPORT")
 	m.Use(options.Middleware...)
 
-	gwc, err := pool.GetGatewayServiceClient(conf.RevaGateway)
+	gwc, err := pool.GetGatewayServiceClient(conf.Reva.Address)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}