diff --git a/application/views/helpers/RenderPlainObject.php b/application/views/helpers/RenderPlainObject.php
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+++ b/application/views/helpers/RenderPlainObject.php
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+<?php
+
+use Icinga\Module\Director\PlainObjectRenderer;
+
+class Zend_View_Helper_RenderPlainObject extends Zend_View_Helper_Abstract
+{
+    public function renderPlainObject($object)
+    {
+        return PlainObjectRenderer::render($object);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/application/views/scripts/config/file.phtml b/application/views/scripts/config/file.phtml
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+++ b/application/views/scripts/config/file.phtml
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+<div class="controls">
+<?= $this->tabs ?>
+<h1><?= $title ?></h1>
+</div>
+
+<div class="content">
+<pre>
+<?= $this->escape($file->getContent()) ?>
+</pre>
+</div>
diff --git a/library/Director/PlainObjectRenderer.php b/library/Director/PlainObjectRenderer.php
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+++ b/library/Director/PlainObjectRenderer.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Director;
+
+class PlainObjectRenderer
+{
+    const INDENTATION = '  ';
+
+    public static function render($object)
+    {
+        return self::renderObject($object);
+    }
+
+    protected static function renderBoolean($value)
+    {
+        return $value ? 'true' : 'false';
+    }
+
+    protected static function renderInteger($value)
+    {
+        return (string) $value;
+    }
+
+    protected static function renderFloat($value)
+    {
+        // Render .0000 floats as integers, mainly because of some JSON
+        // implementations:
+        if ((string) (int) $value === (string) $value) {
+            return static::renderInteger((int) $value);
+        } else {
+            return sprintf('%F', $value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected static function renderNull()
+    {
+        return 'null';
+    }
+
+    protected static function renderString($value)
+    {
+        return '"' . addslashes($value) . '"';
+    }
+
+    protected static function renderArray($array, $prefix = '')
+    {
+        if (empty($array)) return '[]';
+
+        $vals = array();
+
+        foreach ($array as $val) {
+            $vals[] = $prefix
+                    . self::INDENTATION
+                    . self::renderObject($val, $prefix . self::INDENTATION);
+        }
+        return "[\n" . implode(",\n", $vals) . "\n$prefix]";
+    }
+
+    protected static function renderHash($hash, $prefix = '')
+    {
+        $vals = array();
+        $hash = (array) $hash;
+        if (empty($hash)) return '{}';
+        ksort($hash);
+        foreach ($hash as $key => $val) {
+            $vals[] = $prefix
+                    . self::INDENTATION
+                    . $key
+                    . ': '
+                    . self::renderObject($val, $prefix . self::INDENTATION);
+        }
+        return "{\n" . implode(",\n", $vals) . "\n$prefix}";
+    }
+
+    protected static function renderObject($object, $prefix = '')
+    {
+        if (is_null($object)) {
+            return self::renderNull();
+        } elseif (is_bool($object)) {
+            return self::renderBoolean($object);
+        } elseif (is_integer($object)) {
+            return self::renderInteger($object);
+        } elseif (is_float($object)) {
+            return self::renderFloat($object);
+        } elseif (is_array($object)) {
+            return self::renderArray($object, $prefix);
+        } elseif (is_object($object)) {
+            return self::renderHash($object, $prefix);
+        } elseif (is_string($object)) {
+            return self::renderString($object);
+        } else {
+            return '(UNKNOWN TYPE) ' . var_export($object, 1);
+        }
+    }
+}