use SSOP::Conf;   # For Super Secret OSS Project 
my $conf = SSOP::Conf->retrieve( $instance );
my $template = $conf->template;
my $dbuser = $conf->dbuser;

# Or by using a hash reference 
my $conf_ref = SSOP::Conf->retrieve_hashref( $instance );
my $template = $$conf_ref{template};
my $dbuser = $$conf_ref{dbuser};