If all you need is to #include a big hash of values from an external file, you can do something like:

package MyConfig;

sub new
{
    my $proto = shift;
    my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;

    my $config =
    {
        "Servers to poll" =>
        {
            #  host          login       password
            "theophyline" => { "admin" => "secret" },
            "caffeine" => { "admin" => "buzzword" },
            "theobromine" => { "admin" => "mystery" },
        },

        "times to poll" =>
        {
            "3:00 AM",
            "4:21 PM",
        },
    };
    bless($config, $class);
    return $config;
}
"the end";
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Then, in your main code, all you have to do is:

use MyConfig;
my $externalConfig = MyConfig->new();

foreach my $server
    (keys %{$externalConfig->{'Servers to poll'}})
{
    my ($login, $password) =
        each %{$externalConfig->{'Servers to poll'}->{$server}};
    # etc....
}
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