diff --git a/apps/emqx/rebar.config b/apps/emqx/rebar.config
index 17ba58d37..b5065dc3a 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/rebar.config
+++ b/apps/emqx/rebar.config
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     , {ekka, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/ekka", {tag, "0.10.1"}}}
     , {gen_rpc, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/gen_rpc", {tag, "2.5.1"}}}
     , {cuttlefish, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/cuttlefish", {tag, "v4.0.1"}}} %% todo delete when plugins use hocon
-    , {hocon, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/hocon.git", {tag, "0.6.0"}}}
+    , {hocon, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/hocon.git", {tag, "0.7.0"}}}
     , {pbkdf2, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/erlang-pbkdf2.git", {branch, "2.0.4"}}}
     , {recon, {git, "https://github.com/ferd/recon", {tag, "2.5.1"}}}
     , {snabbkaffe, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/snabbkaffe.git", {tag, "0.13.0"}}}
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/etc/emqx_connector.conf b/apps/emqx_connector/etc/emqx_connector.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index db4402d47..000000000
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/etc/emqx_connector.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-##--------------------------------------------------------------------
-## EMQ X CONNECTOR Plugin
-##--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/priv/emqx_connector.schema b/apps/emqx_connector/priv/emqx_connector.schema
deleted file mode 100644
index b8476c4d9..000000000
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/priv/emqx_connector.schema
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-%%-*- mode: erlang -*-
-%% emqx_connector config mapping
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_app.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_app.erl
index 4bbad75cf..64e6b8109 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_app.erl
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 -behaviour(application).
 
--emqx_plugin(?MODULE).
-
 -export([start/2, stop/1]).
 
 start(_StartType, _StartArgs) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_ldap.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_ldap.erl
index 3b0af5aa7..ca5ff2482 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_ldap.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_ldap.erl
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 -include_lib("typerefl/include/types.hrl").
 -include_lib("emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource_behaviour.hrl").
 
--export([ schema/0
-        ]).
+-export([structs/0, fields/1]).
 
 %% callbacks of behaviour emqx_resource
 -export([ on_start/2
@@ -36,7 +35,9 @@
 
 -export([search/4]).
 %%=====================================================================
-schema() ->
+structs() -> [""].
+
+fields("") ->
     redis_fields() ++
     emqx_connector_schema_lib:ssl_fields().
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mongo.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mongo.erl
index 26a36dd0a..841cc0a2a 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mongo.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mongo.erl
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 -include_lib("typerefl/include/types.hrl").
 -include_lib("emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource_behaviour.hrl").
 
--export([ schema/0
-        ]).
-
 %% callbacks of behaviour emqx_resource
 -export([ on_start/2
         , on_stop/2
@@ -32,9 +29,13 @@
 
 -export([connect/1]).
 
+-export([structs/0, fields/1]).
+
 -export([mongo_query/5]).
 %%=====================================================================
-schema() ->
+structs() -> [""].
+
+fields("") ->
     mongodb_fields() ++
     mongodb_topology_fields() ++
     mongodb_rs_set_name_fields() ++
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mysql.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mysql.erl
index 61e13901e..afe249682 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mysql.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_mysql.erl
@@ -28,15 +28,20 @@
 
 -export([connect/1]).
 
--export([schema/0]).
+-export([structs/0, fields/1]).
 
 -export([do_health_check/1]).
 
 %%=====================================================================
-schema() ->
+%% Hocon schema
+structs() -> [""].
+
+fields("") ->
     emqx_connector_schema_lib:relational_db_fields() ++
     emqx_connector_schema_lib:ssl_fields().
 
+%%=====================================================================
+
 on_jsonify(#{server := Server}= Config) ->
     Config#{server => emqx_connector_schema_lib:ip_port_to_string(Server)}.
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_pgsql.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_pgsql.erl
index 0ff0d6779..827a9606c 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_pgsql.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_pgsql.erl
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 -include_lib("typerefl/include/types.hrl").
 -include_lib("emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource_behaviour.hrl").
 
--export([ schema/0
-        ]).
+-export([structs/0, fields/1]).
 
 %% callbacks of behaviour emqx_resource
 -export([ on_start/2
@@ -36,7 +35,9 @@
 -export([do_health_check/1]).
 
 %%=====================================================================
-schema() ->
+structs() -> [""].
+
+fields("") ->
     emqx_connector_schema_lib:relational_db_fields() ++
     emqx_connector_schema_lib:ssl_fields().
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_redis.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_redis.erl
index 1514f4c33..32ec81616 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_redis.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/src/emqx_connector_redis.erl
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 -include_lib("typerefl/include/types.hrl").
 -include_lib("emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource_behaviour.hrl").
 
--export([ schema/0
-        ]).
+-export([structs/0, fields/1]).
 
 %% callbacks of behaviour emqx_resource
 -export([ on_start/2
@@ -37,7 +36,9 @@
 -export([cmd/3]).
 
 %%=====================================================================
-schema() ->
+structs() -> [""].
+
+fields("") ->
     redis_fields() ++
     redis_sentinel_fields() ++
     emqx_connector_schema_lib:ssl_fields().
diff --git a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/etc/emqx_data_bridge.conf b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/etc/emqx_data_bridge.conf
index 0ca529699..696cadf05 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/etc/emqx_data_bridge.conf
+++ b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/etc/emqx_data_bridge.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ##--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 emqx_data_bridge.bridges: [
-#    {name: "mysql"
+#    {name: "mysql_bridge_1"
 #     type: mysql
 #     config: {
 #        server: "192.168.0.172:3306"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ emqx_data_bridge.bridges: [
 #        ssl: false
 #     }
 #    }
-#   , {name: "pgsql"
+#   , {name: "pgsql_bridge_1"
 #     type: pgsql
 #     config: {
 #        server: "192.168.0.172:5432"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ emqx_data_bridge.bridges: [
 #        ssl: false
 #     }
 #    }
-#   , {name: "mongodb_single"
+#   , {name: "mongodb_bridge_single"
 #     type: mongo
 #     config: {
 #        servers: "192.168.0.172:27017"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ emqx_data_bridge.bridges: [
 #        ssl: false
 #     }
 #    }
-#  ,{name: "mongodb_rs"
+#  ,{name: "mongodb_bridge_rs"
 #   type: mongo
 #   config: {
 #      servers: "127.0.0.1:27017"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ emqx_data_bridge.bridges: [
 #      ssl: false
 #   }
 #  }
-#  ,{name: "mongodb_shared"
+#  ,{name: "mongodb_bridge_shared"
 #   type: mongo
 #   config: {
 #      servers: "127.0.0.1:27017"
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ emqx_data_bridge.bridges: [
 #      min_heartbeat_frequency_ms: 10s
 #   }
 #  }
-#  , {name: "redis_single"
+#  , {name: "redis_bridge_single"
 #    type: redis
 #    config: {
 #       servers: "192.168.0.172:6379"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ emqx_data_bridge.bridges: [
 #       ssl: false
 #    }
 #   }
-#  ,{name: "redis_sentinel"
+#  ,{name: "redis_bridge_sentinel"
 #   type: redis
 #   config: {
 #      servers: "127.0.0.1:6379, 127.0.0.2:6379, 127.0.0.3:6379"
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ emqx_data_bridge.bridges: [
 #      ssl: false
 #   }
 #  }
-#  ,{name: "redis_cluster"
+#  ,{name: "redis_bridge_cluster"
 #   type: redis
 #   config: {
 #      servers: "127.0.0.1:6379, 127.0.0.2:6379, 127.0.0.3:6379"
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ emqx_data_bridge.bridges: [
 #      ssl: false
 #   }
 #  }
-#  , {name: "ldap"
+#  , {name: "ldap_bridge_1"
 #    type: ldap
 #    config: {
 #       servers: "192.168.0.172"
diff --git a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/priv/emqx_data_bridge.schema b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/priv/emqx_data_bridge.schema
deleted file mode 100644
index c9cb3f2c0..000000000
--- a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/priv/emqx_data_bridge.schema
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-%%-*- mode: erlang -*-
-%% emqx_data_bridge config mapping
-
-{mapping, "emqx_data_bridge.bridges", "emqx_data_bridge.bridges", [
-  {default, []},
-  {datatype, string}
-]}.
-
-% fields("emqx_data_bridge") ->
-%     [
-%         {bridges,
-%           [fun(mapping) -> "emqx_data_bridge.bridges";
-%               (type) -> list();
-%               (_) -> undefined
-%            end]}
-%     ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge.erl b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge.erl
index 5877cd3dd..2c5b52d8e 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge.erl
@@ -25,23 +25,24 @@
         ]).
 
 load_bridges() ->
-    Bridges = proplists:get_value(bridges,
-        application:get_all_env(emqx_data_bridge), []),
+    ConfFile = filename:join([emqx:get_env(plugins_etc_dir), ?MODULE]) ++ ".conf",
+    {ok, RawConfig} = hocon:load(ConfFile, #{format => richmap}),
+    #{emqx_data_bridge := #{bridges := Bridges}} =
+        hocon_schema:check(emqx_data_bridge_schema, RawConfig,
+            #{atom_key => true, return_plain => true}),
     emqx_data_bridge_monitor:ensure_all_started(Bridges).
 
-resource_type(<<"mysql">>) -> emqx_connector_mysql;
-resource_type(<<"pgsql">>) -> emqx_connector_pgsql;
-resource_type(<<"mongo">>) -> emqx_connector_mongo;
-resource_type(<<"redis">>) -> emqx_connector_redis;
-resource_type(<<"ldap">>) -> emqx_connector_ldap.
-
-
-bridge_type(emqx_connector_mysql) -> <<"mysql">>;
-bridge_type(emqx_connector_pgsql) -> <<"pgsql">>;
-bridge_type(emqx_connector_mongo) -> <<"mongo">>;
-bridge_type(emqx_connector_redis) -> <<"redis">>;
-bridge_type(emqx_connector_ldap) -> <<"ldap">>.
+resource_type(mysql) -> emqx_connector_mysql;
+resource_type(pgsql) -> emqx_connector_pgsql;
+resource_type(mongo) -> emqx_connector_mongo;
+resource_type(redis) -> emqx_connector_redis;
+resource_type(ldap) -> emqx_connector_ldap.
 
+bridge_type(emqx_connector_mysql) -> mysql;
+bridge_type(emqx_connector_pgsql) -> pgsql;
+bridge_type(emqx_connector_mongo) -> mongo;
+bridge_type(emqx_connector_redis) -> redis;
+bridge_type(emqx_connector_ldap) -> ldap.
 
 name_to_resource_id(BridgeName) ->
     <<"bridge:", BridgeName/binary>>.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_app.erl b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_app.erl
index 4ff96e34e..90ab8056f 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_app.erl
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 
 -behaviour(application).
 
--emqx_plugin(?MODULE).
-
 -export([start/2, stop/1]).
 
 start(_StartType, _StartArgs) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_monitor.erl b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_monitor.erl
index 521d9721c..d408a8062 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_monitor.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_monitor.erl
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ load_bridges(Configs) ->
 
 %% TODO: move this monitor into emqx_resource
 %% emqx_resource:check_and_create_local(ResourceId, ResourceType, Config, #{keep_retry => true}).
-load_bridge(#{<<"name">> := Name, <<"type">> := Type,
-              <<"config">> := Config}) ->
-    case emqx_resource:check_and_create_local(
+load_bridge(#{name := Name, type := Type, config := Config}) ->
+    case emqx_resource:create_local(
             emqx_data_bridge:name_to_resource_id(Name),
             emqx_data_bridge:resource_type(Type), Config) of
         {ok, _} -> ok;
diff --git a/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_schema.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c974029c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emqx_data_bridge/src/emqx_data_bridge_schema.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-module(emqx_data_bridge_schema).
+
+-export([structs/0, fields/1]).
+
+-define(BRIDGE_FIELDS(T),
+    [{name, hoconsc:t(typerefl:binary())},
+     {type, hoconsc:t(typerefl:atom(T))},
+     {config, hoconsc:t(hoconsc:ref(list_to_atom("emqx_connector_"++atom_to_list(T)), ""))}]).
+
+-define(TYPES, [mysql, pgsql, mongo, redis, ldap]).
+-define(BRIDGES, [hoconsc:ref(T) || T <- ?TYPES]).
+
+structs() -> [emqx_data_bridge].
+
+fields(emqx_data_bridge) ->
+    [{bridges, #{type => hoconsc:array(hoconsc:union(?BRIDGES)),
+                 default => []}}];
+
+fields(mysql) -> ?BRIDGE_FIELDS(mysql);
+fields(pgsql) -> ?BRIDGE_FIELDS(pgsql);
+fields(mongo) -> ?BRIDGE_FIELDS(mongo);
+fields(redis) -> ?BRIDGE_FIELDS(redis);
+fields(ldap) -> ?BRIDGE_FIELDS(ldap).
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/etc/emqx_resource.conf b/apps/emqx_resource/etc/emqx_resource.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f038ef8b..000000000
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/etc/emqx_resource.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-##--------------------------------------------------------------------
-## EMQ X Resource Plugin
-##--------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource.hrl b/apps/emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource.hrl
index 123854bc9..5e73e1cf4 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource.hrl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/include/emqx_resource.hrl
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 -type resource_type() :: module().
 -type instance_id() :: binary().
+-type raw_resource_config() :: binary() | raw_term_resource_config().
+-type raw_term_resource_config() :: #{binary() => term()} | [raw_term_resource_config()].
 -type resource_config() :: term().
 -type resource_spec() :: map().
 -type resource_state() :: term().
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/priv/emqx_resource.schema b/apps/emqx_resource/priv/emqx_resource.schema
deleted file mode 100644
index 8246dc6a7..000000000
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/priv/emqx_resource.schema
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-%%-*- mode: erlang -*-
-%% emqx-resource config mapping
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl
index 859ff083e..1fce5e122 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         % , inc_counter/3 %% increment the counter by a given integer
         ]).
 
--define(EXT, "*.spec").
+-define(HOCON_CHECK_OPTS, #{atom_key => true, nullable => false}).
 
 -optional_callbacks([ on_query/4
                     , on_health_check/2
@@ -267,50 +267,49 @@ call_jsonify(Mod, Config) ->
         true -> ?SAFE_CALL(Mod:on_jsonify(Config))
     end.
 
--spec check_config(resource_type(), binary() | term()) ->
+-spec check_config(resource_type(), raw_resource_config()) ->
     {ok, resource_config()} | {error, term()}.
 check_config(ResourceType, RawConfig) when is_binary(RawConfig) ->
     case hocon:binary(RawConfig, #{format => richmap}) of
         {ok, MapConfig} ->
-            do_check_config(ResourceType, MapConfig);
+            case ?SAFE_CALL(hocon_schema:check(ResourceType, MapConfig, ?HOCON_CHECK_OPTS)) of
+                {error, Reason} -> {error, Reason};
+                Config -> {ok, hocon_schema:richmap_to_map(Config)}
+            end;
         Error -> Error
     end;
 check_config(ResourceType, RawConfigTerm) ->
-    check_config(ResourceType, jsx:encode(#{config => RawConfigTerm})).
-
--spec do_check_config(resource_type(), map()) -> {ok, resource_config()} | {error, term()}.
-do_check_config(ResourceType, MapConfig) ->
-    case ?SAFE_CALL(emqx_resource_schema:check(ResourceType, MapConfig)) of
+    case ?SAFE_CALL(hocon_schema:check_plain(ResourceType, RawConfigTerm, ?HOCON_CHECK_OPTS)) of
         {error, Reason} -> {error, Reason};
-        Config -> {ok, maps:get(config, hocon_schema:richmap_to_map(Config))}
+        Config -> {ok, Config}
     end.
 
--spec check_and_create(instance_id(), resource_type(), binary() | term()) ->
+-spec check_and_create(instance_id(), resource_type(), raw_resource_config()) ->
     {ok, resource_data()} | {error, term()}.
-check_and_create(InstId, ResourceType, Config) ->
-    check_and_do(ResourceType, Config,
+check_and_create(InstId, ResourceType, RawConfig) ->
+    check_and_do(ResourceType, RawConfig,
         fun(InstConf) -> create(InstId, ResourceType, InstConf) end).
 
--spec check_and_create_local(instance_id(), resource_type(), binary() | term()) ->
+-spec check_and_create_local(instance_id(), resource_type(), raw_resource_config()) ->
     {ok, resource_data()} | {error, term()}.
-check_and_create_local(InstId, ResourceType, Config) ->
-    check_and_do(ResourceType, Config,
+check_and_create_local(InstId, ResourceType, RawConfig) ->
+    check_and_do(ResourceType, RawConfig,
         fun(InstConf) -> create_local(InstId, ResourceType, InstConf) end).
 
--spec check_and_update(instance_id(), resource_type(), binary() | term(), term()) ->
+-spec check_and_update(instance_id(), resource_type(), raw_resource_config(), term()) ->
     {ok, resource_data()} | {error, term()}.
-check_and_update(InstId, ResourceType, Config, Params) ->
-    check_and_do(ResourceType, Config,
+check_and_update(InstId, ResourceType, RawConfig, Params) ->
+    check_and_do(ResourceType, RawConfig,
         fun(InstConf) -> update(InstId, ResourceType, InstConf, Params) end).
 
--spec check_and_update_local(instance_id(), resource_type(), binary() | term(), term()) ->
+-spec check_and_update_local(instance_id(), resource_type(), raw_resource_config(), term()) ->
     {ok, resource_data()} | {error, term()}.
-check_and_update_local(InstId, ResourceType, Config, Params) ->
-    check_and_do(ResourceType, Config,
+check_and_update_local(InstId, ResourceType, RawConfig, Params) ->
+    check_and_do(ResourceType, RawConfig,
         fun(InstConf) -> update_local(InstId, ResourceType, InstConf, Params) end).
 
-check_and_do(ResourceType, Config, Do) when is_function(Do) ->
-    case check_config(ResourceType, Config) of
+check_and_do(ResourceType, RawConfig, Do) when is_function(Do) ->
+    case check_config(ResourceType, RawConfig) of
         {ok, InstConf} -> Do(InstConf);
         Error -> Error
     end.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_app.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_app.erl
index d2c499490..e3ef9f3d2 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_app.erl
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 
 -include("emqx_resource.hrl").
 
--emqx_plugin(?MODULE).
-
 -export([start/2, stop/1]).
 
 start(_StartType, _StartArgs) ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_schema.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_schema.erl
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cdd13e11..000000000
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_schema.erl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
-%% Copyright (c) 2020-2021 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
-%%
-%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
-%%
-%%     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-%%
-%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-%% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-%% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-%% limitations under the License.
-%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
--module(emqx_resource_schema).
-
--export([check/2]).
-
--export([structs/0, fields/1]).
-
--behaviour(hocon_schema).
-
-check(SchemaMod, Conf) ->
-    _ = erlang:erase(res_schema_mod),
-    erlang:put(res_schema_mod, SchemaMod),
-    hocon_schema:check(?MODULE, Conf, #{atom_key => true, nullable => false}).
-
-structs() -> ["config"].
-
-fields("config") ->
-    SchemaMod = erlang:get(res_schema_mod),
-    SchemaMod:schema().
diff --git a/data/loaded_plugins.tmpl b/data/loaded_plugins.tmpl
index 5ac46e0e3..d0dac7fe1 100644
--- a/data/loaded_plugins.tmpl
+++ b/data/loaded_plugins.tmpl
@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@
 {emqx_retainer, {{enable_plugin_emqx_retainer}}}.
 {emqx_telemetry, {{enable_plugin_emqx_telemetry}}}.
 {emqx_rule_engine, {{enable_plugin_emqx_rule_engine}}}.
-{emqx_resource, {{enable_plugin_emqx_resource}}}.
-{emqx_connector, {{enable_plugin_emqx_connector}}}.
-{emqx_data_bridge, {{enable_plugin_emqx_data_bridge}}}.
 {emqx_bridge_mqtt, {{enable_plugin_emqx_bridge_mqtt}}}.
diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index fa8752774..e9631fde1 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     , {observer_cli, "1.6.1"} % NOTE: depends on recon 2.5.1
     , {getopt, "1.0.1"}
     , {snabbkaffe, {git, "https://github.com/kafka4beam/snabbkaffe.git", {tag, "0.13.0"}}}
-    , {hocon, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/hocon.git", {tag, "0.6.0"}}}
+    , {hocon, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/hocon.git", {tag, "0.7.0"}}}
     , {emqx_http_lib, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/emqx_http_lib.git", {tag, "0.2.1"}}}
     ]}.
 
diff --git a/rebar.config.erl b/rebar.config.erl
index 0248e6dab..83d60605f 100644
--- a/rebar.config.erl
+++ b/rebar.config.erl
@@ -186,9 +186,6 @@ overlay_vars_rel(RelType) ->
              end,
     [ {enable_plugin_emqx_rule_engine, RelType =:= cloud}
     , {enable_plugin_emqx_bridge_mqtt, RelType =:= edge}
-    , {enable_plugin_emqx_resource, true}
-    , {enable_plugin_emqx_connector, true}
-    , {enable_plugin_emqx_data_bridge, true}
     , {enable_plugin_emqx_modules, false} %% modules is not a plugin in ce
     , {enable_plugin_emqx_recon, true}
     , {enable_plugin_emqx_retainer, true}
@@ -247,6 +244,9 @@ relx_apps(ReleaseType) ->
     , {emqx_plugin_libs, load}
     , observer_cli
     , emqx_http_lib
+    , emqx_resource
+    , emqx_connector
+    , emqx_data_bridge
     ]
     ++ [emqx_modules || not is_enterprise()]
     ++ [emqx_license || is_enterprise()]
@@ -284,9 +284,6 @@ relx_plugin_apps(ReleaseType) ->
     , emqx_auth_mnesia
     , emqx_web_hook
     , emqx_recon
-    , emqx_resource
-    , emqx_connector
-    , emqx_data_bridge
     , emqx_rule_engine
     , emqx_sasl
     ]
@@ -364,6 +361,7 @@ etc_overlay(ReleaseType) ->
 extra_overlay(cloud) ->
     [ {copy,"{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_lwm2m/lwm2m_xml","etc/"}
     , {copy, "{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_psk_file/etc/psk.txt", "etc/psk.txt"}
+    , {copy, "{{base_dir}}/lib/emqx_data_bridge/etc/emqx_data_bridge.conf", "etc/plugins/emqx_data_bridge.conf"}
     ];
 extra_overlay(edge) ->
     [].