diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_config.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_config.erl
index 161a8bb09..5a95340a8 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_config.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_config.erl
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 -export([ get/1
         , get/2
         , find/1
+        , find_raw/1
         , put/1
         , put/2
         ]).
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@
 
 -define(CONF, conf).
 -define(RAW_CONF, raw_conf).
--define(PERSIS_KEY(TYPE, ROOT), {?MODULE, TYPE, bin(ROOT)}).
+-define(PERSIS_KEY(TYPE, ROOT), {?MODULE, TYPE, ROOT}).
 -define(ZONE_CONF_PATH(ZONE, PATH), [zones, ZONE | PATH]).
 -define(LISTENER_CONF_PATH(ZONE, LISTENER, PATH), [zones, ZONE, listeners, LISTENER | PATH]).
 
@@ -101,10 +102,29 @@ get(KeyPath, Default) -> do_get(?CONF, KeyPath, Default).
 
 -spec find(emqx_map_lib:config_key_path()) ->
     {ok, term()} | {not_found, emqx_map_lib:config_key_path(), term()}.
+find([]) ->
+    Ref = make_ref(),
+    Res = do_get(?CONF, [], Ref),
+    case Res =:= Ref of
+        true -> {not_found, []};
+        false -> {ok, Res}
+    end;
 find(KeyPath) ->
     ?ATOM_CONF_PATH(KeyPath, emqx_map_lib:deep_find(AtomKeyPath, get_root(KeyPath)),
         {not_found, KeyPath}).
 
+-spec find_raw(emqx_map_lib:config_key_path()) ->
+    {ok, term()} | {not_found, emqx_map_lib:config_key_path(), term()}.
+find_raw([]) ->
+    Ref = make_ref(),
+    Res = do_get(?RAW_CONF, [], Ref),
+    case Res =:= Ref of
+        true -> {not_found, []};
+        false -> {ok, Res}
+    end;
+find_raw(KeyPath) ->
+    emqx_map_lib:deep_find([bin(Key) || Key <- KeyPath], get_root_raw(KeyPath)).
+
 -spec get_zone_conf(atom(), emqx_map_lib:config_key_path()) -> term().
 get_zone_conf(Zone, KeyPath) ->
     ?MODULE:get(?ZONE_CONF_PATH(Zone, KeyPath)).
@@ -279,16 +299,30 @@ do_get(Type, KeyPath) ->
         false -> Res
     end.
 
+do_get(Type, [], Default) ->
+    AllConf = lists:foldl(fun
+            ({?PERSIS_KEY(Type0, RootName), Conf}, AccIn) when Type0 == Type ->
+                AccIn#{RootName => Conf};
+            (_, AccIn) -> AccIn
+        end, #{}, persistent_term:get()),
+    case map_size(AllConf) == 0 of
+        true -> Default;
+        false -> AllConf
+    end;
 do_get(Type, [RootName], Default) ->
-    persistent_term:get(?PERSIS_KEY(Type, RootName), Default);
+    persistent_term:get(?PERSIS_KEY(Type, bin(RootName)), Default);
 do_get(Type, [RootName | KeyPath], Default) ->
-    RootV = persistent_term:get(?PERSIS_KEY(Type, RootName), #{}),
+    RootV = persistent_term:get(?PERSIS_KEY(Type, bin(RootName)), #{}),
     do_deep_get(Type, KeyPath, RootV, Default).
 
+do_put(Type, [], DeepValue) ->
+    maps:fold(fun(RootName, Value, _Res) ->
+            do_put(Type, [RootName], Value)
+        end, ok, DeepValue);
 do_put(Type, [RootName | KeyPath], DeepValue) ->
     OldValue = do_get(Type, [RootName], #{}),
     NewValue = do_deep_put(Type, KeyPath, OldValue, DeepValue),
-    persistent_term:put(?PERSIS_KEY(Type, RootName), NewValue).
+    persistent_term:put(?PERSIS_KEY(Type, bin(RootName)), NewValue).
 
 do_deep_get(?CONF, KeyPath, Map, Default) ->
     ?ATOM_CONF_PATH(KeyPath, emqx_map_lib:deep_get(AtomKeyPath, Map, Default),
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl
index ef4a10853..eab0c78ad 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 -define(PARAM_CONF_PATH, [#{
     name => conf_path,
     in => query,
-    description => <<"The config path in jq syntax">>,
+    description => <<"The config path separated by '.' character">>,
     required => false,
     schema => #{type => string, default => <<".">>}
 }]).
@@ -81,23 +81,28 @@ config_api(RootName) when is_atom(RootName) ->
 %% parameters trans
 config(get, Req) ->
     %% TODO: query the config specified by the query string param 'conf_path'
-    Conf = emqx_config:get_raw([root_name_from_path(Req)]),
+    Conf = emqx_config:get_raw([root_name_from_path(Req) | conf_path_from_querystr(Req)]),
     {200, Conf};
 
 config(delete, Req) ->
     %% TODO: remove the config specified by the query string param 'conf_path'
-    emqx_config:remove([binary_to_existing_atom(root_name_from_path(Req), latin1)]),
+    emqx_config:remove([root_name_from_path(Req) | conf_path_from_querystr(Req)]),
     {200};
 
 config(put, Req) ->
     RootName = root_name_from_path(Req),
-    AtomRootName = binary_to_existing_atom(RootName, latin1),
-    ok = emqx_config:update([AtomRootName], http_body(Req)),
+    ok = emqx_config:update([RootName], http_body(Req)),
     {200, emqx_config:get_raw([RootName])}.
 
 root_name_from_path(Req) ->
     <<"/api/v5/configs/", RootName/binary>> = cowboy_req:path(Req),
-    RootName.
+    string:trim(RootName, trailing, "/").
+
+conf_path_from_querystr(Req) ->
+    case proplists:get_value(<<"conf_path">>, cowboy_req:parse_qs(Req)) of
+        undefined -> [];
+        Path -> [string:lexemes(Path, ". ")]
+    end.
 
 http_body(Req) ->
     {ok, Body, _} = cowboy_req:read_body(Req),