docs: def _config(name, conf, default=None):
      '''
      Return a value for 'name' from the config file options. If the 'name' is
      not in the config, the 'default' value is returned. This method converts
      unicode values to str type under python 2.
      '''
      try:
          value = conf[name]
      except KeyError:
          value = default
      return salt.utils.data.decode(value, to_str=True)