If you want to try MongoDB, here's a GUI to make it much easier. Jack Wallen shows you how to install it.

I'm struggling through scripting things like VSFTPD. I really would like to make a basic GUI front end that could spit out the conf file. Does anyone know how I would go about starting to program ...

Some products simplify the task. You can buy GUI code, but usually abetter alternative is to find a product that is composed of both thecode needed in the embedded system, and a program that runs on a ...