DCF node configuration for device data

One example method includes receiving, at a node of a data confidence fabric (DCF), a DCF backbone, installing the DCF backbone at the node, receiving a config file at the node, and the config file includes configuration information concerning the node, and receiving and installing a trust insertion component specified in the configuration information, where operation of the trust insertion component is enabled by the DCF backbone, and the trust insertion component is operable to associate trust metadata with data received by the node.