diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnable.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnable.java
index 8ac0307..5b7c148 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnable.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     String pendingConfigVersion = loadedConfig.getVersion();
     try {
       ReplicationFileBasedConfig newConfig = new ReplicationFileBasedConfig(site, pluginDataDir);
-      final List<DestinationConfiguration> newValidDestinations =
+      final List<RemoteConfiguration> newValidDestinations =
           configValidator.validateConfig(newConfig);
       loadedConfig = newConfig;
       loadedConfigVersion = newConfig.getVersion();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationConfiguration.java
index 053739c..d12abc4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationConfiguration.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
 
-public class DestinationConfiguration {
+public class DestinationConfiguration implements RemoteConfiguration {
   static final int DEFAULT_REPLICATION_DELAY = 15;
   static final int DEFAULT_RESCHEDULE_DELAY = 3;
   static final int DEFAULT_DRAIN_QUEUE_ATTEMPTS = 0;
@@ -84,14 +84,17 @@
                 TimeUnit.SECONDS);
   }
 
+  @Override
   public int getDelay() {
     return delay;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public int getRescheduleDelay() {
     return rescheduleDelay;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public int getRetryDelay() {
     return retryDelay;
   }
@@ -108,26 +111,32 @@
     return lockErrorMaxRetries;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public ImmutableList<String> getUrls() {
     return urls;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public ImmutableList<String> getAdminUrls() {
     return adminUrls;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public ImmutableList<String> getProjects() {
     return projects;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public ImmutableList<String> getAuthGroupNames() {
     return authGroupNames;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public String getRemoteNameStyle() {
     return remoteNameStyle;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public boolean replicatePermissions() {
     return replicatePermissions;
   }
@@ -144,10 +153,12 @@
     return replicateHiddenProjects;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public RemoteConfig getRemoteConfig() {
     return remoteConfig;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public int getMaxRetries() {
     return maxRetries;
   }
@@ -174,6 +185,7 @@
     return ret;
   }
 
+  @Override
   public int getSlowLatencyThreshold() {
     return slowLatencyThreshold;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationsCollection.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationsCollection.java
index 570dfb8..e040dd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationsCollection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/DestinationsCollection.java
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
   }
 
   @Subscribe
-  public synchronized void onReload(List<DestinationConfiguration> destinationConfigurations) {
+  public synchronized void onReload(List<RemoteConfiguration> remoteConfigurations) {
     if (shuttingDown) {
       logger.atWarning().log("Shutting down: configuration reload ignored");
       return;
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 
     try {
       replicationQueue.get().stop();
-      destinations = allDestinations(destinationFactory, destinationConfigurations);
+      destinations = allDestinations(destinationFactory, remoteConfigurations);
       logger.atInfo().log("Configuration reloaded: %d destinations", getAll(FilterType.ALL).size());
     } finally {
       replicationQueue.get().start();
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
   }
 
   @Override
-  public List<DestinationConfiguration> validateConfig(ReplicationFileBasedConfig replicationConfig)
+  public List<RemoteConfiguration> validateConfig(ReplicationFileBasedConfig replicationConfig)
       throws ConfigInvalidException {
     if (!replicationConfig.getConfig().getFile().exists()) {
       logger.atWarning().log(
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
     boolean defaultForceUpdate =
         replicationConfig.getConfig().getBoolean("gerrit", "defaultForceUpdate", false);
 
-    ImmutableList.Builder<DestinationConfiguration> confs = ImmutableList.builder();
+    ImmutableList.Builder<RemoteConfiguration> confs = ImmutableList.builder();
     for (RemoteConfig c : allRemotes(replicationConfig.getConfig())) {
       if (c.getURIs().isEmpty()) {
         continue;
@@ -321,12 +321,13 @@
   }
 
   private List<Destination> allDestinations(
-      Destination.Factory destinationFactory,
-      List<DestinationConfiguration> destinationConfigurations) {
+      Destination.Factory destinationFactory, List<RemoteConfiguration> remoteConfigurations) {
 
     ImmutableList.Builder<Destination> dest = ImmutableList.builder();
-    for (DestinationConfiguration c : destinationConfigurations) {
-      dest.add(destinationFactory.create(c));
+    for (RemoteConfiguration c : remoteConfigurations) {
+      if (c instanceof DestinationConfiguration) {
+        dest.add(destinationFactory.create((DestinationConfiguration) c));
+      }
     }
     return dest.build();
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/RemoteConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/RemoteConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa683ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/RemoteConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// 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.
+package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.replication;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
+
+/** Remote configuration for a replication endpoint */
+public interface RemoteConfiguration {
+  /**
+   * Time to wait before scheduling a remote replication operation. Setting to 0 effectively
+   * disables the delay.
+   *
+   * @return the delay value in seconds
+   */
+  int getDelay();
+  /**
+   * Time to wait before rescheduling a remote replication operation, which might have failed the
+   * first time round. Setting to 0 effectively disables the delay.
+   *
+   * @return the delay value in seconds
+   */
+  int getRescheduleDelay();
+  /**
+   * Time to wait before retrying a failed remote replication operation, Setting to 0 effectively
+   * disables the delay.
+   *
+   * @return the delay value in seconds
+   */
+  int getRetryDelay();
+  /**
+   * List of the remote endpoint addresses used for replication.
+   *
+   * @return list of remote URL strings
+   */
+  ImmutableList<String> getUrls();
+  /**
+   * List of alternative remote endpoint addresses, used for admin operations, such as repository
+   * creation
+   *
+   * @return list of remote URL strings
+   */
+  ImmutableList<String> getAdminUrls();
+  /**
+   * List of repositories that should be replicated
+   *
+   * @return list of project strings
+   */
+  ImmutableList<String> getProjects();
+  /**
+   * List of groups that should be used to access the repositories.
+   *
+   * @return list of group strings
+   */
+  ImmutableList<String> getAuthGroupNames();
+  /**
+   * Influence how the name of the remote repository should be computed.
+   *
+   * @return a string representing a remote style name
+   */
+  String getRemoteNameStyle();
+  /**
+   * If true, permissions-only projects and the refs/meta/config branch will also be replicated
+   *
+   * @return a string representing a remote style name
+   */
+  boolean replicatePermissions();
+  /**
+   * the JGIT remote configuration representing the replication for this endpoint
+   *
+   * @return The remote config {@link RemoteConfig}
+   */
+  RemoteConfig getRemoteConfig();
+  /**
+   * Number of times to retry a replication operation
+   *
+   * @return the number of retries
+   */
+  int getMaxRetries();
+
+  /**
+   * the time duration after which the replication for a project should be considered “slow”
+   *
+   * @return the slow latency threshold
+   */
+  int getSlowLatencyThreshold();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationConfigValidator.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationConfigValidator.java
index 2a2ced1..7883114 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationConfigValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationConfigValidator.java
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
    * validate the new replication.config
    *
    * @param newConfig new configuration detected
-   * @return List of validated {@link DestinationConfiguration}
+   * @return List of validated {@link RemoteConfiguration}
    * @throws ConfigInvalidException if the new configuration is not valid.
    */
-  List<DestinationConfiguration> validateConfig(ReplicationFileBasedConfig newConfig)
+  List<RemoteConfiguration> validateConfig(ReplicationFileBasedConfig newConfig)
       throws ConfigInvalidException;
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnableTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnableTest.java
index c302271..b1aa7c8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnableTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/AutoReloadRunnableTest.java
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@
 
   private static class TestValidConfigurationListener implements ReplicationConfigValidator {
     @Override
-    public List<DestinationConfiguration> validateConfig(ReplicationFileBasedConfig newConfig) {
+    public List<RemoteConfiguration> validateConfig(ReplicationFileBasedConfig newConfig) {
       return Collections.emptyList();
     }
   }
 
   private static class TestInvalidConfigurationListener implements ReplicationConfigValidator {
     @Override
-    public List<DestinationConfiguration> validateConfig(
+    public List<RemoteConfiguration> validateConfig(
         ReplicationFileBasedConfig configurationChangeEvent) throws ConfigInvalidException {
       throw new ConfigInvalidException("expected test failure");
     }