diff --git a/akd/crates/common/Cargo.toml b/akd/crates/common/Cargo.toml
index 32f959f15f..ae49ea990c 100644
--- a/akd/crates/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/akd/crates/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = "2.0.17"
 tracing.workspace = true
+hex = "0.4.3"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/akd/crates/common/src/config/mod.rs b/akd/crates/common/src/config/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5845bae535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akd/crates/common/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+mod storage_manager_config;
+mod vrf_config;
+
+pub use storage_manager_config::*;
+pub use vrf_config::*;
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum ConfigError {
+    #[error("Failed to connect to database")]
+    DatabaseConnection(#[source] akd::errors::StorageError),
+
+    #[error("Configuration value 'cache_item_lifetime_ms' is invalid: value {value} exceeds maximum allowed ({max})")]
+    CacheLifetimeOutOfRange {
+        value: usize,
+        max: u64,
+        #[source]
+        source: std::num::TryFromIntError,
+    },
+
+    #[error("Configuration value 'cache_clean_frequency_ms' is invalid: value {value} exceeds maximum allowed ({max})")]
+    CacheCleanFrequencyOutOfRange {
+        value: usize,
+        max: u64,
+        #[source]
+        source: std::num::TryFromIntError,
+    },
+
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    Custom(String),
+
+    #[error("Invalid hex string for VRF key material")]
+    InvalidVrfKeyMaterialHex(#[source] hex::FromHexError),
+
+    #[error("VRF key material must be exactly 32 bytes, got {actual} bytes")]
+    VrfKeyMaterialInvalidLength { actual: usize },
+}
+
+impl ConfigError {
+    pub fn new(message: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self::Custom(message.into())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/akd/crates/common/src/config/storage_manager_config.rs b/akd/crates/common/src/config/storage_manager_config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6876471658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akd/crates/common/src/config/storage_manager_config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use crate::config::ConfigError;
+use akd::storage::StorageManager;
+use akd_storage::{db_config::DbConfig, DatabaseType};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// items live for 30s by default
+pub const DEFAULT_ITEM_LIFETIME_MS: usize = 30_000;
+/// clean the cache every 15s by default
+pub const DEFAULT_CACHE_CLEAN_FREQUENCY_MS: usize = 15_000;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct StorageManagerConfig {
+    pub db_config: DbConfig,
+    pub cache_limit_bytes: Option<usize>,
+    #[serde(default = "default_cache_item_lifetime_ms")]
+    pub cache_item_lifetime_ms: usize,
+    #[serde(default = "default_cache_clean_frequency_ms")]
+    pub cache_clean_frequency_ms: usize,
+}
+
+fn default_cache_item_lifetime_ms() -> usize {
+    DEFAULT_ITEM_LIFETIME_MS
+}
+
+fn default_cache_clean_frequency_ms() -> usize {
+    DEFAULT_CACHE_CLEAN_FREQUENCY_MS
+}
+
+impl StorageManagerConfig {
+    pub async fn create(&self) -> Result<StorageManager<DatabaseType>, ConfigError> {
+        Ok(StorageManager::new(
+            self.db_config
+                .connect()
+                .await
+                .map_err(ConfigError::DatabaseConnection)?,
+            Some(Duration::from_millis(
+                self.cache_item_lifetime_ms.try_into().map_err(|source| {
+                    ConfigError::CacheLifetimeOutOfRange {
+                        value: self.cache_item_lifetime_ms,
+                        max: u64::MAX,
+                        source,
+                    }
+                })?,
+            )),
+            self.cache_limit_bytes,
+            Some(Duration::from_millis(
+                self.cache_clean_frequency_ms.try_into().map_err(|source| {
+                    ConfigError::CacheCleanFrequencyOutOfRange {
+                        value: self.cache_clean_frequency_ms,
+                        max: u64::MAX,
+                        source,
+                    }
+                })?,
+            )),
+        ))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/akd/crates/common/src/config/vrf_config.rs b/akd/crates/common/src/config/vrf_config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdd1bdd708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akd/crates/common/src/config/vrf_config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use crate::config::ConfigError;
+use crate::VrfStorageType;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "type")]
+pub enum VrfConfig {
+    HardCodedAkdVRF,
+    ConstantConfigurableVRF { key_material: String },
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&VrfConfig> for VrfStorageType {
+    type Error = ConfigError;
+    fn try_from(config: &VrfConfig) -> Result<Self, ConfigError> {
+        match config {
+            VrfConfig::HardCodedAkdVRF => Ok(VrfStorageType::HardCodedAkdVRF),
+            VrfConfig::ConstantConfigurableVRF { key_material } => {
+                let key_material =
+                    hex::decode(key_material).map_err(ConfigError::InvalidVrfKeyMaterialHex)?;
+
+                if key_material.len() != 32 {
+                    return Err(ConfigError::VrfKeyMaterialInvalidLength {
+                        actual: key_material.len(),
+                    });
+                }
+
+                Ok(VrfStorageType::ConstantConfigurableVRF {
+                    key_material: key_material.clone(),
+                })
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/akd/crates/common/src/lib.rs b/akd/crates/common/src/lib.rs
index 1cf48c4fa8..dc7481bb01 100644
--- a/akd/crates/common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/akd/crates/common/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod config;
 mod vrf_type;
 
 pub use vrf_type::VrfStorageType;
diff --git a/akd/crates/common/src/vrf_type.rs b/akd/crates/common/src/vrf_type.rs
index 75d18c61e1..4d2c63282b 100644
--- a/akd/crates/common/src/vrf_type.rs
+++ b/akd/crates/common/src/vrf_type.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 use akd::ecvrf::{HardCodedAkdVRF, VRFKeyStorage, VrfError};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use serde::{Deserialize};
-
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
-pub enum VrfConfig {
-    HardCodedAkdVRF,
-}
-
-impl From<&VrfConfig> for VrfStorageType {
-    fn from(config: &VrfConfig) -> Self {
-        match config {
-            VrfConfig::HardCodedAkdVRF => VrfStorageType::HardCodedAkdVRF,
-        }
-    }
-}
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum VrfStorageType {
@@ -22,6 +8,9 @@ pub enum VrfStorageType {
     ///
     /// const KEY_MATERIAL: &str = "c9afa9d845ba75166b5c215767b1d6934e50c3db36e89b127b8a622b120f6721";
     HardCodedAkdVRF,
+    ConstantConfigurableVRF {
+        key_material: Vec<u8>,
+    },
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
@@ -29,6 +18,7 @@ impl VRFKeyStorage for VrfStorageType {
     async fn retrieve(&self) -> Result<Vec<u8>, VrfError> {
         match self {
             VrfStorageType::HardCodedAkdVRF => HardCodedAkdVRF.retrieve().await,
+            VrfStorageType::ConstantConfigurableVRF { key_material } => Ok(key_material.clone()),
         }
     }
 }