diff --git a/apps/openstacknode/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknode/codec/NeutronConfigCodec.java b/apps/openstacknode/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/openstacknode/codec/NeutronConfigCodec.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+ *
+ * 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 org.onosproject.openstacknode.codec;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.openstacknode.api.NeutronConfig;
+import org.onosproject.openstacknode.api.DefaultNeutronConfig;
+
+import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsIllegal;
+
+/**
+ * Neutron config codec used for serializing and de-serializing JSON string.
+ */
+public final class NeutronConfigCodec extends JsonCodec<NeutronConfig> {
+
+    private static final String USE_METADATA_PROXY = "useMetadataProxy";
+    private static final String METADATA_PROXY_SECRET = "metadataProxySecret";
+
+    private static final String MISSING_MESSAGE = " is required in OpenstackNode";
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(NeutronConfig entity, CodecContext context) {
+        return context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put(USE_METADATA_PROXY, entity.useMetadataProxy())
+                .put(METADATA_PROXY_SECRET, entity.metadataProxySecret());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public NeutronConfig decode(ObjectNode json, CodecContext context) {
+        if (json == null || !json.isObject()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        boolean useMetadataProxy = nullIsIllegal(json.get(USE_METADATA_PROXY).asBoolean(),
+                USE_METADATA_PROXY + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+
+        String metadataProxySecret = nullIsIllegal(json.get(METADATA_PROXY_SECRET).asText(),
+                METADATA_PROXY_SECRET + MISSING_MESSAGE);
+
+        return DefaultNeutronConfig.builder()
+                .useMetadataProxy(useMetadataProxy)
+                .metadataProxySecret(metadataProxySecret)
+                .build();
+    }
+}