diff --git a/version.cpp b/version.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+#include "version.hpp"
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace software
+{
+namespace manager
+{
+
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+std::string Version::getVersion(const std::string& manifestFilePath)
+{
+    constexpr auto versionKey = "version=";
+    constexpr auto versionKeySize = strlen(versionKey);
+
+    if (manifestFilePath.empty())
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Error MANIFESTFilePath is empty");
+        throw std::runtime_error("MANIFESTFilePath is empty");
+    }
+
+    std::string version{};
+    std::ifstream efile;
+    std::string line;
+    efile.exceptions(std::ifstream::failbit
+                     | std::ifstream::badbit
+                     | std::ifstream::eofbit);
+
+    // Too many GCC bugs (53984, 66145) to do this the right way...
+    try
+    {
+        efile.open(manifestFilePath);
+        while (getline(efile, line))
+        {
+            if (line.compare(0, versionKeySize, versionKey) == 0)
+            {
+                version = line.substr(versionKeySize);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        efile.close();
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Error in reading Host MANIFEST file");
+    }
+
+    return version;
+}
+
+std::string Version::getId(const std::string& version)
+{
+    std::stringstream hexId;
+
+    if (version.empty())
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>("Error Host version is empty");
+        throw std::runtime_error("Host version is empty");
+    }
+
+    // Only want 8 hex digits.
+    hexId << std::hex << ((std::hash<std::string> {}(
+                               version)) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+    return hexId.str();
+}
+
+} // namespace manager
+} // namespace software
+} // namepsace phosphor
+