diff --git a/phosphor-ldap-config/ldap_serialize.cpp b/phosphor-ldap-config/ldap_serialize.cpp
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+#include <cereal/types/string.hpp>
+#include <cereal/types/vector.hpp>
+#include <cereal/archives/binary.hpp>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include "ldap_serialize.hpp"
+#include "ldap_configuration.hpp"
+#include <phosphor-logging/log.hpp>
+#include "config.h"
+
+// Register class version
+// From cereal documentation;
+// "This macro should be placed at global scope"
+CEREAL_CLASS_VERSION(phosphor::ldap::Config, CLASS_VERSION);
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace ldap
+{
+
+using namespace phosphor::logging;
+
+/** @brief Function required by Cereal to perform serialization.
+ *  @tparam Archive - Cereal archive type (binary in our case).
+ *  @param[in] archive - reference to Cereal archive.
+ *  @param[in] config - const reference to ldap config.
+ *  @param[in] version - Class version that enables handling
+ *                       a serialized data across code levels
+ */
+template <class Archive>
+void save(Archive& archive, const Config& config, const std::uint32_t version)
+{
+    archive(config.enabled());
+}
+
+/** @brief Function required by Cereal to perform deserialization.
+ *  @tparam Archive - Cereal archive type (binary in our case).
+ *  @param[in] archive - reference to Cereal archive.
+ *  @param[in] config -  reference of ldap config object.
+ *  @param[in] version - Class version that enables handling
+ *                       a serialized data across code levels
+ */
+template <class Archive>
+void load(Archive& archive, Config& config, const std::uint32_t version)
+{
+    bool enabled = false;
+    archive(enabled);
+    config.enabled(enabled);
+}
+
+fs::path serialize(const Config& config, const fs::path& path)
+{
+    fs::create_directories(path.parent_path());
+
+    std::ofstream os(path.string(), std::ios::binary);
+    cereal::BinaryOutputArchive oarchive(os);
+    oarchive(config);
+    return path;
+}
+
+bool deserialize(const fs::path& path, Config& config)
+{
+    try
+    {
+        if (fs::exists(path))
+        {
+            std::ifstream is(path.c_str(), std::ios::in | std::ios::binary);
+            cereal::BinaryInputArchive iarchive(is);
+            iarchive(config);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    catch (cereal::Exception& e)
+    {
+        log<level::ERR>(e.what());
+        std::error_code ec;
+        fs::remove(path, ec);
+        return false;
+    }
+    catch (const fs::filesystem_error& e)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace ldap
+} // namespace phosphor