diff --git a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/config.rs b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+use serde_json::Value;
+use std::env;
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+pub enum ConfigName {
+  Secrets(String),
+  Facts(String),
+}
+
+fn get_key_for_config_name(config_name: &ConfigName) -> String {
+  match config_name {
+    ConfigName::Secrets(name) => format!("secrets_{}", name),
+    ConfigName::Facts(name) => format!("facts_{}", name),
+  }
+}
+
+fn get_path_for_config_name(config_name: &ConfigName) -> PathBuf {
+  let folder = match config_name {
+    ConfigName::Secrets(_) => "secrets",
+    ConfigName::Facts(_) => "facts",
+  };
+  let name = match config_name {
+    ConfigName::Secrets(name) => name,
+    ConfigName::Facts(name) => name,
+  };
+  PathBuf::from(format!("{}/{}.json", folder, name))
+}
+
+pub fn get_comm_config(config_name: ConfigName) -> Option<Value> {
+  let key = get_key_for_config_name(&config_name);
+  let cached = cached_json::get(&key);
+  if cached.is_some() {
+    return cached;
+  }
+  let json = get_json(&config_name);
+  cached_json::set(&key, &json);
+  json
+}
+
+mod cached_json {
+  use serde_json::Value;
+  use std::collections::HashMap;
+  use std::sync::RwLock;
+
+  lazy_static::lazy_static! {
+      static ref CACHE: RwLock<HashMap<String, Value>> = RwLock::new(HashMap::new());
+  }
+
+  pub fn get(key: &str) -> Option<Value> {
+    let cache = CACHE.read().unwrap();
+    cache.get(key).cloned()
+  }
+
+  pub fn set(key: &str, value: &Option<Value>) {
+    let mut cache = CACHE.write().unwrap();
+    if let Some(val) = value {
+      cache.insert(key.to_string(), val.clone());
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn get_json(config_name: &ConfigName) -> Option<Value> {
+  let key = get_key_for_config_name(config_name);
+  let env_key = format!("COMM_JSONCONFIG_{}", key);
+
+  if let Ok(from_env) = env::var(env_key) {
+    return serde_json::from_str(&from_env).ok();
+  }
+
+  let mut file_path = get_path_for_config_name(config_name);
+  if !file_path.starts_with("keyserver") {
+    file_path = PathBuf::from(format!("../../{}", file_path.to_str().unwrap()));
+  }
+
+  if let Ok(path_string) = fs::read_to_string(file_path) {
+    serde_json::from_str(&path_string).ok()
+  } else {
+    None
+  }
+}
diff --git a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/lib.rs b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/lib.rs
--- a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/lib.rs
+++ b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod config;
 pub mod identity_client;
 
 #[macro_use]