diff --git a/keyosk/config/__init__.py b/keyosk/config/__init__.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+import marshmallow as msh
+
+from keyosk.config.storage import KeyoskStorageConfig
+from keyosk.config.storage import StorageConfigSerializer
+
+
+@dataclass
+class KeyoskConfig:
+    """Configuration storage"""
+
+    storage: KeyoskStorageConfig = KeyoskStorageConfig()
+
+
+class ConfigSerializer(msh.Schema):
+    """De/serializer for the application configuration
+
+    Fields on this class map 1:1 with the dataclass parameters on the
+    :class:`KeyoskConfig` class.
+    """
+
+    storage = msh.fields.Nested(StorageConfigSerializer)
diff --git a/keyosk/config/storage.py b/keyosk/config/storage.py
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+from dataclasses import asdict
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import field
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+from typing import Dict
+from typing import Mapping
+from typing import Optional
+from typing import Union
+
+import marshmallow as msh
+
+from keyosk import datatypes
+from keyosk import fields as custom_fields
+
+
+def _default_sqlite_pragmas() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    """Generate the default pragmas for the sqlite connection
+
+    Default are taken from
+    `here <http://docs.peewee-orm.com/en/latest/peewee/database.html#recommended-settings>`_
+    """
+    return {
+        "journal_mode": "wal",
+        "cache_size": -1 * 64000,
+        "foreign_keys": 1,
+        "ignore_check_constraints": 0,
+        "synchronous": 0,
+    }
+
+
+@dataclass
+class KeyoskSQLiteStorageConfig:
+    """Config data container for the SQLite config options
+
+    :param path: Path to the SQLite database file
+    :param pragmas: Mapping of SQLite pragmas to apply to the database connection
+    """
+
+    path: Path = Path("/usr/share/keyosk.db")
+    pragmas: Mapping[str, Any] = field(default_factory=_default_sqlite_pragmas)
+
+
+class SQLiteStorageConfigSerializer(msh.Schema):
+    """De/serializer for the SQLite configuration parameters
+
+    Fields on this class map 1:1 with the dataclass parameters on the
+    :class:`KeyoskSQLiteStorageConfig` class.
+    """
+
+    path = custom_fields.Path()
+    pragmas = msh.fields.Dict(keys=msh.fields.String(), values=msh.fields.Raw())
+
+    @msh.post_load
+    def _make_dataclass(self, data: Mapping[str, Any], *args, **kwargs):
+        return KeyoskSQLiteStorageConfig(**data)
+
+    @msh.pre_dump
+    def _unmake_dataclass(
+        self, data: Union[Mapping[str, Any], KeyoskSQLiteStorageConfig], *args, **kwargs
+    ):
+        if isinstance(data, KeyoskSQLiteStorageConfig):
+            return asdict(data)
+        return data
+
+
+@dataclass
+class KeyoskMariaStorageConfig:
+    """Config data container for the MariaDB config options
+
+    :param schema: Database schema to use
+    :param host: IP address or hostname of the database server to connect to
+    :param port: Port to connect to the database server on
+    :param username: Username for connecting to the database server
+    :param password: Password for the user account to use for connecting to the database
+                     server
+
+    .. note:: The MySQL driver treats the hosts ``localhost`` and ``127.0.0.1``
+              differently: using ``localhost`` will cause the client to always attempt
+              to use a socket connection, while ``127.0.0.1`` will cause the client to
+              always attempt to use a TCP connection.
+    """
+
+    schema: str = "keyosk"
+    host: str = "localhost"
+    port: int = 3306
+    username: str = "keyosk"
+    password: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class MariaStorageConfigSerializer(msh.Schema):
+    """De/serializer for the MariaDB configuration parameters
+
+    Fields on this class map 1:1 with the dataclass parameters on the
+    :class:`KeyoskMariaStorageConfig` class.
+    """
+
+    schema = msh.fields.String()
+    host = msh.fields.String()
+    port = msh.fields.Integer(validate=msh.validate.Range(min=1, max=65535))
+    username = msh.fields.String()
+    password = msh.fields.String(allow_none=True)
+
+    @msh.post_load
+    def _make_dataclass(self, data: Mapping[str, Any], *args, **kwargs):
+        return KeyoskMariaStorageConfig(**data)
+
+    @msh.pre_dump
+    def _unmake_dataclass(
+        self, data: Union[Mapping[str, Any], KeyoskMariaStorageConfig], *args, **kwargs
+    ):
+        if isinstance(data, KeyoskMariaStorageConfig):
+            return asdict(data)
+        return data
+
+
+@dataclass
+class KeyoskStorageConfig:
+    """Config data container for storage related parameters
+
+    :param backend: The backend database system the application should use
+    :param sqlite: Configuration parameters for the SQLite backend
+    :param maria: Configuration parameters for the MariaDB backend
+
+    .. note:: Only one of the ``sqlite`` or ``maria`` parameters will be used at any one
+              time, depending on the value of the ``backend`` setting.
+    """
+
+    backend: datatypes.StorageBackend = datatypes.StorageBackend.SQLITE
+    sqlite: KeyoskSQLiteStorageConfig = KeyoskSQLiteStorageConfig()
+    maria: KeyoskMariaStorageConfig = KeyoskMariaStorageConfig()
+
+
+class StorageConfigSerializer(msh.Schema):
+    """De/serializer for the storage configuration parameters
+
+    Fields on this class map 1:1 with the dataclass parameters on the
+    :class:`KeyoskStorageConfig` class.
+    """
+
+    backend = custom_fields.EnumItem(datatypes.StorageBackend, pretty_names=True)
+    sqlite = msh.fields.Nested(SQLiteStorageConfigSerializer)
+    maria = msh.fields.Nested(MariaStorageConfigSerializer)
+
+    @msh.post_load
+    def _make_dataclass(self, data: Mapping[str, Any], *args, **kwargs):
+        return KeyoskStorageConfig(**data)
+
+    @msh.pre_dump
+    def _unmake_dataclass(
+        self, data: Union[Mapping[str, Any], KeyoskStorageConfig], *args, **kwargs
+    ):
+        if isinstance(data, KeyoskStorageConfig):
+            return asdict(data)
+        return data
diff --git a/keyosk/fields.py b/keyosk/fields.py
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+"""Custom fields for handing de/serializing custom data types"""
+from enum import Enum
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+from typing import Type
+from typing import Union
+
+import marshmallow as msh
+
+
+class EnumItem(msh.fields.Field):
+    """Translate between an enum and its value or name"""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        enum: Type[Enum],
+        *args,
+        by_value: bool = False,
+        pretty_names: bool = False,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        """Initialize the enum field
+        :param enum: The base enumeration to use for de/serializing to/from. Passing in a name/value
+                     that does not appear in this enum during de/serialization will result in a
+                     :exc:`ValidationError` being raised.
+        :param by_value: Whether to perform de/serialization using the enum name or enum value. By
+                         default the field will be de/serialized using the enum name, but passing
+                         this as true will perform de/serialization using the enum value.
+        :param pretty_names: Whether to interperate the enum names as "pretty" names. This will
+                             convert between uppercase+underscore-delimited and
+                             lowercase+hyphen-delimited. For example, an enum named ``FOO_BAR_BAZ``
+                             would become ``foo-bar-baz``. This option has no effect if
+                             ``by_value=True`` is passed.
+        """
+
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._by_value = by_value
+        self._pretty_names = pretty_names
+        self.enum = enum
+
+    def _serialize(self, value: Enum, attr, obj, **kwargs) -> Any:
+        """Serialize an enumeration to either its name or value"""
+        if getattr(self, "allow_none", False) is True and value is None:
+            return None
+        if self._by_value:
+            return value.value
+        if self._pretty_names:
+            return self._to_pretty_name(value.name)
+        return value.name
+
+    def _deserialize(self, value: Any, attr, data, **kwargs) -> Enum:
+        """Serialize the name or value of an enumeration to its corresponding enum"""
+        try:
+            if self._by_value:
+                return self.enum(value)
+            if self._pretty_names:
+                if value in self.enum.__members__:
+                    raise KeyError(value)  # Just gets us down to the keyerror handler
+                return self.enum[self._from_pretty_name(value)]
+            return self.enum[value]
+        except ValueError as err:
+            raise msh.ValidationError(err)
+        except (KeyError, AttributeError) as err:
+            raise msh.ValidationError(f"No {self.enum} named {err}")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _to_pretty_name(value: str) -> str:
+        return value.replace("_", "-").lower()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _from_pretty_name(value: str) -> str:
+        return value.replace("-", "_").upper()
+
+
+class Path(msh.fields.String):
+    """Translate between a string and a path object"""
+
+    def _serialize(self, value: Union[str, Path], *args, **kwargs) -> str:
+        return super()._serialize(str(value), *args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _deserialize(self, value: str, *args, **kwargs) -> Path:
+        return Path(super()._deserialize(value, *args, **kwargs))