diff --git a/manifest/product_octez.ml b/manifest/product_octez.ml
index f6b6d4c1fdfe49c622046c43268a128a5a272219..fb09ef0f791ecc972b975bedb5f2dac8f73a542e 100644
--- a/manifest/product_octez.ml
+++ b/manifest/product_octez.ml
@@ -2388,6 +2388,7 @@ let tezt_cloud =
         tezt_lib |> open_ |> open_ ~m:"Base";
         tezt_performance_regression |> open_;
         jingoo;
+        yaml;
         dream;
         data_encoding;
       ]
diff --git a/opam/tezt-cloud.opam b/opam/tezt-cloud.opam
index 215f36e56e1e62e9fb2f0271d77078a462894043..b34367970ce2a1eb3c98c40d70f733588f083fab 100644
--- a/opam/tezt-cloud.opam
+++ b/opam/tezt-cloud.opam
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ depends: [
   "tezt" { >= "4.1.0" & < "5.0.0" }
   "tezt-tezos" { = version }
   "jingoo"
+  "yaml" { >= "3.1.0" }
   "dream" { >= "1.0.0~alpha7" }
   "octez-libs" { = version }
 ]
diff --git a/tezt/lib_cloud/cli.ml b/tezt/lib_cloud/cli.ml
index 52e8d1ee53e943e1036d670845b649d686f4cb76..d939f76c2e9769120b5dcdab569c4d3daf30ea65 100644
--- a/tezt/lib_cloud/cli.ml
+++ b/tezt/lib_cloud/cli.ml
@@ -308,3 +308,14 @@ let binaries_path =
       "Where to find binaries in the docker image by default (default is: \
        '/tmp/tezt-runners')"
     Types.Agent_configuration.default_gcp_binaries_path
+
+let config_dir =
+  Clap.default_string
+    ~section
+    ~long:"config-dir"
+    ~description:
+      "Specify the configuration directory for tezt-cloud. By default, the \
+       directory is determined by the XDG Base Directory Specification. If \
+       XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set, the default is: \
+       '$HOME/.config/tezt-cloud/'."
+    (Sys.getenv "HOME" // ".config" // "tezt-cloud")
diff --git a/tezt/lib_cloud/cli.mli b/tezt/lib_cloud/cli.mli
index 9d6f9e39238fbc65760289e893604d6a6f276e89..8872149b44415d80b6cb6ed5c5d7fd2970b85b85 100644
--- a/tezt/lib_cloud/cli.mli
+++ b/tezt/lib_cloud/cli.mli
@@ -125,3 +125,6 @@ val faketime : string option
 
 (** Where to find binaries path by default in the docker image. *)
 val binaries_path : string
+
+(** Configuration directory. *)
+val config_dir : string
diff --git a/tezt/lib_cloud/cloud.ml b/tezt/lib_cloud/cloud.ml
index 6b43f89228e4d805bacbe6968051856f1d5570e5..dc5b6fc36f5e944ad0016347db714913d80f2409 100644
--- a/tezt/lib_cloud/cloud.ml
+++ b/tezt/lib_cloud/cloud.ml
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ let set_faketime faketime agent =
 let register ?proxy_files ?proxy_args ?vms ~__FILE__ ~title ~tags ?seed ?alerts
     f =
   Test.register ~__FILE__ ~title ~tags ?seed @@ fun () ->
+  let _configuration = Configuration.load () in
   let* () = Env.init () in
   let vms =
     match (vms, Env.vms) with
diff --git a/tezt/lib_cloud/configuration.ml b/tezt/lib_cloud/configuration.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..be0f97f11fc2e6e03faa8627b152684245afa6b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tezt/lib_cloud/configuration.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+(*****************************************************************************)
+(*                                                                           *)
+(* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT                                              *)
+(* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nomadic Labs <contact@nomadic-labs.com>      *)
+(*                                                                           *)
+(*****************************************************************************)
+
+(** This configuration contains local information. It includes data
+    that falls into one of the following categories:
+
+    - Common data shared across all scenarios run with tezt-cloud.
+    - Sensitive data that should not be shared publicly, such as secrets.
+*)
+
+type t = unit
+
+let encoding = Data_encoding.unit
+
+let config_dir =
+  match Sys.getenv_opt "XDG_CONFIG_HOME" with
+  | None -> Cli.config_dir
+  | Some home -> home
+
+let config_filename = config_dir // "tezt-cloud.yaml"
+
+let filename = config_filename
+
+let make () = ()
+
+let load () =
+  Log.info "Reading the configuration file..." ;
+  if Sys.file_exists config_filename then
+    let content = read_file config_filename in
+    match Yaml.of_string content with
+    | Error (`Msg message) ->
+        Test.fail
+          "Content of configuration file '%s' is invalid:@.  %s"
+          message
+          config_filename
+    | Ok json -> (
+        try Data_encoding.Json.destruct encoding json
+        with _ ->
+          Test.fail
+            "Decoding failed while reading content of configuration file '%s'. \
+             Please fix it."
+            config_filename)
+  else
+    Test.fail
+      "Unknown configuration file '%s'. Please check the configuration \
+       directory or run the 'config init' job to create a configuration file"
+      config_filename
+
+let save configuration =
+  (* We can assume a configuration produces always a valid YAML. *)
+  let content = Data_encoding.Json.construct encoding configuration in
+  write_file config_filename ~contents:(Yaml.to_string_exn content)
diff --git a/tezt/lib_cloud/configuration.mli b/tezt/lib_cloud/configuration.mli
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5f584d22888e51e56777d62f98a42b73af070367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tezt/lib_cloud/configuration.mli
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+(*****************************************************************************)
+(*                                                                           *)
+(* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT                                              *)
+(* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nomadic Labs <contact@nomadic-labs.com>      *)
+(*                                                                           *)
+(*****************************************************************************)
+
+type t = unit
+
+val filename : string
+
+val make : unit -> t
+
+val load : unit -> t
+
+val save : t -> unit
diff --git a/tezt/lib_cloud/dune b/tezt/lib_cloud/dune
index 6735173a7d35c26f82dc16dcbb105e17963f04e1..992d2f49e330d47002313394284ebd1e3a097ad5 100644
--- a/tezt/lib_cloud/dune
+++ b/tezt/lib_cloud/dune
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   tezt
   tezt-tezos.tezt-performance-regression
   jingoo
+  yaml
   dream
   octez-libs.data-encoding)
  (flags
diff --git a/tezt/lib_cloud/proxy.ml b/tezt/lib_cloud/proxy.ml
index ecfe8ccd8844295317eb478351128e9e21b150ab..3746d0f1a5d9a733e58da4428837474fd7f75847 100644
--- a/tezt/lib_cloud/proxy.ml
+++ b/tezt/lib_cloud/proxy.ml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ let copy_files proxy_agent ~scenario_files ~proxy_deployement =
      other VMs. *)
   let ssh_public_key_filename = Env.ssh_public_key_filename () in
   let ssh_private_key_filename = Env.ssh_private_key_filename () in
+  let* _ =
+    Agent.copy
+      proxy_agent
+      ~source:Configuration.filename
+      ~destination:("/root" // "tezt-cloud.yml")
+  in
   let* _ =
     Agent.copy
       proxy_agent
diff --git a/tezt/lib_cloud/tezt_cloud.ml b/tezt/lib_cloud/tezt_cloud.ml
index d6cb0d79d63cf6bede50ded146f8a78430d41b1c..a710c33491cda83dec7a4c786e71cd08d3168564 100644
--- a/tezt/lib_cloud/tezt_cloud.ml
+++ b/tezt/lib_cloud/tezt_cloud.ml
@@ -205,6 +205,20 @@ let register_dns_remove ~tags =
           unit)
     domains
 
+let register_config_init ~tags =
+  (* We use [Test.register] because we can't assume there is already a configuration. *)
+  Test.register
+    ~__FILE__
+    ~title:"Create tezt-cloud configuration file"
+    ~tags:("config" :: "configuration" :: "init" :: tags)
+  @@ fun () ->
+  let configuration = Configuration.make () in
+  Configuration.save configuration ;
+  Log.report
+    "Configuration saved successfully under '%s'."
+    Configuration.filename ;
+  Lwt.return_unit
+
 let register ~tags =
   register_docker_push ~tags ;
   register_docker_build ~tags ;
@@ -217,4 +231,5 @@ let register ~tags =
   register_describe_dns_zone ~tags ;
   register_list_dns_domains ~tags ;
   register_dns_add ~tags ;
-  register_dns_remove ~tags
+  register_dns_remove ~tags ;
+  register_config_init ~tags