diff --git a/n2vc/utils.py b/n2vc/utils.py
index 16a4733..6e0f2c0 100644
--- a/n2vc/utils.py
+++ b/n2vc/utils.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import base64
 import re
 import binascii
+import yaml
 from enum import Enum
 from juju.machine import Machine
 from juju.application import Application
@@ -120,3 +121,33 @@
         )
     }
 )
+
+
+def obj_to_yaml(obj: object) -> str:
+    """
+    Converts object to yaml format
+    :return: yaml data
+    """
+    # dump to yaml
+    dump_text = yaml.dump(obj, default_flow_style=False, indent=2)
+    # split lines
+    lines = dump_text.splitlines()
+    # remove !!python/object tags
+    yaml_text = ""
+    for line in lines:
+        index = line.find("!!python/object")
+        if index >= 0:
+            line = line[:index]
+        yaml_text += line + "\n"
+    return yaml_text
+
+
+def obj_to_dict(obj: object) -> dict:
+    """
+    Converts object to dictionary format
+    :return: dict data
+    """
+    # convert obj to yaml
+    yaml_text = obj_to_yaml(obj)
+    # parse to dict
+    return yaml.load(yaml_text, Loader=yaml.Loader)