diff --git a/backend/src/routes/api/connection-types/connectionTypeUtils.ts b/backend/src/routes/api/connection-types/connectionTypeUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3d2110ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/routes/api/connection-types/connectionTypeUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import { PatchUtils, V1ConfigMap } from '@kubernetes/client-node';
+import { KnownLabels, KubeFastifyInstance, RecursivePartial } from '../../../types';
+import { getNamespaces } from '../../../utils/notebookUtils';
+import { errorHandler } from '../../../utils';
+
+const isConnectionTypeConfigMap = (configMap: V1ConfigMap): boolean =>
+  configMap.metadata.labels &&
+  configMap.metadata.labels[KnownLabels.DASHBOARD_RESOURCE] === 'true' &&
+  configMap.metadata.labels[KnownLabels.CONNECTION_TYPE] === 'true';
+
+const isExistingConnectionType = async (
+  fastify: KubeFastifyInstance,
+  name: string,
+): Promise<boolean> => {
+  const coreV1Api = fastify.kube.coreV1Api;
+  const { dashboardNamespace } = getNamespaces(fastify);
+
+  const response = await coreV1Api.readNamespacedConfigMap(name, dashboardNamespace);
+  return isConnectionTypeConfigMap(response.body);
+};
+
+export const listConnectionTypes = async (fastify: KubeFastifyInstance): Promise<V1ConfigMap[]> => {
+  const { dashboardNamespace } = getNamespaces(fastify);
+  const coreV1Api = fastify.kube.coreV1Api;
+  const connectionTypes: V1ConfigMap[] = [];
+
+  let _continue: string = undefined;
+  let remainingItemCount = 1;
+  try {
+    while (remainingItemCount) {
+      const response = await coreV1Api.listNamespacedConfigMap(
+        dashboardNamespace,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        _continue,
+        undefined,
+        `${KnownLabels.DASHBOARD_RESOURCE} = true, ${KnownLabels.CONNECTION_TYPE} = true`,
+      );
+      connectionTypes.push(...(response?.body?.items ?? []));
+      remainingItemCount = response?.body.metadata?.remainingItemCount;
+      _continue = response?.body.metadata?._continue;
+    }
+    return connectionTypes;
+  } catch (e) {
+    fastify.log.error(`Error fetching configmaps for connection types: `, e);
+    throw new Error(`Failed to list connection types: ${errorHandler(e)}.`);
+  }
+};
+
+export const getConnectionType = async (
+  fastify: KubeFastifyInstance,
+  name: string,
+): Promise<V1ConfigMap> => {
+  const { dashboardNamespace } = getNamespaces(fastify);
+  const coreV1Api = fastify.kube.coreV1Api;
+  try {
+    const response = await coreV1Api.readNamespacedConfigMap(name, dashboardNamespace);
+    if (!isConnectionTypeConfigMap(response.body)) {
+      throw new Error(`object is not a connection type.`);
+    }
+    return response.body;
+  } catch (e) {
+    fastify.log.error(`Error fetching connection type: `, e);
+    throw new Error(`Failed to get connection type: ${errorHandler(e)}.`);
+  }
+};
+
+export const createConnectionType = async (
+  fastify: KubeFastifyInstance,
+  connectionType: V1ConfigMap,
+): Promise<{ success: boolean; error: string }> => {
+  const coreV1Api = fastify.kube.coreV1Api;
+  const { dashboardNamespace } = getNamespaces(fastify);
+
+  if (!isConnectionTypeConfigMap(connectionType)) {
+    const error = 'Unable to add connection type, incorrect labels.';
+    fastify.log.error(error);
+    return { success: false, error };
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await coreV1Api.createNamespacedConfigMap(dashboardNamespace, connectionType);
+    return { success: true, error: '' };
+  } catch (e) {
+    const error = `Unable to add connection type: ${errorHandler(e)}.`;
+    fastify.log.error(error);
+    return { success: false, error };
+  }
+};
+
+export const updateConnectionType = async (
+  fastify: KubeFastifyInstance,
+  name: string,
+  connectionType: V1ConfigMap,
+): Promise<{ success: boolean; error: string }> => {
+  const coreV1Api = fastify.kube.coreV1Api;
+  const { dashboardNamespace } = getNamespaces(fastify);
+
+  if (!isConnectionTypeConfigMap(connectionType)) {
+    const error = 'Unable to add connection type, incorrect labels.';
+    fastify.log.error(error);
+    return { success: false, error };
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const validConnectionType = await isExistingConnectionType(fastify, name);
+    if (!validConnectionType) {
+      const error = `Unable to update connection type, object is not a connection type`;
+      fastify.log.error(error);
+      return { success: false, error };
+    }
+
+    await coreV1Api.replaceNamespacedConfigMap(name, dashboardNamespace, connectionType);
+    return { success: true, error: '' };
+  } catch (e) {
+    const error = `Unable to update connection type: ${errorHandler(e)}.`;
+    fastify.log.error(error);
+    return { success: false, error };
+  }
+};
+
+export const patchConnectionType = async (
+  fastify: KubeFastifyInstance,
+  name: string,
+  partialConfigMap: RecursivePartial<V1ConfigMap>,
+): Promise<{ success: boolean; error: string }> => {
+  const coreV1Api = fastify.kube.coreV1Api;
+  const { dashboardNamespace } = getNamespaces(fastify);
+
+  if (
+    (partialConfigMap.metadata.labels?.[KnownLabels.DASHBOARD_RESOURCE] &&
+      partialConfigMap.metadata.labels[KnownLabels.DASHBOARD_RESOURCE] !== 'true') ||
+    (partialConfigMap.metadata.labels?.[KnownLabels.CONNECTION_TYPE] &&
+      partialConfigMap.metadata.labels[KnownLabels.CONNECTION_TYPE] !== 'true')
+  ) {
+    const error = 'Unable to update connection type, incorrect labels.';
+    fastify.log.error(error);
+    return { success: false, error };
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const validConnectionType = await isExistingConnectionType(fastify, name);
+    if (!validConnectionType) {
+      const error = `Unable to update connection type, object is not a connection type`;
+      fastify.log.error(error);
+      return { success: false, error };
+    }
+    const options = {
+      headers: { 'Content-type': PatchUtils.PATCH_FORMAT_JSON_PATCH },
+    };
+
+    await coreV1Api.patchNamespacedConfigMap(
+      name,
+      dashboardNamespace,
+      partialConfigMap,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      options,
+    );
+    return { success: true, error: '' };
+  } catch (e) {
+    const error = `Unable to update connection type: ${errorHandler(e)}.`;
+    fastify.log.error(error);
+    return { success: false, error };
+  }
+};
+
+export const deleteConnectionType = async (
+  fastify: KubeFastifyInstance,
+  name: string,
+): Promise<{ success: boolean; error: string }> => {
+  const { dashboardNamespace } = getNamespaces(fastify);
+  const coreV1Api = fastify.kube.coreV1Api;
+  try {
+    const validConnectionType = await isExistingConnectionType(fastify, name);
+    if (!validConnectionType) {
+      const error = `Unable to delete connection type, object is not a connection type`;
+      fastify.log.error(error);
+      return { success: false, error };
+    }
+    await coreV1Api.deleteNamespacedConfigMap(name, dashboardNamespace);
+    return { success: true, error: '' };
+  } catch (e) {
+    const error = `Unable to delete connection type: ${errorHandler(e)}.`;
+    fastify.log.error(error);
+    return { success: false, error };
+  }
+};
diff --git a/backend/src/routes/api/connection-types/index.ts b/backend/src/routes/api/connection-types/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9dc4d1e05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/routes/api/connection-types/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { V1ConfigMap } from '@kubernetes/client-node';
+import { FastifyReply, FastifyRequest } from 'fastify';
+import { KubeFastifyInstance, RecursivePartial } from '../../../types';
+import { secureAdminRoute } from '../../../utils/route-security';
+import {
+  getConnectionType,
+  listConnectionTypes,
+  createConnectionType,
+  updateConnectionType,
+  patchConnectionType,
+  deleteConnectionType,
+} from './connectionTypeUtils';
+
+module.exports = async (fastify: KubeFastifyInstance) => {
+  fastify.get(
+    '/',
+    secureAdminRoute(fastify)(async (request: FastifyRequest, reply: FastifyReply) =>
+      listConnectionTypes(fastify)
+        .then((res) => res)
+        .catch((res) => {
+          reply.send(res);
+        }),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  fastify.get(
+    '/:name',
+    secureAdminRoute(fastify)(
+      async (request: FastifyRequest<{ Params: { name: string } }>, reply: FastifyReply) =>
+        getConnectionType(fastify, request.params.name)
+          .then((res) => res)
+          .catch((res) => {
+            reply.send(res);
+          }),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  fastify.post(
+    '/',
+    secureAdminRoute(fastify)(
+      async (request: FastifyRequest<{ Body: V1ConfigMap }>, reply: FastifyReply) =>
+        createConnectionType(fastify, request.body)
+          .then((res) => res)
+          .catch((res) => {
+            reply.send(res);
+          }),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  fastify.put(
+    '/:name',
+    secureAdminRoute(fastify)(
+      async (
+        request: FastifyRequest<{ Params: { name: string }; Body: V1ConfigMap }>,
+        reply: FastifyReply,
+      ) =>
+        updateConnectionType(fastify, request.params.name, request.body)
+          .then((res) => res)
+          .catch((res) => {
+            reply.send(res);
+          }),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  fastify.patch(
+    '/:name',
+    secureAdminRoute(fastify)(
+      async (
+        request: FastifyRequest<{ Params: { name: string }; Body: RecursivePartial<V1ConfigMap> }>,
+        reply: FastifyReply,
+      ) =>
+        patchConnectionType(fastify, request.params.name, request.body)
+          .then((res) => res)
+          .catch((res) => {
+            reply.send(res);
+          }),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  fastify.delete(
+    '/:name',
+    secureAdminRoute(fastify)(
+      async (request: FastifyRequest<{ Params: { name: string } }>, reply: FastifyReply) =>
+        deleteConnectionType(fastify, request.params.name)
+          .then((res) => res)
+          .catch((res) => {
+            reply.send(res);
+          }),
+    ),
+  );
+};
diff --git a/backend/src/types.ts b/backend/src/types.ts
index 0da7f13d37..28249c0e84 100644
--- a/backend/src/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/types.ts
@@ -981,6 +981,7 @@ export enum KnownLabels {
   PROJECT_SHARING = 'opendatahub.io/project-sharing',
   MODEL_SERVING_PROJECT = 'modelmesh-enabled',
   DATA_CONNECTION_AWS = 'opendatahub.io/managed',
+  CONNECTION_TYPE = 'opendatahub.io/connection-type',
 }
 
 type ComponentNames =
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/__tests__/utils.spec.ts b/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
index cbb9557561..93f7aacc55 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/__tests__/utils.spec.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ describe('utils', () => {
   it('should serialize / deserialize connection type fields', () => {
     const ct = mockConnectionTypeConfigMapObj({});
     const configMap = toConnectionTypeConfigMap(ct);
-    expect(typeof configMap.data.fields).toBe('string');
+    expect(typeof configMap.data?.fields).toBe('string');
     expect(ct).toEqual(toConnectionTypeConfigMapObj(toConnectionTypeConfigMap(ct)));
   });
 
   it('should serialize / deserialize connection type with missing fields', () => {
     const ct = mockConnectionTypeConfigMapObj({ fields: undefined });
     const configMap = toConnectionTypeConfigMap(ct);
-    expect(configMap.data.fields).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(configMap.data?.fields).toBeUndefined();
     expect(ct).toEqual(toConnectionTypeConfigMapObj(configMap));
   });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/types.ts b/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/types.ts
index 289643f57d..82a5b959d5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/types.ts
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ export type ConnectionTypeConfigMap = K8sResourceCommon & {
       'opendatahub.io/connection-type': 'true';
     };
   };
-  data: {
+  data?: {
     // JSON of type ConnectionTypeField
     fields?: string;
   };
 };
 
 export type ConnectionTypeConfigMapObj = Omit<ConnectionTypeConfigMap, 'data'> & {
-  data: {
+  data?: {
     fields?: ConnectionTypeField[];
   };
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/utils.ts b/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/utils.ts
index 7fb9121a2f..dac5355724 100644
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/utils.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ export const toConnectionTypeConfigMapObj = (
   configMap: ConnectionTypeConfigMap,
 ): ConnectionTypeConfigMapObj => ({
   ...configMap,
-  data: { fields: configMap.data.fields ? JSON.parse(configMap.data.fields) : undefined },
+  data: configMap.data
+    ? { fields: configMap.data.fields ? JSON.parse(configMap.data.fields) : undefined }
+    : undefined,
 });
 
 export const toConnectionTypeConfigMap = (
   obj: ConnectionTypeConfigMapObj,
 ): ConnectionTypeConfigMap => ({
   ...obj,
-  data: { fields: obj.data.fields ? JSON.stringify(obj.data.fields) : undefined },
+  data: obj.data
+    ? { fields: obj.data.fields ? JSON.stringify(obj.data.fields) : undefined }
+    : undefined,
 });
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/connectionTypesService.ts b/frontend/src/services/connectionTypesService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4e9bcf63e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/services/connectionTypesService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import axios from '~/utilities/axios';
+import { ResponseStatus } from '~/types';
+import {
+  ConnectionTypeConfigMap,
+  ConnectionTypeConfigMapObj,
+} from '~/concepts/connectionTypes/types';
+import {
+  toConnectionTypeConfigMap,
+  toConnectionTypeConfigMapObj,
+} from '~/concepts/connectionTypes/utils';
+
+export const fetchConnectionTypes = (): Promise<ConnectionTypeConfigMapObj[]> => {
+  const url = `/api/connection-types`;
+  return axios
+    .get(url)
+    .then((response) =>
+      response.data.map((cm: ConnectionTypeConfigMap) => toConnectionTypeConfigMapObj(cm)),
+    )
+    .catch((e) => {
+      throw new Error(e.response.data.message);
+    });
+};
+
+export const fetchConnectionType = (name: string): Promise<ConnectionTypeConfigMapObj> => {
+  const url = `/api/connection-types/${name}`;
+  return axios
+    .get(url)
+    .then((response) => toConnectionTypeConfigMapObj(response.data))
+    .catch((e) => {
+      throw new Error(e.response.data.message);
+    });
+};
+
+export const createConnectionType = (
+  connectionType: ConnectionTypeConfigMapObj,
+): Promise<ResponseStatus> => {
+  const url = `/api/connection-types`;
+  return axios
+    .post(url, toConnectionTypeConfigMap(connectionType))
+    .then((response) => response.data)
+    .catch((e) => {
+      throw new Error(e.response.data.message);
+    });
+};
+
+export const updateConnectionType = (
+  connectionType: ConnectionTypeConfigMapObj,
+): Promise<ResponseStatus> => {
+  const url = `/api/connection-types/${connectionType.metadata.name}`;
+  return axios
+    .put(url, toConnectionTypeConfigMap(connectionType))
+    .then((response) => response.data)
+    .catch((e) => {
+      throw new Error(e.response.data.message);
+    });
+};
+
+export const updateConnectionTypeEnabled = (
+  name: string,
+  enabled: boolean,
+): Promise<ResponseStatus> => {
+  const url = `/api/connection-types/${name}`;
+  return axios
+    .patch(url, [
+      {
+        op: 'replace',
+        path: '/metadata/annotations/opendatahub.io~1enabled',
+        value: enabled,
+      },
+    ])
+    .then((response) => response.data)
+    .catch((e) => {
+      throw new Error(e.response.data.message);
+    });
+};
+
+export const deleteConnectionType = (name: string): Promise<ResponseStatus> => {
+  const url = `/api/connection-types/${name}`;
+  return axios
+    .delete(url)
+    .then((response) => response.data)
+    .catch((e) => {
+      throw new Error(e.response.data.message);
+    });
+};