diff --git a/postgres/files/crontab b/postgres/files/crontab
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0f991b9527b858c01d9588af93459357df9672b4
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+++ b/postgres/files/crontab
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# For more information see the manual pages of crontab(5) and cron(8)
+#
+# m h dom mon dow command
+5,20,35,50 * * * * /usr/bin/rsnapshot frequently
+
+3 * * * * /usr/bin/rsnapshot hourly
+
+51 23 * * * /usr/bin/rsnapshot daily
+
+41 23 * * 6 /usr/bin/rsnapshot weekly
+
+31 23 2 * * /usr/bin/rsnapshot monthly
diff --git a/postgres/files/pgbackup.sh b/postgres/files/pgbackup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c1d851e5c13686a5086dbfd929cd1e65e36d6bfa
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+for DB in $(sudo -u postgres psql -l 2>/dev/null | cut -d" " -f 2 | grep -v -- "---" | grep -v rows | grep -v '^[\t ]*$' | grep -v template)
+do
+ sudo -u postgres pg_dump -o $DB | gzip -c -- > ${DB}.sql.gz
+done
+
+sudo -u postgres pg_dumpall -U postgres -o | gzip -c -- > pg_dumpall.sql.gz
+
diff --git a/postgres/files/rsnapshot.conf b/postgres/files/rsnapshot.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00205297c2e61d1c2199f172d567f9516dee4493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres/files/rsnapshot.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+#################################################
+# rsnapshot.conf - rsnapshot configuration file #
+#################################################
+# #
+# PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING RULE: #
+# #
+# This file requires tabs between elements #
+# #
+#################################################
+
+#######################
+# CONFIG FILE VERSION #
+#######################
+
+config_version 1.2
+
+###########################
+# SNAPSHOT ROOT DIRECTORY #
+###########################
+
+# All snapshots will be stored under this root directory.
+#
+snapshot_root /var/backups/
+
+# If no_create_root is enabled, rsnapshot will not automatically create the
+# snapshot_root directory. This is particularly useful if you are backing
+# up to removable media, such as a FireWire or USB drive.
+#
+#no_create_root 1
+
+#################################
+# EXTERNAL PROGRAM DEPENDENCIES #
+#################################
+
+# LINUX USERS: Be sure to uncomment "cmd_cp". This gives you extra features.
+# EVERYONE ELSE: Leave "cmd_cp" commented out for compatibility.
+#
+# See the README file or the man page for more details.
+#
+cmd_cp /bin/cp
+
+# uncomment this to use the rm program instead of the built-in perl routine.
+#
+cmd_rm /bin/rm
+
+# rsync must be enabled for anything to work. This is the only command that
+# must be enabled.
+#
+cmd_rsync /usr/bin/rsync
+
+# Uncomment this to enable remote ssh backups over rsync.
+#
+#cmd_ssh /usr/bin/ssh
+
+# Comment this out to disable syslog support.
+#
+cmd_logger /usr/bin/logger
+
+# Uncomment this to specify the path to "du" for disk usage checks.
+# If you have an older version of "du", you may also want to check the
+# "du_args" parameter below.
+#
+#cmd_du /usr/bin/du
+
+# Uncomment this to specify the path to rsnapshot-diff.
+#
+#cmd_rsnapshot_diff /usr/bin/rsnapshot-diff
+
+# Specify the path to a script (and any optional arguments) to run right
+# before rsnapshot syncs files
+#
+#cmd_preexec /path/to/preexec/script
+
+# Specify the path to a script (and any optional arguments) to run right
+# after rsnapshot syncs files
+#
+#cmd_postexec /path/to/postexec/script
+
+# Paths to lvcreate, lvremove, mount and umount commands, for use with
+# Linux LVMs.
+#
+#linux_lvm_cmd_lvcreate /sbin/lvcreate
+#linux_lvm_cmd_lvremove /sbin/lvremove
+#linux_lvm_cmd_mount /bin/mount
+#linux_lvm_cmd_umount /bin/umount
+
+#########################################
+# BACKUP LEVELS / INTERVALS #
+# Must be unique and in ascending order #
+# e.g. alpha, beta, gamma, etc. #
+#########################################
+
+retain frequently 4
+retain hourly 6
+retain daily 7
+retain weekly 4
+retain monthly 6
+
+############################################
+# GLOBAL OPTIONS #
+# All are optional, with sensible defaults #
+############################################
+
+# Verbose level, 1 through 5.
+# 1 Quiet Print fatal errors only
+# 2 Default Print errors and warnings only
+# 3 Verbose Show equivalent shell commands being executed
+# 4 Extra Verbose Show extra verbose information
+# 5 Debug mode Everything
+#
+verbose 2
+
+# Same as "verbose" above, but controls the amount of data sent to the
+# logfile, if one is being used. The default is 3.
+# If you want the rsync output, you have to set it to 4
+#
+loglevel 3
+
+# If you enable this, data will be written to the file you specify. The
+# amount of data written is controlled by the "loglevel" parameter.
+#
+#logfile /var/log/rsnapshot.log
+
+# If enabled, rsnapshot will write a lockfile to prevent two instances
+# from running simultaneously (and messing up the snapshot_root).
+# If you enable this, make sure the lockfile directory is not world
+# writable. Otherwise anyone can prevent the program from running.
+#
+lockfile /var/run/rsnapshot.pid
+
+# By default, rsnapshot check lockfile, check if PID is running
+# and if not, consider lockfile as stale, then start
+# Enabling this stop rsnapshot if PID in lockfile is not running
+#
+#stop_on_stale_lockfile 0
+
+# Default rsync args. All rsync commands have at least these options set.
+#
+#rsync_short_args -a
+#rsync_long_args --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded
+
+# ssh has no args passed by default, but you can specify some here.
+#
+#ssh_args -p 22
+
+# Default arguments for the "du" program (for disk space reporting).
+# The GNU version of "du" is preferred. See the man page for more details.
+# If your version of "du" doesn't support the -h flag, try -k flag instead.
+#
+#du_args -csh
+
+# If this is enabled, rsync won't span filesystem partitions within a
+# backup point. This essentially passes the -x option to rsync.
+# The default is 0 (off).
+#
+#one_fs 0
+
+# The include and exclude parameters, if enabled, simply get passed directly
+# to rsync. If you have multiple include/exclude patterns, put each one on a
+# separate line. Please look up the --include and --exclude options in the
+# rsync man page for more details on how to specify file name patterns.
+#
+#include ???
+#include ???
+#exclude ???
+#exclude ???
+
+# The include_file and exclude_file parameters, if enabled, simply get
+# passed directly to rsync. Please look up the --include-from and
+# --exclude-from options in the rsync man page for more details.
+#
+#include_file /path/to/include/file
+#exclude_file /path/to/exclude/file
+
+# If your version of rsync supports --link-dest, consider enabling this.
+# This is the best way to support special files (FIFOs, etc) cross-platform.
+# The default is 0 (off).
+#
+#link_dest 0
+
+# When sync_first is enabled, it changes the default behaviour of rsnapshot.
+# Normally, when rsnapshot is called with its lowest interval
+# (i.e.: "rsnapshot alpha"), it will sync files AND rotate the lowest
+# intervals. With sync_first enabled, "rsnapshot sync" handles the file sync,
+# and all interval calls simply rotate files. See the man page for more
+# details. The default is 0 (off).
+#
+#sync_first 0
+
+# If enabled, rsnapshot will move the oldest directory for each interval
+# to [interval_name].delete, then it will remove the lockfile and delete
+# that directory just before it exits. The default is 0 (off).
+#
+#use_lazy_deletes 0
+
+# Number of rsync re-tries. If you experience any network problems or
+# network card issues that tend to cause ssh to fail with errors like
+# "Corrupted MAC on input", for example, set this to a non-zero value
+# to have the rsync operation re-tried.
+#
+#rsync_numtries 0
+
+# LVM parameters. Used to backup with creating lvm snapshot before backup
+# and removing it after. This should ensure consistency of data in some special
+# cases
+#
+# LVM snapshot(s) size (lvcreate --size option).
+#
+#linux_lvm_snapshotsize 100M
+
+# Name to be used when creating the LVM logical volume snapshot(s).
+#
+#linux_lvm_snapshotname rsnapshot
+
+# Path to the LVM Volume Groups.
+#
+#linux_lvm_vgpath /dev
+
+# Mount point to use to temporarily mount the snapshot(s).
+#
+#linux_lvm_mountpath /path/to/mount/lvm/snapshot/during/backup
+
+###############################
+### BACKUP POINTS / SCRIPTS ###
+###############################
+
+backup_script /usr/local/bin/pgbackup.sh pgsql/
+
+# LOCALHOST
+#backup /home/ localhost/
+#backup /etc/ localhost/
+#backup /usr/local/ localhost/
+#backup /var/log/rsnapshot localhost/
+#backup /etc/passwd localhost/
+#backup /home/foo/My Documents/ localhost/
+#backup /foo/bar/ localhost/ one_fs=1, rsync_short_args=-urltvpog
+#backup_script /usr/local/bin/backup_pgsql.sh localhost/postgres/
+# You must set linux_lvm_* parameters below before using lvm snapshots
+#backup lvm://vg0/xen-home/ lvm-vg0/xen-home/
+
+# EXAMPLE.COM
+#backup_exec /bin/date "+ backup of example.com started at %c"
+#backup root@example.com:/home/ example.com/ +rsync_long_args=--bwlimit=16,exclude=core
+#backup root@example.com:/etc/ example.com/ exclude=mtab,exclude=core
+#backup_exec ssh root@example.com "mysqldump -A > /var/db/dump/mysql.sql"
+#backup root@example.com:/var/db/dump/ example.com/
+#backup_exec /bin/date "+ backup of example.com ended at %c"
+
+# CVS.SOURCEFORGE.NET
+#backup_script /usr/local/bin/backup_rsnapshot_cvsroot.sh rsnapshot.cvs.sourceforge.net/
+
+# RSYNC.SAMBA.ORG
+#backup rsync://rsync.samba.org/rsyncftp/ rsync.samba.org/rsyncftp/
+
diff --git a/postgres/tasks/main.yml b/postgres/tasks/main.yml
index 211c136563d2849c76a8ff7c31ff08b32e418ce2..f9be6147920e2ecbb8672bb63fa263c2e1817af0 100644
--- a/postgres/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/postgres/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,35 @@
tags:
- service
- postgres
+
+- name: ensure we have rsnapshot
+ apt: name=rsnapshot state=latest
+ tags:
+ - packages
+ - postgres
+ - rsnapshot
+ - backup
+
+- name: ensure we have our postgres backup script
+ copy: src=pgbackup.sh dest=/usr/local/bin/ owner=root group=root mode=0755
+ tags:
+ - postgres
+ - rsnapshot
+ - backup
+
+- name: ensure we have our rsnapshot config
+ copy: src=rsnapshot.conf dest=/etc/ owner=root group=root mode=0644
+ tags:
+ - postgres
+ - rsnapshot
+ - backup
+ - config
+
+- name: ensure rsnapshot is running regularly
+ copy: src=crontab dest=/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root owner=root group=root mode=0644
+ tags:
+ - postgres
+ - rsnapshot
+ - backup
+ - cron
+ - config