diff --git a/manifests/server/backup.pp b/manifests/server/backup.pp
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+# == Class: ldap::server::backup
+#
+# Class to manage OpenLDAP Backup.
+#
+#
+# === Parameters
+#
+#  [ensure]
+#    *Optional* (defaults to 'present')
+#
+#  [backup_path]
+#    *Optional* (defaults to /var/backups/ldap)
+#
+#  [backup_dbs]
+#    *Optional* Hash that specifies the databases to Backup
+#               in the format: DBnumber => backup_filename.ldif
+
+
+class ldap::server::backup (
+  $ensure      = present,
+  $backup_path = '/var/backups/ldap',
+  $backup_dbs  = { 0 => 'config.ldif',
+                   1 => 'domain.ldif' }
+) {
+  
+  if !defined (Class['Ldap::Server::Master']) and !defined ( Class['Ldap::Server::Slave']) {
+    fail('You must include ldap::server::master or ldap::server::slave before ldap::server::backup.')
+  }
+
+  require ldap
+
+  file { $backup_path:
+    ensure  => $ensure ? {
+                present => 'directory',
+                default => $ensure,
+              },
+    mode    => '0640',
+    owner   => 'root',
+    group   => $ldap::params::server_group,
+  }
+
+  file { "${ldap::params::prefix}/ldapbackup.sh":
+    ensure  => $ensure,
+    mode    => 'ug+x',
+    owner   => 'root',
+    group   => $ldap::params::server_group,
+    content => template("ldap/${ldap::params::prefix}/ldapbackup.sh.erb"),
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/templates/etc/ldap/ldapbackup.sh.erb b/templates/etc/ldap/ldapbackup.sh.erb
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+../openldap/ldapbackup.sh.erb
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diff --git a/templates/etc/openldap/ldapbackup.sh.erb b/templates/etc/openldap/ldapbackup.sh.erb
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+BACKUP_PATH=<%= @backup_path %>
+SLAPCAT=`which slapcat`
+
+<% @backup_dbs.each_pair do |key, value| -%>
+nice ${SLAPCAT} -n <%= key %> > ${BACKUP_PATH}/<%= value %>
+<% end -%>
+chmod 640 ${BACKUP_PATH}/*.ldif