diff -r a2342f26c9de -r b0b56e0f8c7f dev/provisioning/modules/mysql/manifests/server/backup.pp
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/dev/provisioning/modules/mysql/manifests/server/backup.pp	Fri Jan 15 15:35:00 2016 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# See README.me for usage.
+class mysql::server::backup (
+  $backupuser         = undef,
+  $backuppassword     = undef,
+  $backupdir          = undef,
+  $backupdirmode      = '0700',
+  $backupdirowner     = 'root',
+  $backupdirgroup     = 'root',
+  $backupcompress     = true,
+  $backuprotate       = 30,
+  $ignore_events      = true,
+  $delete_before_dump = false,
+  $backupdatabases    = [],
+  $file_per_database  = false,
+  $include_routines   = false,
+  $include_triggers   = false,
+  $ensure             = 'present',
+  $time               = ['23', '5'],
+  $prescript          = false,
+  $postscript         = false,
+  $execpath           = '/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin',
+  $provider           = 'mysqldump',
+) {
+
+  if $prescript and $provider =~ /(mysqldump|mysqlbackup)/ {
+    warning("The \$prescript option is not currently implemented for the ${provider} backup provider.")
+  }
+
+  create_resources('class', {
+    "mysql::backup::${provider}" => {
+      'backupuser'         => $backupuser,
+      'backuppassword'     => $backuppassword,
+      'backupdir'          => $backupdir,
+      'backupdirmode'      => $backupdirmode,
+      'backupdirowner'     => $backupdirowner,
+      'backupdirgroup'     => $backupdirgroup,
+      'backupcompress'     => $backupcompress,
+      'backuprotate'       => $backuprotate,
+      'ignore_events'      => $ignore_events,
+      'delete_before_dump' => $delete_before_dump,
+      'backupdatabases'    => $backupdatabases,
+      'file_per_database'  => $file_per_database,
+      'include_routines'   => $include_routines,
+      'include_triggers'   => $include_triggers,
+      'ensure'             => $ensure,
+      'time'               => $time,
+      'prescript'          => $prescript,
+      'postscript'         => $postscript,
+      'execpath'           => $execpath,
+    }
+  })
+
+}