diff --git a/deployments/scripts/backup_timescale.sh b/deployments/scripts/backup_timescale.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script is run on daily basis as a cronjob
+# 0 0 * * * /bin/bash /data/scripts/backup_timescale.sh > /dev/null
+
+STR_DATE="$(date '+%Y_%m_%d')"
+DIR_TIMESCALEDB="/data/backup/timescaledb"
+FILE_BACKUP="$DIR_TIMESCALEDB/timescaledb_dump_$STR_DATE.sql"
+CLEAN_CYCLE=5
+
+# timescaledb info
+PRODUCTION_DB_USER="$(cat /data/secrets/production/pss_db_user)"
+PRODUCTION_DB_PASSWORD="$(cat /data/secrets/production/pss_db_password)"
+PRODUCTION_DB_HOST="incrudibles-production.db.pdl.cmu.edu"
+PRODUCTION_DB_PORT="32003"
+PRODUCTION_DB_NAME="postgresql://$PRODUCTION_DB_USER:$PRODUCTION_DB_PASSWORD@$PRODUCTION_DB_HOST:$PRODUCTION_DB_PORT/pss_database?sslmode=disable"
+
+# install pg_dump if not installed
+which pg_dump > /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    sudo /usr/bin/apt update -y
+    sudo /usr/bin/apt install postgresql-client
+fi
+
+# create the timescaledb backup dir if not exists
+/bin/mkdir $DIR_TIMESCALEDB
+
+# dump the timescaledb
+/usr/bin/pg_dump -d $PRODUCTION_DB_NAME -f $FILE_BACKUP
+
+# delete redundant outdated backups
+/usr/bin/find $DIR_TIMESCALEDB/* -mtime +$CLEAN_CYCLE -delete
diff --git a/deployments/scripts/create_nfs_mount.sh b/deployments/scripts/create_nfs_mount.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+REMOTE_DIR="basket.pdl.local.cmu.edu:/cmudb-testingteam-backup"
+LOCAL_DIR="/data/backup"
+
+# install nfs-common if not installed
+which mount > /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    sudo apt update -y
+    sudo apt install nfs-common
+fi
+
+# create the local backup dir if not exists
+mkdir -p $LOCAL_DIR
+
+# mount the local backup dir to remote nfs if not mounted
+if [ "$(stat -f -L -c %T $LOCAL_DIR)" != "nfs" ]; then 
+    mount $REMOTE_DIR $LOCAL_DIR
+fi