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+---
+
+- name: Create directory for storing MariaDB database dumps
+  file: path="{{ item }}" state=directory
+        owner=root group=root mode=700
+  with_items:
+    - "/srv"
+    - "/srv/backup"
+    - "/srv/backup/mariadb"
+
+- name: Deploy include patterns to backup
+  template: src="backup_patterns.j2" dest="/etc/duply/main/patterns/{{ db_name }}"
+            owner="root" group="root" mode="700"
+  notify:
+    - Assemble Duply include patterns
+
+- name: Create crontab entry for creating MariaDB database dumps every day at 01:45
+  cron: name="mariadb_{{ db_name }}" cron_file="mariadb_{{ db_name }}" hour=1 minute=45
+        job="/usr/bin/mysqldump \"{{ db_name }}\" > /srv/backup/mariadb/\"{{ db_name }}\".sql"
+        state=present user=root