diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index c2da806..a0e18fe 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ class lodgeit {
                 'python-pybabel',
                 'python-werkzeug',
                 'python-simplejson',
-                'python-pygments',
-                'drizzle']
+                'python-pygments']
 
   include apache
 
@@ -39,24 +38,10 @@ class lodgeit {
     ensure => directory,
   }
 
-  service { 'drizzle':
-    ensure     => running,
-    hasrestart => true,
-    require    => Package['drizzle'],
-  }
-
   vcsrepo { '/tmp/lodgeit-main':
     ensure   => latest,
     provider => git,
     source   => 'https://git.openstack.org/openstack-infra/lodgeit',
   }
 
-# create initial git DB backup location
-
-  exec { 'create_db_backup':
-    command => 'git init /var/backups/lodgeit_db',
-    path    => '/bin:/usr/bin',
-    onlyif  => 'test ! -d /var/backups/lodgeit_db',
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/manifests/site.pp b/manifests/site.pp
index ec0ecd6..75d48d4 100644
--- a/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/manifests/site.pp
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 define lodgeit::site(
   $port,
+  $db_password,
+  $db_host='locahost',
+  $db_user=$name,
   $vhost_name="paste.${name}.org",
   $image='') {
 
@@ -49,35 +52,20 @@ define lodgeit::site(
     content => template('lodgeit/layout.html.erb'),
   }
 
-  exec { "create_database_${name}":
-    command => "drizzle --user=root -e \"create database if not exists ${name};\"",
-    path    => '/bin:/usr/bin',
-    unless  => 'drizzle --disable-column-names -r --batch -e "show databases like \'openstack\'" | grep -q openstack',
-    require => Service['drizzle'],
-  }
-
-# create a backup .sql file in git
-
-  exec { "create_db_backup_${name}":
-    command => "touch ${name}.sql && git add ${name}.sql && git commit -am \"Initial commit for ${name}\"",
-    cwd     => '/var/backups/lodgeit_db/',
-    path    => '/bin:/usr/bin',
-    onlyif  => "test ! -f /var/backups/lodgeit_db/${name}.sql",
-  }
-
-# cron to take a backup and commit it in git
-
   cron { "update_backup_${name}":
-    user    => root,
-    hour    => 6,
-    minute  => 23,
-    command => "sleep $((RANDOM\\%60+60)) && cd /var/backups/lodgeit_db && drizzledump -uroot ${name} > ${name}.sql && git commit -qam \"Updating DB backup for ${name}\""
+    ensure => absent,
+    user   => root,
+  }
+
+  mysql_backup::backup_remote { $name:
+    database_host     => $db_host,
+    database_user     => $db_user,
+    database_password => $db_password,
   }
 
   service { "${name}-paste":
     ensure    => running,
     provider  => upstart,
-    require   => [Service['drizzle', 'apache2'], Exec["create_database_${name}"]],
-    subscribe => Service['drizzle'],
+    require   => Service['apache2'],
   }
 }
diff --git a/templates/manage.py.erb b/templates/manage.py.erb
index f6af18b..e57e024 100644
--- a/templates/manage.py.erb
+++ b/templates/manage.py.erb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from lodgeit import local
 from lodgeit.application import make_app
 from lodgeit.database import session
 
-dburi = 'drizzle://127.0.0.1:4427/<%= @name %>'
+dburi = 'mysql://<%= @db_user %>:<%= @db_password %>@<%= @db_host %>:3306/<%= @name %>'
 
 SECRET_KEY = 'no secret key'