diff --git a/playbooks/groups/paste.yml b/playbooks/groups/paste.yml
index a4ea52971e..61b63d1243 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/paste.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/paste.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   - nagios_client
   - fas_client
   - paste
-
+  - rsyncd
 
   tasks:
   - include: "{{ tasks }}/hosts.yml"
diff --git a/roles/rsyncd/README b/roles/rsyncd/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f91678ffcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/rsyncd/README
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This role is for servers that have httpd access and error logs 
+that we wish to sync to log02 to be able to review and backup. 
+
diff --git a/roles/rsyncd/files/rsync b/roles/rsyncd/files/rsync
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5219fb3bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/rsyncd/files/rsync
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# default: off
+# description: The rsync server is a good addition to an ftp server, as it \
+#       allows crc checksumming etc.
+service rsync
+{
+        disable 	= no
+        socket_type     = stream
+        wait            = no
+        user            = root
+        server          = /usr/bin/rsync
+        server_args     = --daemon
+        log_on_failure  += USERID
+}
+
diff --git a/roles/rsyncd/files/rsyncd.conf b/roles/rsyncd/files/rsyncd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e8ac27318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/rsyncd/files/rsyncd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid             
+syslog facility = daemon                   
+dont compress = *.gz *.tgz *.zip *.z *.rpm *.deb *.bz2 *.iso
+use chroot = false                                          
+transfer logging = false                                    
+exclude = .snapshot/ .~tmp~/ /.private/ /.private/** **/.nfs*
+
+
+# For distributing applications
+[log]
+comment = Server Logs
+path = /var/log
+uid = root
+gid = root
+read only = yes
+hosts allow = 10.5.126.29 192.168.1.56
diff --git a/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa8d04725c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/rsyncd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+#
+# This role sets up rsyncd on a server 
+#
+
+- name: install rsync
+  yum: state=installed name=rsync
+  tags:
+  - packages
+
+- name: rsyncd.conf file
+  copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/rsyncd.conf mode=644
+  with_first_found:
+    - "{{ rsyncd.conf }}"
+    - rsyncd.conf.{{ ansible_fqdn }}
+    - rsyncd.conf.{{ host_group }}
+    - rsyncd.conf.default
+  notify:
+  - restart xinetd
+  tags:
+  - config
+
+- name: xinetd rsync file
+  copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/xinetd.d/rsync mode=644
+  with_first_found:
+    - "{{ rsync }}"
+    - rsync.{{ ansible_fqdn }}
+    - rsync.{{ host_group }}
+    - rsync.default
+  notify:
+  - restart xinetd
+  tags:
+  - config
+
+- name: make sure rsync is enabled in xinetd
+  service: name=rsync state=started
+  tags:
+  - services