diff --git a/deploy/ops-agent/ops-db-backup.service b/deploy/ops-agent/ops-db-backup.service
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+++ b/deploy/ops-agent/ops-db-backup.service
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Daily backup of ops_dashboard database
+After=network.target ops-agent.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+User=ops-agent
+Group=ops-agent
+# Reads the shared secret and POSTs to ops-agent to trigger the backup flow.
+# ops-agent must be running and backup_ops_db.yml must be installed in /etc/ops-agent/flows/.
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/bash -c '\
+  SECRET=$(cat /etc/ops-agent/secret); \
+  curl -sf -X POST http://127.0.0.1:3099/agent/v1/flow \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer $SECRET" \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    -d "{\"flow_key\":\"backup_ops_db\"}" \
+'
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
+SyslogIdentifier=ops-db-backup
diff --git a/deploy/ops-agent/ops-db-backup.timer b/deploy/ops-agent/ops-db-backup.timer
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+++ b/deploy/ops-agent/ops-db-backup.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Daily backup of ops_dashboard database (timer)
+
+[Timer]
+# Run every day at 02:00 local time.
+OnCalendar=*-*-* 02:00:00
+Persistent=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
diff --git a/ops-agent/commands.yml.example b/ops-agent/commands.yml.example
index e899e0e..4c7cd2f 100644
--- a/ops-agent/commands.yml.example
+++ b/ops-agent/commands.yml.example
@@ -203,3 +203,36 @@ commands:
       - -c
       - "code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' --max-time 15 https://thuis.jp-visser.nl/api/products); echo \"HTTP $code\"; [ \"$code\" = \"200\" ] || [ \"$code\" = \"401\" ]"
     description: "Smoke test: /api/products must return 200 or 401"
+
+  # ── Ops-dashboard database backup ────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  pg_dump_ops_db:
+    cmd:
+      - sh
+      - -c
+      - |
+        mkdir -p /srv/ops/backups
+        FNAME="/srv/ops/backups/ops_db_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M).dump"
+        docker exec postgres pg_dump -Fc ops_dashboard > "$FNAME"
+        echo "Backup written: $FNAME"
+        ls -lh "$FNAME"
+    description: "Dump ops_dashboard DB via docker exec postgres to /srv/ops/backups/"
+
+  list_ops_backups:
+    cmd:
+      - sh
+      - -c
+      - "find /srv/ops/backups -maxdepth 1 -name '*.dump' -printf '%f\\t%s\\n' 2>/dev/null | sort -r || true"
+    description: "List ops_dashboard backup files (filename TAB size_bytes, newest-first)"
+
+  cleanup_ops_backups:
+    cmd:
+      - find
+      - /srv/ops/backups
+      - -name
+      - "*.dump"
+      - -mtime
+      - "+30"
+      - -delete
+      - -print
+    description: "Delete ops_dashboard backup files older than 30 days"
diff --git a/ops-agent/flows.example/backup_ops_db.yml b/ops-agent/flows.example/backup_ops_db.yml
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index 0000000..f0c654a
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+++ b/ops-agent/flows.example/backup_ops_db.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Backup the ops_dashboard database.
+# Copy to /etc/ops-agent/flows/backup_ops_db.yml on the host.
+#
+# Prerequisites:
+#   - ops-agent user must be in the docker group (to run docker exec)
+#   - /srv/ops/backups/ directory or its parent must be writable by ops-agent
+#
+# Steps:
+#   1. Dump ops_dashboard via pg_dump inside the postgres container
+#   2. Remove backup files older than 30 days (retention policy)
+#
+# Run on a schedule via ops-db-backup.timer (see deploy/ops-agent/).
+# Or trigger manually via the Ops Dashboard → Settings → Backups.
+
+name: Backup Ops DB
+description: Dump ops_dashboard database and apply 30-day retention policy
+steps:
+  - command_key: pg_dump_ops_db
+    on_failure: abort
+
+  - command_key: cleanup_ops_backups
+    on_failure: continue