diff --git a/services/backup/CMakeLists.txt b/services/backup/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/services/backup/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/services/backup/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
   REQUIRED
 )
 
+# Rust integration
+include(cmake-components/corrosion_cxx.cmake)
+find_package(Corrosion REQUIRED)
+
 if(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} MATCHES "^\/transferred.*")
   # Inside the docker build contex
   set(_proto_path "grpc")
@@ -56,6 +60,8 @@
   ${SOURCE_CODE}
 )
 
+add_library_rust(PATH rust_lib NAMESPACE backup)
+
 target_include_directories(
   backup
   PUBLIC
@@ -87,6 +93,7 @@
   comm-services-common
   comm-client-base-reactors
   comm-server-base-reactors
+  backup::rust_lib
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(
diff --git a/services/backup/Dockerfile b/services/backup/Dockerfile
--- a/services/backup/Dockerfile
+++ b/services/backup/Dockerfile
@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@
 ENV COMM_TEST_SERVICES=${COMM_TEST_SERVICES}
 ENV COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=${COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX}
 
-WORKDIR /transferred
+WORKDIR /transferred/backup
 
-COPY services/backup/ backup/
-COPY services/lib/src/ lib/src/
+COPY services/lib/docker/ scripts/
 
-WORKDIR /transferred/backup
+RUN scripts/install_rust.sh
+ENV PATH="${PATH}:~/.cargo/bin"
+RUN scripts/install_corrosion.sh
 
 COPY native/cpp/CommonCpp/grpc grpc/
-COPY services/lib/docker/ scripts/
+COPY services/lib/cmake-components cmake-components/
 
-RUN scripts/build_service.sh
+COPY services/backup/ /transferred/backup/
+COPY services/lib/src/ /transferred/lib/src/
 
-WORKDIR /transferred
+RUN scripts/build_service.sh
 
 CMD if [ "$COMM_TEST_SERVICES" -eq 1 ]; then scripts/run_tests.sh; else scripts/run_service.sh; fi
diff --git a/services/backup/rust_lib/Cargo.lock b/services/backup/rust_lib/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/backup/rust_lib/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2fff2a6927b3bb87f9595d67196a70493f627687a71d87a0d692242c33f58c11"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "codespan-reporting"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3538270d33cc669650c4b093848450d380def10c331d38c768e34cac80576e6e"
+dependencies = [
+ "termcolor",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxx"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "873c2e83af70859af2aaecd1f5d862f3790b747b1f4f50fb45a931d000ac0422"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cxxbridge-flags",
+ "cxxbridge-macro",
+ "link-cplusplus",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxx-build"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b49edea7163bbc7a39e3d829b4b0b66a9d30486973152842b7413f2c7b5632bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "codespan-reporting",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "scratch",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxxbridge-flags"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f46b787c15af80277db5c88c6ac6c502ae545e622f010e06f95e540d34931acf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxxbridge-macro"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2ba3f3a7efa46626878fb5d324fabca4d19d2956b6ae97ce43044ef4515f5abc"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "link-cplusplus"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8cae2cd7ba2f3f63938b9c724475dfb7b9861b545a90324476324ed21dbc8c8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "18a6dbe30758c9f83eb00cbea4ac95966305f5a7772f3f42ebfc7fc7eddbd8e1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro2"
+version = "1.0.43"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a2ca2c61bc9f3d74d2886294ab7b9853abd9c1ad903a3ac7815c58989bb7bab"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "1.0.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbe448f377a7d6961e30f5955f9b8d106c3f5e449d493ee1b125c1d43c2b5179"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rust_lib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cxx",
+ "cxx-build",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "scratch"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c8132065adcfd6e02db789d9285a0deb2f3fcb04002865ab67d5fb103533898"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "1.0.99"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "58dbef6ec655055e20b86b15a8cc6d439cca19b667537ac6a1369572d151ab13"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "termcolor"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bab24d30b911b2376f3a13cc2cd443142f0c81dda04c118693e35b3835757755"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4f5b37a154999a8f3f98cc23a628d850e154479cd94decf3414696e12e31aaf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3ed742d4ea2bd1176e236172c8429aaf54486e7ac098db29ffe6529e0ce50973"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
diff --git a/services/backup/rust_lib/Cargo.toml b/services/backup/rust_lib/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/backup/rust_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "rust_lib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+cxx = "1.0"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+cxx-build = "1.0"
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["staticlib"]
+
+[profile.release]
+debug = true
+panic = "abort"
+
+[profile.dev]
+panic = "abort"
diff --git a/services/backup/rust_lib/build.rs b/services/backup/rust_lib/build.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/backup/rust_lib/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fn main() {
+  let _build = cxx_build::bridge("src/lib.rs");
+  println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/lib.rs");
+}
diff --git a/services/backup/rust_lib/src/lib.rs b/services/backup/rust_lib/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/backup/rust_lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#[cxx::bridge]
+mod ffi {
+  extern "Rust" {
+    fn test_function() -> i32;
+  }
+}
+
+pub fn test_function() -> i32 {
+  0
+}
diff --git a/services/lib/cmake-components/corrosion_cxx.cmake b/services/lib/cmake-components/corrosion_cxx.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/lib/cmake-components/corrosion_cxx.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+# Creates a target including rust lib and cxxbridge named
+# ${NAMESPACE}::${LAST STEM OF PATH}
+# <LAST STEM OF PATH> must match the crate name
+# ie "some/path/to/myrustcrate" -> "libmyrustcrate.a"
+function(add_library_rust)
+  # set(OPTIONS)
+  set(ONE_VALUE_KEYWORDS PATH NAMESPACE CXX_BRIDGE_SOURCE_FILE)
+  # set(MULTI_VALUE_KEYWORDS)
+  cmake_parse_arguments(
+    _RUST_LIB
+    "${OPTIONS}"
+    "${ONE_VALUE_KEYWORDS}"
+    "${MULTI_VALUE_KEYWORDS}"
+    ${ARGN})
+
+
+  ### Check inputs
+  if("${_RUST_LIB_PATH}" STREQUAL "")
+    message(
+        FATAL_ERROR
+        "add_library_rust called without a given path to root of a rust crate, \
+        fix by adding 'PATH <pathToRustlibRoot>'")
+  endif()
+
+  if("${_RUST_LIB_NAMESPACE}" STREQUAL "")
+    message(
+        FATAL_ERROR
+        "Must supply a namespace given by keyvalue NAMESPACE <value>")
+  endif()
+
+  if("${_RUST_LIB_CXX_BRIDGE_SOURCE_FILE}" STREQUAL "")
+    set(_RUST_LIB_CXX_BRIDGE_SOURCE_FILE "src/lib.rs")
+  endif()
+
+  if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_RUST_LIB_PATH}/Cargo.toml")
+    message(
+        FATAL_ERROR
+        "The path ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${_RUST_LIB_PATH} does not contain \
+        a Cargo.toml")
+  endif()
+
+  ## Simplyfy inputs
+  set(_LIB_PATH ${_RUST_LIB_PATH})
+  set(_NAMESPACE ${_RUST_LIB_NAMESPACE})
+  set(_CXX_BRIDGE_SOURCE_FILE ${_RUST_LIB_CXX_BRIDGE_SOURCE_FILE})
+
+  ## Import Rust target
+  corrosion_import_crate(MANIFEST_PATH "${_LIB_PATH}/Cargo.toml")
+
+  ## Set cxxbridge values
+
+  # parse stem
+  _get_stem_name_of_path(PATH ${_LIB_PATH})
+  set(_LIB_PATH_STEM ${STEM_OF_PATH})
+
+  set(
+    CXXBRIDGE_BINARY_FOLDER
+    ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cargo/build/${Rust_CARGO_TARGET}/cxxbridge) 
+  set(COMMON_HEADER ${CXXBRIDGE_BINARY_FOLDER}/rust/cxx.h)
+  set(
+    BINDING_HEADER
+    ${CXXBRIDGE_BINARY_FOLDER}/${_LIB_PATH_STEM}/${_CXX_BRIDGE_SOURCE_FILE}.h)
+  set(
+    BINDING_SOURCE
+    ${CXXBRIDGE_BINARY_FOLDER}/${_LIB_PATH_STEM}/${_CXX_BRIDGE_SOURCE_FILE}.cc)
+  set(CXX_BINDING_INCLUDE_DIR ${CXXBRIDGE_BINARY_FOLDER})
+
+  ## Create cxxbridge target
+  add_custom_command(
+    DEPENDS ${_LIB_PATH_STEM}-static
+    OUTPUT
+      ${COMMON_HEADER}
+      ${BINDING_HEADER}
+      ${BINDING_SOURCE} 
+  )
+
+  add_library(${_LIB_PATH_STEM}_cxxbridge)
+  target_sources(${_LIB_PATH_STEM}_cxxbridge
+    PUBLIC
+      ${COMMON_HEADER}
+      ${BINDING_HEADER}
+      ${BINDING_SOURCE}
+  )
+  target_include_directories(${_LIB_PATH_STEM}_cxxbridge
+    PUBLIC
+      ${CXX_BINDING_INCLUDE_DIR}
+  )
+
+  ## Create total target with alias with given namespace
+  add_library(${_LIB_PATH_STEM}-total INTERFACE)
+  target_link_libraries(${_LIB_PATH_STEM}-total
+    INTERFACE
+      ${_LIB_PATH_STEM}_cxxbridge
+      ${_LIB_PATH_STEM}
+  )
+  # for end-user to link into project
+  add_library(${_NAMESPACE}::${_LIB_PATH_STEM} ALIAS ${_LIB_PATH_STEM}-total)
+  
+endfunction(add_library_rust)
+
+
+function(_get_stem_name_of_path)
+  # set(OPTIONS)
+  set(ONE_VALUE_KEYWORDS PATH)
+  # set(MULTI_VALUE_KEYWORDS)
+  cmake_parse_arguments(
+    _PATH_STEM
+    "${OPTIONS}" "${ONE_VALUE_KEYWORDS}" "${MULTI_VALUE_KEYWORDS}"
+    ${ARGN})
+
+  ### Check inputs
+  if("${_PATH_STEM_PATH}" STREQUAL "")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Path to get stem for is empty!")
+  endif()
+
+  # Convert all slashes to forward slash
+  set(_PATH ${_PATH_STEM_PATH})
+  ## Replace all Windows double slashes
+  string(REPLACE "\\\\" "/" _PATH_OUTPUT ${_PATH})
+  set(_PATH ${_PATH_OUTPUT})
+  ## Replace all Windows single slashes
+  string(REPLACE "\\" "/" _PATH_OUTPUT ${_PATH}) 
+  set(_PATH ${_PATH_OUTPUT})
+
+  # Convert to list
+  string(REPLACE "/" ";" _PATH_AS_LIST ${_PATH})
+  list(LENGTH _PATH_AS_LIST LIST_LENGTH)
+  math(EXPR INDEX "${LIST_LENGTH} - 1" OUTPUT_FORMAT DECIMAL)
+
+  list(GET _PATH_AS_LIST "${INDEX}" _STEM)
+
+  set(STEM_OF_PATH ${_STEM} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction(_get_stem_name_of_path)
diff --git a/services/lib/docker/install_rust.sh b/services/lib/docker/install_rust.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/lib/docker/install_rust.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+echo "installing rust"
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y