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
+# install rust
+RUN curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
+RUN scripts/install_corrosion.sh
 
 COPY native/cpp/CommonCpp/grpc grpc/
-COPY services/lib/docker/ scripts/
+COPY shared/cmake 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"
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+checksum = "b49edea7163bbc7a39e3d829b4b0b66a9d30486973152842b7413f2c7b5632bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "codespan-reporting",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "scratch",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+
+[[package]]
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+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+
+[[package]]
+name = "once_cell"
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+checksum = "0a2ca2c61bc9f3d74d2886294ab7b9853abd9c1ad903a3ac7815c58989bb7bab"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-ident",
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+
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
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+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rust_lib"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cxx",
+ "cxx-build",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "scratch"
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+checksum = "9c8132065adcfd6e02db789d9285a0deb2f3fcb04002865ab67d5fb103533898"
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+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "unicode-ident",
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+
+[[package]]
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+checksum = "bab24d30b911b2376f3a13cc2cd443142f0c81dda04c118693e35b3835757755"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+checksum = "c4f5b37a154999a8f3f98cc23a628d850e154479cd94decf3414696e12e31aaf"
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+[[package]]
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+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
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+[[package]]
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+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
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+[[package]]
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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]
+panic = "abort"
+
+[profile.dev]
+debug = true
+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").flag_if_supported("-std=c++17");
+  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
+}