diff --git a/R/tasks/r-installation.yml b/R/tasks/r-installation.yml
index 93af5b3..c87ec14 100644
--- a/R/tasks/r-installation.yml
+++ b/R/tasks/r-installation.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
 - name: Install R packages from github
   command: >
-    Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "if (! ('{{ item.plugin_name }}' %in% installed.packages()[,'Package'])) { require(devtools); require(methods) ; options(repos='{{ r_cran_mirror_site }}/') ; install_github('{{ item.plugin_name }}', '{{ item.github_user }}'); print('Added'); } else { print('Already Installed'); }"
+    Rscript --slave --no-save --no-restore-history -e "if (! ('{{ item.plugin_name }}' %in% installed.packages()[,'Package'])) { require(devtools); require(methods) ; options(repos='{{ r_cran_mirror_site }}/') ; install_github('{{ item.github_user }}/{{ item.plugin_name }}'); print('Added'); } else { print('Already Installed'); }"
   register: install_github_plugins_result
   failed_when: "install_github_plugins_result.rc != 0 or 'had non-zero exit status' in install_github_plugins_result.stderr"
   changed_when: "'Added' in install_github_plugins_result.stdout"
diff --git a/letsencrypt-acmetool-client/tasks/main.yml b/letsencrypt-acmetool-client/tasks/main.yml
index 7b7a3e5..f629569 100644
--- a/letsencrypt-acmetool-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/letsencrypt-acmetool-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   tags: letsencrypt
 
 - name: Install the letsencrypt acmetool package and some deps
-  apt: pkg={{ item }} state={{ letsencrypt_acme_pkg_state }}
+  apt: pkg={{ item }} state={{ letsencrypt_acme_pkg_state }} update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=3600
   with_items: '{{ letsencrypt_acme_pkgs }}'
   when:
     - letsencrypt_acme_install
diff --git a/orientdb/defaults/main.yml b/orientdb/defaults/main.yml
index b264abd..d163e13 100644
--- a/orientdb/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/orientdb/defaults/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ orientdb_configuration_files:
   - orientdb-server-config.xml
   - default-distributed-db-config.json
   - hazelcast.xml
+  - automatic-backup.json
 
 orientdb_letsencrypt_ssl_enabled: False
 
@@ -51,3 +52,15 @@ orientbd_hazelcast_encryption: False
 orientdb_hazelcast_multicast_enabled: True
 orientdb_hazelcast_multicast_group: 235.1.1.1
 orientdb_hazelcast_multicast_port: 2434
+
+
+# For Reference see http://orientdb.com/docs/2.2/Automatic-Backup.html
+orientdb_automatic_backup: True
+orientdb_automatic_backup_mode: 'EXPORT'
+orientdb_automatic_backup_export_options: ''
+orientdb_automatic_backup_delay: 24h
+orientdb_automatic_backup_first_time: '23:00:00'
+orientdb_automatic_backup_directory: '{{ orientdb_home_prefix }}/{{ orientdb_user }}/backups'
+orientdb_automatic_backup_target_file_name: '${DBNAME}-${DATE:yyyyMMddHHmmss}.zip'
+orientdb_automatic_backup_compression_level: 9
+orientdb_automatic_backup_buffer_size: 1048576
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/orientdb/tasks/main.yml b/orientdb/tasks/main.yml
index 9bf01cc..8eb69e1 100644
--- a/orientdb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/orientdb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -24,22 +24,25 @@
       become_user: '{{ orientdb_user }}'
       file: dest={{ orientdb_home_prefix }}/{{ orientdb_user }}/logs src={{ orientdb_log_dir }} state=link
 
-    - name: Create the databases directory inside the orientdb user home
+    - name: Create the needed directory inside the orientdb user home
       become: True
       become_user: '{{ orientdb_user }}'
       file: dest={{ item }} state=directory mode=0750
       with_items:
         - '{{ orientdb_data_dir }}'
         - '{{ orientdb_pid_dir }}'
+        - '{{ orientdb_automatic_backup_directory }}'
 
     - name: Remove the old hook jars
       shell: rm {{ orientdb_install_dir }}/lib/{{ item }}
       with_items: '{{ orientdb_hooks_to_be_removed | default([]) }}'
+      tags: [ 'orientdb', 'orientdb_hooks' ]
 
     - name: Fetch and install the hook jars
       get_url: url='{{ item }}' dest={{ orientdb_install_dir }}/lib
       with_items: '{{ orientdb_hooks_jars | default([]) }}'
       notify: Restart orientdb
+      tags: [ 'orientdb', 'orientdb_hooks' ]
 
     - name: Install the orientdb default settings
       template: src=orientdb.default.j2 dest=/etc/default/orientdb owner=root group=root mode=0444
diff --git a/orientdb/templates/automatic-backup.json.j2 b/orientdb/templates/automatic-backup.json.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..398b642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orientdb/templates/automatic-backup.json.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "enabled": {{ orientdb_automatic_backup | ternary('true','false') }},
+  "mode": "{{ orientdb_automatic_backup_mode }}",
+  "exportOptions": "{{ orientdb_automatic_backup_export_options }}",
+  "delay": "{{ orientdb_automatic_backup_delay }}",
+  "firstTime": "{{ orientdb_automatic_backup_first_time }}",
+  "targetDirectory": "{{ orientdb_automatic_backup_directory }}",
+  "targetFileName": "{{ orientdb_automatic_backup_target_file_name }}",
+  "compressionLevel": {{orientdb_automatic_backup_compression_level }},
+  "bufferSize": {{ orientdb_automatic_backup_buffer_size }}
+}
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diff --git a/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2 b/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2
index c856dc3..7c70423 100644
--- a/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2
+++ b/orientdb/templates/orientdb-server-config.xml.j2
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@
         </handler>
         <handler class="com.orientechnologies.orient.server.hazelcast.OHazelcastPlugin">
             <parameters>
-              {% if orientdb_distributed %}
-                <parameter value="true" name="enabled"/>
-                {% else %}
-                <parameter value="false" name="enabled"/>
-                {% endif %}
-                <parameter value="nodeName" name="{{ ansible_fqdn }}"/>
+                <parameter value="{{ orientdb_distributed | ternary('true','false') }}" name="enabled"/>
+                <parameter value="{{ ansible_hostname }}" name="nodeName"/>
                 <parameter value="${ORIENTDB_HOME}/config/default-distributed-db-config.json" name="configuration.db.default"/>
                 <parameter value="${ORIENTDB_HOME}/config/hazelcast.xml" name="configuration.hazelcast"/>
             </parameters>
@@ -27,7 +23,7 @@
         </handler>
         <handler class="com.orientechnologies.orient.server.handler.OAutomaticBackup">
             <parameters>
-                <parameter value="false" name="enabled"/>
+                <parameter value="true" name="enabled"/>
                 <parameter value="${ORIENTDB_HOME}/config/automatic-backup.json" name="config"/>
             </parameters>
         </handler>
@@ -90,6 +86,7 @@
         <entry value="1" name="db.pool.min"/>
         <entry value="50" name="db.pool.max"/>
         <entry value="true" name="profiler.enabled"/>
+        <entry value="0" name="distributed.autoRemoveOfflineServers"/>
         <entry value="{{ orientdb_data_dir }}" name="server.database.path" />
     </properties>
     <hooks>
diff --git a/orientdb/templates/orientdb.init.j2 b/orientdb/templates/orientdb.init.j2
index eefc591..0ad1f4c 100755
--- a/orientdb/templates/orientdb.init.j2
+++ b/orientdb/templates/orientdb.init.j2
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ start() {
 	fi
 	echo "Starting OrientDB server daemon..."
 	cd "$ORIENTDB_DIR/bin"
-	su $ORIENTDB_USER -c "cd \"$ORIENTDB_DIR/bin\"; /usr/bin/nohup ./server.sh $ORIENTDB_SERVER_OPTS  1>{{ orientdb_log_dir }}/orientdb.log 2>{{ orientdb_log_dir }}/orientdb.err &"
+	su $ORIENTDB_USER -c "cd \"$ORIENTDB_DIR/bin\"; /usr/bin/nohup ./server.sh $ORIENTDB_SERVER_OPTS  >> {{ orientdb_log_dir }}/orientdb.log 2>&1 &"
 }
 
 stop() {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stop() {
 	fi
 	echo "Stopping OrientDB server daemon..."
 	cd "$ORIENTDB_DIR/bin"
-	su $ORIENTDB_USER -c "cd \"$ORIENTDB_DIR/bin\"; /usr/bin/nohup ./shutdown.sh 1>>{{ orientdb_log_dir }}/orientdb.log 2>>{{ orientdb_log_dir }}/orientdb.err &"
+	su $ORIENTDB_USER -c "cd \"$ORIENTDB_DIR/bin\"; /usr/bin/nohup ./shutdown.sh >> {{ orientdb_log_dir }}/orientdb.log 2>&1 &"
 }
 
 status() {
diff --git a/smartgears/resource_registry/defaults/main.yml b/smartgears/resource_registry/defaults/main.yml
index c2e0bcb..8e3fce6 100644
--- a/smartgears/resource_registry/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/smartgears/resource_registry/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ resource_registry_install: False
 resource_registry_upgrade: False
 resource_registry_gcube_repository: gcube-snapshots
 resource_registry_snapshot_ver: 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT
-resource_registry_version: 1.2.0-20161031.161302-32
+resource_registry_version: 1.2.0-20161102.112213-33
 resource_registry_name: resource-registry
 resource_registry_file: '{{ resource_registry_name }}-{{ resource_registry_version }}.war'
 resource_registry_url: 'http://maven.research-infrastructures.eu/nexus/content/repositories/{{ resource_registry_gcube_repository }}/org/gcube/information-system/{{resource_registry_name}}/{{ resource_registry_snapshot_ver }}/{{ resource_registry_file }}'