diff --git a/jans-linux-setup/tools/external_data_load.py b/jans-linux-setup/tools/external_data_load.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import os
+import sys
+import re
+import argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser('This script loads ldif file to external db')
+parser.add_argument('-salt', help="Salt to encode decode data", required=True)
+parser.add_argument('-db-type', help="External database type", choices=['mysql'], required=True)
+parser.add_argument('-rdbm-user', help="RDBM username", required=True)
+parser.add_argument('-rdbm-password', help="RDBM password", required=True)
+parser.add_argument('-rdbm-port', help="RDBM port", default=3306)
+parser.add_argument('-rdbm-db', help="RDBM database", required=True)
+parser.add_argument('-rdbm-host', help="RDBM host", required=True)
+parser.add_argument('-template', help="Template to be loaded", required=True, action='append')
+
+argsp, remaining= parser.parse_known_args()
+
+other_argsp = {}
+
+for arg in remaining:
+    args = arg.lstrip('-')
+    n = args.find('=')
+    if n > 0:
+        akey = args[:n].strip()
+        aval = args[n+1:].strip()
+        for qchar in ('"', "'"):
+            if aval.startswith(qchar) and aval.endswith(qchar):
+                aval = aval.strip(qchar)
+    else:
+        akey = args
+        aval = True
+
+    other_argsp[akey] = aval
+
+def get_template_identifiers(tmp):
+    return re.findall(r'\%\((.*?)\)s', tmp, re.MULTILINE)
+
+identifiers = []
+for tmp in argsp.template:
+    if os.path.isfile(tmp):
+        with open(tmp) as f:
+            tmp_text = f.read()
+        identifiers += get_template_identifiers(tmp_text)
+    else:
+        print("File {} not found.".format(tmp))
+        sys.exit()
+
+missing_idetifiers = []
+for idf in identifiers:
+    if idf not in other_argsp and idf not in missing_idetifiers:
+        missing_idetifiers.append(idf)
+
+if missing_idetifiers:
+    print("Some identifiers appeared in template(s) is/are missing. Please provide the following identifiers as rgument with double dash.")
+    print("For example --{}=somevalue".format(missing_idetifiers[0]))
+    print("Missing identifier(s):", ', '.join(missing_idetifiers))
+    sys.exit()
+
+
+cur_path = Path(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+setup_dir = cur_path.parent.joinpath('jans_setup').as_posix()
+sys.path.append(setup_dir)
+
+from setup_app import static
+from setup_app.utils import base
+base.current_app.profile = 'jans'
+sys.path.insert(0, base.pylib_dir)
+from setup_app import paths
+
+paths.LOG_DIR = os.path.join(setup_dir, 'logs')
+paths.LOG_FILE = os.path.join(paths.LOG_DIR, 'external-data-loader.log')
+paths.LOG_ERROR_FILE = os.path.join(paths.LOG_DIR, 'external-data-loader-error.log')
+paths.LOG_OS_CHANGES_FILE = os.path.join(paths.LOG_DIR, 'external-data-loader-os-changes.log')
+
+from setup_app import static
+from setup_app.config import Config
+from setup_app.utils.setup_utils import SetupUtils
+from setup_app.utils.db_utils import dbUtils
+
+Config.init(paths.INSTALL_DIR)
+SetupUtils.init()
+
+Config.templateRenderingDict.update(other_argsp)
+Config.rdbm_type = 'mysql'
+Config.rdbm_host = argsp.rdbm_host
+Config.rdbm_port = argsp.rdbm_port
+Config.rdbm_db = argsp.rdbm_db
+Config.rdbm_user = argsp.rdbm_user
+Config.rdbm_password = argsp.rdbm_password
+for grp in Config.mapping_locations:
+    Config.mapping_locations[grp] = 'rdbm'
+
+
+
+class ExternalDataLoader(SetupUtils):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.output_dir = os.path.join(setup_dir, 'external_output')
+        print("Rendered files will be stored in", self.output_dir)
+        self.dbUtils = dbUtils
+        self.load_ldif_list = []
+
+    def render_templates(self):
+        for tmp in argsp.template:
+            print("Rendering", tmp)
+            self.renderTemplateInOut(tmp, os.path.dirname(tmp), self.output_dir)
+            self.load_ldif_list.append(os.path.join(self.output_dir, os.path.basename(tmp)))
+
+    def bind_database(self):
+        print("Connecting to database")
+        self.dbUtils.bind()
+
+    def load_templates(self):
+        print("Importing rendered templates")
+        self.dbUtils.import_ldif(self.load_ldif_list)
+
+external_data_loader = ExternalDataLoader()
+external_data_loader.render_templates()
+external_data_loader.bind_database()
+external_data_loader.load_templates()