diff --git a/docs/en_US/connecting.rst b/docs/en_US/connecting.rst
index 474ec183..e9b58af8 100644
--- a/docs/en_US/connecting.rst
+++ b/docs/en_US/connecting.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@
 `Connecting to a Server`:index:
 *******************************
 
-Before you can use the pgAdmin client to manage the objects that reside on your Postgres server, you must define a connection to the server.  You can (optionally) use the *Server Group* dialog to create server groups to organize the server connections within the tree control for easier management. To open the *Server Group* dialog, right-click on the *Servers* node of the tree control, and select *Server Group* from the *Create* menu.
+Before you can use the pgAdmin client to manage the objects that reside on your
+Postgres server, you must define a connection to the server.  You can
+(optionally) use the *Server Group* dialog to create server groups to organize
+the server connections within the tree control for easier management. To open
+the *Server Group* dialog, right-click on the *Servers* node of the tree
+control, and select *Server Group* from the *Create* menu.
 
 Contents:
 
@@ -12,7 +17,10 @@ Contents:
 
    server_group_dialog
 
-Use the fields on the *Server* dialog to define the connection properties for each new server that you wish to manage with pgAdmin.  To open the *Server* dialog, right-click on the *Servers* node of the tree control, and select *Server* from the *Create* menu. 
+Use the fields on the *Server* dialog to define the connection properties for
+each new server that you wish to manage with pgAdmin.  To open the *Server*
+dialog, right-click on the *Servers* node of the tree control, and select
+*Server* from the *Create* menu.
 
 Contents:
 
@@ -20,11 +28,21 @@ Contents:
 
    server_dialog
 
-After defining a server connection, right-click on the server name, and select *Connect to server* to authenticate with the server, and start using pgAdmin to manage objects that reside on the server.
+After defining a server connection, right-click on the server name, and select
+*Connect to server* to authenticate with the server, and start using pgAdmin to
+manage objects that reside on the server.
 
 Contents:
 
 .. toctree::
 
    connect_to_server   
-   connect_error
\ No newline at end of file
+   connect_error
+
+Server definitions (and their groups) can be exported to a JSON file and
+re-imported to the same or a different system to enable easy pre-configuration
+of pgAdmin.
+
+.. toctree::
+
+   export_import_servers
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/en_US/export_import_servers.rst b/docs/en_US/export_import_servers.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9e47c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/en_US/export_import_servers.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+.. _export_import_servers:
+
+****************************************
+`Exporting and importing Servers`:index:
+****************************************
+
+Server definitions (and their groups) can be exported to a JSON file and
+re-imported to the same or a different system to enable easy pre-configuration
+of pgAdmin. The ``setup.py`` script is used for this purpose.
+
+.. note:: To export or import servers, you must use the Python interpreter that
+        is normally used to run pgAdmin to ensure that the required Python
+        packages are available. In most packages, this can be found in the
+        Python Virtual Environment that can be found in the installation
+        directory. When using platform-native packages, the system installation
+        of Python may be the one used by pgAdmin.
+
+**Exporting Servers**
+
+To export the servers defined in an installation, simply invoke ``setup.py`` with
+the ``--dump-servers`` command line option, followed by the name (and if required,
+path) to the desired output file. By default, servers owned by the desktop mode
+user will be dumped (pgadmin4@pgadmin.org by default - see the DESKTOP_USER
+setting in ``config.py``). This can be overridden with the ``--user`` command
+line option. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    /path/to/python /path/to/setup.py --dump-servers output_file.json
+
+    # or, to specify a non-default user name:
+
+    /path/to/python /path/to/setup.py --dump-servers output_file.json --user user@example.com
+
+To export only certain servers, use the ``--server`` option and list one or more
+server names. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    /path/to/python /path/to/setup.py --dump-servers output_file.json --server "PostgreSQL 10" "PostgreSQL 11"
+
+**Importing Servers**
+
+To import the servers defined in a JSON file, simply invoke ``setup.py`` with
+the ``--load-servers`` command line option, followed by the name (and if required,
+path) of the JSON file containing the server definitions. Servers will be owned
+by the desktop mode user (pgadmin4@pgadmin.org by default - see the DESKTOP_USER
+setting in ``config.py``). This can be overridden with the ``--user`` command
+line option. For example:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    /path/to/python /path/to/setup.py --load-servers input_file.json
+
+    # or, to specify a non-default user name to own the new servers:
+
+    /path/to/python /path/to/setup.py --load-servers input_file.json --user user@example.com
+
+If any Servers are defined with a Server Group that is not already present in
+the configuration database, the required Group will be created.
+
+**JSON format**
+
+The JSON file format used when importing or exporting servers is quite
+straightforward and simply contains a list of servers, with a number of
+attributes. The following attributes are required to be present in every server
+definition: Name, Group, Port, Username, SSLMode, MaintenanceDB and one of Host,
+HostAddr or Service.
+
+Password fields cannot be imported or exported.
+
+The following example shows both a minimally defined and a fully defined server:
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    {
+        "Servers": {
+            "1": {
+                "Name": "Minimally Defined Server",
+                "Group": "Server Group 1",
+                "Port": 5432,
+                "Username": "postgres",
+                "Host": "localhost",
+                "SSLMode": "prefer",
+                "MaintenanceDB": "postgres"
+            },
+            "2": {
+                "Name: "Fully Defined Server",
+                "Group": "Server Group 2",
+                "Host": "host.domain.com",
+                "HostAddr": "192.168.1.2",
+                "Port": 5432,
+                "MaintenanceDB": "postgres",
+                "Username": "postgres",
+                "Role": "my_role_name",
+                "SSLMode": "require",
+                "Comment": "This server has every option configured in the JSON",
+                "DBRestriction": "live_db test_db",
+                "PassFile": "/path/to/pgpassfile",
+                "SSLCert": "/path/to/sslcert.crt",
+                "SSLKey": "/path/to/sslcert.key",
+                "SSLRootCert": "/path/to/sslroot.crt",
+                "SSLCrl": "/path/to/sslcrl.crl",
+                "SSLCompression": 1,
+                "BGColor": "#ff9900",
+                "FGColor": "#000000",
+                "Service": "postgresql-10",
+                "Timeout": 60,
+                "UseSSHTunnel": 1,
+                "TunnelHost": "192.168.1.253",
+                "TunnelPort": 22,
+                "TunnelUsername": "username",
+                "TunnelAuthentication": 0
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
diff --git a/web/pgadmin/setup/tests/__init__.py b/web/pgadmin/setup/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..590026ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/pgadmin/setup/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+##########################################################################
+#
+# pgAdmin 4 - PostgreSQL Tools
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013 - 2018, The pgAdmin Development Team
+# This software is released under the PostgreSQL Licence
+#
+##########################################################################
diff --git a/web/pgadmin/setup/tests/servers.json b/web/pgadmin/setup/tests/servers.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d55cd86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/pgadmin/setup/tests/servers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+    "Servers": {
+        "1": {
+            "Name": "Minimally Defined Server",
+            "Group": "Server Group 1",
+            "Port": 5432,
+            "Username": "postgres",
+            "Host": "localhost",
+            "SSLMode": "prefer",
+            "MaintenanceDB": "postgres"
+        },
+        "2": {
+            "Name": "Fully Defined Server",
+            "Group": "Server Group 2",
+            "Host": "host.domain.com",
+            "HostAddr": "192.168.1.2",
+            "Port": 5432,
+            "MaintenanceDB": "postgres",
+            "Username": "postgres",
+            "Role": "my_role_name",
+            "SSLMode": "require",
+            "Comment": "This server has every option configured in the JSON",
+            "DBRestriction": "live_db test_db",
+            "PassFile": "/path/to/pgpassfile",
+            "SSLCert": "/path/to/sslcert.crt",
+            "SSLKey": "/path/to/sslcert.key",
+            "SSLRootCert": "/path/to/sslroot.crt",
+            "SSLCrl": "/path/to/sslcrl.crl",
+            "SSLCompression": 1,
+            "BGColor": "#ff9900",
+            "FGColor": "#000000",
+            "Service": "postgresql-10",
+            "Timeout": 60,
+            "UseSSHTunnel": 1,
+            "TunnelHost": "192.168.1.253",
+            "TunnelPort": "22",
+            "TunnelUsername": "username",
+            "TunnelAuthentication": 0
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/web/pgadmin/setup/tests/test_export_import_servers.py b/web/pgadmin/setup/tests/test_export_import_servers.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dec968b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/pgadmin/setup/tests/test_export_import_servers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+##########################################################################
+#
+# pgAdmin 4 - PostgreSQL Tools
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013 - 2018, The pgAdmin Development Team
+# This software is released under the PostgreSQL Licence
+#
+##########################################################################
+
+from pgadmin.utils.route import BaseTestGenerator
+import os
+import json
+import tempfile
+
+
+class ImportExportServersTestCase(BaseTestGenerator):
+    """
+    This class validates the import/export servers functionality
+    """
+
+    scenarios = [
+        # Fetching the default url for server group node
+        ('Check Server Import/Export', dict())
+    ]
+
+    def runTest(self):
+        path = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+        setup = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(path, "../../../setup.py"))
+
+        # Load the servers
+        os.system("python %s --load-servers %s 2> %s" %
+                  (setup, os.path.join(path, "servers.json"), os.devnull))
+
+        # And dump them again
+        tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+        os.system("python %s --dump-servers %s 2> %s" %
+                  (setup, tf.name, os.devnull))
+
+        # Compare the JSON files, ignoring servers that exist in our
+        # generated file but not the test config (they are likely
+        # auto-discovered)
+        src = json.loads(open(os.path.join(path, "servers.json")).read())
+        tgt = json.loads(open(tf.name).read())
+
+        for server in src["Servers"]:
+            a = json.dumps(src["Servers"][server], sort_keys=True)
+            b = json.dumps(tgt["Servers"][server], sort_keys=True)
+            self.assertTrue(a, b)
diff --git a/web/setup.py b/web/setup.py
index a1613dea..a59fe036 100644
--- a/web/setup.py
+++ b/web/setup.py
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@
 """Perform the initial setup of the application, by creating the auth
 and settings database."""
 
+import argparse
+import json
 import os
 import sys
-from pgadmin.model import db, Version, SCHEMA_VERSION as CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION
+from pgadmin.model import db, User, Version, ServerGroup, Server, \
+    SCHEMA_VERSION as CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION
 
 if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
     import builtins
@@ -33,16 +36,311 @@ if sys.path[0] != root:
 
 from pgadmin import create_app
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    # Configuration settings
-    import config
-    from pgadmin.model import SCHEMA_VERSION
-    from pgadmin.setup import db_upgrade, create_app_data_directory
 
-    config.SETTINGS_SCHEMA_VERSION = SCHEMA_VERSION
-    if "PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE" in os. environ and \
-            os.environ["PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE"] == "1":
-        config.SQLITE_PATH = config.TEST_SQLITE_PATH
+def add_value(attr_dict, key, value):
+    """Add a value to the attribute dict if non-empty.
+
+    Args:
+        attr_dict (dict): The dictionary to add the values to
+        key (str): The key for the new value
+        value (str): The value to add
+
+    Returns:
+        The updated attribute dictionary
+    """
+    if value != "" and value is not None:
+        attr_dict[key] = value
+
+    return attr_dict
+
+
+def dump_servers(args):
+    """Dump the server groups and servers.
+
+    Args:
+        args (ArgParser): The parsed command line options
+    """
+    app = create_app()
+    with app.app_context():
+
+        # What user?
+        if args.user is not None:
+            dump_user = args.user
+        else:
+            dump_user = config.DESKTOP_USER
+
+        user = User.query.filter_by(email=dump_user).all()
+
+        if len(user) == 0:
+            print("The specified user ID (%s) could not be found." %
+                  dump_user)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        user_id = user[0].id
+
+        # Dict to collect the output
+        object_dict = {}
+
+        # Counters
+        servers_dumped = 0
+
+        # Dump servers
+        servers = Server.query.filter_by(user_id=user_id).all()
+        server_dict = {}
+        for server in servers:
+            if args.server is None or server.name in args.server:
+                # Get the group name
+                group_name = ServerGroup.query.filter_by(
+                    user_id=user_id, id=server.servergroup_id).all()[0].name
+
+                attr_dict = {}
+                add_value(attr_dict, "Name", server.name)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "Group", group_name)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "Host", server.host)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "HostAddr", server.hostaddr)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "Port", server.port)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "MaintenanceDB", server.maintenance_db)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "Username", server.username)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "Role", server.role)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "SSLMode", server.ssl_mode)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "Comment", server.comment)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "DBRestriction", server.db_res)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "PassFile", server.passfile)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "SSLCert", server.sslcert)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "SSLKey", server.sslkey)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "SSLRootCert", server.sslrootcert)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "SSLCrl", server.sslcrl)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "SSLCompression", server.sslcompression)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "BGColor", server.bgcolor)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "FGColor", server.fgcolor)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "Service", server.service)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "Timeout", server.connect_timeout)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "UseSSHTunnel", server.use_ssh_tunnel)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "TunnelHost", server.tunnel_host)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "TunnelPort", server.tunnel_port)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "TunnelUsername", server.tunnel_username)
+                add_value(attr_dict, "TunnelAuthentication",
+                          server.tunnel_authentication)
+
+                servers_dumped = servers_dumped + 1
+
+                server_dict[servers_dumped] = attr_dict
+
+        object_dict["Servers"] = server_dict
+
+        try:
+            f = open(args.dump_servers, "w")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Error opening output file %s: [%d] %s" %
+                  (args.dump_servers, e.errno, e.strerror))
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        try:
+            f.write(json.dumps(object_dict, indent=4))
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Error writing output file %s: [%d] %s" %
+                  (args.dump_servers, e.errno, e.strerror))
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        f.close()
+
+        print("Configuration for %s servers dumped to %s." %
+              (servers_dumped, args.dump_servers))
+
+
+def load_servers(args):
+    """Load server groups and servers.
+
+    Args:
+        args (ArgParser): The parsed command line options
+    """
+    try:
+        with open(args.load_servers) as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+    except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:
+        print("Error parsing input file %s: %s" %
+              (args.load_servers, e))
+        sys.exit(1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Error reading input file %s: [%d] %s" %
+              (args.load_servers, e.errno, e.strerror))
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    f.close()
+
+    app = create_app()
+    with app.app_context():
+
+        # What user?
+        if args.user is not None:
+            dump_user = args.user
+        else:
+            dump_user = config.DESKTOP_USER
+
+        user = User.query.filter_by(email=dump_user).all()
+
+        if len(user) == 0:
+            print("The specified user ID (%s) could not be found." %
+                  dump_user)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        user_id = user[0].id
+
+        # Counters
+        groups_added = 0
+        servers_added = 0
+
+        # Get the server group
+        groups = ServerGroup.query.all()
+
+        def print_summary():
+            print("Added %d Server Group(s) and %d Server(s)." %
+                  (groups_added, servers_added))
+        # Loop through the servers...
+        if "Servers" not in data:
+            print("'Servers' attribute not found in file '%s'" %
+                  args.load_servers)
+            print_summary()
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        for server in data["Servers"]:
+            obj = data["Servers"][server]
+
+            def check_attrib(attrib):
+                if attrib not in obj:
+                    print("'%s' attribute not found for server '%s'" %
+                          (attrib, server))
+                    print_summary()
+                    sys.exit(1)
+
+            check_attrib("Name")
+            check_attrib("Group")
+            check_attrib("Port")
+            check_attrib("Username")
+            check_attrib("SSLMode")
+            check_attrib("MaintenanceDB")
+
+            if "Host" not in obj and \
+                "HostAddr" not in obj and \
+                    "Service" not in obj:
+                print("'Host', 'HostAddr' or 'Service' attribute not found "
+                      "for server '%s'" % server)
+                print_summary()
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+            # Get the group. Create if necessary
+            group_id = -1
+            for g in groups:
+                if g.name == obj["Group"]:
+                    group_id = g.id
+                    break
+
+            if group_id == -1:
+                new_group = ServerGroup()
+                new_group.name = obj["Group"]
+                new_group.user_id = user_id
+                db.session.add(new_group)
+
+                try:
+                    db.session.commit()
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print("Error creating server group '%s': %s" %
+                          (new_group.name, e))
+                    print_summary()
+                    sys.exit(1)
+
+                group_id = new_group.id
+                groups_added = groups_added + 1
+                groups = ServerGroup.query.all()
+
+            # Create the server
+            new_server = Server()
+            new_server.name = obj["Name"]
+            new_server.servergroup_id = group_id
+            new_server.user_id = user_id
+
+            new_server.host = obj["Host"]
+
+            if "HostAddr" in obj:
+                new_server.hostaddr = obj["HostAddr"]
+
+            new_server.port = obj["Port"]
+            new_server.maintenance_db = obj["MaintenanceDB"]
+            new_server.username = obj["Username"]
+
+            if "Role" in obj:
+                new_server.role = obj["Role"]
+
+            new_server.ssl_mode = obj["SSLMode"]
+
+            if "Comment" in obj:
+                new_server.comment = obj["Comment"]
+
+            if "DBRestriction" in obj:
+                new_server.db_res = obj["DBRestriction"]
+
+            if "PassFile" in obj:
+                new_server.passfile = obj["PassFile"]
+
+            if "SSLCert" in obj:
+                new_server.sslcert = obj["SSLCert"]
+
+            if "SSLKey" in obj:
+                new_server.sslkey = obj["SSLKey"]
+
+            if "SSLRootCert" in obj:
+                new_server.sslrootcert = obj["SSLRootCert"]
+
+            if "SSLCrl" in obj:
+                new_server.sslcrl = obj["SSLCrl"]
+
+            if "SSLCompression" in obj:
+                new_server.sslcompression = obj["SSLCompression"]
+
+            if "BGColor" in obj:
+                new_server.bgcolor = obj["BGColor"]
+
+            if "FGColor" in obj:
+                new_server.fgcolor = obj["FGColor"]
+
+            if "Service" in obj:
+                new_server.service = obj["Service"]
+
+            if "Timeout" in obj:
+                new_server.connect_timeout = obj["Timeout"]
+
+            if "UseSSHTunnel" in obj:
+                new_server.use_ssh_tunnel = obj["UseSSHTunnel"]
+
+            if "TunnelHost" in obj:
+                new_server.tunnel_host = obj["TunnelHost"]
+
+            if "TunnelPort" in obj:
+                new_server.tunnel_port = obj["TunnelPort"]
+
+            if "TunnelUsername" in obj:
+                new_server.tunnel_username = obj["TunnelUsername"]
+
+            if "TunnelAuthentication" in obj:
+                new_server.tunnel_authentication = obj["TunnelAuthentication"]
+
+            db.session.add(new_server)
+
+            try:
+                db.session.commit()
+            except Exception as e:
+                print("Error creating server '%s': %s" %
+                      (new_server.name, e))
+                print_summary()
+                sys.exit(1)
+
+            servers_added = servers_added + 1
+
+        print_summary()
+
+
+def setup_db():
+    """Setup the configuration database."""
 
     create_app_data_directory(config)
 
@@ -70,3 +368,43 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                 version = Version.query.filter_by(name='ConfigDB').first()
                 version.value = CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION
                 db.session.commit()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Configuration settings
+    import config
+    from pgadmin.model import SCHEMA_VERSION
+    from pgadmin.setup import db_upgrade, create_app_data_directory
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Setup the pgAdmin config DB')
+
+    imp_exp_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=False)
+
+    exp_group = imp_exp_group.add_argument_group('Dump server config')
+    exp_group.add_argument('--dump-servers', metavar="OUTPUT_FILE",
+                           help='Dump the servers in the DB', required=False)
+    exp_group.add_argument('--server', metavar="SERVER_NAME", nargs='*',
+                           help='One or more servers to dump', required=False)
+
+    imp_group = imp_exp_group.add_argument_group('Load server config')
+    imp_group.add_argument('--load-servers', metavar="INPUT_FILE",
+                           help='Load servers into the DB', required=False)
+
+    imp_exp_group.add_argument('--user', metavar="USER_NAME",
+                               help='Dump/load servers for the specified '
+                                    'username', required=False)
+
+    args, extra = parser.parse_known_args()
+
+    config.SETTINGS_SCHEMA_VERSION = SCHEMA_VERSION
+    if "PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE" in os.environ and \
+            os.environ["PGADMIN_TESTING_MODE"] == "1":
+        config.SQLITE_PATH = config.TEST_SQLITE_PATH
+
+    # What to do?
+    if args.dump_servers is not None:
+        dump_servers(args)
+    elif args.load_servers is not None:
+        load_servers(args)
+    else:
+        setup_db()