diff --git a/install/scripts/config-services.php b/install/scripts/config-services.php
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+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of the Froxlor project.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 the Froxlor Team (see authors).
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the COPYING
+ * file that was distributed with this source code. You can also view the
+ * COPYING file online at http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ *
+ * @copyright (c) the authors
+ * @author Froxlor team <team@froxlor.org> (2018-)
+ * @license GPLv2 http://files.froxlor.org/misc/COPYING.txt
+ * @package Cron
+ *         
+ */
+
+// Check if we're in the CLI
+if (@php_sapi_name() !== 'cli') {
+	die('This script will only work in the shell.');
+}
+
+require dirname(dirname(__DIR__)) . '/lib/classes/output/class.CmdLineHandler.php';
+
+class ConfigServicesCmd extends CmdLineHandler
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * list of valid switches
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	public static $switches = array(
+		'h'
+	);
+
+	/**
+	 * list of valid parameters
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	public static $params = array(
+		'create',
+		'apply',
+		'daemon',
+		'list-daemons',
+		'froxlor-dir',
+		'help'
+	);
+
+	public static $action_class = 'Action';
+
+	public static function printHelp()
+	{
+		self::println("");
+		self::println("Help / command line parameters:");
+		self::println("");
+		// commands
+		self::println("--create\t\tlets you create a services list configuration for the 'apply' command");
+		self::println("");
+		self::println("--apply\t\t\tconfigure your services by given configuration file. To create one run the --create command");
+		self::println("\t\t\tExample: --apply=/path/to/my-config.json");
+		self::println("");
+		self::println("--list-daemons\t\tOutput the services that are going to be configured using a given config file. No services will be configured.");
+		self::println("\t\t\tExample: --apply=/path/to/my-config.json --list-daemons");
+		self::println("");
+		self::println("--daemon\t\tWhen running --apply you can specify a daemon. This will be the only service that gets configured");
+		self::println("\t\t\tExample: --apply=/path/to/my-config.json --daemon=apache24");
+		self::println("");
+		self::println("--froxlor-dir\t\tpath to froxlor installation");
+		self::println("\t\t\tExample: --froxlor-dir=/var/www/froxlor/");
+		self::println("");
+		self::println("--help\t\t\tshow help screen (this)");
+		self::println("");
+		// switches
+		// self::println("-d\t\t\tenable debug output");
+		self::println("-h\t\t\tsame as --help");
+		self::println("");
+		
+		die(); // end of execution
+	}
+}
+
+class Action
+{
+
+	private $_args = null;
+
+	private $_name = null;
+
+	private $_db = null;
+
+	public function __construct($args)
+	{
+		$this->_args = $args;
+		$this->_validate();
+	}
+
+	public function getActionName()
+	{
+		return $this->_name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * validates the parsed command line parameters
+	 *
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	private function _validate()
+	{
+		$this->_checkConfigParam(true);
+		$this->_parseConfig();
+		
+		require FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/tables.inc.php';
+		require FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/functions.php';
+		require FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/classes/settings/class.Settings.php';
+		require FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/classes/config/class.ConfigParser.php';
+		require FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/classes/config/class.ConfigService.php';
+		require FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/classes/config/class.ConfigDaemon.php';
+		
+		if (array_key_exists("create", $this->_args)) {
+			$this->_createConfig();
+		} elseif (array_key_exists("apply", $this->_args)) {
+			$this->_applyConfig();
+		} elseif (array_key_exists("list-daemons", $this->_args) || array_key_exists("daemon", $this->_args)) {
+			CmdLineHandler::printwarn("--list-daemons and --daemon only work together with --apply");
+		}
+	}
+
+	private function _createConfig()
+	{
+		$_daemons_config = array(
+			'distro' => ""
+		);
+		
+		$config_dir = FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/configfiles/';
+		// show list of available distro's
+		$distros = glob($config_dir . '*.xml');
+		// tmp array
+		$distributions_select_data = array();
+		// read in all the distros
+		foreach ($distros as $_distribution) {
+			// get configparser object
+			$dist = new ConfigParser($_distribution);
+			// get distro-info
+			$dist_display = $this->getCompleteDistroName($dist);
+			// store in tmp array
+			$distributions_select_data[$dist_display] = str_replace(".xml", "", strtolower(basename($_distribution)));
+		}
+		
+		// sort by distribution name
+		ksort($distributions_select_data);
+		
+		// list all distributions
+		$mask = "|%-50.50s |%-50.50s |\n";
+		printf($mask, str_repeat("-", 50), str_repeat("-", 50));
+		printf($mask, 'dist', 'name');
+		printf($mask, str_repeat("-", 50), str_repeat("-", 50));
+		foreach ($distributions_select_data as $name => $filename) {
+			printf($mask, $filename, $name);
+		}
+		printf($mask, str_repeat("-", 50), str_repeat("-", 50));
+		echo PHP_EOL;
+		
+		while (! in_array($_daemons_config['distro'], $distributions_select_data)) {
+			$_daemons_config['distro'] = CmdLineHandler::getInput("choose distribution", "stretch");
+		}
+		
+		// go through all services and let user check whether to include it or not
+		$configfiles = new ConfigParser($config_dir . '/' . $_daemons_config['distro'] . ".xml");
+		$services = $configfiles->getServices();
+		
+		foreach ($services as $si => $service) {
+			echo PHP_EOL . "--- " . strtoupper($si) . " ---" . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
+			$_daemons_config[$si] = "";
+			
+			$daemons = $service->getDaemons();
+			$mask = "|%-50.50s |%-50.50s |\n";
+			printf($mask, str_repeat("-", 50), str_repeat("-", 50));
+			printf($mask, 'value', 'name');
+			printf($mask, str_repeat("-", 50), str_repeat("-", 50));
+			$default_daemon = "";
+			foreach ($daemons as $di => $dd) {
+				$title = $dd->title;
+				if ($dd->default) {
+					$default_daemon = $di;
+					$title = $title . " (default)";
+				}
+				printf($mask, $di, $title);
+			}
+			printf($mask, "x", "No " . $si);
+			$daemons['x'] = 'x';
+			printf($mask, str_repeat("-", 50), str_repeat("-", 50));
+			echo PHP_EOL;
+			if ($si == 'system') {
+				$_daemons_config[$si] = array();
+				// for the system/other services we need a multiple choice possibility
+				CmdLineHandler::println("Select every service you need. Enter empty value when done");
+				$sysservice = "";
+				do {
+					$sysservice = CmdLineHandler::getInput("choose service");
+					if (! empty($sysservice)) {
+						$_daemons_config[$si][] = $sysservice;
+					}
+				} while (! empty($sysservice));
+			} else {
+				// for all others -> only one value
+				while (! array_key_exists($_daemons_config[$si], $daemons)) {
+					$_daemons_config[$si] = CmdLineHandler::getInput("choose service", $default_daemon);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		echo PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
+		$daemons_config = json_encode($_daemons_config);
+		$output = CmdLineHandler::getInput("choose output-filename", "/tmp/froxlor-config-" . date('Ymd') . ".json");
+		file_put_contents($output, $daemons_config);
+		CmdLineHandler::printsucc("Successfully generated service-configfile '" . $output . "'");
+	}
+
+	private function getCompleteDistroName($cparser)
+	{
+		// get distro-info
+		$dist_display = $cparser->distributionName;
+		if ($cparser->distributionCodename != '') {
+			$dist_display .= " " . $cparser->distributionCodename;
+		}
+		if ($cparser->distributionVersion != '') {
+			$dist_display .= " (" . $cparser->distributionVersion . ")";
+		}
+		if ($cparser->deprecated) {
+			$dist_display .= " [deprecated]";
+		}
+		return $dist_display;
+	}
+
+	private function _applyConfig()
+	{
+		if (! is_file($this->_args["apply"])) {
+			throw new Exception("Given config file is not a file");
+		} elseif (! file_exists($this->_args["apply"])) {
+			throw new Exception("Given config file cannot be found ('" . $this->_args["apply"] . "')");
+		} elseif (! is_readable($this->_args["apply"])) {
+			throw new Exception("Given config file cannot be read ('" . $this->_args["apply"] . "')");
+		}
+		
+		$config = file_get_contents($this->_args["apply"]);
+		$decoded_config = json_decode($config, true);
+		
+		if (array_key_exists("list-daemons", $this->_args)) {
+			$mask = "|%-50.50s |%-50.50s |\n";
+			printf($mask, str_repeat("-", 50), str_repeat("-", 50));
+			printf($mask, 'service', 'daemon');
+			printf($mask, str_repeat("-", 50), str_repeat("-", 50));
+			foreach ($decoded_config as $service => $daemon) {
+				if (is_array($daemon) && count($daemon) > 0) {
+					foreach ($daemon as $sysdaemon) {
+						printf($mask, $service, $sysdaemon);
+					}
+				} else {
+					if ($daemon == 'x') {
+						$daemon = '--- skipped ---';
+					}
+					printf($mask, $service, $daemon);
+				}
+			}
+			printf($mask, str_repeat("-", 50), str_repeat("-", 50));
+			echo PHP_EOL;
+			exit();
+		}
+		
+		$only_daemon = null;
+		if (array_key_exists("daemon", $this->_args)) {
+			$only_daemon = $this->_args['daemon'];
+		}
+		
+		if (! empty($decoded_config)) {
+			$config_dir = FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/configfiles/';
+			$configfiles = new ConfigParser($config_dir . '/' . $decoded_config['distro'] . ".xml");
+			$services = $configfiles->getServices();
+			$replace_arr = $this->_getReplacerArray();
+			
+			foreach ($services as $si => $service) {
+				echo PHP_EOL . "--- Configuring: " . strtoupper($si) . " ---" . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
+				if (! isset($decoded_config[$si]) || $decoded_config[$si] == 'x') {
+					CmdLineHandler::printwarn("Skipping " . strtoupper($si) . " configuration as desired");
+					continue;
+				}
+				$daemons = $service->getDaemons();
+				foreach ($daemons as $di => $dd) {
+					// check for desired service
+					if (($si != 'system' && $decoded_config[$si] != $di) || (is_array($decoded_config[$si]) && ! in_array($di, $decoded_config[$si]))) {
+						continue;
+					}
+					CmdLineHandler::println("Configuring '" . $di . "'");
+					
+					if (! empty($only_daemon) && $only_daemon != $di) {
+						CmdLineHandler::printwarn("Skipping " . $di . " configuration as desired");
+						continue;
+					}
+					// run all cmds
+					$confarr = $dd->getConfig();
+					foreach ($confarr as $idx => $action) {
+						switch ($action['type']) {
+							case "install":
+								CmdLineHandler::println("Installing required packages");
+								passthru(strtr($action['content'], $replace_arr), $result);
+								if (strlen($result) > 1) {
+									echo $result;
+								}
+								break;
+							case "command":
+								exec(strtr($action['content'], $replace_arr));
+								break;
+							case "file":
+								if (array_key_exists('content', $action)) {
+									CmdLineHandler::printwarn("Creating file '" . $action['name'] . "'");
+									file_put_contents($action['name'], strtr($action['content'], $replace_arr));
+								} elseif (array_key_exists('subcommands', $action)) {
+									foreach ($action['subcommands'] as $fileaction) {
+										if (array_key_exists('execute', $fileaction) && $fileaction['execute'] == "pre") {
+											exec(strtr($fileaction['content'], $replace_arr));
+										} elseif (array_key_exists('execute', $fileaction) && $fileaction['execute'] == "post") {
+											exec(strtr($fileaction['content'], $replace_arr));
+										} elseif ($fileaction['type'] == 'file') {
+											CmdLineHandler::printwarn("Creating file '" . $fileaction['name'] . "'");
+											file_put_contents($fileaction['name'], strtr($fileaction['content'], $replace_arr));
+										}
+									}
+								}
+								break;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			CmdLineHandler::printsucc("All services have been configured");
+		} else {
+			CmdLineHandler::printerr("Unable to decode given JSON file");
+		}
+	}
+
+	private function _getReplacerArray()
+	{
+		$customer_tmpdir = '/tmp/';
+		if (Settings::Get('system.mod_fcgid') == '1' && Settings::Get('system.mod_fcgid_tmpdir') != '') {
+			$customer_tmpdir = Settings::Get('system.mod_fcgid_tmpdir');
+		} elseif (Settings::Get('phpfpm.enabled') == '1' && Settings::Get('phpfpm.tmpdir') != '') {
+			$customer_tmpdir = Settings::Get('phpfpm.tmpdir');
+		}
+		
+		// try to convert namserver hosts to ip's
+		$ns_ips = "";
+		if (Settings::Get('system.nameservers') != '') {
+			$nameservers = explode(',', Settings::Get('system.nameservers'));
+			foreach ($nameservers as $nameserver) {
+				$nameserver = trim($nameserver);
+				$nameserver_ips = gethostbynamel($nameserver);
+				if (is_array($nameserver_ips) && count($nameserver_ips) > 0) {
+					$ns_ips .= implode(",", $nameserver_ips);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		
+		Database::needSqlData();
+		$sql = Database::getSqlData();
+		
+		$replace_arr = array(
+			'<SQL_UNPRIVILEGED_USER>' => $sql['user'],
+			'<SQL_UNPRIVILEGED_PASSWORD>' => $sql['passwd'],
+			'<SQL_DB>' => $sql['db'],
+			'<SQL_HOST>' => $sql['host'],
+			'<SQL_SOCKET>' => isset($sql['socket']) ? $sql['socket'] : null,
+			'<SERVERNAME>' => Settings::Get('system.hostname'),
+			'<SERVERIP>' => Settings::Get('system.ipaddress'),
+			'<NAMESERVERS>' => Settings::Get('system.nameservers'),
+			'<NAMESERVERS_IP>' => $ns_ips,
+			'<AXFRSERVERS>' => Settings::Get('system.axfrservers'),
+			'<VIRTUAL_MAILBOX_BASE>' => Settings::Get('system.vmail_homedir'),
+			'<VIRTUAL_UID_MAPS>' => Settings::Get('system.vmail_uid'),
+			'<VIRTUAL_GID_MAPS>' => Settings::Get('system.vmail_gid'),
+			'<SSLPROTOCOLS>' => (Settings::Get('system.use_ssl') == '1') ? 'imaps pop3s' : '',
+			'<CUSTOMER_TMP>' => makeCorrectDir($customer_tmpdir),
+			'<BASE_PATH>' => makeCorrectDir(FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR),
+			'<BIND_CONFIG_PATH>' => makeCorrectDir(Settings::Get('system.bindconf_directory')),
+			'<WEBSERVER_RELOAD_CMD>' => Settings::Get('system.apachereload_command'),
+			'<CUSTOMER_LOGS>' => makeCorrectDir(Settings::Get('system.logfiles_directory')),
+			'<FPM_IPCDIR>' => makeCorrectDir(Settings::Get('phpfpm.fastcgi_ipcdir')),
+			'<WEBSERVER_GROUP>' => Settings::Get('system.httpgroup')
+		);
+		return $replace_arr;
+	}
+
+	private function _parseConfig()
+	{
+		define('FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR', $this->_args['froxlor-dir']);
+		if (! file_exists(FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php')) {
+			throw new Exception("Could not find froxlor's Database class. Is froxlor really installed to '" . FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . "'?");
+		}
+		if (! file_exists(FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/userdata.inc.php')) {
+			throw new Exception("Could not find froxlor's userdata.inc.php file. You should use this script only with a fully installed and setup froxlor system.");
+		}
+		require FROXLOR_INSTALL_DIR . '/lib/classes/database/class.Database.php';
+	}
+
+	private function _checkConfigParam($needed = false)
+	{
+		if ($needed) {
+			if (! isset($this->_args["froxlor-dir"])) {
+				throw new Exception("No configuration given (missing --froxlor-dir parameter?)");
+			} elseif (! is_dir($this->_args["froxlor-dir"])) {
+				throw new Exception("Given --froxlor-dir parameter is not a directory");
+			} elseif (! file_exists($this->_args["froxlor-dir"])) {
+				throw new Exception("Given froxlor directory cannot be found ('" . $this->_args["froxlor-dir"] . "')");
+			} elseif (! is_readable($this->_args["froxlor-dir"])) {
+				throw new Exception("Given froxlor direcotry cannot be read ('" . $this->_args["froxlor-dir"] . "')");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// give control to command line handler
+try {
+	ConfigServicesCmd::processParameters($argc, $argv);
+} catch (Exception $e) {
+	ConfigServicesCmd::printerr($e->getMessage());
+}
diff --git a/install/scripts/switch-server-ip.php b/install/scripts/switch-server-ip.php
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