diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/explorer/active-conf b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/explorer/active-conf
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bd281e21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/explorer/active-conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert (tom at it-eckert.de)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if [ -d /etc/apache2/mods-enabled ]; then
+	ls -1 /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/
+fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/explorer/active-modules b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/explorer/active-modules
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4c745ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/explorer/active-modules
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+if [ -d /etc/apache2/mods-enabled ]; then
+	/usr/sbin/apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES | awk '/.*_module/ { gsub(/_module.*$/, ""); gsub(/^ /, ""); print }' 
+fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/gencode-remote
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e7d8e344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/gencode-remote
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert (tom at it-eckert.de)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+state=$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")
+
+os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
+case "$os" in
+	debian|ubuntu)
+		:
+	;;
+	*)
+		echo "Your operating system ($os) is currently not supported by this type (${__type##*/})." >&2
+		echo "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can." >&2
+		exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+if [ "$state" = "present"  ]; then
+	if ! grep -q ^rewrite "$__object/explorer/active-modules"; then
+		echo "a2enmod rewrite >/dev/null"
+		echo "mod:rewrite enabled" >> "$__messages_out"
+	fi
+	if ! grep -q "^cgi$" "$__object/explorer/active-modules"; then
+		echo "a2enmod cgi >/dev/null"
+		echo "mod:cgi enabled" >> "$__messages_out"
+	fi
+
+	if ! grep -q ^xymon.conf "$__object/explorer/active-conf"; then
+		echo "a2enconf xymon >/dev/null"
+		echo "conf:xymon enabled" >> "$__messages_out"
+	fi
+fi
+
+if grep -q "^mod:.* enabled" "$__messages_out"; then
+	echo "systemctl restart apache2.service"
+	echo "apache restarted" >> "$__messages_out"
+elif grep -q "^conf:xymon enabled" "$__messages_out"; then
+	echo "systemctl reload apache2.service"
+	echo "apache reloaded" >> "$__messages_out"
+fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/man.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8358c821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/man.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+cdist-type__xymon_apache(7)
+===========================
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__xymon_apache - Configure apache2-webserver for Xymon
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This cdist type installs and configures apache2 to be used "exclusively" (in
+the sense that no other use is taken care of) with Xymon (the systems and
+network monitor).
+
+It depends on `__xymon_server`.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None.
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+state
+   'present', 'absent', defaults to 'present'.
+
+ipacl
+   IP(-ranges) that have access to the Xymon webpages and CGIs. Apache2-style
+   syntax suitable for `Require ip ...`. Example: `192.168.1.0/24 10.0.0.0/8`
+
+
+MESSAGES
+--------
+mod:rewrite enabled
+   apache module enabled
+conf:xymon enabled
+   apache config for xymon enabled
+apache restarted
+   apache2.service was reloaded
+apache reloaded
+   apache2.service was restarted
+
+
+EXPLORERS
+---------
+active-conf
+   lists apache2 `conf-enabled`
+active-modules
+   lists active apache2-modules
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    # minmal, only localhost-access:
+    __xymon_apache
+    # allow more IPs to access the Xymon-webinterface:
+    __xymon_apache --ipacl "192.168.0.0/16 10.0.0.0/8" --state "present"
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+:strong:`cdist__xymon_server`\ (7)
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de>
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert. You can redistribute it
+and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/manifest
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bfd0af79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert (tom at it-eckert.de)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+state=$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")
+
+os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
+case "$os" in
+	debian|ubuntu)
+		:
+	;;
+	*)
+		echo "Your operating system ($os) is currently not supported by this type (${__type##*/})." >&2
+		echo "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can." >&2
+		exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+__package apache2 --state "$state"
+
+## edit xymon.conf IP-ranges
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/ipacl" ]; then
+	require="__package/xymon" __line /etc/apache2/conf-available/xymon.conf \
+		--line "        Require ip $(cat "$__object/parameter/ipacl")" \
+		--after "^[[:space:]]*Require local" \
+		--state "present"
+fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/parameter/default/state b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/parameter/default/state
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7f6134f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/parameter/default/state
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+present
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/parameter/optional
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d374ec41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/parameter/optional
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+state
+ipacl
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/singleton b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_apache/singleton
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/gencode-remote
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..49eed317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/gencode-remote
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert (tom at it-eckert.de)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+servers=$(cat "$__object/parameter/servers")
+
+if grep -q ^__key_value/CLIENTHOSTNAME "$__messages_in" || grep -q ^__key_value/XYMONSERVERS "$__messages_in" ; then
+	echo "systemctl restart xymon-client"
+	echo "restarted" >> "$__messages_out"
+	cat <<-EOT
+		echo "xymon-client xymon-client/XYMONSERVERS string $servers" | debconf-set-selections
+	EOT
+fi	
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/man.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f90c15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/man.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+cdist-type__xymon_client(7)
+===========================
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__xymon_client - Install the Xymon client
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This cdist type installs the Xymon client and configures it to report with
+FQDN.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None.
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+state
+   'present', 'absent', defaults to 'present'.
+
+servers
+   One or more IP adresses (space separated) of the Xymon server(s) to report
+   to. While DNS-names are ok it is discouraged, defaults to 127.0.0.1.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    # minmal, report to 127.0.0.1
+    __xymon_client
+
+    # specify server:
+    __xymon_client --servers "192.168.1.1"
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+:strong:`cdist__xymon_server`\ (7), :strong:`xymon`\ (7)
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de>
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert. You can redistribute it
+and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/manifest
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..92ad079e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert (tom at it-eckert.de)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+state=$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")
+servers=$(cat "$__object/parameter/servers")
+
+os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
+case "$os" in
+	debian|ubuntu)
+		:
+	;;
+	*)
+		echo "Your operating system ($os) is currently not supported by this type (${__type##*/})." >&2
+		echo "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can." >&2
+		exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+__package xymon-client --state "$state"
+
+require="__package/xymon-client" __key_value CLIENTHOSTNAME \
+       	--file /etc/default/xymon-client \
+	--value "'$__target_hostname'" \
+	--delimiter '=' \
+	--state "$state"
+require="__package/xymon-client" __key_value XYMONSERVERS \
+       	--file /etc/default/xymon-client \
+	--value "'$servers'" \
+	--delimiter '=' \
+	--state "$state"
+
+## CLI-usage often requires a shell:
+require="__package/xymon-client" __user xymon --shell "/bin/bash" --state "$state"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/parameter/default/servers b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/parameter/default/servers
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b9ad531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/parameter/default/servers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+127.0.0.1
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/parameter/default/state b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/parameter/default/state
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7f6134f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/parameter/default/state
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+present
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/parameter/optional
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c34489a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/parameter/optional
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+state
+servers
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/singleton b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_client/singleton
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/files/.keep b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/files/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/gencode-remote
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b25a0fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/gencode-remote
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert (tom at it-eckert.de)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## to speed up config-reload we send a HUP to the server process:
+cat <<-EOT
+	pkill -HUP xymond || { echo "HUPing xymond failed" >&2; exit 1; }
+EOT
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/man.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b427ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/man.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+cdist-type__xymon_config(7)
+===========================
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__xymon_config - Deploy a Xymon configuration-directory
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This cdist type deploys a full Xymon configuration directory from the files-dir
+to the host.  This type requires an installed Xymon server, e.g. deployed by
+`__xymon_server`.
+
+WARNING: This type _replaces_ the `/etc/xymon/`-directory! The previous
+contents is replaced/deleted!
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+confdir
+   The directory in `./files/` that contains the `/etc/xymon/`-content to be
+   deployed.
+
+
+REQUIRED FILES
+--------------
+The directory specified by `confdir` has to contain a valid xymon-configuration
+(`/etc/xymon/`) _plus_ the `ext/`-directory that normally resides in
+`/usr/lib/xymon/server/`.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    __xymon_config --confdir=xymon.example.com
+    # this will replace /etc/xymon/ on the target host with
+    # the contents from __xymon_config/files/xymon.example.com/
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+:strong:`cdist__xymon_server`\ (7), :strong:`xymon`\ (7)
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de>
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert. You can redistribute it
+and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/manifest
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb1bce54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert (tom at it-eckert.de)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+confdir=$(cat "$__object/parameter/confdir")
+
+__rsync /etc/xymon/ \
+	--source "$__type/files/$confdir/" \
+	--rsync-opts "delete"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/parameter/required b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/parameter/required
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43222f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/parameter/required
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+confdir
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/singleton b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_config/singleton
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/gencode-remote
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0770e319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/gencode-remote
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert (tom at it-eckert.de)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## "move" user-modified dirs to /etc/xymon to be managed by __xymon_config:
+cat <<-EOT
+	if [ ! -L /usr/lib/xymon/server/ext ]; then
+		mv /usr/lib/xymon/server/ext /etc/xymon
+		ln -s /etc/xymon/ext /usr/lib/xymon/server/
+	fi	
+EOT
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/man.rst b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/man.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9a180e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/man.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+cdist-type__xymon_server(7)
+===========================
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__xymon_server - Install a Xymon server
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This cdist type installs a Xymon (https://www.xymon.com/) server and (optional)
+required helper packages.
+
+This includes the Xymon client as a dependency, so NO NEED to install
+`__xymon_client` separately.
+
+To access the webinterface a webserver is required.  The cdist-type
+`__xymon_apache` can be used to install and configure the apache webserver for
+the use with Xymon.
+
+Further and day-to-day configuration of Xymon can either be done manually in
+`/etc/xymon/` or the directory can be deployed and managed by `__xymon_config`.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None.
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+state
+    'present', 'absent', defaults to 'present'. If '--install_helpers' is
+    specified for 'absent' the helper packages will be un-installed.
+
+
+BOOLEAN PARAMETERS
+------------------
+install_helpers
+    Install helper packages used by Xymon (fping, heirloom-mailx, traceroute,
+    ntpdate).
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    # minmal
+    __xymon_server
+
+    # the same
+    __xymon_server --state present
+
+    # also install helper packages:
+    __xymon_server --install_helpers
+
+    # examples to give a more complete picture: __xymon_server installed on
+    # `xymon.example.com` w/ IP 192.168.1.1:
+    #
+    # install webserver and grant 2 private subnets access to the webinterface:
+    __xymon_apache --ipacl "192.168.0.0/16 10.0.0.0/8"
+    # deploy server-configuration with __xymon_config:
+    __xymon_config --confdir=xymon.example.com
+
+    # install xymon-client on other machines (not needed on the server):
+    __xymon_client --servers "192.168.1.1"
+
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+:strong:`cdist__xymon_apache`\ (7), :strong:`cdist__xymon_config`\ (7),
+:strong:`cdist__xymon_client`\ (7), :strong:`xymon`\ (7)
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de>
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert. You can redistribute it
+and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/manifest b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/manifest
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..7cee0d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2018-2019 Thomas Eckert (tom at it-eckert.de)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+state=$(cat "$__object/parameter/state")
+if [ -f "$__object/parameter/install_helpers" ]; then
+	install_helpers=1
+else
+	install_helpers=0
+fi
+
+os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
+case "$os" in
+	debian|ubuntu)
+		:
+	;;
+	*)
+		echo "Your operating system ($os) is currently not supported by this type (${__type##*/})." >&2
+		echo "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can." >&2
+		exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+__package xymon --state "$state"
+
+## install helper-packages/tools used by the xymon server if requested:
+if [ "$install_helpers" = "1" ]; then
+	__package fping --state "$state"
+	__package heirloom-mailx --state "$state"
+	__package traceroute --state "$state"
+	__package ntpdate --state "$state"
+fi
+
+## CLI-usage often requires a shell:
+require="__package/xymon" __user xymon --shell "/bin/bash" --state "$state"
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/parameter/boolean b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/parameter/boolean
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56ebcb2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/parameter/boolean
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+install_helpers
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/parameter/default/state b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/parameter/default/state
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7f6134f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/parameter/default/state
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+present
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/parameter/optional b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/parameter/optional
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff72b5c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/parameter/optional
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+state
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/singleton b/cdist/conf/type/__xymon_server/singleton
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b