diff --git a/config/apache/yms.conf b/config/apache/yms.conf
index 668cb0f..b854538 100644
--- a/config/apache/yms.conf
+++ b/config/apache/yms.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Alias /yms /usr/share/yms/webgui
 
 <Directory /usr/share/yms/webgui>
+    Options FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 
diff --git a/config/nginx/yms.conf b/config/nginx/yms.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bad70fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/nginx/yms.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+location ^~ /yms/ {
+    alias /usr/share/yms/webgui/;
+    index index.php;
+}
+
+location ~ ^/yms/.*\.inc$ {
+    deny all;
+}
+
+location ~ ^/yms/(.+\.php)$ {
+    include fastcgi_params;
+    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/share/yms/webgui/$1;
+    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME /yms/$1;
+    fastcgi_pass unix:@PHP_FPM_SOCKET@;
+}
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 7ac737e..a79453f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Package: yms
 Architecture: all
 Depends:
  mariadb-server,
- httpd,
  python3,
  python3-gi,
  gir1.2-gtk-3.0,
diff --git a/debian/install b/debian/install
index f67e409..04e587f 100644
--- a/debian/install
+++ b/debian/install
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ webgui/js/* usr/share/yms/webgui/js/
 webgui/img/* usr/share/yms/webgui/img/
 webgui/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/yms.mo usr/share/yms/webgui/locale/de_DE/LC_MESSAGES/
 webgui/sailboat.svg usr/share/yms/webgui/
+webgui/config.inc-sample usr/share/yms/
 
 # Shared static data
 shapes/* usr/share/yms/shapes/
diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index a8c1368..e68ff75 100755
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -3,6 +3,28 @@ set -e
 
 . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
 
+detect_webservers()
+{
+    WEB_SERVERS=""
+
+    if dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' apache2 2>/dev/null |
+        grep -q 'install ok installed'; then
+        WEB_SERVERS="$WEB_SERVERS apache2"
+    fi
+
+    if dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' nginx 2>/dev/null |
+        grep -q 'install ok installed'; then
+        WEB_SERVERS="$WEB_SERVERS nginx"
+    fi
+
+    if dpkg-query -W -f='${Status}' lighttpd 2>/dev/null |
+        grep -q 'install ok installed'; then
+        WEB_SERVERS="$WEB_SERVERS lighttpd"
+    fi
+
+    WEB_SERVERS="${WEB_SERVERS# }"
+}
+
 db_get yms/db-name
 DB_NAME="$RET"
 
@@ -30,7 +52,42 @@ fi
 
 db_get yms/webgui
 if [ "$RET" = "true" ]; then
-    # use web gui, depends on available web server
+
+    detect_webservers
+    case "$WEB_SERVERS" in
+    "")
+        echo "No supported webserver installed."
+        ;;
+    apache2)
+        echo "Apache detected."
+        a2enconf yms
+        invoke-rc.d apache2 reload
+        echo "Web GUI for apache2 enabled."
+        ;;
+    nginx)
+        echo "nginx detected."
+        ;;
+    lighttpd)
+        echo "lighttpd detected."
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Multiple webservers detected: $WEB_SERVERS"
+        ;;
+    esac
+
+    if [ ! -f /etc/yms/config.inc ]; then
+        # create initial configuration
+        sed \
+            -e "s|@DB_USERNAME@|$DB_USER|g" \
+            -e "s|@DB_PASSWORD@|$DB_PASSWORD|g" \
+            -e "s|@DB_SCHEMA@|$DB_NAME|g" \
+            /usr/share/yms/config.inc-sample \
+            > /etc/yms/config.inc
+        chmod 0640 /etc/yms/config.inc
+        chown root:www-data /etc/yms/config.inc
+        ln -s /etc/yms/config.inc /usr/share/yms/webgui/config.inc
+    fi
+
 fi
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/webgui/config.inc-sample b/webgui/config.inc-sample
index 6372193..834b23b 100644
--- a/webgui/config.inc-sample
+++ b/webgui/config.inc-sample
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ define('APP_ILLUSTRATION', 'sailboat.svg');
 
 // database connection
 $g_db_host = 'localhost';
-$g_db_username = 'ymsweb';
-$g_db_password = 'changeme!';
-$g_db_schema = 'yms';
+$g_db_username = '@DB_USERNAME@';
+$g_db_password = '@DB_PASSWORD@';
+$g_db_schema = '@DB_SCHEMA@';
 
 // mail settings
 $g_mail_enable      = FALSE;