diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d4b94d0..e6203a1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -621,6 +621,7 @@
 
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
+LIBEXECDIR
 DATADIR
 CFGDIR
 PSQL_CONFIG
@@ -4564,6 +4565,30 @@
 
 
 
+
+libexec_dir=`echo $libexecdir | grep prefix`
+
+if test -n "$libexec_dir"; then
+    if test "$prefix" = "NONE"
+    then
+        libexec_dir="$ac_default_prefix/libexec"
+    else
+        libexec_dir="$prefix/libexec"
+    fi
+else
+    libexec_dir="$libexecdir"
+fi
+
+LIBEXECDIR=$libexec_dir
+
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define LIBEXECDIR "$libexec_dir"
+_ACEOF
+
+
+
+
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 #define VIRUS_TEMPLATE "$my_prefix/share/clapf/template.virus"
 _ACEOF
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index baba848..81c5363 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -310,6 +310,27 @@
 AC_SUBST(DATADIR)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DATADIR,"$data_dir",[where to look for the data files])
 
+
+dnl configure libexec directory
+
+libexec_dir=`echo $libexecdir | grep prefix`
+
+if test -n "$libexec_dir"; then
+    if test "$prefix" = "NONE"
+    then
+        libexec_dir="$ac_default_prefix/libexec"
+    else
+        libexec_dir="$prefix/libexec"
+    fi
+else
+    libexec_dir="$libexecdir"
+fi
+
+LIBEXECDIR=$libexec_dir
+AC_SUBST(LIBEXECDIR)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(LIBEXECDIR,"$libexec_dir",[where to look for the piler helpers])
+
+
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(VIRUS_TEMPLATE, "$my_prefix/share/clapf/template.virus", [where the virus template is])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ZOMBIE_NET_REGEX, "$my_prefix/share/clapf/zombienets.regex", [where the virus template is])
 
diff --git a/init.d/Makefile.in b/init.d/Makefile.in
index 6083465..560f5eb 100644
--- a/init.d/Makefile.in
+++ b/init.d/Makefile.in
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 
 install:
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/rc.piler $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/rc.piler
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/rc.searchd $(DESTDIR)/etc/init.d/rc.searchd
 
 clean:
 	rm -f rc.piler rc.pilergetd rc.searchd
diff --git a/util/Makefile.in b/util/Makefile.in
index 48fa53a..0f54b72 100644
--- a/util/Makefile.in
+++ b/util/Makefile.in
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 
 all:
+	sed -e "s%BINDIR%$(bindir)%" -e "s%__SYSCONFDIR%$(sysconfdir)%" -e "s%__LOCALSTATEDIR%$($localstatedir)%" -e "s%__LIBEXECDIR%$($libexecdir)%" $(srcdir)/postinstall.sh.in > $(srcdir)/postinstall.sh
+
 
 install:
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/daily-report.php $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/indexer.delta.sh $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/indexer.main.sh $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/import.sh $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(srcdir)/postinstall.sh $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)/piler
 
 clean:
 
diff --git a/util/postinstall.sh b/util/postinstall.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fb66550..0000000
--- a/util/postinstall.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,293 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-
-INDEXER=`which indexer 2>/dev/null`
-SEARCHD=`which searchd 2>/dev/null`
-CRON_ORIG="/tmp/crontab.piler.orig"
-CRON_TMP="/tmp/crontab.piler"
-PILERCONF_TMP="/tmp/config.piler.88"
-
-. ./util/utilfunc.sh
-
-
-preinstall_check() {
-   check_user root
-
-   if [ "x$INDEXER" = "x" ]; then "ERROR: cannot find sphinx indexer"; echo ""; exit ; fi
-
-   if [ "x$SEARCHD" = "x" ]; then "ERROR: cannot find sphinx searchd"; echo ""; exit 0; fi
-
-   if [ -f $KEYFILE ]; then echo "ERROR: found existing keyfile ($KEYFILE), aborting install"; echo ""; exit 0; fi
-}
-
-
-gather_webserver_data() {
-   askNonBlank "Please enter the path of your documentroot" "$DOCROOT"
-   DOCROOT=$response
-
-   if [ -d $DOCROOT ]; then echo "ERROR: vhost docroot should NOT exist, abroting install"; echo ""; exit 0; fi
-
-   askNonBlank "Please enter the webserver groupname" "$WWWGROUP"
-   WWWGROUP=$response
-}
-
-
-gather_mysql_account() {
-
-   askNonBlank "Please enter mysql hostname" "$MYSQL_HOSTNAME"
-   MYSQL_HOSTNAME=$response
-
-   askNonBlank "Please enter mysql database" "$MYSQL_DATABASE"
-   MYSQL_DATABASE=$response
-
-   askNonBlank "Please enter mysql user name" "$MYSQL_USERNAME"
-   MYSQL_USERNAME=$response
-
-   askNonBlankNoEcho "Please enter mysql password for $MYSQL_USERNAME" ""
-   MYSQL_PASSWORD=$response
-
-   askNonBlankNoEcho "Please enter mysql root password" ""
-   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=$response
-
-   s=`echo "use information_schema; select TABLE_NAME from TABLES where TABLE_SCHEMA='$MYSQL_DATABASE'" | mysql -h $MYSQL_HOSTNAME -u root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD`
-   if [ $? -eq 0 ];
-   then
-      echo "mysql connection successful"; echo;
-      if [ `echo $s | grep -c metadata` -eq 1 ]; then echo "ERROR: Detected metadata table in $MYSQL_DATABASE. Aborting"; exit 0; fi
-   else
-      echo "ERROR: failed to connect to mysql";
-      gather_mysql_account
-   fi
-
-}
-
-
-gather_sphinx_data() {
-
-   if [ $INDEXER = "/usr/bin/indexer" ]; then SPHINXCFG="/etc/sphinx.conf"; fi
-
-   askNonBlank "Please enter the path of sphinx.conf" "$SPHINXCFG"
-   SPHINXCFG=$response
-}
-
-
-gather_smtp_relay_data() {
-   ask "Please enter smtp relay" "$SMARTHOST"
-   SMARTHOST=$response
-
-   ask "Please enter smtp relay port" "$SMARTHOST_PORT"
-   SMARTHOST_PORT=$response
-}
-
-
-make_cron_entries() {
-
-   crontab -u $PILERUSER -l > $CRON_ORIG
-
-   grep PILERSTART $CRON_ORIG > /dev/null 2>&1
-   if [ $? != 0 ]; then
-      cat /dev/null > $CRON_ORIG
-   fi
-
-   grep PILEREND $CRON_ORIG > /dev/null 2>&1
-   if [ $? != 0 ]; then
-      cat /dev/null > $CRON_ORIG
-   fi
-
-
-   rm -f $CRON_TMP
-
-   echo ""
-   echo "### PILERSTART" >> $CRON_TMP
-   echo "*/5 * * * * LC_ALL=C mpstat | tail -1 | awk '{print \$11}' > $LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/stat/cpu.stat" >> $CRON_TMP
-
-   echo "5,35 * * * * $LIBEXECDIR/piler/indexer.delta.sh" >> $CRON_TMP
-   echo "30   2 * * * $LIBEXECDIR/piler/indexer.main.sh" >> $CRON_TMP
-   echo "*/15 * * * * $INDEXER --quiet tag1 --rotate" >> $CRON_TMP
-   echo "*/15 * * * * $INDEXER --quiet note1 --rotate" >> $CRON_TMP
-   echo "30   6 * * * /usr/bin/php $LIBEXECDIR/piler/generate_stats.php $DOCROOT" >> $CRON_TMP
-
-   echo "### PILEREND" >> $CRON_TMP
-}
-
-
-make_new_key() {
-   dd if=/dev/urandom bs=56 count=1 of=$KEYTMPFILE 2>/dev/null
-
-   if [ `stat -c '%s' $KEYTMPFILE` -ne 56 ]; then echo "could not read 56 bytes from /dev/urandom to $KEYTMPFILE"; exit 1; fi
-}
-
-
-show_summary() {
-   echo
-   echo
-   echo "INSTALLATION SUMMARY:"
-   echo
-
-   echo "piler user: $PILERUSER"
-   echo "keyfile: $KEYFILE"
-   echo
-
-   echo "mysql host: $MYSQL_HOSTNAME"
-   echo "mysql database: $MYSQL_DATABASE"
-   echo "mysql username: $MYSQL_USERNAME"
-   echo "mysql password: *******"
-   echo
-
-   echo "sphinx indexer: $INDEXER"
-   echo "sphinx config file: $SPHINXCFG"
-   echo
-
-   echo "vhost docroot: $DOCROOT"
-   echo "www group: $WWWGROUP"
-   echo
-
-   echo "smtp relay host: $SMARTHOST"
-   echo "smtp relay port: $SMARTHOST_PORT"
-   echo
-
-   echo "piler crontab:"
-   cat $CRON_TMP
-   echo; echo;
-
-   askYN "Correct? [Y/N]" "N"
-   if [ $response != "yes" ]; then
-      echo "Aborted."
-      exit
-   fi
-
-}
-
-
-execute_post_install_tasks() {
-
-   askYN "Continue and modify system? [Y/N]" "N"
-   if [ $response != "yes" ]; then
-      echo "Aborted."
-      exit
-   fi
-
-   echo;
-   echo -n "Creating mysql database... ";
-   sed -e "s%MYSQL_HOSTNAME%$MYSQL_HOSTNAMEg%" -e "s%MYSQL_DATABASE%$MYSQL_DATABASE%g" -e "s%MYSQL_USERNAME%$MYSQL_USERNAME%g" -e "s%MYSQL_PASSWORD%$MYSQL_PASSWORD%g" util/db-mysql-root.sql.in | mysql -h $MYSQL_HOSTNAME -u root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
-   mysql -h $MYSQL_HOSTNAME -u $MYSQL_USERNAME --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < util/db-mysql.sql
-   echo "Done."
-
-   echo -n "Overwriting sphinx configuration... ";
-   sed -e "s%MYSQL_HOSTNAME%$MYSQL_HOSTNAME%" -e "s%MYSQL_DATABASE%$MYSQL_DATABASE%" -e "s%MYSQL_USERNAME%$MYSQL_USERNAME%" -e "s%MYSQL_PASSWORD%$MYSQL_PASSWORD%" etc/sphinx.conf.in > etc/sphinx.conf
-   cp etc/sphinx.conf $SPHINXCFG
-   echo "Done."
-
-   echo -n "Initializing sphinx indices... ";
-   su $PILERUSER -c "indexer --all"
-   echo "Done."
-
-
-   echo -n "installing cron entries for $PILERUSER... "
-   crontab -u $PILERUSER $CRON_TMP
-   echo "Done."
-
-
-   echo -n "installing keyfile ($KEYTMPFILE) to $KEYFILE... "
-   cp $KEYTMPFILE $KEYFILE
-   chgrp $PILERUSER $KEYFILE
-   chmod 640 $KEYFILE
-   rm -f $KEYTMPFILE
-   echo "Done."
-
-   sed "s/mysqlpwd=verystrongpassword/mysqlpwd=$MYSQL_PASSWORD/" $SYSCONFDIR/piler.conf > $PILERCONF_TMP
-   cat $PILERCONF_TMP > $SYSCONFDIR/piler.conf
-   rm -f $PILERCONF_TMP
-
-   chmod 755 $LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/stat
-
-   echo -n "Copying www files to $DOCROOT... "
-   mkdir -p $DOCROOT || exit 1
-
-   cp -R webui/* $DOCROOT
-   cp -R webui/.htaccess $DOCROOT
-   chmod 770 $DOCROOT/tmp $DOCROOT/images
-   chgrp $WWWGROUP $DOCROOT/tmp
-
-   echo "<?php" > $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo "\$config['SITE_NAME'] = '$HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['SITE_URL'] = 'http://$HOSTNAME/';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['DIR_BASE'] = '$DOCROOT/';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo "\$config['ENABLE_SYSLOG'] = 1;" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo "\$config['SMTP_DOMAIN'] = '$HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['SMTP_FROMADDR'] = 'no-reply@$HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['ADMIN_EMAIL'] = 'admin@$HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo "\$config['DB_DRIVER'] = 'mysql';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['DB_PREFIX'] = '';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['DB_HOSTNAME'] = '$MYSQL_HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['DB_USERNAME'] = '$MYSQL_USERNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['DB_PASSWORD'] = '$MYSQL_PASSWORD';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['DB_DATABASE'] = '$MYSQL_DATABASE';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo "\$config['SMARTHOST'] = '$SMARTHOST';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-   echo "\$config['SMARTHOST_PORT'] = $SMARTHOST_PORT;" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo "?>" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
-
-   echo "Done."
-
-}
-
-
-clean_up_temp_stuff() {
-   rm -f $CRON_TMP
-
-   echo; echo "Done post installation tasks."; echo
-}
-
-
-load_default_values
-
-
-if [ $# -ne 5 ]; then usage; fi
-
-PILERUSER=$1
-PILERGROUP=$2
-SYSCONFDIR=$3
-LOCALSTATEDIR=$4
-LIBEXECDIR=$5
-
-#LOGFILE="/tmp/piler-install.log.$$"
-#touch $LOGFILE
-#chmod 600 $LOGFILE
-
-preinstall_check
-
-display_install_intro
-
-gather_webserver_data
-gather_mysql_account
-gather_sphinx_data
-gather_smtp_relay_data
-
-
-make_cron_entries
-make_new_key
-
-show_summary
-
-execute_post_install_tasks
-
-clean_up_temp_stuff
-
-
diff --git a/util/postinstall.sh.in b/util/postinstall.sh.in
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0056dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/postinstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,447 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+
+INDEXER=`which indexer 2>/dev/null`
+SEARCHD=`which searchd 2>/dev/null`
+CRON_ORIG="/tmp/crontab.piler.orig"
+CRON_TMP="/tmp/crontab.piler"
+PILERCONF_TMP="/tmp/config.piler.88"
+
+
+load_default_values() {
+   PILERUSER="piler"
+   PILERGROUP="piler"
+   SYSCONFDIR=__SYSCONFDIR
+   LOCALSTATEDIR=__LOCALSTATEDIR
+   LIBEXECDIR=__LIBEXECDIR
+
+   KEYTMPFILE="piler.key"
+   KEYFILE="$SYSCONFDIR/piler.key"
+
+   HOSTNAME=`hostname --fqdn`
+
+   MYSQL_HOSTNAME="localhost"
+   MYSQL_DATABASE="piler"
+   MYSQL_USERNAME="piler"
+   MYSQL_PASSWORD=""
+   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=""
+
+   SPHINXCFG="/usr/local/etc/sphinx.conf"
+
+   WWWGROUP="apache"
+   DOCROOT="/var/www/$HOSTNAME"
+
+   SMARTHOST=""
+   SMARTHOST_PORT=25
+
+   SSL_CERT_DATA="/C=US/ST=Denial/L=Springfield/O=Dis/CN=www.example.com"
+}
+
+
+make_certificate() {
+   if [ ! -f $SYSCONFDIR/piler.pem ]; then
+      echo -n "Making an ssl certificate ... "
+      openssl req -new -newkey rsa:4096 -days 3650 -nodes -x509 -subj "$SSL_CERT_DATA" -keyout $SYSCONFDIR/piler.pem -out 1.cert
+      cat 1.cert >> $SYSCONFDIR/piler.pem
+      chmod 600 $SYSCONFDIR/piler.pem
+      rm 1.cert
+   fi
+}
+
+
+display_install_intro() {
+  echo ""
+  echo ""
+  echo "This is the postinstall utility for piler"
+  echo "It should be run only at the first install. DO NOT run on an existing piler installation!"
+  echo ""
+
+  askYN "Continue? [Y/N]" "N"
+  if [ $response != "yes" ]; then
+     echo "Aborted."
+     exit
+  fi
+
+  echo ""
+}
+
+
+check_user() {
+   user=$1
+
+   if [ x`whoami` != x$user ]; then echo "ERROR: postinstaller must be run as $user user"; exit 1; fi
+}
+
+
+isFQDN() {
+  # we need min. 2 dots
+  if [ x"$1" = "xdogfood" ]; then
+    echo 1
+    return
+  fi
+
+  if [ x"$1" = "x" ]; then
+    echo 0
+    return
+  fi
+
+  NF=`echo $1 | awk -F. '{print NF}'`
+  if [ $NF -ge 2 ]; then 
+    echo 1
+  else 
+    echo 0
+  fi
+}
+
+
+ask() {
+  PROMPT=$1
+  DEFAULT=$2
+
+  echo ""
+  echo -n "$PROMPT [$DEFAULT] "
+  read response
+
+  if [ -z $response ]; then
+    response=$DEFAULT
+  fi
+}
+
+
+askNonBlankNoEcho() {
+  PROMPT=$1
+  DEFAULT=$2
+
+  while [ 1 ]; do
+    stty -echo
+    ask "$PROMPT" "$DEFAULT"
+    stty echo
+    echo ""
+    if [ ! -z $response ]; then
+      break
+    fi
+    echo "A non-blank answer is required"
+  done
+}
+
+
+askNonBlank() {
+  PROMPT=$1
+  DEFAULT=$2
+
+  while [ 1 ]; do
+    ask "$PROMPT" "$DEFAULT"
+    if [ ! -z $response ]; then
+      break
+    fi
+    echo "A non-blank answer is required"
+  done
+}
+
+
+askYN() {
+  PROMPT=$1
+  DEFAULT=$2
+
+  if [ "x$DEFAULT" = "xyes" -o "x$DEFAULT" = "xYes" -o "x$DEFAULT" = "xy" -o "x$DEFAULT" = "xY" ]; then
+    DEFAULT="Y"
+  else
+    DEFAULT="N"
+  fi
+  
+  while [ 1 ]; do
+    ask "$PROMPT" "$DEFAULT"
+    response=$(perl -e "print lc(\"$response\");")
+    if [ -z $response ]; then
+      :
+    else
+      if [ $response = "yes" -o $response = "y" ]; then
+        response="yes"
+        break
+      else 
+        if [ $response = "no" -o $response = "n" ]; then
+          response="no"
+          break
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+    echo "A Yes/No answer is required"
+  done
+}
+
+
+preinstall_check() {
+   check_user root
+
+   if [ "x$INDEXER" = "x" ]; then "ERROR: cannot find sphinx indexer"; echo ""; exit ; fi
+
+   if [ "x$SEARCHD" = "x" ]; then "ERROR: cannot find sphinx searchd"; echo ""; exit 0; fi
+
+   if [ -f $KEYFILE ]; then echo "ERROR: found existing keyfile ($KEYFILE), aborting install"; echo ""; exit 0; fi
+}
+
+
+gather_webserver_data() {
+   askNonBlank "Please enter the path of your documentroot" "$DOCROOT"
+   DOCROOT=$response
+
+   if [ -d $DOCROOT ]; then echo "ERROR: vhost docroot should NOT exist, abroting install"; echo ""; exit 0; fi
+
+   askNonBlank "Please enter the webserver groupname" "$WWWGROUP"
+   WWWGROUP=$response
+}
+
+
+gather_mysql_account() {
+
+   askNonBlank "Please enter mysql hostname" "$MYSQL_HOSTNAME"
+   MYSQL_HOSTNAME=$response
+
+   askNonBlank "Please enter mysql database" "$MYSQL_DATABASE"
+   MYSQL_DATABASE=$response
+
+   askNonBlank "Please enter mysql user name" "$MYSQL_USERNAME"
+   MYSQL_USERNAME=$response
+
+   askNonBlankNoEcho "Please enter mysql password for $MYSQL_USERNAME" ""
+   MYSQL_PASSWORD=$response
+
+   askNonBlankNoEcho "Please enter mysql root password" ""
+   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=$response
+
+   s=`echo "use information_schema; select TABLE_NAME from TABLES where TABLE_SCHEMA='$MYSQL_DATABASE'" | mysql -h $MYSQL_HOSTNAME -u root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD`
+   if [ $? -eq 0 ];
+   then
+      echo "mysql connection successful"; echo;
+      if [ `echo $s | grep -c metadata` -eq 1 ]; then echo "ERROR: Detected metadata table in $MYSQL_DATABASE. Aborting"; exit 0; fi
+   else
+      echo "ERROR: failed to connect to mysql";
+      gather_mysql_account
+   fi
+
+}
+
+
+gather_sphinx_data() {
+
+   if [ $INDEXER = "/usr/bin/indexer" ]; then SPHINXCFG="/etc/sphinx.conf"; fi
+
+   askNonBlank "Please enter the path of sphinx.conf" "$SPHINXCFG"
+   SPHINXCFG=$response
+}
+
+
+gather_smtp_relay_data() {
+   ask "Please enter smtp relay" "$SMARTHOST"
+   SMARTHOST=$response
+
+   ask "Please enter smtp relay port" "$SMARTHOST_PORT"
+   SMARTHOST_PORT=$response
+}
+
+
+make_cron_entries() {
+
+   crontab -u $PILERUSER -l > $CRON_ORIG
+
+   grep PILERSTART $CRON_ORIG > /dev/null 2>&1
+   if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+      cat /dev/null > $CRON_ORIG
+   fi
+
+   grep PILEREND $CRON_ORIG > /dev/null 2>&1
+   if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+      cat /dev/null > $CRON_ORIG
+   fi
+
+
+   rm -f $CRON_TMP
+
+   echo ""
+   echo "### PILERSTART" >> $CRON_TMP
+   echo "*/5 * * * * LC_ALL=C mpstat | tail -1 | awk '{print \$11}' > $LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/stat/cpu.stat" >> $CRON_TMP
+
+   echo "5,35 * * * * $LIBEXECDIR/piler/indexer.delta.sh" >> $CRON_TMP
+   echo "30   2 * * * $LIBEXECDIR/piler/indexer.main.sh" >> $CRON_TMP
+   echo "*/15 * * * * $INDEXER --quiet tag1 --rotate" >> $CRON_TMP
+   echo "*/15 * * * * $INDEXER --quiet note1 --rotate" >> $CRON_TMP
+   echo "30   6 * * * /usr/bin/php $LIBEXECDIR/piler/generate_stats.php $DOCROOT" >> $CRON_TMP
+
+   echo "### PILEREND" >> $CRON_TMP
+}
+
+
+make_new_key() {
+   dd if=/dev/urandom bs=56 count=1 of=$KEYTMPFILE 2>/dev/null
+
+   if [ `stat -c '%s' $KEYTMPFILE` -ne 56 ]; then echo "could not read 56 bytes from /dev/urandom to $KEYTMPFILE"; exit 1; fi
+}
+
+
+show_summary() {
+   echo
+   echo
+   echo "INSTALLATION SUMMARY:"
+   echo
+
+   echo "piler user: $PILERUSER"
+   echo "keyfile: $KEYFILE"
+   echo
+
+   echo "mysql host: $MYSQL_HOSTNAME"
+   echo "mysql database: $MYSQL_DATABASE"
+   echo "mysql username: $MYSQL_USERNAME"
+   echo "mysql password: *******"
+   echo
+
+   echo "sphinx indexer: $INDEXER"
+   echo "sphinx config file: $SPHINXCFG"
+   echo
+
+   echo "vhost docroot: $DOCROOT"
+   echo "www group: $WWWGROUP"
+   echo
+
+   echo "smtp relay host: $SMARTHOST"
+   echo "smtp relay port: $SMARTHOST_PORT"
+   echo
+
+   echo "piler crontab:"
+   cat $CRON_TMP
+   echo; echo;
+
+   askYN "Correct? [Y/N]" "N"
+   if [ $response != "yes" ]; then
+      echo "Aborted."
+      exit
+   fi
+
+}
+
+
+execute_post_install_tasks() {
+
+   askYN "Continue and modify system? [Y/N]" "N"
+   if [ $response != "yes" ]; then
+      echo "Aborted."
+      exit
+   fi
+
+   echo;
+   echo -n "Creating mysql database... ";
+   sed -e "s%MYSQL_HOSTNAME%$MYSQL_HOSTNAMEg%" -e "s%MYSQL_DATABASE%$MYSQL_DATABASE%g" -e "s%MYSQL_USERNAME%$MYSQL_USERNAME%g" -e "s%MYSQL_PASSWORD%$MYSQL_PASSWORD%g" util/db-mysql-root.sql.in | mysql -h $MYSQL_HOSTNAME -u root --password=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
+   mysql -h $MYSQL_HOSTNAME -u $MYSQL_USERNAME --password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD $MYSQL_DATABASE < util/db-mysql.sql
+   echo "Done."
+
+   echo -n "Overwriting sphinx configuration... ";
+   sed -e "s%MYSQL_HOSTNAME%$MYSQL_HOSTNAME%" -e "s%MYSQL_DATABASE%$MYSQL_DATABASE%" -e "s%MYSQL_USERNAME%$MYSQL_USERNAME%" -e "s%MYSQL_PASSWORD%$MYSQL_PASSWORD%" etc/sphinx.conf.in > etc/sphinx.conf
+   cp etc/sphinx.conf $SPHINXCFG
+   echo "Done."
+
+   echo -n "Initializing sphinx indices... ";
+   su $PILERUSER -c "indexer --all"
+   echo "Done."
+
+
+   echo -n "installing cron entries for $PILERUSER... "
+   crontab -u $PILERUSER $CRON_TMP
+   echo "Done."
+
+
+   echo -n "installing keyfile ($KEYTMPFILE) to $KEYFILE... "
+   cp $KEYTMPFILE $KEYFILE
+   chgrp $PILERUSER $KEYFILE
+   chmod 640 $KEYFILE
+   rm -f $KEYTMPFILE
+   echo "Done."
+
+   make_certificate
+
+   sed "s/mysqlpwd=verystrongpassword/mysqlpwd=$MYSQL_PASSWORD/" $SYSCONFDIR/piler.conf > $PILERCONF_TMP
+   cat $PILERCONF_TMP > $SYSCONFDIR/piler.conf
+   rm -f $PILERCONF_TMP
+
+   chmod 755 $LOCALSTATEDIR/piler/stat
+
+   echo -n "Copying www files to $DOCROOT... "
+   mkdir -p $DOCROOT || exit 1
+
+   cp -R webui/* $DOCROOT
+   cp -R webui/.htaccess $DOCROOT
+   chmod 770 $DOCROOT/tmp $DOCROOT/images
+   chgrp $WWWGROUP $DOCROOT/tmp
+
+   echo "<?php" > $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo "\$config['SITE_NAME'] = '$HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['SITE_URL'] = 'http://$HOSTNAME/';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['DIR_BASE'] = '$DOCROOT/';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo "\$config['ENABLE_SYSLOG'] = 1;" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo "\$config['SMTP_DOMAIN'] = '$HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['SMTP_FROMADDR'] = 'no-reply@$HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['ADMIN_EMAIL'] = 'admin@$HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo "\$config['DB_DRIVER'] = 'mysql';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['DB_PREFIX'] = '';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['DB_HOSTNAME'] = '$MYSQL_HOSTNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['DB_USERNAME'] = '$MYSQL_USERNAME';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['DB_PASSWORD'] = '$MYSQL_PASSWORD';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['DB_DATABASE'] = '$MYSQL_DATABASE';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo "\$config['SMARTHOST'] = '$SMARTHOST';" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+   echo "\$config['SMARTHOST_PORT'] = $SMARTHOST_PORT;" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo "?>" >> $DOCROOT/config-site.php
+
+   echo "Done."
+
+}
+
+
+clean_up_temp_stuff() {
+   rm -f $CRON_TMP
+
+   echo; echo "Done post installation tasks."; echo
+}
+
+
+load_default_values
+
+
+#LOGFILE="/tmp/piler-install.log.$$"
+#touch $LOGFILE
+#chmod 600 $LOGFILE
+
+preinstall_check
+
+display_install_intro
+
+gather_webserver_data
+gather_mysql_account
+gather_sphinx_data
+gather_smtp_relay_data
+
+
+make_cron_entries
+make_new_key
+
+show_summary
+
+execute_post_install_tasks
+
+clean_up_temp_stuff
+
+
diff --git a/util/utilfunc.sh b/util/utilfunc.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bfe7a8..0000000
--- a/util/utilfunc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,155 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-
-usage() {
-   echo "usage: $0 <username> <group> <sysconfdir> <localstatedir> <libexecdir>";
-   exit 1;
-}
-
-
-load_default_values() {
-   PILERUSER="piler"
-   SYSCONFDIR="/usr/local/etc"
-   LOCALSTATEDIR="/var"
-   LIBEXECDIR="/usr/local/libexec"
-
-   KEYTMPFILE="piler.key"
-   KEYFILE="$SYSCONFDIR/piler.key"
-
-   HOSTNAME=`hostname --fqdn`
-
-   MYSQL_HOSTNAME="localhost"
-   MYSQL_DATABASE="piler"
-   MYSQL_USERNAME="piler"
-   MYSQL_PASSWORD=""
-   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=""
-
-   SPHINXCFG="/usr/local/etc/sphinx.conf"
-
-   WWWGROUP="apache"
-   DOCROOT="/var/www/$HOSTNAME"
-
-   SMARTHOST=""
-   SMARTHOST_PORT=25
-}
-
-
-display_install_intro() {
-  echo ""
-  echo ""
-  echo "This is the postinstall utility for piler"
-  echo "It should be run only at the first install. DO NOT run on an existing piler installation!"
-  echo ""
-
-  askYN "Continue? [Y/N]" "N"
-  if [ $response != "yes" ]; then
-     echo "Aborted."
-     exit
-  fi
-
-  echo ""
-}
-
-
-check_user() {
-   user=$1
-
-   if [ x`whoami` != x$user ]; then echo "ERROR: postinstaller must be run as $user user"; exit 1; fi
-}
-
-
-isFQDN() {
-  # we need min. 2 dots
-  if [ x"$1" = "xdogfood" ]; then
-    echo 1
-    return
-  fi
-
-  if [ x"$1" = "x" ]; then
-    echo 0
-    return
-  fi
-
-  NF=`echo $1 | awk -F. '{print NF}'`
-  if [ $NF -ge 2 ]; then 
-    echo 1
-  else 
-    echo 0
-  fi
-}
-
-
-ask() {
-  PROMPT=$1
-  DEFAULT=$2
-
-  echo ""
-  echo -n "$PROMPT [$DEFAULT] "
-  read response
-
-  if [ -z $response ]; then
-    response=$DEFAULT
-  fi
-}
-
-
-askNonBlankNoEcho() {
-  PROMPT=$1
-  DEFAULT=$2
-
-  while [ 1 ]; do
-    stty -echo
-    ask "$PROMPT" "$DEFAULT"
-    stty echo
-    echo ""
-    if [ ! -z $response ]; then
-      break
-    fi
-    echo "A non-blank answer is required"
-  done
-}
-
-askNonBlank() {
-  PROMPT=$1
-  DEFAULT=$2
-
-  while [ 1 ]; do
-    ask "$PROMPT" "$DEFAULT"
-    if [ ! -z $response ]; then
-      break
-    fi
-    echo "A non-blank answer is required"
-  done
-}
-
-askYN() {
-  PROMPT=$1
-  DEFAULT=$2
-
-  if [ "x$DEFAULT" = "xyes" -o "x$DEFAULT" = "xYes" -o "x$DEFAULT" = "xy" -o "x$DEFAULT" = "xY" ]; then
-    DEFAULT="Y"
-  else
-    DEFAULT="N"
-  fi
-  
-  while [ 1 ]; do
-    ask "$PROMPT" "$DEFAULT"
-    response=$(perl -e "print lc(\"$response\");")
-    if [ -z $response ]; then
-      :
-    else
-      if [ $response = "yes" -o $response = "y" ]; then
-        response="yes"
-        break
-      else 
-        if [ $response = "no" -o $response = "n" ]; then
-          response="no"
-          break
-        fi
-      fi
-    fi
-    echo "A Yes/No answer is required"
-  done
-}
-
-