diff --git a/gvaweb/gvaweb/__init__.py b/gvaweb/gvaweb/__init__.py
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diff --git a/gvaweb/gvaweb/celery.py b/gvaweb/gvaweb/celery.py
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+"""
+This module defines the Celery_ app for gvaweb.
+
+.. _Celery: http://www.celeryproject.org/
+
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from celery import Celery
+
+#: The Celery application
+app = Celery('gvaweb')
+
+app.config_from_object('gvaweb.settings')
+app.autodiscover_tasks(['webtasks'], force=True)
diff --git a/gvaweb/gvaweb/settings.py b/gvaweb/gvaweb/settings.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# pymode:lint_ignore=E501
+"""
+Common settings and globals.
+
+"""
+
+from os import environ
+
+
+def get_env_setting(setting):
+    """
+    Get the environment setting or return exception.
+
+    :param str setting: name of an environment setting
+    :raises ImproperlyConfigured: if the environment setting is not defined
+    :return: environment setting value
+    :rtype: str
+    """
+    try:
+        return environ[setting]
+    except KeyError:
+        error_msg = "Set the %s env variable" % setting
+        raise AssertionError(error_msg)
+
+
+########## CELERY CONFIGURATION
+CELERY_TIMEZONE = 'Europe/Berlin'
+CELERY_ENABLE_UTC = True
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'amqp'
+CELERY_RESULT_PERSISTENT = True
+CELERY_TASK_RESULT_EXPIRES = None
+CELERY_ROUTES = (
+    'gvacommon.celeryrouters.GvaRouter',
+)
+CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ['json']
+CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'
+CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = 'json'
+BROKER_URL = get_env_setting('GVAWEB_BROKER_URL')
+########## END CELERY CONFIGURATION
+
+########## GVAWEB CONFIGURATION
+GVAWEB_NGINX_SITES_AVAILABLE = get_env_setting('GVAWEB_NGINX_SITES_AVAILABLE')
+GVAWEB_NGINX_SITES_ENABLED = get_env_setting('GVAWEB_NGINX_SITES_ENABLED')
+GVAWEB_PHPFPM_POOL = get_env_setting('GVAWEB_PHPFPM_POOL')
+GVAWEB_WWWUSER_MOUNT = get_env_setting('GVAWEB_WWWUSER_MOUNT')
+########## END GVAWEB CONFIGURATION
diff --git a/gvaweb/webtasks/__init__.py b/gvaweb/webtasks/__init__.py
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+"""
+This module contains :py:mod:`webtasks.tasks`.
+
+"""
diff --git a/gvaweb/webtasks/tasks.py b/gvaweb/webtasks/tasks.py
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+"""
+This module defines Celery_ tasks to manage website configurations.
+
+"""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import os
+
+from celery import shared_task
+from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
+
+from gvaweb import settings
+
+
+_LOGGER = get_task_logger(__name__)
+
+SUDO_CMD = '/usr/bin/sudo'
+RM_CMD = '/bin/rm'
+LN_CMD = '/bin/ln'
+SERVICE_CMD = '/usr/sbin/service'
+INSTALL_CMD = '/usr/bin/install'
+
+
+def _build_vhost_config_path(sitename):
+    return os.path.join(settings.GVAWEB_NGINX_SITES_AVAILABLE, sitename)
+
+
+def _build_enabled_vhost_path(sitename):
+    return os.path.join(settings.GVAWEB_NGINX_SITES_ENABLED, sitename)
+
+
+def _build_php_fpm_pool_file(username):
+    return os.path.join(settings.GVAWEB_PHPFPM_POOL, "{username}.conf".format(
+        username=username))
+
+
+def _build_document_root_path(sitename, username):
+    return os.path.join(
+        settings.GVAWEB_WWWUSER_MOUNT, username, sitename, 'html')
+
+
+@shared_task
+def create_web_vhost_config(username, sitename):
+    """
+    This task creates a virtual host configuration on an nginx web
+    server.
+
+    :param str username: user who owns the site
+    :param str sitename: site name
+    :return: :py:const:`True` if the creation finished successfully
+    :rtype: boolean
+
+    """
+
+
+@shared_task
+def disable_web_vhost(sitename):
+    """
+    This task disables a virtual host configuration on an nginx web server.
+
+    :param str sitename: site name
+    :return: :py:const:`True` if the virtual host has been disabled
+    :rtype: boolean
+
+    """
+
+
+@shared_task
+def enable_web_vhost(sitename):
+    """
+    This task enables an existing virtual host configuration on an nginx web
+    server.
+
+    :param str sitename: site name
+    :return: :py:const:`True` if the virtual host has been enabled
+    :rtype: boolean
+
+    """
+
+@shared_task
+def delete_web_vhost_config(sitename):
+    """
+    This task removes a virtual host configuration on an nginx web server.
+
+    :param str sitename: site name
+    :return: :py:const:`True` if the configuration has been deleted
+    :rtype: boolean
+
+    """
+
+
+@shared_task
+def create_web_php_fpm_pool_config(username):
+    """
+    This task creates a PHP FPM pool configuration.
+
+    :param str username: user name
+    :return: :py:const:`True` if the creation finished successfully
+    :rtype: boolean
+
+    """
+
+@shared_task
+def delete_web_php_fpm_pool_config(username):
+    """
+    This task deletes a PHP FPM pool configuration.
+
+    :param str username: user name
+    :return: :py:const:`True` if the pool has been deleted
+    :rtype: boolean
+
+    """