diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 2edf767..ac8453f 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ac_search_code(query="<stichworte>", project_id=8, session_name=$(printenv ARCHI
 | **UI** | React 19, TypeScript strict, Vite, Ant Design 6, TanStack Query 5 |
 | **DB** | PostgreSQL 16 (Distro-Paket), goose-Migrations in `migrations/` |
 | **State/HA** | KeyDB Active-Active (Redis-kompatibel) |
-| **Proxy/LB** | HAProxy (Distro), nginx (Distro) |
+| **Proxy/LB** | HAProxy (Distro) — TLS-Termination, L7-Routing, LB |
 | **VPN** | WireGuard (Kernel-Modul ab 5.6, `wireguard-tools`) |
 | **DNS** | Unbound (Distro) — Forwarder+Cache mit DNSSEC, Cluster-internes Split-Horizon |
 | **FW** | nftables (Distro) |
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ ac_search_code(query="<stichworte>", project_id=8, session_name=$(printenv ARCHI
 | `edgeguard-scheduler` | Cron-Jobs (ACME-Renew, Backup, Health) | — | `edgeguard` |
 | `edgeguard-ctl` | CLI: `initdb migrate cluster-join promote dump-config` | — | root/edgeguard |
 
-nginx terminiert TLS auf `:443` und proxied an `127.0.0.1:9443`.
+HAProxy terminiert TLS auf `:443`, routet per Host-Header an Backends und fällt für Management-FQDN/ACME-Webroot auf `127.0.0.1:9443` (edgeguard-api) zurück. Die Management-UI wird von edgeguard-api ausgeliefert (statisch aus `/usr/share/edgeguard/ui/` oder embedded).
 
 ---
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ cd management-ui && bun install && bun run build
 
 ```bash
 # Abhängigkeiten installieren
-sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-16 haproxy nginx wireguard-tools squid unbound nftables certbot
+sudo apt-get install -y postgresql-16 haproxy wireguard-tools squid unbound nftables certbot
 
 # API starten (ohne systemd, für Entwicklung)
 go run ./cmd/edgeguard-api/
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ cd management-ui && bun run dev
 │   ├── models/                # GORM-Models
 │   ├── handlers/              # HTTP-Handler (REST)
 │   ├── services/              # Business-Logik
-│   ├── haproxy/               # Config-Generator
-│   ├── nginx/                 # Config-Generator
+│   ├── haproxy/               # Config-Generator (TLS + Routing + LB)
 │   ├── squid/                 # Config-Generator
 │   ├── wireguard/             # Config-Generator
 │   ├── unbound/               # Config-Generator (Forwarder + Cluster-DNS)
@@ -151,8 +150,7 @@ cd management-ui && bun run dev
 ├── packaging/debian/          # control, postinst, postrm, systemd-Units
 ├── deploy/
 │   ├── systemd/               # *.service, *.target, *.timer
-│   ├── haproxy/               # haproxy.cfg.tpl
-│   ├── nginx/                 # vhost.conf.tpl, sni-map.tpl
+│   ├── haproxy/               # (Templates liegen jetzt neben Renderer in internal/<svc>/)
 │   ├── squid/                 # squid.conf.tpl
 │   ├── unbound/               # unbound.conf.tpl
 │   └── nftables/              # ruleset.nft.tpl
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 24942a3..805d367 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ curl -fsSL https://get.edgeguard.netcell-it.de | sudo bash
 
 ## Architektur in Kürze
 
-- **Daten-Services (v1):** HAProxy, nginx, Squid, WireGuard, Unbound, nftables — alle nativ via APT, Configs aus PostgreSQL generiert.
+- **Daten-Services (v1):** HAProxy (TLS-Termination + LB + L7-Routing), Squid, WireGuard, Unbound, nftables — alle nativ via APT, Configs aus PostgreSQL generiert.
 - **Control-Plane:** `edgeguard-api` (Go/Gin), `management-ui` (React/AntD), PostgreSQL 16, KeyDB Active-Active.
 - **Cluster:** N symmetrische Peers, KeyDB AA für Shared State, PG Streaming Replication, Floating-IP des Hosters statt VRRP.
 - **Auslieferung:** signierte `.deb`, Update via `apt`. Update-Trigger via UI/API.
diff --git a/agent.md b/agent.md
index 679a59e..854c77f 100644
--- a/agent.md
+++ b/agent.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Der Architect Center Orchestrator dispatcht mehrere Claude Code Agenten, jeder s
 |-------|-------|-----------------|
 | **DB-Architect** | Datenbankschema, goose-Migrations, GORM-Models | mail-gateway models/ |
 | **API-Engineer** | Gin-Router, alle Handler, Middleware (Auth/JWT/RBAC) | mail-gateway handlers/ |
-| **Config-Generator** | HAProxy, nginx, Squid, WireGuard, Unbound, nftables Templates + Renderer | mail-gateway config/ |
+| **Config-Generator** | HAProxy, Squid, WireGuard, Unbound, nftables Templates + Renderer | mail-gateway config/ |
 | **Cluster-Engineer** | KeyDB AA, PG Streaming Replication, Join/Promote, Write-Proxy | mail-gateway cluster/ |
 | **Scheduler-Engineer** | ACME-Renewal, Backup, Health-Aggregation, License-Heartbeat | mail-gateway scheduler |
 | **CLI-Engineer** | edgeguard-ctl: initdb, migrate, cluster-join, promote, dump-config | mail-gateway cmd/nmg-ctl/ |
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Phase 1 (parallel):
 
 Phase 2 (parallel, braucht Phase 1):
   API-Engineer       → internal/handlers/ + cmd/edgeguard-api/
-  Config-Generator   → internal/{haproxy,nginx,squid,wireguard,unbound,firewall}/
+  Config-Generator   → internal/{haproxy,squid,wireguard,unbound,firewall}/
   CLI-Engineer       → internal/services/ + cmd/edgeguard-ctl/
 
 Phase 3 (parallel, braucht Phase 2):
diff --git a/cmd/edgeguard-api/main.go b/cmd/edgeguard-api/main.go
index 7fc6878..1156533 100644
--- a/cmd/edgeguard-api/main.go
+++ b/cmd/edgeguard-api/main.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Command edgeguard-api serves the management REST API on
-// 127.0.0.1:9443. nginx (or a dev curl) terminates TLS in front of
+// 127.0.0.1:9443. HAProxy (or a dev curl) terminates TLS in front of
 // it; this process is plain HTTP behind that.
 package main
 
diff --git a/cmd/edgeguard-ctl/main.go b/cmd/edgeguard-ctl/main.go
index 2439115..e1fcee5 100644
--- a/cmd/edgeguard-ctl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/edgeguard-ctl/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Commands:
   migrate check                Validate embedded migrations (no DB connect)
   migrate dump [dir]           Write embedded SQL files to dir (default: ./migrations)
   initdb                       Create PostgreSQL role + database (idempotent)
+  render-config                Regenerate haproxy / nftables configs from PG (--no-reload, --only=)
   cluster-join                 Join an existing cluster (Phase 3, not yet implemented)
   promote                      Promote this node's PG to primary (Phase 3, not yet implemented)
   dump-config                  Print effective config (Phase 3, not yet implemented)
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(cmdMigrate(os.Args[2:]))
 	case "initdb":
 		os.Exit(cmdInitDB(os.Args[2:]))
+	case "render-config":
+		os.Exit(cmdRenderConfig(os.Args[2:]))
 	case "cluster-join", "cluster-leave", "promote", "dump-config":
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "edgeguard-ctl: %q is a Phase-3 stub — not yet implemented\n", os.Args[1])
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/cmd/edgeguard-ctl/render.go b/cmd/edgeguard-ctl/render.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f73cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/edgeguard-ctl/render.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/configgen"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/database"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/firewall"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/haproxy"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/services/configorch"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/squid"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/unbound"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/wireguard"
+)
+
+// cmdRenderConfig regenerates every per-service config file from PG
+// state. Used after package install (postinst), after admin
+// mutations (UI button), or as a manual recovery action.
+//
+// Flags:
+//
+//	--no-reload       Write configs but skip systemctl reload.
+//	--only=svc1,svc2  Run only the named generators.
+func cmdRenderConfig(args []string) int {
+	skipReload := false
+	var only []string
+	for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {
+		switch {
+		case args[i] == "--no-reload":
+			skipReload = true
+		case strings.HasPrefix(args[i], "--only="):
+			val := strings.TrimPrefix(args[i], "--only=")
+			only = strings.Split(val, ",")
+		case args[i] == "-h" || args[i] == "--help":
+			fmt.Println("Usage: edgeguard-ctl render-config [--no-reload] [--only=svc1,svc2]")
+			return 0
+		}
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 60*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	pool, err := database.Open(ctx, database.ConnStringFromEnv())
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "render-config: open db:", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	defer pool.Close()
+
+	hap := haproxy.New(pool)
+	fw := firewall.New(pool)
+	sq := squid.New()
+	wg := wireguard.New()
+	ub := unbound.New()
+	if skipReload {
+		hap.SkipReload = true
+		fw.SkipReload = true
+	}
+
+	gens := []configgen.Generator{hap, fw, sq, wg, ub}
+
+	results, runErr := configorch.Run(ctx, gens, only)
+	fmt.Print(configorch.Summarise(results))
+	if runErr != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "render-config aborted:", runErr)
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/deploy/nginx/.gitkeep b/deploy/nginx/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 39db9cd..bb48c10 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EdgeGuard ist die native Neufassung des bisherigen Docker-basierten Reverse-Prox
 
 ## 0. Leitplanken (nicht verhandelbar)
 
-- **Kein Docker.** Alle Dienste nativ unter `systemd`, installiert via `apt`. Distro-Pakete für Drittsoftware (HAProxy, nginx, Squid, WireGuard, Unbound, PostgreSQL, KeyDB, certbot), eigene `.deb`-Pakete für EdgeGuard-Code (api, ui, ctl).
+- **Kein Docker.** Alle Dienste nativ unter `systemd`, installiert via `apt`. Distro-Pakete für Drittsoftware (HAProxy, Squid, WireGuard, Unbound, PostgreSQL, KeyDB, certbot), eigene `.deb`-Pakete für EdgeGuard-Code (api, ui, ctl).
 - **Plattform-Matrix:** Debian 13 (Trixie) **und** Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat), je amd64 + arm64. Alle vier Targets gleichberechtigt.
 - **Auslieferung:** signierte `.deb`-Pakete + Meta-Paket via APT. Bootstrap ist der enconf-analoge curl-Onliner `curl -fsSL https://get.edgeguard.netcell-it.de | sudo bash`.
 - **HA nativ als Cluster:** N symmetrische Peers, **KeyDB Active-Active** für Shared State + **PostgreSQL Streaming Replication** (single writer, transparenter API-Write-Proxy) + **Floating-IP des Hosters** für HTTP/HTTPS-Ingress (nicht VRRP, nicht DNS-RR).
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ EdgeGuard ist die native Neufassung des bisherigen Docker-basierten Reverse-Prox
 
 | Service | Rolle | Distro-Paket | Config-Quelle |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| **HAProxy** | Public-Ingress (80/443), interner LB (8081), TLS-PassThrough | `haproxy` (Debian/Ubuntu) | aus PG generiert, `systemctl reload haproxy` |
-| **nginx** | Reverse-Proxy, vHost-Routing, ACME-Webroot | `nginx` (Debian/Ubuntu) | aus PG generiert, `systemctl reload nginx` |
+| **HAProxy** | Public-Ingress :80 + :443, **TLS-Termination**, L7-Routing per Host-Header, LB. Proxied `/.well-known/acme-challenge/*` und Management-FQDN-Traffic an `edgeguard-api` auf 127.0.0.1:9443; rest geht an User-Backends aus `backends`-Tabelle. | `haproxy` (Debian/Ubuntu) | aus PG generiert, `systemctl reload haproxy` |
 | **Squid** | Forward-Proxy mit ACL/Auth | `squid` | aus PG generiert, `systemctl reload squid` |
 | **WireGuard** | Site-to-Site- + Road-Warrior-VPN | `wireguard-tools` (Kernel-Modul ab Kernel 5.6) | aus PG generiert, `wg syncconf` |
 | **Unbound** | Caching-Forwarder mit DNSSEC + Cluster-internes Split-Horizon (siehe §7.5) | `unbound` (Debian/Ubuntu) | aus PG generiert, `unbound-control reload` |
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ EdgeGuard ist die native Neufassung des bisherigen Docker-basierten Reverse-Prox
 | `edgeguard-api` | Go/Gin REST-API, bindet `127.0.0.1:9443`, Reads aus lokaler PG, Writes an Cluster-Primary |
 | `edgeguard-scheduler` | Cron-artige Jobs (ACME-Renewal-Hook, Backup, Health-Aggregation, License-Heartbeat) |
 | `edgeguard-ctl` | CLI für Setup/Wartung (`initdb`, `migrate`, `cluster-join`, `promote`, `dump-config`) |
-| `management-ui` | React 19 + AntD 6 + Vite, statisch unter `/usr/share/edgeguard/ui/`, nginx liefert aus |
+| `management-ui` | React 19 + AntD 6 + Vite, statisch unter `/usr/share/edgeguard/ui/`, von `edgeguard-api` per gin `StaticFS` ausgeliefert (HAProxy proxied Management-FQDN dorthin) |
 | **PostgreSQL 16** | Single Source of Truth — Domains, Backends, Routing-Rules, ACLs, Peers, etc. |
 | **KeyDB** (Redis-kompatibel) | Active-Active-Replication, Cluster-State, Locks, Rate-Counter, Pub/Sub für Config-Reload |
 
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ EdgeGuard ist die native Neufassung des bisherigen Docker-basierten Reverse-Prox
 │   ├── models/                    # GORM-Models (domain, backend, routing_rule, acl, peer, …)
 │   ├── handlers/                  # HTTP-Handler (REST)
 │   ├── services/                  # Business-Logik (config-render, health-check, cluster-sync)
-│   ├── haproxy/                   # HAProxy-Config-Generator
-│   ├── nginx/                     # nginx-Config-Generator (vHosts, Upstreams, ACME)
+│   ├── haproxy/                   # HAProxy-Config-Generator (TLS + Routing + LB)
 │   ├── squid/                     # Squid-Config-Generator (squid.conf + squid.d/*)
 │   ├── wireguard/                 # WireGuard-Config-Generator (wg-quick + wg syncconf)
 │   ├── unbound/                   # Unbound-Config-Generator (Forwarder + Cluster-DNS)
@@ -75,8 +73,7 @@ EdgeGuard ist die native Neufassung des bisherigen Docker-basierten Reverse-Prox
 │       └── edgeguard-meta/        # nur Depends, keine Dateien
 ├── deploy/
 │   ├── systemd/                   # *.service, *.target, *.timer
-│   ├── haproxy/                   # haproxy.cfg.tpl
-│   ├── nginx/                     # nginx.conf.tpl, sni-map.tpl
+│   ├── haproxy/                   # (Templates jetzt embedded neben Renderer)
 │   ├── squid/                     # squid.conf.tpl
 │   ├── unbound/                   # unbound.conf.tpl
 │   └── nftables/                  # ruleset.nft.tpl
@@ -101,8 +98,8 @@ Drei Pakete + Meta — analog nmg, kein WAF-Paket weil kein WAF in v1.
 
 | Paket | Arch | Inhalt | Depends |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| `edgeguard-api` | amd64, arm64 | `/usr/bin/edgeguard-{api,scheduler,ctl}`, Unit-Files, Migrations, Default-Configs | `postgresql-16`, `keydb-server`, `nginx`, `haproxy`, `squid`, `wireguard-tools`, `unbound`, `nftables`, `certbot` |
-| `edgeguard-ui` | all | `/usr/share/edgeguard/ui/` (statische Build-Artefakte), nginx-Site | `edgeguard-api (= ${binary:Version})`, `nginx` |
+| `edgeguard-api` | amd64, arm64 | `/usr/bin/edgeguard-{api,scheduler,ctl}`, Unit-Files, Migrations, Default-Configs | `postgresql-16`, `keydb-server`, `haproxy`, `squid`, `wireguard-tools`, `unbound`, `nftables`, `certbot`, `openssl` |
+| `edgeguard-ui` | all | `/usr/share/edgeguard/ui/` (statische Build-Artefakte) | `edgeguard-api (= ${binary:Version})` |
 | `edgeguard-meta` | all | keine Dateien, nur `Depends` | `edgeguard-api`, `edgeguard-ui` |
 
 Pro Release: 1 arch-spezifisch × 2 Dists × 2 Arches = 4 `.deb` + 2 arch-agnostische × 2 Dists = 4 `.deb` → **8 Artefakte je Release**.
@@ -129,8 +126,7 @@ Pro Release: 1 arch-spezifisch × 2 Dists × 2 Arches = 4 `.deb` + 2 arch-agnost
 /etc/edgeguard/
 ├── edgeguard.yaml             # Hauptconfig (conffile)
 ├── api.env                    # API-Secrets (mode 0600, edgeguard:edgeguard)
-├── haproxy/                   # haproxy.cfg-Fragmente (von edgeguard-api generiert)
-├── nginx/                     # vHosts + sni-map (generiert)
+├── haproxy/                   # haproxy.cfg (von edgeguard-api generiert)
 ├── squid/                     # squid.conf-Fragmente
 ├── wireguard/                 # wg0.conf etc. (generiert)
 ├── unbound/                   # unbound.conf + cluster-zone.conf (generiert)
@@ -155,7 +151,7 @@ Pro Release: 1 arch-spezifisch × 2 Dists × 2 Arches = 4 `.deb` + 2 arch-agnost
 
 /usr/share/edgeguard/
 ├── ui/                        # statische React-Build-Artefakte
-└── templates/                 # Config-Templates für haproxy/nginx/squid/wireguard/unbound/nftables
+└── templates/                 # Config-Templates für squid/wireguard/unbound (haproxy + nftables sind im Binary embedded)
 ```
 
 Entspricht FHS — keine Überraschungen für Admins, Lintian-clean.
@@ -187,9 +183,9 @@ SystemCallFilter=@system-service
 ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/edgeguard /var/log/edgeguard /etc/edgeguard
 ```
 
-Drittsoftware (HAProxy, nginx, Squid, WireGuard via `wg-quick@.service`, Unbound, nftables) läuft als **Distro-Units**. EdgeGuard generiert deren Config + signalisiert Reload, übernimmt aber die Service-Verwaltung **nicht**.
+Drittsoftware (HAProxy, Squid, WireGuard via `wg-quick@.service`, Unbound, nftables) läuft als **Distro-Units**. EdgeGuard generiert deren Config + signalisiert Reload, übernimmt aber die Service-Verwaltung **nicht**.
 
-API bindet auf `127.0.0.1:9443` (nicht öffentlich). nginx terminiert TLS auf `:443` und proxied an die API.
+API bindet auf `127.0.0.1:9443` (nicht öffentlich). HAProxy terminiert TLS auf `:443`, leitet `/.well-known/acme-challenge/*` und Management-FQDN-Traffic an die API weiter, routet alle anderen Hosts per ACL an die User-Backends.
 
 ---
 
@@ -231,7 +227,7 @@ Unbound erfüllt zwei Rollen, beide aus PG generiert:
 - **DNSSEC-Validation aktiv** (`auto-trust-anchor-file`).
 - Lokaler Cache (TTL nach Upstream-Antwort).
 - Listen: `127.0.0.1:53` für die EdgeGuard-Box selbst und `<node-internal-ip>:53` für VPN- und LAN-Clients (über nftables-ACL gefiltert).
-- Genutzt von `edgeguard-api`, `edgeguard-scheduler` (License-Heartbeat, ACME), Squid (für Forward-Proxy-Resolutions), HAProxy/nginx (Backend-Health-Checks).
+- Genutzt von `edgeguard-api`, `edgeguard-scheduler` (License-Heartbeat, ACME), Squid (für Forward-Proxy-Resolutions), HAProxy (Backend-Health-Checks).
 
 ### Rolle 2 — Cluster-internes Split-Horizon
 
@@ -261,8 +257,7 @@ Reload via `unbound-control reload` (kein Restart, keine Cache-Invalidierung au
 
 | Service | HA-Strategie |
 |---|---|
-| **HAProxy** | stateless, pro Node identisch. Floating-IP zeigt zum aktuellen aktiven Node; bei Node-Ausfall API-Call zum Hoster (oder manueller Switch) reicht. |
-| **nginx** | stateless, pro Node identisch. ACME-Issue nur auf License-Leader (KeyDB-Lock); Zerts werden via PG/mTLS an alle verteilt. |
+| **HAProxy** | stateless, pro Node identisch. Floating-IP zeigt zum aktuellen aktiven Node; bei Node-Ausfall API-Call zum Hoster (oder manueller Switch) reicht. ACME-Issue nur auf License-Leader (KeyDB-Lock); Zerts werden via PG/mTLS an alle verteilt. |
 | **Squid** | stateless (Cache lokal, kein Sync nötig). Pro Node identische ACL-Config. |
 | **WireGuard** | siehe §8.1 |
 | **Unbound** | stateless (Cache lokal). Pro Node identische Forwarder-Config + identische Cluster-internen Local-Zones (siehe §7.5). |
@@ -284,7 +279,7 @@ Drei Optionen, für v1 wählen wir **Option A**:
 
 ### 8.2 Manual Promote (PG-Primary-Failover)
 
-1:1 nmg-Pattern (siehe `mail-gateway/docs/architecture.md` §6.2). Bei Ausfall des Primary antworten Config-Writes mit `503 + actionable Error`. Admin promotet via UI/CLI. Datenebene (HAProxy/nginx/Squid/WireGuard/Unbound) läuft unbeeinträchtigt weiter, weil jeder Node eine lokale PG-Replica hat.
+1:1 nmg-Pattern (siehe `mail-gateway/docs/architecture.md` §6.2). Bei Ausfall des Primary antworten Config-Writes mit `503 + actionable Error`. Admin promotet via UI/CLI. Datenebene (HAProxy/Squid/WireGuard/Unbound) läuft unbeeinträchtigt weiter, weil jeder Node eine lokale PG-Replica hat.
 
 ### 8.3 License-Leader-Election
 
@@ -365,9 +360,9 @@ Build-/Release-Scripts identisch zu `mail-gateway/scripts/apt-repo/`.
 
 ### 12.2 ACME
 
-- **certbot** (Distro-Paket) mit `--webroot`-Plugin für nginx-vHosts.
+- **certbot** (Distro-Paket) mit `--webroot=/var/lib/edgeguard/acme` — HAProxy ACL `path_beg /.well-known/acme-challenge/` proxied diese Pfade an `edgeguard-api`, das die Challenge-Tokens aus der Webroot-Dir ausliefert.
 - **Lock vor Issue:** `acme:lock:<domain>` in KeyDB verhindert Parallel-Issue auf zwei Nodes.
-- **Deploy-Hook:** schreibt Sentinel-Datei → `edgeguard-cert-deploy.path`-Unit triggert nginx-/HAProxy-Reload.
+- **Deploy-Hook:** schreibt fertiges PEM (cert+chain+key kombiniert) nach `/etc/edgeguard/tls/<domain>.pem` und triggert `systemctl reload haproxy`. HAProxy lädt den `crt /etc/edgeguard/tls/`-Verzeichnisinhalt neu.
 - **Cert-Verteilung im Cluster:** Issuing-Node pushed via mTLS-API an alle Peers, Zerts landen in `/etc/edgeguard/tls/`.
 
 ---
diff --git a/internal/configgen/configgen.go b/internal/configgen/configgen.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cefb1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configgen/configgen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// Package configgen contains shared helpers used by the per-service
+// renderers in internal/{haproxy,firewall,squid,wireguard,unbound}/.
+//
+// Each renderer satisfies the Generator interface: Render reads state
+// from PG, writes the rendered config to /etc/edgeguard/<svc>/ via
+// AtomicWrite, then signals the running daemon via systemctl reload
+// (or its service-specific reload command). Failures are surfaced
+// to the caller — the orchestrator decides whether one bad renderer
+// aborts the whole run.
+package configgen
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+// Generator is the contract every per-service renderer satisfies.
+//
+// Name returns a stable identifier ("haproxy", "nftables", …)
+// used in CLI output and audit logs. Render does the actual write +
+// reload work; ctx may be cancelled (e.g. orchestrator timeout).
+type Generator interface {
+	Name() string
+	Render(ctx context.Context) error
+}
+
+// ErrNotImplemented is returned by stub renderers (squid, wireguard,
+// unbound in v1). The orchestrator treats it as a soft skip — logged
+// but never fatal.
+var ErrNotImplemented = errors.New("renderer not implemented yet")
+
+// AtomicWrite writes data to path atomically via a temp file in the
+// same directory + rename. Both the temp file and the final file are
+// fsync'd to make the rename durable across an OS crash. Mode is
+// applied AFTER the rename so the previous file's permissions don't
+// leak through.
+func AtomicWrite(path string, data []byte, mode os.FileMode) error {
+	dir := filepath.Dir(path)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o750); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mkdir %s: %w", dir, err)
+	}
+	tmp, err := os.CreateTemp(dir, ".eg-render-*")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("tempfile: %w", err)
+	}
+	tmpPath := tmp.Name()
+	defer os.Remove(tmpPath) // no-op if rename succeeded
+
+	if _, err := tmp.Write(data); err != nil {
+		tmp.Close()
+		return fmt.Errorf("write %s: %w", tmpPath, err)
+	}
+	if err := tmp.Sync(); err != nil {
+		tmp.Close()
+		return fmt.Errorf("fsync %s: %w", tmpPath, err)
+	}
+	if err := tmp.Close(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("close %s: %w", tmpPath, err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Chmod(tmpPath, mode); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("chmod %s: %w", tmpPath, err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Rename(tmpPath, path); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("rename %s → %s: %w", tmpPath, path, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ReloadService sends `systemctl reload <name>`. Returns the
+// CombinedOutput on failure so the caller can surface the actual
+// systemd error to the operator.
+//
+// Some services don't support reload (nftables — no daemon); for
+// those, callers should run the service-specific reload directly
+// rather than calling this helper.
+func ReloadService(name string) error {
+	cmd := exec.Command("systemctl", "reload", name)
+	if out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("systemctl reload %s: %w (output: %s)", name, err, string(out))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// EtcEdgeguard is the on-target config root. Templated path used by
+// all renderers — never let renderers hard-code their own.
+const EtcEdgeguard = "/etc/edgeguard"
diff --git a/internal/configgen/configgen_test.go b/internal/configgen/configgen_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6188cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/configgen/configgen_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package configgen
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAtomicWrite_CreatesAndChmods(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	target := filepath.Join(dir, "sub", "out.conf")
+	data := []byte("hello config\n")
+	if err := AtomicWrite(target, data, 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AtomicWrite: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err := os.ReadFile(target)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read back: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(got) != string(data) {
+		t.Errorf("content mismatch: %q", got)
+	}
+	st, err := os.Stat(target)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("stat: %v", err)
+	}
+	if st.Mode().Perm() != 0o644 {
+		t.Errorf("mode: %v", st.Mode().Perm())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAtomicWrite_OverwritesExisting(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	target := filepath.Join(dir, "out.conf")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(target, []byte("old\n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("seed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := AtomicWrite(target, []byte("new\n"), 0o640); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AtomicWrite: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, _ := os.ReadFile(target)
+	if string(got) != "new\n" {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'new\\n', got %q", got)
+	}
+	st, _ := os.Stat(target)
+	if st.Mode().Perm() != 0o640 {
+		t.Errorf("mode: %v", st.Mode().Perm())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAtomicWrite_NoTempLeak(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	target := filepath.Join(dir, "out.conf")
+	if err := AtomicWrite(target, []byte("x"), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AtomicWrite: %v", err)
+	}
+	entries, _ := os.ReadDir(dir)
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if e.Name() != "out.conf" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected leftover: %s", e.Name())
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/firewall/firewall.go b/internal/firewall/firewall.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbdf1a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/firewall/firewall.go
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+// Package firewall renders /etc/edgeguard/nftables.d/ruleset.nft from
+// the relational state in PG (firewall_rules + ha_nodes).
+//
+// The base ruleset is hard-coded in the template (default-deny input,
+// stateful baseline, SSH rate-limit, public :80 / :443, peer mTLS on
+// :8443 from cluster IPs). Operator-defined rows in firewall_rules
+// land at the bottom of input/forward/output.
+//
+// Reload uses `nft -f <path>` (atomic ruleset replace) — there is no
+// systemctl reload for nftables.
+package firewall
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	_ "embed"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/configgen"
+)
+
+//go:embed ruleset.nft.tpl
+var rulesTpl string
+
+var tpl = template.Must(template.New("ruleset").Parse(rulesTpl))
+
+type Generator struct {
+	Pool *pgxpool.Pool
+
+	OutputPath string
+	SkipReload bool
+}
+
+func New(pool *pgxpool.Pool) *Generator { return &Generator{Pool: pool} }
+
+func (g *Generator) Name() string { return "nftables" }
+
+func (g *Generator) Render(ctx context.Context) error {
+	view, err := g.loadView(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("nftables: load state: %w", err)
+	}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := tpl.Execute(&buf, view); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("nftables: render template: %w", err)
+	}
+	out := g.OutputPath
+	if out == "" {
+		out = filepath.Join(configgen.EtcEdgeguard, "nftables.d", "ruleset.nft")
+	}
+	if err := configgen.AtomicWrite(out, buf.Bytes(), 0o644); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("nftables: write: %w", err)
+	}
+	if g.SkipReload {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := exec.Command("nft", "-f", out).Run(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("nftables: nft -f %s: %w", out, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type View struct {
+	PeerIPv4 []string
+	PeerIPv6 []string
+	// Custom rules grouped by chain — the template iterates each
+	// section independently so input/forward/output stay separate.
+	CustomRulesInput   []Rule
+	CustomRulesForward []Rule
+	CustomRulesOutput  []Rule
+}
+
+type Rule struct {
+	MatchExpr string
+	Action    string
+	Comment   string
+}
+
+func (g *Generator) loadView(ctx context.Context) (*View, error) {
+	view := &View{}
+
+	// Peer IPs from ha_nodes — splits IPv4 vs IPv6 so the template
+	// can populate the right named set without runtime branching.
+	peerRows, err := g.Pool.Query(ctx,
+		`SELECT public_ip, internal_ip FROM ha_nodes`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("query ha_nodes: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer peerRows.Close()
+	for peerRows.Next() {
+		var pub, internal *string
+		if err := peerRows.Scan(&pub, &internal); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		for _, ip := range []*string{pub, internal} {
+			if ip == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			parsed := net.ParseIP(*ip)
+			if parsed == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			if parsed.To4() != nil {
+				view.PeerIPv4 = append(view.PeerIPv4, parsed.String())
+			} else {
+				view.PeerIPv6 = append(view.PeerIPv6, parsed.String())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if err := peerRows.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Custom firewall_rules — only active, ordered by priority.
+	ruleRows, err := g.Pool.Query(ctx, `
+SELECT chain, match_expr, action, COALESCE(comment, '')
+FROM firewall_rules
+WHERE active
+ORDER BY chain ASC, priority DESC, id ASC`)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("query firewall_rules: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer ruleRows.Close()
+	for ruleRows.Next() {
+		var chain, match, action, comment string
+		if err := ruleRows.Scan(&chain, &match, &action, &comment); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		r := Rule{MatchExpr: match, Action: action, Comment: comment}
+		switch chain {
+		case "input":
+			view.CustomRulesInput = append(view.CustomRulesInput, r)
+		case "forward":
+			view.CustomRulesForward = append(view.CustomRulesForward, r)
+		case "output":
+			view.CustomRulesOutput = append(view.CustomRulesOutput, r)
+		}
+	}
+	return view, ruleRows.Err()
+}
diff --git a/internal/firewall/firewall_test.go b/internal/firewall/firewall_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a1ab93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/firewall/firewall_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package firewall
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func renderView(t *testing.T, v View) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := tpl.Execute(&buf, v); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("template execute: %v", err)
+	}
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+func TestRender_BaselineHasMandatorySections(t *testing.T) {
+	out := renderView(t, View{})
+	for _, w := range []string{
+		"flush ruleset",
+		"table inet edgeguard",
+		"set peer_ipv4",
+		"set peer_ipv6",
+		"chain input",
+		"type filter hook input priority 0; policy drop;",
+		"ct state established,related accept",
+		"iif lo accept",
+		"tcp dport 22 ct state new limit rate 10/minute accept",
+		"tcp dport { 80, 443 } accept",
+		"tcp dport 8443 ip  saddr @peer_ipv4 accept",
+		"chain forward",
+		"chain output",
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, w) {
+			t.Errorf("missing %q in baseline:\n%s", w, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRender_PeerIPsPopulateSets(t *testing.T) {
+	v := View{
+		PeerIPv4: []string{"10.0.0.11", "10.0.0.12"},
+		PeerIPv6: []string{"fd00::1"},
+	}
+	out := renderView(t, v)
+	for _, w := range []string{
+		"elements = { 10.0.0.11, 10.0.0.12 }",
+		"elements = { fd00::1 }",
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, w) {
+			t.Errorf("missing %q:\n%s", w, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRender_CustomRulesLandInChain(t *testing.T) {
+	v := View{
+		CustomRulesInput: []Rule{
+			{MatchExpr: "ip saddr 192.168.0.0/16 tcp dport 9090", Action: "accept", Comment: "monitoring"},
+		},
+		CustomRulesForward: []Rule{
+			{MatchExpr: "iif eth0 oif eth1", Action: "accept", Comment: "lan to wan"},
+		},
+	}
+	out := renderView(t, v)
+	want := []string{
+		"# monitoring",
+		"ip saddr 192.168.0.0/16 tcp dport 9090 accept",
+		"# lan to wan",
+		"iif eth0 oif eth1 accept",
+	}
+	for _, w := range want {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, w) {
+			t.Errorf("missing %q:\n%s", w, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/firewall/ruleset.nft.tpl b/internal/firewall/ruleset.nft.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f822570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/firewall/ruleset.nft.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/sbin/nft -f
+# Generated by edgeguard-api — DO NOT EDIT.
+# Source: internal/firewall/firewall.go (template: ruleset.nft.tpl).
+# Re-generate via `edgeguard-ctl render-config`.
+
+flush ruleset
+
+table inet edgeguard {
+    set peer_ipv4 {
+        type ipv4_addr; flags interval
+        {{- if .PeerIPv4}}
+        elements = { {{range $i, $ip := .PeerIPv4}}{{if $i}}, {{end}}{{$ip}}{{end}} }
+        {{- end}}
+    }
+    set peer_ipv6 {
+        type ipv6_addr; flags interval
+        {{- if .PeerIPv6}}
+        elements = { {{range $i, $ip := .PeerIPv6}}{{if $i}}, {{end}}{{$ip}}{{end}} }
+        {{- end}}
+    }
+
+    chain input {
+        type filter hook input priority 0; policy drop;
+
+        # Stateful baseline
+        ct state established,related accept
+        ct state invalid drop
+        iif lo accept
+
+        # ICMP — keep PMTUD and basic diagnostics
+        ip  protocol icmp   icmp   type { echo-request, destination-unreachable, time-exceeded, parameter-problem } accept
+        ip6 nexthdr  icmpv6 icmpv6 type { echo-request, destination-unreachable, packet-too-big, time-exceeded, parameter-problem, nd-router-solicit, nd-router-advert, nd-neighbor-solicit, nd-neighbor-advert } accept
+
+        # SSH — rate-limit to keep brute-force out of the auth log
+        tcp dport 22 ct state new limit rate 10/minute accept
+        tcp dport 22 drop
+
+        # Public ingress: HAProxy terminates TLS on :443 and serves :80
+        tcp dport { 80, 443 } accept
+
+        # Cluster-internal: peers reach edgeguard-api over mTLS on :8443
+        tcp dport 8443 ip  saddr @peer_ipv4 accept
+        tcp dport 8443 ip6 saddr @peer_ipv6 accept
+
+        {{- range .CustomRulesInput}}
+        # {{.Comment}}
+        {{.MatchExpr}} {{.Action}}
+        {{- end}}
+    }
+
+    chain forward {
+        type filter hook forward priority 0; policy drop;
+        ct state established,related accept
+        ct state invalid drop
+
+        {{- range .CustomRulesForward}}
+        # {{.Comment}}
+        {{.MatchExpr}} {{.Action}}
+        {{- end}}
+    }
+
+    chain output {
+        type filter hook output priority 0; policy accept;
+        {{- range .CustomRulesOutput}}
+        # {{.Comment}}
+        {{.MatchExpr}} {{.Action}}
+        {{- end}}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/internal/haproxy/haproxy.cfg.tpl b/internal/haproxy/haproxy.cfg.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b0c712d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/haproxy/haproxy.cfg.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Generated by edgeguard-api — DO NOT EDIT.
+# Source: internal/haproxy/haproxy.go (template: haproxy.cfg.tpl).
+# Re-generate via `edgeguard-ctl render-config`.
+
+global
+    log /dev/log local0 info
+    log /dev/log local1 notice
+    user  haproxy
+    group haproxy
+    daemon
+    ssl-default-bind-options ssl-min-ver TLSv1.2 no-tls-tickets
+    ssl-default-bind-ciphersuites TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
+
+defaults
+    log     global
+    mode    http
+    option  httplog
+    option  dontlognull
+    option  forwardfor
+    timeout connect 5s
+    timeout client  30s
+    timeout server  30s
+    timeout http-request 10s
+
+# ── Public :80 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# ACME-01 challenges proxy to edgeguard-api which serves the webroot.
+# Everything else redirects to HTTPS.
+frontend public_http
+    bind :80
+
+    acl is_acme path_beg /.well-known/acme-challenge/
+    use_backend api_backend if is_acme
+
+    http-request redirect scheme https code 301 unless { ssl_fc } is_acme
+
+# ── Public :443 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# TLS termination. Reads certs from /etc/edgeguard/tls/ — postinst
+# seeds a self-signed _default.pem so HAProxy starts before certbot
+# has issued anything.
+frontend public_https
+    bind :443 ssl crt /etc/edgeguard/tls/ alpn h2,http/1.1
+
+    http-response set-header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000"
+
+    {{- range $d := .Domains}}
+    {{- range $r := $d.Routes}}
+    use_backend eg_backend_{{$r.BackendID}} if { hdr(host) -i {{$d.Name}} } { path_beg {{$r.PathPrefix}} }
+    {{- end}}
+    {{- end}}
+
+    default_backend api_backend
+
+# ── Internal stats ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+frontend internal_stats
+    bind 127.0.0.1:8404
+    stats enable
+    stats uri /stats
+    stats refresh 10s
+    stats admin if { src 127.0.0.1 }
+
+# ── Backends ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+# edgeguard-api itself: management UI, REST API, ACME webroot.
+backend api_backend
+    server api1 127.0.0.1:9443 check
+
+{{- range .Backends}}
+
+backend eg_backend_{{.ID}}
+    server {{.Name}} {{.Address}}:{{.Port}}{{if .HealthCheckPath}} check inter 5s{{end}}
+{{- end}}
diff --git a/internal/haproxy/haproxy.go b/internal/haproxy/haproxy.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f741fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/haproxy/haproxy.go
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+// Package haproxy renders /etc/edgeguard/haproxy/haproxy.cfg from
+// the relational state in PG. v1 is the full ingress: HAProxy
+// terminates TLS on :443, redirects :80 → :443 (except ACME), routes
+// by Host header to user backends, and falls through to edgeguard-api
+// for management UI + ACME webroot.
+package haproxy
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	_ "embed"
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/configgen"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/models"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/services/backends"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/services/domains"
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/services/routingrules"
+)
+
+//go:embed haproxy.cfg.tpl
+var cfgTpl string
+
+var tpl = template.Must(template.New("haproxy").Parse(cfgTpl))
+
+type Generator struct {
+	Pool         *pgxpool.Pool
+	DomainsRepo  *domains.Repo
+	BackendsRepo *backends.Repo
+	RoutingRepo  *routingrules.Repo
+
+	OutputPath string
+	SkipReload bool
+}
+
+func New(pool *pgxpool.Pool) *Generator {
+	return &Generator{
+		Pool:         pool,
+		DomainsRepo:  domains.New(pool),
+		BackendsRepo: backends.New(pool),
+		RoutingRepo:  routingrules.New(pool),
+	}
+}
+
+func (g *Generator) Name() string { return "haproxy" }
+
+func (g *Generator) Render(ctx context.Context) error {
+	view, err := g.loadView(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("haproxy: load state: %w", err)
+	}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := tpl.Execute(&buf, view); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("haproxy: render template: %w", err)
+	}
+	out := g.OutputPath
+	if out == "" {
+		out = filepath.Join(configgen.EtcEdgeguard, "haproxy", "haproxy.cfg")
+	}
+	if err := configgen.AtomicWrite(out, buf.Bytes(), 0o644); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("haproxy: write: %w", err)
+	}
+	if g.SkipReload {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := configgen.ReloadService("haproxy"); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("haproxy: reload: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// View is what the template consumes. Routes per domain are pre-
+// joined here so the template can stay declarative.
+type View struct {
+	Domains  []DomainView
+	Backends []models.Backend
+}
+
+type DomainView struct {
+	models.Domain
+	Routes []RouteView
+}
+
+type RouteView struct {
+	PathPrefix string
+	BackendID  int64
+}
+
+func (g *Generator) loadView(ctx context.Context) (*View, error) {
+	doms, err := g.DomainsRepo.List(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("list domains: %w", err)
+	}
+	bes, err := g.BackendsRepo.List(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("list backends: %w", err)
+	}
+	rules, err := g.RoutingRepo.List(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("list routing rules: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	rulesByDomain := map[int64][]RouteView{}
+	for _, r := range rules {
+		if !r.Active {
+			continue
+		}
+		rulesByDomain[r.DomainID] = append(rulesByDomain[r.DomainID], RouteView{
+			PathPrefix: r.PathPrefix,
+			BackendID:  r.BackendID,
+		})
+	}
+
+	activeBackends := make([]models.Backend, 0, len(bes))
+	for _, b := range bes {
+		if b.Active {
+			activeBackends = append(activeBackends, b)
+		}
+	}
+
+	domViews := make([]DomainView, 0, len(doms))
+	for _, d := range doms {
+		if !d.Active {
+			continue
+		}
+		domViews = append(domViews, DomainView{
+			Domain: d,
+			Routes: rulesByDomain[d.ID],
+		})
+	}
+
+	return &View{Domains: domViews, Backends: activeBackends}, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/haproxy/haproxy_test.go b/internal/haproxy/haproxy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81cfb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/haproxy/haproxy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package haproxy
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/models"
+)
+
+func renderView(t *testing.T, v View) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	if err := tpl.Execute(&buf, v); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("template execute: %v", err)
+	}
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+func TestRender_BaselineHasFrontendsAndApiBackend(t *testing.T) {
+	out := renderView(t, View{})
+	for _, w := range []string{
+		"frontend public_http",
+		"frontend public_https",
+		"frontend internal_stats",
+		"backend api_backend",
+		"server api1 127.0.0.1:9443 check",
+		"bind :443 ssl crt /etc/edgeguard/tls/",
+		"path_beg /.well-known/acme-challenge/",
+		"http-request redirect scheme https",
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, w) {
+			t.Errorf("missing %q in baseline output:\n%s", w, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRender_DomainRoutesEmitUseBackend(t *testing.T) {
+	v := View{
+		Backends: []models.Backend{
+			{ID: 1, Name: "app", Address: "10.0.0.10", Port: 8080, Active: true},
+			{ID: 2, Name: "api", Address: "10.0.0.20", Port: 9000, Active: true},
+		},
+		Domains: []DomainView{{
+			Domain: models.Domain{ID: 1, Name: "example.com", Active: true},
+			Routes: []RouteView{
+				{PathPrefix: "/", BackendID: 1},
+				{PathPrefix: "/api", BackendID: 2},
+			},
+		}},
+	}
+	out := renderView(t, v)
+	for _, w := range []string{
+		"backend eg_backend_1",
+		"server app 10.0.0.10:8080",
+		"backend eg_backend_2",
+		"server api 10.0.0.20:9000",
+		"use_backend eg_backend_1 if { hdr(host) -i example.com } { path_beg / }",
+		"use_backend eg_backend_2 if { hdr(host) -i example.com } { path_beg /api }",
+	} {
+		if !strings.Contains(out, w) {
+			t.Errorf("missing %q in output:\n%s", w, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRender_HealthCheckPathAddsCheckInter(t *testing.T) {
+	hcp := "/health"
+	v := View{
+		Backends: []models.Backend{
+			{ID: 1, Name: "app", Address: "10.0.0.10", Port: 8080, Active: true, HealthCheckPath: &hcp},
+		},
+	}
+	out := renderView(t, v)
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "server app 10.0.0.10:8080 check inter 5s") {
+		t.Errorf("expected `check inter 5s` for backend with health_check_path:\n%s", out)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/nginx/.gitkeep b/internal/nginx/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/internal/services/configorch/configorch.go b/internal/services/configorch/configorch.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d669224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/services/configorch/configorch.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Package configorch fans Render() out across every per-service
+// renderer in a stable order (haproxy → nftables → squid →
+// wireguard → unbound). The orchestrator stops on the first hard
+// error; ErrNotImplemented stubs are logged but do NOT abort the
+// run (squid/wireguard/unbound are stubs in Phase 2).
+package configorch
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/configgen"
+)
+
+type Result struct {
+	Name      string
+	Skipped   bool
+	Err       error
+	DurationS float64 // populated by callers if they care; orchestrator leaves it 0
+}
+
+func (r Result) Status() string {
+	switch {
+	case r.Err == nil:
+		return "ok"
+	case errors.Is(r.Err, configgen.ErrNotImplemented):
+		return "skipped (stub)"
+	default:
+		return "error: " + r.Err.Error()
+	}
+}
+
+// Run invokes Render on every generator in `gens`, returning a per-
+// generator Result slice. Stops on the first hard error so a broken
+// HAProxy config doesn't bleed into a partial nftables rewrite.
+//
+// only: optional whitelist of generator names — empty slice means
+// "all". Useful for `render-config --only=haproxy` debugging.
+func Run(ctx context.Context, gens []configgen.Generator, only []string) ([]Result, error) {
+	whitelist := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, n := range only {
+		whitelist[n] = true
+	}
+	out := make([]Result, 0, len(gens))
+	for _, g := range gens {
+		if len(whitelist) > 0 && !whitelist[g.Name()] {
+			out = append(out, Result{Name: g.Name(), Skipped: true})
+			continue
+		}
+		err := g.Render(ctx)
+		out = append(out, Result{Name: g.Name(), Err: err})
+		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, configgen.ErrNotImplemented) {
+			// hard failure — surface it but return what's done so far
+			return out, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", g.Name(), err)
+		}
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+// Summarise turns the result slice into a human-readable multiline
+// string. Used by `edgeguard-ctl render-config` to print to stdout.
+func Summarise(results []Result) string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for _, r := range results {
+		if r.Skipped {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "  %-10s  skipped (filtered)\n", r.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "  %-10s  %s\n", r.Name, r.Status())
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
diff --git a/internal/services/routingrules/routingrules.go b/internal/services/routingrules/routingrules.go
index 28ac3fb..2787145 100644
--- a/internal/services/routingrules/routingrules.go
+++ b/internal/services/routingrules/routingrules.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ FROM routing_rules
 `
 
 // List returns rules ordered by domain_id then priority desc — the
-// shape the config-renderer wants when building haproxy/nginx vhosts.
+// shape the config-renderer wants when building HAProxy backends.
 func (r *Repo) List(ctx context.Context) ([]models.RoutingRule, error) {
 	rows, err := r.Pool.Query(ctx, baseSelect+
 		" ORDER BY domain_id ASC, priority DESC, id ASC")
diff --git a/internal/squid/squid.go b/internal/squid/squid.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..125324b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/squid/squid.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Package squid will render /etc/edgeguard/squid/squid.conf in
+// Phase 3. v1 ships a stub returning configgen.ErrNotImplemented so
+// the orchestrator can list it without crashing.
+package squid
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/configgen"
+)
+
+type Generator struct{}
+
+func New() *Generator { return &Generator{} }
+
+func (g *Generator) Name() string { return "squid" }
+
+func (g *Generator) Render(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return configgen.ErrNotImplemented
+}
diff --git a/internal/unbound/unbound.go b/internal/unbound/unbound.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e73658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/unbound/unbound.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Package unbound will render /etc/edgeguard/unbound/{forwarders,
+// cluster-zone,access}.conf in Phase 3 (forwarder + cluster-internal
+// split-horizon, see docs/architecture.md §7.5). v1 ships a stub.
+package unbound
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/configgen"
+)
+
+type Generator struct{}
+
+func New() *Generator { return &Generator{} }
+
+func (g *Generator) Name() string { return "unbound" }
+
+func (g *Generator) Render(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return configgen.ErrNotImplemented
+}
diff --git a/internal/wireguard/wireguard.go b/internal/wireguard/wireguard.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96f7995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/wireguard/wireguard.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Package wireguard will render /etc/edgeguard/wireguard/wg0.conf in
+// Phase 3 (and run `wg syncconf` on reload). v1 ships a stub.
+package wireguard
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"git.netcell-it.de/projekte/edgeguard-native/internal/configgen"
+)
+
+type Generator struct{}
+
+func New() *Generator { return &Generator{} }
+
+func (g *Generator) Name() string { return "wireguard" }
+
+func (g *Generator) Render(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return configgen.ErrNotImplemented
+}
diff --git a/packaging/debian/edgeguard-api/DEBIAN/control b/packaging/debian/edgeguard-api/DEBIAN/control
index 68df596..6bd801e 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/edgeguard-api/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/edgeguard-api/DEBIAN/control
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ Architecture: __ARCH__
 Maintainer: NetCell IT <support@netcell-it.de>
 Homepage: https://edgeguard.netcell-it.de
 Description: EdgeGuard — native Reverse-Proxy / LB / Forward-Proxy / VPN / Firewall
- EdgeGuard is a native Debian/Ubuntu edge gateway combining HAProxy,
- nginx, Squid, WireGuard, Unbound and nftables, configured from
- a PostgreSQL single-source-of-truth via a Go management API.
+ EdgeGuard is a native Debian/Ubuntu edge gateway combining HAProxy
+ (TLS termination + L7 routing + LB), Squid, WireGuard, Unbound and
+ nftables, configured from a PostgreSQL single-source-of-truth via
+ a Go management API.
  Deployable as a cluster of symmetric peers (KeyDB Active-Active +
  PG Streaming Replication + provider Floating-IP for HTTP ingress).
  .
  This package ships the management API, scheduler and CLI.
-Depends: postgresql-16 | postgresql-17, edgeguard-keydb (>= 6.3.4-edgeguard1), nginx, haproxy (>= 2.8), squid, wireguard-tools, unbound, nftables, certbot, sudo, adduser, systemd, ca-certificates
+Depends: postgresql-16 | postgresql-17, edgeguard-keydb (>= 6.3.4-edgeguard1), haproxy (>= 2.8), squid, wireguard-tools, unbound, nftables, certbot, openssl, sudo, adduser, systemd, ca-certificates
 Recommends: apparmor, fail2ban
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
diff --git a/packaging/debian/edgeguard-api/DEBIAN/postinst b/packaging/debian/edgeguard-api/DEBIAN/postinst
index eb1e0a5..23b2668 100755
--- a/packaging/debian/edgeguard-api/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ b/packaging/debian/edgeguard-api/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -21,13 +21,35 @@ case "$1" in
 
         # ── Directories ──────────────────────────────────────────────
         for d in /etc/edgeguard /var/lib/edgeguard /var/log/edgeguard \
-                 /etc/edgeguard/haproxy /etc/edgeguard/nginx \
-                 /etc/edgeguard/squid /etc/edgeguard/wireguard \
-                 /etc/edgeguard/unbound /etc/edgeguard/nftables.d \
-                 /etc/edgeguard/tls; do
+                 /etc/edgeguard/haproxy /etc/edgeguard/squid \
+                 /etc/edgeguard/wireguard /etc/edgeguard/unbound \
+                 /etc/edgeguard/nftables.d /etc/edgeguard/tls \
+                 /var/lib/edgeguard/acme; do
             install -d -m 0750 -o "$EG_USER" -g "$EG_USER" "$d"
         done
 
+        # ── Self-signed default cert so HAProxy starts cleanly ───────
+        # HAProxy `bind :443 ssl crt /etc/edgeguard/tls/` needs at least
+        # one PEM in the directory to come up. Operator runs certbot
+        # later; until then, browsers see an unverified cert which is
+        # the expected first-boot UX.
+        DEFAULT_PEM="/etc/edgeguard/tls/_default.pem"
+        if [ ! -f "$DEFAULT_PEM" ]; then
+            HOSTNAME_FQDN="$(hostname -f 2>/dev/null || hostname)"
+            TMP_KEY="$(mktemp)"
+            TMP_CRT="$(mktemp)"
+            openssl req -x509 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 \
+                -keyout "$TMP_KEY" -out "$TMP_CRT" \
+                -days 3650 \
+                -subj "/CN=$HOSTNAME_FQDN" \
+                -addext "subjectAltName = DNS:$HOSTNAME_FQDN,DNS:localhost" \
+                >/dev/null 2>&1
+            cat "$TMP_CRT" "$TMP_KEY" > "$DEFAULT_PEM"
+            chown "$EG_USER:$EG_USER" "$DEFAULT_PEM"
+            chmod 0640 "$DEFAULT_PEM"
+            rm -f "$TMP_KEY" "$TMP_CRT"
+        fi
+
         # ── Pre-flight: validate embedded migration set ──────────────
         # Catches duplicate version prefixes BEFORE we touch the DB,
         # so a broken upgrade can't half-apply migrations and leave
diff --git a/packaging/debian/edgeguard-meta/DEBIAN/control b/packaging/debian/edgeguard-meta/DEBIAN/control
index 7e14989..21ddf11 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/edgeguard-meta/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/edgeguard-meta/DEBIAN/control
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Maintainer: NetCell IT <support@netcell-it.de>
 Homepage: https://edgeguard.netcell-it.de
 Description: EdgeGuard — meta package
  Pulls the full EdgeGuard stack: management API, UI, configured
- third-party services (HAProxy, nginx, Squid, WireGuard, Unbound, nftables).
+ third-party services (HAProxy, Squid, WireGuard, Unbound, nftables).
  .
  Install this package to get a complete EdgeGuard node.
 Depends: edgeguard-api (= __VERSION__), edgeguard-ui (= __VERSION__)
diff --git a/packaging/debian/edgeguard-ui/DEBIAN/control b/packaging/debian/edgeguard-ui/DEBIAN/control
index 5c862ee..5cea39b 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/edgeguard-ui/DEBIAN/control
+++ b/packaging/debian/edgeguard-ui/DEBIAN/control
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ Maintainer: NetCell IT <support@netcell-it.de>
 Homepage: https://edgeguard.netcell-it.de
 Description: EdgeGuard — management UI (static React build)
  React 19 + Ant Design 6 single-page admin UI for EdgeGuard.
- Served by the nginx reverse proxy bundled in edgeguard-api.
-Depends: edgeguard-api (= __VERSION__), nginx
+ Static build artefacts under /usr/share/edgeguard/ui/, served by
+ edgeguard-api (gin StaticFS) on the management FQDN.
+Depends: edgeguard-api (= __VERSION__)
 Section: admin
 Priority: optional
 Installed-Size: 0