diff --git a/.reuse/dep5 b/.reuse/dep5
index 3107a9771..34994ac1e 100644
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ b/.reuse/dep5
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Files:     debian/*
 Copyright: 2016 Intevation GmbH
 License:   AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
+Files:     debian/systemd/intelmq.service
+Copyright: 2023 Filip Pokorný
+License:   AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
 Files:     debian/cron.d/intelmq-update-database
 Copyright: 2020 gethvi <gethvi@tuta.io>
 License:   AGPL-3.0-or-later
diff --git a/debian/conffiles b/debian/conffiles
index 510e47997..3a1150adc 100644
--- a/debian/conffiles
+++ b/debian/conffiles
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /etc/intelmq/harmonization.conf
 /etc/intelmq/runtime.yaml
+/etc/intelmq/intelmq.yaml
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index b47388c4e..c4b1ce8cb 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16),
                python3-requests-mock,
                python3-ruamel.yaml,
                python3-setuptools,
-               python3-sphinx,
-               python3-sphinx-rtd-theme,
                python3-termstyle (>= 0.1.10),
+               python3-fastapi,
+               python3-typing-extensions,
+               python3-multipart,
+               python3-gunicorn,
                python3-tz,
                quilt,
                rsync,
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends: bash-completion,
          cron,
          jq,
+         dbconfig-sqlite3 | dbconfig-no-thanks,
          python3-dateutil (>= 2.5),
          python3-dnspython (>= 2.0.0),
          python3-openssl,
@@ -40,12 +43,17 @@ Depends: bash-completion,
          python3-requests (>= 2.2.0),
          python3-ruamel.yaml,
          python3-termstyle (>= 0.1.10),
+         python3-fastapi,
+         python3-typing-extensions,
+         python3-multipart,
+         python3-uvicorn,
+         python3-uvloop,
+         python3-httptools,
          python3-tz,
          python3-importlib-metadata,
          redis-server,
          systemd,
          ${misc:Depends},
-         ${sphinxdoc:Depends},
          ${python3:Depends}
 Suggests: python3-geoip2 (>= 2.2.0),
           python3-imbox (>= 0.8),
diff --git a/debian/intelmq.install b/debian/intelmq.install
index 0923c69b0..82cb54c3e 100644
--- a/debian/intelmq.install
+++ b/debian/intelmq.install
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 debian/cron.d/intelmq-update-database etc/cron.d/
+debian/systemd/intelmq.service lib/systemd/system/
 contrib/logrotate/intelmq etc/logrotate.d/
 contrib/bash-completion/intelmqctl usr/share/bash-completion/completions/
 contrib/bash-completion/intelmqdump usr/share/bash-completion/completions/
 intelmq/bots/experts/modify/examples/* usr/share/doc/intelmq/bots/experts/modify/examples/
 intelmq/etc/runtime.yaml etc/intelmq/
 intelmq/etc/harmonization.conf etc/intelmq/
+intelmq/etc/intelmq.yaml etc/intelmq/
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 438e18d6c..9a0998174 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ BOTDOCS := $(foreach bot,$(BOTS),$(wildcard $(bot)/*.md))
 # Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:49:26 +0000
 export PYBUILD_NAME=intelmq
 %:
-	dh $@ --with python3,sphinxdoc --without python2 --buildsystem=pybuild --with quilt --with systemd
+	dh $@ --with python3 --without python2 --buildsystem=pybuild --with quilt --with systemd
 
 build:
 	if [ $(CODENAME) = 'xenial' ] || [ $(CODENAME) = 'jessie' ]; then\
 		patch -p1 setup.py debian/patches/fix-dnspython-name.patch;\
 	fi
-	dh build --with python3,sphinxdoc --without python2 --buildsystem=pybuild --with quilt --with systemd
+	dh build --with python3 --without python2 --buildsystem=pybuild --with quilt --with systemd
 	# These tests frequently fail on Ubuntu and Debian systems.
 	# On some systems this command will be executed twice, so -f
 	rm -rf intelmq/tests/bots/collectors/tcp/
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install: $(BOTDOCS)
 	dh_auto_install
 	# create directories
 	mkdir -p debian/intelmq/var/log/intelmq
+	mkdir -p debian/intelmq/var/lib/intelmq/server
 	mkdir -p debian/intelmq/var/lib/intelmq/bots/file-output
 	mkdir -p debian/intelmq/etc/logrotate.d
 	mkdir -p debian/intelmq/var/lib/intelmq/bots/modify/
diff --git a/debian/systemd/intelmq.service b/debian/systemd/intelmq.service
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f22ae9c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/systemd/intelmq.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=IntelMQ server app
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=intelmq
+Group=intelmq
+RuntimeDirectory=intelmq
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/intelmq/
+ExecStart=intelmq server start
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -s HUP $MAINPID
+KillMode=mixed
+TimeoutStopSec=5
+PrivateTmp=true
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/intelmq/bots/collectors/__init__.py b/intelmq/bots/collectors/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb