diff --git a/plinth/modules/names/components.py b/plinth/modules/names/components.py
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+#
+# This file is part of FreedomBox.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+"""
+App component to introduce a new domain type.
+"""
+
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+from plinth import app
+
+_SERVICES = {
+    '__all__': {
+        'display_name': _('All'),
+        'port': None
+    },
+    'http': {
+        'display_name': _('All web apps'),
+        'port': 80
+    },
+    'https': {
+        'display_name': _('All web apps'),
+        'port': 443
+    },
+    'ssh': {
+        'display_name': _('Secure Shell'),
+        'port': 22
+    },
+}
+
+
+class DomainType(app.FollowerComponent):
+    """Component to create a new type of domain.
+
+    It serves the primary purpose of showing a entry in the domain names page.
+    This will allow users to discover the new type of domain and use the
+    providing app to create that type of domain.
+
+    Similar to a menu entry, domain type information is available to the user
+    even when the corresponding app is disabled.
+
+    """
+
+    _all = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, component_id, display_name, configuration_url,
+                 can_have_certificate=True):
+        """Initialize the domain type component.
+
+        component_id should be a unique ID across all components of an app and
+        across all components. This will also act as the 'type' parameter for
+        each created domain.
+
+        display_name is the type of domain displayed to the user in the
+        interface.
+
+        configuration_url is the Django URL to which a user is redirected to in
+        order to create or manage a domain of this type.
+
+        can_have_certificate indicates if this type of domain can have a TLS
+        certificate that can be validated by a typical browser.
+
+        """
+        super().__init__(component_id)
+
+        self.display_name = display_name
+        self.configuration_url = configuration_url
+        self.can_have_certificate = can_have_certificate
+
+        self._all[component_id] = self
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get(cls, component_id):
+        """Return a component of given ID."""
+        return cls._all[component_id]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def list(cls):
+        """Return a list of all domain types."""
+        return dict(cls._all)
+
+
+class DomainName(app.FollowerComponent):
+    """Component to represent a domain name and its properties.
+
+    Each domain name is necessarily attached to a domain type component that
+    must be created prior to creating the domain name.
+
+    When an application providing or managing a domain name is disabled, the
+    corresponding domain name should become unavailable for others apps and
+    they must de-configure the domain name from app configuration. This is the
+    primary reason for making a domain name available as a component.
+
+    """
+    _all = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, component_id, name, domain_type, services):
+        """Initialize a domain name.
+
+        component_id should be a unique ID across all components of an app and
+        across all components. The value is typically 'domain-{app}-{domain}'.
+        This ensures that if the same domain is managed by multiple apps, it is
+        available as multiple instances. When one instance is removed, say by
+        disabling that app, the other instance will still provide that domain.
+
+        name is the domain name that is being represented by the component.
+        This should be fully qualified domain name.
+
+        domain_type should be a string representing the type of the domain.
+        This is the component ID of the domain type earlier registered by the
+        app that is creating the domain name component.
+
+        services is a list of string identifiers for services potentially
+        provided by the domain. For example, 'ssh' for secure shell service
+        provided on port 22. It is used for showing information to the user and
+        to retrieve a list of a domains that an app may use.
+
+        A service value can also be an integer in which case it will be
+        converted to a string by looking up a list of known services. This
+        process is not perfect and may cause problems when filtering domains
+        that could potentially provide a service.
+
+        The most common value of a services parameter is the string '__all__'
+        indicating that the domain can potentially provide any service without
+        limitations due to the nature of the domain name.
+
+        """
+        super().__init__(component_id)
+
+        self.name = name
+        self.domain_type = DomainType.get(domain_type)
+        self._services = DomainName._normalize_services(services)
+
+        self._all[component_id] = self
+
+    @property
+    def services(self):
+        """Read-only property to get the list of services."""
+        return self._services
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _normalize_services(services):
+        """If ports numbers are provided convert them to service IDs."""
+        if services == '__all__':
+            return services
+
+        return [DomainName._normalize_service(service) for service in services]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _normalize_service(service):
+        """Return the service ID for a given port number.
+
+        XXX: Eliminate this and use a generalized approach eventually.
+
+        """
+        if isinstance(service, str):
+            return service
+
+        if not isinstance(service, int):
+            raise ValueError('Invalid service')
+
+        for service_id, description in _SERVICES.items():
+            if description['port'] == service:
+                return service_id
+
+        return str(service)
+
+    def get_readable_services(self):
+        """Return list of unique service strings that can be shown to user."""
+        services = self.services
+        if self.services == '__all__':
+            services = [services]
+
+        return {
+            _SERVICES.get(service, {'display_name': service})['display_name']
+            for service in services
+        }
+
+    def has_service(self, service):
+        """Return whether a service is available for this domain name."""
+        return (service is None or self.services == '__all__'
+                or service in self.services)
+
+    def remove(self):
+        """Remove the domain name from global list of domains.
+
+        It is acceptable to call remove() multiple times.
+
+        """
+        try:
+            del self._all[self.component_id]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get(cls, component_id):
+        """Return the domain name object given name and app."""
+        return cls._all[component_id]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def list(cls, filter_for_service=None):
+        """Return list of domains."""
+        return [
+            domain for domain in cls._all.values()
+            if domain.has_service(filter_for_service)
+        ]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def list_names(cls, filter_for_service=None):
+        """Return a set of unique domain names.
+
+        Multiple different components may provide the same domain name. This
+        method could be used to retrieve a list of all domain names without
+        duplication.
+
+        """
+        return {
+            domain.name
+            for domain in cls._all.values()
+            if domain.has_service(filter_for_service)
+        }
diff --git a/plinth/modules/names/tests/test_components.py b/plinth/modules/names/tests/test_components.py
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+#
+# This file is part of FreedomBox.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+"""
+Test the App components provides by names app.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+
+from ..components import DomainName, DomainType
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name='domain_type')
+def fixture_domain_type():
+    """Fixture to create a domain type after clearing all existing ones."""
+    DomainType._all = {}
+    return DomainType('test-domain-type', 'x-display-name', 'config_url')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(name='domain_name')
+def fixture_domain_name(domain_type):
+    DomainName._all = {}
+    return DomainName('test-domain-name', 'test.example.com',
+                      'test-domain-type', ['http', 443, 'ssh', 9000])
+
+
+def test_domain_type_init():
+    """Test initialization of domain type object."""
+    component = DomainType('test-component', 'x-display-name', 'config_url')
+    assert component.component_id == 'test-component'
+    assert component.display_name == 'x-display-name'
+    assert component.configuration_url == 'config_url'
+    assert component.can_have_certificate
+    assert len(DomainType._all)
+    assert DomainType._all['test-component'] == component
+
+    component = DomainType('test-component', 'x-display-name', 'config_url',
+                           can_have_certificate=False)
+    assert not component.can_have_certificate
+
+
+def test_domain_type_get(domain_type):
+    """Test getting domain type object."""
+    assert DomainType.get('test-domain-type') == domain_type
+    with pytest.raises(KeyError):
+        DomainType.get('unknown-domain-type')
+
+
+def test_domain_type_list(domain_type):
+    """Test listing of all domain types."""
+    assert DomainType.list()['test-domain-type'] == domain_type
+    assert id(DomainType.list()) != id(DomainType._all)
+
+
+def test_domain_name_init(domain_type):
+    """Test initializing a domain name."""
+    component = DomainName('test-component', 'test.example.com',
+                           'test-domain-type', '__all__')
+
+    assert component.component_id == 'test-component'
+    assert component.name == 'test.example.com'
+    assert component.domain_type == domain_type
+    assert component.services == '__all__'
+    assert len(DomainName._all)
+    assert DomainName._all['test-component'] == component
+
+
+def test_domain_name_service_normalization(domain_name):
+    """Test that passed services get normalized during initialization."""
+    assert set(domain_name.services) == {'http', 'https', 'ssh', '9000'}
+
+
+def test_domain_name_getting_readable_services(domain_name):
+    """Test that getting readable string for services works"""
+    strings = [str(string) for string in domain_name.get_readable_services()]
+    assert sorted(strings) == sorted(['All web apps', 'Secure Shell', '9000'])
+
+
+def test_domain_name_has_service(domain_name):
+    """Test checking if a domain name provides a service."""
+    assert domain_name.has_service('http')
+    assert domain_name.has_service('https')
+    assert domain_name.has_service('9000')
+    assert not domain_name.has_service('1234')
+    assert domain_name.has_service(None)
+
+    domain_name._services = '__all__'
+    assert domain_name.has_service('1234')
+
+
+def test_domain_name_remove(domain_name):
+    """Test removing a domain name from global list."""
+    domain_name.remove()
+    assert 'test-domain-name' not in DomainName._all
+
+    domain_name.remove()
+
+
+def test_domain_name_get(domain_name):
+    """Test retrieving a domain name using component ID."""
+    assert DomainName.get('test-domain-name') == domain_name
+
+    with pytest.raises(KeyError):
+        DomainName.get('unknown-domain-name')
+
+
+def test_domain_name_list(domain_name):
+    """Test that retrieving list of domain name objects."""
+    domain_name2 = DomainName('test-domain-name2', 'test.example.com',
+                              'test-domain-type', '__all__')
+    domains = DomainName.list()
+    assert len(domains) == 2
+    assert domain_name in domains
+    assert domain_name2 in domains
+
+    domains = DomainName.list('http')
+    assert len(domains) == 2
+    assert domain_name in domains
+    assert domain_name2 in domains
+
+    domains = DomainName.list('unknown')
+    assert len(domains) == 1
+    assert domain_name not in domains
+    assert domain_name2 in domains
+
+
+def test_domain_name_list_names(domain_name):
+    """Test that retrieving list of unique domain names works."""
+    DomainName('test-domain-name2', 'test.example.com', 'test-domain-type',
+               ['http'])
+    DomainName('test-domain-name3', 'test3.example.com', 'test-domain-type',
+               '__all__')
+    domains = DomainName.list_names()
+    assert domains == {'test.example.com', 'test3.example.com'}
+
+    domains = DomainName.list_names('http')
+    assert domains == {'test.example.com', 'test3.example.com'}
+
+    domains = DomainName.list_names('unknown')
+    assert domains == {'test3.example.com'}