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+## GitLab startup services for systemd (CentOS, Fedora)
+
+GitLab requires couple of services:
+* Web server (apache, nginx, etc.)
+* Redis server
+* Mail server (postfix or other)
+* GitLab Sidekiq service (`sidekiq.service`)
+
+
+## Setup GitLab Sidekiq service
+1. simply copy* `sidekiq.service` to `/etc/systemd/system/default.target.wants/` (or can to `multi-user.target.wants`)
+2. reload systemd: `systemctl --system daemon-reload`
+3. `systemctl start sidekiq` (for older systemd versions you would need `systemctl start sidekiq.service`)
+
+`*` - if you've gitlab in other path than `/home/gitlab/gitlab` then change `sidekiq.service` accordinaly.
+
+
+####Note
+`/etc/systemd/system/` have a higher precedence over  `/lib/systemd/system`
+
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+#
+# GITLAB
+# Maintainer: @davispuh
+# App Version: 4.1
+#
+[Unit]
+Description=GitLab Sidekiq Service
+After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target redis.service
+Wants=redis.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+PIDFile=/home/gitlab/gitlab/tmp/pids/sidekiq.pid
+WorkingDirectory=/home/gitlab/gitlab/
+ExecStart=/bin/su - gitlab -c "bundle exec rake sidekiq:start RAILS_ENV=production"
+ExecStop=/bin/su - gitlab -c "bundle exec rake sidekiq:stop RAILS_ENV=production"
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+