Add systemd installation method

content/docs/post_install.md

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+---
+title: Post-installation
+---
+
+# Post-installation
+
+## Reverse-proxies
+
+You can run Owncast behind your favorite reverse-proxy.
+
+### Caddy
+
+[Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/) is an open source web server with automatic HTTPS. It can be used as a reverse-proxy.
+This is a basic [Caddyfile](https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile-tutorial) example.
+
+{{< highlight caddyfile >}}
+stream.myserver.org {
+    header -Server
+    push
+    encode zstd gzip
+    reverse_proxy * 127.0.0.1:8081 # your local Owncast instance
+}
+{{</ highlight >}}
+
+## systemd
+
+1. Install Owncast as described in the [quickstart](/docs/quickstart) section
+1. Create `owncast` system user
+{{< highlight bash >}}
+sudo adduser \
+   --system \
+   --gecos "Owncast" \
+   --group \
+   --disabled-password \
+   --no-create-home \
+   --disabled-login \
+   owncast
+{{</ highlight >}}
+1. Create the systemd unit file at `/etc/systemd/system/owncast.service`
+{{< highlight systemd >}}
+[Unit]
+Description=Owncast
+# If you are using Owncast behind a reverse proxy,
+# you can specify the related service here to ensure that it is up and running
+# before launching the owncast service.
+# After=caddy.service
+# After=nginx.service
+# After=httpd.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=2
+User=owncast
+Group=owncast
+WorkingDirectory=/path/to/owncast/directory
+ExecStart=/path/to/owncast/directory/owncast
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+{{</ highlight >}}
+1. Ensure that the `owncast` user has the appropriate rights to `/path/to/owncast/directory`.
+{{< highlight bash >}}
+sudo chown -R owncast:owncast /path/to/owncast/directory
+{{</ highlight >}}
+1. Enable and start the `owncast` service
+{{< highlight bash >}}
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable owncast
+sudo systemctl start owncast
+{{</ highlight >}}
+1. See if `owncast` is runing
+{{< highlight bash >}}
+sudo systemctl status owncast
+{{</ highlight >}}

content/docs/quickstart.md

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 ## Manually download and run a release
 
-You can choose between downloading a zip file of Owncast, or using Docker.
+You can choose between
+- downloading a zip file of Owncast and run it as standalone binary
+- downloading a zip file of Owncast and run it as systemd unit file
+- using Docker
 
 ### Download and run a release
 

content/menu/_index.md

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   - [Embedding](/docs/embed/)
   - [API Reference](/docs/api/)
   - [Broadcasting Software](/docs/broadcasting/)
+  - [Post-install](/docs/post_install/)
   - [Encoding](/docs/encoding/)
   - [External Storage (S3)](/docs/s3/)
   - [Building from Source](/docs/building/)