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+# Systemd
+
+This is a sample systemd unit and environment file that you could use to run Semaphore with.
+It makes no assumptions about running proxies or databases on the same machine, 
+therefore if you do this you may wish to add addition requirements to the unit.
+The unit will write logs to the journal which you can read with
+`journalctl -u semaphore.service`
+
+Example install, and for convenience uninstall, scripts are located in the util subdir. 
+The scripts expect that you manually install semaphore in /usr/bin and have the config file 
+/etc/semaphore/config.json. The config file location can be altered via the env file, 
+which the script installs as /etc/semaphore/env
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+SEMPAPHORE_CONFIG=/etc/semaphore/config.json
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diff --git a/deployment/systemd/semaphore.service b/deployment/systemd/semaphore.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Ansible Semaphore
+Requires=network.target
+
+[Service]
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/semaphore/env
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/semaphore -config ${SEMAPHORE_CONFIG}
+User=semaphore
+Group=semaphore
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=3s
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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diff --git a/deployment/systemd/util/install.sh b/deployment/systemd/util/install.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+HERE="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+mkdir -p /etc/semaphore
+cp ${HERE}/../semaphore.service /etc/systemd/system
+cp ${HERE}/../env /etc/semaphore/env
+systemctl start semaphore.service
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diff --git a/deployment/systemd/util/uninstall.sh b/deployment/systemd/util/uninstall.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+systemctl stop semaphore.service
+systemctl disable semaphore.service
+rm /etc/systemd/system/semaphore.service
+rm -rf /etc/semaphore
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