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Using SysV init files with SystemD - Ubuntu
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  1. Let's say you have a SysV Init Script named myservice
  2. Copy the file to /etc/init.d/myservice
  3. Enable the SysV service: update-rc.d myservice defaults
  4. Start the service: service myservice start.
  5. After this, systemd-sysv-generator will generate this file /run/systemd/generator.late/myservice.service.
    Copy this file to /etc/systemd/system by running: cp /run/systemd/generator.late/myservice.service /etc/systemd/system/myservice.service
  6. Edit /etc/systemd/system/myservice.service by running systemctl edit myservice.service. Add in the following line to myservice.service (this makes the service installable)
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  1. Enable the service: systemctl enable foo.service
  2. Start the service: service myservice start
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