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+[Unit]
+Description=Airsonic Media Server
+After=remote-fs.target network.target
+AssertPathExists=/var/airsonic
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Environment="JAVA_JAR=/var/airsonic/airsonic.war"
+Environment="JAVA_OPTS=-Xmx700m"
+Environment="AIRSONIC_HOME=/var/airsonic"
+Environment="PORT=8080"
+Environment="CONTEXT_PATH=/airsonic"
+Environment="JAVA_ARGS="
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/airsonic
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/java \
+          ${JAVA_OPTS} \
+          -Dairsonic.home=${AIRSONIC_HOME} \
+          -Dserver.context-path=${CONTEXT_PATH} \
+          -Dserver.port=${PORT} \
+          -jar ${JAVA_JAR} ${JAVA_ARGS}
+User=airsonic
+Group=airsonic
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+