#For debian 8 put it in /lib/systemd/system/ #For RHEL / CentOS 7 put it in /etc/systemd/system/ #and call it with systemctl start oxidized.service [Unit] Description=Oxidized - Network Device Configuration Backup Tool After=network-online.target multi-user.target Wants=network-online.target [Service] ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/oxidized User=oxidized KillSignal=SIGINT [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target