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+[Unit]
+Description=Nutbeat is a lightweight shipper for nut metrics.
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+
+UMask=0027
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/nutbeat
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target