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@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ resolution based on the host machine and standard port 80 for connections.
 - As root run ` docker run -d --name otp_server --network host --rm   otp_server:latest `
 
 ### Running the dosker image at boot
-For systems using systemctl we suggest to install the new service called 
+For systems using systemctl we suggest to install the new service called ` otp-docker ` 
+to do that create the ` otp-docker.service ` file in ` /usr/lib/systemd/system ` with the
+contents as below:
 
 ```
 [Unit]
@@ -79,6 +81,12 @@ ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker stop -t 2 otp_server
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 ```
+Next reload the daemon: ` systemctl daemon-reload `, start and enable the servce:
+```
+systemctl start otp-docker
+systemctl enable otp-docker
+```
+
 
 ## Testing