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+[Unit]
+Description=LXC AutoScale API
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=root
+Group=root
+Environment="PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
+WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/bin/autoscaleapi
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gunicorn --workers 2 --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 app:app
+
+# Restart on failure
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=3
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target