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 ### Starting iStat Server at boot
-iStat Server does not install any scripts to start itself at boot. Sample scripts for rc.d, upstart and systemd are included in the resources directory. You may need to customize them depending on your OS.
+iStat Server does not install any scripts to start itself at boot. Sample scripts for rc.d, upstart and systemd are included in the resources directory. You may need to customize them depending on your OS. 
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+### Starting with systemd
+- sudo cp ./resource/systemd/istatserver.service  /etc/systemd/system/istatserver.service
+- sudo service istatserver start
+
+### Starting with upstart
+- sudo cp ./resource/upstart/istatserver.conf  /etc/init/istatserver.conf
+- sudo start istatserver
+
+### Starting with rc.d
+- sudo cp ./resource/rc.d/istatserver  /etc/rc.d/istatserver
+- sudo /etc/rc.d/istatserver start
 
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