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+[Unit]
+Description=Grafana Loki
+Documentation=https://github.com/grafana/loki
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+User=root
+Restart=always
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/loki --config.file=/etc/loki/loki-config.yml
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target