@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ a new service that will be started after the docker daemon service has started.

     [Install]

     WantedBy=local.target

+If you intend to use this as a system service, put the above contents in a file

+in the `/etc/systemd/system` directory, e.g.

+`/etc/systemd/system/docker-redis_server.service`.

+

 If you need to pass options to the redis container (such as `--env`),

 then you'll need to use `docker run` rather than `docker start`. This will

 create a new container every time the service is started, which will be stopped

@@ -86,3 +90,12 @@ and removed when the service is stopped.

     ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run --env foo=bar --name redis_server redis

     ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker stop -t 2 redis_server ; /usr/bin/docker rm -f redis_server

     ...

+

+To start using the service, reload systemd and start the service:

+

+    systemctl daemon-reload

+    systemctl start docker-redis_server.service

+

+To enable the service at system startup, execute:

+

+    systemctl enable docker-redis_server.service