From 8a9f146d683bb2be365ba1879b65ae1ff36b56d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thijs Wouters <thijs@morewood.be>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 23:33:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add install instructions for the daemon in systemd (#193)

---
 README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a40d001..2441369 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ Install the Firefox extension (from within Firefox) and companion bridge applica
 
 On Linux platforms, it may be necessary to [configure local hostname resolution](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/avahi#Hostname_resolution).
 
+### Installing as a systemd deamon
+
+1. Create fx_cast user: `sudo useradd --system fx_cast`
+2. Create service file in /etc/systemd/fx_cast.service:
+```
+[Unit]
+
+Description=fx_cast daemon
+
+[Service]
+
+User=fx_cast
+ExecStart=/opt/fx_cast/fx_cast_bridge -d
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+3. Enable the service: `sudo systemd enable fx_cast`
+
 ### Package managers
 * #### Arch Linux (AUR) - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fx_cast/
   ````sh