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+[Unit]
+Description=Zookeeper Service
+Documentation=http://zookeeper.apache.org
+Requires=network.target
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+User=zookeeper
+Group=zookeeper
+Environment=/opt/zookeeper/
+ExecStart=/opt/zookeeper/bin/zkServer.sh start
+ExecStop=/opt/zookeeper/bin/zkServer.sh stop
+ExecReload=/opt/zookeeper/bin/zkServer.sh restart
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target