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+# poller-service - SNMP polling service for LibreNMS
+
+description "SNMP polling service for LibreNMS"
+author "Clint Armstrong <clint@clintarmstrong.net>"
+
+# When to start the service
+start on runlevel [2345]
+
+# When to stop the service
+stop on runlevel [016]
+
+# Automatically restart process if crashed
+respawn
+
+# Essentially lets upstart know the process will detach itself to the background
+expect fork
+
+# # Run before process
+# pre-start script
+#     [ -d /var/run/myservice ] || mkdir -p /var/run/myservice
+#     echo "Put bash code here"
+# end script
+
+# Set working directory
+chdir /opt/librenms
+
+# Start the process
+exec su -u librenms poller-service.py