diff --git a/build b/build
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+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+# this is the systemd control file
+mkdir -p  files/lib/systemd/system/
+cp virtigod.service files/lib/systemd/system/
diff --git a/control b/control
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+Source: virtigod
+Build-Depends: golang
+Package: virtigod
+Maintainer: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
+Architecture: amd64
+Depends: caddy
+URL: https://go.wit.com/lib/daemons/virtigod
+Description: the virtigo daemon
+ relatively dumb daemon that just talks to
+ libvirt and qemu on the hypervisor
+ virtigo uses this to control dom0
+ name should be "virtigo-d" not "virti-god"
diff --git a/virtigod.service b/virtigod.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=virtigod
+
+[Service]
+User=root
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/virtigod
+ExecStop=killall virtigod
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target