--- bin/tomcat-example.service	(nonexistent)
+++ bin/tomcat-example.service	(working copy)
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ 
+[Unit]
+Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=forking
+
+Environment=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/
+Environment=CATALINA_PID=/opt/apache/apache-tomcat/temp/tomcat.pid
+Environment=CATALINA_HOME=/opt/apache/apache-tomcat
+Environment=CATALINA_BASE=/opt/apache/apache-tomcat
+Environment='CATALINA_OPTS=-Xms512M -Xmx1024M -server -XX:+UseParallelGC'
+Environment='JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom'
+
+ExecStart=/opt/apache/apache-tomcat/bin/startup.sh
+ExecStop=/bin/kill -15 $MAINPID
+
+User=tomcat
+Group=tomcat
+UMask=0007
+RestartSec=10
+Restart=always
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
--- webapps/docs/setup.xml	(revision 1820411)
+++ webapps/docs/setup.xml	(working copy)
@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ 
 
   </section>
 
+  <section name="Unix daemon with systemd">
+
+    <p>On systems that use systemd to manage it's daemons you can use that to run tomcat. </p>
+
+    <p>In the copy the file <code>bin/tomcat-example.service</code> to <code>/etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service</code>
+       and modify the paths in it to reflect your java and tomcat installation paths.</p>
+
+    <p>Then do <code>systemctl daemon-reload</code> to load the config file and then you can start
+       tomcat with <code>systemctl start tomcat.service</code> and stop it with <code>systemctl stop tomcat.service</code></p>
+
+  </section>
+
   <section name="Unix daemon">
 
     <p>Tomcat can be run as a daemon using the jsvc tool from the