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+# Systemd Service
+
+Create and fill out a configuration file for Machine ID at `/etc/tbot.yaml`.
+
+```yaml
+auth_server: "auth.example.com:3025"
+onboarding:
+  join_method: "token"
+  token: "00000000000000000000000000000000"
+  ca_pins:
+  - "sha256:1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"
+storage:
+  directory: /var/lib/teleport/bot
+destinations:
+  - directory: /opt/machine-id
+```
+
+Next initialize ownership of the short-lived certificate directory. In this
+example, ownership will belong to the user:group `jenkins:jenkins`. Make sure
+the `jenkins` user exists on your system.
+
+```bash
+$ sudo tbot init \
+    --destination-dir=/opt/machine-id \
+    --owner=jenkins:jenkins
+```
+
+Finally, run the following commands to start Machine ID.
+
+```bash
+$ sudo cp machine-id.service /etc/systemd/system/machine-id.service
+$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+$ sudo systemctl start machine-id
+$ sudo systemctl status machine-id
+```
+
+## Next Steps
+
+More information and guides on Machine ID are available at goteleport.com.
+
+* [Machine ID Getting Started](https://goteleport.com/docs/machine-id/getting-started/)
+* [Machine ID with Ansible](https://goteleport.com/docs/machine-id/guides/ansible/)
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+[Unit]
+Description=Teleport Machine ID Service
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=root
+Group=root
+Restart=on-failure
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/tbot start -c /etc/tbot.yaml
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+PIDFile=/run/machine-id.pid
+LimitNOFILE=8192
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target