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+[Unit]
+Description=The PHP FastCGI Process Manager
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+PIDFile=@localstatedir@/run/php-fpm.pid
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/php-fpm --nodaemonize --fpm-config @sysconfdir@/php-fpm.conf
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -USR2 $MAINPID
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+