Documentation and examples for Ubuntu-like linux systems using

Upstart as the init system.

etc/linux-upstart/README.md

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+# Upstart Configuration
+
+This directory contains example configuration files for running Syncthing under
+the "Upstart" service manager on Linux. To have syncthing start when you login
+place "user/syncthing.conf" in the "/home/[username]/.config/upstart/" folder.
+To have syncthing start when the system boots place "system/syncthing.conf"
+in the "/etc/init/" folder.
+To manualy start syncthing via Upstart when using the system configuration use:
+
+```
+    sudo initctl start syncthing
+```
+
+For further documentation see [http://docs.syncthing.net/users/autostart.html][1].
+
+[1]: http://docs.syncthing.net/users/autostart.html#Upstart

etc/linux-upstart/system/syncthing.conf

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+description "Syncthing"
+
+start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo)
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+env STNORESTART=yes
+env HOME=/home/jake
+setuid "jake"
+setgid "jake"
+
+exec /usr/local/bin/syncthing
+
+respawn

etc/linux-upstart/user/syncthing.conf

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+# Location of the syncthing executable
+env SYNCTHING_EXE="/usr/local/bin"
+
+# Set the name of the application
+description "Syncthing"
+
+# Start syncthing you login to your desktop
+start on desktop-start
+
+# Stop syncthing you logout of your desktop
+stop on desktop-end
+
+# Set STNORESTART to yes to have Upstart monitor the process instead
+# of having a separate syncthing process do the monitoring
+env STNORESTART=yes
+
+# If Upstart detects syncthing has failed - it should restart it
+respawn
+
+# the syncthing command Upstart is to execute when it is started up
+exec $SYNCTHING_EXE -no-browser