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+[Unit]
+Description=Rancher Bootstrap
+Documentation=https://github.com/rancher/rancherd
+Wants=network-online.target
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/%N
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/%N
+KillMode=process
+# Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
+# in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
+LimitNOFILE=1048576
+LimitNPROC=infinity
+LimitCORE=infinity
+TasksMax=infinity
+TimeoutStartSec=0
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/rancherd bootstrap