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diff --git a/contrib/systemd/log_config.yaml b/contrib/systemd/log_config.yaml
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+version: 1
+
+# In systemd's journal, loglevel is implicitly stored, so let's omit it
+# from the message text.
+formatters:
+ journal_fmt:
+ format: '%(name)s: [%(request)s] %(message)s'
+
+filters:
+ context:
+ (): synapse.util.logcontext.LoggingContextFilter
+ request: ""
+
+handlers:
+ journal:
+ class: systemd.journal.JournalHandler
+ formatter: journal_fmt
+ filters: [context]
+ SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER: synapse
+
+root:
+ level: INFO
+ handlers: [journal]
diff --git a/contrib/systemd/synapse.service b/contrib/systemd/synapse.service
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+# This assumes that Synapse has been installed as a system package
+# (e.g. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/matrix-synapse/ for ArchLinux)
+# rather than in a user home directory or similar under virtualenv.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Synapse Matrix homeserver
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=synapse
+Group=synapse
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/synapse
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/python2.7 -m synapse.app.homeserver --config-path=/etc/synapse/homeserver.yaml --log-config=/etc/synapse/log_config.yaml
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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