diff --git a/gitea-setup b/gitea-setup
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+adduser --system --shell /bin/bash --gecos 'Git Version Control' --group --disabled-password --home /home/git git
+
+mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,indexers,public,log}
+chown git:git /var/lib/gitea/{data,indexers,log}
+chmod 750 /var/lib/gitea/{data,indexers,log}
+mkdir /etc/gitea
+chown root:git /etc/gitea
+chmod 770 /etc/gitea
diff --git a/gitea.service b/gitea.service
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+[Unit]
+Description=Gitea (Git with a cup of tea)
+After=syslog.target
+After=network.target
+#After=mariadb.service
+
+[Service]
+# Modify these two values and uncomment them if you have
+# repos with lots of files and get an HTTP error 500 because
+# of that
+###
+#LimitMEMLOCK=infinity
+#LimitNOFILE=65535
+RestartSec=2s
+Type=simple
+User=git
+Group=git
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/gitea/
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gitea web -c /etc/gitea/app.ini
+Restart=always
+Environment=USER=git HOME=/home/git GITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/gitea
+# If you want to bind Gitea to a port below 1024 uncomment
+# the two values below
+###
+#CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+#AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target