# Deploy Cerbos as a systemd service

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The [Cerbos Linux packages](https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/prerelease/installation/binary#linux-packages) will automatically create a systemd service during installation. If you are using the tarballs to create a custom installation, you can modify the following sample systemd service definition to match your requirements.

```toml
[Unit]
Description=Cerbos Policy Decision Point

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/cerbos server --config=/etc/cerbos.yaml
ProtectSystem=full
ProtectHome=true
PrivateUsers=true
PrivateTmp=true
DynamicUser=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```

Refer to [systemd documentation](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html) for more information about available configuration options.