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+[Unit]
+Description=IRC Bridge Flask App with Gunicorn (venv)
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+User=ircd
+Group=ircd
+WorkingDirectory=/home/ircd/ircBridgeV3
+ExecStart=/home/ircd/ircBridgeV3/venv/bin/gunicorn -c gunicorn_config.py web_app:appV3
+Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+TimeoutStopSec=20
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
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