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+Startup services for runit.
+
+# Configure Per-User Services and Logging
+
+Create the service dirs:
+```bash
+    $ mkdir ~/.local/service/
+    $ mkdir ~/.local/sv/
+```
+`~/.local/sv/` will contain our services which we symlink into `~/.local/sv/` to activate.
+
+In your `~/.bashrc` or `~/.zshrc`, add this line:
+```bash
+    $ export SVDIR=~/.local/sv/
+```
+
+Then as root, make sure you add this to `/root/.(bash|zsh)rc`:
+```bash
+    unset SVDIR
+```
+
+Now follow these guides:
+
+* [Per-User Services](https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/services/user-services.html)
+* [Logging](https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/services/logging.html)
+
+To view the logs, open another terminal, switch to root and run the command below.
+Leave this window open so we can view the daemon logs.
+```bash
+    # svlogtail daemon
+```
+
+Finally make sure your user level service is running:
+```bash
+    # sv status runsvdir-narodnik
+    run: runsvdir-narodnik: (pid 25140) 483s
+```
+
+# Copy Services
+
+Copy the directories here over to `~/.local/sv/`:
+```bash
+    $ cp -r darkirc/ ircd/ taud/ ~/.local/sv/
+```
+
+Activate them by symlinking them into `~/.local/service/`. We need the full path.
+```bash
+    $ cd ~/.local/service/
+    $ ln -s /home/USER/.local/sv/darkirc/ .
+    $ ln -s /home/USER/.local/sv/ircd/ .
+    $ ln -s /home/USER/.local/sv/taud/ .
+```
+
+Now check they are working fine:
+```bash
+    $ sv status darkirc
+```
+
+You should also view the log output in the window we opened earlier.
+
+# Short Explanation
+
+Each directory contains an executable `run` script which launches the daemon.
+We must redirect STDERR to STDOUT to get error messages in the log output.
+
+To enable the log output, we must provide the `log/run` script which contains
+the logger command. You can test logger output like this:
+```bash
+    $ vlogger -t darky -p daemon hello123
+```
+
diff --git a/contrib/runit-init/darkirc/log/run b/contrib/runit-init/darkirc/log/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+exec vlogger -t darkirc -p daemon
diff --git a/contrib/runit-init/darkirc/run b/contrib/runit-init/darkirc/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+DARKFI_DIR="/home/narodnik/src/darkfi/"
+exec $DARKFI_DIR/darkirc 2>&1
+
diff --git a/contrib/runit-init/ircd/log/run b/contrib/runit-init/ircd/log/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+exec vlogger -t ircd -p daemon
diff --git a/contrib/runit-init/ircd/run b/contrib/runit-init/ircd/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+DARKFI_DIR="/home/narodnik/src/darkfi/"
+exec $DARKFI_DIR/ircd 2>&1
+
diff --git a/contrib/runit-init/taud/log/run b/contrib/runit-init/taud/log/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+exec vlogger -t taud -p daemon
diff --git a/contrib/runit-init/taud/run b/contrib/runit-init/taud/run
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+#!/bin/sh
+DARKFI_DIR="/home/narodnik/src/darkfi/"
+exec $DARKFI_DIR/taud 2>&1
+