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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2024 SUSE LLC
+
+[Unit]
+Description=tik - Transactional Installation Kit
+
+After=local-fs.target plymouth-start.service
+Conflicts=plymouth-start.service
+Before=getty@tty1.service serial-getty@hvc0.service serial-getty@ttyS0.service serial-getty@ttyS1.service serial-getty@ttyS2.service serial-getty@ttyAMA0.service
+Before=display-manager.service
+OnSuccess=reboot.target
+OnFailure=poweroff.target
+
+Before=systemd-user-sessions.service
+# For NM it uses nmcli, so NM needs to be running
+After=NetworkManager.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+Environment=TERM=linux
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/plymouth quit 2>/dev/null || :"
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/tik
+StandardOutput=tty
+StandardInput=tty
+#StandardError=tty
+# enable accessing global keyring to get data from eg. initrd
+KeyringMode=shared
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target