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+===================================
+Legacy Init Script for Ubuntu 14.04
+===================================
+
+#. Clone the Zun repository:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      $ git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/zun.git
+
+#. Enable and start zun-api:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      # cp zun/contrib/legacy-ubuntu-init/etc/init/zun-api.conf \
+        /etc/init/zun-api.conf
+      # start zun-api
+
+#. Enable and start zun-wsproxy:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      # cp zun/contrib/legacy-ubuntu-init/etc/init/zun-wsproxy.conf \
+        /etc/init/zun-wsproxy.conf
+      # start zun-wsproxy
+
+#. Enable and start zun-compute:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      # cp zun/contrib/legacy-ubuntu-init/etc/init/zun-compute.conf \
+        /etc/init/zun-compute.conf
+      # start zun-compute
+
+#. Verify that zun services are running:
+
+   .. code-block:: console
+
+      # status zun-api
+      # status zun-wsproxy
+      # status zun-compute
diff --git a/contrib/legacy-ubuntu-init/etc/init/zun-api.conf b/contrib/legacy-ubuntu-init/etc/init/zun-api.conf
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+description "OpenStack Container Service API"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+respawn
+
+exec start-stop-daemon --start --chuid zun \
+--chdir /var/lib/zun \
+--name zun-api \
+--exec /usr/local/bin/zun-api -- \
+--config-file=/etc/zun/zun.conf
diff --git a/contrib/legacy-ubuntu-init/etc/init/zun-compute.conf b/contrib/legacy-ubuntu-init/etc/init/zun-compute.conf
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+description "OpenStack Container Service Compute Agent"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+respawn
+
+exec start-stop-daemon --start --chuid zun \
+--chdir /var/lib/zun \
+--name zun-compute \
+--exec /usr/local/bin/zun-compute -- \
+--config-file=/etc/zun/zun.conf
diff --git a/contrib/legacy-ubuntu-init/etc/init/zun-wsproxy.conf b/contrib/legacy-ubuntu-init/etc/init/zun-wsproxy.conf
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+description "OpenStack Container Service Websocket Proxy"
+
+start on runlevel [2345]
+stop on runlevel [!2345]
+
+respawn
+
+exec start-stop-daemon --start --chuid zun \
+--chdir /var/lib/zun \
+--name zun-wsproxy \
+--exec /usr/local/bin/zun-wsproxy -- \
+--config-file=/etc/zun/zun.conf