2 files changed, 50 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/ServiceScript.cmake b/cmake/Modules/ServiceScript.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..110aa816b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/ServiceScript.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+########################################
+#
+# Find the LongBow libraries and includes
+# This module sets:
+#  SYSTEMD_FOUND: True if Systemd was found
+#  SYSTEMD_SERVICES_INSTALL_DIR:  The Systemd install directory
+
+set(SYSTEMD_SERVICE_FOLDER "/lib/systemd/system")
+
+macro(install_service_script script)
+cmake_parse_arguments(ARG
+  ""
+  "COMPONENT"
+  ""
+  ${ARGN}
+)
+
+  # Install service file only if
+  # 1) We are on a linux system
+  # 2) The installation prefix is /usr
+
+  if (NOT ARG_COMPONENT)
+    set(ARG_COMPONENT hicn)
+  endif()
+
+  if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux" AND ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX} STREQUAL "/usr")
+    install (FILES ${script} DESTINATION ${SYSTEMD_SERVICE_FOLDER} COMPONENT ${ARG_COMPONENT})
+  endif()
+endmacro(install_service_script)
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hicn-light/CMakeLists.txt b/hicn-light/CMakeLists.txt
index 829c1d1f3..a632380fc 100644
--- a/hicn-light/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hicn-light/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ else()
   endif ()
 endif()
 
-include( Packaging )
+include(Packaging)
 
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
@@ -107,3 +107,10 @@ if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "AppleClang")
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(src/hicn)
+
+# Install service file in linux systems
+include(ServiceScript)
+install_service_script(
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config/hicn-light.service
+  COMPONENT ${HICN_LIGHT}
+)
+\ No newline at end of file