diff -uNr harbor.orig/install.sh harbor/install.sh
--- harbor.orig/install.sh	2023-06-02 11:46:12.000000000 +0000
+++ harbor/install.sh	2023-07-26 18:04:48.666624099 +0000
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 with_clair=$false
 # trivy is not enabled by default
 with_trivy=$false
+# assume no systemd for now
+have_systemd=$false

 # flag to using docker compose v1 or v2, default would using v1 docker-compose
 DOCKER_COMPOSE=docker-compose
@@ -90,7 +92,38 @@
 fi
 echo ""

-h2 "[Step $item]: starting Harbor ..."
+if [ -d /etc/systemd ]
+then
+    have_systemd=true
+    h2 "[Step $item]: installing Harbor systemd service ..."; let item+=1
+
+    cat >/etc/systemd/system/harbor.service <<EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=Harbor Cloud Native Registry
+Documentation=https://goharbor.io
+After=docker.service
+Requires=docker.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+ExecStart=${DOCKER_COMPOSE} -f ${workdir}/docker-compose.yml up
+ExecStop=${DOCKER_COMPOSE} -f ${workdir}/docker-compose.yml down -v
+ExecStopPost=${DOCKER_COMPOSE} -f ${workdir}/docker-compose.yml rm -f
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
+    note "Reloading systemd unit files ..."
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+
+    note "Setting Harbor to start on boot ..."
+    systemctl enable harbor
+fi
+
+h2 "[Step $item]: starting Harbor ..."; let item+=1
 if [ $with_notary ]
 then
     warn "
@@ -99,6 +132,11 @@
     Please see discussion here for more details. https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/discussions/16612"
 fi

-$DOCKER_COMPOSE up -d
+if [ $have_systemd ]
+then
+    systemctl start harbor
+else
+    $DOCKER_COMPOSE up -d
+fi

 success $"----Harbor has been installed and started successfully.----"