diff --git a/containers/nagios/nagios.init b/containers/nagios/nagios.init
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/nagios/nagios.init
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+exec ${NAGIOS_HOME}/bin/nagios ${NAGIOS_HOME}/etc/nagios.cfg