diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/createlinks smeserver-yum-2.6.0/createlinks
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/createlinks	2020-12-08 22:55:14.254000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/createlinks	2020-12-08 23:28:27.655000000 -0500
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
 }
 
-safe_symlink("once", "root/etc/e-smith/events/local/services2adjust/yum");
+safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/local/services2adjust/yum");
 
+my $event= "smeserver-yum-update";
+# systemd-specific action mandatory for this package-update event
+event_link("systemd-reload", $event, "89");
+event_link("systemd-default", $event, "88");
 
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # functions for manager panel
diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/cron.daily/smeserver-yum smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/cron.daily/smeserver-yum
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/cron.daily/smeserver-yum	2008-10-07 10:25:45.000000000 -0400
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/cron.daily/smeserver-yum	2020-12-08 23:24:30.963000000 -0500
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 
 [ $yum_status = 'enabled' ] || exit 0
 
-/usr/bin/sv o /service/yum
+/usr/bin/systemctl restart yum.service
 
diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/yum-update-dbs smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/yum-update-dbs
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/yum-update-dbs	2005-09-25 22:30:54.000000000 -0400
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/yum-update-dbs	2020-12-08 23:17:10.008000000 -0500
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 # XXX - FIXME - We should be able to do this with a link 
 # /etc/e-smith/events/local/services2adjust/yum -> once
 # but that never seems to terminate
-exec /usr/local/bin/svc -o /service/yum
+exec /usr/bin/systemctl restart yum.service &
 
diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/check4updates smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/check4updates
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/sbin/e-smith/check4updates	2020-12-08 22:55:14.233000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/sbin/e-smith/check4updates	2020-12-08 23:07:22.069000000 -0500
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   /usr/sbin/yum-cron /etc/yum/yum-cron.conf >> $TMPFILE
   #cat $TMP1 >> $TMPFILE
   # we have updates, let's inform the server-manager
-  /usr/bin/sv o yum
+  /usr/bin/systemctl restart yum.service
 
 fi
 
diff -Nur smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/yum.service smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/yum.service
--- smeserver-yum-2.6.0.old/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/yum.service	1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ smeserver-yum-2.6.0/root/usr/lib/systemd/system/yum.service	2020-12-08 23:06:03.287000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Yum db updater for Koozali SME Server
+After=network-pre.target networking.service sme-server.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStartPre=/sbin/e-smith/service-status yum
+ExecStart=/sbin/e-smith/yum_update_dbs
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+
+[Install]
+# do not install with sme-server.target, this service will be launched by others
+# including Koozali SME Server local.service