diff --git a/deploy/auto-setup/setup_linux.sh b/deploy/auto-setup/setup_linux.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Create a new group for PowerDNS-Admin
+groupadd powerdnsadmin
+
+# Create a user for PowerDNS-Admin
+useradd --system -g powerdnsadmin powerdnsadmin
+
+# Make the new user and group the owners of the PowerDNS-Admin files
+chown -R powerdnsadmin:powerdnsadmin /opt/web/powerdns-admin
+
+# Start the PowerDNS-Admin service
+systemctl start powerdns-admin
+
+# Enable the PowerDNS-Admin service to start automatically at boot
+systemctl enable powerdns-admin
diff --git a/deploy/auto-setup/setup_win.bat b/deploy/auto-setup/setup_win.bat
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+@echo off
+
+rem Create a new group for PowerDNS-Admin
+net localgroup powerdnsadmin /add
+
+rem Create a user for PowerDNS-Admin
+net user powerdnsadmin /add /passwordchg:no /homedir:nul /active:yes /expires:never /passwordreq:no /s
+
+rem Make the new user and group the owners of the PowerDNS-Admin files
+icacls "C:\path\to\powerdns-admin" /setowner "powerdnsadmin"
+
+rem Start the PowerDNS-Admin service
+net start powerdns-admin
+
+rem Enable the PowerDNS-Admin service to start automatically at boot
+sc config powerdns-admin start= auto