Mention copr yum repository, add systemd unit (#529)

* add systemd unit as example

* mention community yum repo

fixes #498

* rename textfile collector dir

README.md

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 Be aware though that the mountpoint label in various metrics will now have
 `/host` as prefix.
 
+## Using a third-party repository for RHEL/CentOS/Fedora
+
+There is a [community-supplied COPR repository](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/ibotty/prometheus-exporters/). It closely follows upstream releases.
+
 [travis]: https://travis-ci.org/prometheus/node_exporter
 [hub]: https://hub.docker.com/r/prom/node-exporter/
 [circleci]: https://circleci.com/gh/prometheus/node_exporter

examples/systemd/README.md

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+# Systemd Unit
+
+If you are using distribution packages or the copr repository, you don't need to deal with these files!
+
+The unit file in this directory is to be put into `/etc/systemd/system`.
+It needs a user named `node_exporter`, whose shell should be `/sbin/nologin` and should not have any special privileges.
+It needs a sysconfig file in `/etc/sysconfig/node_exporter`.
+A sample file can be found in `sysconfig.node_exporter`.

examples/systemd/node_exporter.service

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+[Unit]
+Description=Node Exporter
+
+[Service]
+User=node_exporter
+EnvironmentFile=/etc/sysconfig/node_exporter
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/node_exporter $OPTIONS
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

examples/systemd/sysconfig.node_exporter

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+OPTIONS="-collector.textfile.directory /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector"