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    Template service:
/etc/systemd/system/NAME@.service
[Unit]
Description=manages the NAME service, instance %i
PartOf=NAME.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/PATH/TO/SERVICE
ExecStart=./SERVICE
Restart=always
TimeoutStartSec=10
RestartSec=10

[Install]
WantedBy=NAME.target

Dummy service to run the enabled template services:
/etc/systemd/system/NAME.target
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Unit]
Description=NAME service

You may then enable multiple instances:
systemctl enable NAME@{1..7}.service
the main dummy target: systemctl enable NAME.target
..and finally start the service:  systemctl start NAME.target (note: you dont seem to be able to use the service command for this)