The main use-case for this script - is to use it with iptables-persistent package. If you use sets in your iptables rules - sets should be loaded before this rules. This scripts declares dependencies for dependency-based booting - it starts before iptables-persistent and recreates all sets.
Clone repository to some directory:
cd /home/username
git clone https://github.com/soar/ipset-persistent.git ./
Copy files to system:
sudo cp --parent etc/ipset/README /
sudo cp --parent etc/default/ipset-persistent /
sudo cp --parent etc/init.d/ipset-persistent /
Add to autostart:
sudo update-rc.d ipset-persistent defaults
For example: create set and rule:
ipset create testset hash:net
iptables -A INPUT -m set --match-set testset src -j ACCEPT
Save it:
service ipset-persistent save
Now all sets will be recreated after system reboot.