11.4. Registering and Running EKM as a Service

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## 11.4. Registering and Running EKM as a Service

Follow the instructions provided below to register and run EKM as a service (or services) on Windows and Linux systems.

On Windows operating systems, administrative privileges are required to register, unregister, configure or control (start/stop) Windows services.

Linux operating systems use the System/V `init` system for registering and running services. Services are registered and controlled by `init` scripts located in the `/etc/init.d` directory. EKM comes with example `init` scripts that can be modified and used to register and control EKM as a service. Root privileges are required to register and control services.

The service or services that are registered to control EKM depend on the server configuration you are setting up.

Two components that are part of some EKM servers are outside the scope of EKM’s service registration and control:

- Front-end web server

- Cluster file server

### Front-End Web Server

The front-end web server is set up manually. No scripts are provided with EKM for registering or running the front-end web server as a service. It is recommended that you use the service registration and control mechanisms provided with the web server to register and run this component as a service.

### Cluster File Server

It is not necessary to register the cluster file server component of an EKM server as a service. The cluster file server uses operating-system-native file sharing functionality that is already enabled and running on the server host(s) as part of the operating system.

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