# straza service

Run the Straza background service that holds this machine's keys and sessions


##SynopsisRunstheStrazabackgroundservice.Italoneholdseachenrolleduser'skeyandeveryStrazasessiononthismachine,andthehooks,strazamcpandtheothercommandsreachitoveralocalsocket,anamedpipeonWindows,wherethesystemnamesthecaller.OnLinuxitrunsintheforeground,andaLinuxpackagerunsitunderitsownaccount.TheStrazapackageformacOSrunsitunderitsownaccountasthelaunchddaemonai.straza.service.WithSTRAZA_HOMEset,onLinuxormacOS,itrunsasyouforthathome,withitssocketandstateinsideit.OnWindowsitrunsonlyastheWindowsservicestraza-service,whichtheServiceControlManagerstarts,anditrefusestostartfromaconsole.```strazaservice[flags]```##Seealso*[straza](https://docs.straza.ai/reference/cli/straza/index.md):Strazaclient:enrollthismachine,wirethehooksanddecideeachtoolcall