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title: Run as a service · Cloudflare Zero Trust docs
description: You can install cloudflared as a system service on Linux and
  Windows, and as a launch agent on macOS. In most cases, we recommend running
  cloudflared as a service. Running as a service helps ensure the availability
  of cloudflared to your origin by allowing the program to start at boot and
  continue running while your origin is online.
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You can install `cloudflared` as a system service on Linux and Windows, and as a launch agent on macOS. In most cases, we recommend running `cloudflared` as a service. Running as a service helps ensure the availability of `cloudflared` to your origin by allowing the program to start at boot and continue running while your origin is online.

Follow our guides to set up and run `cloudflared` as a service in your environment:

* [Linux](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/do-more-with-tunnels/local-management/as-a-service/linux/)
* [macOS](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/do-more-with-tunnels/local-management/as-a-service/macos/)
* [Windows](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/cloudflare-tunnel/do-more-with-tunnels/local-management/as-a-service/windows/)
