# Is kopia running in the background?

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**Category:** General Topics\
**Created:** [March 7, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-kopia-running-in-the-background/1853 "2023-03-07T15:26:29Z")\
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Yes, you will have to either start kopia server manually, or write a little startup script and invoke that from systemd.

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