Can I run Envoy on Windows under SCM? ===================================== .. note:: This feature is still in Experimental state. You can start Envoy as Windows Service that is managed under `Windows Service Control Manager `_. First, you need to create the service. Assuming you have a custom configuration in the current directory named ``envoy-custom.yaml``. After you create the service you can start it. From an **administrator** prompt run the following commands (note that you need replace C:\EnvoyProxy\ with the path to the envoy.exe binary and the config file): .. code-block:: console > sc create EnvoyProxy binpath="C:\EnvoyProxy\envoy.exe --config-path C:\EnvoyProxy\envoy-demo.yaml" start=auto depend=Tcpip/Afd [SC] CreateService SUCCESS > sc start EnvoyProxy SERVICE_NAME: envoyproxy TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS STATE : 2 START_PENDING (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN) WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) CHECKPOINT : 0x0 WAIT_HINT : 0x7d0 PID : 3924 FLAGS : > sc query EnvoyProxy SERVICE_NAME: envoyproxy TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS STATE : 4 RUNNING (STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN) WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0) CHECKPOINT : 0x0 WAIT_HINT : 0x0 ... Use `sc.exe `_ to configure the service startup and error handling. .. tip:: The output of ``sc query envoyproxy`` contains the exit code of Envoy Proxy. In case the arguments are invalid we set it to ``E_INVALIDARG``. For more information Envoy is reporting startup failures with error messages on Windows Event Viewer.