#macOS

tota service install creates a LaunchAgent at ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.tota.agent.plist.

• Auto-start: Loads on login via launchctl load
• Crash recovery: KeepAlive SuccessfulExit = false restarts on crash
• No sudo needed: User-level LaunchAgent, not system daemon
• Logs: ~/.tota/daemon.log and ~/.tota/daemon-error.log

#Manual management

launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.tota.agent.plist
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.tota.agent.plist

#Linux

tota service install creates a systemd user unit at ~/.config/systemd/user/tota-agent.service.

• Auto-start: Enabled via systemctl --user enable tota-agent.service
• Crash recovery: Restart=on-failure with 5s delay
• No sudo needed: User-level service
• Boot without login: Run sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER once
• Logs: ~/.tota/daemon.log or journalctl --user -u tota

#Manual management

systemctl --user start tota
systemctl --user status tota
systemctl --user stop tota

#Windows

tota service install creates a Windows Task Scheduler task named TotaAgent.

• Auto-start: Triggers on user logon via schtasks
• Crash recovery: Built-in watchdog with exponential backoff
• No admin needed: Runs with limited privileges (/rl limited)
• Logs: %USERPROFILE%\.tota\daemon.log

#Manual management

schtasks /query /tn "TotaAgent" /fo list
schtasks /run /tn "TotaAgent"
schtasks /delete /tn "TotaAgent" /f