diff --git a/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/service.go b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2344e5d3bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	sriovv1 "github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/api/v1"
+	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/host"
+	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/plugins/generic"
+	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/systemd"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/utils"
+	"github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/sriov-network-operator/pkg/version"
+)
+
+var (
+	serviceCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "service",
+		Short: "Starts SR-IOV service Config",
+		Long:  "",
+		Run:   runServiceCmd,
+	}
+
+	serviceOpts struct {
+		kubeconfig string
+		nodeName   string
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(serviceCmd)
+	serviceCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&startOpts.kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "Kubeconfig file to access a remote cluster (testing only)")
+	serviceCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&startOpts.nodeName, "node-name", "", "kubernetes node name daemon is managing.")
+}
+
+func runServiceCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	flag.Set("logtostderr", "true")
+	flag.Set("stderrthreshold", "INFO")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	// To help debugging, immediately log version
+	glog.V(2).Infof("Version: %+v", version.Version)
+
+	glog.V(0).Info("Starting sriov-config-service")
+	nodeStateSpec, err := systemd.ReadConfFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(utils.SriovSwitchDevConfPath); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			glog.Infof("sriov configuration file on path %s doesn't exist nothing todo", utils.SriovSwitchDevConfPath)
+			glog.V(0).Info("Shutting down sriov-config-service")
+			return
+		} else {
+			glog.Fatalf("failed to check if sriov configuration file exist in path %s: %v", utils.SriovSwitchDevConfPath, err)
+		}
+		glog.Fatalf("failed to read the sriov configuration file in path %s: %v", utils.SriovSwitchDevConfPath, err)
+	}
+
+	glog.V(2).Infof("sriov-config-service read config: %v", nodeStateSpec)
+
+	// Load kernel modules
+	hostManager := host.NewHostManager(true)
+	_, err = hostManager.TryEnableRdma()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Warningf("failed to enable RDMA: %v", err)
+	}
+	hostManager.TryEnableTun()
+	hostManager.TryEnableVhostNet()
+
+	// TODO: implement OpenStack support
+	// TODO: check the unsupport method (maybe save the config file)
+	ifaceStatuses, err := utils.DiscoverSriovDevices(true)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.V(0).Infof("sriov-config-service failed %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Create the generic plugin
+	genericPlugin, err := generic.NewGenericPlugin(true)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("sriov-config-service failed to create generic plugin %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	nodeState := &sriovv1.SriovNetworkNodeState{
+		Spec:   nodeStateSpec.Spec,
+		Status: sriovv1.SriovNetworkNodeStateStatus{Interfaces: ifaceStatuses},
+	}
+
+	_, _, err = genericPlugin.OnNodeStateChange(nodeState)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("sriov-config-service failed to run OnNodeStateChange to update the generic plugin status %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	sriovResult := &systemd.SriovResult{
+		Generation:    nodeStateSpec.Generation,
+		SyncStatus:    "Succeeded",
+		LastSyncError: "",
+	}
+
+	err = genericPlugin.Apply()
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("sriov-config-service failed to run apply node configuration %v", err)
+		sriovResult.SyncStatus = "Failed"
+		sriovResult.LastSyncError = err.Error()
+	}
+
+	err = systemd.WriteSriovResult(sriovResult)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.Errorf("sriov-config-service failed to write sriov result file with content %v error: %v", *sriovResult, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	glog.V(0).Info("Shutting down sriov-config-service")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go
index 355b7aa55a..ab345d6abb 100644
--- a/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go
+++ b/cmd/sriov-network-config-daemon/start.go
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	startOpts struct {
-		kubeconfig        string
-		nodeName          string
-		useSystemdService bool
+		kubeconfig string
+		nodeName   string
+		systemd    bool
 	}
 )
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(startCmd)
 	startCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&startOpts.kubeconfig, "kubeconfig", "", "Kubeconfig file to access a remote cluster (testing only)")
 	startCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&startOpts.nodeName, "node-name", "", "kubernetes node name daemon is managing")
-	startCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&startOpts.useSystemdService, "use-systemd-service", false, "Configure SR-IOV using systemd service (false by default)")
+	startCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&startOpts.systemd, "systemd", false, "use config daemon in systemd mode")
 }
 
 func runStartCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func runStartCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	var config *rest.Config
 	var err error
 
-	if os.Getenv("CLUSTER_TYPE") == utils.ClusterTypeOpenshift {
+	if utils.ClusterType == utils.ClusterTypeOpenshift {
 		kubeconfig, err := clientcmd.LoadFromFile("/host/etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig")
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("failed to load kubelet kubeconfig: %v", err)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func runStartCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		syncCh,
 		refreshCh,
 		platformType,
-		startOpts.useSystemdService,
+		startOpts.systemd,
 	).Run(stopCh, exitCh)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("failed to run daemon: %v", err)