# IStartService Interface

Namespace: [PIX.Services](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/September2025/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.Services.htm)  
Assembly: PIX.dll

The startup interface, hosting the startup methods for certificate distribution.

## Syntax

```
public interface IStartService
```

## Methods

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [GetMachineName()](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/September2025/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.Services.IStartService.GetMachineName.htm#PIX_Services_IStartService_GetMachineName) |  |
| [SendCertificates(CertPackage)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/September2025/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.Services.IStartService.SendCertificates.htm#PIX_Services_IStartService_SendCertificates_PIX_Services_Certificate_CertPackage_) |  |

### Extension Methods

[ApiFilter.FilterFor<T>(T, Nullable<ApiVersion>)](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/qlikview-developer/September2025/Subsystems/QMSAPIref/Content/PIX.ApiFiltering.ApiFilter.FilterFor.htm#PIX_ApiFiltering_ApiFilter_FilterFor__1___0_System_Nullable_PIX_ApiVersion__)