diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index d69d435..203d807 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // VulcanizeDB
-// Copyright © 2021 Vulcanize
+// Copyright © 2022 Vulcanize
 
 // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 // it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/serve.go b/cmd/serve.go
index 77f195c..800f306 100644
--- a/cmd/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/serve.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // VulcanizeDB
-// Copyright © 2021 Vulcanize
+// Copyright © 2022 Vulcanize
 
 // This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 // it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
@@ -17,26 +17,88 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rpc"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/vulcanize/leveldb-ethdb-rpc/pkg"
+	srpc "github.com/vulcanize/leveldb-ethdb-rpc/pkg/rpc"
+)
+
+var (
+	subCommand     string
+	logWithCommand log.Entry
 )
 
 // serveCmd represents the serve command
 var serveCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "serve",
-	Short: "A brief description of your command",
-	Long: `A longer description that spans multiple lines and likely contains examples
-and usage of using your command. For example:
-
-Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
-This application is a tool to generate the needed files
-to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
+	Short: "RPC Server for LevelDB eth.Database",
+	Long:  `This service exposes a remote RPC server interface for a local levelDB backed ethdb.Database`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("serve called")
+		subCommand = cmd.CalledAs()
+		logWithCommand = *log.WithField("SubCommand", subCommand)
+		serve()
 	},
 }
 
+func serve() {
+	logWithCommand.Infof("running ipld-eth-server version: %s", v.VersionWithMeta)
+
+	wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
+	logWithCommand.Debug("loading server configuration variables")
+	serverConfig, err := pkg.NewConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	logWithCommand.Infof("server config: %+v", serverConfig)
+	logWithCommand.Debug("initializing new server service")
+	server, err := pkg.NewServer(serverConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	logWithCommand.Info("starting up servers")
+	server.Serve(wg)
+	if err := startServers(server, serverConfig); err != nil {
+		logWithCommand.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	shutdown := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	signal.Notify(shutdown, os.Interrupt)
+	<-shutdown
+	server.Stop()
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func startServers(server pkg.Server, settings pkg.Config) error {
+	if settings.IPCEnabled {
+		logWithCommand.Info("starting up IPC server")
+		_, _, err := srpc.StartIPCEndpoint(settings.IPCEndpoint, server.APIs())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		logWithCommand.Info("IPC server is disabled")
+	}
+
+	if settings.HTTPEnabled {
+		logWithCommand.Info("starting up HTTP server")
+		_, err := srpc.StartHTTPEndpoint(settings.HTTPEndpoint, server.APIs(), []string{"leveldb"}, nil, []string{"*"}, rpc.HTTPTimeouts{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		logWithCommand.Info("HTTP server is disabled")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(serveCmd)