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How to use JConsole with Wowza Media Server

Published on 10-02-2010 05:17 AM Number of Views: 9578

JConsole is a general purpose tool for managing a Java based server. JConsole communicates with Java servers using the Java Management Extensions (JMX) protocol. The managing and monitor chapter of the Wowza Media Server Pro User Guide describes the process to enable the JMX interface. JConsole ships with the Java JDK. It is located in the [java-install-folder]/bin folder. ...

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How to request an SSL certificate from a certificate authority

Published on 10-02-2010 02:18 AM Number of Views: 10455
Categories:

Adobe Flash
The following instructions lead you through the process to obtain and install a Certificate from a Certificate Authority (such as verisign.com or thawte.com). This process requires the use of the command line tool keytool that comes with the Java JDK. ...

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How to get realtime connection counts from Wowza Media Server

Published on 10-02-2010 02:19 AM    Number of Views: 23613

This article provides information about the Built-in HTTPProviders which provide Server stats that can be viewed in a browser window. ...

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How to log to a mySQL database

Published on 10-02-2010 02:20 AM    Number of Views: 13124

This article describes how to set up logging to a MySQL database using the Apache log4j logging utility. ...

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How to log to a PostgreSQL database

Published on 10-04-2010 06:39 AM    Number of Views: 2596

This article describes how to set up logging to a PostgreSQL database using the Apache log4j logging utility. ...

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How to use Sawmill to analyze Wowza Media Server logs

Published on 10-02-2010 04:17 AM    Number of Views: 9874

The Sawmill universal log file analysis tool includes support for Wowza Media Server log files (Wowza Media Server Log Analyzer).To use the Sawmill universal log file analysis and reporting tool with Wowza Server, follow these steps: ...

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After installing latest Java version, java command is still using old Java (fix)

Published on 10-02-2010 04:16 AM    Number of Views: 7659

Problem
After installing the latest version of Java, when I run the command java -version, it still returns the version information for the previously installed version.

Solution
Linux Operating System
Windows Operating System
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How to run multiple instances of Wowza Media Server on one computer

Published on 05-14-2013 01:05 PM Number of Views: 308
Sometimes it's better to run multiple instances of Wowza Media Server^® on a single computer rather than running one large instance with multiple virtual hosts. For example:

Available resources are wasted because they can't be used by a single instance.

Your streaming workflow involves a custom design that won't work using a single instance.

You're testing a multiple-server deployment on a single computer.

This article describes how to run multiple instances of Wowza Media Server on one computer. All Wowza Media Server instances must be properly licensed. ...
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How to install different versions of Wowza Media Server on one computer

Published on 10-09-2012 01:30 PM Number of Views: 770

This article describes how to install different versions of Wowza Media Server^® on one computer for testing and comparison purposes. ...

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How to create a self-signed SSL certificate

Published on 10-09-2012 05:16 PM Number of Views: 1748

The following steps create a self-signed SSL certificate using the keytool application that comes with the Java JDK. To ...

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Run Wowza Media Server as Named User (Linux and OS X)

Published on 10-09-2012 01:07 PM Number of Views: 1993

On Linux and Mac OS operating systems, the default installation of Wowza Media Server® 3.5.0 (or later) runs as the root ...

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How to configure MediaCache to reload the cache from disk on server restart

Published on 06-01-2012 10:30 AM Number of Views: 1343
Categories:

Video On Demand
By default MediaCache clears the cache on restart. To configure MediaCache to reload the cache on server restart, add these ...

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Wowza Media Server Trial License

Published on 05-31-2012 05:14 PM Number of Views: 9422

Trial License has expired?

Wowza Media Server^® Trial Edition is available to you as a one-time, thirty-day ...

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How to set up Adobe HDS playback across HTTPS (SSL)

Published on 05-23-2012 05:37 AM Number of Views: 1884
Categories:

Adobe Flash,

Live,

Video On Demand
This article describes how to set up Wowza Media Server^® for Adobe^® HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) playback across HTTPS. ...

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How to set up Microsoft Smooth Streaming playback across HTTPS (SSL)

Published on 05-23-2012 04:44 AM Number of Views: 1705
Categories:

Live,

Video On Demand,

Microsoft Silverlight
This article describes how to set up Wowza Media Server^® for Microsoft^® Smooth Streaming playback across HTTPS.
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How to ensure correct file creation times on recorded files

Published on 03-07-2012 04:07 PM Number of Views: 1547
Categories:

Video Recording
When live streams are recorded using one of the live record configurations in Wowza Media Server the recorded files themselves ...

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How to troubleshoot Wowza Media Server subscription edition startup

Published on 03-05-2012 01:33 PM    Number of Views: 3919

A subscription edition license can only be used on a server that is connected to the Internet. A successful connection with ...

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How to configure Wowza Media Server to use proxy server to communicate with license server

Published on 11-22-2011 12:34 PM    Number of Views: 3505

To use a proxy server to communicate with the licensing server, add the following properties to the server-level <Properties> ...

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How to troubleshoot Java installation problems

Published on 10-31-2011 02:15 PM    Number of Views: 1190

If you run into problems when initially starting up the Wowza Media Server, the following steps will print out the Java ...

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How to troubleshoot error messages

Published on 08-03-2011 06:30 PM    Number of Views: 28430

This article contains a partial list of messages from the wowzamediaserver_access.log and wowzamediaserver_error.log files, scenarios that can cause these messages to be logged, and suggestions for resolution. ...

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