Baffled - Trying to get Wowza to listen on Port 1935

[system]

OK, after a fresh uninstall/reinstall (including redownloading 1.7.2 rpm package) I cannot get Wowza to listen on Port 1935. I have started Wowza as a Standalone and as a service. Here is my latest access log:

#Version: 1.0
#Start-Date: 2009-08-25 10:36:48 CDT
#Software: Wowza Media Server Pro 1.7.2 build12107
#Date: 2009-08-25
#Fields: x-severity	x-category	x-event	date	time	c-client-id	c-ip	c-port	cs-bytes	sc-bytes	x-duration	x-sname	x-stream-id	sc-stream-bytes	cs-stream-bytes	x-file-size	x-file-length	x-ctx	x-comment
INFO	server	server-start	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.326	-	-	-	-	-	-	Wowza Media Server Pro Unlimited 1.7.2 build12107	-
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.328	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Serial number: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-YKUUA
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.328	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Maximum connections: Unlimited
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.331	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Hardware Available Processors: 2
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.332	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Hardware Physical Memory: 1599MB/4054MB
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.332	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Hardware Swap Space: 1992MB/1992MB
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.333	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Max File Descriptor Count: 1024
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.333	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Open File Descriptor Count: 31
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.334	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	OS Name: Linux
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.334	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	OS Version: 2.6.18-128.2.1.el5PAE
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.334	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	OS Architecture: i386
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.335	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Java Name: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.335	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Java Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.336	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Java Version: 1.6.0_15
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.336	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Java VM Version: 14.1-b02
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.336	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Java Spec Version: 1.6
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.337	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Java Home: /opt/jdk1.6.0_15/jre
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.337	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Java Max Heap Size: 739MB
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.337	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Java Architecture: 32
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	CMDInterface now listening: [any]:8083
INFO	server	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:48	-	-	-	-	-	0.41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	vhost home directory: /usr/local/WowzaMediaServerPro
INFO	vhost	vhost-start	2009-08-25	10:36:49	-	-	-	-	-	0.897	-	-	-	-	-	-	_defaultVHost_	-
INFO	vhost	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:49	-	-	-	-	-	0.997	-	-	-	-	-	-	_defaultVHost_	RTMP/RTMPT bind attempt ([any]:1935)
INFO	vhost	comment	2009-08-25	10:36:49	-	-	-	-	-	0.998	-	-	-	-	-	-	_defaultVHost_	Bind successful ([any]:1935)

I ran the following Linux command to check to see if the port is open:

nmap -sT O localhost

This shows that the port is open for RTMP i.e.

1935/tcp open rtmp

However when going to the browser http://myserverip:1935 it comes up

“can’t establish a connection to the server at myserverip:1935”

This is the second time I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled. I’ve checked the forums, the documentation and still can’t figure out what’s going on.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

[Chris_Trainor]

Are you sure there are no firewalls in the way?

Do a netstat -lp you should see a binding *:1935 owned by a java process. If that’s the case, then it’s listening and there’s something network related in the way. (local firewall, external firewall, ipchains, etc).

For example here’s what my output looks like on my Wowza 2 demo box:

wowza1:/usr/local/WowzaMediaServer/logs# netstat -lp

Active Internet connections (only servers)

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name

tcp 0 0 *:1935 : LISTEN 7030/java

tcp 0 0 *:8083 : LISTEN 7030/java

tcp 0 0 *:ssh : LISTEN 2340/sshd

tcp 0 0 *:https : LISTEN 7030/java

tcp 0 0 *:36220 : LISTEN 7030/java

–CHris

[Charlie_Good]

It could be closed under iptables. The command to open port 1935 is:

iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 1935 -j ACCEPT

It could also be closed on an external firewall that you probably do not have access to.

Charlie

[Keith_Jones]

Thanks for the post. I’m not getting port 1935 showing open with your instructions. I just realized that running the nmap -sT O localhost command shows the port open on localhost only. I’ve put in a ticket to the dedicated server hosting company to open up the port in the firewall.

I’m assuming that’s the issue. Strange that it was closed though as I had wowza up and running for a couple of months before it stopped working.

If they don’t get it resolved is there a specific command I can use to open the port myself?

I’m running RedHat Centos 5. Thanks.

[Keith_Jones]

Thanks, Charlie. I had them open the port for incoming and outgoing on the firewalls and all is well now. I am still baffled as to how it was closed after working fine but at least it’s working now. Thanks again!