Problem
On the Windows platform configuring JMXOPTIONS options com.sun.management.jmxremote.password.file and com.sun.management.jmxremote.access.file in [install-dir]/bin/startup.bat, leads to the error “Password file read access must be restricted” when trying to start the Wowza Media Pro server.
Workaround
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Create a folder at the root of your C: drive named WowzaMediaServerProJMX.
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Copy the [install-dir]/conf/jmxremote.access and [install-dir]/conf/jmxremote.password into this new folder.
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Open a DOS command shell, change directory to C:\WowzaMediaServerProJMX, and run the following cacls command on the two files:
cacls jmxremote.password /P [username]:R
cacls jmxremote.access /P [username]:R
Where [username] is the name of the user you are logged in as.
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Edit [install-dir]/bin/startup.bat and change the following lines:
from:
rem set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=1099
rem set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=true
rem set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
rem set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.password.file="%WMSCONFIG_HOME%/conf/jmxremote.password"
rem set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.access.file="%WMSCONFIG_HOME%/conf/jmxremote.access"
to:
set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=1099
set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=true
set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.password.file=“C:/WowzaMediaServerProJMX/jmxremote.password”
set JMXOPTIONS=%JMXOPTIONS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.access.file=“C:/WowzaMediaServerProJMX/jmxremote.access”
[install-dir]
Windows (default): C:\Program Files\Wowza Media Systems\Wowza Media Server Pro
Mac OS X: /Library/WowzaMediaServerPro
Linux: /usr/local/WowzaMediaServerPro
You should now be able to remotely connect to the JMX interface of the Wowza Pro server over port 1099 using the username admin and password admin. You can change the username and password by editing C:\WowzaMediaServerProJMX\jmxremote.password. You may need to change the file permission back to read/write through the file Properties>Security (tab), to modify the username and pasword values. Once you have edited these files to your liking, use the cacls command in step #3 to set the file permissions back to read-only.
Charlie
