= Useful tips when working with Wowza =
This page can be used to collect useful commands and hints for working with wowza on different environments.

== On Iapetus ==
=== To restart wowza server do ===
 1. Log in as user wowza
 1. Run the command (in ~/bin): {{{
./wowza start}}}

=== Connect to Wowza JMX remote console ===
 1. Start JConsole locally
 1. Insert the connection string for specific environment
  a. TEST (Iapetus): ''service:jmx:rmi://130.225.24.62:9341/jndi/rmi://130.225.24.62:9342/jmxrmi''
   1. Username and password is admin/admin
  a. STAGE (...):
  a. PROD (thalassa): ''service:jmx:rmi://130.225.24.123:9341/jndi/rmi://130.225.24.123:9342/jmxrmi''

The specific port numbers can be found in the ''Server.xml'' file. This is also the file that configures whether the remote JMX connection is enabled or not.

=== Install performance test application ===
This application is assumed installed under the DOMS VHhost with root folder {{{/home/doms/wowza_vhost_doms}}}
 1. Create testperformance application folders: {{{
mkdir applications/testperformance
mkdir conf/testperformance
mkdir content/testperformance}}}
 1. Copy [[attachment:Application.xml]] to {{{conf/testperformance}}}
 1. Copy media file to {{{content/testperformance}}}. Mediafiles are located at Iapetus: {{{/home/wowza/services/wowza_vhost_doms/content/testperformance}}}. Copy all 20 files.
 1. Restart Wowza
The testperformance application is removed by deleting the 3 folders and restarting the Wowza server.