# CentOS 6 upgrade w/WOwza 3.52

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/centos-6-upgrade-w-wowza-3-52/257>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [May 20, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/centos-6-upgrade-w-wowza-3-52/257 "2014-05-20T20:04:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/system/32/447_2.png) [@system](https://community.wowza.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/centos-6-upgrade-w-wowza-3-52/257/1 "2014-05-20T20:04:23Z")

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Hi all -

have been running WMS since vers 2 very successfully and am looking at upgrading my Linux box to CentOS 6.

Anything I need to look out for? Or to tell the team (our server is co-located/managed, but they have limited WMS experience) that is handling the upgrade?

Any suggestions highly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Dougherty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/tim_dougherty/32/596_2.png) [@Tim\_Dougherty](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tim_Dougherty)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 9:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/centos-6-upgrade-w-wowza-3-52/257/2 "2014-05-21T09:24:22Z")

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Hi Kelly,

I would suggest that you take this opportunity to upgrade to Wowza Streaming Engine 4.x as part of your overall upgrade process. Take a look at these resoruces for more information:

**[Reasons to Upgrade](https://www.wowza.com/products/streaming-engine/upgrade)**

**[Upgrade Guide](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-upgrade-wowza-media-server-software-to-wowza-streaming-engine)**

**[Quick Start Guide](https://www.wowza.com/docs/quick-start-guides)**

The implementation on CentOS is fairly standard. I don’t expect you will experience any issue, specifically. We’re always here to assist.

-Tim

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**Author:** ![Kelly\_Rinne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kelly\_Rinne](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kelly_Rinne)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/centos-6-upgrade-w-wowza-3-52/257/3 "2014-05-28T12:58:10Z")

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Hi Tim -

Thanks for the quick response. Is there anything I need to tell my sys admin? I no longer have a wowza expert on hand so if anything goes wrong, it will take down my entire business model.

Has anyone done an OS upgrade and can tell me about possible issues to look out for or best practices?

At this time I plan to wait before upgrading. The last upgrade I did to 3.6 was extremely buggy and I was forced to rollback, so I will wait until vers 4 has been out longer, thanks.