# How to ping Wowza?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-ping-wowza/54276>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [December 2, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-ping-wowza/54276 "2019-12-02T10:19:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-ping-wowza/54276/1 "2019-12-02T10:19:03Z")

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sometimes checking service status doesn’t return the correct status of Wowza, how to ping it or poll in order to check if it needs restart or not?

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