# How to view Wowza Monitor \`console\` window in SSH

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-view-wowza-monitor-console-window-in-ssh/33733>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [April 28, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-view-wowza-monitor-console-window-in-ssh/33733 "2010-04-28T23:42:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![brk\_so](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brk\_so](https://community.wowza.com/u/brk_so)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-view-wowza-monitor-console-window-in-ssh/33733/1 "2010-04-28T23:42:39Z")

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When you start the server in windows you get a “console” window where all the info about the server is monitored , where, for example, you can see all the getLogger commands you put inside a module. How do I get to watch this “console” under SSH in Linux, please ?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-view-wowza-monitor-console-window-in-ssh/33733/2 "2010-04-28T21:51:13Z")

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should be:

```auto
cd /usr/local/WowzaMediaServer/bin
./startup.sh

```

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-view-wowza-monitor-console-window-in-ssh/33733/3 "2010-04-28T22:08:08Z")

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On Windows use a cmd window (start\>run\>“cmd”) and type:

```auto
cd %WMSINSTALL_HOME%/bin
startup.bat

```

You cannot run Wowza as a service and in standalone mode at the same time. It’s a good way to debug on remote server where you can’t use the IDE, or if you don’t use the IDE. But normally you would run as a service.You can be running Wowza as a service and in standalone mode at the same time. It’s a good way to debug on remote server where you can’t use the IDE, or if you don’t use the IDE. But normally you would run as a service.

Richard

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-view-wowza-monitor-console-window-in-ssh/33733/4 "2010-04-28T22:24:56Z")

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That’s right. You have to shutdown the service before running in stand-alone and shutdown the console before restarting the service. One at a time.

Richard

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**Author:** ![brk\_so](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brk\_so](https://community.wowza.com/u/brk_so)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-view-wowza-monitor-console-window-in-ssh/33733/5 "2010-04-29T00:00:26Z")

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Great. Thanks, Richard !

Even if I run wowza as a service (as opposed to a standalone) I should use this ?

and also :

Can I view this panel/console in x11 forwarding in some gui , and if so how?

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**Author:** ![brk\_so](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brk\_so](https://community.wowza.com/u/brk_so)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-view-wowza-monitor-console-window-in-ssh/33733/6 "2010-04-29T00:15:31Z")

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Thanks Richard,

But the following command is the command to run wowza as a standalone:

```auto
cd /usr/local/WowzaMediaServer/bin
./startup.sh

```

So if want to debug using the console and above command,

On a server that already runs wowza as a service, then I should first

go

```auto
service WowzaMediaServer stop

```

and only then:

```auto
cd /usr/local/WowzaMediaServer/bin
./startup.sh

```

Do i understand it correctly or can i just run

```auto
cd /usr/local/WowzaMediaServer/bin
./startup.sh

```

regardless the fact Wowza already runs as a service ?

Sorry for the extra headache

Thanks

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**Author:** ![brk\_so](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@brk\_so](https://community.wowza.com/u/brk_so)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-view-wowza-monitor-console-window-in-ssh/33733/7 "2010-04-29T00:33:24Z")

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Thanks Richard, I understand now.

Many thanks !!!